Nov 11, 2012
Jupiter's Spots In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins — the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. — in the turbulent Jovian...
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Mountain Gorilla Mom and Baby
Mountain Gorilla Mom and Baby "A proper approach, not intimidating the individual, will help you go separate ways with no one hurt. They get annoyed and threatened just like humans do," Mugerwa said....
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Mountain Gorilla Silverback "Gorillas are amazing animals, and it is truly special experience to stand face to face with them," Mugerwa said. "The silverbacks are so huge and full of strength, yet...
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Servaline Genet
Servaline Genet Though its appearance suggests otherwise, genets are not cats, but are related to mongooses.
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Sitatuga The camera trap photographs of this sitatuga, a swamp-dwelling antelope, are the first records of its existence in Bwindi.
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Titan Vortex Titan's swirling south-polar vortex stands out brightly against the other clouds of the south pole. Cassini is monitoring the development of the south polar vortex to help understand...
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Firefly Galaxies Luminous galaxies glow like fireflies on a dark night in this image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The central galaxy in this image is a gigantic elliptical galaxy...
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Map of Tethys This global map of Saturn's moon Tethys was created using images taken during Cassini spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant (simple cylindrical) projection and has a scale of 293...
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Showing astronauts have a good sense of humor, a small label beneath the attitude indicator shows the FFT is placarded against inverted spins below 500 feet.
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A window at the aft end of the flight deck overlooks the cargo bay area. Here the on-orbit pilot would maneuver the orbiter. Immediately to the left is where the payload handler would train for...
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A view from the mid-deck up to the aft end of the flight deck shows the windows on top of the orbiter. This is also where astronauts would escape the flight deck in the event of an emergency.
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Visitors lucky enough to enter the crew compartments will have to squeeze through the same size main hatch as was found on the actual orbiters.
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The FFT includes mock main engines as well as orbit maneuvering engines. The tail section houses an informational area.
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A pressurized module in the payload bay was used when the shuttle would berth with the International Space Station. The ISS would be connected to the hatch at the top of the photo.
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Visitors are able to visit the payload bay area where a replica of an Inertial Upper Stage rocket booster is suspended as if just deployed. A replica of the Hubble Space Telescope is in the background.
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