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AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
Il 1 primo febbraio 2003, durante il volo di rientro dalla sua ventottesima missione (STS-107) lo Space Shuttle Columbia si disintegrò, tutti e sette gli astronauti perirono nell’incidente. Sul veivolo, tra tutta la strumentazione, c’era anche un hard-disk Seagate da 400MB contenente dati a riguardo di un importante ricerca fisica. Il dispositivo, in condizioni davvero [...]
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shuttle astronauts preparing to rocket toward the International Space Station
(ISS) with a new Japanese laboratory this month arrived at NASA's Florida
spaceport Tuesday for launch day practice.
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Although it’s been several years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, it looks like some of the data gathered during the orbiter’s final mission will be put to good use. A hard drive salvaged from the wreckage contains the results of an experiment to study the way xenon gas flows in microgravity, and [...]
More Than Ready (Team Valor) One undoubted benefit of the shuttle stallion concept is that a stallion can be seen in a new light by breeders in one hemisphere, thanks to his achievements in the other. There's arguably no better example of this than the great Danehill, who was once on the brink of becoming just another stallion on Coolmore's star-packed Irish roster. In 1994, in his fifth season, Danehill's fee was a mere IR9,000gns, which placed him only 10th in the pecking order among Coolmore's Irish stallions. Although he started to flourish with his northern hemisphere runners in 1995, the Coolmore team was prepared to lease him to Japan for the 1996 season, which suggests he still wasn't considered vital to the operation's success.Click here to watch video of Danehill winning the Co
By: Bogdan Botezatu, Hardware Editor Those of you claiming that the HD-DVD high-definition standard dead should think again, because the HD-DVD units sold better than ever. The formal announcement of its discontinued led to a fall in pricesfor the device, and made it available to the main market.Shuttle has released a new home theater PCs in a series of XPS, which can be read as Blu-Ray and HD-DVD media formats in one combo drive. In addition to high-definition discs, the XPC G5 3101M can also read and write conventional DVD and CD media.Miniature home-theater PC comes in a fairly solid configurations, including a TV tuner that handles DVB-T digital signals, an ATI HD 3450 256MB graphics card, as well as high-definition, on-board 7.1-channel audio output. The machine is built around the
The Buran space shuttle was once the apple of the Soviet space fleet's eye. Unfortunately, it has now been reduced to floating peacefully down the river Rhine, where it will eventually come to rest at the Technik Museum Speyer in Mannheim, Germany. The great shuttle took to the skies only once during an unmanned test flight, but two decades later, the modern relic has gone the way of a crushed Buzz Lightyear—it's realized it can't fly, but at least it can put on one hell of an exhibition. Good on you, Buran. The images of the final float look stunning, and the video of the event, which is set against some seriously melancholic music, makes the whole event look like a sad and dignified funeral procession. Check out the pictures in the gallery below, then jump in to see the clip. Warni
New HD-compatible Mini-PC Complete System from Shuttle will arrive soon. This AMD-base machine have a capability to play a high-resolution movie from both Blu-ray and HD DVD media then transfer into modern flat-screen televisions via a single HDMI cable. Inside the case, it is loads an AMD Athlon X2 6000+ processor, dual-memory ( @1GB DDR2-800), [...]
So they shipped it up the Rhine at 5 miles an hour where it just spent the night in Cologne.
The Soviet Russian Buran orbiter, which never orbited, designed to plant Cold War cold space mines among other things, is being put to rest at Germany’s Speyer Technical Museum, of all places. Business-savvy museum technocrats figure that Buran will be better off drawing admission fees here than gathering dust in some long forgotten Russian warehouse somewhere. And I’m sure that they’re right.
I am a bit surprised at all of the sudden space race curiosity here in Germany, however. The Germans have always been a bit sceptical when it comes to space exploration and space racing and space militarization. And I don’t blame them, either. After all, they invented it.
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NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions. At launch, it consists of a rust-colored external tank (ET), two white, slender Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), and the orbiter, a winged spaceplane which is the space shuttle in the narrow sense.
