20 years ago today: Discovery takes flight on STS-121, the first and only manned spacecraft launch on the Fourth of July

20 years ago today: Discovery takes flight on STS-121, the first and only manned spacecraft launch on the Fourth of July

u/ToeSniffer245 — 1 day ago
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First look at Endeavour’s new display in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. Looking incredible!

u/BrendanInJersey — 11 days ago

Towers at Vandenberg’s SLC-6, originally built to support the shuttle’s west coast operations, were demolished this past week

u/ToeSniffer245 — 16 days ago

In “Interstellar” (2014), the studio couldn’t think of an original rocket design, so the futuristic Ranger is launched into space on top of a hundred-year old Saturn V.

u/ToeSniffer245 — 20 days ago
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STS-114 mission specialist Stephen K. Robinson performs an EVA to remove gap filers from Discovery’s thermal protection system

u/ToeSniffer245 — 25 days ago
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“Cars” was released in theaters 20 years ago today. I don’t think I and so many others in my generation would be NASCAR fans today without it.

u/ToeSniffer245 — 27 days ago
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The space shuttle Challenger on approach to land after STS-41-B, the first use of Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility

u/ToeSniffer245 — 28 days ago

Something I just now realized about Part 2

Did Marty and Doc have to go back to November 12th, 1955 to destroy the almanac?

Sure, that’s when old Biff gave his younger self the book, but young Biff didn’t do anything with it until betting on the horse race in 1958, which is when the timeline truly changed. There’s at least a three-year gap between those, meaning Marty and Doc could’ve gone to any date during that period to find and destroy the almanac. Marty wouldn’t have to dodge his past self at the dance and Doc wouldn’t get struck by lightning, meaning the third movie wouldn’t happen.

What do you think?

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u/ToeSniffer245 — 1 month ago

15 years ago today: Endeavour launches on STS-134, the final flight of NASA's youngest shuttle

u/ToeSniffer245 — 2 months ago