The telescope at Painter Hall on the University of Texas campus, with the 2005 Football National Championship "1"
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Showing posts with label Picture of the Week. Show all posts
Science Picture of the Week #98
The telescope at Painter Hall on the University of Texas campus, with the 2005 Football National Championship "1"
Science Picture of the Week #97
Constellations painted on the ceiling of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Photo August 2006.
Science Picture of the Week #96
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and one of its satellite galaxies (M32). Taken with the Prime Focus Camera on the 30-inch telescope at McDonald Observatory in 1998 (AASTRA participants took the images and then I combined them into the final color image you see here.)
Picture of the Week #95
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega in the National Air and Space Museum. Photo September 2006.
Since I just finished listening to a biography of Amelia, I thought this would be a good choice this week.
Picture of the Week #94
Political cartoon honoring the contributions of JFK and LBJ to the first moon landing
Picture of the Week #92
Recreation of a photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts. From the "To The Moon" exhibition, April 2009.
Picture of the Week #91
Painting of Galileo with a replica of one of his telescopes. From the "To The Moon" Exhibition, April 2009.
Picture of the Week #90
Another composite image of M33 (which I posted a different version of back in 2008). AASTRA participants took the images and then I combined them into the final color image you see here.
Picture of the Week #87
Composite of the sun from the new Solar Dynamics Observatory, unveiled at today's first light news conference.
Picture of the Week #86
Gemini TTV-1 Paraglider Capsule at the National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Photo September 2006.
From the information plaque:
At the start of the Gemini program in 1961, NASA considered having the two-astronaut Gemini capsule land on a runway after its return from space, rather than parachute into the ocean. The controlled descent and landing was to be accomplished by deploying an inflatable paraglider wing. However, NASA later decided to stick with the proven technology of parachutes and water landings.
This full-scale, piloted Test Tow Vehicle (TTV) was built to train Gemini astronauts for flight. It served as the first of two TTVs used to perfect maneuvering, control, and landing techniques. A helicopter released the TTV, with its wing deployed, over the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where it landed.
Picture of the Week #85
Pan American World Airways Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud" at the National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Photo September 2006.
According to the Boeing website, this plane was delivered to Boeing in 1940 and was the world's first pressurized commercial airliner.
Picture of the Week #84
Mammoth or mastodon at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. (Sorry, can't tell them apart unless I can see the teeth!)
Picture of the Week #83
Globular cluster M75 taken with the Prime Focus Camera on the 30-inch telescope at McDonald Observatory in 1998 (AASTRA participants took the images and then I combined them into the final color image you see here.)
Picture of the Week #81
The Carina Nebula (with the massive star Eta Carina in the spotlight) on the screens at the Vislab in the ACES building at UT. Photo 2010.
This is just a section of the whole array of monitors - there are a total of 75 monitors at 2560x1600 resolution. Photos, of course, do not do it justice!
Picture of the Week #80
Renazzo carbonaceous chondrite meteorite at the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites in the American Museum of Natural History. Photo: August 2006.
Picture of the Week #79
The Space Shuttle Columbia re-enters the Earth's atmosphere July 27, 1999
This was the historic first flight of a female commander, Colonel Eileen Collins whose crew released the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
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