Astronomy Picture of the Day
Posted By admin On April 2, 2011 @ 11:14 am In Photo Essays | Comments Disabled
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Endeavour Looking Up
Credit & Copyright [2]: Ben Cooper [3] ( Spaceflight Now [4], Launch Photography [5])
Explanation: First flown in 1992, Endeavour, the youngest space shuttle orbiter, is being prepared for its 25th and final trip to low Earth orbit [6]. Seen here from an exciting perspective [7] 400 feet above the floor of Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, Endeavour (OV-105) [8] is mated to an external tank and solid rocket boosters just prior to roll out [9] to launch pad 39A on March 11. The completed space shuttle [10] stands over 18 stories tall. Intended for an April 19 near sunset launch on STS-134 [11], Endeavour will head for the International Space Station and deliver the AMS cosmic ray [12] experiment. The final flight of Endeavour will be the penultimate planned space shuttle flight [13].
Visit the NASA/JPL website to view more Astronomy Pictures of the Day [14]
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[1] Image: http://www.berthoudrecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/STS134VAB_cooper.jpg
[2] Copyright: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
[3] Ben Cooper: http://www.launchphotography.com/Photographer.html
[4] Spaceflight Now: http://spaceflightnow.com/
[5] Launch Photography: http://www.launchphotography.com/
[6] low Earth orbit: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070923.html
[7] an exciting perspective: http://www.launchphotography.com/STS-134.html
[8] Endeavour (OV-105): http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/endeavour-info.html
[9] roll out: http://www.launchphotography.com/STS-134_rollout.html
[10] space shuttle: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_STS.html
[11] on STS-134: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html
[12] AMS cosmic ray: http://www.ams02.org/
[13] space shuttle flight: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/index.html
[14] Astronomy Pictures of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
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