final
This shot was much much more relevant a year ago. But in celebration of Discovery’s final launch a few days ago, I’m posting this. (I was probably gonna post it soon anyway; after going through older pictures recently) But it’s the plume after Discovery’s Night Launch on April 5, 2010. I almost didn’t even take [...]
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This image is part of a series showing many of the steps to recover a Solid Rocket Booster, beginning with landing of the booster in the Atlantic ocean some 140 to 160 miles east of the coast of Florida. The final images show Liberty Star and Freedom Star recovery ships arrival at the dock at [...]
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I was completely soaked after laying in mosquito-invested waters for an uncomfortably long time. At one point, a concerned French news reporter came up to me and said, "Excuse me, but you’re quite covered in bugs." It must have been pretty bad for him to come over and say that… I think perhaps he thought [...]
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This image is part of a series showing many of the steps to recover a Solid Rocket Booster, beginning with landing of the booster in the Atlantic ocean some 140 to 160 miles east of the coast of Florida. The final images show Liberty Star and Freedom Star recovery ships arrival at the dock at [...]
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Editor’s Note: This is part of a photoset, "NASA Views Earth at Night." I’ll try to keep adding as time permits. www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/sets/72157625188331491/ From 220 miles above Earth, one of the Expedition 25 crew members exposed this night time image of part of Japan on Nov. 11, 2010, as three members of the six person crew [...]
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Editor’s Note: This is image (3) of (4) in the "NASA Train" series. The NASA-owned, ATK-operated train departs Utah for the Kennedy Space Center to deliver the final set of Reusable Solid Rocket Motor segments which are planned to serve as the Launch on Need segments for NASA’s final space shuttle launch. Image credit: NASA/ATK [...]
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