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Topic: STS-135: Last photo taken of a shuttle in space
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted August 08, 2011 10:26 AM
   
On Flight Day 13 of STS-135, the crew deployed PicoSat, or Picosatellite Solar Cell Testbed 2 (PSSC-2), the 180th and final payload deployed in shuttle history. The small, 8-pound, 5- by 5- by 10-inch solar cell demonstration satellite was equipped with several onboard megapixel cameras to capture its separation from Atlantis. The result, as commander Chris Ferguson wrote in a tweet on Saturday, "The last picture ever taken of a shuttle in space."  |
buckeyecal
Member Posts: 56
From: soon to be Boise, ID USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted August 08, 2011 05:38 PM
Just was wondering... that would be cool if this photo was translated into a "crew patch."  Kinda of has the layout of one! |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2229
From: Renton, WA USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted August 09, 2011 01:48 PM
That photo almost looks like a painting.
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