OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: history

OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: history: On this day (March 10) in 2006, The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) entered orbit around Mars. Built by Lockhee...

OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: history 2

OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: history 2:   Found some neat pics going through files on my computer last night. I'll post one a day for fun. This fi...

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Found some neat pics going through files on my computer last night. I'll post one a day for fun. This first one is breath taking. It's Atlantis being rolled out in August of 2006. These pics were given to me by a great friend who worked there for an ISS contractor.

STS-109, March 9, 2002

Looking westward, one of the STS-109 crew members photographed the newly serviced and upgraded Hubble Space Telescope (HST) near the earth's limb to the upper right of the center of this 70mm image. The Space Shuttle Columbia was located over the Atlantic Ocean southwest of the Cape Verde Islands when this image was acquired. Low to mid-altitude clouds are visible across the image. Some thunderstorms can be seen near the left center of the image as the ...

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STS-109, March 9, 2002

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), appearing as a tiny, almost indistinguishable glowing mass, distances itself from the Space Shuttle Columbia following its release on March 9, 2002. Considering its original deployment in 1990 and three previous servicing missions, this marked the fifth time a shuttle has bidden farewell to the giant telescope. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

Image:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/…/s…/sts-109/hires/s109...

STS-133, March 9, 2011

Space shuttle Discovery's drag chute is deployed as the spacecraft rolls toward wheels stop on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Landing was at 11:57 a.m. (EST) on March 9, 2011, completing a more than 12-day STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. Onboard are NASA astronauts Steve Lindsey, commander; Eric Boe, pilot; Steve Bowen, Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott, all mission 

Gemini 3, March 8, 1965

Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., the command pilot of the GT-3 backup crew, is shown suited up for prelaunch tests. He is shown with his helmet visor up and a thermometer in his mouth.

Image:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/…/g…/gemini3/hires/s65-22666.jpg

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Gemini 3, March 8, 1965

Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot of the Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew, is shown suited up for GT-3 prelaunch test exercises.

Image:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/…/g…/gemini3/hires/s65-22670.jpg

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Gemini 8, March 11, 1966

Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (left), command pilot, and David R. Scott, pilot, the Gemini-8 prime crew, during a photo session outside the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Mission Control Center. Both men are wearing full spacesuits and carrying their helmets.

Image:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/…/g…/gemini8/hires/s66-27511.jpg

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STS-109, March 8, 2002

Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (right) and Richard M. Linnehan, STS-109 payload commander and mission specialist, respectively, are photographed near the giant Hubble Space Telescope (HST) temporarily hosted in the Space Shuttle Columbia’s cargo bay at the close of the fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Activities for the space walk centered around the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) to install a Cryogeni...

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STS-133, March 7, 2011

Backdropped against the blackness of spaec and clouds over Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Discovery as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation on March 7 after an aggregate of 12 astronauts and cosmonauts worked together for over a week. During a post undocking fly-around, the crew members aboard the two spacecraft collected a series of photos of each other’s vehicle.

Image: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/…/shu...

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Apollo 9,March 7, 1969

The Lunar Module (LM) "Spider" ascent stage is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission. While astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the CSM "Gumdrop," astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, checked out the "Spider." The LM's descent stage had already been jettisoned.

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Apollo 9, March 7, 1969

View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module "Spider" in a lunar landing configuration photographed by Command Module pilot David Scott inside the Command/Service Module "Gumdrop" on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on "Spider" has been deployed. lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from the landing gear foot pads. Inside the "Spider" were astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 Commander; and Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar...

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Apollo 17, December 7, 1972

This view of Earth was seen by the Apollo 17 crew as they traveled toward the moon on their NASA lunar landing mission. This outstanding trans-lunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly 

Apollo 8, December 24, 1968

This is how the Earth looked as photographed from a point near the Moon by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The Earth fills less than one percent of the frame exposed through 80mm lens. North is approximately vertical. Kinda lonely, isn't it?

Image: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001489.jpg

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Apollo 4, November 9, 1967

Earth as viewed from 10,000 miles. In 1967, the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a manned flight returning from the moon. A 70mm camera was programmed to look out a window toward Earth, and take a series of photographs from "high apogee". Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Antarctica, looking west. This photo

 

Apollo 8, December 21, 1968

A striking view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft showing nearly the entire Western Hemisphere, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, including nearby Newfoundland, extending to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. Central America is clearly outlined. Nearly all of South America is covered by clouds, except the high Andes Mountain chain along the west coast. A small portion of the bulge of West Africa shows along the sunset termina...

 

STS-133, March 6, 2011

Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, space shuttle Discovery and its remote manipulator system/orbiter boom sensor system (RMS/OBSS) is featured in this image photographed by an STS-133 crew member while docked with the International Space Station.

Image:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/…/shuttle/sts-133/hires/s133e00

Apollo 9, March 6, 1969

Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules (CSM) nicknamed "Gumdrop" and Lunar Module (LM), nicknamed "Spider" are shown docked together as Command Module pilot David R. Scott stands in the open hatch. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, took this photograph of Scott during his EVA as he stood on the porch outside the Lunar Module. Apollo 9 was an Earth orbital mission designed to test docking procedures between the CSM and LM as well as test 

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STS-114, July 28, 2005

Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station. On the left side of the image (under the l5eft wing) is Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. The city at the end of the lake is Yverdon. The Jura Mountains (most of the green portion of the background) are to the right in the image. Discovery later docked to the Station at 6:18 a.m. (CDT) on Thursday, July 28, 2005 as the two spacecraft orbited over the southern Pacific Ocean west of the South