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Post by auntym on Dec 1, 2011 19:47:15 GMT -6
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/BRIC-16.html Growing Knowledge in Space[/color] Stephanie Covey NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center 11.29.11 Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space. NASA's Kennedy Space Center partnered with the University of Florida, Miami University in Ohio and Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation to perform three different experiments in microgravity. The studies concentrated on the effects microgravity has on plant cell walls, root growth patterns and gene regulation within the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Each of the studies has future applications on Earth and in space exploration. "Any research in plant biology helps NASA for future long-range space travel in that plants will be part of bioregenerative life support systems," said John Kiss, one of the researchers who participated in the BRIC-16 experiment onboard Discovery's STS-131 flight in April 2010 and a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Botany at Miami University in Ohio. The use of plants to provide a reliable oxygen, food and water source could save the time and money it takes to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), and provide sustainable sources necessary to make long-duration missions a reality. However, before plants can be effectively utilized for space exploration missions, a better understanding of their biology under microgravity is essential. Kennedy partnered with the three groups for four months to provide a rapid turnaround experiment opportunity using the BRIC-16 in Discovery's middeck on STS-131. And while research takes time, the process was accelerated as the end of the Space Shuttle Program neared. Howard Levine, a program scientist for the ISS Ground Processing and Research Project Office and the science lead for BRIC-16, said he sees it as a new paradigm in how NASA works spaceflight experiments. The rapid turnaround is quite beneficial to both NASA and the researchers, saving time and money. Each of the three groups was quite impressed with the payload processing personnel at Kennedy. CONTINUE READING: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/BRIC-16.html
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Post by skywalker on Dec 2, 2011 23:22:58 GMT -6
The Nazis had a similar idea for the space station they were designing back in the 1930s. They were going to grow pumpkins on board to produce oxygen. I suppose they could also have been used for food. I wonder how difficult it would be to make the ISS self sustaining so that it did not need to be resupplied at all? Solar panels could produce electricity, water filtration units could recycle and purify the water, plants could be grown to produce both oxygen and food. i suppose it would be possible to make it so people could live up in that thing indefinitely...or at least until it fell out of orbit and crashed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2011 23:51:16 GMT -6
The Nazis had a similar idea for the space station they were designing back in the 1930s. They were going to grow pumpkins on board to produce oxygen. I suppose they could also have been used for food. I wonder how difficult it would be to make the ISS self sustaining so that it did not need to be resupplied at all? Solar panels could produce electricity, water filtration units could recycle and purify the water, plants could be grown to produce both oxygen and food. i suppose it would be possible to make it so people could live up in that thing indefinitely...or at least until it fell out of orbit and crashed. Yea but solar panels break. Co2 scrubbers break. They need replacement parts and repairs...
