Booster Max Q
Condensation clouds form around the nose of Atlantis’ solid rocket boosters as the space shuttle makes the transition to supersonic speed.
The effect can be seen below, in a frame taken from one of NASA’s HD video cameras mounted to the External Tank:
This entry was posted on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 5:42 pm. It is filed under Areas, STS-135 Atlantis, The Space Shuttle Project and tagged with Canon EF 300mm f/4 L IS, Canon EOS 30D.
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