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Topic: Photo of the week 350 (July 16, 2011)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-15-2011 10:18 PM
   
 To mark the end of the Space Shuttle program, I selected a series of photos showing two orbiters in one shot. This is the final in the series. Sunlight spotlights space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) and space shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pads 39A and 39B, respectively, at KSC. This photo was taken on April 18, 2009, and marked the final time two shuttles were on launch pads at the same time. Endeavour was being prepared for a possible rescue mission following Atlantis' launch on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Ed Hengeveld |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 07-16-2011 10:13 AM
Thanks, Ed...a scene that will be greatly missed by many! |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-16-2011 07:50 PM
The final in the series? Actually, there exists a photo of Atlantis' liftoff on 51J (OK, barely visible), with Enterprise in the foreground.
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astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 07-17-2011 08:44 AM
Thank you for sharing these photos with us Ed. I look forward to your space history photo of the week each week. Keep up the great work.Sad to think this was the last time that two space shuttles were on the pads together. | |
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