Archive for the 'Real Life' category
Real Life: Astronaut Dale Gardner using MMU to travel to Westar VI satellite
December 11th, 2009
Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, wearing the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) approaching the spinng Westar VI satellite over Bahama Banks. Gardner uses a large tool called the apogee kick motor capture device (ACD) to enter the nozzle of the spent Westar engine and stabilize the satellite to capture it for return to Earth.
Found here
Real Life: Hubble’s Deepest View of Universe Unveils Never-Before-Seen Galaxies
December 10th, 2009
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made the deepest image of the universe ever taken in near-infrared light. The faintest and reddest objects in the image are galaxies that formed 600 million years after the Big Bang. No galaxies have been seen before at such early times. The new deep view, taken in late August 2009, [...]
Real Life: Ares I-X at the Launch Pad
November 2nd, 2009
NASA’s Ares I-X rocket is seen on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. The flight test of Ares I-X, scheduled for today, Oct. 27, 2009, will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with [...]
Real Life: This picture destroyed a camera lens
October 2nd, 2009
“Delta 4-Heavy roars into orbit with DSP-23, the final Defense Support Program missile-warning satellite, at 8:50pm EST from Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, November 10, 2007. Delta 4-Heavy, over 23 stories tall, is the world’s largest rocket by height and most powerful unmanned booster.”
“For those saying they would like to be [...]
Real Life: Here Men From The Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D. We Came in Peace For All Mankind
July 21st, 2009
Real Life: Hubble now Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
May 26th, 2009
Stolen from NASA’s Image Of The Day
Real Life: Two at the Pad, again
May 15th, 2009
This was taken on April 17th. I posted an earlier look at these two back in September.
Real Life: Dodge Circuit is no Tesla Roadster
April 25th, 2009
Seriously, who is Dodge kidding. They kitbashed a Porsche 911, some Ferrari, threw some Lotus in for good measure, and then slapped the atypical Dodge grill on the front. See more of it here.
Real Life: A Celestial Landscape in Celebration of 10 Years of Stunning Hubble Heritage Images
November 19th, 2008
Yay Hubble!
Real Life: Rho Ophiuchi: Young Stars in Their Baby Blanket of Dust
November 16th, 2008
Taken by the Spitzer Telescope
Real Life: Two at the Pad
September 22nd, 2008
An aerial view of the Launch Complex at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shows space shuttles on both pads. At upper right is space shuttle Endeavour, while in the foreground is space shuttle Atlantis, preparing for its launch on the STS-125 mission to repair NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This is the first time since July 2001 [...]
