Pictures of Space Shuttles

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Here are some cool pictures of space shuttles. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”.

Endeavour Closes In

This is an image of the space shuttle Endeavour taken from the International Space Station on July 17, 2009 before docking with the International Space Station.

Almost Home

This is an image of the space shuttle Atlantis carried at the back of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The aircraft is bound for NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility where the shuttle first launched.

Shuttle Silhouette

Here’s an image of the space shuttle Endeavor captured from the International Space Station by a crew member of Expedition 22 during the most recent space shuttle mission, STS-130 on February 9, 2010.

Lightning and the Space Shuttle

Here’s an old-age image of a space shuttle launch wherein a lightning was also captured. Lightning occurs not only during thunderstorms, but also during volcanic eruptions or dust storms sometimes.

Space, Horizon, Endeavour

This is an image of the space shuttle Endeavor during its first spacewalk. The space shuttle’s name came from a national competition involving students in elementary and secondary schools for which it became the most popular entry.

We have written many articles about the space shuttle for Universe Today. Here’s an article about the space shuttle Atlantis, and here are some great space shuttle pictures.

If you’d like more information on the shuttle, here’s a link to NASA’s Official space shuttle page, and here’s the homepage for NASA’s Human Spaceflight.

We’ve recorded an episode of Astronomy Cast all about the space shuttle. Listen here, Episode 127: The US Space Shuttle.