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Original - NASA STS-134 mission poster, based on a Star Trek promotional poster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.universetoday.com/59925/sts-134-does-star-trek-with-new-poster|title=STS-134 Does Star Trek with New Poster|author=Nancy Atkinson|publisher=www.universetoday.com|date=March 17, 2010|accessdate=August 14, 2010}}</ref>
Reason
Draws you into a great article of historical significance. Excellent layout of quality images.
Articles in which this image appears
STS-134,Mark_Kelly_(astronaut)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA
  • Support as nominator --Gabeguss (talk) 20:12, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Huh. This is weird. This was obviously made before the Giffords shooting (since it was uploaded before the shooting). The angle of Kelly's head in this shot is often called by film buffs the "Kubrick look" and is understood to be menacing. Is NASA still using this poster? I feel like their more recent promotional efforts have been quite different, given the circumstances. Chick Bowen 00:32, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This poster is from the Space Flight Awareness program in NASA which is aimed at employee moral (as far as I can tell from the website). They have another series of posters from the Kennedy Space Center which are different and maybe aimed at the public. Gabeguss (talk) 15:17, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn't the featured picture on the mainpage advertise the articles available on Wikipedia? Gabeguss (talk) 15:19, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:44, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]