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Post by auntym on Jan 12, 2012 21:39:39 GMT -6
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Post by lois on Jan 12, 2012 22:22:33 GMT -6
We keep putting junk up there at the rate we have been doing, there will be so much someday, each object will knock themselves out of orbit and we will shower down pure junk. lol
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Post by swamprat on Jan 27, 2012 13:21:34 GMT -6
Russia postpones two manned launches to International Space StationPublished January 27, 2012 MOSCOW – Worrisome cracks in its spacecraft have forced Russia to postpone two manned launches to the International Space Station (ISS), the Interfax news agency reported Friday -- echoing a 2011 situation that left the country's space transport vehicles grounded and led to speculation that scientists may be forced to abandon the orbiting space base. Six astronauts are currently aboard the ISS as members of Expedition 30, including two Americans: Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit. Burbank, who has been in space since Nov. 16, was set to return from the station on a March 30 flight that will be postponed until mid-April or the first half of May. It's too early to say what sort of impact the delay could have on the current space station crew, NASA spokeswoman Kylie Clem told FoxNews.com, but current crew should be fine. "There is plenty of margin for the current space station crew to stay onboard longer, if necessary, and plenty of margin in our manifest for upcoming launches," Clem said. In addition, there are currently spacecraft docked at the station that can be used to transport astronauts back to Earth, she said. The postponement to future Soyuz lift-offs is needed because the Soyuz TMA-04M spaceship cracked after testing in a pressure chamber, Space.com reported -- very different issues from the malfunctioning gas generator that caused the August, 2011, grounding. "This re-entry capsule now cannot be used for manned spaceflight," a source told the news agency. Due to the delayed March 30 rocket, a second mission will also be delayed until the middle or end of June. An unmanned Russian resupply craft that launched successfully on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is set to dock with the International Space Station Friday evening. Loaded with 2.9 tons of food, fuel and equipment, Progress 46 will arrive at the station’s Pirs docking compartment on Friday at 7:08 p.m. EST. Newscore contributed to this report. Read more: www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/27/russia-to-postpone-two-manned-launches-to-international-space-station/?test=latestnews#ixzz1kgbn4IuU
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Post by auntym on Feb 29, 2012 19:52:11 GMT -6
www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/02/29/stolen-nasa-laptop-contained-commands-for-international-space-station/2/29/2012 Stolen NASA Laptop Contained Commands For International Space Station[/size] Alex Knapp, Forbes Staff In testimony before Congress today, NASA’s Inspector General discussed NASA’s IT security efforts, and discussed some of the attacks and thefts that have plagued the agency’s assets. Some of the numbers discussed are somewhat eye-opening, but it’s difficult to say whether NASA has a significant problem compared to other agencies, since NASA is a rare Federal agency that consistently monitors such incidents. Among the highlights of the testimony, NASA reported that from April 2009 to April 2011, 48 mobile computing devices containing sensitive information were either lost or stolen. One stolen laptop contained algorithms that are used to command the International Space Station. Other contained information related to the Orion and Constellation manned spaceflight programs. The laptops were not encrypted, and the Inspector General commented that “Until NASA fully implements an Agency-wide data encryption solution, sensitive data on its mobile computing and portable data storage devices will remain at high risk for loss or theft.” Surprisingly, most NASA assets aren’t encrypted. The Federal Agency average is about 54% of laptops or other mobile devices encrypted. The NASA rate is 1%. .
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Post by auntym on Mar 24, 2012 12:29:54 GMT -6
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/24/space-junk-iss-astronauts_n_1376963.html Space Junk Forces ISS Astronauts to Take Shelter in 'Lifeboat' Capsules[/color] Posted: 03/24/2012 Space Junk By: Tariq Malik Published: 03/24/2012 01:53 AM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 8 a.m. ET. A leftover piece of an old Russian satellite forced six astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter in a pair of lifeboat-like space capsules today (March 24), but zipped harmlessly by the outpost to the crew's relief. The piece of space junk was spotted too late to move the orbiting laboratory out of the way and flew as close as 6.8 miles (11 kilometers) when it zoomed by at about 2:38 a.m. EDT (0638 GMT), NASA officials said. While the chances of collision were remote, the potential danger of a hit was enough for Mission Control to order the station crew — which includes three Russians, two Americans and a Dutch