Image:Columbia.sts-1.01.jpg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikimedia Commons logo This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.
Featured picture
This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons: it is considered one of our finest images.
This is a featured picture on English Wikipedia and is considered one of the finest images.
This is a featured picture on Turkish Wikipedia and is considered one of the finest images.
If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.
Wikimedia Commons
Description
Deutsch: Eine Langzeitbeleuchtung der ersten Space Shuttle Mission, STS-1 vor dem Start. Shuttle Columbia steht auf dem Launch Pad A des Complex 39 im KSC .
English: A timed exposure of the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night-time fantasy of light. To the left of the Shuttle are the fixed and the rotating service structures.
Français : Cette exposition minutée de la première mission de navette spatiale, STS-1, sur le pas de lancement A du complexe 39, tranforme le vaissseau spatial et les installations en un spectacle son et lumière. À la gauche de la navette, les structures de service fixes et rotatives.
Svenska: Columbia väntar på att skjutas upp för första gången, den 12 april 1981

For more translations SEE BELOW

Source

NASA/KSC, Image ID: KSC-81PC-0136

Date

April 12, 1981

Author

NASA

Permission
( Reusing this image)
Public domain
This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". ( NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy).

Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Galego | Nederlands | Português | Русский | ‪中文(简体)‬ | ‪中文(繁體)‬ | +/-

Warning sign
Warnings:
  • Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems are restricted per US law 14 CFR 1221.
  • The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/ Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
  • Materials from the Hubble Space Telescope may be copyrighted if they do not explicitly come from the STScI.
  • All materials created by the SOHO probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
  • Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted.


This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Centre of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-81PC-0136.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status or the source of the attached work. A normal copyright tag and a source are still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.

Awards

Desktop wallpaper icon
This featured picture is fairly large and has an aspect ratio of approximately 4:3 or 5:4, making it suitable as a computer wallpaper.

See the gallery of such images, or the gallery of widescreen images.

Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for November 7, 2005. It was captioned as followed:
English: Space Shuttle Columbia waiting for the first launch

Cymraeg: Y Wennol Gofod Columbia, yn aros am eu lansiad cyntaf
Deutsch: Space Shuttle Columbia vor dem ersten Start
English: Space Shuttle Columbia waiting for the first launch
Suomi: Avaruussukkula Columbia odottamassa ensimmäistä laukaisuaan
Français : La navette spatiale Columbia parée à décoller
Galego: O Trasbordador espacial Columbia preparado para o seu primeiro lanzamento.
Italiano: Lo Space Shuttle Columbia pronto alla partenza
日本語: 初の打ち上げを待つ スペースシャトル コロンビア
Latina: Aëronavis sideralis Columbia ante depulsionem
Nederlands: De Space shuttle Columbia wachtend op de eerste lancering.
‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Romferga Columbia før si fyrste utskyting.
Polski: Prom kosmiczny Columbia oczekuje na pierwszy start ( STS-1)
Português: Vai-vém espacial Columbia antes do lançamento
Русский: Челнок Columbia в ожидании первого старта
Slovenčina: Raketoplán Columbia čaká na prvý štart
ไทย: กระสวยอวกาศ โคลัมเบีย ขณะรอการปล่อยครั้งแรก
‪中文(简体)‬: 准备起飞的 哥伦比亚号航天飞机

Picture of week on Czech Wikipedia This image was selected as a picture of week on the Czech Wikipedia for 35th week, 2006.
Tento obrázek byl vybrán jako obrázek týdne na České Wikipedii pro 35. týden, 2006.
Picture of week on Czech Wikipedia

This is a featured picture on the English Wikipedia. See w:Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/STS-1 at night.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/Time Dimensions User Comment
current 01:30, 21 January 2007 1,920×1,536 (792 KB) Noclip (downsampled to address blurriness)
06:33, 16 September 2005 3,000×2,400 (1.04 MB) Saperaud
15:42, 31 March 2005 750×600 (132 KB) JoJan (Same image, after sharpening a bit, as Image:Columbia.sts-1.pad at night.triddle.jpg {{PD-USGov-NASA}} NASA Image ID: KSC-81PC-0136 A timed exposure of the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space ve)
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):
The 2008 Wikipedia for Schools is sponsored by SOS Children , and consists of a hand selection from the English Wikipedia articles with only minor deletions (see www.wikipedia.org for details of authors and sources). See also our Disclaimer.