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Astronaut Family Call
Being far from home can feel …
8/28/09
Description Being far from home can feel lonely at times, but on Aug. 21, Astronaut Timothy Kopra had the opportunity to talk with his sister, Lauri Kopra and her husband, Aaron Mashoian. The video downlink was provided by NASA's Ames Research Center. Kopra is the Expedition 20 flight engineer on the International Space Station and is scheduled to return with STS-128 in early September.
Date 8/28/09
Homecoming
In the 16th night landing at …
3/26/08
Description In the 16th night landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission's nearly 16-day flight to the International Space Station. The landing was the second opportunity after the first was waved off due to cloud cover over the Shuttle Landing Facility. The STS-123 mission delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Date 3/26/08
The Return of Buzz Lightyear
Disney's space ranger Buzz L …
9/17/09
Description Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11, aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. His time on the orbiting laboratory will celebrated in a ticker-tape parade together with his space station crewmates and former Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin on Oct. 2, at Walt Disney World in Florida. While on the space station, Buzz supported NASA's education outreach program-- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)--by creating a series of fun educational online outreach programs. Following his return, Disney is partnering with NASA to create a new online educational game and an online mission patch competition for school kids across America. NASA will fly the winning patch in space. In addition, NASA plans to announce on Oct. 2, 2009, the details of a new exciting educational competition that will give students the opportunity to design an experiment for the astronauts on the space station. Image Credit: NASA
Date 9/17/09
Buzz Lightyear Returns From …
ED09-0266-34 Disney's space …
9/16/09
Description ED09-0266-34 Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11 aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. While on the station, Buzz supported NASA's education outreach program «Éœ STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) by creating a series of fun educational online outreach programs. Following his return, Disney is partnering with NASA to create a new online educational game and an online mission patch competition for school kids across America. NASA will fly the winning patch in space. In addition, On Oct. 2 NASA plans to announce details of a new exciting educational competition that will give students the opportunity to design an experiment for astronauts on the space station. September 11, 2009 NASA Photo / Tony Landis
Date 9/16/09
NASA TV's This Week @NASA, M …
NASA Chief Technologist Bobb …
05/21/10
Description NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun helped kick off Spinoff Day on Capitol Hill. * A six-member team of aquanauts is testing exploration concepts off Florida's east coast in the difficult and often dangerous work environment of the ocean. * NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, is the new robotic record-holder for longevity on the Red Planet.* Recent studies sponsored by NASA suggest that Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may play a role in mitigating bone breakdown. * Astronaut Jeff Williams, Expedition 22 Commander of the International Space Station gave a special presentation at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington about his recent six month mission aboard the complex. * The Jet Propulsion Laboratory held its annual two-day open house for adults and kids alike. * Employees of the Glenn Research Center were visited by members of two space shuttle crews. * More than 200 cyclists took part in the Ames Research Center's second annual Tour de Ames Bicycle Race and Fun Ride.
Date 05/21/10
NASA TV's This Week at NASA, …
* Administrator Charlie Bold …
01/08/2010
Description * Administrator Charlie Bolden joined President Obama at a special White House ceremony honoring educators from across the country for their excellence in mathematics, science teaching and mentoring. The event was part of the President's ''Educate to Innovate'' campaign to boost student achievement in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. * More than 3,500 astronomers and students gathered in Washington for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society. This year's hot topics included the discovery of ''hot Jupiters",-- five new exoplanets detected by the Kepler telescope in deep space. These discoveries range in size from Neptune to larger than Jupiter and are known as ''hot Jupiters" because of their mass and extreme temperatures, 2,200 to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, they are far too hot to sustain life. * Space shuttle Endeavour moved from the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A, signaling the start of STS-130's upcoming mock launch countdown activities. Endeavour's astronauts and ground crews will participate in a launch dress rehearsal, known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, starting Jan. 19. The test provides shuttle crews an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training. STS-130 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on February 7 at 4:39 a.m. EST. * STS-130 will also take to the ISS a moon rock brought back from the lunar surface 40 years ago during the historic Apollo 11 mission, it'll be accompanied back to space by a small piece of the Earth's highest mountain. That rock was brought back from Mt. Everest last May by former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski, who'd carried the Apollo lunar sample on his trek up the 29-thousand and 35-foot-high mountain. * STS-129 Mission Specialists Leland Melvin and Bobby Satcher were among the riders of a flower-adorned Space Odyssey float in this year's Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.
