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Topic: Photo of the week 346 (June 18, 2011)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-18-2011 02:17 AM
   
 With the end of the Space Shuttle program approaching, I selected a series of photos showing two orbiters in one shot. I will post these in the coming weeks. A sight that has been seen only once in Shuttle history: two complete Shuttle stacks pass each other on the crawlerway on August 9, 1990. STS-35/Columbia (left) is rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC on its way to Pad 39A. STS-38/Atlantis is parked in front of the VAB following its rollback from Pad 39A the previous day for repairs to its liquid hydrogen lines. Once Columbia was hard down on the pad, Atlantis was moved into the VAB for destack operations. The repairs were necessary because of a frustrating series of hydrogen leaks, which effectively grounded the entire fleet for several months in the second half of 1990. Ed Hengeveld |
bthumble
Member Posts: 267
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 06-18-2011 02:47 AM
Another great pic Ed. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-18-2011 03:21 AM
Poignant reminders of what we're surely going to miss when the program ends. Thanks Mr H... |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-18-2011 06:27 AM
Another great photo and a stunning shot indeed!! This is one of my favorite photos of the space shuttle program!! Does any collectSPACE member know where I can purchase an 8x10 photo of this? Thank you. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-22-2011 10:20 PM
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Originally posted by astro-nut:
Does any collectSPACE member know where I can purchase an 8x10 photo of this?
I poked around the Interwebs looking for a "big" hi-res version of this image and couldn't find one.Ed...?
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astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-23-2011 05:08 PM
Ed... Thank you, very much!!! |
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