astronaut —to seek shelter in two docked Soyuz space capsules just in case a quick escape to Earth is required. "I don't see anything, which is good news," one of the station astronauts said in Russian, which was translated in a NASA broadcast. It was the third time in 12 years that station astronauts took shelter from a close space debris pass. [Space Junk Photos & Cleanup Concepts] NASA and its partners typically order an avoidance maneuver when a piece of space junk is expected to pass close by the space station and there are several days of advance notice. But this latest space debris threat was initially spotted on Friday morning, too late to plan a major maneuver, NASA officials said. "We're not too concerned about it, but it's too late to do a [debris avoidance maneuver]," station flight director Jerry Jason radioed station commander Daniel Burbank, of NASA, and his crew late Friday. According to NASA updates, the space debris is a remnant of the Russian Cosmos 2251 communications satellite. In 2009, the defunct spacecraft crashed into the U.S. satellite Iridium 33 in a massive space collision that created a huge cloud of more debris. The crash created 2,000 pieces of orbital debris. While the size of the space debris was difficult to pin down, it was "relatively small," NASA spokesman Rob Navias said during NASA TV commentary of the space trash flyby. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who is the other American aboard the space station, radioed Mission Control Friday to say he hoped to try and snap a photo of the space debris if it was possible. But the space debris whizzed by the space station unseen. Space junk is a growing threat for astronauts on the space station, as well as other satellites orbiting Earth. According to recent estimates, there is about 6,000 tons of space debris in orbit today. NASA and the U.S. military's Space Surveillance Network regularly track about 20,000 pieces of the debris in order to help other active satellites avoid collisions with the orbital trash. You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter @tariqjmalik. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @spacedotcom and on Facebook. CONTINUE READING: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/24/space-junk-iss-astronauts_n_1376963.html
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Post by auntym on Apr 7, 2012 14:26:54 GMT -6
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/07/atv-3-edoardo-arnaldi-cargo-ship-iss_n_1409584.html ATV-3 Cargo Ship Edoardo Arnaldi Arrives At Space Station (PHOTO, VIDEO)Posted: 04/ 7/2012 4:21 By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 04/06/2012 04:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured an extraordinary photo of an unmanned European cargo ship as it docked to the orbiting outpost last week. The European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) launched into orbit on March 23, and arrived at the space station five days later, on March 28. The robotic cargo ship delivered about 7 tons of supplies, including water, oxygen, food, clothing, experiments and propellant. The robotic ATV vehicles are designed to automatically dock to the space station. In this photo, the ATV-3 is approaching its parking spot at the Zvezda service module on the Russian segment of the orbiting complex. The photo shows the ATV-3's distinctive x-wing solar arrays bathed in light from the spacecraft's sophisticated laser guidance system. The starry night sky and the glow of lights from Earth below make up the remarkable backdrop, as the two vehicles fly 240 miles (386 kilometers) above the planet. American astronaut Don Pettit shared a version of the docking photo on Twitter the following day. "ATV docks, breathing fire and bringing good stuff," Pettit wrote under the name @astro_Pettit. CONTINUE RE4ADING: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/07/atv-3-edoardo-arnaldi-cargo-ship-iss_n_1409584.htmlUploaded by VideoFromSpace on Mar 28, 2012 Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) named Edoardo Amaldi docked with the International Space Station at 6:31pm EST on March 28th, 2012.
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Post by auntym on Apr 9, 2012 13:13:25 GMT -6
A VIDEO TOUR OF THE ISS WITH COMMANDER DAN BURBANK[/color] www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=139283511Dan Burbank Gives a Station Tour Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank gives a video tour of the International Space Station, highlighting some of the science facilities and equipment aboard the orbiting laboratory.
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Post by lois on Apr 9, 2012 20:26:18 GMT -6
Auntym. That was a very interesting tour of the space station. It seem to have much more room inside it than I imagine. They sure have thought of every thing and any thing when it was built. They had to. Human life is aboard.
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Post by auntym on Apr 9, 2012 21:49:01 GMT -6
Auntym. That was a very interesting tour of the space station. It seem to have much more room inside it than I imagine. They sure have thought of every thing and any thing when it was built. They had to. Human life is aboard. i am surprised at how roomy the ISS is too lois.......