Date 01/08/2010
NASA TV's This Week at NASA, …
* With skies overcast skies, …
01/22/2010
Description * With skies overcast skies, the next space shuttle crew set down their T-38s at the Kennedy Space Center, eager to begin their launch dress rehearsal, or Terminal Countdown Demonstration test. The crew will fly aboard space shuttle Endeavour bringing the Tranquility node and its cupola for installation on the International Space Station. The STS-130 mission is scheduled to liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, February 7, at 4:39 a.m. Eastern. * The scheduled launch of NASA's new Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is drawing near. Its prelaunch briefing, conducted at NASA headquarters in Washington and the Kennedy Space Center, gave media a look at SDO's unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. * JSC: The next International Space Station crew briefed reporters on their upcoming mission. NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson was joined by Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skyorsov and Mikhail Kornlenko to discuss their upcoming Expedition 23 mission. * Members of the STS-129 crew continued their whirlwind tour of NASA centers. Five members of the space shuttle Atlantis crew thanked employees at the Stennis Space Center for their part in a safe STS-129 mission to the International Space Station in November. * The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity this week celebrates six years of exploration and research on the surface of the red planet. * The most powerful camera aboard the NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be taking photo suggestions from the public.
Date 01/22/2010
NASA TV's This Week at NASA, …
The seven member STS-131 cre …
03/26/10
Description The seven member STS-131 crew continues to prep for its April mission to the International Space Station. Flying aboard the space shuttle Discovery the crew will deliver about 13-thousand pounds of supplies to the station. * NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy aircraft, SOFIA completed a two-week series of 'light envelope expansion' test flights. * Brenda Manuel, NASA Associate Administrator for Diversity and Equal Opportunity, was honored by the Society of Women Engineers as this year's recipient of the group's President's Award. A lawyer by training, Manuel was recognized for her longtime encouragement of women to pursue careers in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.* The final support beam for the Ames Research Center's new green building was installed during a special 'Topping Out' celebration. * Former moonwalker, Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin has again captured the nation√¢s attention as a contestant on the ABC television series, 'Dancing with the Stars.'
Date 03/26/10
NASA TV's This Week at NASA, …
Scientists now believe Earth …
04/09/10
Description Scientists now believe Earth's nearest neighbor Venus is more like our planet than they previously thought. New findings based on pictures and infrared imagery captured by the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission and NASA's Magellan spacecraft confirm that Venus is not a cold rock but a dynamic host of active volcanoes like those found in Hawaii. * Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover, has reached another milestone in its travels around the Red Planet. The rover has covered more than twelve-and-a-half miles since landing on Mars six years ago. * The first, full-scale, friction stir welded and spun-formed tank dome was unveiled by NASA and its partners at a special ceremony at the Marshall Space Flight Center. * Four members of the STS-130 Endeavour space shuttle crew expressed their appreciation for employees of the Marshall Space Flight Center during a recent visit. The crew thanked employees for supporting the successful February mission to the International Space Station. Among other contributions, Marshall provided the three main engines that powered the crew on their 14-day mission. * Twenty-nine years ago, on April 12, 1981, space shuttle Columbia was launched from the Kennedy Space Center. Commanded by Gemini and Apollo veteran John Young and piloted by first-time flyer Bob Crippen, this first space shuttle mission, STS-1, was also the first U.S. manned orbital space flight since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project almost six years earlier.
Date 04/09/10
Space Station Mock-up in Neu …
Title Space Station Mock-up in Neutral Buoyancy Simulator
Full Description The image shows two astronauts practicing construction techniques to build Space Station in Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at Marshall Space Center (MSFC)in 1985, early in the Space Station program. NASA began operating the NBS at MSFC in 1968. The NBS provided an excellent weightlessness environment to astronauts and engineers for testing hardware designed to operate in space while also affording the opportunity to evaluate techniques that were used in space to assemble structures such as Skylab, Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. The NBS tank is 75 feet in diameter, 40 feet deep, and contains 1.3 million gallons of water, and can accommodates structures as large as the 43-foot Hubble Space Telescope mockup. Engineers direct NBS activities from a state-of-the-art control room located on the first floor adjacent to the tank.
