Space Shuttle 'Discovery' by junge1
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The Space Shuttle 'Discovery' (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) was the third of five shuttles built. Its 1st mission (STS-41-D) was from 30 August to 5 September 1984 and its last mission, (STS-133) from 24 February to 9 March 2011. During those 27 years it was launched 39 times,
It spent a total time of 365 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes and 33 seconds in space and during that time traveled a total distance of 148, 221, 675 mi (238, 539, 663 km) completing 5,830 orbits.
While in orbit it traveled at 17,400 mph, ~ Mach 25 - 5 times the speed of a bullet.
A few of the more noteworthy missions were:
1984 - First mission
1988 - Return-to-flight vehicle after the 'Challenger' disaster
1990 - Delivered the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit
1995 - First shuttle mission to Russian Space Station 'Mir'
1997 - Hubble servicing mission
1998 - Hubble servicing mission
1998 - Only shuttle flight of a Mercury Astronaut - Senator John H. Glenn
1999 - First docking with International Space Station
2000 - Flew 100th shuttle mission (Source: Wikipedia)
This photo was taken on 3 June 2015 and shows the three main engine exhaust nozzles,
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Comments (19)
Great shot.
What a great shot and experience seeing this up close Sig. What a history too.
Great capture !!!!!!
bring me to the moon !! great shot
Great POV and capture!
Amazing.
Great capture and cool stats thanks
And you made it to the National Air and Space Museum...a place I absolutely must see one day.
Well, if he's going, I guess I'll be going as well! LOL! I'm sure it's an amazing experience to see this in person. Wow!
@bmac62: Bill, we spent half a day there. If you want to really see more you need to spend more time there, just as with the US Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson!
@auntietk: Tara, there a lot of things to see and many opportunities to practice your art and take unusual pictures lol. I am looking forward to seeing some of them!
Stunning capture my friend. God bless.
fabulous shot
148 million plus miles WOW! I would have shot this end too - it is a great POV.
Very impressive! I also like the POV. I saw this in flight high over the earth and even from so far away you could clearly see the distintive shape of the shuttle.
Big! Thats the first impression.. And sadly, just like the retirement of the supersonic Concorde, a step backwards as nothing has been put in place to replace it or better it.. Makes you wonder why? Nice to see kids being shown, shame that doesn't happen here. Rob
Awesome shot! We went inside the trainer they used in a huge hanger in Houston, so this brings happy memories.
looks small when riding on it's 747 carrier jet. here it looks very large compared to the people
Impressive...i saw the Enterprise on the Intrepid in Manhattan.