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Daily Archives: March 28, 2015
One-Year Crew Docks to ISS – Video
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One-Year Crew Docks to ISS
After launching earlier in the day in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 43 Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of NASA, Soyuz Commander Gennady ...
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Expedition 43 Crew Docks to the Space Station – Video
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Expedition 43 Crew Docks to the Space Station
After launching earlier in the day in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 43 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mikhail ...
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U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures before the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.(REUTERS/Dmitry Lovetsky/Pool)
Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen at its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.(REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev)
Astronaut Scott Kelly has blasted off on his yearlong mission to the International Space Station.
The capsule carrying Kelly and two Russian cosmonauts was launched into space by a Soyuz-FG booster rocket, lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:42 p.m. ET.
The journey to the International Space Station is expected to take 6 hours.
Of the three-man team, American Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail Kornienko are to stay at the International Space Station until March 2016. Their trip is NASA's first stab at a one-year spaceflight, anticipating Mars expeditions that would last two-to-three years.
This is an important step forward to start utilizing ISS more effectively in preparation for human missions to Mars, Chris Carberry, executive director ofExplore Mars, a non-profit organization which aims to advance the goal of sending humans to Mars, told FoxNews.com. We look forward to more ambitious missions at ISS and beyond that help achieve human landings on Mars in the 2030s.
During his year orbiting the earth Kelly will take part in a landmark NASA study into the effects of space on the human body, with scientists comparing his data to that of twin brother Mark, a former astronaut, back on earth. Mark Kellys blood samples, exercise, and overall health will be monitored by scientists from 12 universities to gain insight into the impact of the yearlong mission on his brother.
At the end of his mission to the International Space Station, Scott Kelly will become the first American to spend 12 consecutive months in space.
Kelly and his Russian counterpart Kornienko have each already logged about 180 days in space, according to Space.com. Kelly has made three previous missions to space and Kornienko spent 6 months aboard the International Space Station in 2010.
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Two Russians and an American floated into the International Space Station on Saturday, beginning what is to be a year away from Earth for two of them.
Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly are to spend 342 days aboard the orbiting laboratory, about twice as long as a standard mission on the station. Russia's Gennady Padalka is beginning a six-month stay.
The three astronauts entered the station about eight hours after launching from Russia's manned space facility in Kazakhstan. They were embraced by American Terry Virts and Russia's Anton Shkaplerov who along with Italian Samantha Cristoforetti have been aboard since late November.
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PHOTO: U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka wave prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 27, 2015.
The trip is NASA's first attempt at a one-year spaceflight; four Russians have spent a year or more in space, all on the Soviet-built Mir space station.
The stay is aimed at measuring the effects of a prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body, a step toward possible missions to Mars or beyond.
Kelly's identical twin Mark, a retired astronaut, agreed to take part in many of the same medical experiments as his orbiting sibling to help scientists see how a body in space compares with its genetic double on Earth. They are 51.
Kelly and Kornienko, 54, will remain on board until next March. During that time, they will undergo extensive medical experiments, and prepare the station for the anticipated 2017 arrival of new U.S. commercial crew capsules. That means a series of spacewalks for Kelly, which will be his first.
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U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures before the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.(REUTERS/Dmitry Lovetsky/Pool)
Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen at its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.(REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev)
Astronaut Scott Kelly has blasted off on his yearlong mission to the International Space Station.
The capsule carrying Kelly and two Russian cosmonauts was launched into space by a Soyuz-FG booster rocket, lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:42 p.m. ET.
The journey to the International Space Station is expected to take 6 hours.
Of the three-man team, American Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail Kornienko are to stay at the International Space Station until March 2016. Their trip is NASA's first stab at a one-year spaceflight, anticipating Mars expeditions that would last two-to-three years.
This is an important step forward to start utilizing ISS more effectively in preparation for human missions to Mars, Chris Carberry, executive director ofExplore Mars, a non-profit organization which aims to advance the goal of sending humans to Mars, told FoxNews.com. We look forward to more ambitious missions at ISS and beyond that help achieve human landings on Mars in the 2030s.
During his year orbiting the earth Kelly will take part in a landmark NASA study into the effects of space on the human body, with scientists comparing his data to that of twin brother Mark, a former astronaut, back on earth. Mark Kellys blood samples, exercise, and overall health will be monitored by scientists from 12 universities to gain insight into the impact of the yearlong mission on his brother.
At the end of his mission to the International Space Station, Scott Kelly will become the first American to spend 12 consecutive months in space.
Kelly and his Russian counterpart Kornienko have each already logged about 180 days in space, according to Space.com. Kelly has made three previous missions to space and Kornienko spent 6 months aboard the International Space Station in 2010.
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More evidence for groundwater on Mars: Conditions would be conducive for microbial colonization if on Earth
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Monica Pondrelli and colleagues investigated the Equatorial Layered Deposits (ELDs) of Arabia Terra in Firsoff crater area, Mars, to understand their formation and potential habitability. On the plateau, ELDs consist of rare mounds, flat-lying deposits, and cross-bedded dune fields. Pondrelli and colleagues interpret the mounds as smaller spring deposits, the flat-lying deposits as playa, and the cross-bedded dune fields as aeolian.
They write that groundwater fluctuations appear to be the major factor controlling ELD deposition.
Pondrelli and colleagues also note that the ELDs inside the craters would likely have originated by fluid upwelling through the fissure ridges and the mounds, and that lead to evaporite precipitation. The presence of spring and playa deposits points to the possible presence of a hydrological cycle, driving groundwater upwelling on Mars at surface temperatures above freezing.
