The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Monkeynut · 1 Sep 2016 at 17:58

Wonder what the problem was.

Trig · 1 Sep 2016 at 19:35

Anomaly during fueling apparently...

sgavan · 1 Sep 2016 at 19:38

Glaucus · 1 Sep 2016 at 20:19

, I hope this isn't another 6month set back.

Cosimo · 2 Sep 2016 at 07:57

Yesterday's spacewalk when Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams worked on the port side of the station’s truss system to retract a thermal radiator that is part of the station’s cooling system, tighten struts on a solar array joint, and install the first of several enhanced high-definition television cameras to monitor activities outside the station:

Cosimo · 2 Sep 2016 at 11:56

After two years Rosetta is almost at the end. A look at recent events in preparation for the mission’s end on 30 September, when Rosetta will spiral down to a landing site on the head of the duck shaped comet, performing science and taking images along the way.

Glaucus · 3 Sep 2016 at 01:06

if true, can i start having a little hope.

http://www.iflscience.com/technolog...ts-the-controversial-thruster-actually-works/

t has been confirmed to IFLScience by the AIAA that a paper on the EmDrive is being published in December 2016. They said:

“The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journal of Propulsion and Power has accepted for publication a paper in the area of electromagnetic propulsion. However, it is AIAA’s policy not to discuss the details of peer reviewed papers before/until they are published. We currently expect the paper in question to be published in December 2016.”

Cosimo · 3 Sep 2016 at 07:18

This week:

Cosimo · 6 Sep 2016 at 15:45

Nearly ready for the start of the OSIRIS-REx mission which will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu and bring a small sample back to Earth for study.

Launch window is set for 00:05 - 02:05 BST on Friday 9th of September.

More:

https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

Cosimo · 6 Sep 2016 at 23:07

The science of the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx mission:

What an exciting prospect this is!

Cosimo · 7 Sep 2016 at 07:19

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA and Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos head for home:

Cosimo · 8 Sep 2016 at 08:08

More about the OSIRIS-REx mission:

Cosimo · 8 Sep 2016 at 11:36

NASA scientists discuss asteroids, how they relate to the origins of our solar system, and the search for life beyond Earth:

Cosimo · 8 Sep 2016 at 13:30

Preparations for tonight's OSIRIS-REx launch:

Mobius 1 · 8 Sep 2016 at 15:57

Some interesting news I caught in science alert today. Any thoughts ?

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space

6 months ish away from testing in space. Could this be what we need to get us around our solar system much faster than conventional methods ? Or is it just a load of codswollop and won't work

Glaucus · 9 Sep 2016 at 00:00

5mins to go, looks so wrong with just one booster.

As for em drive posted a link a bit up about NASA peer review. If it works it will be amazing. But its still an if.

Digital X · 9 Sep 2016 at 00:03

Aside from Spacerip, what are good Space channels? Anything with blackholes, supernova, general space stuff. Discussion mainly, less "documentary" stuff? If that makes sense. No interviews with people and all that.

Cosimo · 9 Sep 2016 at 07:09

OSIRIS-REx launch:

Cosimo · 9 Sep 2016 at 08:09

OSIRIS-REx post launch briefing and highlights:

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