Discovery – Selldon Photography

Happy Birthday Arthur C. Clarke (1917)

Dec 16, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration16/12, 1917, 2001, A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke, Discovery, Movie

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid…

STS-116 Shuttle Discovery Launches to ISS (2006)

Dec 10, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration10/12, 2006, Discovery, ISS, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, STS, STS-116

STS-116 (also known as ISS-12A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006 for her 33rd flight at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on…

Maiden Flight of Shuttle Discovery (1984)

Aug 30, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1984, 30/08, Discovery, Maiden Flight, scale model, scale models, Space Shuttle, STS

Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The space-plane was one of the orbiters from NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the third of…

STS-85 Launch of Shuttle Discovery (1997)

Aug 7, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration07/08, 1997, Discovery, scale model, scale models, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, STS-85

STS-85 was the 23rd flight of Space Shuttle Discovery that performed multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 August 1997. The main STS-85…

Uranus Rings are Discovered (1977)

Mar 10, 2025Selldon3000 Planets, Selective Coloration10/03, 1977, Discovery, Ring, Rings, Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous, cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase…