#space shuttle
“What I initially thought looked like the result of a computer simulation, is in fact a 1970’s photograph of a test of a shuttle model in a Mach 20 helium wind tunnel, using electron beam fluorescence.” — Scott Manley, https://youtu.be/v0Z_4VyuzcA
Also relating to this tweet by Scott Manley https://twitter.com/djsnm/status/1445874000521953282
“A model of the space shuttle in the Langley 22-inch helium tunnel at Mach 20. The flow is made visible by bombardment of an electron beam.”
—https://history.nasa.gov/SP-440/ch7-4.htm
Image lifted from this Reddit post, being the largest resolution version (3000×2400 px) that I could find https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/57ip4z/space_shuttle_wind_tunnel_test_using_electron_beam/
International Day of Human Space Flight
Photo: LDeans
Some updates coming up (last two photos in this set is a sneak peek of the new artwork)!
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See you soon with the new artworks, have a great Thanksgiving!
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Time Machine by Beeple
Collage | Metamorphosis by Valerie Chiang
The International Space Station backdropped against colourful Earth, taken by Shuttle Discovery during STS-121. ✨
“The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth, yet we can pray that all are safely home.“ - George W. Bush.
17 Years ago today. ✨
“Slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.” - Ronald Reagan.
34 years ago today. ✨
The International Space Station backdropped by Earth’s horizon, taken from inside Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 during rendezvous, Feb 2010. ✨
Space Shuttle at Vandenberg AFB
The official portrait of the STS-5 crew. From left to right they are Joseph Allen, mission specialist; Vance Brand, STS-5 commander; Robert Overmyer, pilot; and William Lenoir, mission specialist.
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Following the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in January 1986, President Reagan appointed a Presidential Commission to investigate the accident. The fourteen members of the Commission included former Secretary of State William Rogers as chairman, astronauts Sally Ride and Neil Armstrong, and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman. After months of investigation, the Rogers Commission identified the cause of failure as an O- ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster that ruptured due to the cold temperatures of the launch.
Here, Alton Keel (left), the representative to the Commission from the Executive Office of the President, and chairman William Rogers (center) arrive at the Galaxie Theatre at KSC’s Visitor’s Information Center for a one day briefing and tour of the NASA facility
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