The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Cosimo · 28 Jun 2013 at 10:22

The Resurs P1 launch:

Cosimo · 1 Jul 2013 at 13:40

The rollout of a Proton-M rocket which will launch three Glonass satellites tomorrow:

Cosimo · 1 Jul 2013 at 17:58

Cosimo · 2 Jul 2013 at 09:51

Westyfield2 said:
Lol, rocket had too much vodka.

Shame that they didn't have a self-distruct button to finish it off.

Cosimo · 5 Jul 2013 at 13:30

More videos of the Proton-M launch fail:

http://www.spaceflight101.com/proton-m-block-dm-03-glonass-launch-failure-videos.html

Cosimo · 6 Jul 2013 at 07:53

Cosimo · 9 Jul 2013 at 09:03

Details of today's and 16th of July spacewalks:

Cosimo · 10 Jul 2013 at 08:00

Space walk update:

Cosimo · 10 Jul 2013 at 08:18

Proposed 2020 Mars Rover Science Goals:

Cosimo · 10 Jul 2013 at 09:37

The Mars Science Laboratory Rover has started the long journey from Yellowknife Bay to Mount Sharp. The journey is expected to take up to a year. Details, images and maps:

http://www.spaceflight101.com/msl-mission-updates-6.html

Cosimo · 12 Jul 2013 at 08:21

Cosimo · 12 Jul 2013 at 13:41

Cosimo · 12 Jul 2013 at 17:54

Might come in useful one day.

Cosimo · 13 Jul 2013 at 07:05

Cosimo · 16 Jul 2013 at 13:12

The second Expedition 36 Spacewalk is now showing live:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

Cosimo · 16 Jul 2013 at 14:37

The spacewalk has been end after Luca Parmitano reported water free-floating behind his head inside his helmet.

Cosimo · 17 Jul 2013 at 08:12

Cosimo · 17 Jul 2013 at 15:32

Technicians at Textron Defense Systems near Boston are applying Avcoat ablator material to some 330,000 cells of a honeycomb on the heat shield of NASA's new Orion spacecraft. To ensure that each cell is filled correctly, they are individually X-rayed and a robot is used to machine the material, sanding off fractions of an inch so that the heat shield matches Orion's precise plans.

Cosimo · 18 Jul 2013 at 08:07

MUOS-2 aboard an Atlas 5 rocket is set to launch at 1348-1432 BST (8:48-9:32 a.m. EDT) tomorrow.

The mission.

Cosimo · 18 Jul 2013 at 10:59

cu3ed said:
Any ideas how water would manage to find its way into the helmet of all places?

They do not know what caused the leak and the investigation is ongoing.

The space suit contains a drink bag which holds 32 ounces of potable water. There is also the cooling and ventilation system which contains about a gallon of water. Initially engineers thought it was the drink bag but that does appear to be the problem. Sweat has also been ruled out as a cause of the problem.

The briefing from a couple of days ago:

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