A collection of the most jaw-dropping pics of the Space Shuttle (and other cool rockets) on the NASA library Credits always in first reply! Run by @pedromira848
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From back when they launched rockets on top of a milk stool!
This was the last launch of the Saturn IB, carrying the Apollo side of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
A reverse meteor rising through the skies. Space Shuttle Endeavour races to see the sunset one more time, STS-59
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Here's a great desktop wallpaper: A 70mm frame of Discovery lifting off on the STS-51D mission, in 1985
Shuttle Porn retweeted
You have all seen this famous picture of astronaut Bruce McCandless floating freely in orbit above Earth, but what you probably haven't seen is his perspective: Space Shuttle Challenger floating freely in orbit above Earth, as seen by Bruce's helmet camera
You have all seen this famous picture of astronaut Bruce McCandless floating freely in orbit above Earth, but what you probably haven't seen is his perspective: Space Shuttle Challenger floating freely in orbit above Earth, as seen by Bruce's helmet camera
Shuttle Porn retweeted
Pick your favorite EVA outfit:
Left: Astronaut Bruce McCandless testing the Mobile Foot Restraint at the end of the RMS arm
Right: Astronaut Bruce McCandless testing the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), on the first ever untethered spacewalk
Pick your favorite EVA outfit:
Left: Astronaut Bruce McCandless testing the Mobile Foot Restraint at the end of the RMS arm
Right: Astronaut Bruce McCandless testing the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), on the first ever untethered spacewalk
Amazing view from the office at the end of the Canadarm1, looking back at the cargo bay of Discovery, featuring 2 astros (one behind the camera on the RMS) preparing to catch a satellite!
