Posts tagged space shuttle

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Posted 10 months ago
Awesome photo of Atlantis’ reentry photographed from the ISS. Zoom

Awesome photo of Atlantis’ reentry photographed from the ISS.

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Posted 11 months ago
50 Years of Space Nuclear Power - Fifty years ago this week, on June 29, 1961, an electrical generator driven by nuclear energy was launched into space for the first time. Since then it continues to elicit both fear of disaster and hope for future advances.

50 Years of Space Nuclear Power - Fifty years ago this week, on June 29, 1961, an electrical generator driven by nuclear energy was launched into space for the first time. Since then it continues to elicit both fear of disaster and hope for future advances.

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Posted 1 year ago

Great time-lapse video of STS-131 all the way from Shuttle integration to night time launch.

(Source: airspacemag.com)

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Posted 1 year ago
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NASA video on the 30 year history of the Shuttle, narrated by William Shatner.

(Source: parabolicarc.com)