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NASA International Space Station Briefing of the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) – Video

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NASA International Space Station Briefing of the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS)
NASA held an Earth Science Briefing from the Kennedy Space Center about the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) mission aboard the SpaceX CRS-5 Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft.

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Japanese space tourist training for spot on ISS

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A Japanese entrepreneur plans to train as a cosmonaut in Russia for a possible mission to the International Space Station.

Space tourist Satoshi Takamatsu will fly in the event that another tourist cannot make it: British singer Sarah Brightman.

Takamatsu, 51, is president of Space Travel, a Japanese startup that aims to offer space tourism services.

Space Adventures Ltd., a Virginia-based space tourism operator, announced Wednesday that he is now its client. Space Adventures said Brightman is scheduled to travel to the space station later this year.

We have worked with Mr. Takamatsu over the last decade and as we continue our efforts to expand private spaceflight opportunities, we look forward to work closely with him and his newly formed Space Travel firm in providing these opportunities to the people of Japan, Tom Shelley, president of Space Adventures, said in a statement.

Takamatsu earlier worked for Dentsu Inc., Japans biggest advertising agency, where he devised advertising for beverages and noodles featuring the International Space Station.

Takamatsu, who has already cleared the Russian Federal Space Agencys medical tests and preliminary training program, will start training later this month, mainly at Star City, a town north of Moscow which serves Russias space industry. He will also receive training at NASA.

Takamatsu plans to describe his training for people following his journey online, the company said.

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International Space Station (ISS) above Kerala, India on January 6, 2015 at 05:27 am [Naked Eye] – Video

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International Space Station (ISS) above Kerala, India on January 6, 2015 at 05:27 am [Naked Eye]
Caught in my XOLO Q800 X-Edition. I could watch the satellite with naked eye. Such a great experience! Don #39;t care, my parents are eagerly talking about the satellite 🙂 Taken from Pala, Kerala, India.

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SpaceX aborts Tuesday space station flight, booster …

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The mission patch for SpaceX's fifth operational space station resupply flight, a mission that will feature an unprecedented attempt to autonomously land the first stage of the Falcon 9 booster on a remotely-operated barge stationed east of Jacksonville. The test is a major step in the company's long-range plans to reduce launch costs by recovering and reusing rocket hardware. SpaceX

Last Updated Jan 6, 2015 6:36 AM EST

SpaceX engineers made final preparations Monday for the planned Tuesday launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with more than 5,200 pounds of supplies, equipment and science gear bound for the International Space Station. But the launch attempt was aborted shortly before the scheduled liftoff.

The next target time is Friday at 9 a.m. EST.

The company was also going to attempt to land the booster's first stage on an off-shore barge, a key element in founder Elon Musk's long-range plans to lower costs by recovering, refurbishing and re-flying rocket hardware.

"We are extremely interested in the success of this flight in terms of getting cargo to the ISS," station Program Manager Mike Suffredini said. "But as an agency, we're also extremely proud of our affiliation with SpaceX and very excited about the steps they take to further spaceflight in general and reduce the cost."

Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of mission assurance for SpaceX, stressed that while the landing test was an important goal for the company's long-range plans, "the main mission is absolutely to get cargo to the station and to make sure the station's supply (chain) is steady and stable and reliable."

Running three weeks late because of now-resolved problems encountered during an engine test firing last month, the 208-foot-tall Falcon 9 was scheduled for liftoff from complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:20:29 a.m. EST (GMT-5) Tuesday, roughly the moment Earth's rotation moves the booster into the plane of the space station's orbit. Forecasters predicted a 70 percent chance of acceptable weather.

It will be the company's fifth operational resupply mission under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA calling for 12 flights. It will be the first U.S. station supply flight since an Orbital Sciences Antares booster exploded seconds after liftoff Oct. 28, destroying a Cygnus cargo ship making the company's third flight under a separate $1.9 billion contract.

Orbital's Antares rocket is now grounded pending a switch to different engines, leaving SpaceX as NASA's only provider of U.S.-based resupply services. The Russians also launch supplies using unmanned Progress cargo ships and larger Japanese HTV supply ships fly once every year or so. Three Progress launches are planned between now and early August, along with an HTV launch on Aug. 17.

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