** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
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Curiosity Rover on the move:
Fancy a trip to space then send your selfie to space aboard the 2016 LightSail mission:
http://www.planetary.org/get-involved/messages/lightsail/
http://www.planetary.org/get-involved/messages/lightsail/
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Now that would be quite a ride, wonder how many G they have to pull to get it clear that fast?
The dummy inside that was expected to experience around 4.5 G with it's sensors.
Astronauts going up to the station during a Soyuz launch can experience from 3.6 to 4.2 G. They are trained to experience forces much larger than that and don't forget that they do wear G-suits to help prevent blackouts. `
The US Air Force's AFSPC-5 payload being mated to an Atlas V booster inside the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Cape Canaveral:
Due for launch on May 20th.
Due for launch on May 20th.
Engineers from the aerospace companies Northrop Grumman and L'Garde are developing an unmanned inflatable aircraft that could fly around the skies of Venus for up to a year. The Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform (VAMP) would use a combination of powered flight and passive floating:
More:
http://spacenews.com/venus-plane-possible-for-next-nasa-planetary-mission/
More:
http://spacenews.com/venus-plane-possible-for-next-nasa-planetary-mission/
Progress in the preparation for deep space exploration:
NASA's Opportunity rover completes its first Martian exploration marathon in just over eleven years:
Rollout of a Proton-M/Briz-M which will launch the MexSat-1 communications satellite from Baikonur tomorrow morning:
The Proton-M/Briz-M with MexSat-1 launch:
The trouble is that the Proton rocket’s third stage failed about eight-and-a-half minutes after launch just before the booster was programmed to disconnect from the Breeze M upper stage.
Tass/Interfax have reported that the most cause of failure was the RD-0214 steering engine of the third stage.
It is also reported that debris from the Proton-M is likely to have fallen in the Zabaykalsky Krai region of Siberia.
The trouble is that the Proton rocket’s third stage failed about eight-and-a-half minutes after launch just before the booster was programmed to disconnect from the Breeze M upper stage.
Tass/Interfax have reported that the most cause of failure was the RD-0214 steering engine of the third stage.
It is also reported that debris from the Proton-M is likely to have fallen in the Zabaykalsky Krai region of Siberia.
Launch scheduled for 20 May at 15:45 BST (10:45 EDT) and will be shown live.
So what do you do if there is a fire aboard:
Don
Not been a good month or two for Russia, could have a serious knock on effect for future business as well.
Yesterday's launch:
Dragon on the way home:
Dragon splashed down yesterday at 16:42 UTC, 250km off the coast of California.
Dragon splashed down yesterday at 16:42 UTC, 250km off the coast of California.
