Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Space Shuttle Climbs to Orbit
Explanation:
You are going into space. New small cameras allow anyone with a web browser [ http://www.livingin…] to virtually ride along with the space shuttle [ http://history.nasa…], at times from numerous angles, as it launches into Earth orbit [ http://www.thetech.…]. Small cameras mounted on the tall thin solid rocket boosters [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] have captured last week's launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery [ http://en.wikipedia…] from a unique perspective and in fascinating detail. The above movie [ http://www.nasa.gov…] picks up just before the space shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] separated from the thin boosters. The tiles on the bottom of the shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are clearly visible. As the movie progresses, the shuttle Discovery and its brown external fuel tank [ http://en.wikipedia…] break away from the boosters and continue onward and upward. The new cameras not only make cool movies [ http://mfile.akamai…] -- they help NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] monitor details of its shuttle launch [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]es better, with the promise of making future rocket launches safer and more efficient.
Credit and Copyright:
STS-121 [ http://www.nasa.gov…] Crew, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
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Arizona
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Washington, D.C.
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Earth
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Space Shuttle
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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SPD-APOD-ap060713

A Space Shuttle Climbs to Orbit