NASA Photo of the Day: At Dawn's Early Light Columbia (STS-80) Lands With Impressive Condensation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration ^ | December 7, 1996 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration

[EnjoyingLife]

By the Dawn's Early Light on December 7, 1996, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-80) Lands at NASA's Kennedy Space Center With Impressive Condensation.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, http://www.NASA.gov

Photos KSC-96EC-1336 (above) and KSC-96EC-1334 (below) from NASA's STS-80 Contact Sheet
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-80/images/contact80_medium.html
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-80/images/contact80_high.html

STS-80 Mission Summary
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-80/mission-sts-80.html

[EnjoyingLife]

In 2006 may the NASA space shuttles--our space shuttles--fly again and again and again...

[MaryFromMichigan]

Cool pics!

[Sometimes A River]

It's time to end the 1970's era shuttle program.

[Oh Brother]

How about the 1950s era B-52, or the 1970s era F-15 and F16?

[orionblamblam]

Or the 1930's era Social Security?

Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease....

[Sometimes A River]

Once those cost a billion dollars for each flight, I will feel the same.

[pabianice]

It's pitiful that "NASA's Picture of the Day" is ten years old because NASA has, for all intents and purposes, collapsed.

[EnjoyingLife]

pabianice wrote: "It's pitiful that "NASA's Picture of the Day" is ten years old because NASA has, for all intents and purposes, collapsed."

Now, now lets not be too hard on NASA. The agency may be going through a bit of a rough spot right now, but I think they'll pull through.

Speaking of things collapsing, have a look at these recent NASA photos from the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes--the full-resolution ones--that could cause a home computer to wonder what smacked it!

Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula - January 11, 2006
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/01/image/a+warn (look for the "Massive File" in TIFF format near the bottom of the page)

Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Bustling Center - January 10, 2006
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2006-02/ssc2006-02a.shtml (look for "Individual Image" "Unpackaged, full-resolution image" near the bottom of the page)