Space Forum / Space Station / May 2005

As first reported by Keith Cowing:
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 30 May 2005
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=16792 (Keith Cowing's primo
space site)

A Dedicated Ariane 5 To Launch Jules Verne
Paris, France (ESA) May 30, 2005
Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), will be launched
next year by a specific version of Ariane 5 called the Ariane 5 Evolution

It seems to me that today, more than ever before, someone should ask
here that we remember both the men and women and the families of our
three lost space crews.
Those crews left NASA the way they came, trusting not in cover-ups, but

May 27 ISS On-Orbit report (NASA official use only) (courtesy spaceref.com):
"Update on Solid-Fuel Oxygen Generator (SFOG) "candles":  As of tonight,
since 5/20 a total of 10 candles have been decomposed on board (total
attempts: 12 [i.e., 2 duds, = 83% success rate])."

SFOG misfires -- not unexpected, no problem
ISS On-Orbit Status 05/24/05 -- All ISS systems continue to function
nominally, except those noted previously or below.
   The crew burned one SFOG (solid-fuel oxygen generator) "candle" today to

fido7.ru.* needs to be translated to read and post to. What is the best technical
translation s/w w/s plugin for usenet and reading and posting to
fido.ru.*?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7912095/page/2/
Why "burn"  the somewhat infamous lithium perchlorate cannisters before
using the O2 from tanks on Quest?  Is the Quest reserve especially difficult
to replace under current circumstances?

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington                     May 20, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
James Hartsfield

Another article with illustrations on Kliper
here: http://www.inauka.ru/photos/article52303.html

With the shuttles being retired in the future, could the orbiters be
added to the iss?  Why not just leave them in space, using the cargo
bay to contain space for living quarters, labs etc.  They could be
launched into space, with the crews leaving via Soyuz.  With five

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.kids/msg/13cf69b2ad2b23e1?dmode=source&hl=en
From: jfmezei <jfme...@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: Circumcision FAQ [1/1]
Date: 1996/12/01

Final Frontier Astronauts Land on Star Trek
05.13.05
NASA Astronauts Mike Fincke and Terry Virts recently suited up for a voyage
in "space" without ever leaving Earth. In fact, their most recent space

at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7763702/

     Russia and US space cooperation: Who pays the bill?
     04/14/2005 15:23
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/354/15288_space.html
         Space has no frontiers. Its distances and resources are boundless.

Final countdown to the Eneide Mission
14 April 2005
The State Commission at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, declared the Soyuz
TMA-6 crew, including Italian ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, Russian