Space shuttle acrobatics

What do you think, gold-medal-worthy? ;)

For those who might have missed seeing the footage of the 'Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver', also known as the 'shuttle backflip' -- or just want to see it again:

http://wm.nasa-global.speedera.net/wm.nasa-global/RTF/backflip.wmv (Windows Media Video file)

Other STS-114 offerings:

• External tank, photographed from Discovery - Hi-res (329 Kb), but really neat
• Another external tank image, showing the area of foam loss - EXTREMELY large, but might be worth the wait for the detail (Hi-res (1.5 Mb))
• Fisheye lens launch photo (medium (720 x 505, 72 ppi))
• Launch photo with reflection, very artsy (Medium (722 x 480, 72 ppi))

Also, have fun with Java and watch the Station/Shuttle orbit:

J-Track for Spacecraft.