Date 12/1/1985
NASA Center Marshall Space Flight Center
STS-84 Landing
Title STS-84 Landing
Full Description Framed by the Vehicle Assembly Building in the distance, at left, and the Mate- Demate Device, the Space Shuttle Atlantis with its drag chute deployed touches down on KSC's Runway 33 at the conclusion of STS-84 mission. The Shuttle Training Aircraft piloted by Astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, acting deputy chief of the Astronaut Office, is flying in front of Atlantis. Main gear touchdown was at 9:27:44 a.m. EDT on May 24, 1997. The first landing opportunity was waved off because of low cloud cover. It was the 37th landing at KSC since the Shuttle program began in 1981, and the eighth consecutive landing at KSC. STS-84 was the sixth of nine planned dockings of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Atlantis was docked with the Mir for five days. STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale replaced astronaut and Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, who has been on the Russian Space Station since January 15. Linenger returned to Earth on Atlantis with the rest of the STS-84 crew, Mission Commander Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Eileen Marie Collins, and Mission Specialists Carlos I. Noriega, Edward Tsang Lu, Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency and Jean-Francois Clervoy of the European Space Agency. Foale is scheduled to remain on the Mir for approximately four months, until he is replaced by STS-86 crew member Wendy B. Lawrence in September. Besides the docking and crew exchange, STS-84 included the transfer of more than 7,300 pounds of water, logistics and science experiments and hardware to and from the Mir. Scientific experiments conducted during the STS-84 mission, and scheduled for Foale's stay on the Mir, are in the fields of advanced technology, Earth Sciences, fundamental biology, human life sciences, International Space Station risk mitigation, microgravity sciences and space sciences.
Date 5/24/1997
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Video- Demonstration of Rota …
Name of Image Video- Demonstration of Rotational Stability Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2002-06-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Pettit clearly demonstrates and explains the difference in rotational stability between a solid cylinder and a liquid filled cylinder. A solid cylinder spins stably on its long axis while the liquid cylinder rotates unstably and transitions to spinning end over end.
Video-Astronaut Don Pettit D …
Name of Image Video-Astronaut Don Pettit Discusses the Value of Space Research
Date of Image 2003-06-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Dr. Pettit speculates on the value of space research and the opportunities it offers for understanding nature?s mysteries.
Video- Demonstration of Selt …
Name of Image Video- Demonstration of Seltzer Tablet in Water Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2002-03-04
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Pettit demonstrates dropping an Alka Seltzer tablet into a film of water which becomes a floating ball of activity filled water. Watch the video to see the surprising results!
Video- Making a Film of Wate …
Name of Image Video- Making a Film of Water Aboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2002-12-18
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video, Dr. Pettit demonstrates how to make films of pure water. Watch the video to see how he does it, see his two-dimensional beaker, and marvel along with him at how tenacious the films are.
Video-Bubbles Inserted Into …
Name of Image Video-Bubbles Inserted Into a Floating Drop of Water on the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-03-05
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. Inserting a bubble into a floating ball of water in space is difficult, as Pettit demonstrates in this video. Blowing the bubble is the easy part. Getting it to stay in the center of the ball of water is much more difficult. Watch the video to see the technique Dr. Pettit finally uses and see the resulting visual surprise offered by the ensuing optical properties.
Video-Puff of Air Hits Ball …
Name of Image Video-Puff of Air Hits Ball of Water in Space Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-06-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Dr. Pettit demonstrates the phenomenon of a puff of air hitting a ball of water that is free floating in space. Watch the video to see why Dr. Pettit remarks ?I?d hate think that our planet would go through these kinds of gyrations if it got whacked by a big asteroid?.
Video- Astronaut Don Pettit …
Name of Image Video- Astronaut Don Pettit Discusses His Saturday Morning Science Demonstrations
Date of Image 2003-06-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. This video clip is an interview with Pettit after his mission in which he discusses his Saturday Morning Science demonstrations. This series of experiments offer a rich opportunity for laymen to peek into the fascinating world on orbit, and a valuable opportunity for active or potential space researchers to see research opportunities and pitfalls.
