05 Jan 2010 @ 4:49 PM 
 

Space: Video

 

In 2029, the 900-foot asteroid Apophis, will miss Earth by only about 18,000 miles. To put that in contrast, the moon is an average of 238,857 miles away, center-to-center, or about 234,000 miles surface-to-surface. (The moon, of course, has a slightly elliptical orbit, so that’s just an average.) If that doesn’t set up the right mental image, take a look at the animation below, from an article on Wired Science.

Below you’ll see some beautiful video compiled from the STS-129 mission launch. (STS stands for space transportation system, and is the designation for NASA’s own Space Shuttle.

STS-129 Ascent Video Highlights from mike interbartolo on Vimeo.

STS-129 video highlights as compiled by the SE&I imagery team here at JSC from all of the ground, air, ET and SRB assets.

Tags Categories: Cool Sites/BLOGs, Geekdom, Movies, NASA/Space, Technology Posted By: LegoDoug
Last Edit: 05 Jan 2010 @ 04 49 PM

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  1. Anonymous says:
    December 31, 1969 at 18:00
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  2. Scott McCobb says:
    January 5, 2010 at 18:45

    i did nit know that

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  3. MikeM says:
    January 10, 2010 at 17:36

    I got to see that shuttle launch! Even from 40 miles away in Orlando it was an amazing sight!

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