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Vorrei segnalarvi un set di immagini veramente molto interessanti in cui viene mostrato tutto il processo che porta al lancio di uno space shuttle della NASA. Veramente divertente perché seguendo il link dal forum di BMW Sport Touring, potrete osservare tutte le fasi, dall’arrivo del tank con il carburante, all’aggancio motori fino al lancio vero e proprio; più di 50 immagini con buona risoluzione molto spettacolari, non ve ne pentirete.
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NASA Reports Massive Job Cuts After Shuttle Retirement In 2010
The impact of retiring the Space Shuttle in 2010 could cost thousands of NASA contractors their jobs, the agency said in a report on Tuesday. As much as 8,000 contractor jobs could be lost by 2011, after the program ends, but the number of civil service workers should remain roughly the same.
The transition to the next program,
Here is the look when space shuttle launched closely.
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"The space shuttle Endeavour returned safely to earth on Wednesday evening, completing a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station.The shuttle landed at 8:39 p.m., roughly an hour after the shuttle’s commander, Capt. Dominic L. Gorie, fired twin braking rockets that brought the spacecraft out of orbit."[via new york times]
A rare nighttime landing for the shuttle, first the video: The Story: After long mission, shuttle calls it a night (via MSNBC) The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Wednesday, making a rare nighttime touchdown to wrap up "a two-week adventure" at the international space station. The shuttle swooped through the darkness and landed on NASA's illuminated runway at 8:39 p.m., an hour after sunset. "Welcome home, Endeavour," Mission Control radioed. "Congrats to the entire crew." Congratulations to our fine space explorers on a job well done. Good show guys. Cross-posted @ My Tech Blog, Tech in a Box
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HOUSTON - The seven astronauts aboard NASA’s shuttle Endeavour will cast off from the International Space Station (ISS) late Monday after a record-long stay at the orbiting laboratory.
Shuttle commander Dominic Gorie and his crew will undock from the station at 7:56 p.m. EDT (2356 GMT) tonight, wrapping up a packed 12 days of [...]
Continua la caccia dell’iPod a bordo dello Shuttle, da quanto segnalatomi da Unreal questa volta è decisamente più visibile e pure personalizzato con tanto di targhetta con il nome. Certo mi fanno un pò specie le casse portatili a cui è collegato, dall’estetica sembrano vecchie bacucche. Se volete vedere l’immagine intera in alta definizione cliccate [...]
Shuttle's KPC ready for prime time, starts at $299 for a ready-made unitIt sounds like Shuttle was being a little optimistic in January when it promised a $99 barebones PC and a $199 version with a full complement of internals and a Linux OS. That said, the KPC is still a decent deal, with the K45 barebones kit including quite a bit to be getting on with for $199, and the K4500 pre-configured system offering an Intel Celeron 430 processor, 512MB of RAM, an 80GB HDD and Foresight Linux pre-installed. Other perks that are present even in the barebones kit include Intel GMA 950 graphics, gigabit Ethernet, 5.1 audio, WiFi and a decent bit of room to grow. Newegg should start selling the K45 this weekend, while Shuttle will be selling a user configurable K4500 soon.(Via Engadget.)
Probabilmente non c’è nulla da stupirsi nel pensare che un austronauta ascolti la musica con l’iPod, tuttavia mi vien da sorridere nello scorgere tra le immagini ad alta definizione dello Shuttle Endeavour un iPod messo li come se fosse riposto sul cruscotto di un’auto.
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Okay the COOLEST thing happened while we were here in Florida this week. Yes, it justifies my use of all caps and yes, I still use the word "cool" it's just who I am--a child of the 80s (that and I can't bring myself to say "bomb" or "dope" instead).We visited Kennedy Space Center last Saturday which is something I've always thought would be fun to do. Maybe it's because I grew up with America's space program--I vividly remember the first space shuttle launch then later sitting in English class glued to the television watching the Challenger explode. So regardless of their whines Andrew and I dragged our less-enthusiastic children over to Cape Canaveral (or as we lovingly refer to it, Cape Evel Canaveral--an hour in the car can be a LONG time with four children and we get our kicks wher
Shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted off Tuesday on what was to be the longest space station mission ever, a 16-day voyage to build a gangly robot and add a new room that will serve as a closet for a future lab.