Video- Soldering Iron Insert …
Name of Image Video- Soldering Iron Inserted Through a Film of Water Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-02-25
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video, Dr. Pettit demonstrates the result of inserting a soldering iron into a thin film or sheet of water in space. Dr. Pettit makes comparative comments about the differences and similarities of boiling processes in space and on Earth.
Video- Water Droplet Demonst …
Name of Image Video- Water Droplet Demonstration on the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-06-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Dr. Pettit demonstrates a spilling phenomenon with films of water. After drawing a 100-200 micron thick film of pure water, which is impossible to do on Earth, Dr. Pettit oscillates the film back and forth like a drum head, forcing the water droplets to spill off. He observes that although the phenomenon looks much like drops of water that are ejected from the surface of a pool when a rock is dropped in, the underlying physics are very different.
Video- Demonstration of Lami …
Name of Image Video- Demonstration of Laminar Flow in a Liquid Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-06-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Pettit demonstrates laminar flow in a rotating film of water. The demonstration is done by placing tracer particles in a water film held in place by a round wire loop, then stirring the system rotationally. The resulting flow clearly demonstrates laminar 2D behavior with spiraling streamlines.
Video-A Bottle of Water And …
Name of Image Video-A Bottle of Water And Bubbles Rotate on the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-01-07
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video, Pettit performs a demonstration in which he shook up a bottle that was half full of water, half full of air, so that bubbles formed, then spun it real fast to see what would happen to the bubbles. Watch the video to see the outcome.
Video-Marangoni Convection D …
Name of Image Video-Marangoni Convection Demonstration Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-06-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. When researching diffusion in thin water films in space, shining a light on the experiment to observe the film?s behavior could turn the diffusion experiment into a convection experiment. In this video clip, Dr. Pettit provides a dramatic demonstration of Marangoni convection induced in a thin film of water in space with the only driving force being the light of a handheld flashlight used to observe the film. This surprising sensitivity to a weak light source should be an important consideration when designing a space experiment involving liquid-phase diffusion.
Video- Astronauts Don Pettit …
Name of Image Video- Astronauts Don Pettit and Ken Bowersox Paint Water Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-01-21
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. Science begets art in this video as Dr. Pettit and commander Ken Bowersox demonstrate two dimensional diffusion using food coloring in a film of water when they created an intriguing birdlike image. Dr. Pettit wonders aloud ?It makes us wonder what Matisse could do with a medium like this.?
Video- Water Injected Into B …
Name of Image Video- Water Injected Into Bubble Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-02-02
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video, Dr. Pettit demonstrates using a syringe to inject water into a bubble. The result amazed Dr. Pettit and his crew mates. They observed that the droplets may bounce around for 5 or 6 collisions within the bubble, and then may partially or all at once exchange masses with the bubble. Dr. Pettit speculates the dynamics as a possible interplay between tension forces of kinetic energy and momentum, and possibly even charged forces.
Video-Conservation of Moment …
Name of Image Video-Conservation of Momentum Observed Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-03-05
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video, Pettit uses the free fall environment of the ISS to demonstrate the conservation of momentum. He does so by sending bolts into rotation, end over end, into a rigid table from which they bounce off. After collision, the bolts will have nearly the same momentum as they did before the collision. This means that if the bolts bounce off in such a way that their rotation speeds up, the speed from which they translate away from the table must be reduced, and vice versa. This engaging video offers an intriguing insight into physical phenomena that are difficult to observe on Earth.
Video-Growing Salt Crystals …
Name of Image Video-Growing Salt Crystals Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-03-05
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. Growing salt crystals in a bottle of water is a favorite science activity for kids. In space, Dr. Pettit grew salt crystals in stretched films of water so that the salt water only fed the crystals around the edges rather than from all sides, as happens in a glass of water. This video of his demonstration shows that surface tension plays a surprisingly dominant role in the crystal formation and convection is more active that one might expect.
Video- Demonstrations of Sta …
Name of Image Video- Demonstrations of Stable and Unstable Solid Body Rotation on the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-08-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Pettit demonstrates stable and unstable modes for solid body rotation on the ISS. Using a hard cover textbook, he demonstrates that it will rotate stably about the longest and shortest axis, which represent the maximum and minimum movements of Inertia. Trying to rotate the book around an intermediate axis results in an unstable rotation in which the book appears to flip-flop while it rotates.
