SPACE

[PVB]

Discovery Channel and Discovery HD, tomorrow (Sunday) 9pm:

NASA's Greatest Missions

Digitally remastered (so they'll look better on the HD channel), with the first episode tomorrow, once a week at 9pm(approx.) on Sundays (repeated during the week).

[benedictw]

SpaceX Reaches Orbit

They've finally done it - first private company to reach orbit with no government help.

Video of it here: http://spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php?id=30

[zip accident]

SpaceX Reaches Orbit

They've finally done it - first private company to reach orbit with no government help.

Video of it here: http://spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php?id=30

Congratulations to them.

[Orava]

Astronaut poo fireworks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7641915.stm

[PVB]

Discovery Channel and Discovery HD, tomorrow (Sunday) 9pm:

NASA's Greatest Missions

Digitally remastered (so they'll look better on the HD channel), with the first episode tomorrow, once a week at 9pm(approx.) on Sundays (repeated during the week).

Saw the first episode and couldn't see anything that looked remastered.

Maybe they only did it to the actual moonwalk footage?

[Firefox]

SpaceX Reaches Orbit

They've finally done it - first private company to reach orbit with no government help.

I'm well impressed with that! Orbit is a lot harder than 62 miles up and back down again (not that I'm saying that that's piece of piss, mind).

[teamonkey]

Lord British went into space this morning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7664963.stm

[F-ZeroOne]

Never knew his Dad was an astronaut. Talk about quality time together.

Theres a pretty good programme on the Discovery/History channels called "Moon Machines", which is all about the technology of the Apollo missions, but with more emphasis on the "backroom boys" - they interview a lot of the engineers and designers. Pretty interesting. I unfortunately missed the one on designing a space suit, but you know how these things get repeated...

[Darkflame]

SpaceX Reaches Orbit

They've finally done it - first private company to reach orbit with no government help.

Video of it here: http://spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php?id=30

Congratulations to them.

Indeed, a very nice achievement

[foxyloxy]

Indian Chandrayaan-1 launch, live feed. Firing in about 20 minutes.

[WiteWulf]

NASA have declared Phoenix dead:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7721032.stm

[Darkflame]

-sigh-

[axel000]

STS-126 is gearing up for launch this Friday.



Target Launch Date: Nov. 14
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 15 days

Crew Expansion Prep, SARJ Repair Focus of STS-12610.30.08

For years, STS-126 has been planned as the mission that will give the International Space Station the ability to support twice the crew currently living there. But since the most recent inspection of the station’s solar alpha rotary joint, it’s also become the mission that will ensure the station can generate the power those extra crew members will require.

All together – and with a few other tasks thrown in for good measure – there will be a busy four days of spacewalking outside the station. But that doesn’t mean a break for those left inside.

“If the outside work doesn’t get you excited,” said Ginger Kerrick, lead station flight director for the mission, “the inside work will.”

The power generated by the two SARJs will be put to good use next year when the station increases to a crew of six, rather than the current three. STS-126’s main purpose is to get the station ready for the expansion, and space shuttle Endeavour is bringing with it a multi-purpose logistics module loaded with about 32,000 pounds of equipment with which to do so.

“It’s the most jam-packed logistics module we have ever carried up there,” STS-126 Commander Chris Ferguson said. “We’re taking a three-bedroom, one-bathroom house and turning it into a five-bedroom, two-bathroom house with a gym.”

[RedOktober]

Astronaut poo fireworks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7641915.stm

If these dustbins can automatically search and dock by themselves, why can't the space shuttle?

[Bog]

Phoenix was declared dead, yeah - after her last Tweet.

01010100 01110010 01101001 01110101 01101101 01110000 01101000 <3

To translate: "TRIUMPH"

Yes, dear little lander, it was. I'm making a note here: Huge success. It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.