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KSP - Project Rainbow - Geosynchronous orbit
I made this space station on the Kerbin Geosynchronous orbit, which is 2868,75 km, but the station ended up at around 2900km. It has these following attachments: - Solar array: Power station...

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Minecraft: LUCKY BLOCK SKY SPACE-STATION! Modded Mini-Game w/Mitch Friends!
Visit my Minecraft Server - Website: http://thenexusmc.com/ Hey Doods! http://bit.ly/SubscribeToMyFridge Much Luv 🙂 Mitch, Rob, Vikk and Lachlan compete in this...

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Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with Mississippi Students
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson and his crewmate Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA fielded questions Sept. 2...

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Life in Space Discovered on Space Station
Life in space was discovered by Russian scientists when they were cleaning the International Space Station. They found traces of sea plankton and other micro...

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NASA flying first zero gravity 3D printer into space
A small desktop-size 3D printer is about to boldly go where no 3D printer has gone before: into space. The printer is scheduled to launch with other cargo on a resupply mission aboard SpaceX-4,...

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Next Space Station Crew Gets Comfy Prior to Launch
Among the activities scheduled for the Expedition 39/40 crew as closes in on its launch to the International Space Station is a final fit check in the Soyuz spacecraft that will take them to...

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The International Space Station Program Science Office has announced the award recipients for the International Space Station Post-Graduate Innovation Awards in Space Life and Physical Science Research opportunity. The NASA Research Announcement was targeted at reaching graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who were already starting a career as science researchers in the Life and Physical Sciences disciplines. Proposals included innovative ideas for microgravity research specifically in the areas of physical sciences, microbiology and space physiology.

Recipients are eligible for awards up to$4,000, which will allow them to submit a full space station research flight proposal. One of these proposals may also be eligible for full funding for a flight to the space station. Awardees were chosen using criteria that included the significance of the study, the approach's design and methods, level of innovation, the qualifications of the investigators and the appropriateness of the scientific environment.

"This NASA research announcement reaches out to a new and specific group of graduate students and fellows because we don't know what else is out there in terms of innovative investigation ideas for the space station," saidCamille Alleyne, space station assistant program scientist. "It is a deliberate effort to get people involved in space station science. With opportunities like these, we are growing the next generation of space researchers."

The recipients for this set of awards are:

- Josh Colwellwith theUniversity of Central Floridafor the project Behavior of Regolith in Microgravity Environments on Asteroids and Planetary Satellites. This concept investigates regolith motion in reduced-gravity environments, specifically looking at the low behavior of granular material along slopes (landslides and avalanches) under reduced-gravity conditions; and the displacement of granular matter in response to impact-induced seismic vibrations.

- Jae-Hoon Chungwith theOhio State Universityfor the project Effect of Spaceflight on Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes with Arrhythmogenic Mutation. Microgravity is known to cause various changes in the cardiovascular system such as reduced arterial pressure and heart rate. This concept proposes a study of the biological mechanism of microgravity-induced arrhythmias in a controlled in vitro model.

- Paul SteenwithCornell Universityfor the project Inferring Contact-line Mobility by Observing Coalescence Dynamics. This concept seeks to understand contact-line (CL) mobility in drops that are undergoing coalescence on a solid surface. The results of this investigation can possibly enable longer duration missions to Mars and beyond, by potentially enabling high heat transfer rates in a low mass system that requires no external energy to remove drops.

- Thomas AvedisianwithCornell Universityfor the project Development of an Algae Biodiesel Surrogate from Spherically Symmetric Droplet Combustion Experiments on the International Space Station. This concept studies the ignition and burning characteristics of algal biodiesel droplets and its relationship to a surrogate derived from the major constituents of the biodiesel. The algal biodiesel is used as an alternative/renewable fuel source for combustion engines.

- Yiguang Juwith the Trustees ofPrinceton Universityfor the project Study of Cool Flames with Ozone Sensitization in Microgravity. The concept presented is a novel method for using plasma-generated ozone to establish stable cool diffusion and premixed flames in a microgravity field so that cool flame dynamics, structure, and chemistry can be studied and understood in an ideal environment. This can lead to a higher energy efficiency of high performing engines.

