It's hard to imagine just how big a Space Shuttle is, but you can get an idea at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air & Space Museum near Dulles Airport by standing right next to one. This is the Shuttle Enterprise which has never flown in space, but was used in the late 1970s in drop tests to qualify the Shuttles for their gliding landings, as well as in launch pad fit tests at the Kennedy Space Center long before a space worthy orbiter was ready to fly. This view of Enterprise was taken from the center of the NASM annex. You can also see an astronaut in an MMU hanging above and left of the orbiter. This image was taken with the kit lens at 53mm focal length with an exposure of 1/80 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 800.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Majestic Enterprise
It's hard to imagine just how big a Space Shuttle is, but you can get an idea at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air & Space Museum near Dulles Airport by standing right next to one. This is the Shuttle Enterprise which has never flown in space, but was used in the late 1970s in drop tests to qualify the Shuttles for their gliding landings, as well as in launch pad fit tests at the Kennedy Space Center long before a space worthy orbiter was ready to fly. This view of Enterprise was taken from the center of the NASM annex. You can also see an astronaut in an MMU hanging above and left of the orbiter. This image was taken with the kit lens at 53mm focal length with an exposure of 1/80 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 800.
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oh boy!!! its huge! :D I wish I were with you! :P
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