Author
|
Topic: Photo of the week 935 (September 24, 2022)
|
heng44 Member Posts: 3617 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
|
posted 09-24-2022 02:29 AM
Perched atop a modified Boeing 747, Space Shuttle Endeavour departed Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:22 a.m. EDT Wednesday, September 19, 2012, en route to Houston, the first leg of a two-day trek to California. |
cspg Member Posts: 6325 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
|
posted 09-24-2022 03:27 AM
Beautiful shot. |
328KF Member Posts: 1370 From: Registered: Apr 2008
|
posted 09-24-2022 12:25 PM
Love the wingtip vortices coming off of the 747. That doesn’t look like a photo taken at 4:22 in the morning, though. |
randy Member Posts: 2604 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
|
posted 09-24-2022 07:41 PM
Very "Top Gun"-esque! |
heng44 Member Posts: 3617 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
|
posted 09-25-2022 03:01 AM
quote: Originally posted by 328KF: That doesn’t look like a photo taken at 4:22 in the morning, though.
Here is an image of the taxi run before takeoff, so it looks like the time could be correct. |
PeterO Member Posts: 443 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002
|
posted 09-25-2022 04:49 AM
Astronomical dawn did not occur on this date until 5:51 a.m.. Astronomical dawn is defined as the time at which the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and the first faintest light is visible at the horizon in areas without any light pollution. Therefore it was totally dark at 4:22.Perhaps the time was quoted in PDT, which would make the lighting possible. |
David C Member Posts: 1367 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012
|
posted 09-25-2022 09:14 AM
That’s it. Take-off was originally planned for sunrise on the 17th. In the end they were delayed and got airborne at 07:22 EDT (11:22 GMT) on Wednesday the 19th. |
OV-105 Member Posts: 888 From: Ridgecrest, CA Registered: Sep 2000
|
posted 09-25-2022 01:47 PM
I was at Edwards AFB when Endeavour arrived back in California.
|
David C Member Posts: 1367 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012
|
posted 09-26-2022 12:54 PM
I was at LAX. |