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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Радуга Дискавери http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1235959/eng |
Credit & Copyright: NASA,
Ben Cooper
(Launch Photography)
Explanation:
Just one minute before midnight EDT, Friday, August 28,
the Space Shuttle Discovery began a
long arc into a cloudy sky.
Following the launch, a bright and remarkably colorful trail
was captured in
this
time exposure from the Banana River
Viewing Site, looking east toward pad 39A at the
Kennedy Space Center.
On STS-128, Discovery docked with the
International Space Station Sunday evening.
The 13-day mission will exchange space station
crew members and deliver more than 7 tons of supplies
and equipment.
Of course, the equipment includes the Combined Operational
Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill
(COLBERT).
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.