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Cosimo · 15 Mar 2015 at 07:07

Lockheed Martin's proposal for NASA’s second Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) work package, the Jupiter spacecraft bus and robotic arm:

Glaucus · 15 Mar 2015 at 11:07

I don't get the robotic arm, what's it's purpose? And that's got to be a fair amount if money to throw away in everyone. There still using Canada arm 2 to birth which means Canada arm 2 can reach it and retrieve anything in the unpressurised compartment. Unless it's just in there fir the servicing satellites and wouldn't be on the iss version.

Also throw away, which isn't the right way to go for a future craft, nasa needs to return experiments and the cost.

Cosimo · 16 Mar 2015 at 15:16

Rollout of a Proton-M" with the "Express AM-7" satellite at Baikonur Cosmodrome:

Launch scheduled for the 19th.

Glaucus · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:35

NASA are requesting to switch of opportunity. But I don't get it, their own review says it still has great science to give and us great value for money.
And they don't seem to have a plan of where that money would go instead :confused:

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/case...ortunity-a-mission-whose-time-has-passed.html

The only thing I can think is NASA thinks congress will save it and tag the 26m on top, effectively increasing their budget by a tiny fraction.

Cosimo · 17 Mar 2015 at 10:21

Two more Galileo navigation satellites going up from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the 27th at 21:46 GMT:

Cosimo · 18 Mar 2015 at 06:11

The Dream Chaser:

Cosimo · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:29

A look back at Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) which took place in December:

Cosimo · 19 Mar 2015 at 08:37

Launch of a Proton-M with the "Express AM-7" satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome:

Freakbro · 19 Mar 2015 at 12:15

I don't know if this has been mentioned, a concept mission to send a submarine to Saturns moon Titan :cool:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31854559

Cosimo · 21 Mar 2015 at 06:59

Cosimo · 23 Mar 2015 at 07:16

Expedition 43 crew, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka with Flight Engineers Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly prepare for launch later this week from Baikonur Cosmodrome:

Launch is 19:42 GMT (15:42 EDT) on the 27th.

Cosimo · 24 Mar 2015 at 09:06

A look back to the first Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) mission in February:

Cosimo · 25 Mar 2015 at 07:15

Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is mated to its Soyuz booster rocket March 24 as preparations continue for the launch of Expedition 43:

Launch is at 19:42 GMT on Friday.

Cosimo · 25 Mar 2015 at 15:04

Soyuz TMA-16M rollout:

Cosimo · 26 Mar 2015 at 07:03

Yesterday's launch:

Cosimo · 26 Mar 2015 at 10:52

Long version of Soyuz TMA-16M rollout from Roscosmos:

Launch is at 21:46 UTC on Friday.

Combat squirrel · 28 Mar 2015 at 00:44

1 year crew launches to ISS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwR1SnpcYCo

:eek:

EDIT: guys how do I get youtube links working? i did [ youtube ] xxxxxxxxx [/MEDIA] ......... just a white box, what gives?

Glaucus · 28 Mar 2015 at 00:46

It's a really interesting bit of research. Iirc he wont be the longest person in space. But he is the only one doing medical research against an identical twin in the ground.

Cosimo · 28 Mar 2015 at 07:22

Expedition 43 arrives at the station:

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