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Post by auntym on Apr 16, 2012 12:58:34 GMT -6
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2221.html#.T4wrncGrihE.twitter Moscow at Night, ISS, Aurora Borealis...all in one!Moscow at NightMoscow appears at the center of this nighttime image photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 240 miles on March 28, 2012. A solar array panel for the space station is on the left side of the frame. The view is to the north-northwest from a nadir of approximately 49.4 degrees north latitude and 42.1 degrees east longitude, about 100 miles west-northwest of Volgograd. The Aurora Borealis, airglow and daybreak frame the horizon. Image Credit: NASA Page Last Updated: April 16, 2012 Page Editor: Yvette Smith NASA Official: bob Dunbar
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Post by auntym on Apr 16, 2012 13:06:20 GMT -6
CASIS and Naannacks Announce Expanded ISS Research Capabilities [/color]
Published on Apr 12, 2012 by ISSCASIS
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and Naannacks now offer commercial researchers the opportunity to conduct experiments on external platforms of the International Space Station, exposing that research to the elements of space.
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Post by auntym on Apr 29, 2012 14:40:17 GMT -6
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Post by swamprat on Apr 29, 2012 14:49:49 GMT -6
That will work. I also use www.heavens-above.comHere is the data for the flyover in my area tonight: Space Station Transit Sunday 4/29 Pass Details Magnitude: -3.4 Date: Sunday, 29 April, 2012 Satellite: ISS Local Time: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) Orbit: 388 x 401 km, 51.6° (Epoch 28 Apr) Sun altitude at time of maximum pass altitude: -13.9° Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km) Rises above horizon 21:13:46 -0° 318° (NW ) 2,309 Reaches 10° altitude 21:15:51 10° 321° (NW ) 1,451 Maximum altitude 21:19:05 70° 44° (NE ) 427 Enters shadow 21:20:32 30° 123° (ESE) 751
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Post by auntym on Apr 29, 2012 14:55:22 GMT -6
thanks swamp...
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Post by auntym on Sept 15, 2012 10:37:58 GMT -6
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/international-space-station-ufos_n_1882939.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news The International Space Station: A Magnet For UFO Sightings[/color] Lee Speigel lee.speigel@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 09/14/2012 An image allegedly showing a large, elongated craft at the bottom, with several smaller UFOs blinking in and out above it, filmed from the International Space Station with Earth in the background. UFOs are showing up in a variety of places, allegedly on Mars, around Earth, and even in close proximity to the orbiting International Space Station. Some space enthusiasts seem to have plenty of time on their hands to look at hours of live camera feeds from the ISS. When they spot something they deem to be unexplained, they instantly post it to YouTube. The videos just keep piling up, waiting their turn for reasonable explanations. On Sept. 11, a video was posted by danielofdoriaa, claiming that NASA's ISS camera caught a huge, elongated UFO with smaller unidentified objects above it. Was this an alien mothership, ejecting other craft, perhaps on their way down to Earth or outward toward Mars? "I examined the video and believe that this is, unfortunately, another case of mistaken identity," said Marc Dantonio, chief photo/video analyst for the Mutual UFO Network. "The object seen outside the window isn't outside the window at all," Dantonio told The Huffington Post in an email. "In looking at the object closely, it is clearly in far less focus than the other items outside. "Earth, seen going by below and importantly, in the distance, is in focus, but the object is not. So, how could everything at maximum distance be in focus but the object -- also at supposed maximum distance as far as the camera is concerned -- not be in focus? It is because the object is not out there at all, but on the window." CONTINUE READING: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/international-space-station-ufos_n_1882939.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-newsHere's the video in question. Published on Sep 12, 2012 by danielofdoriaa 11TH SEPTEMBER 2012 GIANT UFO MOTHERSHIP ON ISS LIVE FEED, LETTING OUT ORBS?? OR SIMPLY A REFLECTION.. YOU DECIDE.. recording the ISS Live Stream as this picture appeared. Only for a few seconds - looking to the backside of the ISS -in broad day light - then NASA switched very fast to earth view and did not return to this view. It looks like a very big Object - far away behind ISS and you can see 4 holes looking like engines. I do not know what it is ... Maybe anyone has an Idea ... but it is no reflection from the ISS because the cam is outside ...also the ISS has not such a lot of lights in one row ! This remains a mystery, i for one remain open minded NBC NEWS LINK ON THIS:- www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49038346/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UFQ7... HUFFINGTON POST LINK :- www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/international-space-station-ufos_n_1... EXAMINER.COM LINK:- www.examiner.com/article/another-nasa-iss-ufo-coverup
