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more about #spaceshuttle Chip Overclock: I hate crying in public. more » Bigdamnhero: Wow. Love the launch sounds, 4:30+ That hiss of fuel at the beginning, then the rush of ignition, and then the thunder. Fuckin flame ON! more » geoffcbassett: The shots taken from the boosters as they were ejecting from the shuttle were absolutely amazing!!!! more » Im_your_Huckleberry: As being a long time follower of the space program. That was the coolest thing I have seen in along time. OMFG! The Apollo missions are imho the great... more » Belabras: Simply awesome. more » Roklimber: OMFG, this is awesome, especially from 4:30 onwards. more » SpammerOvTheGods: hopefully, we won't see the shuttle dragging its ass across the space station. #@! more » erzwatts: "Some time later, a colony of C. elegans that had been on board was found in the crashed wreckage, alive and well." Creepy more » theCrippleCricket: Wonder if these worms will duke it out with the juiced up monkeys from yesterdays post... Either way, apparently cripple will be fixed in some wicked... more » Bill-Lee: And you're absolutely sure this has nothing to do with turning watery worlds into deserts? more » Alexis: Did anyone ever go to Space Camp? That picture took me back. Not that I would do anything as nerdy as Space Camp... more » Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!: Two shuttles at once? OMG run for the hills, Armageddon cometh!!! Without the Ben Affleck overacting, I mean... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: This is Space Ghost Rider requesting a flyby. Negative Space Ghost Rider, the pattern is full. No Lisa Nowack, this is not a good idea! Sorry Goose, b... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: mmm. needs more Statue of Liberty and overreaction. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Mmm... planes. Color saturation reminds me of a 70s era photo. Heh. more » Calraigh: Can you imagine what an incredibly strange experience it is to be floating like this, in actual space? I think about that a lot. I also ate a lot of '... more » ManchuCandidate: "Hey guys! Let me in! I promise not to wreck the toilet ever again!" more » winshape: I guess they are getting ready to add the new "Colbert" section in the near future *eyeroll*. more » phoenix: Hee - bats aside, the launch was absolutely stunning to watch, even online. I'd love to see one in person before the shuttle stops flying. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: The night launch in high definition on HDNet was breathtakingly beautiful. 1080i and clear as can be from several different angles. The camera mounted... more » -
#spaceshuttle
Space Shuttle Atlantis: The Beautiful Music Video Launch
Watch this video compiled by NASA of the beautiful launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-129. It's gorgeous and proves that all space launches should come with their own Celtic soundtracks. More » -
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Latest Space Shuttle Mission Lifts Off, Stuffed With Worms
Space Shuttle Atlantis took to the skies this week, carrying thousands of microscopic worms to be used in muscle-degeneration research. We already know these worms can handle spaceflight, because in 2003, another group of them survived a fall from orbit. More » -
#spaceday
Celebrate Space Day With The Shuttle Astronauts And An ISS Webcam
Today is the 12th Annual Space Day, an event that's jointly hosted by NASA and Lockheed Martin, held each year on the first of May. This year's theme is titled : 'Celebrating Human Space Flight: Past, Present and Future'. More » -
#jetporn
A Gorgeous Day for Jet Planes and Space Shuttles
On Wednesday NASA pilots Jack Nickel and Charles Justiz buzzed their T-38 trainers over the two space shuttles at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Robert Markowitz photo via NASA -
#spaceporn
Sitting In a Tin Can High Above the World
Over the weekend, space shuttle astronaut Steve Swanson climbed outside the International Space Station to do some repair work and inspections. Here he floats beneath one section of the growing space structure. More » -
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The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions
Yesterday the space shuttle Discovery blasted into space, ready to deliver its payload of solar panels and astronauts to the International Space Station. More » -
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Another Glitch For Space Shuttle Discovery Mission
NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery was supposed to launch tonight for a two-week mission, linking up with the International Space Station, but the launch has been delayed due to yet another technical problem. More » -
#spaceporn
Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
The space shuttle Endeavour hitched a ride on the back of NASA's special Shuttle Carrier Aircraft today, crossing the country to its normal hangar in Florida. Endeavour is the youngest of the five space shuttles built, and it is due to be decommissioned in 2010 along with its two remaining siblings, Discovery and Atlantis. More » -
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#spaceexploration
The Future Of Space Exploration?
Black smoke belches out of a grinding old engine as it hauls Russia's latest Soyuz space capsule across a Kazakh wasteland, while armed guards keep watch. This mixture of high and low technology is probably the future of space exploration, as resources get scarcer and more small governments and independent operators get into the space game. More images of Soyuz in the wasteland, and its launch to the International Space Station, below. More » -
#spaceshuttleporn
Space Shuttle Blastoff Looks Like Cotton Candy
We finally got the Space Shuttle Atlantis off the ground, after two months of delays and accidents, and it looks totally rich and creamy, streaming into the sky on the back of its big booster rocket. How can we be planning to retire the space shuttle program when it's such an awesome source of porn? Not to mention the advancement of science: the shuttle's mission is to deliver that tiny Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. Click through for a gallery. More » -
#conceptart
Rocket Porn Sexes Up The Space Shuttle
Why is there a rocket racing ahead of the space shuttle in this 1971 Tang ad? Maybe it's because the sleek-but-functional space shuttle concept art just doesn't look scifi enough on its own. Or maybe this is a symbolic baton-passing from the Apollo missions to the coming shuttle era. Either way, the space shuttle didn't look nearly this vivid and space-opera by the time it actually existed. Image by Wishbook. [Fanboy.com] -
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Behold the Tragic Beauty of the International Space Station
The International Space Station may be beautiful, but it has tragically been scorned by true interplanetary exploration enthusiasts as a money-sucking boondoggle. This month it enters the final stages of its complex assembly even though it's scheduled to be phased out by 2017 (and presumably allowed to burn up before plummeting into the sea). Nevertheless, the ISS is an absolutely glorious piece of orbital installation art. Peep at an image gallery of this high-tech, zero-grav masterpiece after the jump. More »