The seven crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour boarded the International Space Station on Thursday after docking high over Southeast Asia, NASA said.
The space
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven are beginning a 16-day mission to the International Space Station.
Endeavour blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The 16-day voyage to deliver equipment to the ISS will be the longest shuttle-mission to the space station.
The seven-man crew of the shuttle Endeavour maneuvered toward the international
The US space shuttle Endeavour has lifted off without a hitch, heading towards the International Space Station (ISS).
The shuttle is carrying the first section of a Japanese space lab.
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This illustration provided by The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) displays "Dextre" (Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator). Astronauts bound for orbit this week will dabble in science fiction, assembling a "monstrous" two-armed space station robot that will rise like Frankenstein from its transport bed. Putting together Dextre, the robot, will be one of the main jobs for the seven Endeavour
Shuttle offers its latest barebone PC, called K45, which supports both power-saving and current dual-core processors. Priced at $144, this mini-computer features an Intel 945GC/ICH7 Chipset, up to 2 GB DDR2-667 (OC up to 800MHz) of main memory, 6-channel audio, a PCI (32 bit) slot x1, Gigabit LAN, four USB 2.0 port, 2 x [...]
Shuttle K45 mini-PCShuttle has rolled out its barebone K45 mini-PC that supports both power-saving and current dual-core processors. Simplicity is the order of the day with the K45, as it is meant to work equally well in different environments such as the home, office, an information kiosk, or as a cashier system. The Shuttle K45 retails for approximately $144 and comes with the following features :- Supports Intel Core 2 Duo E6xxx/E4xxx, Pentium Dual-Core 2xxx and Celeron 4xx (max. 65W) series with Socket 775 (to FSB 1333)Intel 945GC/ICH7 Max. 2 GB DDR2-667 (OC up to 800MHz) RAM6-channel audio 1 x PCI (32 bit) slotGigabit LAN 4 x USB 2.0, 2 x SATA2, 1 x ATA100 100W power supply280mm x 190mm x 170mm (Via UberGizmo, the Gadgets News Blog.)
Desktop audio and video editing is a great thing…using a mouse to navigate a timeline is not…enter Contour Design’s Shuttle Pro, a mini control surface that’s pre-configured to work out of the box with many of today’s top A/V applications.
It's too bad that the space shuttle program has become old news. In regards to the current Atlantis mission, Traci Watson of USA Today wrote, "The successful launch meant that a European scientific laboratory that has been waiting on Earth since 2002 finally reached space, where it will be attached Sunday to the International Space Station. It will be the first room of the station that isn't owned by Russia or the United States. Operated by the European Space Agency, it gives European nations their first chance to control a human spacecraft."As the space shuttle Atlantis lifted off on Thursday afternoon headed toward the International Space Station, it reached a mind-boggling speed of 14,000 miles per hour. That's four miles per second! With apologies to racing fans, even the 50th running
It was the morning after the Dallas Cowboys loss to the New York Giants in the NFL playoffs. Our baggage handlers can at times be a little harsh with their notes and comments that they leave on the baggage carts. Today was no exception as you can see from their work on a couple of different carts. Keep in mind that these carts are at DFW....home of the Cowboys.Todays flying would be concentrated between Texas and Florida. DFW to Orlando, back to DFW and then West Palm Beach. Orlando is the home of Disney World and we always carry a bunch of families with excited kids in tow. The ground handlers probably see more strollers than any other station in the system.The FAA names all the airways, arrivals, departures, intersections, and everything else related to the airway system in this coun
Space Shuttle Launch Videos NASCAR is fun. Fighter jets are cool. But when it comes to engines, power, and feel-it-in-your-bones rocket propulsion, nothing compares to the spectacle of a space shuttle lift-off. This YouTube collection of NASA and amateur clips takes you to the launch pad and beyond. Witness Discovery's rare nighttime ascent to orbit. See the earth fall away as Atlantis spirals upward. Watch Endeavor, "flying straight as an arrow," move out from beneath its solid-rocket boosters. Ain't space technology grand? The brief video segments veer between far-off shots highlighting the full rush and flick of the booster engines' flames and shuttle eye-views from cameras mounted on external tanks. We also love the authoritative NASA voice-overs. There's something so enthralling about hearing them intone, "T-minus two minutes and counting." And every once in awhile, you catch an orator saying something like, "everything looking good on the bird." Does it ever!
