Here’s video from the last mission:

And of course, now some pictures.

Space shuttle Discovery’s tail fin clears the hangar door of Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery touched down on the Shuttle Landing Facility’s Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m., bringing an end to its 39th and final spaceflight mission, STS-133. Discovery and its six-member STS-133 crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Inside the processing facility, Discovery will be prepared for future public display. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Space shuttle Discovery touches down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Landing was at 11:57 a.m. EST, completing the 13-day STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 11:57:17 a.m., followed by nose gear touchdown at 11:57:28, and wheelstop at 11:58:14 a.m. On board are Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen. Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery’s 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Chuck Tintera

Liberty Star, one of NASA’s solid rocket booster retrieval ships, tows the right spent booster from space shuttle Discovery’s final launch, to Port Canaveral in Florida. The shuttle’s two solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered in the Atlantic Ocean after every launch by Freedom Star and Liberty Star. The boosters impact the Atlantic about seven minutes after liftoff and the retrieval ships are stationed about 10 miles from the impact area at the time of splashdown. After the spent segments are processed, they will be transported to Utah, where they will be refurbished and stored, if needed. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

So long shuttle Discovery.

The other interesting thing about this plane, is that it will be available for export, at $100 million a piece. Even at that price, the Indian Air Force is interested in buying up to 250 copies of the plane.

Sgt. Riebe

This is a chat that I had with SSGT Riebe at the Bluebonnet airshow in the spring of 2010. I was standing on a rickety platform next to the A-10 and had my then 6 year old daughter with me. SSGT Riebe gives us a “walk through” of the A10 cockpit. Sorry the camera is so shaky.

Photo by Eastlaketimes on Flickr

Recovery divers from A&T recovery of Chicago spent a few days clearing mud and other debris from a Helldiver plane that crashed into the Lower Otay Reservoir. Speculation is that this plane suffered an engine failure when it crashesd, by all accounts, the Helldiver was not a particularly good plane.

The first two Helldiver prototypes crashed during flight testing. The Helldiver was nicknamed “The Beast” by its flight crews because it was a very difficult plane to fly.

The rare WWII plane that was pulled out from the lake crashed back in 1945 and spent the last 65 years buried under silt and mud.

This plane will be disassembled and trucked to Pensacola, FL form restoration.

5,100 Helldivers were manufactured during World War II but only a few still still exist.

Photo by: TMWolf on Flickr

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