Posted on 08/30/2014 11:05:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: How was this picture taken? Usually, pictures of the shuttle, taken from space, are snapped from the space station. Commonly, pictures of the space station are snapped from the shuttle. How, then, can there be a picture of both the shuttle and the station together, taken from space? The answer is that during the Space Shuttle Endeavour's last trip to the International Space Station in 2011 May, a supply ship departed the station with astronauts that captured a series of rare views. The supply ship was the Russian Soyuz TMA-20 which landed in Kazakhstan later that day. The above spectacular image well captures the relative sizes of the station and docked shuttle. Far below, clouds of Earth are seen above a blue sea.
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You're absolutely right! If you real close at the back of the station you can seen a small WalMart price tag.......I think it reads $29.95.....
Yup. With the 3 contenders for the next manned vehicle, for me, I can see the benefits of all 3 and since Boeing is so ingrained in/with NASA since Apollo days, they may end up the winner. But I just don’t see spending time and money on the logistics of ocean landing and recovery. Sierra Nevada is still in the running with the so called flyable “mini shuttle” and I’m hoping they can make it viable enough to be considered. Should be interesting for those that have an interest. When I wear one of my shuttle shirts, I get asked when the next launch is. NASA did a poor PR job. So much so that some folks don’t even know the program ended.
When the earth is gone and it will be the only trace of mankind will be the ships he sent into space.
Other worlds we will never know life is short love it and live it.
The better “muslim outreach”, when the halfrican King Putt departs, will be with a JDAM or some Eagle-eye sniper at 2300 yards.
Observers Ping: The waxing Moon is seen at dusk each evening this weekend, near Saturn and Mars in the southwest.
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