You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Speciality Forums >> AstroArt Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (show all) Happy-Idiot Carpal Tunnel Reged: 04/06/06 Posts: 1791 Loc: 3rd Rock Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #1911091 - 10/15/07 10:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thats what i was looking for! The Space shots and launches are awesome but it is always good to see our Heroes return safely. -------------------- Brian A small scope that gets used often is a better investment than a big scope that stays in the closet. Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #1931669 - 10/23/07 05:47 PM Attachment (53 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is an ascent shot of Atlantis after a dawn launch to a low-inclination orbit to deliver an "HST" replacement: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #1931675 - 10/23/07 05:49 PM Attachment (50 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a shot of Atlantis above northern Mexico just after sunrise with the orbiter manipulator arm grappling the Hubble Space Telescope: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #1988568 - 11/16/07 01:59 AM Attachment (50 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is Atlantis docked with the International Space Station: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2001903 - 11/22/07 04:29 AM Attachment (50 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is an image moments before touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center. Note the "split rudder" speed brake that is deployed. It provides a little more lift and at least in the simulator helps pull the nose up a bit during the pre-flare landing maneuver. -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2028214 - 12/04/07 05:46 PM Attachment (47 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a shot of Atlantis during the early phases of reentry flying over the Pacific northwest part of the U.S. just after sunrise (the bright patches on the shuttle are the RCS thrusters firing to maintain a high angle of attack used in a turn to move the landing point something to the west of where it would have been). -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2036709 - 12/08/07 02:18 AM Attachment (43 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is a somewhat closer shot during early reentry when the RCS thrusters were not firing but with the shuttle still over the Pacific northwest: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2065105 - 12/21/07 02:03 AM Attachment (50 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wanna walk in space? Orbiter can do that too! You can fly around Atlantis or the ISS in the Manned Maneuvering Unit for as long as you want. Here is a long-range shot of our intrepid astronaut just above the payload bay going for a spin underneath the massive structures of the International Space Station (and boy, after a few looks at this, you realize just how darn BIG that thing really is). -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2080106 - 12/28/07 08:16 PM Attachment (39 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a shot of Atlantis just after entry interface when it is starting to undergo atmospheric heating (it is still over the Pacific Northwest). -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2080125 - 12/28/07 08:26 PM Attachment (43 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   One of my favorite re-entry scenarios was trying to duplicate the STS-120 Shuttle reentry when Discovery brought Nebraska's first astronaut Clayton Anderson back. The shuttle went directly over southeastern Nebraska, allowing many here to see it as it returned to the Kennedy Space Center. This is a simulated shot of Atlantis over the Kansas-Nebraska border, with Omaha to the lower right of the nose and Lincoln just below the bottom of the orange plasma sheath that envelopes the shuttle. -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2086516 - 12/31/07 09:57 PM Attachment (45 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Inside ORBITER's "stock" Atlantis, you have a nice "glass cockpit" which you can use. This is an image from the Commander's seat: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2086520 - 12/31/07 09:58 PM Attachment (40 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Oh NO! THERE IS NO PILOT!! Ok, here is looking at the Pilot's seat in the shuttle. -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2086537 - 12/31/07 10:07 PM Attachment (35 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is an image of the aft part of the flight deck. It is dominated by the two aft payload bay windows which show parts of the shuttle's OMS pods. On the three middle instrument panels, the left and center ones are for orbiter translation and attitude control with the large joystick in the middle used for rotational attitude control. The panel to the right of center controls the shuttle's remote manipulator arm (note the Canada logo on it), and the joystick to its lower right is for the arm. Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2114595 - 01/12/08 04:49 AM Attachment (39 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is "the money shot" of the Manned Maneuvering Unit above the payload bay of Atlantis: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2187726 - 02/12/08 11:20 PM Attachment (31 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is an image taken during an early morning launch to ISS: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2204618 - 02/20/08 04:08 AM Attachment (27 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is Atlantis with HST in the payload bay about to go over the Gulf of Mexico. Visible at the very bottom left is Galveston Bay and Houston. To the left of the orbiter is the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans, while off the nose of the orbiter is the Florida peninsula. -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2266830 - 03/18/08 11:28 PM Attachment (17 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a closer shot showing Atlantis docked to the International Space Station: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       Gazer501 super member Reged: 10/21/07 Posts: 159 Loc: Buckeye, AZ Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2266901 - 03/19/08 12:10 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Looks cool! Downloading now! -------------------- Bushnell 114mm x 900mm Meade 130MM x 1020MM W/Goto Mount Autostar #494 Zhumell 20 x 80 Binoculars Binoculars.com Basic Porro 7 x 35 Binoculars Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2267124 - 03/19/08 04:44 AM Attachment (16 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is sunrise on Atlantis docked to ISS -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 6778 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: Space Shuttle Atlantis from ORBITER [Re: David Knisely]       #2298830 - 04/01/08 10:06 PM Attachment (17 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is an aerial shot of Atlantis during a dawn launch as it clears the tower: -------------------- David W. 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