-
Archives
- July 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- April 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- May 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- November 2004
-
Meta
Tag Archives: International Space Station
NASA Links
As the end of the space shuttle program draws nearer, I think it important to watch and observe this moment in our nation’s history.
So here are a collection of links to NASA resources, which can also be found on the main website NASA.gov.
Information on NASA programs is available at the NASA Public Affairs Home Page
NASA TV information has schedules and links to streaming video.
NASA Television Schedule features key mission events and media briefings during the mission.
Status reports and timely updates on launch countdown, mission progress, and landing operations will be posted at: nasa.gov/shuttle
Information on the International Space Station is [...]
Posted in NASA, Space Exploration
Tagged International Space Station, ISS, NASA TV, Space Flight, Space Shuttle
Leave a comment
NASA Space Shuttle Update 11/6/10
NASA Space Shuttle Update / Saturday November 6, 2010:
Launch of space shuttle Discovery has been delayed due to a leak in the ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP) at Launch Pad 39A, which prompted a scrub of Friday’s launch attempt.
STS-133 mission managers also will look at a crack in the external tank foam that developed as supercold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen were being drained from the tank, although the crack didn’t develop until after the launch attempt was called off.
Discovery’s six astronauts have left the Kennedy Space Center in their T-38 jets to return home to NASA’s Johnson Space [...]
NASA Space Shuttle Update 11-5-10
NASA Space Shuttle Update / Friday November 5, 2010:
The shuttle weather team is carefully watching a cold front moving through Florida, that could impact the final launch of space shuttle Discovery. There’s about a 50 percent chance the shuttle will lift off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, November 5th.
Friday’s tentative launch time is 3:04 p.m. EDT. The shuttle team meets at 5:00 am Friday morning to make a final assessment of the weather conditions at the cape, before giving a “go” or “no-go” decision to fill Discovery’s external fuel [...]
Robonaut 2 @ NASA Tweetup
Robonaut 2 showed off for social media participants at NASA’s Tweetup for the STS-133 mission, the last flight for space shuttle Discovery.
A twin Robonaut is packed inside space shuttle Discovery to be taken to the International Space Station. The humanoid robot is the first to go into space, and will act as an assistant to the crew on the orbiting laboratory.
Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
More space shuttle news and information at nasa.gov/
Posted in NASA, Space Exploration
Tagged International Space Station, Robonaut 2, Space Shuttle Discovery
Leave a comment
Final Spaceflight of Space Shuttle Discovery
Due to last minute technical issues, the final launch of space shuttle Discovery has been delayed until at least Thursday. If the shuttle does launch this Thursday, a mid-afternoon liftoff is scheduled.
Discovery’s final spaceflight is scheduled to last 11 days, which includes two scheduled spacewalks. It’s the 39th flight for the space shuttle, which has flown more times than any other orbiter in NASA’s shuttle fleet.
This last mission is known as STS-133; it’s crew members will carry several important components to the International Space Station, such as the Italian-built Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM,) and the Express Logistics [...]
Space Shuttle Discovery Comes Home
Space shuttle Discovery has landed at the Kennedy Space Center after transporting it’s seven astronauts more than six million miles. The crew claimed a successful mission during a post flight press conference, even after facing the challenge of a stuck pressure valve on a replacement tank.
Discovery returned from mission STS-131 to the International Space Station, where the crew delivered more than seven tons of equipment and supplies. During the ten day mission, astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson executed three spacewalks, installed a 1,700-pound ammonia tank assembly on the station’s exterior, replaced a rate gyro assembly, and retrieved [...]
STS-131 Mission Update from the ISS
Space Shuttle Discovery is docked at the International Space Station, with astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson spending their fifth day in space working outside the ISS.
They’ve retrieved a science experiment on the Japanese Kibo Laboratory, replaced a rate gyro assembly on the center segment of the station’s truss, and removed an ammonia tank used to help cool the station.
The accuracy and co-ordination between the astronauts while working in space is amazing. Imagine floating weightless in space for six-and-a-half-hours, while orbiting the earth at 17,000 miles an hour. Often they have to use the grappling robotic arm from [...]
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-131 Mission Update
Space Shuttle Discovery began mission STS-131 with it’s seven-member crew, as they headed to the International Space Station. There’s only a few shuttle flights left, before the fleet is grounded for good.
Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center took place at 6:21 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 5th.
Here is the video of the lift-off on NASA TV’s YouTube Channel.
Mission STS-131 Press Kit
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-131
Space Shuttle Discovery is set to lift-off tomorrow morning at 6:21 AM EDT on mission STS-131.
Follow NASA’s Launch Blog beginning at 1:15 AM.
Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot Jim Dutton, Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio, Clay Anderson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki will execute the 33rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
Discovery will carry a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks for the laboratories aboard the ISS. The mission has three planned spacewalks, with work to include replacing an ammonia tank assembly, retrieving a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior, and switching out a rate gyro assembly [...]
