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SkyMan1958
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posted 12-09-2019 06:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SkyMan1958   Click Here to Email SkyMan1958     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Obviously there are a bunch of images from the Apollo era that we consider as iconic images. I was thinking about images taken during the space shuttle era, and wasn't coming up with too many that I would consider "iconic."

Probably the two that stick out the most in my mind are the image of Bruce McCandless in the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and the image of the rocket exhaust trails just post the Challenger tragedy. Those two strike me as being iconic.

The closest I can think of as an iconic shuttle launch image is one of STS-1 launching.

Clearly there were a bunch of neat images taken during the shuttle era. Which ones strike you as being "iconic" images?

Greggy_D
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posted 12-09-2019 08:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Greggy_D   Click Here to Email Greggy_D     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The STS-51A "For Sale" shot with both Allen and Gardner. Allen was the one at the end of the RMS.

OV-105
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posted 12-09-2019 10:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
STS-7 Challenger in orbit photo of the orbiter from SPAS satellite. Same with STS-114 with the first orbiter pitch over photos. The photo of Atlantis with MIR from STS-71.

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posted 12-10-2019 06:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The STS-49 EVA with three astronauts. On May 13, 1992, following the successful capture of the Intelsat VI satellite, astronauts Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers and Pierre J. Thuot, moved the 4.5 ton satellite, by hand, into the space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay.

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posted 12-10-2019 07:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
STS-134, Endeavour docked with the ISS.

An image from one of the Hubble Servicing missions showing the telescope in the shuttle's cargo bay.

LM-12
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posted 12-10-2019 09:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Headshot:
The STS-49 EVA with three astronauts.
It looks odd to see three astronauts in the payload bay. So used to seeing two.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 12-10-2019 09:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This photo of Michael Gernhardt on a spacewalk during space shuttle Endeavour's STS-69 mission in 1995 has become a widely-used generic image of an astronaut.

For example: The New York Post, Forbes, NPR and Kennedy Space Center's Space Visor.

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posted 12-10-2019 10:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
STS-95, one with John Glenn in it.

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posted 12-11-2019 10:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The well-known shot of Columbia's underbelly taken by astronaut Kathy Sullivan from a T-38 chase plane just prior to the orbiter's landing. I think this was at the end of the STS-2 mission.

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posted 12-11-2019 08:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dogcrew5369   Click Here to Email dogcrew5369     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Judy Resnik on the middeck of Discovery during STS-41D with her long hair floating in all directions is certainly an iconic photo to me.

Mike Dixon
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posted 12-12-2019 03:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike Dixon   Click Here to Email Mike Dixon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
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The well-known shot of Columbia's underbelly taken by astronaut Kathy Sullivan from a T-38 chase plane just prior to the orbiter's landing.
Yep, superb picture and have the red stamp glossy.

Philip
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posted 12-13-2019 02:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The EVA spacewalk photo of Michael Gernhardt during STS-69 was also photoshopped by adding a watch on his right wrist for a marketing campaign.

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posted 12-13-2019 03:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cozmosis22     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by OV-105:
STS-7 Challenger in orbit photo of the orbiter from SPAS satellite.

Yes, that would be high on the list. It was highly anticipated as it was the first time the full vehicle was actually shown in space. The image with the Canadarm extended out of the payload bay in the shape of a seven is truly special.

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