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** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
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Wow.
Soldato
Theres always one...
This week:
What a blast. NASA's new High Dynamic Range Stereo X (HiDyRS-X) camera. The camera records high speed HDR footage in multiple exposures simultaneously for use in analyzing rocket engine tests:
Some high speed footage from SpaceX showing, May JCSAT-14; July CRS-9 launch, stage separation, engine plume interaction, and re-entry burn; December 2015 ORBCOMM landing burn; July CRS-9 landing burn:
Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins talk about their upcoming spacewalk to install the first International Docking Adapter and research they are conducting in orbit. Williams and Rubins will carry out their spacewalk on Aug 19 to install the docking adapter to the forward end of the Harmony module to which U.S. commercial crew vehicles will link up to in the future:
This week:
The next SpaceX launch, Falcon 9 carrying the JCSat-16 satellite for Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT is early tomorrow.
Launch is at 06:26 - 08:26 BST (01:26 - 03:26 EDT).
Live hosted webcast will start 20 minutes before launch:
http://www.spacex.com/webcast
Live technical webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OERDIFnFvHs
Press Kit:
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_jcsat16_press_kit.pdf
Launch is at 06:26 - 08:26 BST (01:26 - 03:26 EDT).
Live hosted webcast will start 20 minutes before launch:
http://www.spacex.com/webcast
Live technical webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OERDIFnFvHs
Press Kit:
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_jcsat16_press_kit.pdf
Another great launch and successful landing:
Media briefing about the spacewalk on the 19th when Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins will install a new gateway for American commercial crew spacecraft:
The walk is scheduled to start at 13:05 BST (08:05 EDT) and will be live o NASA TV.n
The walk is scheduled to start at 13:05 BST (08:05 EDT) and will be live o NASA TV.n
More on that gateway, the International Docking Adapter (IDA):
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/meet-the-international-docking-adapter
The preparation for the IDA:
The first IDA was lost, the second, IDA-2 will be installed on Friday.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/meet-the-international-docking-adapter
The preparation for the IDA:
The first IDA was lost, the second, IDA-2 will be installed on Friday.
Soldato
Docking connector with lasers on it, tin foil hats at the ready...
Animation show the installation of the IDA on the 19th:
A NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute with the RockSat-X payload was successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility earlier today:
The rocket:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/terrier-improvedMalemute.html
The rocket:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/terrier-improvedMalemute.html
Media briefing for the upcoming OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) mission which will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu and bring a small sample back to Earth for study. The mission is scheduled to launch September 8th.
OSIRIS-REx mission home:
http://www.asteroidmission.org/
OSIRIS-REx mission home:
http://www.asteroidmission.org/
IDA extraction:
The spacewalk is scheduled to start at 13:05 BST (08:05 EDT) and will be live o NASA TV.
The spacewalk is scheduled to start at 13:05 BST (08:05 EDT) and will be live o NASA TV.
Soldato
IDA installation:
A 360 of Curiosity Mars Rover at Murray Buttes: