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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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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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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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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Innovative journey 30 team Members open to Station
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 21, 2012
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft transport three new Expedition 30 journey engineers’ launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Don Pettit, Oleg Kononenko and Andre Kuipers launched at 8:16 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 21 (7:16 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three new global Space Station crew [...]
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Technology Innovation Magazine Highlights the International Space Station
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 16, 2011
The International Space Station didn’t just make the cover story of the latest publication of NASA’s Technology Innovation magazine, the entire issue was devoted to this amazing feat of collaboration and technology. With assembly complete, the station can now fulfill its purpose as a testbed for research, innovation and technology development in microgravity, according to [...]
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Third Rock – NASA’s Cool New Internet Radio Station
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 13, 2011
Credit: Third Rock Radio/NASA If you love space and love internet radio, as I do, then this is for you. NASA’s new internet music radio station, Third Rock, was just launched yesterday. With a New Rock/Indie/Alternative music format aimed toward younger, techie listeners, it will feature custom-produced content; a collaboration between NASA and RFC Media [...]
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New Space Station Camera Reveals the Cosmic Shore
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 30, 2011
Part of human fascination with space is the chance to look back at our own planet from afar. The unique vantage from the International Space Station affords a vista both breathtaking and scientifically illuminating. Here on Earth, both scientists and spectators rely on the station’s crew to record and transmit images and videos of what [...]
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Tags: Camera, Cosmic, Reveals, Shore, Space, station
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