Entries with tag "space_shuttle"

I love how NASA tends to release full-resolution versions of all of their images. I guess when the government is paying for your bandwidth, you can afford to do that kind of thing. Here's a particularly cool shot from the current shuttle mission. The link goes to the full-res, 3mb image on NASA's servers. In case the URL changes or the image is taken down, I saved a smaller version on my own server here (470kb).

I read with relief today that we've returned to space. Let's hope this and the next few shuttle missions go well, so that they can then tackle the decision about whether or not to deorbit the Hubble. If we run into more trouble with the shuttle, then repairing the Hubble obviously won't even be an option. I'm hoping they choose to repair it, of course. How else will we be able to keep an eye on the Dark Lord Sauron?