Pondrelli and colleagues write that such conditions in a similar Earth environment would have been conducive for microbial colonization.
As a basis for their research, Pondrelli and colleagues produced a detailed geological map of the Firsoff crater area.
The new map includes crater count dating, a survey of the stratigraphic relations, and analysis of the depositional geometries and compositional constraints. They note that this ELD unit consists of sulfates and shows other characteristics typical of evaporites such as polygonal pattern and indications of dissolution.
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Figure 1 is from Pondrelli et al. (A) Location map of the study area on MOLA-based shaded relief map. Topographic contours (in black, 1000 m spacing) are indicated. (B) High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) mosaic of the mapped area. Topographic contours (in white, 500 m spacing) are indicated. (C) Excerpt of the geological map by Scott and Tanaka (1986) on an HRSC mosaic. Geologic units (see text for more details): Npl1--Noachian cratered unit of the plateau sequence; Npl2--Noachian subdued crater unit of the plateau sequence; Hr--Hesperian ridged plains material. (D) Footprints of High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) coverage on an HRSC mosaic. The white fi lling indicates stereo pairs. The area is fully covered by Context Camera (CTX) imagery. Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) scenes used in this study are recognizable by the hourglass shape. Credit Pondrelli et al. and GSA Bulletin
Boulder, Colo., USA - Monica Pondrelli and colleagues investigated the Equatorial Layered Deposits (ELDs) of Arabia Terra in Firsoff crater area, Mars, to understand their formation and potential habitability. On the plateau, ELDs consist of rare mounds, flat-lying deposits, and cross-bedded dune fields. Pondrelli and colleagues interpret the mounds as smaller spring deposits, the flat-lying deposits as playa, and the cross-bedded dune fields as aeolian. They write that groundwater fluctuations appear to be the major factor controlling ELD deposition.
Pondrelli and colleagues also note that the ELDs inside the craters would likely have originated by fluid upwelling through the fissure ridges and the mounds, and that lead to evaporite precipitation. The presence of spring and playa deposits points to the possible presence of a hydrological cycle, driving groundwater upwelling on Mars at surface temperatures above freezing. Pondrelli and colleagues write that such conditions in a similar Earth environment would have been conducive for microbial colonization.
As a basis for their research, Pondrelli and colleagues produced a detailed geological map of the Firsoff crater area. The new map includes crater count dating, a survey of the stratigraphic relations, and analysis of the depositional geometries and compositional constraints. They note that this ELD unit consists of sulfates and shows other characteristics typical of evaporites such as polygonal pattern and indications of dissolution.
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Equatorial layered deposits in Arabia Terra, Mars: Facies and process variability M. Pondrelli et al., International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Universit d'Annunzio, Pescara, Italy. Published online ahead of print on 10 Mar. 2015; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B31225.1.
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Budget cuts at NASA could kill Opportunity, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Theres tough news ahead for fans of NASAs plucky Opportunity Rover or the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The most reason budget proposed by President Obama nukes both ongoing missions, zeroing out their budgets. If the budgets pass as written, NASA would either have to find funds to continue the projects from discretionary funds (if thats even an option), or wind them both down and conclude the probes respective missions.
Both the LRO and Opportunity have their respective advocates and backers. Paul Spudis, a space scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston told Space.com that hed like to see the satellite reactivate its bistatic radar. Currently that instrument isnt being operated due to budgetary shortfalls, but the radar is capable of scanning the moons surface to measure the location and amount of ice in various crater pockets across the moon. Such information would be of significant practical benefit. Any serious plan for a long-term habitable moon base would make use of lunar ice for drinking and for plant growth.
The LRO has shot high-definition photos of the original Apollo 11 landing site
Meanwhile, on the Red Planet, Opportunitys operators just finished resetting the rovers flash memory. For the past few months, Opportunity has been operating with no flash memory at all, meaning it transmitted data as the data was generated. Bringing the rover back to full operating potential increases its ability to perform scientific observations and carry out experiments.
A map of Mars rover Opportunitys progress, from January 2004 to July 2014
According to Steve Squyres, Opportunitys principal investigator at Cornell, a recent NASA review of all Mars-based projects for cost-effectiveness and scientific potential per dollar of expenditure actually put the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Opportunity in first place for the most effective use of funds per expected scientific gain beating out the larger, more complicated Curiosity rover thats stolen much of the limelight since arriving on Mars in 2011.
The uncertainty swirling around both the LRO and Opportunity is an example of how the short-term goals of politicians can interfere with long-term scientific goals. Both satellite and rover can be used to gather information thats vital to any long-term base-building or colony effort. When you consider the expense of building, testing, and launching a space mission (not to mention the high overall risk of failure), most of the cost of both the LRO and Opportunity has already occurred. Its far more economical to find new ways to use existing equipment than to launch new hardware.
If the US is serious about returning to the moon or flying a manned mission to Mars, were going to have to do the scientific work on the front-end and fund the development of crew vehicles, habitat design, and the Space Launch System. Even if the US simply wanted to handle astronaut training and partner with a company like SpaceX for the actual vehicle, none of that companys current launch systems even the Falcon Heavy have anything like the Space Launch System Block 2s lift capability (currently planned at 52,000kg to trans-lunar injection, compared to 13,200 for Falcon Heavy).
NASA will make its final budget determinations and decide on the fate of these programs by the summer. The organization hopes to find funds to keep Opportunity rolling and the LRO mapping.
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