Space Forum / Space Station / August 2003

New Progress reaches orbit
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On-Orbit Status 18 Nov 2003
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except as noted previously
or below.  Week 16 is underway for Expedition 7.
With undocking of Progress-247/10P only nine days away, attention is

[carbon copy of this message being e-mailed to the man himself]
Hi, All..
Saw Thomas Frieling's piece in Spaceflight.  Very nice!
No strong feelings either way on whether the shuttle should be ultimately

Baikonur Cosmodrome, 22-08-2003
Prelaunch processing of Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-48 to fly to the
ISS is in progress.
Stowage of cargoes to be delivered to the ISS by the Progress M-48 cargo

POWER BLACKOUT REINFORCES POINT: DON'T PRIVATIZE SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS
WASHINGTON - When the massive electrical power outage hit eight states in
two of the country's busiest air traffic regions last Thursday, the system
put into place to land those flights safely worked flawlessly ...

Melissa Motichek
Headquarters, Washington                     August 21, 2003
Phone: 202/358-1272)
Rob Navias

For Immediate Release
CAIB PA 39-03
Date: August 21, 2003
Contact:  Laura Brown, 703-416-3532 or 281-467-8657

Ed Lu's intended bride was at his launch -- were there any good photos on
line?
Do you suppose Malenchenko's intended was also there, but not identified?

Hello.  Can anyone provide any details about the sensor that is
mounted on the base of the Soyuz descent module for detecting the
approach of the vehicle to the earth's surface, and at the appropriate
time, sending the signal for firing the module's landing retro-rocket

MSNBC.com (Oberg): Heavy load for next station crew
Team set to launch in October
http://www.msnbc.com/news/952928.asp?0dm=C21DT
        HOUSTON, Aug. 17 —  On the day he learned his lifelong dream would

http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html has shuttle flights listed
with dates. Do they know something we don't?

As 'press', I waited outside the space wedding in Houston, talked to lots of
the attendees. Story to appear on msnbc.com shortly.

More seriously, since bed rest is a good analog of zero-G and leads to
similar bone loss to space travelers, why don't bears when they hibernate
suffer bone demineralization? Apparently this is a real question that real
scientists (e.g., the Mayo Clinic) have looked into, but I ...

06 August 2003 13:53
Russian Soyuz spacecraft to be fitted with new re-entry equipment
Moscow, 6 August: Equipment controlling the re-entry phase is being
replaced at all manned Soyuz spacecraft. "The first such unit,