Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[astrosammy]

Having some fun with the IUS:

 

[Donamy]

Next mission release for SSU.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Next mission release for SSU.

Looks real nice!

 

[Star Voyager]

Where in the world is Sputnik (try and guess)?

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Hint: Over U.S.

 

[Donamy]

Where in the world is Sputnik (try and guess)?

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Hint: Over U.S.

Is it a trick question ?

 

[Star Voyager]

No, it's just a try and guess where Sputnik is.

 

[Donamy]

Manhattan ?

 

[sputnik]

Where in the world is Sputnik (try and guess)?

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Hint: Over U.S.

Dude, I'm RIGHT HERE! :lol:

But your satellite is approximately over Seattle.

 

[Star Voyager]

Dude, I'm RIGHT HERE! :lol:

But your satellite is approximately over Seattle.

:rofl:. But you got it right, it is Seattle. How did you guess?

 

[Star Voyager]

Here's another U.S. shot. Which coastline is that?

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[Kyle]

Alright all, guess this.

 

[Star Voyager]

Test fit of the Enterprise.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Alright all, guess this.

That is Enterprise on LC-39A during pad checkout before the launch of STS-1 (by-the-way, the filename kinda gave it away ).

 

[DaveS]

That is Enterprise on LC-39A during pad checkout before the launch of STS-1 (by-the-way, the filename kinda gave it away ).

Yes and that screenshot is wrong. When Enterprise was at pad A for the Flight Vehicle Verification tests, the GOX Vent Arm(GVA) had not yet been installed. Enterprise was only used check out the mechanical interfaces of the pad as the entire stack was made up of dummy elements, ET and SRBs included. Also MLP-1 was not completely outfitted to support any tanking or cryo tests.

Also the FSS still had it's original LUT-heritage color: http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1979/high/KSC-79PC-0265.jpg
Another one: http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1979/high/KSC-79PC-0265.jpg

 

[Star Voyager]

Also the FSS still had it's original LUT-heritage color: http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1979/high/KSC-79PC-0265.jpg
Another one: http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1979/high/KSC-79PC-0265.jpg

If only it were still like that today .

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Here's another U.S. shot. Which coastline is that?

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As far as directly over, probably Mexico. Because going from down to up, that's Texas, then Louisiana above and a bit to the right of Sputnik.

 

[Star Voyager]

Great job!

 

[Kyle]

Yes and that screenshot is wrong. When Enterprise was at pad A for the Flight Vehicle Verification tests, the GOX Vent Arm(GVA) had not yet been installed. Enterprise was only used check out the mechanical interfaces of the pad as the entire stack was made up of dummy elements, ET and SRBs included. Also MLP-1 was not completely outfitted to support any tanking or cryo tests.

Also the FSS still had it's original LUT-heritage color: http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1979/high/KSC-79PC-0265.jpg
Another one: http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1979/high/KSC-79PC-0265.jpg

Ah well, did the best with what I had.

 

[n72.75]

I seriously pressed F9 when I looked at the screenshot.

 

[sputnik]

:rofl:. But you got it right, it is Seattle. How did you guess?

Too much Orbiteering, I'd guess. But Puget Sound and the San Juan islands don't look like anything else.

Now, your new one is tougher. But that knot in the upper right looks like it might be the Louisiana coastline, and the line heading towards it has to be the mighty Mississippi. So we're approximately over Galveston; maybe a bit further southwest, but no further than Corpus Christi.