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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on April 20, 2010, 04:43

Title: STS-131, the Mission in Pictures
Post by: sam on April 20, 2010, 04:43

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Space shuttle Discovery's landing was delayed a day because of uncooperative weather at Kennedy Space Center and the crew of STS-131 will try again on Tuesday to land. But in the meantime the delay provides a great opportunity to look back at the very successful mission with a set of amazing pictures from space. This beautiful image, top, shows the station's robotic Canadarm2 grappling the Leonardo Multi-purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) from the payload bay of the docked Discovery for relocation to a port on the Harmony node of the International Space Station. The bright sun and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene, while the Canadian-built Dextre robot looks on. Enjoy a gallery of images, below.

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/04/19/sts-131-the-mission-in-pictures/

Title: Re: STS-131, the Mission in Pictures
Post by: Clive on April 20, 2010, 09:09

Absolutely spectacular!