nasa
Echo II, a Balloon Satellite
Submitted URL: : http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2124.html Echo II is shown here undergoing a tensile stress test in a dirigible hanger at Weekesville, North Carolina. A dirigible is a type of aerostat or “lighter-than-air” aircraft. The 135-foot rigidized balloon satellite was sent into orbit as a passive communications experiment by NASA on January 25, 1964. When folded, the [...]
Tags: nasa, space, wallpaper, weather
Posted in: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Shuttle Endeavour lands for the last time
Submitted URL: : http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2011/06/shuttle-endeavour-lands-for-th.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s 30-year shuttle program inched closer to the end Wednesday, wrapping up its second-to-last mission and moving Atlantis to the launch pad for next month’s final flight. Endeavour and its six astronauts returned to Earth after more than two weeks in space, gliding down the runway [...]
Tags: nasa, space, space shuttle
Posted in: Uncategorized | No Comments »
STS-134 Endeavour Launch
Submitted URL: : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/5726656244/ NASA officials view space shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) as it launches skyward through the windows of Firing Room 4, Monday, May 16, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. During the 16-day mission, Endeavour, with Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson, Mission Specialists Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel [...]
Tags: nasa
Posted in: Uncategorized | No Comments »
STS-134 Endeavour Launch
Submitted URL: : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/5726541643/ The press site at the NASA Kennedy Space Center is seen as the sun rises a few hours prior to the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour with the STS-134 crew, Monday, May 16, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. During the mission, Endeavour and the STS-134 crew will deliver the Alpha [...]
Posted in: Uncategorized | No Comments »
