Month in Space: July 2011

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:06:18

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Waiting for the last launch

Spur King, from Armarillo, Texas, sleeps on the roof of a van in Titusville, Fla., as he waits to watch the liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on July 8. Atlantis' launch marked the start of NASA's final space shuttle mission and the end of a 30-year era in spaceflight.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:06:40

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A wing and a prayer

Rabbi Zvi Konikov of Satellite Beach Chabad in Brevard, Fla., prays at the press site at Kennedy Space Center before Atlantis' launch on July 8. A million people are thought to have witnessed the launch from the space center and its surroundings.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:07:25

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NASA

Liftoff!

NASA managers watch from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center as the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on July 8.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:08:00

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Look! Up in the sky!

Spectators watch the shuttle Atlantis ascend for the last time from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:08:20

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Final approach

Space shuttle Atlantis approaches the International Space Station for docking on July 10. Part of a Russian Progress spacecraft, also docked to the station, pokes into the upper foreground. The teal-colored shallows around the Bahamas can be seen in the background, about 250 miles below.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:08:45

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Moving man

Spacewalker Ron Garan rides on the International Space Station's robotic arm as he transfers a failed pump module to the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis on July 12, during the final spacewalk during a shuttle mission.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:09:07

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Back to Earth

The space shuttle Atlantis blazes a trail back home through the atmosphere in this photograph, captured by the crew aboard the International Space Station on July 21. Airglow over Earth can be seen on the horizon.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:09:22

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Pierre Ducharme / Reuters

Night landing

The space shuttle Atlantis glides down from a moonlit sky to the runway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 21. Atlantis' touchdown marked the end of a 30-year odyssey for NASA's shuttle fleet.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:09:38

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Mission accomplished

Commander Chris Ferguson, right, shakes hands with pilot Doug Hurley after landing the space shuttle Atlantis at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 21. Atlantis' other crew members, Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, also face the cameras.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-31 22:09:53

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Mystery with a twist

The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Telescope provides an infrared view of a twisted ring of gas and dust at the center of our Milky Way galaxy The image, released July 19, poses a mystery for astronomers: Exactly what caused the bright ring to warp?

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