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Suresh A. Atapattu
World Wide Aerospace Photography


Photograph Galleries



09/20/2010 Space Shuttle Discoevry on her last rollout to Pad 39A for STS-133 (Click here)



06/14/2010 USAF Air Combat Command's F-15 West Coast Demonstration Team in Action (Click here)



06/08/2010 STS:123 Endeavour returns to Earth in a rare night landing. (Click here)



05/28/2010 STS:132 Atlantis is towed back to OPF#2 at the end of STS-132. (Click here)



05/28/2010 STS:132 Atlantis returns to KSC on a last scheduled landing at the end of STS-132. (Click here)



05/19/2010 STS:132 Atlantis departs Launch pad 39A on her 35th and last scheduled launch. (Click here)



05/21/2010 STS:128 Discovery departs Launch pad 39A on a night launch. (Click here)


05/21/2010 STS:123 Endeavour departs Launch pad 39A on a night launch. (Click here)







Selected Publications


Southern Skies Cover
............................. Florida Skies May 2009 Article
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Fullfills Unique Role by Transporting Orbiters Across America"


Scandinavian Airports 2 Box Cover.
.............. Scandinavian Airports 2 manuals/DVD.


Cover photo for "International Logistics" by Pierre David & Richard Stewart
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Suresh at work
05/30/2010 News article at Examiner.com by Cape Canaveral Space Program Examiner Jason Rhian: "As shuttle program ends photographer stops time" (Click here)



Photographing "Endeavour" and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N911NA at NASA-KSC,FL.Also in the picture is Captain Alan G. Poindexter (Click here for info)
(Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Launchphotography.com)



Photographing "Atlantis" departing on STS-132 at NASA-KSC,FL. I took this picture (Click here) at this instant! (Photo credit: Charlie Parker/NASA)


Photographing a landing Air France B777-300 at IAH,TX on a cold cloudy winter day.
(Photo credit: Andrew Broadfoot/ANDREWBROADFOOTPHOTOGRAPHY.COM)



It is not everyday one gets to be a wing walker on a jetplane.This is an ex FEDEX B 727. The airport is FLL. I am sure the JETBLUE passengers where wondering what was happaning!
(Photo credit: Me)



Photographing Endeavour as she is carried to LC-39A atop of a crawler. Note the signboard. I am standing beyond it and trying to frame the whole contraption in one photo.
(Photo credit: Jin Nakashima)






















(Top banner photo credit: Kanoko Nakashima)

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