A new 21 seat shuttle service has been introduced at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort to further enhance the services available to our guest.
The new shuttle will compliment the existing limousine service and public transportation available at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort. The shuttle will operate daily from the Royal Cliff Beach Resort and down town Pattaya, making 3 stops on the way.
The shuttle will be on a fixed route between Royal Cliff Beach Resort, and Royal Garden Plaza on Pattaya beach road making 3 stops on the way there and back.
The bus will leave from the resort at 14H00, 16H00 and 16H00
We trust that the new service will be well received by our guest.
We will release some additional information about the shuttle ones the official press release has gone out.
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I was very excited when I visited Kennedy Space Center last weekend. I never probably had visited any such place in past, and never thought a lot about Space, Moon, Shuttles and all this stuff. May be it’s altogether different from what I do as routine. And that’s one of the reasons, I liked this visit much more than any other place.The plan was made all of a sudden, so as usual we almost reached at noon and at the end of day could not make it to check every spot or ride but whatever we could see, was amazing. We were lucky enough to see a space shuttle just ready to be launched. This is a photo we have taken far from 39A, the launch pad for Atlantis.
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Back then, launch of Atlantis space shuttle was scheduled on Thursday 6th Dec 07 but due to some technical problem, they kept pushing the launch date everyday and it’s now today, that is 9th Dec 07. Atlantis’ scheduled launch on Thursday wa
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LIVE LAUNCH AND MISSION VIDEO NASATV: REAL MEDIA PLAYER amd WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER LIVE STREAMING VIDEOSTS120-S-002 (16 Feb. 2007) --- High Resolution Image (1.5 M). These seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-120 crew portrait. Pictured from the left are astronauts Scott E. Parazynski, Douglas H. Wheelock, Stephanie D. Wilson, all mission specialists; George D. Zamka, pilot; Pamela A. Melroy, commander; Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; and Paolo A. Nespoli, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA). The crewmembers are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home on mission STS-122.THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED DAILY FOR THE REMAINDER OF MISSION STS-120, Previous missions: and STS-115 Space Shuttle Atlantis FULL MISSION COVERAGE (VIDEO) and STS-1
Shuttle LunacyEssay Forty-FourUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came back from her recent Middle East tour on Thursday Oct 18,2007. Her statement to the press was either out of a jet lag brain or scripted by the White House before she landed. She said, "there is moment of opportunity" for peace but much work was still needed to be done. She plans to return in two weeks. What opportunity?"The teams are serious," she said. "The people are serious, the issues are serious, and so I'm not surprised that there are some tensions. I'm not surprised that there are some ups and downs. ... But I was encouraged by what I heard." WHAT?She went to London ostensible to gain support from the King of Jordan for a Mideast peacerepeating the admonition that Israelis and Palestinians have a new "moment of opportunity" to forge peace, despite the obstacles. What?Comics and cartoonists are having a field day with the woman who seems to believe that she is doing something important. The poor befuddled
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This picture of an SS Atlantis launch in early 2001 is unedited. A combination of the time of day (sunset) and there being a full moon (meaning it’s directly opposite the sun on the horizon) set the stage for this cosmic synchronicity.
