Archives for the 'space station' Category
Full Crew
Published on 27 May 2009 at 11:38 am.
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The Soyuz TMA-15 lifted off some hours ago to carry three crew members to the International Space Station. At first glance, this might not seem so unusual. After all, Soyuz spacecraft have been visiting the ISS for some time. When the Space Shuttle was not flying, the Soyuz was the only way to and from […]
Houston, you have a problem
Published on 12 Sep 2008 at 10:21 am.
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Filed under NASA, Uncategorized, atmosphere, space station.
When an explosion blew out the side of the Apollo 13 Service Module and threatened the lives of three astronauts on the way to the Moon, they radioed back to Earth that they had a problem. Scientists and engineers in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control worked tirelessly to come up with a […]
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Virus infects space station!
Published on 31 Aug 2008 at 5:06 pm.
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How’s that for a headline? I’ve been an avid science fiction fan since I was a child, and this sounds like the sort of thing that is perfect for a B grade movie. It is a pretty common plot in science fiction for some alien virus to run rampant killing people, turning them […]
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Soyuz TMA-11 lands short
Published on 19 Apr 2008 at 10:04 am.
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Earlier today, the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft returned to Earth, having spent about six months at the International Space Station. Now, that doesn’t mean that the entire crew spent that long there. Peggy Whitson and Yuri Malenchenco rode the craft up and back. However, Malaysian astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor flew to the […]
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Jules Verne about to launch
Published on 7 Mar 2008 at 11:37 am.
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Nearly a month ago I wrote about the author Jules Verne. Today, I am writing about another Jules Verne. Only this one is not a person. It is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV).
ESA’s ATV is a cargo vessel designed to ferry supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). […]
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See the Shuttle and Space Station tonight
Published on 18 Feb 2008 at 11:15 am.
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Last night, I went out to watch the USA-193 satellite pass by. I was using the prediction from Heavens-Above. It seemed just a little late, and more nearly overhead than the prediction had indicated. Heavens-Above’s predictions are generally right on target. So, it could be that the satellite had been dragging […]
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30 Years of Progress
Published on 21 Jan 2008 at 8:24 pm.
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Thirty years ago yesterday, January 20, 1978, a Soyuz rocket booster lifted off from the Soviet Union carrying a craft that looked very similar to a Soyuz manned spacecraft. However, this craft had no crew, nor was it designed to ever hold crew members. It could never return to Earth intact. Instead, […]