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NASA Announces Student-focused Experiment Program Awards

Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end almost six months on the orbiting laboratory on Sept. 10 and NASA Television will provide complete coverage.

Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the station at 7:02 p.m. EDT Sept. 10, for a landing in Kazakhstan at 10:25 p.m. (8:25 a.m. Sept. 11, Kazakh time). Their return will end 169 days in space since launching from Kazakhstan March 26 for a mission that covered almost 72 million miles in orbit.

At the time of undocking, Expedition 41 formally will begin aboard the station under the command of Max Suraev of Roscosmos. Suraev and his crewmates, Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, will operate the station as a three-person crew for two weeks until the arrival of three new crew members. NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sept. 25, (U.S. time), on a six-hour flight to the space station.

NASA TV coverage will begin Tuesday, Sept. 9, with a change of command ceremony when Swanson will turn over control of station operations to Suraev, and will continue Sept. 10 and 11 with Expedition 40 landing and post-landing activities.

NASA coverage, all in EDT, includes:

Tuesday, Sept. 9: -- 5:15 p.m. - Expedition 40/41 change of command ceremony

Wednesday, Sept. 10: -- 3:15 p.m. - Farewells and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 3:35 p.m.) -- 6:45 p.m. - Undocking (undocking at 7:02 p.m.) -- 9:15 p.m. - Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 9:31 p.m. and landing at 10:25 p.m.)

Thursday, Sept. 11: -- 12 a.m. - Video File of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities -- 12 p.m. - Video File of landing and post-landing activities and interview with Steve Swanson in Kazakhstan

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NASA Television to Broadcast Sept. 10 Return of Space Station Crew

Astronauts Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Koicha Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will tour NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, at 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 17. Reporters are invited to join the tour.

While at Goddard, Mastracchio and Wakata will view the new Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) control room and other satellite control centers. The GPM Core Observatory was launched into orbit in February while the two astronauts were aboard the International Space Station. The GPM team will brief Mastracchio, Wakata and the media on the observatorys collection of data on rain, snowfall and other types of precipitation, data that is now available to the general public.

There also will be a brief question and answer opportunity with the astronauts. The tour and interview opportunity is expected to conclude no later than 11:30 a.m.

The visit is part of several days Mastracchio and Wakata will spend in the Washington area for events and activities to highlight their 188 days in orbit as members of the space station's Expedition 38/39 crews.

To participate in the event at Goddard, U.S. reporters and foreign media with green cards must contact Ed Campion atedward.s.campion@nasa.govor 301-286-0697 by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16. Non-green card holding foreign media must provide passport or visa information no later than 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, to allow time for processing and approval for access to Goddard.

Mastracchios official biography is available at:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html

Wakata's official biography is available at:

http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/astro/biographies/wakata/index.html

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Space Station Crew Members Tour NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Talk Earth Science

Recently returned to Earth space station astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koicha Wakata will tour NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Reporters are welcome to join the tour and meet the astronauts.

While at Goddard, Mastracchio and Wakata will see the new Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) control room and other satellite control centers. The GPM Core Observatory was launched into orbit while the two astronauts were aboard the space station. Mastracchio, Wakata and the media will learn about GPM's collection of rain, snowfall and other types of precipitation data. As of today, Sept. 4, 2014, those data were available to the general public.

News media representatives will have an opportunity to follow the astronauts as they tour Goddard. There will also be a brief Q-and-A opportunity with the astronauts. The tour and media interview opportunity is expected to begin at 10 a.m. and conclude no later than 11:30 a.m.

The visit is part of several days the two men will be spending in the Washington, D.C., area for events and activities to highlight their participation as Expedition 38/39 crewmembers during 188 days in orbit.

U.S. reporters and green card-holding foreign media representatives desiring to participate will need to contact Ed Campion in Goddards Office of Communications via e-mail atedward.s.campion@nasa.govor by phone at 301-286-0697 by close of business on Tuesday, Sept. 16.Please Note:Non-green card holding foreign media representatives need to supply passport/visa information by 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, to allow time for processing and approval for access to the Goddard facility.

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