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heng44
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posted 04-02-2021 11:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

STS-61A payload specialist Wubbo Ockels took this photo of the "egg of Columbus," floating upright in zero gravity. The fun experiment implied a link to the future of manned spaceflight, with the Columbus laboratory being one of the major European contributions to the International Space Station then being designed. (Thanks to Eddy Ruytings for the idea.)

Jonnyed
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posted 04-02-2021 11:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jonnyed   Click Here to Email Jonnyed     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Of course the golden "mirror" reflection off the egg is very cool — almost like a fish-eye lens picture.

randy
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posted 04-02-2021 01:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for randy   Click Here to Email randy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, Ed. Very cool.

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