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  • A Remembrance Day Message from Space: Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk thanks veterans


    dailyQiAuthority Authority: 137
    Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk, currently aboard the International Space Station, recorded a video message from space, sharing his observations about Canadian John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” and thanking Canada’s war veterans and the men and women serving with the Canadian Forces in this November 11 ...
    19 hours ago
  • New Module for ISS Launches


    Universe TodayAuthority Authority: 666
    Soyuz rocket with Poisk. Credit: NASA TV A new module for the space station blasted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 9:22 a.m. EST. The Poisk (which means "explore" in Russian) is a combination docking module/airlock/future research module. It will meet up with the ISS on Thursday at 10:44 ...
    1 day ago
  • Russia to launch Progress freighter to ISS


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    MOSCOW, – A Soyuz booster rocket carrying the Progress-M freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) will take off from the Baikonur space center at 14:22 GMT on Tuesday, a Russian space agency spokesman said.The freighter is carrying a MIM-2 scientific module for experiments on the ISS, the Roscosmos ...
    1 day ago
  • ISS Crew Busy with Science, Shuttle Preparations


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    Aboard the orbiting International Space Station, the Expedition 21 crew was busy Monday with science and the continuing preparations for next week’s scheduled arrival of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission to deliver critical spare parts to the complex.Flight Engineers Maxim Suraev and Roman Romanenko ...
    1 day ago
  • Cosmonaut Suraev Blogs From Space


    Parabolic ArcAuthority Authority: 489
    Good news, everybody: Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev has been writing a blog from orbit. The bad news? The English-language version appears to be exclusively on RT – the government-owned, Kremlin propaganda mouthpiece that is replete with loopy-doopy 9-11 conspiracy stories. Fortunately, you can skip all that ...
    1 day ago
  • LIVE: Russian module set to launch towards ISS on Soyuz


    NASASpaceFlight.comAuthority Authority: 549
    The 8-ton module Mini Research Module-2 (MRM-2) is scheduled to launch at 9:22 am Eastern on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on top of a Russian Soyuz-U launch vehicle. The module will become the latest addition to the Station - providing an additional docking port for Russian vehicles, an airlock ...
    1 day ago
  • Selling Dragon as 60% cost saver


    Lunar PioneerAuthority Authority: 483
    Doug Messier ParabolicArc.com The Examiner has a Q&A with SpaceX founder Elon Musk in which he talks about how much cheaper it will be once his company’s Falcon 9 rocket begins launching Dragon spacecraft into orbit: SA: A manned flight to the ISS aboard a Soyuz currently costs about 50 million dollars. ...
    2 days ago
  • Thunderstorms on the Brazilian Horizon Seen from the ISS


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    A picturesque line of thunderstorms and numerous circular cloud patterns filled the view as the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 20 crew members looked out at the limb (blue line on the horizon) of the Earth. The region shown in the astronaut photograph (top image) includes an unstable, active atmosphere ...
    2 days ago
  • New Station Module Set for Launch on Tuesday


    Parabolic ArcAuthority Authority: 489
    Poisk, a.k.a. Mini-Research Module 2 (Image credit: Roskosmos) ROSKOSMOS PRESS RELEASE S Poisk, also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM 2), is a new Russian docking module of the International Space Station. Its original name was Docking Module 2 (Stykovochniy Otsek 2 (SO-2)), as it is almost identical to ...
    2 days ago
  • NASA’s Alien Anomalies caught on film – A compilation of stunning UFO footage from NASA’s archives


    ParanominalAuthority Authority: 454
    This compilation includes many of my favorite NASA UFO encounters/sightings that I have archived over the years. All of these examples (with the exception of the second-to-last one) were captured on film by NASA astronauts or Russian Cosmonauts over the past half-century – showing many amazing examples from ...
    3 days ago
  • YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder


    Ohaiyo Business MagazineAuthority Authority: 431
    A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
    4 days ago
  • Space Junk May Force Crew from ISS (Update)


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    Written by Nancy AtkinsonA hard-to-track piece of space junk may come within a half a kilometer of the International Space Station later today, and NASA managers are considering asking the crew to board the docked Soyuz capsules as a precaution. The time of closest approach is at 10:48 p.m. EST, and the object was ...
    4 days ago
  • NASA decides space junk not a threat to space station afterall


    The Write StuffAuthority Authority: 536
    A day of drama on the International Space Station ended Friday when NASA decided that a piece of space junk initially believed to be on a possible collision course with the complex turned out to be no threat at all....
    5 days ago
  • Station Crew Prepares for Arrival of New Spacecraft, Tests Station System as Mission Control Continues Monitoring Debris


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    (NASA) – The International Space Station crew was notified this afternoon of a possible close encounter with a piece of space debris. The time of closest approach of the debris is expected at 10:48 p.m. EST. NASA uses an imaginary “box” around the space station when assessing the risk of space debris passing ...
    5 days ago
  • NASA monitors erratic space junk heading toward Space Station


    The Write StuffAuthority Authority: 536
    EDITORS UPDATE : After studying the latest information on the trajectory of a two-inch piece of space debris that threatens to buzz the International Space Station, NASA has decided to order the six crew members on board the outpost to...
    5 days ago
  • Space Junk May Force Crew from ISS


    Universe TodayAuthority Authority: 666
    A hard to track piece of space junk may come within a half a kilometer of the International Space Station later today, and the NASA managers are considering asking the crew to board the docked Soyuz capsules as a precaution. The time of closest approach is at 10:48 p.m. EST, and the object was detected too late ...
    5 days ago
  • Station Crew Busy with Shuttle Preps, Science and Maintenance


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    (NASA) – The Expedition 21 crew members aboard the International Space Station were busy Thursday preparing for the next shuttle mission and performing a variety of science and maintenance activities. Flight Engineers Nicole Stott and Jeff Williams conducted a training session of rendezvous pitch maneuver ...
    5 days ago
  • Poisk Poised for Live NASA TV Space Station Docking


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    HOUSTON – NASA Television will air the docking of the newest Russian module to the International Space Station starting at 9 a.m. CST Nov. 12. The Mini Research Module-2, known as “Poisk,” which means “explore” in Russian, will deliver 1,800 pounds of cargo to the station. Poisk is scheduled to automatically ...
    6 days ago
  • Links A La Mode


    Sweet FuzzAuthority Authority: 122
    As more and more print magazines fold, bloggers seem to be growing in professionalism and media legitimacy. When bloggers such as Previously Owned and kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS can get the scoop on international designers, you know the fashion playing field is being leveled. If bloggers can host great giveaways like ...
    6 days ago
  • STS-129 Behind the Scenes: How to Put on the “Pumpkin Suit”


    International Space FellowshipAuthority Authority: 597
    Written by Nancy AtkinsonNASA has been creating some behind-the-scenes videos as the STS-129 crew prepares for their upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Astronaut Mike Massimino, of the HST servicing mission fame, hosts and records the videos, and this one is pretty interesting: what it takes to put ...
    6 days ago

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