Amazing photos from recent Shuttle/Hubble mission

[reddevil63]

Photos: A view from above | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Photos In Detail

Some truly gob-smacking shots!!

 

[Pincho Paxton]

Wow yes. They are so clear. I love the one of the spaceman in the microwave oven!

 

[ash]

Wow, that is amazing.
The first picture is beautiful.

 

[Ned Senior]

I like the fifth picture of the tiny shuttle in solar transit... would also really love to be personal witness to a sight like that in the first shot

 

[Reign-Mack]

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party on Vimeo

 

[Bill Hicks]

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party on Vimeo

I remember when I was staying in the Bukaya village in the central highlands of Fiji.

Every night at 9pm they would shut down the generators causing the village to go into darkness, when this happened you could see the Milky Way galaxy in fine detail including the gas clouds in various colours, just like the video.

Awe inspiring!

 

[domtheone]

Stunning photos

First pic, the Solar Transit, Thin line of the Earths Atmosphere and the shot of Kennedy Space centre being my favourites

 

[Abbeygoo]

Has the Flat Earth Society seen these?

 

[Hillskill]

I had no idea such a thing was visible from earth ! Sometimes feel such a mug for sitting here in england paying a mortgage and getting bogged down by financial drama and political sleaze.

 

[kav]

Amazing pictures. Check out the last photo - is the woman's necklace floating due to zero-gravity?

 

[Citizen J]

I wonder what camera they used, some truly amazing photos.

 

[eL-ZilCHo!]

I wish I was an astronaut, it has to be the best job. Seems to be the only thing with even a hint of adventure left in it.

Thw world looks so peaceful and clean from up there, you can't even tell we are here.

Very jealous!

 

[loz]

I am surprised you are all taken in.
They are all fakes made in a Hollywood back lot.

 

[reddevil63]

I am surprised you are all taken in.
They are all fakes made in a Hollywood back lot.

Trust someone to come along and spoil it!


Was just looking thru the pics again and came upon the one near the bottom showing the view of the cockpit....doesn't it look very low tech?

I know the shuttles are getting old but just looks ordinary compared to say, the cockpit of a modern airliner but the big difference is one goes into space!

Someway reminds me of what the inside of a old russian fighter plane looks like.

 

[pumpkin 1970]

truly amazing!

 

[plasma123]

Awesome, the clarity is amazing.

 

[shodan]

Amazing photo's! Very exciting stuff! Photo's taken a week ago in space from a space ship and I'm sitting on my sofa in my lounge looking at them!!!

Not sure about the last picture though, talk a bout the wrong stuff!

 

[reddevil63]

The wrong stuff! lol

Wouldn't say no to be sitting (floating) there having your piccy taken.

Be a fantastic chat up line...'Hey babe, wanna see me in space?'

 

[MrO]

Was just looking thru the pics again and came upon the one near the bottom showing the view of the cockpit....doesn't it look very low tech?

I know the shuttles are getting old but just looks ordinary compared to say, the cockpit of a modern airliner but the big difference is one goes into space!

Someway reminds me of what the inside of a old russian fighter plane looks like.

low tech you say.....

The picture (i think) you might have be referring to is actually of the controls for the cargo bay (controlling operation of the doors and remote manipulator system) the flight deck is not in any of the pictures as far as i can see so I think the image has been mislabelled.

 

[Kieron]

Heroes.

What courage to go up there and do that.

 

[reddevil63]

low tech you say.....

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The picture (i think) you might have be referring to is actually of the controls for the cargo bay (controlling operation of the doors and remote manipulator system) the flight deck is not in any of the pictures as far as i can see so I think the image has been mislabelled.

Wow, thats more like it!

TBH have never seen the flight deck before in the shuttle so the mis-labelled pic didn't help.

Anyone know what salary an astronaut gets? Nevermind found the info on NASA website:

Q. What is an astronaut's salary?
A. Salaries for civilian Astronaut Candidates are based on the Federal Government's General Schedule pay scale for grades GS-12 through GS-13. Each person's grade is determined according to his/her academic achievements and experience. Currently, a GS-12 starts at $65,140 per year and a GS-13 can earn up to $100,701 per year.

Worth every cent!

 

[eric pisch]

stunning pics

NASA are really getting good at faking space stuff, and we all know the world is flat

 

[reddevil63]

Found more fake pictures!

Hubble's final servicing mission - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Few repeats from the other link but plenty new ones.

Gotta smile at some of the user comments posted at the bottom of the page.

 

[Iccz]

Some of them shots show some really high tech gadgets etc in there!!!

Click to enlarge:



Or maybe it's just extreme product placement?

 

[Hillskill]

Or maybe it's just extreme product placement?

That has got to be 100% product placement. SELL OUTS !