MetaFilter posts tagged with spaceshuttle

The Assembly of Space Shuttle Discovery

grouse — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:54:14 -0800

For Arthur

CunningLinguist — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:16:35 -0800

A handful of pretty great spacewalk pix from last summer's Endeavour mission.

Cryogenic Venting

brownpau — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:42:32 -0800

Light Reflection: a brilliant fan of cryogenics venting from a relief valve on STS-122 Atlantis' ET (external tank) post-separation. Also see this handheld video of the ET, with money shots at 2:15 and 3:55. Atlantis just landed yesterday, completing the delivery and installation of Columbus. Next up, STS-123 Endeavour delivers Kibo.

Video and photos of spacewalks

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:31:40 -0800

The environment does terrible things to the human body and it smells. Many people go for that walk anyway. Found these while looking for video of the spacewalks from Gemini 10, 11 or 12 or any of the Apollo spacewalks (not the moonwalks), but nothing much exists, not even photos.

Space shuttle does a back flip

jouke — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:15:48 -0800

The space shuttle does a back flip while the earth races by underneath. Shuttle Atlantis has performed a giant back-flip to give NASA a close look at its thermal shield. The footage has been speeded up. At speed it seems a very frivolous manoeuvre. Open Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra in a tab in the background for full effect.

Video of a Tour around STS-120/ISS

brownpau — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:15:49 -0800

A tour around Discovery STS-120 and the International Space Station with Paolo Nespoli and Dr. Scott Parazynski. Tomorrow, Parazynski will be perched at the end of a robot arm and sensor boom assembly, stitching up a damaged solar array in what might be one of the riskiest EVAs since Skylab 2.

Space: 1989

dersins — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:20:46 -0800

Some photo galleries (and youtube video) of Buran, the USSR's space shuttle program (previously) from the 1980's, long since abandoned. Bonus: A comparison between Buran and the US space shuttle. Double Bonus: More on Buran from russianspaceweb.com, which is awesome. Combo breaker: An official page with NASA's take on Buran, (and their photos), frozen in time a decade ago.

Look at the Space Shuttle

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:03:16 -0800

Space World is a joint project between NASA, Microsoft Live Labs and MSNBC.com. It uses Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth to create 3D tours of the space shuttle Endeavour and NASA's Kennedy Space Center facilities.

(Tech preview, Windows XP SP2 and Vista RC 1, IE 6&7, Firefox 1.5 and 2 only, gotta install Photosynth plugin). Others can see a movie demo.

Accident Prone

Chinese Jet Pilot — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:06:49 -0800

I hope STS-117 isn't delayed by this train wreck like it was from that hailstorm last March.

Your tax dollars at work.

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:20:26 -0800

Space Shuttle Discovery lands. (WMV) Watch for the view from the cockpit.