Space Shuttle Columbia, (STS-107) , days before its untimely demise…A piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle’s external tank and struck the left wing of the orbiter. The shuttle then later disintegrated over Texas, as it re-entered earth’s
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft and its launcher seen before launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 April 2005. On board are Russian Commander Sergei Krikalev, ESAs Roberto Vittori and NASA astronaut John Phillips. This was Vittoris se
Astronauts training in the cockpit of the Orion cockpit, NASA’s next giant leap to the heavens. It is estimated that through this project, people will be back to the Moon in around 2 years, asteroid landings will occur in the next decade, and we will be s
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@willbremridge Just before I left for Finland last week I shot the album art for my friend @himynameistimandiplaydrums . This authentic soviet space lid was an incredible prop. This isn’t the final choice, just something I love from the shoot. Gre
Did you know that heat shield like the ones used in the Apollo and Gemini are actually made so that layers will come off. @nasa @europeanspaceagency @spacex @explorenasa @apolloprogram
Did you know that heat shields have to be used if you want to reenter Earths atmosphere or any other planet for that matter. @nasa @europeanspaceagency @spacex @explorenasa @apolloprogram
Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns. || Sagan
Did you know that a heat shield acts as a dome around the spacecraft forcing the heat away. @nasa @europeanspaceagency @spacex @explorenasa @apolloprogram
Another day another sunset. The international space station is shining bright above Perth.