Some cool space images:

Space Pirates

Image by Brian Rinker
My motley crew of space pirates for the contest over on the LCN. I thought these all turned out pretty good and check out each of the individual photos for descriptions. Unfortunately, my diorama for the contest won’t be completed in time but I’m very, very excited for y’all to see it, just think floating rocks meets treasure planet 😀

Space Shuttle Discovery Over Morocco (NASA, International Space Station, 03/07/11)

Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
The space shuttle Discovery is seen from the International Space Station as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation on March 7 after an aggregate of 12 astronauts and cosmonauts worked together for over a week. The area below is the southwestern coast of Morocco in the northern Atlantic. During a post undocking fly-around, the crew members aboard the two spacecraft collected a series of photos of each other’s vehicle.

Image credit: NASA

View original image/caption:
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-26/html/…

More about space station research:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html

There’s a Flickr group about Space Station Research. Please feel welcome to join! www.flickr.com/groups/stationscience/

Space Needle

Image by Savannah Sam Photography
Image taken from just below Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle.