The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

End Creditz · 18 Sep 2012 at 12:19

Landing does look hard till you read the bit about the soft landing rockets which fire at the last second, hence increased volume of dust kicked up, to cushion the bump

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2012 at 14:47

The launch of a Soyuz 2-1a with MetOp B from Baikonur Cosmodrome yesterday:

Cosimo · 19 Sep 2012 at 08:32

Good to see an old friend again:

Departure from Kennedy is expected at 12:15 BST with a 20:00 BST arrival at Los Angeles International Airport. It will be live on NASA TV.

Cosimo · 19 Sep 2012 at 13:39

The journey starts:

Cosimo · 20 Sep 2012 at 08:25

Landing at 16:00.

Glaucus · 20 Sep 2012 at 12:08

If you haven't seen it this is worth a watch, just watching it myself

Rocket Man on Discovery Science 3:00am Thursday 20 September

Season 0. Episode 0 of 0. . Steve Bennett tries to launch the first privately funded spacecraft, able to carry three people into space and return them safely]

Its old(2001) and slightly outdated with their predictions
And if you want a ride to 100,000 ft in their next launch apply here.
http://www.starchaser.co.uk/

Seems last year they said September 2012 but can't see any recent news about it, other than the win a ride.

DirtyJester · 20 Sep 2012 at 20:27

Not sure if this the right place, but some amazing pictures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19637073

Cosimo · 21 Sep 2012 at 11:19

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Cosimo · 28 Sep 2012 at 03:45

Cosimo · 28 Sep 2012 at 22:56

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Cosimo · 5 Oct 2012 at 11:19

Another amazing image from Mars:

'Wheel Scuff Mark at 'Rocknest'

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity cut a wheel scuff mark into a wind-formed ripple at the "Rocknest" site to give researchers a better opportunity to examine the particle-size distribution of the material forming the ripple. The rover's right Navigation camera took this image of the scuff mark on the mission's 57th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 3, 2012), the same sol that a wheel created the mark. For scale, the width of the wheel track is about 16 inches (40 centimeters).

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Cosimo · 6 Oct 2012 at 07:21

djshauny1 · 7 Oct 2012 at 01:17

stulid · 7 Oct 2012 at 01:18

^
You need to type [youtube ] into the brackets.

Minus the space.

Cosimo · 7 Oct 2012 at 08:53

SpaceX will launch at 01:35 BST Monday 8th of October.

Cosimo · 7 Oct 2012 at 08:57

Anthoer trip down memory lane. Space Shuttle Atlantis hands-on: a look inside...

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/06/space-shuttle-atlantis-hands-on-a-look-inside-video/#continued

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