Posts: 1031 From: New Jersey, USA Registered: Mar 2010
posted 06-07-2011 02:30 PM
The station looks different from that angle. Still amazing photos and can't wait for the rest.
Jay Chladek Member
Posts: 2272 From: Bellevue, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2007
posted 06-07-2011 02:31 PM
The last one reminds me of the picture taken from a Soyuz of the first shuttle docked to Mir. These shots were worth the wait.
Fezman92 Member
Posts: 1031 From: New Jersey, USA Registered: Mar 2010
posted 06-07-2011 03:03 PM
You can see more of them here and on page 60. I can't get over how amazing these are!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-07-2011 03:13 PM
There were a total of 110 photos taken. The first 43 were all taken in a two minute period, the next 55 in four minutes, and the remainder were captured in less than a minute.
The station itself doesn't move very fast, so many are nearly identical to each other.
Update: The file count on NASA's server is now at 230, but it appears that Paolo Nespoli took many shots at varying exposures. The majority of the shots are nearly indistinguishable from the photos already released, just darker or lighter versions of the same.
dogcrew5369 Member
Posts: 750 From: Statesville, NC Registered: Mar 2009
posted 06-07-2011 04:10 PM
This photo(s) will go down as one of the iconic NASA photos of all time. Love it!
328KF Member
Posts: 1234 From: Registered: Apr 2008
posted 06-07-2011 04:11 PM
Fantastic images! Together with the other pics from the EVA's and Chamitoff's time exposures, this mission's photo album will be hard to top.
SpaceAngel Member
Posts: 307 From: Maryland Registered: May 2010
posted 06-07-2011 08:26 PM
What a spectacular view of Endeavour and ISS; why weren't these pictures were released earlier?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-07-2011 08:32 PM
NASA released them as soon as they received them (in real time, as was evident by the way the photos were posted in waves today).
The SD cards that held the photos returned to RSC Energia outside of Moscow inside Soyuz TMA-20. Presumably, part of the delay was simply the time it took for the technicians to unpack the spacecraft, find the cards and route them to the appropriate individual at NASA.
posted 06-07-2011 09:12 PM
Those photos are amazing. Well worth the wait.
Fezman92 Member
Posts: 1031 From: New Jersey, USA Registered: Mar 2010
posted 06-07-2011 09:39 PM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: The file count on NASA's server is now at 230...
I assume that they aren't going to show all 230?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-07-2011 10:19 PM
Given that many of the shots are nearly identical — distinguishable only due to the Earth rotating a bit or a change in exposure — I would not expect NASA to post all the shots taken to its website.
Jay Chladek Member
Posts: 2272 From: Bellevue, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2007
posted 06-08-2011 12:30 AM
Well, I think out of all these photos, a couple of them might be perfect candidates for the cover of my book when it comes out (of course, that will likely up to the publisher, but I am going to lobby big time). They were certainly worth waiting for.
teopze Member
Posts: 180 From: Warsaw, Poland Registered: May 2008
posted 06-08-2011 03:23 AM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: I would not expect NASA to post all the shots taken to its website.
Are they otherwise available? Photos with different exposure are useful for HDR post-processing.
I like the photos but to my mind they are technically a bit disappointing.
space1 Member
Posts: 853 From: Danville, Ohio Registered: Dec 2002
posted 06-08-2011 06:16 AM
So are any of these images suitable for stereo pairs (for 3D imaging)?
space1 Member
Posts: 853 From: Danville, Ohio Registered: Dec 2002
posted 06-08-2011 06:29 AM
In the same mission gallery, check out ISS027-E-034494 (on page 45 of the gallery). Look for the "Easter egg" along the leading edge of Endeavour's wing.
issman1 Member
Posts: 1042 From: UK Registered: Apr 2005
posted 06-08-2011 06:45 AM
I assume that the release of these superb photographs put paid to the STS-135 flyabout. And, unless I'm mistaken, didn't Paolo Nespoli also shoot video of the Endeavour/ISS stack?
ilbasso Member
Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006
posted 06-08-2011 07:32 AM
Tried a couple quick and dirty anaglyphs. ISS027-E-036759 and ISS027-E-036768 make a decent stereo pair.