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Post by auntym on Oct 13, 2012 12:26:36 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Oct 16, 2012 11:27:36 GMT -6
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/veggie.html10.16.12 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION[/color] Station Investigation to Test Fresh Food ExperienceRebecca Regan NASA's Kennedy Space Center Image above: Crops tested in VEGGIE plant pillows include lettuce, Swiss chard, radishes, Chinese cabbage and peas. Image credit: NASA With all the prepackaged gardening kits on the market, an exceptionally green thumb isn't necessary to grow your own tasty fresh vegetables here on Earth. The same may hold true for U.S. astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station when they receive a newly developed Vegetable Production System, called VEGGIE for short, set to launch aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule on NASA's third Commercial Resupply Services mission next year. "Our hope is that even though VEGGIE is not a highly complex plant growth apparatus, it will allow the crew to rapidly grow vegetables using a fairly simple nutrient and water delivery approach," said Howard Levine, Ph.D. and chief scientist, NASA's Kennedy Space Center International Space Station Research Office. Gioia Massa, a postdoctoral fellow in the Surface Systems Group of Kennedy's Engineering Directorate, has been working with the International Space Station Research Office to validate the VEGGIE hardware here on Earth before it takes flight next year. "VEGGIE could be used to produce faster-growing species of plants, such as lettuce or radishes, bok choy or Chinese cabbage, or even bitter leafy greens" Massa said. "Crops like tomatoes, peas or beans in which you'd have to have a flower and set fruit would take a little longer than a 28-day cycle." It may not sound like a big deal to us Earthlings who can just run out to our local produce stand or supermarket when we have a hankering for a salad, but when you're living 200 miles above the surface of the planet, truly fresh food only comes a few times a year. "When the resupply ships get up there, the fresh produce gets eaten almost immediately," Massa said. Weighing in at about 15 pounds and taking up the space of a stove-top microwave oven, the stowable and deployable VEGGIE system was built by Orbital Technologies Corporation, or ORBITEC, in Madison, Wis. The company designed the system to enable low-maintenance experiments, giving astronauts the opportunity to garden recreationally. "Based upon anecdotal evidence, crews report that having plants around was very comforting and helped them feel less out of touch with Earth," Massa said. "You could also think of plants as pets. The crew just likes to nurture them." In simple terms, the VEGGIE system works like this: Clear Teflon bellows that can be adjusted for plants as they grow are attached to a metal frame housing the system's power and light switches. A rooting pillow made of Teflon-coated Kevlar and Nomex will contain the planting media, such as soil or claylike particles, along with fertilizer pellets. Seeds either will be preloaded in the pillows on Earth or inserted by astronauts in space. To water the plants, crew members will use a reservoir located beneath the pillows and a root mat to effectively add moisture through an automatic wicking process. CONTINUE READING: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/veggie.html
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I had watched this ( object ) closely as it was happening and saw all the footage. Imo, it was one of 3 things which I'll take a guess at from the 1st to 3rd. 1). I believe it was a reflection from the control room on the window which is my 1st guess. 2). A satellite was suppose to go up in orbit with the Dragon and be unleashed at a certain altitude but because of an initial failure during launch it didn't accomplish it's mission so it could be in a similar orbit with the Dragon following close by. 3). An alien spacecraft observing a docking procedure with the ISS and Dragon.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 12:28:53 GMT -6
