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Photo ID: 1642377
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) A worker in blue jeans walking on the Mobile Launch Platform (just left of the shuttle) is completely dwarfed by the towering 19-story Space Shuttle Atlantis, weighing 4.5 million pounds at launch and producing some 7.5 million pounds of thrust. Atlantis carried the Columbus laboratory to the space station on STS-122. |
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Photo ID: 1642312
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) River rocks are crushed into dust as Shuttle Atlantis, atop Mobile Launch Platform and Crawler Transporter, begins the trek out of the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 3.5 miles away. |
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Photo ID: 1642311
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Atlantis begins the six hour trek down the crawlerway for STS-117. |
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Photo ID: 1634117
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Atlantis rockets into space on the final mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe. |
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Photo ID: 1634116
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Birds flock as Atlantis rockets into space on STS-122 |
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Photo ID: 1632804
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) The sun sets behind Atlantis on Pad 39A the night before STS-125 launched, the final mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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Photo ID: 1630919
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) The sun goes down behind Shuttle Atlantis after a launch scrub. |
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Photo ID: 1624793
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) "Atlantis" trails vapor and causes her own cloud effect as she continues through her energy management system that bleeds of the excess speeds prior to the 200+ MPH engine off touchdown. Here she is in the 2nd heading alignment cylinder with tail brake open. As it nears the landing site, the orbiter is steered into the nearest of two heading alignment circles called HACs. Each has a radius of 18,000 ft. The orbiter is now in subsonic flight, at 49,000 ft., and about 22 mile from its touchdown point. |
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Photo ID: 1624370
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Atlantis is suspended via 325 ton crane over the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle, being prepared for mate with her external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters, partially visible to the left. |
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Photo ID: 1620245
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) STS-129 Atlantis launches on its way spot on time. |
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Photo ID: 1620210
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) STS-129 Atlantis launches on its way spot on time. |
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Photo ID: 1619207
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) If one had an opportunity fly in formation with a space shuttle orbiter in the Earth's atmosphere, it would look like this. I purposely chose to have Earth background so that a sense of scale and depth can be gleaned. With commander Charles Hobaugh at the controls, "Atlantis" executed a sweeping right overhead turn to lose altitude and speed to line up for landing. The two sonic booms heralding the arrival in Florida occurred just prior. Welcome home "Atlantis"! Dear President Obama, Please keep them flying! |
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Photo ID: 1615609
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90-26230 (cn 70-1597) Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here supported NASA's successful launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis today. The launch occurred at 2:28 p.m. (EST) from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Here one of the birds takes up position in the minutes before the launch to act as a rescue aircraft for the orbiter crew and support personnel. |
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Photo ID: 1614673
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Liftoff! 7.5 million pounds of thrust propel Atlantis into space on it's penultimate flight, STS-129, at 2:28pm EST November 16. |
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Photo ID: 1614239
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) "Atlantis" departs Earth on mission STS-129 at 2:28 p.m from Launch Complex 39A at NASA-KSC. EST with a collection of spare parts to the International Space Station. Here she in her roll program that will set her up for the orbital insertion that will happen approx. 8.5 minutes from launch. The little white dots falling are temporary covers of the reaction control system nozzles (used for steering in space). Only 5 more to go! Dear President Obama, Please keep them flying! |
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