No shuttle launch pics from this week?

[onel0126]

Haven't seen any Endeavor shots on the board.

[vr6pwns_me]

i was there wendnesday. i took close to 400 pics while i was there so im still goin thru and playing with them. i'll put em up soon!

[BanditSRT]

I took a few but I managed to lose my battery, and I don't have a CF reader :evil:

[Desertraptor]

Card readers are as cheap as on ebay. Dont waste battery power downloading photos

[RadAL]

I saw the smoke trail from my house like 200 miles away.

[3Turner]

I took a few but I managed to lose my battery, and I don't have a CF reader :evil:
Got one at Walmart for about $15 to $20...they are getting pretty cheap. Better than having your battery run out. So hurry up and go get one as I would like to see some photos;).

[jesko]

Does this count? Endeavour docked with the ISS.

http://thesuperbirds.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6082&g2_serialNumber=1

30 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 100

[Desertraptor]

cool

[3Turner]

That is a cool shot Jesko. Was the shuttle and ISS that bright in the evening?

[PalmBayFlo]

I can see the launch from my backyard. Here is probably one of the worse shots you'll see of it :(
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/palmbayflo/IMG_3671-Edit.jpg

[Desertraptor]

What I'd give to have a shot like that from my back yard

[jesko]

That is a cool shot Jesko. Was the shuttle and ISS that bright in the evening?


If you haven't seen the ISS before, or the space shuttle look here:
http://www.heavens-above.com (http://www.heavens-above.com/)

The space station is typically really bright on its own, add the shuttle and it gets a little brighter. It is actually brighter than it looks in my pic.

[g_robins]

Have a look here if you want some space shuttle photos,

http://search.pbase.com/search?q=space+shuttle&x=0&y=0

[3Turner]

If you haven't seen the ISS before, or the space shuttle look here:
http://www.heavens-above.com (http://www.heavens-above.com/)

The space station is typically really bright on its own, add the shuttle and it gets a little brighter. It is actually brighter than it looks in my pic.
I am going to have to remember to look for the shuttle and ISS on the 19th as that is the next time that they pass overhead here in the evening. Hopefully the shuttle will be up there still.

[JVolz]

I am going to have to remember to look for the shuttle and ISS on the 19th as that is the next time that they pass overhead here in the evening. Hopefully the shuttle will be up there still.

It should be. They're scheduled for two weeks on this trip.

[RolyRatman]

Here is one I took from a campsite in Cornwall (South West UK) Friday night of the ISS passing overhead, not very good at all I am affraid but it was my first time shooting at night.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/rolyratman/ISS-Over-Cornwall.jpg

[vr6pwns_me]

im loading mine to photobucket right now. they'll be up within the hour...theres going to be about 46 in the album. i'll post the album link then a few for clicks...

[vr6pwns_me]

heres the link to the album. http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/civickid04/Shuttle%20launches/?start=0

heres a quick few, just have a look thru the album. enjoy!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/civickid04/Shuttle%20launches/NASASTS118005.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/civickid04/Shuttle%20launches/NASASTS118012.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/civickid04/Shuttle%20launches/NASASTS118070.jpg

the memorial wall
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/civickid04/Shuttle%20launches/NASASTS118158.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/civickid04/Shuttle%20launches/NASASTS118191.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/civickid04/Shuttle%20launches/NASASTS118193.jpg

[kona77]

vr6pwns_me,
Very nice pictures. Brings back a lot of memories when I worked there. We used to do experiments on people, was fun to watch. Wonderful people there and a fantastic experience.

[vr6pwns_me]

what? experiments ON people? lol humor us please...

[kona77]

what? experiments ON people? lol humor us please...

Well, first I was involved with the recovery of the shuttle that went down.

Then a year later I had a full time position at NASA working with Dr's and the effect of space and atmospheric re-entry on the body. We would measure the amount of blood going thru the heart and the carotid arteries. Some people would be in a special box from the waist down and at different intervals blood would be sucked down to their lower extremities until they would pass out.

We would then have a very large and long giant EKG and I would take readings off of it to see on average, how much tolerance someone could take before passing out during re-entry. They would then have the astronauts consume large amounts of liquid to off set the problem.

Other times they would take muscle biopsies from patients on a regular basis while they were in a strict workout routine to see how effective weightless workouts were.

Lots of other happenings that I can't get into. But I met some unbelievable people. They were some of the smartest people in the world.

Good Day

[Chris Potts]

Here is one I took from a campsite in Cornwall (South West UK) Friday night of the ISS passing overhead, not very good at all I am affraid but it was my first time shooting at night.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/rolyratman/ISS-Over-Cornwall.jpg
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Really !!! I didn't know south west UK can see shuttle fly from Florida? I thought expect Shuttle go straight up to outer space. That surprise me. Cool, I want go see this some day. :)

[vr6pwns_me]

HAHA im sure they may be able to see it from the launch, it actually goes over towards africa after like 8 minutes.

bu that was from while it was in low earth orbit...

[RolyRatman]

Really !!! I didn't know south west UK can see shuttle fly from Florida? I thought expect Shuttle go straight up to outer space. That surprise me. Cool, I want go see this some day. :)


It was well after the launch when it was playing catch up before docking, I am no authority but my father is into it and kept callig to tell me the times it was passing overhead..lol

Apparently the ISS was travelling somewhere in the region of 17,500 mph and the shuttle was in low earth orbit at approx 22,500 mph getting itself onto the same orbit.

The ISS passed up and the shuttle about 2 mins later, obvioulsy from the ground they look like aircraft without any strobes but it was kinda cool to see.

[vr6pwns_me]

what did you use to take the pic?

[RolyRatman]

what did you use to take the pic?

My pic was taken with my nifty 50, 15 sec exposure, ISO 400, F 1.8. Don't own any form of remote shutter release at the moment so done manually.

[ethlar]

heres one of mine, kit lens on a 300D

http://www.rpi.edu/~larsee/post/CRW_4280_low.jpg