Who dunnit? Like a scene from a space mystery [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/2001:_A_Spa ce_Odyssey_(film) ] movie, a spacesuit floated away from the International Space Station [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] earlier this month, but no investigation was needed. It was pushed out by the space station crew. Dubbed Suitsat-1 [
http://science.nasa…], the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit [
http://www.esa.int/…] filled mostly with old clothes [
http://www.newscien…] was fitted with a faint radio transmitter [
http://electronics.…] and released to orbit the Earth. Suitsat-1 will orbit once every 90 minutes until it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere within a few weeks. The suit circled the Earth twice before its radio signal became unexpectedly weak [
http://www.amsat.or…]. Pictured above [
http://spaceflight.…], the lifeless spacesuit was photographed as it drifted away from the Earth-orbiting space station [
http://www.nasa.gov…] earlier this month.
Explanation
Who dunnit? Like a scene from a space mystery [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/2001:_A_Spa ce_Odyssey_(film) ] movie, a spacesuit floated away from the International Space Station [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] earlier this month, but no investigation was needed. It was pushed out by the space station crew. Dubbed Suitsat-1 [
http://science.nasa…], the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit [
http://www.esa.int/…] filled mostly with old clothes [
http://www.newscien…] was fitted with a faint radio transmitter [
http://electronics.…] and released to orbit the Earth. Suitsat-1 will orbit once every 90 minutes until it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere within a few weeks. The suit circled the Earth twice before its radio signal became unexpectedly weak [
http://www.amsat.or…]. Pictured above [
http://spaceflight.…], the lifeless spacesuit was photographed as it drifted away from the Earth-orbiting space station [
http://www.nasa.gov…] earlier this month.
Explanation
