Expedition 34 Final Training
Expedition 34 Final Training. The Expedition 34 crew members conduct final training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center before their Dec. 19 launch to the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Chris Hadfield, Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn are in Star City, Russia, conducting Russian Soyuz and Russian segment qualification exams and simulations.From:okrajoeViews:1 0ratingsTime:05:13More inScience Technology
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Expedition 34/35 Crew Profile, Version 1
Learn more about Flight Engineers Chris Hasfield, Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn of the International Space Station #39;s Expedition 34/35 crew. The trio is set to launch in December to join their Expedition 34 crewmates -- Commander Kevin Ford and Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin-- who have been aboard the station since Oct. 25.From:ReelNASAViews:18 2ratingsTime:07:22More inScience Technology
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Published: Nov. 29, 2012 at 5:18 PM
MOSCOW, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The new crew for the International Space Station, preparing for their launch in December, will perform two spacewalks during their stay, Russian officials say.
Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn will be lifted into space in a Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan Dec. 19, RIA Novosti reported Thursday.
"The tasks of the Russian spacewalk include installing equipment for a new scientific experiment," Romanenko said.
"We will install an antenna and take samples of materials that will have spent more than a year exposed to cosmic radiation and weightlessness."
During their 147-day mission, the new ISS crew members joining Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin and NASA astronaut Kevin Ford as the Expedition 34 crew will also take part in docking and unloading six spacecraft: four Russian Progress cargo spacecraft, Europe's ATV-4 space freighter and the U.S. SpaceX-2 spacecraft.
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This weekend the International Space Station will turn itself to face the Sun, enabling ESAs SOLAR instrument to capture an entire rotation of the solar surface. This is the first time the Station has changed attitude for scientific reasons alone.
This instrument has been on the ISS since 2008, and for the first time will record a full rotation of the Sun. It began this effort on November 19, 2012, and on December 1, the Station will spend two hours turning about 7 degrees so that observations can continue. It will hold this angle for ten days before returning to its original attitude. We want to record a complete rotation of the Sun and that takes around 25 days, said Nadia This, operations engineer at the Belgian User Support and Operations Centre that controls SOLAR.
SOLAR needs to be in direct view of the Sun to take measurements but the Space Stations normal orbit obscures the view for two weeks every month.
All the international partners had to agree on changing the ISSs orientation.
However, moving a 450-ton orbital outpost the size of a city block isnt a simple undertaking. Aside from calculating the correct orbit to keep SOLAR in view of the Sun, other factors need to be taken into account such as ensuring the solar panels that power the Station also face the Sun. Additionally, communication antennas need to be reoriented to stay in contact with Earth and other scientific experiments must be adjusted.
The SOLAR instrument located on the exterior of the Columbus module on the ISS. Credit: ESA
The SOLAR instrument was originally designed to last about 18 months, but has been going strong for 5 years. It is installed on the outside of the ESAs Columbus module.
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The International Space Station taken from Space Shuttle Discovery as the Sun rises from behind Earth. The STS-119 and Expedition 18 crew took this picture after leaving the Space Station in March 2009. Credit: NASA/ESA
(Phys.org)This weekend the International Space Station will turn itself to position ESA's SOLAR instrument for a better view of the Sun. It will be the first time the Station has changed attitude for scientific reasons alone.
SOLAR has been monitoring our Sun's output since it was installed on ESA's Columbus laboratory module in February 2008. The package will celebrate its fifth anniversary next year.
"That is quite an achievement," says Nadia This, operations engineer at the Belgian User Support and Operations Centre that controls SOLAR. "The instrument was designed to work for only 18 months."
SOLAR needs to be in direct view of the Sun to take measurements but the Space Station's normal orbit obscures the view for two weeks every month.
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SOLAR consists of three complementary instruments: SOVIM (SOlar Variable and Irradiance Monitor) covers the near-ultraviolet, visible and thermal-infrared regions of the spectrum; SOL-ACES (SOLar Auto-Calibrating Extreme UV/UV Spectrophotometers) measures the extreme ultraviolet; and SOLSPEC (SOLar SPECtral Irradiance measurements) covers the 1803000 nm wavelength range. Credit: ESA
The solution is to rotate the whole Station but moving a 450 tonne orbital outpost the size of a typical block of flats is not a simple undertaking.
Aside from calculating the correct orbit to keep SOLAR in view of the Sun, other factors need to be taken into account such as ensuring the solar panels that power the Station are not left in the dark.
Communication antennas need to be reoriented to stay in contact with Earth and other scientific experiments must be adjusted.
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The International Space Station seen as the sun rises from behind Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA
Published: Nov. 28, 2012 at 4:08 PM
PARIS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The International Space Station will reposition itself for a better view of the sun, the first-ever attitude change for scientific reasons alone, officials say.
The ISS will turn itself to position the European Space Agency's SOLAR instrument for a better view of the sun.
The instrument has been monitoring the sun's output since it was installed on one of the station's laboratory modules in February 2008, a release from ESA's Paris headquarters said Wednesday.
"That is quite an achievement," says Nadia This, operations engineer at the Belgian User Support and Operations Centre that controls SOLAR. "The instrument was designed to work for only 18 months."
SOLAR needs a direct view of the sun to take measurements but the space station's normal orbit obscures the view for two weeks out of every month.
"We want to record a complete rotation of the sun and that takes around 25 days," Nadia said.
SOLAR started recording a full rotation of the sun Nov. 19 and Saturday will spend two hours turning about 7 degrees so observations can continue.
