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Astronomy Pirate
On Tuesday, April 12th, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden unveiled the winners in the bidding war to become a home to one of NASA's retiring space shuttles. This came on the the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight, Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981; in addition to the 50th anniversary of space flight (the aforementioned Yuri's Night). The winners are:
- Atlantis will go to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- Endeavour will go to the California Science Center in Los Angeles
- Discovery will go to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
In honor of their 30 years of hard work, NASA has also released this nice infographic: Fun Facts About the Space Shuttle Orbiter
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27 comments:
That was cool! Just because I'm a star trek nerd I'll have to go to the one in New York lol.
That was pretty cool, thanks for the info...love the blog.
I am not really into space stuff. But this info poster of the Orbiter is really nice. Gives me an idea of how much that thing weighs
Wow that's a lot of miles.
aww would love to see this
Why not just keep them flying? They do need to go green after all!
It's good to see them spread out all over the country. :)
Love the infographic
It'd be fun to go see one of the last launches.
great info
Zombie, the main reason is because they have been flying since the 80s, imagine driving the same car and using the same computer for 30 years. They are in drastic need of replacement. The only one that might have a chance at continued flight is Endeavour, which was rolled out in the 90s.
cool i wanted to be an Astronomer when young but to much math and physics to endure and i didnt made the cut
cool. another reason to visit those museums/space-centers. also thanks for the info on the orbiter.
I've never really attempted to pay attention or acquire any information on this topic. that is interesting stuff
Hahahaha awesome! Interesting stuff!
wouw :P interesting infograph btw!
Last thing we should do...end the space program. Earth will run out of space sooner rather than later.
Looks like I'll have to make another trip to the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum.
Aw that's really cool, I wanna see some of these!
How many walnuts does it weigh?
That's pretty light.
j/k
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It would make a really cool fort.
it would be cool to check out one of those space museums. I have never been to one...
I want to visit at least one of those D:
wouw nice!
to bad i dont have a wellknown museum, could have used a spacecraft :O
SO COOL! I must go see one!
coool!
I'm really, really sad to see this vehicle mothballed like this...
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