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hubble on the imax

By mock ⋅ December 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

i was sitting through the previews of avatar and caught the 3-D clip of an upcoming presentation of the shuttle launch serving hubble for the final time in may of 2009. nasa shot the presentation using imax 3-D cameras. this will debut spring 2010. (http://imax.com/hubble/) this happens to be the shuttle mission which i got [...]

launching of atlantis for sts-125

By mock ⋅ May 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

i finally got to see the launch of a space shuttle.  this was originally the trip i wanted to take back at the end of 2008.  but a malfunction with the hubble in late september caused the october launch to be postponed to this past week.  according to the tour guide, there were two parts [...]

two shuttles

By mock ⋅ September 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

sts-125 mission is the next shuttle mission for nasa.  atlantis is prepped for launch on october 10 to do some repair work on the hubble telescope. my cousin (first and a half cousin?) sent me some links to photos of the shuttle taken by rod ostoski, a photographer who lives in florida.  the set of [...]

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