Nuova puntata del saga iberica “BAGAGLIO SMARRITO? VACANZA ROVINATA!”. Dopo che il secondo episodio aveva colmato di felicità e speranza tutti gli spettatori, da un po’ di giorni tutto taceva non lasciando presagire nulla di buono. Stanco dell’attesa, oggi amosgitai chiama il numero dell’AviaPartner e con somma sorpresa dopo qualche tentativo una dolce voce femminile risponde al telefono. Incredibile. Un numero di assistenza al cliente, per giunta gratuito, che non sia una presa in giro. Ma l’amara verità: da più di 10 giorni la valigia giace dimenticata all'aeroporto di Madrid, mandata lì da Barcellona forse perché centro di raccolta dell'Iberia. La cosa ridicola è che la situazione è nuovamente in fase di stallo e nessuno ha l'idea geniale di darle un biglietto di sola andata Madrid - Roma (ci sono 5-6 aerei che ogni giorno fanno questa tratta). Sì, troppo complicato, all'Iberia (sempre perché loro non sono colpevoli) hanno solo scienziati della NASA che devo
Getting to Disneyland on Southern California's expanding rail network will get much easier Oct. 1 with the start of regular shuttle service between the Anaheim train station, the Disneyland Resort and Anaheim Resort hotels. The shuttles, which will cost $3 for adults and be free for children 10 and under until Jan. 8 ($1 after that), will meet all northbound and southbound Pacific Surfliner trains. The trains run frequently between Los Angeles and San Diego, with a few trains a day rolling to Paso Robles via Ventura and Santa Barbara.
Shuttle today introduced a new small form factor computer aimed at gamers: the SP35P2 Pro. This barebone system is designed to work with the latest Intel dual core and quad core parts and future 45 nm CPUs all with a 1333 MHz front side bus.For security both in the home and on the go Shuttle integrated a finger print reader into the computer. Speed-Link is a function integrated into the system that allows PC-to-PC communications across a USB cable at high speed.The case used in the SP35P2 Pro is made form aluminum and has a brushed black finish. Inside the case the mainboard has one PCI Express X16 slot that is suitable for dual slot graphics cards. External drive bays include one 5.25-inch drive bay and one 3.5-inch drive bay with an additional pair of internal 3.5-inch drive bays.The chipset used in the system is the Intel P35 Express with the ICH9R controller hub. A 400 Watt ATX mini power supply is included that is certified for 80% or greater energy efficiency. Four memory slots a
The space shuttle mobile phone: "Holy crap...WTF is this? I thought those crazy clones, ripoffs and car shaped phones were outrageous. This space shuttle shaped phone is also a bright eye catching red and it even comes with preinstalled astronauts content...(Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog.)
I have so many odd things to blog about these days, from the letter we received from NASA last month to the exceedingly random screen saver Dr. V. inadvertently installed on my laptop, but I can't seem to get my act together. I blame the impending start of the school year and my giddy state of anticipation at the prospect of being alone.. in my house... all by myself... almost every single day. Wheeeeee! The NASA letter thing is kind of cool, actually. One of Dr. v.'s fraternity brothers is an astronaut, see? And he's kind of going up on the space shuttle in October? And he's going to replace this guy on the International Space Station for a little while? And he kind of invited anyone who was interested in watching a launch to add their name to his "friends and family" list a while back? So we have, like, kinda been invited to go watch the launch in October? In other news, I finished painting the kitchen a luscious tomato red, and it makes me incredibly happy to look at.
We all dream to be an astronaut when we were kids, do we?
