Check out these amazing shots from building the International Space Station:
First components delivered: December 1998
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Space Shuttle Endevor Prior to a subsequent mission to support the ISS:
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The ISS in 2000:
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A space walk during Expedition 6 in 2003:
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The ISS in 2003:
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The ISS in 2005:
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EVA work in 2005:
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EVA work in 2006:
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EVA work in 2007:
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The ISS in early 2008:
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The ISS on it's birthday:
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Space Shuttle Altantis as seen in Feb 2008:
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Atlantis prepping for a launch:
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It's hard to belive that the Shuttle will be retired in 2 years. The work that has gone into this project couldn't have been completed without the use of the space shuttle.
Shouldn't people installing the engines on a billion dollar machine be wearing something better than blue jeans and tshirts?
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cool pics
mitt
Coooooooool. [thumbsup]
I wish I could go to space. I'd probably piss my pants on take-off though. :-[ Don't think I could babysit the station up there all alone either. My mind goes loopy and I start imagining that I'm seeing things even when I'm in the house alone sometimes. :-\ But man, it'd be cool to go up once.
If there's one thing those pictures show, the station keeps using more power than it's capable of generating. Look at the progression of the addition of solar panels....