Space Forum / Space Station / June 2007

July 19,  9:30 PM CDT
western Chicago suburbs (clear night)
Another beautiful pass of ISS-Alpha and the STS-117 Atlantis trailing it
(that was the bonus!) tonight.

I was listening to the main loop of the STS-117 mission on Nasa TV
today, and from the ground they were monitoring CO2 levels. They told
one of the astronauts that the level was still in range, but had been
steadily creeping up and that it would do him some good to get some

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070612cmgs/
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Posted: June 12, 2007
A Russian navigation computer aboard the international space station hung

STS-117 - CREW HANDHELD VIDEO OF EXTERNAL TANK SEPARATION
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
2423&Itemid=1
STS-117 - Protruding blanket seen on OMS pod
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index ...

Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Suni Williams haircut in space
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
2306&Itemid=1

June 1 on-orbit status:
Mean altitude gain in the last 48 hours -- 160 m (due to Russian EVA-18
venting)
Uh, what is THIS all about?