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High Power Rocketry: View from a Space Shuttle SRB (2007-07-26)
Life is hard when you travel back and forth to space all the time, then crash land in the ocean. I bet you would have wanted to be born a monolithic motor : ) [Read More]
DTH Rocket Blog: Space Shuttle Discovery Launch on May 31st (2008-06-02)Below is a video of Space Shuttle Discovery's liftoff from 3 days ago: The Space Shuttle is one of the most spectacular things...right up there with tornadoes and corn on the cob...however, I don't ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle makes apearance in El Paso (2008-12-10)Here's a photo from the El Paso Times showing the Endeavour landing in El Paso atop its carrier aircraft. I've never seen the Shuttle launching, but have seen it atop the 747 four times: once ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: ISS evacuation (2009-03-12)I see that the ISS crew was temporarily evacuated to the Russian Soyuz capsule today. A 5-inch * piece of space junk was expected to pass within the 2.8 mile 'danger box' around the station. ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Dang, I missed the STS-119 webcast (2009-03-15)I waited, and waited, and watched the time...and got sidetracked. The good news is Discovery is up safely. [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Space shuttle Discovery,STS-119 blasts off (2009-03-16)Space shuttle Discovery,STS-119 blasts off Sunday, March 15, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the International Space Station. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel) (Red Huber, Orlando ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Space Walking Astronaut Seen From Ground (2009-04-11)Astronomy Picture of the Day [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Soyuz rendezvous with ISS mistaken for UFO activity. (2009-06-02)A bright and fast object seemingly "overtook" the International Space Station May 29, according to several witnesses observing from two different states, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Is the life expectancy of the completed ISS only 6 years? (2009-07-13)This probably isn't news to people who paid attention and could count, but it appears that unless additional funding is sought, that is the case. The Washington Post points out that the Station will ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: STS-114 Space Shuttle Discovery Performs Back Flip For Photography (2009-09-04)STS-114 Space Shuttle Discovery Performs Back Flip For Photography , originally uploaded by Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee . I know 'up' doesn't mean much in orbit and any ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Ares I-X/Space Shuttle twofer (2009-10-26)In his post on tomorrow's Ares I-X launch (maybe...weather "may be a problem"), Wayne Hill posted the following cool, and historic, photo of both the Ares and Shuttle on their pads. Couldn't ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Space Shuttle Atlantis (2009-11-16)Today, Monday Nov 16th, at 1:28PM CST, Space Shuttle Atlantis will be launched into low earth orbit where it will rendezvous with the International Space Station to deliver a heavy payload of ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttles abound at Verna and Randy's place (2010-02-01)Verna's Photo of the Month features an interesting Shuttle variant. She's highlighting Dr. Roy Houchin's custom Shuttle, outfitted with a Boostervision camera and scale "crawler" pad. Meanwhile ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: From Wizards Roost to the Space Shuttle, and beyond (2010-03-03)Back when the X-Prize Cup was held in Las Cruces, I made several posts about other space and semi-space-related attractions in that general neck of the woods. Here's one of the posts . Well, a ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: A magical Space Shuttle launch over the Disney Castle (2010-04-09)Physics Fairies , originally uploaded by jurvetson . Early morning photo by Tinkerbell (a Disneyworld employee), posted by Juvetson with permission. Shared from Flickr based on the indicated CC ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Journeys to the ISS (2010-04-16)That's the theme of this issue of Boston.com's The Big Picture . TBP is always worth look. I snatched a copy of of my fav. "Space Shuttle Discovery is seen streaking into space (to the left) as a ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: The Earth from the ISS - Time Lapse (2010-09-03)"Time lapse footage taken by Oregon State University alum Don Pettit during his time on the International Space Station. This one shows Earth from day to night." [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: More on Starship scaling...starting with the Space Shuttle (2010-09-30)In an earlier post , I commented on Scott Lowther's post entitled Giant's in the Sky, Part 2. I have been snoozing because I missed Part 1 . In Part 1, he starts with the Space Shuttle ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: US astronaut excited about upcoming space mission (2010-10-06)BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly says he's looking forward to traveling to the International Space Station this week, and meeting up with his brother there next year. Kelly is ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: A Space Shuttle video retrospective (long) (2010-12-11)This video compilation was prepared from engineering footage of the STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124 missions. Credit: Matt Melis at the Glenn Research Center. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Bonus Space Shuttle awesomeness (2010-12-14)Here are the deleted scenes from the video Ascent - Commemorating the Space Shuttle . Watch it, and if you missed the original, go watch it too ! [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: STS-133: NASA Considering Soyuz Flyaround to Photograph Discovery and ISS (2011-02-12)February 10th, 2011 by Pete Harding NASA managers are investigating a proposed plan that would see a Soyuz spacecraft undock from the International Space Station (ISS) during the upcoming STS-133 ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Space Shuttle Discovery's Final Flight. STS-133 A Mission Preview (2011-02-22)By WILLIAM HARWOOD CBS News KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Three-and-a-half months after the shuttle Discovery was grounded by potentially dangerous cracks in its external tank, the orbiter is ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: ISS and Shuttle against the Sun (2011-03-09)Date: 07.03.2011 