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#220
by
Ronpur50
on 21 Nov, 2014 13:16
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Wow, that really makes me feel like I am back there with her! Great job!
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#221
by
dave1938
on 21 Nov, 2014 13:19
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Excellent !! Thank you
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#222
by
Ronpur50
on 21 Nov, 2014 14:38
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This has inspired me to go look at the photos I took over the last year. I forgot that I took this one the second time I went through the pre-show. I was crying and shaking to much the first time.
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#223
by
Ronpur50
on 21 Nov, 2014 14:41
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And I also think we forget the amazing building she is in!
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#224
by
Naito
on 21 Nov, 2014 15:40
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Thanks guys, knew you'd all like it =) Gonna see if I have enough from other angles to make more of the super-res stitches too!
Ronpur, love the pics of the building, I didn't get many pictures of it at all, was far too excited for what was inside!
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#225
by
Bubbinski
on 08 Dec, 2014 03:34
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Here are a few pics I got of Atlantis last week while at KSC VC:
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#226
by
dave1938
on 08 Dec, 2014 13:34
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Very nice photos. Did you notice the 200 or so MMOD hits on the port radiator panel? If you get the light angle just right you can see the indentation of the hole under the circular patch.
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#227
by
Bubbinski
on 08 Dec, 2014 20:29
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I didn't really notice the MMOD dings, but I'm sure if I looked closely at my pics I'd find them.
More pics from my visit:
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#228
by
roma847
on 08 Dec, 2014 21:49
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Hey Guys,
during my precise viewing of this outstanding image, I noticed that the TPS must be damaged at this point.
Source: nasaspaceflight.com (Naito)Due to the
ultra high resolution of Naito's monster shot (over 300 megapixels) one can see this damage very well.
It looks like a damaged AFRSI blanket.
I think, if you know it, that would be visible with the naked eye. Is this damaged blanket been noticed by someone?
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#229
by
dave1938
on 08 Dec, 2014 22:20
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The MMOD hits on the radiators (on the inside of the PLBDs) are covered in circular patches. We did not repair any damage from the last flight.
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#230
by
Ronpur50
on 08 Dec, 2014 22:25
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Here are some dings on tiles on the OMS Pod from one of my pictures. I saw more on the body flap and around the engines.
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#231
by
Ronpur50
on 08 Dec, 2014 22:27
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The MMOD hits on the radiators (on the inside of the PLBDs) are covered in circular patches. We did not repair any damage from the last flight.
Do you mean these little circles towards the top of this picture?
Edit: And the top and bottom of this picture?
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#232
by
dave1938
on 09 Dec, 2014 01:57
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Yes! The circular areas on the silver radiators are the MMOD patches from previous MMOD hits. MMOD hits from the last flight were not patched. The square patch was most likely a "hanger rash" that is a dropped tool or ding from a piece of GSE during ground processing. Jerry Ross dropped by one day and I asked him, as a joke if, he had kicked the radiator during a EVA. He said "No way, it wasn't me!"
Look closely on the OMS pod hits. You can see hits that were filled in from previous flights and the new gouges from hits on the last flight.
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#233
by
Naito
on 10 Dec, 2014 12:52
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I'm really happy you guys are enjoying that picture =) Haven't had time to put together any others yet, but I took a couple lower resolution pans from at least 2 other angles closer to the rear and of the bottom. Will get those eventually =)
It looks like a damaged AFRSI blanket.
I think, if you know it, that would be visible with the naked eye. Is this damaged blanket been noticed by someone?
I was amazed at the amount of wear the tiles in front of the cockpit windows sustained. Really shows her age and use. She's not a shiny pristine movie prop, she was an actually flown and used flying machine! On her belly too, there are lots of little white marks that are telltale signs of damaged tiles, but I suspect those were from rocks kicked up at her last landing.
Just realizing that she really is almost exactly the way she was when she came home from space gives me goosebumps.
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#234
by
Naito
on 10 Dec, 2014 14:16
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OMS pod dings
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#235
by
dave1938
on 10 Dec, 2014 15:09
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OMS pod dings
Good shot, look closely and you will see patches from previous flights and many hits from the last flight which are not repaired.
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#236
by
roma847
on 10 Dec, 2014 16:30
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Thanks once more Naito for these great shots.
You can also see the many fine cracks in the tiles, as well as slighter and stronger demages and also formerly repaired places and replaced tiles.
This is especially interesting for me, as a former materials researcher, what all these materials had to endure.
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#237
by
Bubbinski
on 10 Dec, 2014 17:36
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Here's a pic I took of Atlantis that I put in a montage with the three other orbiters I took closeup pics of:
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#238
by
Jeff Lerner
on 13 Dec, 2014 00:12
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I visited Atlantis today....and provided Chris with some free advertising...😄
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#239
by
32s
on 14 Dec, 2014 23:38
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