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H-II Transfer Vehicle: Pictures Part 1
September 19th, 2009 | 
Author: Great photos of the H-II transfer vehicle which was captured and attached to the station on September 17th. Photos taken by ISS crew.
Black Brant XII Launched
You might remember the Black Brant XII launch that didn’t happen on the 15th, weather wasn’t good on the attempt and the rocket didn’t fly. Well tonight they gave it another go and everything worked this time around.
So, what was the purpose of the launch? Below is a snippet of the full details which can be read here.
The Charged Aerosol Release Experiment (CARE) will be conducted by the Naval Research Laboratory and the Department of Defense Space Test Program using a NASA four-stage Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket. Using ground based instruments and the STP/NRL STPSat-1 spacecraft, scientists will study an artificial noctilucent cloud formed by the exhaust particles of the rocket’s fourth stage at about 173 miles altitude.
What a Black Brant XII rocket looks like, not picture from CARE launch.
Posted in Launch | 
Tags: Black Brant, Black Brant XII, Black Brant XII Launch, CARE, NASA, Wallops Flight Facility | 
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Discovery Awaits
Space shuttle Discovery is poised to start its return flight, leaving Edwards AFB at 9:20 a.m. EST Sunday morning. Below are photos from after the landing, and the following days as the shuttle was prepared and mated to the SCA. You can watch live here: Feed.
The setting sun provides a beautiful backdrop to Space shuttle Discovery and the Crew Transport Vehicle after Discovery’s landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
Photo credit: NASA/Tom Tschida
September 11, 2009
Space shuttle Discovery reflects the colorful clouds illuminated by the setting sun over California’s high desert following its landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
Photo credit: NASA/ Tony Landis
September 11, 2009
This unusual overhead view shows space shuttle Discovery enclosed by the Mate-Demate Device gantry and work platforms at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center prior to the initiation of processing for its ferry flight back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Photo credit: NASA/ Tony Landis
September 12, 2009
Space shuttle Discovery was carefully placed atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier during mating operations in preparation for its ferry flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Landis