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La lanzadera espacial Discovery vuela sobre el capitolio de los Estados Unidos – Space Shuttle Discovery Flown Over the U.S. Capitol

18 abril, 2012

La lanzadera espacial Discovery, montado encima de una nave transportadora de lanzaderas (NASA 747), se ve volar cerca del capitolio el Martes 17 de Abril de 2012. la Discovery ha completado 39 misiones, ha pasado 365 días en el espacio, orbitó la Tierra 5830 veces y viajó 148,221,675 millas.

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is seen as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers.

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Encuentro histórico – John Glenn y John F. Kennedy

23 febrero, 2012

Encuentro histórico – John Glenn y John F. Kennedy

An Historic Meeting

John Glenn, standing next to his Friendship 7 capsule in which he made his historic orbital flight, meets with President John F. Kennedy. Mrs. Glenn stands next to her husband. Earlier that day, President Kennedy presented the NASA Distinguished Service Award to Glenn.

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Cosmonautas de la Expedición 30 realizan un paseo espacial

23 febrero, 2012

Cosmonautas de la Expedición 30 realizan un paseo espacial

Expedition 30 Cosmonauts Perform Spacewalk
This image of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, was taken during a spacewalk on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. During the six-hour, 15-minute spacewalk, Kononenko and Shkaplerov moved the Strela-1 crane from the Pirs Docking Compartment in preparation for replacing it in 2012 with a new laboratory and docking module. The duo used another boom, the Strela-2, to move the hand-operated crane to the Poisk module for future assembly and maintenance work. Both telescoping booms extend like fishing rods and are used to move massive components outside the station. On the exterior of the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2, they also installed the Vinoslivost Materials Sample Experiment, which will investigate the influence of space on the mechanical properties of the materials. The spacewalkers also collected a test sample from underneath the insulation on the Zvezda Service Module to search for any signs of living organisms. Both spacewalkers wore Russian Orlan spacesuits bearing blue stripes and equipped with NASA helmet cameras.

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