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STS-133: Last launch of the Shuttle Discovery
cmdrfire:
STS-134 (Endeavour) is scheduled for 19th April and STS-135 (Atlantis) is baselined for 28th June but pending confirmation.
Endeavour was taken out of the Orbiter Processing Facility earlier today to be taken to Vehicle Assembly Building to be mated with the orange external fuel tank and its solid rocket boosters in preparation for STS-134.
RedRobin:
[Where's the pic gone?]
^ This is the money shot (as VC calls it) for me :notworthy:
Wow! As others have already said: A lifetime experience.
It's not the number of breaths we take that matter, but the number of moments which take our breath away.
cmdrfire:
Which pic is that Robin? I haven't changed any of the flickr links so you should still be able to get it.
A couple more.
SRB flameout. I was surprised I caught this, given how far away it was (T+00:01:50 into the flight, with Discovery approaching 2800mph). This is photo I've uploaded is a 100% crop and bigger than this one, click through and view to see more detail!
Flameout by CmdrFire, on Flickr
The contrail a few minutes after the launch
Contrail by CmdrFire, on Flickr
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: cmdrfire on February 28, 2011, 11:35:08 pm ---
Which pic is that Robin? I haven't changed any of the flickr links so you should still be able to get it.
--- End quote ---
....This one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmdrfire/5482847326/
cmdrfire:
I think that's my favourite as well. I'm going to make a more desktop-friendly version of that tomorrow.
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