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Topic: Photo of the week 152 (September 29)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-28-2007 02:05 PM
   
 This image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis backdropped over a desert was photographed by the Expedition-1 crew aboard the International Space Station shortly after the STS-98 crew undocked from the station on February 16, 2001. Ed Hengeveld |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 09-28-2007 02:45 PM
A great unusual view of the shuttle....Thanks for sharing this one. Henk Boshuijer |
cddfspace
Member Posts: 609
From: Morris County, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-29-2007 04:41 PM
Ed,One of my favorites! Thanks for sharing- great photo! Dennis |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-30-2007 03:20 AM
Photo clearly shows how 'fragile' the flying brick really is! |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-30-2007 04:32 AM
But what a beautiful "brick"!
Beautiful shot, simply beautiful.Chris. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-30-2007 01:30 PM
STS-98....my first launch viewing attempt. I failed to see it fly that time.6 years later - STS-117, success! |
robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 10-02-2007 10:08 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Philip:
Photo clearly shows how 'fragile' the flying brick really is!
I heard the shuttle described as a butterfly on the back of a firework, a much better description, IMO. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 10-03-2007 02:40 AM
Rob, I think that might have been Story Musgrave. Not too sure about the firework, but he definitely talked about the shuttle being a butterfly mounted on something powerful.Colin |
robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 10-03-2007 04:15 AM
Hi Colin,I think it was a shuttle astronaut, it was a comment made from a documentary I saw on the TV. Like you say it was a butterfly on the back of something powerful. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 10-03-2007 05:27 AM
I believe it was in that 1995 shuttle documentary made by Aussie Scott Hicks, and I did find the exact words spoken by Story in discussing the Challenger tragedy. His exact words were "a butterfly riding on a rocket." |
Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 11-18-2007 09:12 PM
Nice pic. |
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