Video- Demonstration of Tea …
Name of Image Video- Demonstration of Tea and Sugar in Water Onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2003-03-02
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. Imagine what would happen if a collection of loosely attractive particles were confined in a relatively small region in the floating environment of space. Would they self organize into a compact structure, loosely organize into a fractal, or just continue to float around in their container? In this video clip, Dr. Pettit explored the possibilities. At one point he remarks, ?These things look like pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope.? Watch the video and see what happens!
Video-Bubbles Act as an Acce …
Name of Image Video-Bubbles Act as an Accelerator on the International Space Station (ISS)
Date of Image 2005-02-03
Full Description Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. Bubbles in a flask of water act as an accelerometer in space. In this video, Pettit demonstrates bubbles moving in a direction opposite to the residual g-vector. The demonstration shows scientists that they may need to consider the direction of the residual accelerations as influenced by the orientation of the ISS for future experiments.
Mounted Video Camera Capture …
Name of Image Mounted Video Camera Captures Launch of STS-112, Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis
Date of Image 2002-10-07
Full Description A color video camera mounted to the top of the External Tank (ET) provided this spectacular never-before-seen view of the STS-112 mission as the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis lifted off in the afternoon of October 7, 2002, The camera provided views as the the orbiter began its ascent until it reached near-orbital speed, about 56 miles above the Earth, including a view of the front and belly of the orbiter, a portion of the Solid Rocket Booster, and ET. The video was downlinked during flight to several NASA data-receiving sites, offering the STS-112 team an opportunity to monitor the shuttle's performance from a new angle. Atlantis carried the S1 Integrated Truss Structure and the Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart. The CETA is the first of two human-powered carts that will ride along the International Space Station's railway providing a mobile work platform for future extravehicular activities by astronauts. Landing on October 18, 2002, the Orbiter Atlantis ended its 11-day mission.
Camera Mounted on the Extern …
Name of Image Camera Mounted on the External Tank of the Orbiter Atlantis, STS-112
Date of Image 2002-09-01
Full Description his is a view of the video camera mounted on the External Tank (ET) of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-112). The camera provided a view of the front and belly of the orbiter, a portion of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), and ET during the launch. Located high on the ET liquid oxygen tank cable tray, the camera, 6 inches long and resembling a short thin flashlight, is inside an aluminum fairing covered in protective insulating foam. The battery pack and transmitter are contained in an electronics box and mounted in the intertank crossbeam inside the ET. The camera turned on 15 minutes prior to launch and operated for about 15 minutes following liftoff. At liftoff, viewers saw the Shuttle clearing the launch tower and, at 2 minutes after liftoff, saw the right SRB separate from the ET, and ET separation about 8 minutes into the flight. The video was downlinked from the ET during flight to several NASA data-receiving sites and then relayed to the live television broadcast. It provided the STS-112 team an opportunity to monitor the Shuttle's performance from a new angle. Launched on October 7, 2002, Atlantis carried its primary payload, the S1 Truss for the International Space Station.
Mounted Video Camera Capture …
Name of Image Mounted Video Camera Captures Launch of STS-112, Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis
Date of Image 2002-10-07
Full Description A color video camera mounted to the top of the External Tank (ET) provided this spectacular never-before-seen view of the STS-112 mission as the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis lifted off in the afternoon of October 7, 2002. The camera provided views as the orbiter began its ascent until it reached near-orbital speed, about 56 miles above the Earth, including a view of the front and belly of the orbiter, a portion of the Solid Rocket Booster, and ET. The video was downlinked during flight to several NASA data-receiving sites, offering the STS-112 team an opportunity to monitor the shuttle's performance from a new angle. Atlantis carried the S1 Integrated Truss Structure and the Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart. The CETA is the first of two human-powered carts that will ride along the International Space Station's railway providing a mobile work platform for future extravehicular activities by astronauts. Landing on October 18, 2002, the Orbiter Atlantis ended its 11-day mission.