Subject: ISS transit 1 frame @ ISO 100, 1/1000s GPU Optical 102/640 APO Herschel Prism Telextender Meade 2x, Canon EOS 550D Pixinsight, PS CS5 Author: C?t?lin Fus http://ww ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Kennedy Space Center staff makes space shuttle orbiter (2011-03-21)This time-lapse video shows employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., taking a few moments to assemble for a historic aerial photo outside of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Thousands of ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Space shuttle, station pioneer remembers exploration dream that faded (2011-03-23)by Mike Pierson Air Force Space Command Public Affairs 3/23/2011 - PETERSON AFB, Colo. -- As the last space shuttle mission approaches, one of the fathers of the world's first reusable spacecraft ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Long Government Shutdown Could Delay Space Shuttle Launch (2011-04-09)Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor, Space.com Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor, space.com ? Fri Apr 8, 4:45 pm ET If Congress fails to settle on a national budget by midnight tonight ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle Endeavour - Final Flight (2011-05-16)I go to work and miss a great launch. This photo looks slightly 'shopped. [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: ISS and Shuttle images (2011-06-08)Thierry Legault [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: 30 years of Space Shuttle missions (2011-07-04)Sources: NASA, RSC Energia, White House Office of Management and Budget, SpaceX. By Alberto Cuadra - The Washington Post . [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Superb Space Shuttle HDR shots (2011-07-10)Trey Ratcliff commemorates the Shuttle program with some of his favorite HDR (high dynamic range) shots - Best of NASA . I repeated three of them below. Check out his blog for even more and ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle display (2011-07-31)This is a display that I put together after the Challenger disaster. It includes individual mission patches (of the sticker variety) from STS-6 through -51L. I didn't receive patches ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Doing the Space Shuttle shuffle (2011-08-11)Orbiter kiss , a photo by Flying Jenny on Flickr. I have heard that the NASM's Udvar-Hazy annex will have two Shuttles on display for a short period - the Enterprise and the Discovery. They ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: ISS Crew May Be Cut From 6 To 3 Due To Grounding Of All Soyuz Flights (2011-08-25)NEW YORK, August 25 (Itar-Tass) — The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) may be cut from six to three members if the situation with the launch of Russia’s Progress cargo ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle Atlantis silhouetted against the moon (2011-08-28)Canon20d_AtlantisReturn 046.jpg , a photo by Vincent P Greenwade on Flickr. Click through for some additional shots of Atlantis. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle document scans (2011-09-18)My wife stumbled across some of my Space Shuttle memorabilia and I scanned a handful of the items. I posted one here, and the rest are on Facebook (link is supposed to be public). ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Inverted Space Shuttle booster concept (2011-11-13)Scott Lowther presents this "interesting inversion" of the Shuttle stack, having two tanks for the SME's and a single SRB. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: A new angle on the Space Shuttle? (2011-12-01)At least one I haven't seen for a while. Stolen from Facebook. [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: NASA video from ISS of comet and Earth (2011-12-23)"International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy as seen from about 240 miles above the Earth’s horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Burbank ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle launch at night (2011-12-25)[Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: ISS gets hardware and software upgrades to support inaugural Dragon visit (2012-01-11)The six-member crew of the International Space Station (ISS) have been hard at work over the past few weeks, performing multiple hardware and software upgrades in order to ready the station to ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Interesting Space Shuttle concept (2012-01-11)08_00995.jpg , a photo by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr. Here's an interesting concept with the 'shuttle' being surrounded by two canted tanks. The SDA&S Archive just ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Lego Space Shuttle (2012-01-14)Lego Rocket , a photo by livewoods on Flickr. Since the Saturn V was so popular. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: JSC donates Space Shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer (2012-01-17)It appears NASA JSC is donating another Shuttle training resource. The Fuselage Trainer will be given to the Seattle Museum of Flight later this week. ( PRNewswire ) Glad to see more ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle - "The Sweet Escape" (2012-03-07)With a hat tip to Sascha, here is a cool, albeit photoshopped, image of the Shuttle. The Sweet Escape by Richard Silvera [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: The Space Shuttle is truckin' (2012-03-12)Peterbilt ad from the 1970's, via DRB . (All rocket girl fans should follow the link!) [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: More on the Space Shuttle's final missions (2012-04-14)CollectSpace reports on the Space Shuttle's final crew patch, which will commemorate the delivery of the Shuttles to their final resting places. The patch was designed by pilot Jeff ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: ISS Astronauts Train For Dragon Docking (2012-04-14)HOUSTON — U.S. and European astronauts Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers, as part of a temporarily downsized International Space Station crew, are preparing for the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Discovery Readied For Mate to SCA (KSC-2012-2218) (2012-04-15)Discovery Readied For Mate to SCA (KSC-2012-2218) , a photo by nasa hq photo on Flickr. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) (2012-04-18)Untitled , a photo by Kemon01 on Flickr. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle internal eye-candy (and some more from Udvar-Hazy) (2012-04-21)National Geographic has posted an unique look at Space Shuttle Discovery as it was being decommissioned: Space Shuttle in Extreme Detail: Exclusive New Pictures - Explore Discovery's ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle Endeavour 360° VR Panorama (2012-04-27)Space Shuttle Endeavour 360° VR Panorama , a photo by jurvetson on Flickr. Steve just posted several 360° circular panoramas of Space Shuttle Endeavour (click through to see the rest). ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Houston's Space Shuttle consolation prize is scheduled for arrival (2012-05-11)Earlier, I posted about the Space Shuttle mockup's departure from KSC . Space Center Houston has announced that it will arrive in Clear Lake by barge on Friday, June 1, 2012. This will ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: ISS wrangles the Dragon capsule (2012-05-25)Eatlier this morning, the ISS' robotic arm successfully grabbed the Dragon capsule. Evidently, there was glitch in the capsules lidar that was seeing an unexpected reflection off the station. ... [Read More]
