Combined ISS/Shuttle thread

[brockenspectre]

it really does shift

Well one orbit in 90mins .. at least that is what ISS/Endeavour did after docking and before opening the hatches so, yeps, deffo shifting.

What I love to see are the pics from ISS of earth .. have yet to see anything resembling Europe/UK but just love the cloud formations!

Like others my imagination was captured by space both by the moon landing but also by the Apollo/Soyuz linkup - the latter at a time when I saw this cooperation as signifying the world would be a better and more unified place when I grew up. Sadly, in most arenas this is not the case, but at least in the field of space exploration there really does appear to be a high degree of cooperation.

I was lucky enough to work as a temp (briefly) before joining the RAF at Rockwell's London office and as a goodbye gift for doing a grand job (allegedly!) of keeping journos' informed of the Space Shuttle's development I was given a set of original shoulder patches!! Still look good all these years on

PPRuNePOP - raise a glass to Chas for me please It will be a pleasure!