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A photo of the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-74 crew taken from the space station Mir, November 12, 1995 (lemmy.world)

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[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 months ago

Atlantis is now on display at Kennedy Space Center. The exhibit with it is very cool to experience. The shuttle is somehow both larger and smaller than I was expecting.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I saw the exhibit and got a little bit emotional if I'm honest when it was revealed near the start of the show.

Partly because of the sheer scale of it right in front of you, but because of where it's been and how much human ingenuity, experience, and hope was put into it to make it work.

Great stuff. Well worth going to if you're ever at Kennedy Space ~~Centre~~ Center (man that feels weird).

[-] Beryl@jlai.lu 22 points 2 months ago

Here's a higher def version of that same picture.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 months ago

history

1995

critical hit 🪦

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I hate to tell you this, but yesterday is part of history.

[-] Subtracty@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

The lighting is so fascinating. It is so stark on the ship and then just vast dark nothingness behind it. I guess it is obvious that space photography wouldn't have the shadows we have on the ground, but seeing photos like this always reminds me how small we all are.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

This is a badass picture

[-] lettruthout@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

That sure was an awesome ship.

[-] DataDisrupter@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago

And you can tell right away which one of them is Chris Hadfield!

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

You can try to avoid it, but the moustache draws the eye.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I don't care about it's complications. The Space Shuttle was the coolest. It was the first model I put together as a kid (Challenger...RIP). I rewatched Space Camp the movie endlessly on VHS and wanted very very badly to go to Space Camp the place.

New technology can do whatever they want, but the shuttle is still MY space-ship.