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Topic: Photo of the week 577 (November 14, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-14-2015 02:49 AM
   
 The crew of STS-47 is welcomed back to earth as Endeavour's hatch is opened after landing at the Kennedy Space Center on September 20, 1992. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 11-14-2015 08:44 AM
I've never seen a picture like this looking from the inside out. Great photo Ed! |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 11-14-2015 01:53 PM
I take it that the item in the lower center part of the photo is the actual hatch door of the shuttle.Did it completely detach and get moved so the astronauts could walk out? Or did the hatch door still remain connected and the crew had to walk around it? Just trying to figure out how the hatch door operated... cool photo. |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 11-14-2015 01:59 PM
It looks like they landed at a homeless shelter...As I understand it, a platform was placed on the hatch during egress. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 11-14-2015 09:51 PM
I haven't seen this view until now, either. Interesting perspective. |
18blue78
Member Posts: 126
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 11-15-2015 04:22 AM
I see all the smiles and remember reading a former astronaut asking a ground crew member what it smelt like when they opened up a returning shuttle."It smells bad, really bad." Great photo. |
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