The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Cosimo · 11 Oct 2014 at 11:01

A view from the Cupola:

Cosimo · 12 Oct 2014 at 14:03

Amazing view of the ISS:

This extraordinary video clip was recorded at ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS) at about 19:05 UTC on 8 October 2014 as the station illuminated the ISS with a 3.6-Watt 532-nm green laser, used for testing next-gen optical communication technologies. The video clearly shows the ISS bathed in green light as it is tracked by the OGS through the 4-minute pass at an altitude of about 420 km.

The OGS is located at the Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain, which is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

Cosimo · 13 Oct 2014 at 08:24

BBC Four tonight.

21:00 Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race (90 mins):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lcxms

22:30 The Spaceman of Afghanistan (60 mins):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ltcgk

Cosimo · 13 Oct 2014 at 15:23

Grab a drink, turn up the volume and away we go:

ScarySquirrel · 13 Oct 2014 at 15:59

Cosimo said:

Hahahaha, at 2:03, what a mouthful!!!

"The trans cord rotocraft airframe crash test bed full scale crash test" - WHAT?

Glaucus · 13 Oct 2014 at 16:21

******* awesome, Bigalow to send a module to the ISS in 2015.

Spacex, Bigalow, lunar x prize and planetary resources. the future really is starting now.

http://www.universetoday.com/115135...ity-module-an-inflatable-room-for-astronauts/

Cosimo · 15 Oct 2014 at 14:32

A peek into Virgin Galactic:

Cosimo · 16 Oct 2014 at 07:48

Spacewalk two replacing a voltage regulation device and relocated camera and television equipment:

Cosimo · 16 Oct 2014 at 11:01

As the 12 of November approaches a look at how Rosetta's Philae lander will be deployed:

Cosimo · 16 Oct 2014 at 12:07

Yesterday’s launch of an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket with a IRNSS-1C GPS Satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre:

Cosimo · 17 Oct 2014 at 07:45

From Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana, two telecommunications satellites on their way:

Cosimo · 18 Oct 2014 at 08:34

Cosimo · 18 Oct 2014 at 09:43

The big day less than a month away....

Cosimo · 18 Oct 2014 at 14:29

Preview of spacewalk three which takes place on the 22nd:

Cosimo · 19 Oct 2014 at 09:14

Lucky people up there being able to see this:

Cosimo · 20 Oct 2014 at 12:22

Thermal images of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its descent after it launched in September from Cape Canaveral:

This awesome mid-wave IR video was taken from 50,000 ft (15 km) of the SpaceX Falcon9 first stage reentry. After peaking at 140 km, the stage performed a reentry burn from 70 down to 40 km altitude. Supersonic retrofiring brings a new meaning to "reentry burn"!

The 1st stage went on to soft land in the ocean. The 2nd stage went on to deliver Dragon CRS-4 to orbit for later rendezvous with ISS.

Cosimo · 20 Oct 2014 at 13:03

Rollout of a Proton-M rocket which will launch tomorrow with the Ekspress AM-6 communications satellite:

Cosimo · 22 Oct 2014 at 08:10

The ^^^^ launch:

Cosimo · 22 Oct 2014 at 13:06

Preparation of cargo vehicle "Progress M-25M". The launch of Soyuz-2.1a with "Progress M-25M" is scheduled for 29th of October:

Cosimo · 22 Oct 2014 at 15:27

A look at the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield:

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