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News Archive for the Drew Cew |
T-Shirts T-shirts have been designed by Spaceshirts.com for folks to purchase if so desired. Polos If you are looking for a high end golf shirt I would recommend contacting our service rep, Pam, at Lands-End and ordering the Drew Crew shirts. Use the information below to place your order: Pam Manders
October 21, 2010 Take a Walk With Alvin!
Alvin will go for a "walk" while docked to the International Space Station. He will join a small handful of astronauts who have floated 250 miles above the Earth in their own personal space ship (the space suit). Check out the animated video above and learn where exactly he will be "walking".
Our good friend Liz gouged these great groves out of a ghastly gored! This is a beautiful (and seasonal) rendering of the STS-133 crew patch! Be sure to check out the high resolution version. Thanks for sharing Liz! October 20, 2010 STS-133 Crew Gets "Pumped" Over Nearing Launch
Click on the image for full resolution. During the terminal countdown test (TCDT) last week, the crew of STS-133 took a moment to pose on the 195 foot level of the launch gantry. Adorned in their orange “Pumpkin Suits”, the crew seemed to be “pumped” about the upcoming launch. The TCDT consisted of training for both the crew and the launch team that simulated the final hours up until launch. During the TCDT, the crew went through a number of exercises that included rescue training and a launch day simulation that included everything that will happen on launch day – except the launch. Read more from Alvin's blog post from that day. October 19, 2010
Selected as a mission specialist by NASA in July 2000, Drew reported for training in August 2000. Following the completion of two years of training and evaluation, the Washington, DC native was initially assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch. From January-November 2009 he served as Director of Operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. He has logged more than 305 hours in space, having completed his first space flight on STS-118 in 2007 September 20, 2010 Trip Tip: Check out the Coco Beach Air Show!
While in town for the launch, you might want to check out the Coco Beach Air Show! On October 30th & 31st you can see the show FREE from Coco Beach, or buy VIP tickets HERE. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the 2nd annual Cocoa Beach Air Show! Military aircraft demonstrations include the USAF F-15 Strike Eagle, C-17 Globemaster III and the USN F-18 Hornet! Military jet demonstrations, parachute team jumps, civilian aerobatic performers and formation flying teams with soar over the beachfront on October 30-31, 2010 from noon to 4pm. September 16, 2010 RSVP for the STS-133 Reception! The reception for STS-133 will occur one day before the launch and is for Alvin's invited guests. Be sure to keep this in mind just incase the launch slips or is rescheduled. RSVP at kdhigginb18@gmail.com no later than October 15, 2010 Click bellow for details:
Join Alvin in Space! (sort of) NASA wants to put a picture of you on one of the two remaining space shuttle missions and launch it into orbit. To launch your face into space and become a part of history, just click the link above! July 18, 2010 Alinspace.net forum is now LIVE! Questions about the mission? Want to share your favorite Alvin memory? Want to send him a good luck message? Log onto the Forums and chat!
The STS-133 mission patch is based upon sketches from the late artist Robert McCall; they were the final creations of his long and prodigious career. In the foreground, a solitary orbiter ascends into a dark blue sky above a roiling fiery plume. A spray of stars surrounds the orbiter and a top lit crescent forms the background behind the ascent. The mission number, STS-133, is emblazoned on the patch center, and crewmembers' names are listed on a sky-blue border around the scene. The Shuttle Discovery is depicted ascending on a plume of flame as if it is just beginning a mission. However it is just the orbiter, without boosters or an external tank, as it would be at mission's end. This is to signify Discovery's completion of its operational life and the beginning of its new role as a symbol of NASA's and the nation's proud legacy in human spaceflight. Breathtaking look at the preparation of Discovery Ever wonder what happens after the shuttle lands? How do the prep it for the next flight? This unbelievable video pulls back the curtain on preparations from landing to launch. The video will start after a short advertisement In this unique time-lapse video created from thousands of individual frames, photographers Scott Andrews, Stan Jirman and Philip Scott Andrews condense six weeks of painstaking work into three minutes, 52 seconds (read here how they did it). March 31, 2010 Space Station Assembly Sequence
"NASA officials announced today the successful launch of the new shuttle Moonage Daydream, marking the beginning of a long-anticipated two-week conceptual mission inspired by British rock star David Bowie." (read more) Alvin has some of the best fans around! Check out this fantastic song about everybody's favorite space cowboy and the crew's mission! (Right Click and click "Save Target As..." to Download) |
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