www.slashgear.com/international-space-station-sees-12-consecutive-years-of-habitation-02255415/International Space Station sees 12 consecutive years of habitation Craig Lloyd, Nov 2nd 2012 Today marks the 12th anniversary of “continuous presence in space” aboard NASA‘s International Space Station. The first component of the ISS was launched into space in 1998, but it wasn’t until two years later when the first humans officially set foot into the Space Station — cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev, and NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd. Since then, the International Space Station has been habited with astronauts and cosmonauts for 12 years now. People from 16 different countries have set foot into the ISS, and have continually been building on and improving the ISS since its launch. The International Space Stations travels around the Earth at approximately 17,500 mph, and has seen over 70,000 sunrises and sunsets. The previous record for the longest time a spacecraft has been continuously habited with humans was the Mir space station, which occupied astronauts and cosmonauts for almost 10 years and orbited the Earth from 1986 to 2001, when the International Space Station eventually started to take over in 2000. The ISS orbits approximately 225 miles above the Earth, and completes almost 16 orbits around the Earth per day. The most recent mission to the ISS was the privately-funded SpaceX Dragon capsule, which delivered around 1,000 pounds of various goods to the Space Station. More SpaceX missions are planned for the ISS in the future, and the ISS itself is expected to remain in orbit as late as 2028. [via Michael Interbartolo]
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Post by auntym on Nov 5, 2012 14:34:15 GMT -6
www.space.com/18341-astronaut-vote-election-space-station.html?cid=dlvr.it
Extreme Voting: How Astronauts Cast Ballots from Space[/color] by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Date: 05 November 2012 Call it the ultimate absentee ballot. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting in tomorrow's (Nov. 6) presidential election from orbit, hundreds of miles above their nearest polling location. Astronauts residing on the orbiting lab receive a digital version of their ballot, which is beamed up by Mission Control at the agency's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. Filled-out ballots find their way back down to Earth along the same path. "They send it back to Mission Control," said NASA spokesman Jay Bolden of JSC. "It's a secure ballot that is then sent directly to the voting authorities." This system was made possible by a 1997 bill passed by Texas legislators (nearly all NASA astronauts live in or around Houston). It was first used that same year by David Wolf, who happened to be aboard Russia's Mir space station at the time. "You think about being in a foreign country and voting — he was actually on a foreign space station," Bolden told SPACE.com. Wolf participated in a local election in 1997. The first American to vote in a presidential election from space was Leroy Chiao, who did it while commanding the International Space Station's Expedition 10 mission in 2004. (The first crew arrived at the $100 billion orbiting lab in November 2000.) The station's current Expedition 33 counts two Americans among its six-person crew — commander Sunita Williams and flight engineer Kevin Ford. But both of them have already had their say in Tuesday's presidential election, voting from Earth just like the rest of us. "They actually both did it while they were stationed in Russia, before they launched," Bolden said. Williams and Ford both rode to orbit aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Williams blasted off in mid-July, while Ford launched Oct. 23. Williams is slated to return to Earth on Nov. 12. When she departs, Ford will become commander of the new Expedition 34 mission, which runs through March 2013. Follow SPACE.com senior writer Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwallor SPACE.com @spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook and Google+. CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/18341-astronaut-vote-election-space-station.html?cid=dlvr.it
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Post by auntym on Nov 8, 2012 12:02:42 GMT -6
UFO Photographed from Space Station [/color] Published on Nov 5, 2012 by UFO HuntingClouds This image was taken by an Astronaut on the International Space Station. This is an amazing UFO Photo. You can find the image on this site eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ This is a real UFO and the photo is from a government website which is amazing! What is this mysterious object? Be sure to check out the UFO sightings blog at ufosightingz.blogspot.com
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Post by auntym on Nov 22, 2012 13:31:51 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Dec 12, 2012 20:53:57 GMT -6
