NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103, Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy

Shuttle debuted several new mini PCs at Computex this week including the fanless Shuttle DL40N with up to an Intel Core i3-N350 Twin lake processor and the XPC Slim DB860 with support for 65W Intel Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake chips. #Shuttle #Computex #ShuttleDL40N #ShuttleXPCSlimDB860 https://www.techpowerup.com/337256/shuttle-presents-intel-and-qualcomm-powered-ai-mini-pcs-at-computex-2025

Oh no. That's really cool.
#Lego #Shuttle #SpaceShuttle #NASA #Legos #Space #Science #engineering

NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 at the Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy

Evolution of the price per kg of payload (LEO) for several space missions:

Space Shuttle - $19.8k/kg
Ariane 5 - $10.3k/kg
Soyuz FG - $7.2k/kg
H-IIB - $7.1k/kg
LongMarch 3B - $5.8k/kg
Polar Satellite - $3.9k/kg
SpaceX Falcon - $2.7k/kg
SpaceX Falcon 9 (reuse) - $1.9k/kg

High-temperature reusable surface insulation on Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 showing the direction of travel on the borosilicate coating Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy

NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103, Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy

NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103, Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy

Nice view of a TRS-80 being used by NASA during the Shuttle era...

Via NasaSpaceFlight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BydQ5PIH1EM&t=344s

#dänemark #schweden #norwegen mit dem #Fahrrad Info:

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Höre gerade, dass der Betriebsweg (= #fahrradweg) auf der #Brücke über den #Fehmarnbelt gesperrt ist und ein #Shuttle zur Verfügung steht.

Menschen steigen anscheinen mit ihren Fahrrädern _aus_ dem Bus aus, weil der Anhänger voll ist. Mit #Fahrradanhänger muss man wohl Glück haben, mitgenommen zu werden und mit #Lastenrad schaut man in die Röhre bzw. muss die #Bundesstraße #B207 fahren.

After the first two shuttle missions, NASA stopped painting the fuel tank white to save weight - making the vehicle about 270kg (600lb) lighter.

Visto che, qui su #mastodon mi avete anche chiesto come fa lo #Spazio a rendersi utile alle persone, oggi, a #LineaRadioSavona, con GianFunk abbiamo parlato della storia di #Paige #Nickason, la prima paziente di #NeuroArm, progetto canadese figlio dei bracci robotici di #Shuttle e #ISS !

Grazie a tutti gli ascoltatori, buon sabato a tutti!

Foto: NeuroArm, Ken Bendiksten e Agenzia Spaziale Canadese

Ars has a wild story, which I had never heard, of NASA in the Space Shuttle days taking precautions against possible mental breakdown of space travelers. In particular, the commander could install a padlock on the shuttle's hatch. @ZachWeinersmith. did this come up in your research?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/solving-a-nasa-mystery-why-did-space-shuttle-commanders-lock-the-hatch/

When #Canada was first invited to participate in the #American Space #Shuttle Program, their contribution was not yet specified.
However, #NASA soon found a Canadian company that had built a #robotic mechanism capable of fueling a nuclear reactor: DSMA ATCON, which impressed them.
NASA asked for a remote manipulator (#RobotArm) for the #SpaceShuttle, and Canada produced a #RemoteManipulatorSystem or #Canadarm for every #SpaceShuttle, as well as a second generation for the #ISS, and a third for the #LunarGateway.

Get a print of this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/canadarm-1-end-effector-heron-and-fox.html

Today we share 8 great Space Shuttle launches photos from their early carriers !

From STS-41B : https://www.wikiarchives.space/picture.php?/54112/category/758

The STS-54 crew in their official "gag" photo costumed as the bridge crew of Star Trek's United Federation of Planets Star Ship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) as depicted in the movie "Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan".

High res : https://www.wikiarchives.space/picture.php?/73618/category/1039

Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery #photography #airandspace #aircraft #airplanes #atlantis #avgeek #aviationphotography #boeing747 #california #challenger #columbia #discovery #endeavour #enterprise #nasa #palmdale #pennsylvania #pittsburgh #planes #rockwellinternational #sts135 #smithsonian #spaceshuttleprogram #glider #highlight #landing #lowearthorbit #orbiter #reentry #shuttle #space #spacecraft #stevenfudvarhazycenter (Flickr 08.07.2016) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/28156594716