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Well boys and girls, last year we showed you how to build your very own H-bomb, and today for all you budding astronauts, we are going to build our very own Shuttle!Simply follow the simple instructions and before you know it, you could be ready to put your very own space-station into orbit just like the big guys!(P.S. If necessary, refer to the wiring diagram for the more complex computer systems!)Your "up and away" scribe;Allan W Janssen
New Shuttle XPC Barebones With HDMI And DTS: "Shuttle is now offering new XPC Barebone SN68PTG6, which is the first model in the company’s G6 line that features AMD Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, and Sempron processor support, an NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV graphics chipset, a PCI and PCI-E X16 slot, up to 4GB of RAM, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, USB Speed-Link, and a built-in fingerprint scanner. Other features include USB, Gigabit LAN, Firewire, and eSATA. The system sports eight-channel HD audio with DTS support and an HDMI output (in addition to the standard D-SUB jack). Additionally, the firm also offers a stripped down version of the system called the SN68PTG5, which features a 250-Watt power supply, and without WLAN, Bluetooth, Speed-Link, and fingerprint scanner. Both Shuttle XPC Barebones will be available in the coming weeks. The recommended retail price is $427 for the SN68PTG6 Deluxe, and $324 for the SN68PTG5 (without VAT). (more…)(Via TechFresh.net - Cell Phones, Laptops, Video Gam
Endeavour Lands! FULL STREAMING VIDEO Endeavour kicks up dust as it touches down on runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Space Shuttle Endeavour crew,led by Commander Scott Kelly, completes a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA, Kim Shiflett. View High Resolution Image, View Low Resolution ImageNASA images generally are not copyrighted. Unless otherwise noted, images and video on NASA public web sites (public sites ending with a nasa.gov address) may be used for any purpose without prior permission. The endorsement of any product or service by NASA must not be claimed or implied.Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" from the U.S. Copyright Office.Endeavour lands at Kennedy Space Center With commander Scott Kelly at the controls and six other astronauts on board, Space Shuttle Endeavour glided to a perfect landing at Kenne
The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely on earth on Tuesday at 12.32 pm Et. Even though the shuttle landed safely it was not without drama. A peice of foam fell off during liftoff and once made a 3 inch gash in the tiles. After inspection NASA determined that it was safe for reentry. Endeavor also had to come home one day early due to hurricane Dean and the fear that it would hit Houston, TX where mission control is for NASA. Even after it became clear that Dean posed no threat NASA still decided to bring the crew home early.
The crew made a total of four space walks on this trip. They also replaced a new truss segment to the space station, replaced a failed gyroscope and delivered about 5,000 lbs worth of supplies. This flight spanned 13 days and 5.3 million miles. the next shuttle flight is slated for liftoff in late October
Constructing the Future Joint Operations End; Endeavour Undocks High Resolution Image Full Size (2.30 Mb)During the third spacewalk astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson (out of frame) relocated the S-Band Antenna Sub-Assemblyfrom Port 6 (P6) to Port 1 (P1) truss, installed a new transponder on P1 and retrieved the P6 transponder. Image credit: NASAThe third spacewalk occurred Wednesday. It featured preparations for the relocation of the Port 6 truss from atop the station to the end of the Port 5 truss when STS-120 visits later this year. A fourth spacewalk took place Saturday in which an antenna was installed and two materials science experiments were retrieved for return to Earth.In other activities, the two crews transferred cargo between Endeavour and the station.NASA images generally are not copyrighted. Unless otherwise noted, images and video on NASA public web sites (public sites ending with a nasa.gov address) may be used for any purpose without prior permission. The e
CNN News story link NASA gives shuttle's underside a close look Managers say gouge caused by foam, not ice, so it may be less seriousAstronauts use robotic arm, laser-tipped boom to check depth of gashNASA looking to mitigate recurring problem of ice forming on fuel tank bracketsShuttle exposed to 2,300-degree temperatures as it passes through atmosphereHOUSTON, Texas (AP)-- Astronauts worked Sunday to give NASA a closer look at a troubling gouge on the Endeavour's protective heat shield to help determine whether they need to repair the 3-inch wound on the space shuttle's belly.Astronaut Charles Hobaugh used the international station's robotic arm to pull a 50-foot laser-tipped boom from Endeavour's cargo bay and hand it off to the shuttle's robotic arm.Later in the day, teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and crewmate Tracy Caldwell were gingerly maneuvering the shuttle's robotic arm to scan the damage in the difficult-to-reach belly area. The laser will help engineers c
Today Shuttle announced a new cool media center desktop PC that makes 'high-definition entertainment in SFF PC format a reality.' The XPC G5 3201M is the 'first small form factor computer equipped with a Blu-ray drive.' It can be configured with Core 2 Duo E6300 / E6600 / E6700 processor, up to 4GB RAM, max 500GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS 256MB graphics card, TV Tuner, b/g wireless, and Vista. It's now available with a starting price of $1,942. (Via Pclaunches.com.)
As astronauts continue their spacewalk mission NASA is trying to determine the extent of the ice damage on the heat shield of space shuttle Endeavour. Pictures taken from a routine inspection showed a three square inch gouge on the space shuttle, which NASA thinks was caused by ice that was formed by humid air contacting the liquid hydrogen fuel tank.