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/iss-robot-humanoid-kibo-space_n_2284362.html?ref=topbar ISS Robot: Humanoid 'Kibo' Bot Will Accompany Astronauts In Space[/color] Posted: 12/12/2012 When Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata arrives in space in 2013 to take command of the International Space Station, he'll have a little robotic helper ready to assist him. A consortium of companies is constructing two doll-like robots that speak Japanese, recognize faces and perform simple experiment tasks. One will fly to the space station next year, while the other will stay on the ground as a backup. The humanoid robot will live in the station's Japanese Kibo module. It doesn't even have a name yet, but the public is being asked for suggestions on a Japanese website. Even at this early stage, lead designer Tomotaka Takahashi said the concept of a humanoid robot in space is capturing the participating companies' imagination. [Photos: Robonaut 2, Robot Butler for Astronauts] "Only a few people use [iPhone voice recognition software] Siri in Japan because we are uncomfortable to talk to square gadgets. But we sometimes talk to our pets, even if they're a turtle or a fish," said Takahashi, a University of Tokyo researcher who founded the humanoid robot company Robo Garage. "We talk to these animals because we can feel some kind of life to them that we cannot with the iPhone," Takahashi added. "So what we are doing for the Kibo robot is to encourage people to be willing to communicate with such things." SEE VIDEO & CONTINUE READING: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/iss-robot-humanoid-kibo-space_n_2284362.html?ref=topbar
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Post by auntym on Dec 15, 2012 16:29:18 GMT -6
Something crawling on ISS?
wowforreeelwowforreeel· Published on Dec 14, 2012
Footage credit - NASA
Yes this is for fun. No I don't think it's aliens. No I don't think it is related to the end of the world. Yes the music is intentionally dark for effect. Hopefully it's obvious this is just my disclaimer and I have no idea what it is. You decide.
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Post by auntym on Dec 25, 2012 12:57:48 GMT -6
www.space.com/19028-space-christmas-station-astronauts.html?cid=dlvr.it Astronauts Celebrate Christmas on Space Station
by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com Staff Writer Date: 25 December 2012 NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn does a flip in zero-g after arriving at the International Space Station Dec. 21. He, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield had just docked aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to join the existing Expedition 34 crewmembers, above. CREDIT: NASA TV Christmas in orbit might not look exactly like the holidays on Earth, but the astronauts living on the International Space Station this holiday season try to make the orbiting science laboratory as homey as possible. The six members of the station's Expedition 34 crew, three of whom just arrived last week, will all be spending Christmas and New Years Day aboard the spacecraft, but that doesn't mean they don't get to celebrate. Hundreds of miles above the Earth's surface, the spaceflyers will eat, exchange gifts, and be merry during Christmas and when welcoming in the New Year. The space station crew will be off duty for both Christmas Eve and Christmas. That means that they won't need to work on any of the 110 experiments aboard the station, and they can take as much time for meals as they want, NASA spokeswoman Nicole Cloutier-Lamasters told SPACE.com. The space station residents have a few different decorating options available to them. An earlier expedition left the crewmembers a Christmas tree and stockings made from nomex, a flame resistant fiber that's safe to stow onboard. [Holidays in Space: Astronaut Photo Album] The week before Christmas was an eventful one for the orbital crew as well. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko arrived on Friday (Dec. 21), joining Kevin Ford of NASA, and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin to fill out the $100 billion science laboratory to its usual 6-person capacity. The spaceflyers also have some presents to look forward to. The Progress 48 cargo freighter — a robotic Russian supply ship that launched in early August of this year— carried more than just basic supplies to the ISS. The Progress also brought holiday presents for the spaceflyers who'd be spending Yuletide in space. As well as a traditional meal complete with turkey and candied yams, the crewmembers will also get the chance to video conference with their families. This is a particular treat because video chatting is usually possible only once a week, and involves a lot of planning for mission control and the spaceflyers. Despite NASA's best efforts to make the holidays in space as warm as they are on Earth, that doesn't mean astronauts won't get homesick. CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/19028-space-christmas-station-astronauts.html?cid=dlvr.it
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