Camera Mounted on the Extern …
Name of Image Camera Mounted on the External Tank of Orbiter Atlantis, STS-112
Date of Image 2002-09-01
Full Description This is a view of the video camera mounted on the External Tank (ET) of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-112). The camera provided a view of the front and belly of the orbiter, a portion of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), and ET during the launch. Located high on the ET liquid oxygen tank cable tray, the camera, 6 inches long and resembling a short thin flashlight, is inside an aluminum fairing covered in protective insulating foam. The battery pack and transmitter are contained in an electronics box and mounted in the intertank crossbeam inside the ET. The camera turned on 15 minutes prior to launch and operated for about 15 minutes following liftoff. At liftoff, viewers saw the Shuttle clearing the launch tower and, at 2 minutes after liftoff, saw the right SRB separate from the ET, and ET separation about 8 minutes into the flight. The video was downlinked from the ET during flight to several NASA data-receiving sites and then relayed to the live television broadcast. It provided the STS-112 team an opportunity to monitor the Shuttle's performance from a new angle. Launched on October 7, 2002, Atlantis carried its primary payload, the S1 Truss for the International Space Station.
Expedition Seven Observes Hu …
Name of Image Expedition Seven Observes Hurricane Claudette
Date of Image 2003-07-15
Full Description Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Expedition Seven crew members, Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, and Astronaut Edward T. Lu, had an outstanding opportunity to observe tropical storm Claudette as she turned into a hurricane and came ashore to their Houston home and other Texas areas. The storm produced winds of 80-85 mph gusting to 104 mph.
Space Shuttle STS-94 Columbi …
Name of Image Space Shuttle STS-94 Columbia launch
Date of Image 1997-07-01
Full Description The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-94) soared from Launch Pad 39A begirning its 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory -1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than the originally scheduled time to improve the opportunity to lift off before Florida summer rain showers reached the space center. During the space flight, the MSL-1 was used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that were planned for use on the International Space Station which were managed by scientists and engineers from the Marshall Space Flight Center, while the flight crew conducted combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard was the Hitchhiker Cryogenic Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which was attached to the right side of Columbia's payload bay. These payloads had previously flown on the STS-83 mission in April, which was cut short after nearly four days because of indications of a faulty fuel cell. STS-94 was a reflight of that mission.
Space Shuttle Columbia Launc …
Name of Image Space Shuttle Columbia Launch
Date of Image 1997-07-01
Full Description The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-94) soared from Launch Pad 39A begirning its 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory -1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than the originally scheduled time to improve the opportunity to lift off before Florida summer rain showers reached the space center. During the space flight, the MSL-1 was used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that were planned for use on the International Space Station which were managed by scientists and engineers from the Marshall Space Flight Center, while the flight crew conducted combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard was the Hitchhiker Cryogenic Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which was attached to the right side of Columbia's payload bay. These payloads had previously flown on the STS-83 mission in April, which was cut short after nearly four days because of indications of a faulty fuel cell. STS-94 was a reflight of that mission.
Onboard photo: Astronauts at …
Name of Image Onboard photo: Astronauts at work
Date of Image 1997-07-01
Full Description Onboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-94) Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt performs an observation at the Expedite Processing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack in the Spacelab Science Module. The EXPRESS rack accommodates experiments compatible with the Shuttle mid-deck, since the mid-deck will be used to ferry payloads to the International Space Station (ISS). The Microgravity Sciences Laboratory (MSL-1) mission provides an opportunity to test and demonstrate this Space Station hardware. Shown here in the rack is the Astro/Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus, used for studying the adaptation of higher plant systems to space flight.
