Daily Archives: June 4, 2013

Space Station Live: ISS CREAM
NASA Public Affairs Officer Lori Meggs talks with CREAM (Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass) Principal Investigator Eun-Suk Seo to learn more about this experime...

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Three new International Space Station Crew Members Launch From Kazakhstan
A Soyuz spacecraft launches from Kazakhstan carrying two astronauts and a cosmonaut on a fast-track journey to the International Space Station. Full Story: T...

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Soyuz Spacecraft Completes Expedited Flight Docks to Space Station ISS / 5/28/13
The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft carrying Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano docks with the International Spa...

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Space Station Live: Astronaut Mario Runco on Earth Photograpy
Veteran astronaut Mario Runco joins NASA Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries in International Space Station Flight Control Room to discuss astronaut photo...

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Space Station Live: May 31, 2013
The Space Station Live recap video for May 31, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

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Space Station Live: May 31, 2013 - Video

ZDaemon LA] Space Station 2 Monster AG Theme

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Asteroid 1998 QE2 That #39;s No Moon NASA That #39;s A Space Station 06-02-2013
Recently released radar imagery of 1998 QE2 show an object near the Asteroid, NASA says it #39;s a moon and you already know I #39;m about to go against the grain on...

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Asteroid 1998 QE2 That's No Moon NASA That's A Space Station 06-02-2013 - Video

WASHINGTON Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station.

The leak in a cooling system was discovered Thursday when snowflakes of ammonia were seen flying away from the station. Engineers on Earth were up overnight plotting an impromptu spacewalk.

Spacewalks rarely are done on such short notice, but the space agency wanted to check out the leak before all the ammonia escaped and also to take advantage of a spacewalking crew member who is about to return home.

Officials emphasized that the six-member crew is not in danger and the outpost has plenty of power, even though the leak forced NASA to shut off the power channel from one of eight solar panels that supply electricity to the station.

It can operate fine with only seven electrical channels, space station program manager Michael Suffredini said Friday. Power from the affected panel was rerouted to the other seven systems.

Suffredini said the chief suspect for the leak is space junk hitting a cooling tube, but he said the area has had a slow, small leak for many years that suddenly accelerated on Thursday.

You're talking a very, very, very small hole, Suffredini said at a NASA news conference.

NASA hopes the leak is in a small pump box. During the six-hour spacewalk on Saturday morning, U.S. astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn will replace the 260-pound box with a nearby spare.

While NASA has had to do impromptu spacewalks before, they haven't been done on the space station since it was completely built and operating as a finished lab, said chief flight director Norm Knight, who called the move precedent-setting.

Station Commander Chris Hadfield of Canada told NASA flight controllers Friday that the crew is completely ready for the spacewalk.

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NASA: Spacewalk planned to fix space station leak