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A Space Shuttle Before Dawn
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[z]Barbara Harris
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14.05.2009 00:00
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A Space Shuttle Before Dawn
Explanation: This shuttle has launched to space. Pictured above, the
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
sat on
Launch Pad 39A
before dawn last month as it was prepared for the launch. The shuttle orbiter is visible on the image right, attached to a
brown liquid fuel tank
and two
white solid rocket boosters
. In the image center is the
Fixed Service Structure
which stands just over 100 meters tall, including the white lightning rod at the top. Starting on Sunday, the space
shuttle embarked
on one of its most
ambitious mission
s ever: its fourth
mission
to
fix and upgrade
the ageing
Hubble Space Telescope
. Hubble's replacement, the
James Webb Space Telescope
, is currently scheduled for launch in 2014. digg_url = 'http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090513.html'; digg_skin = 'compact';
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#109675
by
Cédi
@
14.05.2009 00:05
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scho krass, die chönd da ganze huere gstell eifach zueklappe...