Just looking through the STS-134 imagery again. This photo of the stack punching through the cloud deck, taken from the Shuttle Training Aircraft, is astounding!
NavySpaceFan Member
Posts: 655 From: Norfolk, VA Registered: May 2007
posted 06-08-2011 11:03 AM
NASA TV is now showing the Endeavour/ISS stack video!
GACspaceguy Member
Posts: 2475 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
posted 06-08-2011 11:44 AM
quote:Originally posted by ilbasso: Just looking through the STS-134 imagery again. ...taken from the Shuttle Training Aircraft, is astounding!
Those Gulfstream aircraft can do just about any task in the air.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-08-2011 12:20 PM
quote:Originally posted by issman1: And, unless I'm mistaken, didn't Paolo Nespoli also shoot video of the Endeavour/ISS stack?
tegwilym Member
Posts: 2331 From: Sturgeon Bay, WI Registered: Jan 2000
posted 06-08-2011 12:32 PM
Just keeps getting better. Well worth the wait!
mjanovec Member
Posts: 3811 From: Midwest, USA Registered: Jul 2005
posted 06-08-2011 12:32 PM
Nice video!
heng44 Member
Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 06-08-2011 01:29 PM
The photos were even shown on the TV news here. They are big news!
Fezman92 Member
Posts: 1031 From: New Jersey, USA Registered: Mar 2010
posted 06-08-2011 02:35 PM
quote:Originally posted by heng44: The photos were even shown on the TV news here. They are big news!
I haven't seen anything on our news stations here...
RISPACE Member
Posts: 67 From: Warwick, RI USA Registered: Jan 2006
posted 06-08-2011 02:35 PM
I'm almost speechless. What a sight! We've waited a long time for this. Reminds me of the shot of the shuttle docked to MIR back in the 90's. This is nearly as exciting as seeing the Apollo LM Decent stages on the moon as taken by the LRO.
heng44 Member
Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 06-08-2011 11:59 PM
One of the big Dutch newspapers had one of the photos over a complete page! In addition to the TV coverage over here, this shows what a good idea it was to take these photos.
GoesTo11 Member
Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
posted 06-09-2011 10:09 PM
Absolutely fantastic photos and video. Though, like seemingly everything else about these final Shuttle missions, I can't take them in without feeling a bit melancholy. I look at those massive, epic engineering achievements 200 miles above us and I can't help but wonder if I'll ever again see anything to match them, let alone surpass them...
On a less "heavy" note, I suspect that Paolo Nespoli felt just a little queasy preparing to man the cameras for this, knowing it might be the last opportunity to capture these images. I wonder how the infamous "Astronaut's Prayer" translates to Italian...
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-10-2011 04:36 AM
quote:Originally posted by GoesTo11: On a less "heavy" note, I suspect that Paolo Nespoli felt just a little queasy preparing to man the cameras for this, knowing it might be the last opportunity to capture these images.
The European Space Agency interviewed Nespoli about the experience. Here are some of his comments:
"I really prayed that these would be good, since I was conscious of their value. But what was done was done..."
"Like a photographer who has a gorgeous model in front of him, I was more concentrated on getting a good technical and artistic product than admiring it.
"I saw the view when changing from still to video images, but I purposely limited looking because I know I would have been mesmerised by the beauty of it."
MrSpace86 Member
Posts: 1618 From: Gardner, KS, USA Registered: Feb 2003
posted 06-10-2011 02:29 PM
I really enjoy when the space travelers are aware of the historical aspects of something like that. He sacrificed his own pleasure to make sure that millions around the world would appreciate what was infront of him for decades to come. Paolo Nespoli is awesome.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 06-11-2011 05:22 PM
quote:Originally posted by heng44: One of the big Dutch newspapers had one of the photos over a complete page! In addition to the TV coverage over here, this shows what a good idea it was to take these photos.
On Thursday 9th June, one of the best of the pictures dominated the front page of the London "Times." The same picture occupied a whole internal page in today's "Belfast Telegraph."
posted 06-07-2011 01:58 PM
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