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Topic: Photo of the week 564 (August 15, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-15-2015 03:05 AM
   
 STS-114 mission specialist Stephen Robinson slowly makes his way to the underside of shuttle Discovery to remove gap fillers from between the orbiter’s heat-shielding tiles during the mission’s third EVA on August 3, 2005. Robinson is on the end of the space station Canadarm2 (out of frame). |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-15-2015 07:34 AM
Thinks - "I wonder how much one of these will fetch on eBay when we get back!" |
JBoe
Member Posts: 960
From: Churchton, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 08-15-2015 09:57 AM
Wow, great picture! Any idea as to where the gap fillers went after removal or how they were removed? Thanks! |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-15-2015 10:00 AM
"Ah, so that's where I left my gum during training. Was lookin' for that..." |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-15-2015 10:01 AM
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Originally posted by JBoe:
Any idea as to where the gap fillers went after removal or how they were removed?
Two gap fillers were removed. One was transferred to the Smithsonian's collection and is now on display in the Moving Beyond Earth gallery at the National Air and Space Museum.Half of the other was presented to Langley aerospace engineer Scott Berry. During the mission, Berry played a key role in convincing Shuttle program managers to conduct the space walk, based on predicted aerodynamic heating caused by the protruding spacer at atmospheric re-entry. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 864
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 08-15-2015 06:11 PM
Another awesome image Ed. Thanks. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 08-15-2015 07:54 PM
Amazing, but 10 years ago, it seems like yesterday. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-16-2015 07:53 AM
That's a fantastic, unique image. Thanks for posting it. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 08-16-2015 08:56 PM
The deep black of space is always entrancing, isn't it? Cool photo. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-16-2015 10:13 PM
The deep black of space was described to me by Jack Schmitt as "so black as to be brilliant". |
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