Tuesday 14 February 2012

[www.keralites.net] One Day in Space

 

One Day in Space

NASA Atlantis & Others
Here are some stunning new NASA pictures, plus a few photos from a Russian source, you can get a closer look at science and maintenance work in orbit, including several fascinating spacewalks.
STS-117 Atlantis mission's rendezvous with Expedition 15 of the International Space Station. Read more info here. Click any image to enlarge.

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Astronaut Steven Swanson during the mission's second spacewalk.


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Inspection of the thermal shield.


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Shuttle's payload bay is clearly visible, with a valuable cargo inside.


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Shuttle approaching the International Space Station


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"The Backflip" - flipping Atlantis on her "belly" to allow for closer examination of the heat shield.


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Giving out packages from Earth...


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Astronaut Jim Reilly during spacewalk.


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Mission's first spacewalk (connecting station's newly installed truss)


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Construction of the International Space Station continues - activating new truss segments.


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Folding the older solar arrays...


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Astronaut Patrick Forrester during the mission's fourth spacewalk.


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New solar array configuration. Future missions will add more arrays to each side and several science modules.


Aurora Borealis as seen from space:

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(Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA)


Sunset over the Pacific:

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(Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA)


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