Space Shuttle Discovery Lifts Off https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/space-shuttle-discovery-lifts-off-2/ #NASA #SpaceShuttle #STS51D
#OnThisDay Yuri Gagarin becomes first human to travel to outer #space (1961). This day is celebrated as International Day of Human Space Flight.
#NASA launched the first #SpaceShuttle #Columbia (1981).
The #Polio #Vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective (1955).
Ascent (2012) (NASA commentary on a high quality slow motion film of a space shuttle launch)
https://fedi.video/videos/watch/d86a66bd-84c0-4f3d-8e61-59cfe0442e91
Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes Flight https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/space-shuttle-endeavour-takes-flight/ #NASA #SpaceShuttle #STS99
Love these relief sculptures on 1980s housing on Edzell Street in the west of Glasgow. Created by Brian Kelly, they're titled The Modern Myth, and represent The Sea (top left), The Land (top right), Air (bottom left) and Space (bottom right). I think I'm right in saying the final panel includes the only sculptural representation of a space shuttle on the city's architecture.
"It’s obvious that the #SpaceShuttle is just a contrivance to keep #NASA alive, and that no real need for the space shuttle was determined before the massive construction program was initiated" #JimmyCarter https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/a-cold-war-mystery-why-did-jimmy-carter-save-the-space-shuttle
Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top Civilian Award https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/former-nasa-official-astronaut-bob-cabana-receives-top-civilian-award/ #NASA #RobertDCabana #BillNelson #JohnsonSpaceCenter #KennedySpaceCenter #NASAHeadquarters #PamelaAMelroy #SpaceShuttle #StennisSpaceCenter
High-temperature reusable surface insulation on Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 showing the direction of travel on the borosilicate coating Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy
NASA 747-SCA N911NA at the Joe Davis Airpark, Palmdale, California #USAFPlant42 #palmdale #NASA #B747 #SCA #photography #blackandwhite #spaceshuttle #Plant42
NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103, Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy
NASA Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS) LI-900 tiles on Discovery. on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia #NASA #SpaceShuttle #space #Smithsonian #aviationphotography #AvGeek #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotography
NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103, Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy
Totally Iconic Tuesday: That's not a regular 747 Edition VC-25A as Air Force One, NASA SOFIA 747-SP, NASA 747 SCA with Space Shuttle Endeavour, Virgin Orbit 747 Cosmic Girl #Boeing #B747 #AF1 #NASA #Spaceshuttle #B747SP #SOFIA #aviationphotography #POTUS #planespotting #aviation #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #Nikon
Atlantis Begins 13th Space Trip https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/atlantis-begins-13th-space-trip/ #NASA #SpaceShuttle
January 28, 1986 : 