Tomorrow astronauts will use the robotic arm, which has a camera attached to it, to look closer at the damage, and will also determine the depth of the gouge by using a laser. If NASA determines that the astronauts will have to fix it then they will extend the mission to allow the astronauts to perform another spacewalk to fix the damage using the materials that are already available to the astronauts.
As of now three spacewalks are scheduled with the possibility of a fourth, depending on how bad the damage is. If a fourth spacewalk is required then the mission will be extended from 11 days to 14 days.
Just watched the launch of Shuttle STS118 (Endeavour) live on NASA TV. I haven't watched a Shuttle launch on live TV for absolutely years and watching it on-line at NASA.gov was a great new experience. It is amazing to think that the Shuttle program has been in orbit now for some 26 years, and despite the various setbacks along the way it is hard to believe that the Sun is about to set on the Shuttle program. I watched the first Shuttle launch on Tv from behind my desk at school and watching this most recent launch raised the adrenalin level a few degrees. What an absolutely awesome ride! Eight minutes to Earth orbit and the ride of your life is worth paying for in my book. The pictures shot from the main tank camera showing Earth receding into the distance were fantastic and it reminded me of watching the film taken from the Saturn 5 launches of the Apollo program, pictures that will probably be seen again in the coming years when NASA gets the Orion project off the launchpad. It wi
The weather hazy, hot and humid. Looks good for a launch.
Space Shuttle Mission STS-118
Orbiter: Endeavour
Mission: Space Station Assembly Mission 13A.1
Primary Payload: S5 Truss
Launch Date: August 8
Launch Time: 6:36:39 p.m. EDT
Launch Window: 10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Microsoft’s Photosynth software is basically an application that takes hundreds of photos of a certain landmark, object or building allowing it to be seen in a ‘3D view’ on the computer.
Microsoft’s latest 3d model coverage is the Space Shuttle Endeavour on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, before it launches. It allows you to move around, zoom in and view with great accuracy.
It really is a great and innovative idea that I’m sure someone like Google will catch onto soon and make faster, simpler and easier to use. What do you think of the Microsoft Photosynth Software? Click here to try it out, providing you’re on a windows-only machine.
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Berhubung dengan semakin sempitnya lahan parkir di ITB, saya ingin menyumbang ide (LAGI) untuk setidaknya mengurangi jumlah permasalahan di kampus ini. Saya juga bingung dengan sempitnya tempat parkir ini. Makin hari, makin sempit saja. Sampai-sampai, sebagai pejalan kaki, saya terhambat karena begitu banyak kendaraan bermotor yang parkir. Hmm, apa boleh buat ? Akhirnya, saya mengalah [...]
Unglaublich: Mindestens zweimal sollen betrunkene US-Astronauten die Flugerlaubnis erhalten und angeheitert ein Space Shuttle ins All pilotiert haben. Das Fachblatt “Aviation Week & Space Technology” berichtete auf seiner Homepage, dass in beiden Fällen sogar Ärzte und andere Astronauten vor einer Gefährdung der Flugsicherheit gewarnt haben.
Some genius at NASA created a banner and spelled the orbiters name wrong. Instead of spelling it Endeavour they spelled it Endeavor. You would think that if anyone could spell the name right it would be the ones that operate the shuttle. Nice going.
Here is the full article.
Τα νέα shuttle Pc
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The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis is folding back solar arrays on the International Space Station in preparation for Friday’s Space walk to repair a portion of the shuttle’s thermal blanket that pulled away on the rear of the shuttle. The crew is probably extremely on edge at the moment from being awaken this morning by a false alarm triggered by the restart of a Russian navigation computer.
techtoppicks wishes them the best of luck
How nervous are shuttle astronauts you ask?
They’re so nervous you couldn’t drive a pin up their asses with a sledge hammer.
If you put a dime on a railroad track and let trains run over it for a week, you wouldn’t be able to slide it between their butt cheeks. That’s how nervous they are.
