Preston MacDougall · @ChemicalEyeGuy
209 followers · 5790 posts · Server mstdn.science#OTD in 1990 the #HubbleSpaceTelescope was launched aboard the #SpaceShuttleDiscovery , simultaneously changing the meaning of being human 👨 and Earth’s 🌎 place in the universe! 👏
#otd #hubblespacetelescope #spaceshuttlediscovery
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
38 followers · 327 posts · Server universeodon.com
When the time came to take #NASA’s Space #Shuttle #Discovery to the Smithsonian near Washington, the Shuttle Carrier #Aircraft was employed, as it usually was when the #SpaceShuttle needed to move.
This required the #Orbiter to be moved inside a truss-work structured called the Mate-Demate #Device, lifted up by cranes, and the #Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Airfcraft moved underneath for the Shuttle to be secured for transport.
An aerodynamic tail cone makes the #SCA easier to control.
The #MDD is next to the Shuttle Landing Facility.
#SpaceShuttleOrbiter, #SpaceShuttleDiscovery, #MateDemateDevice, #MDD, #ShuttleCarierAircraft, #Boeing747, #SCA, #ShuttleLandingFacility, #SLF, #Aviation, #AviationPhotography, #Spacecraft, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
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#nasa #shuttle #discovery #aircraft #spaceshuttle #orbiter #device #boeing #sca #mdd #spaceshuttleorbiter #spaceshuttlediscovery #matedematedevice #shuttlecarieraircraft #boeing747 #shuttlelandingfacility #slf #aviation #aviationphotography #spacecraft #photograph #photography #photo
Clemens Vasters' Pictures 📷 · @clemensv
309 followers · 544 posts · Server photog.social
#spacegeek #avgeek #airandspace #rocket #orbiter #space #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttlediscovery #photography (Instagram 18.02.2017)
#spacegeek #avgeek #airandspace #rocket #orbiter #space #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttlediscovery #photography
David Colarusso · @Colarusso
1912 followers · 1418 posts · Server mastodon.social
After four days of fun, it’s done. Here it is, all 2,354 pieces, in their full glory. #LEGO #SpaceShuttleDiscovery #HubbleSpaceTelecsope
#lego #spaceshuttlediscovery #hubblespacetelecsope
David Colarusso · @Colarusso
1912 followers · 1418 posts · Server mastodon.social
Now back to the #SpaceShuttleDiscovery #LEGO build (day 3). Looks like we’re in the home stretch, probably the penultimate day. Again, I had a 4yo helper. She’s getting really good.
David Colarusso · @Colarusso
1912 followers · 1418 posts · Server mastodon.social
Day 2 of the #SpaceShuttleDiscovery build. Last time I did a big build, 4yo was 3. So, it’s fun to see her little fingers able to do more of the work. She wants to be an astronaut. So she really likes it when I work on spaceships.
David Colarusso · @Colarusso
1912 followers · 1418 posts · Server mastodon.social
2,354 pieces! They get me. They really get me. :) Looks like I know what I’ll be doing for the next little while. #LEGO #NASA #HubbleSpaceTelecsope #SpaceShuttleDiscovery
#lego #nasa #hubblespacetelecsope #spaceshuttlediscovery
Joel Pomales · @joelpomales
28 followers · 697 posts · Server mastodon.social
It's always a treat to visit this gorgeous girl. #spaceshuttlediscovery #spaceshuttleforever
#spaceshuttlediscovery #spaceshuttleforever
@Om* · @atomjack
1269 followers · 13247 posts · Server mastodon.cloudreplacing the gyroscopes...
#replacing #gyroscopes #hubbletelescope #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttlediscovery #astronauts #1999 #december
#replacing #december #gyroscopes #hubbletelescope #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttlediscovery #astronauts