It will hold this angle for 10 days before returning to its original attitude, ESA officials said.
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November 28, 2012
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online
The International Space Station will be keeping its SOLAR instrument this weekend pointed towards the sun for a better view.
The European Space Agencys SOLAR instrument was first installed on ESAs Columbus laboratory module in February 2008. It will be celebrating its fifth year next year.
That is quite an achievement, Nadia This, operations engineer at the Belgian User Support and Operations Centre that controls SOLAR, said in a statement. The instrument was designed to work for only 18 months.
The instrument needs to be in direct view of the Sun in order to help snag measurements, but the Space Stations normal orbit obscures the view for two weeks every month.
We want to record a complete rotation of the Sun and that takes around 25 days, Nadia said in the statement.
In order to do this, the station will be moving its orbit, which will involve many factors aside from calculating the correct orbit.
ESA said communication antennas need to be reoriented to stay in contact with Earth and other scientific experiments must be adjusted.
All five Space Station partners were involved in some high-level discussions in order to get the go-ahead for the orbit positioning.
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Discover the story of YouTube Space Lab, the competition launched by YouTube and Lenovo in 2011 challenging 14 - 18 year olds to design a science experiment for space. In September 2012, the winning experiments were conducted and live streamed from the International Space Station to over a million viewers around the world on YouTube. SUBSCRIBE, future astronauts: goo.gl GET THE SPACE LAB PAPERCRAFT: goo.glFrom:spacelabViews:1 0ratingsTime:03:07More inScience Technology
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Let #39;s Play: Survivers - Multiplayer Slender Ripoff | Ep. 1
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Second part to Space station contact
continuation of the contact on APRS to international space station on 145.825 MHZ. This was all done on a home made J Pole in doors running 50 watts on a kenwood TM-D700From:kc2shwViews:2 0ratingsTime:02:43More inScience Technology
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Further Up Yonder
Original video vimeo.com creator of this vide on vimeo vimeo.com creator of this vide on youtube http://www.youtube.com ***UPDATE*** 10.6K views, that #39;s crazy! I #39;m trying to answer to everybody who liked this video, bare with me if I can #39;t get to you. Your likes are still gold! If you comment the video it will be easier for me to answer, so don #39;t be shy, you are welcome to drop a line. ***TO THE STARS!*** A timelapse message from ISS to all Humankind. - 2K version available on my blog: wp.me/p2fVm6-bv Facebook page - Making of coming soon! facebook.com/furtherupyonder I wanted to use pictures taken from the International Space Station to tell a story and share the message sent by the astronauts who worked on the station in the last 11 years. They are working to open a Gateway to Space for all humankind, but people on Earth must understand that they have to get rid of the concept of borders on our planet if they want to follow the astronauts to new worlds in outer space. While the cosmonauts speak a day passes on Earth, from dawn to sunset, until the Gateway opens with a burst of light. The ISS then gains speed and goes faster and faster, the astronauts are leaving our planet which they see spinning faster and faster, merging earth, oceans and people together, ready to follow them, Further Up Yonder. Making of As a filmmaking student, this was my first attempt to craft a timelapse video. It has been a time consuming process, but it turned out as one of my most satisfying projects ...From:TheFreeChannelMusicViews:9 4ratingsTime:02:23More inTravel Events
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CEC engineer Isaac Clarke was dispatched to the USG Ishimura starship after it sent a distress signal during a mining operation on the planet Aegis VII. Isaac and his crew were soon attacked by mutated humans known as "Necromorphs", caused by the presence of the Red Marker, a relic of the Unitology religion. Three years later, Isaac finds himself on the Sprawl (or Titan Station), a space station orbiting Saturn. Suddenly, there is a Necromorph outbreak on the station. Plagued by visions of his dead girlfriend, Nicole Brennan, Isaac must fight through the Necromorphs and find a cure for his dementia. Chapter: 1 Difficulty: Survivalist Platform: Xbox 360From:Crazy4GamesViews:1 0ratingsTime:10:57More inGaming
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Scott Kelly, a former shuttle pilot and space station commander, is heading back to the orbital outpost, this time for an experimental, year-long stint.
The 48-year-old Navy pilot and identical twin brother of former astronaut Mark Kelly, will be joined by veteran cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, for a planned 12-month mission beginning Spring 2015, NASA announced Monday.
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NASA and its partners in the International Space Station are interested in learning more about how the human body fares during long-duration stays in space. Typically, crews spend four- to six months living aboard the station, which orbits about 250 miles above Earth.
The U.S. space agency is beginning to work on a spaceship and rocket to carry astronauts farther into space, eventually working up to a human mission to Mars in the 2030s.
NASA wants the data from a 12-month station mission to assess crew performance and health and to test what countermeasures best cut the risks for future long-duration stays in space. Currently, a mission to Mars would take about 18 months of travel time, plus whatever time the astronauts spend orbiting the planet or on its surface.
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The current U.S. record-holder for the longest stay in space is former astronaut and space station commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, who spent 215 days in orbit between September 2006 and April 2007.
The Russians, who previously operated their own space station called Mir, are the world champs when it comes to long-duration spaceflight. The endurance record is held by Valery Polyakov, a doctor, who lived off-planet for 438 days.
Kelly and Kornienko, 52, have already met. Kelly served as a backup crew member for the station's Expedition 23 and 24 crews, which included Kornienko, a flight engineer.
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