Discovery Rollout Shadow
Explanation:
Who goes there?
Although the spotlighted figure in white might not be identifiable by itself, surely
the huge shadow behind it makes its identity clear: the
space shuttle.
Specifically, it was the
space
shuttle Discovery being rolled out last March in preparation for launch.
As
captured
above, an unusual
monstrous shadow on passing fog was created during a
picturesque night unveiling.
While on the
shuttle Crawler-Transporter, one of the
largest tracked vehicles on Earth,
the shuttle moved at about 2 km per hour from the main assembly building to the launch
pad at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in
Florida,
USA.
About a month later, in its penultimate planned mission,
Discovery roared off the launch pad and
delivered needed supplies and
equipment to the
International Space Station.
Yesterday, Discovery reached
Launch Pad 39A
in preparation for its
last planned mission.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