Posted in NASA, Space Exploration
Tagged Discovery, International Space Station, ISS, Launch Blog, NASA TV, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Discovery, Spacewalk, STS-131
Leave a comment
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-130
Space Shuttle Endeavour has completed it’s latest mission, STS-130, and has safely landed at the Kennedy Space Center. It’s one of the few remaining shuttle flights left in NASA’s aging fleet of space vehicles.
The International Space Station is 98 percent complete, following NASA’s last big construction project, known as the Tranquility connecting node and cupola. The project added a new room and observation deck to the space station, giving the ISS crew a 360 degree view of earth through it’s seven windows.
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Nicholas Patrick conducted three spacewalks for a total of eighteen hours [...]
Space Shuttle Program
It was February 1st, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. All seven crew members aboard STS-107 were tragically lost.
Now seven years later, NASA’s Space Shuttle program is almost over. There’s only five more shuttle flights planned before the space shuttle fleet is retired from service. U.S. astronauts will then have to hitch a ride with the Russian Space Agency, whose Soyuz and Progress spacecraft have been participating in the International Space Station program for years.
President Barack Obama is calling for drastic changes in the U.S. space program, taking the [...]
NASA: Ten Years of Space Exploration
The past decade has been pretty exciting in the realm of space exploration. Here’s my look at NASA’s milestones in the past ten years.
NASA 2009 Year in Review
October 2009: water discovered on the moon by the LCROSS mission.
July 2009: 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing
May 2009: Hubble Space Telescope upgraded and repaired. Space walking astronauts from the Atlantis space shuttle gave the aging space telescope several new updated systems. Two new instruments, the Wide Field Camera 3 and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph were installed, while repairs were made to the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Space [...]
Posted in NASA, Space Exploration
Tagged Apollo11, Atlantis, David M. Brown, Expedition One, Hubble Space Telescope, Ilan Ramon, International Space Station, ISS, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, LCROSS, Mars, Mars Rover, Michael P. Anderson, Opportunity, Phoenix Lander, Rick D. Husband, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Columbia, Spirit, William C. McCool
Leave a comment
NASA in 2008
NASA reviews their amazing achievements in 2008…The Ares I rocket, Hubble discoveries, the 10th Anniversary of the International Space Station, the Phoenix Mars Lander, and even a new swimsuit that broke world records.
www.nasa.gov
Posted in Space Exploration
Tagged Ares I, Hubble, International Space Station, NASA, Phoenix Mars Lander
Leave a comment
NASA 2008 Year in Review
NASA has a great end-of-year review on their website nasa.gov. The space agency achieved some great accomplishments in 2008: A Mars landing with the Phoenix Lander, stunning photographs from other planets in our solar system, major additions to the International Space Station, a joint lunar science mission with India, progressed toward the goal of returning astronauts to the moon, and celebrated two important anniversaries.
NASA celebrated the tenth year in operation of the International Space Station (ISS), and also celebrated their fifty years of operation as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Apollo lunar program also hit the forty year [...]
Thanksgiving in Space
watch?v=9lMjY4RdSaw
I was wondering what it must be like to celebrate a holiday like Thanksgiving in space. A quick search discovered this year-old video from the collectspace YouTube Channel. It shows two of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station describing their Thanksgiving dinner and counting their blessings.
The current astronauts have bid farewell to the space station crew, as they prepare to undock and depart the station Friday morning for a return to earth. The Endeavour shuttle mission was declared a success with four spacewalks completed in eleven days. More info at www.nasa.gov
Posted in Space Exploration, Video
Tagged Astronauts, Endeavour, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle, Thanksgiving, YouTube
Leave a comment
Shuttle Discovery Delivers Japanese Laboratory to International Space Station
NASA News Release: 08-136 May 31, 2008
Space shuttle Discovery and a seven-member crew has launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to deliver and install a Japanese laboratory on the International Space Station.
The mission, designated STS-124, is the second of three flights to launch components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. Discovery is carrying Kibo’s tour bus-sized Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM, which will be the station’s largest module. The shuttle astronauts will work with the three-member station crew and ground teams around the world to install the JPM and Kibo’s robotic arm system.
Joining Kelly on Discovery’s 14-day [...]
Spacewalk # 2
Shuttle crew members Rick Linnehan and Mike Foreman have completed the second spacewalk of Endeavour’s STS-123 mission. They worked outside the International Space Station for seven hours assembling the Canadian-built mechanical maintenance robot called Dextre.
Andrew Potter reports via Reuters Video
Posted in NASA, Space Exploration, Video
Tagged Dextre, Endeavour, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, STS-123
Leave a comment
Space Shuttle Endeavour docks with International Space Station
This is a busy time for NASA crews aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station. They’re outfitting the new Japanese Logistics Module with supplies and equipment, which is the first onboard laboratory for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The astronauts are also finishing assembly of the Canadian robotic service system, called Dextre. This shuttle mission (STS-123) will be the longest mission to the space station, because it’s a sixteen day flight. Plus there are five spacewalks planned, two of which are already completed.
Andrew Potter reports via Reuters Video:
Atlantis carries Columbus to ISS
Space shuttle Atlantis launched into orbit today carrying the Columbus science laboratory, which is Europe’s primary contribution to the International Space Station.
Full story at nasa.gov
Launch Video at anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net