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STS-122: Rollout
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ThereÂ’s no rest for the wicked as just over two days since the end of the Discovery flight, the Space Shuttle Atlantis - framed by a Stars & Stripes - makes its way to Launch Pad 39A on a breezy Florida morning. The crawler transporter has a top speed of one mile per hour and first motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 4:43 a.m. Rollout is a milestone for Atlantis' launch to the ISS on mission STS-122, targeted for Dec. 6. On this mission, Atlantis will deliver & install the Columbus module.

Credit: NASA/JPL

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&philcUK
11/10/07 11:51 PM GMT
A bit of creative license used here, as well as clean ups and enhancements, I have also altered the proportions and positions of the flag and orbiter relative to each other to improve the overall presentation.

It’s certainly a hectic time for NASA at the moment, there are a lot of Shuttle flights to cram in before its retirement in a couple of years and, barring any major incidents, this conveyor belt like launch schedule is set to continue until then. Possibly the most exciting launch will be the planned mission next year to service and repair the Hubble telescope for a final time. New and improved instruments will be added to lengthen its operating lifespan and increase its image capturing ability. NASA are collaborating on this mission with Warner Bros & the IMAX corporation so that the whole mission will be filmed by astronauts in the IMAX format to be made into a movie celebrating the Hubble’s discoveries and achievements as well as cataloguing the repair mission itself.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
::Hottrockin
11/11/07 1:42 PM GMT
~salutes~

Great combo kid!!
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Why do the pictures come out square when the lens is round?? Picture Purrrfect .
&philcUK
11/13/07 1:42 PM GMT
wow - a score of 80 to 58, my 'fan' club is clearly still in full effect.....
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
.Aneirin
11/13/07 10:59 PM GMT
a bit cheesy for me, but I still like it, good job.
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Will.
&philcUK
11/14/07 5:20 PM GMT
Now it wouldn’t be an archetypal all American image if there wasn’t a liberal dollop of cheese in the mix somewhere now would it?

;-)
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
.kimsoosun
11/17/07 2:23 AM GMT
Very nice and patriotic
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I used to be an idealist, but I got mugged by reality.
.purmusic
11/20/07 1:06 AM GMT
Seamless work Phil.

I would definitely being be blowing my own horn and alerting the good ol' boys on this image here. Front cover of NASA Special Publications ... here you come. :o)

Very nice. Great colours, super sharp and clear ... good stuff and the 'right stuff' in my eyes.

Thanks for sharing your work with us.

p.s. What? No Lenscrafter for the Hubble? 60 minutes or free, you know? :oP
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