Shuttle Launch Photos from the Air

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in
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I was sent this email, it said these were from the Int'l Space Station
which I dispute. Yes the photos are very high but IMO a photo from the
space station would show the curvature of Earth as well as the sky
being to blue in these photos. Still a very neat picture!

Anyone know what aircraft these were taken from?

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DW





WB-57 , flight STS-115


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They were taken from NASA's WB-57. One way you can tell it wasn't taken
from the ISS is the relation to the horizon. Pilots and aircrews know that
when another aircraft is at the horizon, it's at your altitude. Since the
launch vehicle is still in full boost, it's not high enough to be horizon
level with the ISS. I give it another 60 days before we see them for the 4th
or 5th time.

Rob

They were taken from NASA's WB-57. One way you can tell it wasn't taken
from the ISS is the relation to the horizon. Pilots and aircrews know that
when another aircraft is at the horizon, it's at your altitude. Since the
launch vehicle is still in full boost, it's not high enough to be horizon
level with the ISS. I give it another 60 days before we see them for the 4th
or 5th time.

Rob

U-2 handhelds
look at the window panel



"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
...
I was sent this email, it said these were from the Int'l Space Station
which I dispute. Yes the photos are very high but IMO a photo from the
space station would show the curvature of Earth as well as the sky being to
blue in these photos. Still a very neat picture!

Anyone know what aircraft these were taken from?

---------------------------------
DW

U-2 handhelds
look at the window panel



"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
...
I was sent this email, it said these were from the Int'l Space Station
which I dispute. Yes the photos are very high but IMO a photo from the
space station would show the curvature of Earth as well as the sky being to
blue in these photos. Still a very neat picture!

Anyone know what aircraft these were taken from?

---------------------------------
DW

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A view of the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
on mission STS-115 as it soars over the Space Coast, taken from NASA's WB-57
aircraft. Atlantis is heading for a rendezvous with the International Space
Station, delivering the 17.5-ton, bus-sized P3/P4 integrated truss segment
for installation. Liftoff was on-time at 11:14:55 a.m. EDT. After several
launch attempts were scrubbed due to weather and technical concerns, this
launch was executed perfectly. The girder-like truss includes a set of giant
solar arrays, batteries and associated electronics and will provide
one-fourth of the total power-generation capability for the completed
station. STS-115 is scheduled to last 11 days with a planned landing at KSC.
Photo credit: Courtesy of Robert Rivers

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A view of the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
on mission STS-115 as it soars over the Space Coast, taken from NASA's WB-57
aircraft. Atlantis is heading for a rendezvous with the International Space
Station, delivering the 17.5-ton, bus-sized P3/P4 integrated truss segment
for installation. Liftoff was on-time at 11:14:55 a.m. EDT. After several
launch attempts were scrubbed due to weather and technical concerns, this
launch was executed perfectly. The girder-like truss includes a set of giant
solar arrays, batteries and associated electronics and will provide
one-fourth of the total power-generation capability for the completed
station. STS-115 is scheduled to last 11 days with a planned landing at KSC.
Photo credit: Courtesy of Robert Rivers