Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
NASA astronaut Michael J. Massimino is interviewed by video blogger Zadi Diaz (www.epicfu.com) as part of PBS’s coverage of the 2009 Television Critics Association Press Tour (Aug 1-2, 2009). Massimino is part of the October, 2009 NOVA episode “Hubble’s Amazing Rescue.” For more: www.pbs.org In the spring of 2009, NASA sent a shuttlerew to service the Hubble Space Telescope for the last time. From training to launch, NOVA presents the inside story of the mission and the extraordinary challenges faced by the rescue crew.
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WEPCTV guest contributor Miles O’Brien brings us this special report on the same day NASA astronauts complete their final space walk — and zero-g repair job — on the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission #4. Miles says: ———— Astronauts spend a lot more time training for missions than flying in space. But I wouldn’t feel sorry for them as the training is an amazing adventure unto itself. They practice in airplanes that fly a roller-coaster pattern to give them brief stints of weightlessness (the so called Vomit Comet); they get to zoom around in supersonic T-38 training jets; they fly approaches to shuttle runways in a Gulfstream jet rigged up to fly (or more accurately, plummet) like a real orbiter; they get time in high-fidelity full motion simulators; they use virtual reality goggles to practice tasks they will perform in space – and if they are a spacewalker, they get to spend a lot of time in a huge swimming pool in a former hangar at Ellington Field – near the Johnson Space Center in Houston – learning the nuances of working in the void. Astronaut John Grunsfeld, who is an astronomer and a huge fan of the Hubble Space Telescope, invited me to join him during one of his 6 hour “runs” in the big pool – officially known as the Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. I watched him as he practiced the most challenging spacewalk of his long career – the resuscitation of the Advanced Camera for Surveys. Worried as he was about accomplishing this intricate …
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This episode of Boing Boing Video is brought to you by www.wepc.com Boing Boing Video guest contributor Miles O’Brien brings us this special report on the same day NASA astronauts complete their final space walk — and zero-g repair job — on the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission #4. Miles says: ———— Astronauts spend a lot more time training for missions than flying in space. But I wouldn’t feel sorry for them as the training is an amazing adventure unto itself. They practice in airplanes that fly a roller-coaster pattern to give them brief stints of weightlessness (the so called Vomit Comet); they get to zoom around in supersonic T-38 training jets; they fly approaches to shuttle runways in a Gulfstream jet rigged up to fly (or more accurately, plummet) like a real orbiter; they get time in high-fidelity full motion simulators; they use virtual reality goggles to practice tasks they will perform in space – and if they are a spacewalker, they get to spend a lot of time in a huge swimming pool in a former hangar at Ellington Field – near the Johnson Space Center in Houston – learning the nuances of working in the void. Astronaut John Grunsfeld, who is an astronomer and a huge fan of the Hubble Space Telescope, invited me to join him during one of his 6 hour “runs” in the big pool – officially known as the Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. I watched him as he practiced the most challenging spacewalk of his long career – the resuscitation of the …
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Question: How would you describe your own life stance today? How do you relate to God and religion? Swedish Astronaut Christer Fuglesang: “Well, from about the age of ten I’ve been convinced that there is no God, there is nothing we can’t explain with the physical laws.” — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Arne Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957 in Stockholm) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in space. Married with three children, he is a Fellow at CERN and taught mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology before being selected to join the Astronaut Corps of the European Space Agency in 1992. As of 29 August, 2009, he has participated on two Space Shuttle missions and five spacewalks, and is the first astronaut outside of the United States or Russian space programs to participate in more than three spacewalks. • en.wikipedia.org — Christer Fuglesang, ESA Astronaut PERSONAL DATA: Born 18 March 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden. Married to the former Elisabeth Walldie. They have three children. Christer enjoys sports, sailing, skiing, frisbee, games and reading. EDUCATION: Graduated from Bromma Gymnasium, Stockholm in 1975 and received a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, in 1981. He …
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Look for yourself! A short guide to constellations and other impressive deep space objects that hubble has managed to spot!
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www.larouchepac.com — Creighton C. Jones of LaRouche’s Science Basement Team addresses a Townhall meeting of San Francisco Congressional Candidate Summer Justice Shields ( http ). — 04.15.10
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The Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) and Remote Sensing From the International Space Station.” – This is part 2 of 2 of a video that describes the remote sensing capabilities of the International Space Station (ISS) utilizing the United States Laboratory “Destiny” module science window and the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF). The Lab Window is the highest optical quality window ever installed on a manned space vehicle and permits the use of high resolution cameras and multi and hyper-spectral Earth science remote sensing instruments from within the pressurized volume of the ISS which eliminates the expense and complexity of having to operate an instrument outside of the ISS in the vacuum of space at extreme temperatures. The WORF provides the stable platform on which to mount cameras and sensors at the Lab Window as well as the connectivity to operate these payloads. The video is hosted by Astronaut and Lab Window/WORF developer Mario Runco who flew three Space Shuttle missions, STS-44, 54, & 77.
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Overview of the Mars Society’s Mars Analogue Research Station project. Produced by the Mars Society UK (www.marssociety.org.uk).
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NASAs Discovery Program sponsors space science investigations that are finding new answers to age-old questions about the origin and evolution of our solar system: Where did we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone? Go along with these robotic missions to explore asteroids, comets, planets and our Sun and moon. How will this information help future astronauts land on an asteroid our nations next great venture into space!
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Voyager 1 Approaching Jupiter Date: 02.03.1979 This is the original Voyager ‘Blue Movie’ (so named because it was built from Blue filter images). It records Voyager 1′s approach during a period of over 60 Jupiter days. Notice the difference in speed and direction of the various zones of the atmosphere. The interaction of the atmospheric clouds and storms shows how dynamic the Jovian atmosphere is. As Voyager 1 approached Jupiter in 1979, it took images of the planet at regular intervals. This sequence is made from 66 images taken once every Jupiter rotation period (about 10 hours). This time-lapse movie uses images taken every time Jupiter longitude 68W passed under the spacecraft. These images were acquired in the Blue filter from Jan. 6 to Feb. 3 1979. The spacecraft flew from 58 million kilometers to 31 million kilometers from Jupiter during that time. This time-lapse movie was produced at JPL by the Image Processing Laboratory in 1979. Image and Description Credit: NASA If you read this far you are also intrigued by the universe. Take a look at my other video titled “Ever Seen the Other Side of Our Moon?”
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