Jupiter, Saturn and Messier …
Title Jupiter, Saturn and Messier 45
Explanation Brilliant Venus falls out [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990903.html] of the evening sky as March ends, but Jupiter and Saturn remain well up above the western horizon. Jupiter [ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/jupiter/jupiter.html ] blazes forth above and to the left of a slightly fainter Saturn [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000212.html ] in this telephoto picture taken on January 19th. Near the top lies the lovely Pleiades [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000227.html ] star cluster with suggestions of its characteristic blue reflection nebulae [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/ apod_search?reflection+nebula ]. These planets and the Pleiades have a similar, easily recognizable orientation in the Spring night sky. Also known as M45 [ http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m045.html ], the 45th object in French astronomer Charles Messier's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960626.html ] famous catalog, the Pleiades will likely soon be checked off many stargazers' tally lists. For northern hemisphere observers this weekend offers a prime opportunity to complete a Messier Marathon [ http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/marathon/ marathon.html ] -- the viewing of all 110 Messier catalog objects [ http://www.seds.org/messier/data2.html ] in one glorious [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000311.html ] dusk to dawn observing run. This weekend it will also be possible to complete an all-planet marathon, observing all the solar system's [ http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ ] planets in a single night. And if you still need something to look at, the International Space Station [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/viewing/ issvis.html ] could also be visible arcing through the skies depending on your location, but Mir will not [ http://www.russianspaceweb.com/ ].
ISS and Discovery Transit th …
Title ISS and Discovery Transit the Sun
Explanation That large sunspot [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031025.html ] near the right edge of the Sun is actually not a sunspot at all. It's the International Space Station (ISS [ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/ index.html ]) and the Space Shuttle Discovery [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020126.html ] on mission STS-114 [ http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html ]. In the past, many skygazers [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ ] have spotted the space station and space shuttles as bright stars gliding [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001214.html ] through twilight skies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020426.html ], still glinting [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010807.html ] in the sunlight while orbiting 200 kilometers or so above the Earth's surface. But here, astronomer Anthony Ayiomamitis took advantage of a rarer opportunity to record the spacefaring combination [ http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Sat-Trans-2005-07-28.htm ] moving quickly in silhouette across the solar disk. He snapped the picture on Thursday, July 28th from Athens, Greece. Launched [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050727.html ] on Tuesday, Discovery joined with [ http://www.aaw-darmstadt.de/sts-114.htm ] the ISS [ http://www.syrma.net/trabajos/fotos/20050518/transitoISS/ index.html ] Thursday, making the already large space station seem to loom even larger [ http://www.astromeeting.de/satellites/050714ISSb1024.htm ].
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ISS003-ESC-6152
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date 2001-10-04
creator NASA -- eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS003&roll=ESC&frame=6152 Image ISS0030-ESC-6152 was provided by the by the eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts can be viewed at NASA-JSC's eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.
identifier ISS003-ESC-6152
General Description STS-94 Shuttle Mission Imagery
General Description International Space Station Imagery
General Description International Space Station Imagery
General Description STS-98 Shuttle Mission Imagery
General Description STS-101 Shuttle Mission Imagery
General Description STS-104 Shuttle Mission Imagery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …
Description KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 2 during Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), members of the STS-97 crew look over the Orbital Docking System in Endeavour?s payload bay. In the center, standing, is Mission Specialist Joe Tanner. Kneeling (at right) is Mission Specialist Carlos Noriega. The others are workers in the OPF. The CEIT provides an opportunity for crew members to check equipment and facilities that will be on board the orbiter during their mission. The STS-97 mission will be the sixth construction flight to the International Space Station. The payload includes a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing solar power to the Station. STS-97 is scheduled to launch Nov. 30 from KSC for the 10-day mission
Release Date 09/16/2000
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …
Description KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 2 during Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), members of the STS-97 crew look over the Orbital Docking System (ODS) in Endeavour?s payload bay. At left, standing, is Mission Specialist Joe Tanner. At right is Mission Specialist Carlos Noriega, with his hands on the ODS. The others are workers in the OPF. The CEIT provides an opportunity for crew members to check equipment and facilities that will be on board the orbiter during their mission. The STS-97 mission will be the sixth construction flight to the International Space Station. The payload includes a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing solar power to the Station. STS-97 is scheduled to launch Nov. 30 from KSC for the 10-day mission
Release Date 09/16/2000
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …
Description KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 2 during Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), Mission Specialists Joe Tanner (left) and Carlos Noriega (right) practice working parts of the Orbital Docking System (ODS) in Endeavour?s payload bay. The CEIT provides an opportunity for crew members to check equipment and facilities that will be on board the orbiter during their mission. The STS-97 mission will be the sixth construction flight to the International Space Station. The payload includes a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing solar power to the Station. STS-97 is scheduled to launch Nov. 30 from KSC for the 10-day mission
Release Date 09/16/2000
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