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Hidden Cold War missile launch base underneath house in the Adirondacks

ScoutingNY has gone down into a 9-story Cold War missile launch facility hidden in the wilderness of the Adirondacks. Man, talk about a sweet basement!

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Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) on the launch pad

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Just a great picture.

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The last launch of the Space Shuttle

Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls Now that the Space Shuttle program has officially ended with the last landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis, it’s a bit hard to believe that we’ll probably never see another lift-off photo like this. I’ll never tire of … Continue reading

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Inside the Space Shuttle’s External Tank

Photo: NASA The Atlantic’s In Focus photoblog has a spectacular collection of imagery from the 30-year run of the Space Shuttle program at NASA. Next Friday (July 8) marks the final launch of the last Space Shuttle to go into … Continue reading

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Space Miami: a documentary about the abandoned rocket site in Miami-Dade

I lived in Miami for some time and had never heard of the now-abandoned Aerojet-Dade rocket site until now. The place is what you would expect after 50 years of abandonment and it’s a bit of a surprise to me … Continue reading

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Final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from 4 angles simultaneously

Using official NASA-released video, Chase Heavener placed 4 camera angles of the final launch of Endeavour side-by-side to give viewers a complete visual of the Earth getting smaller and smaller by the second.

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