ENDEAVOUR-134 :: LAST TOUCHDOWN
Меня эта Воля совсем уже замучила своей некомпетентностью - пока не пришел спец, интернет не работал, так что ставлю снимки своего любимого Шаттла с опозданием.
Но космические будни и праздники все также остаются моей любимой темой, невзирая...
Так что продолжение следует...
Endeavour - уже дома, на Земле, в родном ангаре.
Кто любит летающие машины - приземление подробно.
Как пишут восторженные любители всего мира - AMAZING!
Thank you, Endeavour!
Houston! Houston! Roger...
"It's sad to see her land for the last time, but she really has a great legacy," radioed Commander Mark Kelly as the wheels touched down.
"It is really, really an incredible ship."
Infrared camera view of Endeavour about to land.
RCS, Aero Systems Controlling Endeavour
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:14:05 AM GMT+0300
Weather was observed "go"
and Endeavour glided to a stop on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 2:35 a.m. EDT, bringing an end to the STS-134 mission.
The small thrusters of the reaction control system and the aerodynamic surfaces on Endeavour are sharing control of the shuttle as it descends through the atmosphere to a landing at Kennedy.
Air Traffic Control
NASA Air Traffic Controller Larry Parker monitors air traffic from the control tower moments before space shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.
Endeavour and its crew capped a wildly successful mission to deliver a $2 billion cosmic ray detector to the International Space Station with a 2:35 a.m. landing on Runway 15 here at Kennedy Space Center.
"What a great ending to this really wonderful mission that we just got to witness," NASA space operations chief William Gerstenmaier said in a post-landing news conference.
Mission Stats
STS-134 Mission Statistics
Landed:
Wed., June 1, 2011, 2:35 a.m. EDT
Landing Site:
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Elapsed Time:
15 days, 17 hours, 38 minutes, 51 seconds
Space shuttle Endeavour announced its arrival in the skies over Kennedy with a pair of thunderous sonic booms. The shuttle is flying the heading alignment circle to line up with runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing Facility.
Official Landing Times
Main gear touchdown:
2:34:51 a.m. EDT
Nose gear touchdown:
2:35:04 a.m. EDT
Wheels stop:
2:35:36 a.m. EDT
Total miles:
more than 6.5 million
Endeavour's Stellar Career
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:07:39 AM GMT+0300
Space shuttle Endeavour's career began in 1992 with the STS-49 mission. The shuttle is NASA's youngest and its resume includes the first repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope and the first construction mission of the International Space Station. This shuttle flew 25 missions, spent 299 days in space, orbited Earth 4,671 times and traveled 122,883,151 miles.
Gear Down
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:34:45 AM GMT+0300
Endeavour's landing gear down and locked.
Endeavour on Final Approach
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:33:25 AM GMT+0300
Commander Mark Kelly is lining Endeavour up with the runway. Landing gear will be lowered momentarily as the shuttle flares before touchdown. The shuttle will touchdown at 215 mph.
First S-turn
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:32:34 AM GMT+0300
Endeavour is turning to the left to slow its speed during entry. It will move to the right in about six minutes. Landing remains on schedule for 2:35 a.m.
Endeavour Over Florida
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:25:57 AM GMT+0300
Space shuttle Endeavour has crossed into Florida at about Mach 5.
Sonic Booms at Kennedy
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:31:25 AM GMT+0300
Streams of smoke trail from the main landing gear tires as space shuttle Endeavour touches down on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 2:35 a.m. EDT landing marked the end of the STS-134 mission.
The crew also included Pilot Greg H. Johnson and mission specialists Michael Fincke, Andrew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori. All were veteran space fliers.
Endeavour's mission drew intense attention not only because it was the shuttle program's next-to-last flight, but also for the personal drama that surrounded Kelly.
Ahead of landing, Kelly reflected on his decision to stick with the flight while his wife, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, continued her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head in a January assassination attempt.
"In hindsight, it was absolutely the right decision," said Kelly, who was expected to return to Houston today to see Giffords.
Endeavour's on-time landing capped a 16-day mission to the International Space Station, and brought the space shuttle program a giant step closer to retirement.
РАССТЫКОВКА С КОСМИЧЕСКОЙ СТАНЦИЕЙ
Departing Shuttle from ISS Camera.
A photo released by Nasa shows the Endeavour with a backdrop of a night time view of the Earth and the starry sky, while docked at the International Space Station on Saturday May 28, 2011. NASA
In this image provided by NASA a bright sun, a portion of the International Space Station and Earth's horizon are featured in this image photographed by a spacewalker, using a fish-eye lens during the fourth spacewalk Friday May 27, 2011. NASA
Hatches Closed For Final Time Between Endeavour and Station
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Sun, 29 May 2011 06:36:54 -0500
Shortly after 7 a.m. EDT, the six crew members of space shuttle Endeavour said farewell to the three Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station. At 7:23 a.m., hatches were closed between Endeavour and the station 12 days, 22 hours and 27 minutes into the mission. The hatches between the two spacecraft were opened at 7:38 a.m. on May 18 and were open for joint crew operations for a total of 10 days, 23 hours, and 45 minutes.
During the docked operations, the crew delivered and installed the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 to study cosmic particles and the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 with spare parts, and performed four spacewalks to perform maintenance and install components on the station, including the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly that marked the completion of the U.S. Orbital Segment of the station.
Endeavour’s crew prepare for undocking at 11:55 p.m. by completing a check out of the rendezvous tools and installing the centerline camera before concluding their flight day at 11:26 a.m.
Endeavour undocked from the ISS about 11:55 p.m. MDT Sunday night.
It slowly moved away and around the station.
This image provided by NASA shows Astronaut Paolo Nespoli in the Soyuz window takes historic pictures of the International Space Station with the space shuttle Endeavour attached
shows the International Space Station backdropped by the blackness of space photographed by a crew member on the space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation Sunday May 29, 2011. NASA
A video camera on the exterior of the International Space Station captured this image of space shuttle Endeavour a little less than an hour after the two spacecraft undocked. A NASA TV photo
НА ПЕНСИЮ- В ЛОС-АНДЖЕЛЕС!
Back to the Hangar
Still attached to a purge unit that pumps conditioned air into a shuttle after landing, space shuttle Endeavour is pulled into Orbiter Processing Facility-1. Endeavour's final return from space completed the 16-day, 6.5-million-mile STS-134 mission
Next up for Endeavour: retirement at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
Space shuttle Endeavour is towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility to be prepared for the trip to its final resting place at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
The space shuttle Endeavour, STS-134, is towed to an orbitor processing facility after safely landing on its final mission on Wednesday, June 1, 2011,
at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orlando Sentinel / Red Huber
After Endeavour made its way to the OPF, Vicky Turner of United Space Alliance takes a photo of a quilt she took two years to make.
The quilt has the patches of all the space shuttle launches.
И астронавты выполнили сложное и ответственное задание на отлично, и сам шаттл не подкачал.
Что ж тут еще можно добавить - молодцы!
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