Atlantis Space Station Bound! Cheers and shouts can be heard throughout the Kennedy Space Center as Atlantis roars off the launch pad into a clear blue Florida sky!Within 10 minutes, the shuttle will be in orbit around the Earth. Within 24 hours Atlantis will undergo the rendezvous pitch maneuver and thermal protection system tile inspection. By flight day 3, Atlantis will be ready to dock with the International Space Station.Mission and Crew, Mission STS-117 is the Space Shuttle Program's 21st mission to the International Space Station. Rick Sturckow will command the mission and Lee Archambault will serve as Atlantis' pilot. Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, James Reilly, Steven Swanson, John Olivas and Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson round out the crew to deliver the S3/S4 starboard truss segments, batteries and another pair of solar arrays to the space station. Anderson will replace Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams on station and Williams will return to Earth ab
LIVE LAUNCH AND MISSION VIDEO NASATV: REAL MEDIA PLAYER amd WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYERTHIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED DAILY FOR THE REMAINDER OF MISSION STS-117, Previous missions: STS-115 Space Shuttle Atlantis FULL MISSION COVERAGE (VIDEO) and STS-121 Space Shuttle Discovery FULL MISSION COVERAGE (VIDEO).This is a virtual replica of the official countdown clock at the launch site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. It begins 43 hours before launch and mirrors the real clock by pausing during the various built-in holds during the countdown.Technorati Tags: NASA or STS-117 and space shuttle Atlantis or Kennedy Space Center and Live Video or VIDEO and Return to Flight mission or International Space Station and astronauts or space shuttle and Discovery or orbiter and physics or Space and astronomy or Jet Propulsion LaboratoryHigh Resolution ImageRELATED: Space Shuttle, Monday, June 19, 2006 STS-121 Space Shuttle Discovery FULL MISSION COVERAGE (VIDEO), Monday, June 12, 2006 STS-121 Crew Arrival (LIVE V
Can you imagine what the citizens of Jamestown would have thought of this? Picture a piece of Apollo 11 being the first cargo moved through a wormhole powered transgalactic subway system in 500 years. The people of Jamestown had left England to escape religious persecution. I wonder what they would think, good or bad, about the world we have made form their humble beginnings? On the one hand they would be amazed at the technological marvels but at the same time they would wonder how state supported religious persecution had managed to take root here as it had in Britain. I wonder if they could look past the bright and shiny technology that modern day man so takes for granted and see that humanity itself has not progressed an iota since their day. Some might even say it has possibly regressed since their time. Or at least we havent improved our lot in life as much as we could have from our vast modern day technological wealth. We can do better and we should. Hat tip to NASA Watch for
Presentado por la NASA en el Kennedy Space Center, el simulador es el más realista y logrará que te sientas despegar de verdadTechnorati: shuttle+launch+experience nasa simuladores+de+vuelo+nasa kennedy+space+centerBlogalaxia: shuttle+launch+experience nasa simuladores+de+vuelo+nasa kennedy+space+center
New Attraction Simulates Shuttle Launch at 17,500 MPH - WIREDExcerpt:"On Friday, the Kennedy Space Center will open the Shuttle Launch Experience, an amusement-ride-cum-astronaut-flight-simulator designed to mimic the 17,500-mph liftoff of a NASA shuttle orbiter.The 44,000-square-foot attraction isn't just a ride; it's a flight simulator on par with what astronauts in training experience, says Bob Rogers, CEO of BRC Imagination Arts, which built it."http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2007/05/shuttle_rideAlex
In Victoria, British Columbia, cruise passengers are getting a greener way to travel. Their city council has just approved the use of an eco-friendly shuttle for cruise passengers to get to and from tourist areas without interfering with the regular transit.
Victoria News writes
Run by former Gray Line general manager Gary Gale, Cruise Victoria plans to fuel its buses with biodiesel.
“We’re starting out at 20 per cent and we hope to be at 50 per cent by the end of the summer,” Gale said.
The shuttles were operated by Gray Line until the end of last summer. Gale left the company in October and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority approached him over the winter looking for a new operator.
Gray Line charged cruise ship passengers $5 US or $7 Cdn last year for an all-day pass on the shuttles. Gale said the cost will be $6 in either currency this year.
Mayor Alan Lowe called for the GVHA to work with tourism and business groups “to actively promote a free bus for cruise ship pa
