Shuttle Fleet Left Mark in Space, Hearts
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 25, 2012
The space shuttle left its 30 years of achievements written in the sky above and in the hearts of the astronauts, American and international, who flew in them. “Personally, looking back on it, I think the shuttle has been one of the most marvelous vehicles that has ever gone into space or done anything,” said [...]
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Georgia Tech graduate to return to space station in July
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 20, 2012
Sandy Magnus will fly aboard the final space shuttle flight. (NASA)Veteran space flier Sandy Magnus is no stranger to the city of Atlanta, nor is she to living in space, and is preparing this week for her flight aboard the final space shuttle mission in July.The former aircraft engineer carried with her aspirations of becoming [...]
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Tags: Georgia, graduate, July, return, Space, station, Tech
Space station may be evacuate by belatedly November
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 18, 2012
Astronauts may require taking the unparalleled step of temporarily abandoning the global Space Station if last week’s Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall.Until official figure out what went wrong with Russia’s essential Soyuz rockets, there will be no way to launch any more astronauts before the present residents have to [...]
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Russia launches supply craft to space station
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 13, 2012
Russia’s Soyuz U rocket lifts a cargo craft to space today. (RSA)An unmanned spacecraft filled with fresh supplies, fuel and hardware lifted off a top a Russian rocket today bound for the International Space Station.Clear skies and warm temperatures favored the rocket’s departure from western Kazakhstan.The Progress M-11M supply craft — loaded with nearly 2.6 [...]
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Russian Progress cargo craft docks to space station
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 8, 2012
Progress craft sails to a docking with space station. (NASA)A Russian cargo craft loaded with equipment and supplies successfully docked to the International Space Station today.The 24-foot long spacecraft spent two days traveling up to the orbiting outpost with fresh supplies for the crew of six living and working aboard.Live video sent down by the [...]
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Dryden Supported Many Aspects of Space Shuttle Missions
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 1, 2012
Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California’s high desert, where NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center is located, was selected as the initial primary landing site for the space shuttles because of the safety margin presented by Rogers Dry Lake and its long runways, one of which stretches 7.5 miles. It was also the location of [...]
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Space Station Team takes on ‘EPIC’ occasion
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 27, 2012
Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit, operational in singing group with the International Space Station team in Houston’s Mission Control Center, inspects hardware as he install a set of Enhanced Processor and Integrated Communications (EPIC) processor cards in one of seven primary computers aboard. Anyone who has ever been concerned in a computer improve knows [...]
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Space Launch System: How to launch NASA’s new monster rocket
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 22, 2012
With the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) falling silent after the retirement of the Space Shuttle, it’ll be at least five years before the public will see the iconic sight of NASA’s follow-on vehicle rising off the launch pad. Interestingly, the Space Launch System (SLS) will follow some of the Shuttle’s heritage of “Flight Operations” – [...]
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Two iPhone 4′s headed to space station on final shuttle flight
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 18, 2012
A pair of apple iPhone 4′s will launch into earth orbit in July aboard the final space shuttle flight and will be used by astronauts during a series of experiments aboard the International Space Station. Each iPhone 4 model will have a special application loaded to test the calibration of the smart phone in space, [...]
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: A time of accomplishment and achievement
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 17, 2012
Manufacturing and difficult of all flight mirrors was finished in a final test at the X-ray and Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. through these tests mirror segment were chilled to temperature similar to those Webb will see in space, around minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit. It was the conclusion of work started [...]
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