I don’t care about it’s complications. The Space Shuttle was the coolest. It was the first model I put together as a kid (Challenger…RIP). I rewatched Space Camp the movie endlessly on VHS and wanted very very badly to go to Space Camp the place.

New technology can do whatever they want, but the shuttle is still MY space-ship.

Here’s a higher def version of that same picture.

And you can tell right away which one of them is Chris Hadfield!

The lighting is so fascinating. It is so stark on the ship and then just vast dark nothingness behind it. I guess it is obvious that space photography wouldn’t have the shadows we have on the ground, but seeing photos like this always reminds me how small we all are.