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| pictures of jammed Progress antenna from EVA? | 29 Nov 2006 20:13 GMT | 1 |
Anybody seen any really good photographs of the jammed Kurs antenna on the Progress, from the last EVA? Suggested URLs, please! Spasibo!!
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| Communications | 26 Nov 2006 23:01 GMT | 4 |
I was wondering of anyone could give me a quick summary of how the ISS communicates with Earth. I know it has a Ku-Band and an S-band. What do each do? While trying to research this, I read that video feeds use the Ku-band when it was
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| Re: Space junk problem rising to new heights [EAS jettison, mid-2007] | 23 Nov 2006 02:59 GMT | 1 |
My idea is simple. Tie the doomed unit to the Shuttle with a 1/4 inch nylon rope and tow it down into the atmosphere during normal Shuttle re-entry. At some point the rope will burn up and free the unit to descend into oblivion on its own trajectory.
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| EVA - Tyurin "finckes out'??? | 22 Nov 2006 23:39 GMT | 1 |
That is, has a cooling line problem, like the one that aborted one of Mike Fincke's Russian EVAs a few years back.
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| Live HD from the ISS | 17 Nov 2006 21:17 GMT | 2 |
Anyone else catch this on DiscoveryHD yesterday? It was pretty damn dissapointing! The program was 1/2 hour, and the first 10 minutes was the 'anchor' of the show talking about tv from space or something. Then they hooked up for the live HD downlink. For a good portion of the ...
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| ISS reference Guide Coming in November 06 | 17 Nov 2006 17:12 GMT | 6 |
This new Apogee book will be available and on bookshelves in time for Christmas. It is an exceptional product. More details will be on our website by this weekend. (www.apogeebooks.com) This from the back cover.
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| NASA Encounters Problems With Ares 1 Launch Vehicle Design?? | 14 Nov 2006 03:34 GMT | 1 |
Comments from the experts here??
>-- NASA Encounters Problems With Ares 1 Launch Vehicle Design >http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.nl.html?id=1171 |
| Two tail-enders from NASA 1996 astronaut class | 06 Nov 2006 01:03 GMT | 1 |
Do we ever expect to see these folks back as 'active astronauts' and get flight assignments -- they'll be 50-year-old rookies by then? Although rookies from the classes of 1998 and even 2000 are now flying,
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| Simonyi next | 04 Nov 2006 00:30 GMT | 13 |
March 9, according to Alan Boyle's intro on msnbc.com /dps
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| Elektron repair attempt fails | 03 Nov 2006 09:49 GMT | 13 |
Spare parts installed, Elektron still has bubble-trouble, planned activation for tomorrow now on hold (that 'could happen', Navias says, despite 'chronic problem' of bubbles in the line). Navias assures listeners that 4 months
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| IEEE SPECTRUM On-Line: Breathing Easy in Space Is Never Easy | 02 Nov 2006 19:09 GMT | 3 |
IEEE SPECTRUM On-Line: Breathing Easy in Space Is Never Easy http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/4713 James Oberg // October 31, 2006 Problems with oxygen generators aboard the space station could have big
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| ISS altitude maintenance/reboost plan? | 01 Nov 2006 03:40 GMT | 17 |
This topic has come up in the past, but the question remains: Is there somewhere in NASA a plan for maintaining the ISS orbital altitude over the next decade or so? The present trend is, literally, down:
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