The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Spook187 · 20 Jan 2014 at 21:27

bitslice said:
Actually I was going to make a thread on it until I guessed it might have already been discussed in here, so no I don't think it's a waste of money
(...I just had a pic uploaded and going to waste)

Pretty impressive landing a robot onto a speeding chunk of ice, well it will be if they manage it.

Good lad, we don't want the peasants from GD spoiling this great thread

Will be interesting to see what data they get from the comet

bitslice · 20 Jan 2014 at 22:05

After this there is the comet hopper, which is going to look at the comet that this one was supposed to see, but got delayed.

Cosimo · 21 Jan 2014 at 07:10

Cosimo · 21 Jan 2014 at 15:30

Launch window is 02:05-02:45 GMT on Friday 24th from pad SLC-41, Cape Canaveral.

More:

http://tdrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Cosimo · 21 Jan 2014 at 18:36

Cosimo · 22 Jan 2014 at 06:55

Looking good:

The 64-second test began at 1:15 p.m. EST with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending about 305 feet, significantly increasing the ascent velocity from the last test. Morpheus then flew forward, covering about 358 feet in 25 seconds before descending and landing on a dedicated pad inside the automated landing and hazard avoidance technology (ALHAT) hazard field. Morpheus landed within 15 inches of its target.

Cosimo · 23 Jan 2014 at 07:00

The next gen landing technology looking good:

Cosimo · 23 Jan 2014 at 07:25

Launch window is 02:05-02:45 GMT tomorrow.

Cosimo · 23 Jan 2014 at 15:42

Another test looking good:

Cosimo · 24 Jan 2014 at 07:14

TDRS-L up and away:

Cosimo · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:46

The United Launch Alliance video of the launch with a great launch sequence:

Cosimo · 24 Jan 2014 at 12:24

Not only a great video but a great picture as well:

Cosimo · 25 Jan 2014 at 09:05

Cosimo · 25 Jan 2014 at 11:58

Can't wait to see this on a rocket:

More:

http://www.sncspace.com/ss_space_exploration.php

Cosimo · 25 Jan 2014 at 16:29

Another cracker from Mars:

Self-Portrait by Opportunity Mars Rover in January 2014

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded the component images for this self-portrait about three weeks before completing a decade of work on Mars. The rover's panoramic camera (Pancam) took the images during the interval Jan. 3, 2014, to Jan. 6, 2014, a few days after winds removed some of the dust that had been accumulating on the rover's solar panels.

Opportunity landed on Mars on Jan. 25, 2004, Universal Time (Jan. 24, 2004, PST) for a mission that was planned to last three months. It is still active 10 Earth years later.

This image is presented as a vertical projection. The mast on which the Pancam is mounted does not appear in the image, though its shadow does.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ.

Glaucus · 25 Jan 2014 at 16:32

How is it active with those solar panels, it needs a miniature Canadair with a brush. Impressive that it gets enough power.

Cosimo · 27 Jan 2014 at 08:00

Sierra Nevada Corporation has announced that the first orbital test flight of Dream Chaser will take place in November 2016. The autonomous flight will launch aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral and a after a day in low earth orbit will land at Edwards Air Force Base:

http://www.sncorp.com/press_more_info.php?id=586

The first piloted mission will take place in 2017.

Cosimo · 28 Jan 2014 at 06:54

Russian cosmonauts have completed a six hour and eight minute spacewalk to re-install the two UrtheCast cameras on the ISS. It has been a partial success as the high resolution camera is working but the lower resolution camera has a problem with sending telemetry back to earth.

Cosimo · 28 Jan 2014 at 10:08

More:

http://www.nasa.gov/ames/12-incredible-accomplishments-of-nasa-ames-in-2013/

Cosimo · 29 Jan 2014 at 08:27

An "official" look back:

** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond