Daily Archives: March 7, 2014

Name that mission
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is asking for your help with naming his 10-day flight in space. Andreas will be venturing to the International Space Station n...

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NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer Program-1 releasing satellites from the ISS
Video of NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer Program-1 showing launch of multiple NanoRacks customer CubeSats into low earth orbit from the International Space Statio...

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International Space Station Astronaut NA1SS downlink 145.800 mhz FM 03/05/2014
I knew of this event in advance but completely missed 90% of the down link.Next time maybe a note on my computer screen!! At the time I was trying to work 14...

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International Space Station Astronaut NA1SS downlink 145.800 mhz FM 03/05/2014 - Video

Space Station Live: Cold Atom Laboratory Mission
Public Affairs Officer Lori Meggs at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama spoke with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists Anita Sengu...

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Spacebase DF-9 - #03 - There is no reactor
These are the adventures of the brave crew working on the recently opened space station in the Wobbly Zone. Will they survive and expand their base or will t...

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Linkin Park - Space Station [HD/HQ] Stagelight Demos
3. song from the demo-album "Stagelight Demos" Enjoy it!! ------------- All rights are at Warner Musik Group (WMG) ------------------------------------------...

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Kerbal Space Program - Docking with my Kerbian International Space Station
I managed to get my plane out in orbit, and rendevous with my spacestation, now its just the docking that remains. This video consist of the 3.000mtrs into f...

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The Best View from Space? | Space Week Live | Channel 4
http://www.channel4.com/space Starts Wednesday 12th March - Sunday 16th March Billion dollar views from the ISS, don #39;t miss this once in a lifetime opportuni...

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A record release of 33 CubeSats from the International Space Station ended Friday after a methodical series of deployments of miniature Earth imaging satellites for San Francisco-based Planet Labs Inc.

The CubeSat constellation, released in pairs over a 17-day period, included 28 satellites for Planet Labs and five spacecraft for private engineering research firms and institutions in Lithuania and Peru.

The deployments began Feb. 11 as the CubeSats sprang out of pods mounted on the end of the space station's Japanese robotic arm.

The CubeSats were launched to the orbiting complex in January inside an Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus cargo craft. Astronauts transferred the payloads, sealed inside more than a dozen NanoRacks deployers, to the space station's Kibo laboratory and through an airlock to the vacuum of space. [Tiny Satellites Launch From Space Station (Photos)]

NanoRacks LLC, a Houston-based company providing commercial research opportunities on the space station, sponsored the CubeSat deployments for Planet Labs and other customers. Spaceflight Inc., a firm specializing in launch services for small satellites, partnered with NanoRacks to provide the CubeSat launch opportunities.

"This is the beginning of a new era in space commerce," said Jeff Manber, NanoRacks CEO, in a press release. "We're helping our customers get a two year head start in space. They don't have to wait around for a dedicated launch to space but can instead catch the next rocket to space station. We want to thank NASA and JAXA for being wonderful partners, as well as Spaceflight Inc., for their help with customers. Without these organizations, this couldn't have happened."

The 28 CubeSats for Planet Labs will return imagery of Earth with a resolution between 3 and 5 meters, or between 10 and 16 feet. Planet Labs constructed the satellites, each about the size of a loaf of bread, at the company's San Francisco headquarters.

The Planet Labs constellation, known as Flock 1, will monitor natural disasters, deforestation, agricultural yields and other environmental changes. The company says the satellites will allow scientists and the public to track changes to Earth's surface at an unprecedented frequency.

It is the largest fleet Earth observation satellitesever launched.

Because the satellites were deployed from the International Space Station, the Flock 1 constellation is limited to observing Earth between 52 degrees of the equator.

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Record-Setting 33 Tiny 'Cubesats' Launched From Space Station

The Dragon capsule is due to deliver 544 kilograms of scientific experiments and supplies to the space station on Saturday

SpaceX, Ben Cooper

This story was updated at 10:45 a.m. ET.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A privately built unmanned spacecraft launched for NASA by the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX blasted into orbit Friday (March 1), but has experienced some sort of malfunction after separating from its rocket, the company says.

The robotic Dragon space capsule launched into orbit atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in what appeared to be a smooth liftoff from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:10 a.m. ET (1510 GMT). But once in orbit, SpaceX officials reported a problem just after spacecraft separation, when the Dragon capsule was expected to deploy its solar arrays.

"It appears that, although it achieved Earth orbit, Dragon is experiencing some type of problem right now," SpaceX's John Insprucker said during the company's launch webcast.

The glitch appears to be related to Dragon's thrusters, which allow the capsule to maneuver in orbit.

"Issue with Dragon thruster pods," SpaceX founder Elon Musk wrote on Twitter. "System inhibiting three of four from initializing. About to command inhibit override." [Photos: SpaceX's Third Launch to Space Station]

SPACE.com will provide updates as new information is available.

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