DTH Rocket Blog: SpaceX Dragon Capsule Docks to ISS (2012-05-25)They've done it! The Dragon capsule has berthed with the International Space Station, making SpaceX the first commercial company to ever dock with the ISS. "Today marks another critical step in the ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Johnson Space Center Houston Mockup Space Shuttle Explorer (2012-06-02)Johnson Space Center Houston Mockup Space Shuttle Explorer , a photo by PeaceLoveScoobie on Flickr. Docked and (almost) ready to be loaded for its trip down NASA Road 1. (We spent our last night ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle Enterprise needs a body shop (2012-06-04)There are plenty of cool photos of the Enterprise's barge ride on its Flickr group , including the following by user John Skelson: Keith Cowling reports that the barge operator(s) clipped a dock ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Long exposure ISS images (2012-06-07)Today must be image dump day... This is from the NASA Flickr account. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle swarm: All 135 launches on one screen (2012-07-07)This is so awesome! Turn up the volume! [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle breaking through clouds (2012-09-03)Something tells me this may be 'shopped... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle Onboard Footage (2012-09-06)[Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle Endeavor flies over Golden Gate Bridge (2012-09-21)[Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle Images (2012-09-24)http://lightbox.time.com [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: ISS Deployed 5 Cube Sats. In Honor Of The 55th Anniversary Of Sputnik 1 Launch (2012-10-05)Five small CubeSats were deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module onboard the International Space Station on October 4th 2012. This occurred on the 55th anniversary of the first ever launch of a ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle in LA (2012-10-12)[Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle Enterprise - exposed by Sandy (2012-10-30)CNN posted the following photo showing the collapse of the tent that covered the Enterprise aboard the Intrepid. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those adversely affected by Sandy! ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Early Space Shuttle Concepts (2012-11-27)After finding the Secret Projects Forum , I began poking around and found the US Space Shuttle Projects thread. I'll leave it up to you to explore as you see fit. There are lots of cool ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: More early Space Shuttle artwork (2012-11-27)I noticed that the SDASM's early space shuttle photos are not copyrighted so I grabbed a bunch, which are included below for your viewing pleasure. There are manym many more cool ones, so I still ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: F-22 and a space shuttle launch (2012-12-09)F-22 and a space shuttle take off , a photo by yacielcruz on Flickr. I think I may have posted this before but it's so cool that I don't care if I did. Click through to see the rest of this guy's ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Soyuz Approaching The ISS (2013-01-02)Here is an awesome shot of the Soyuz spacecraft approaching the ISS. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Shuttle Structural Test Facility, Palmdale, CA 1978 (2013-02-25)Structural Test Facility, Palmdale, CA 1978 , a photo by Kemon01 on Flickr. [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: The ISS to scale against an NFL stadium (2013-03-10)[Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: ISS Orbit Raised Prior To Crew Departure (2013-04-04)MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Mission Control on Wednesday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), raising it by 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) to ensure safe departure ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Endeavour Fly-Over Houston, TX (2013-05-05)Endeavour Fly-Over Houston, TX , a photo by THE SPACEFLIGHT PHOTO SET on Flickr. [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: NASA to migrate ISS computers from Windows to Linux (2013-05-07)Citing stability issues NASA has announced they will be migrating the ISS laptops and PCs from Windows to Linux. Being a long time Linux user and typing this on a Linux system I am happy to hear ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Space Oddity by ISS Commander Chris Hadfield (2013-05-13)I had been resisting watching this video but finally broke down. And, man, I'm glad I did. Commander Chris Hadfield's version of David Bowie's Space Oddity is really quite good. ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space shuttle slow motion footage (2013-11-30)[Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Space Shuttle Main Engine Ignition Sequence Slow Motion (2013-12-02)[Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: NASA to pick ISS crew transporter today (2014-09-16)NASA to Make Major Announcement Today About Astronaut Transport to the International Space Station. See official statement: “NASA will make a major announcement today at 4 p.m. EDT regarding ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: ISS illuminated by powerful laser and filmed (2014-10-15)"This extraordinary video clip was recorded at ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS) at about 19:05 UTC on 8 October 2014 as the station illuminated the ISS with a 3.6-Watt 532-nm green laser, used for ... [Read More]
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