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Great launch...

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Another stunner from David Peterson, time-lapse photography from the ISS collected from Expeditions 29, 30 and 31. It can be viewed in 4K:


Sequences:

0:03 - Bosnia & Herzegovina to Ukraine
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 55446-55591

0:08 - South Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Liberia
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 154281-154472

0:16 - Greece and Turkey
Mission ISS031, Frames: 26008-26202

0:24 - South Pacific Ocean, near Peru
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 48993-49186

0:32 - Turkey to Syria
Mission: ISS031, Frame: 76590-76782

0:39 - Libya to the Mediterranean
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 25782-25972

0:47 - Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Madagascar
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 50818-51010

0:54 - Pacific Ocean, south of Japan
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 117700-117772

0:58 - Pacific Ocean, facing North passing Hawaii
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 101027-101674

1:02 - China, Japan, Pacific Ocean
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 112458-112553

1:06 - South Pacific to North Atlantic, across Colombia/Venezuela
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 75421-75513

1:10 - South Pacific to South Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 42147-42242

1:14 - South Pacific to North Atlantic, across Colombia/Venezuela
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 48140-48199

1:17 - Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand to USA
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 66043-66136

1:22 - Southern Chile to Angola, facing south
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 49203-49277

1:25 - Iran to Australia
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 180064-180120

1:29 - North America to South America
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 180172-180222

1:33 - Pacific Ocean to Chile/Argentina/Brazil, facing south
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 48094-48139

1:37 - South Pacific/Japan & North Pacific
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 154164-154204,154205-154256

1:40 - South Pacific to South Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina/Brazil
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 44598-44645

1:44 - South Pacific to North Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina/Brazil
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 159064-159113

1:48 - India/Thailand/Indonesia/Australia/New Zealand
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 177704-177764

1:52 - South Pacific to South Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina/Brazil
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 37675-37735

1:56 - DR Congo/Zambia/Mozambique/Madagascar/India*n Ocean
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 21632-21819

2:03 - Lovejoy Comet over Australia
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 14225-14455

2:11 - Moon rising over China
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 27699-27763

2:13 - Moon rising over Pacific Ocean, south of Japan
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 27468-27526

2:14 - Moon rising over Taiwan & Philippines (with Don Pettit)
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 27802-28017
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In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth.

Using photo mosaics and elevation data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this video commemorates the 45th anniversary of Apollo 8's historic flight by recreating the moment when the crew first saw and photographed the Earth rising from behind the Moon. Narrator Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon, sets the scene for a three-minute visualization of the view from both inside and outside the spacecraft accompanied by the onboard audio of the astronauts.

The visualization draws on numerous historical sources, including the actual cloud pattern on Earth from the ESSA-7 satellite and dozens of photographs taken by Apollo 8, and it reveals new, historically significant information about the Earthrise photographs. It has not been widely known, for example, that the spacecraft was rolling when the photos were taken, and that it was this roll that brought the Earth into view. The visualization establishes the precise timing of the roll and, for the first time ever, identifies which window each photograph was taken from.

The key to the new work is a set of vertical stereo photographs taken by a camera mounted in the Command Module's rendezvous window and pointing straight down onto the lunar surface. It automatically photographed the surface every 20 seconds. By registering each photograph to a model of the terrain based on LRO data, the orientation of the spacecraft can be precisely determined.
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Glaucus said:
legs!!!!
Freaky extra jointed legs with no feet.

Rosseta is due to be woken up from deep hibernation on 20th of january.
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Going to be amazing if it all works:


Visualisation of the deployment of the Philae lander from Rosetta at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014. Rosetta will come to within 2.5 km of the comet's surface to deploy Philae, which will then take around 2 hours to reach the surface. Because of the comet's extremely low gravity, a landing gear will absorb the small forces occurring during landing while ice screws in the probe's feet and a harpoon system will lock the probe to the surface. At the same time a thruster on top of the lander will push it down to counteract the impulse of the harpoon imparted in the opposite direction. Once it is anchored to the comet, the lander will begin its primary science mission, based on its 64-hour initial battery lifetime. Then it will use solar cells to recharge and attempt to operate for several further weeks to months, depending on the activity of the comet and how quickly the solar cells are covered in dust.
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Cosimo said:
Great launch...

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Korolev would be proud!

There have obviously been technical refinements over the last 50+ years or so but essentially this is the same rocket (Design) that put Sputnik into orbit!

It is about as close to a "Perfect solution" (Like, say in biological terms, a Shark or a Feline) as one can get in rocketry!

This is like NASA still using Redstones as their main disposable launcher!!

Go "Chief Designer"! Go Gaia!:D
 
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