File:Space Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian (8412948424).jpg
Original file (1,063 × 1,600 pixels, file size: 373 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionSpace Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian (8412948424).jpg |
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103), alongside twin sister Atlantis, was commissioned in the late 1970s, when the design work on the Space Shuttle was finalized, the first two orbiters (Enterprise and Columbia) had already been built, and a four-orbiter fleet was needed to operate a planned once-weekly schedule to space. Discovery was delivered in 1983 and put into service in 1984, shortly after Challenger, a former stress test article, had entered service in place of Enterprise. Discovery was the workhorse of the Space Shuttle fleet. It operated all sorts of missions, including classified Department of Defense missions, and it operated both "Return to Flight" missions after suspensions caused by Challenger and Columbia disasters. All in all, Discovery flew 39 missions over 365 days in space, covering 149 million miles (240 million km); it is the most traveled manned spaceship in history, and with future spacecraft going back to cheaper disposable designs, Discovery will retain that distinction for at least centuries to come. Discovery is now the star attraction at the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, an annex of Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. What a sight! Close by overhead there are replica unmanned spacecraft: the left represents Pioneer 1, America's failed first attempt in 1959 at launching something beyond low Earth orbit, and the right represents Pioneer 5, which explored the region between Earth and Venus orbits in 1960. |
Date | |
Source | Space Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian |
Author | InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA |
Camera location | 38° 54′ 43.12″ N, 77° 26′ 37.16″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 38.911977; -77.443656 |
---|
Licensing
[edit]- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This image, originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 27 January 2013 by the administrator or reviewer File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 15:20, 27 January 2013 | 1,063 × 1,600 (373 KB) | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr by User:russavia |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
---|---|
Camera model | NIKON D5000 |
Exposure time | 1/30 sec (0.033333333333333) |
F-number | f/11 |
ISO speed rating | 640 |
Date and time of data generation | 14:11, 22 January 2013 |
Lens focal length | 18 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 16:00, 24 January 2013 |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:11, 22 January 2013 |
APEX shutter speed | 4.906891 |
APEX aperture | 6.918863 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.7 APEX (f/3.61) |
Subject distance | 2.24 meters |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTime subseconds | 50 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 50 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 50 |
Color space | sRGB |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 27 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | Low gain up |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
Image width | 1,063 px |
Image height | 1,600 px |
Serial number of camera | 3517011 |
Lens used | 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |
Date metadata was last modified | 08:00, 24 January 2013 |
Unique ID of original document | E57A1F71C580E626AE121405647667EC |