Alan Kotok · @technewslit
1049 followers · 585 posts · Server journa.hostThe Jaxa space agency from Japan plans a landing later this year, while NASA from the U.S. also expects to launch an orbital mission to the moon this year.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45147
#News #Press #Science #Business #Space #Moon #NASA #Lunar #Orbiter #Lander #Rover #Astrophysics #India #Japan #China
#News #press #science #business #Space #moon #nasa #lunar #orbiter #lander #rover #astrophysics #India #japan #china
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
1409 followers · 1130 posts · Server techhub.social
The first operational #optical #communication line arrived in 📆1792, covering #France 🇫🇷 with a network of 556 stations stretching a total distance of 4,800 km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_communication#Semaphore_line
Picture : #NASA's #Mars #Telecommunications #Orbiter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA07499.jpg
#optical #communication #france #NASA #Mars #telecommunications #orbiter
Clemens Vasters' Pictures 📷 · @clemensv
440 followers · 1651 posts · Server photog.social
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery #photography #airandspace #aircraft #airplanes #atlantis #avgeek #aviationphotography #challenger #columbia #discovery #endeavour #enterprise #nasa #planes #rockwellinternational #sts135 #smithsonian #spaceshuttleprogram #atmospheric #crew #highlight #inspaceoperations #landing #lowearthorbit #orbiter #payload #reentry #spaceshuttle #spacecraft #spaceplane #stevenfudvarhazycenter #testflights (Flickr 08.07.2016) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/28086991582
#photography #airandspace #aircraft #airplanes #atlantis #avgeek #aviationphotography #challenger #columbia #discovery #endeavour #enterprise #nasa #planes #rockwellinternational #sts135 #smithsonian #spaceshuttleprogram #atmospheric #crew #highlight #inspaceoperations #landing #lowearthorbit #orbiter #payload #reentry #spaceshuttle #spacecraft #spaceplane #stevenfudvarhazycenter #testflights
InfoSondas · @infosondas
27 followers · 118 posts · Server astrodon.social
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
46 followers · 440 posts · Server universeodon.com
A #Photograph of #Space #Shuttle #Endeavour’s #crew cabin and nose. The name “Endeavour” is clearly visible below the #cockpit #windscreen. Below the name is an emergency escape #hatch. The “seam” where the payload bay doors meet the pressurized section is visible, as are several of the hinges on the doors.
The #SpaceShuttle’s reinforced carbon-carbon nose is visible, behind which is the forward Reaction Control System pod and its nozzles, which merges into the crew section.
This #Photo was taken after #NASA’s STS-134 mission to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 to the #ISS.
Endeavour is being towed to an Orbiter Processing Facility to be serviced and then prepared for #museum display. The #Orbiter is on public display at the California #Science Center.
#Spacecraft, #Photography, #STS134, #ReactionControlSystem, #RCS, #STS134, #AlphaMagneticSpectrometer2, #AMS02, #HumanSpaceflight, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC
Buy a print: https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/endeavour-returns-cabin-heron-and-fox.html
#photograph #Space #shuttle #endeavour #crew #cockpit #windscreen #hatch #spaceshuttle #photo #nasa #iss #museum #orbiter #Science #spacecraft #photography #sts134 #reactioncontrolsystem #rcs #alphamagneticspectrometer2 #ams02 #humanspaceflight #kennedyspacecenter #ksc
InfoSondas · @infosondas
26 followers · 105 posts · Server astrodon.social
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
38 followers · 327 posts · Server universeodon.com
When the time came to take #NASA’s Space #Shuttle #Discovery to the Smithsonian near Washington, the Shuttle Carrier #Aircraft was employed, as it usually was when the #SpaceShuttle needed to move.
This required the #Orbiter to be moved inside a truss-work structured called the Mate-Demate #Device, lifted up by cranes, and the #Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Airfcraft moved underneath for the Shuttle to be secured for transport.
An aerodynamic tail cone makes the #SCA easier to control.
The #MDD is next to the Shuttle Landing Facility.
#SpaceShuttleOrbiter, #SpaceShuttleDiscovery, #MateDemateDevice, #MDD, #ShuttleCarierAircraft, #Boeing747, #SCA, #ShuttleLandingFacility, #SLF, #Aviation, #AviationPhotography, #Spacecraft, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/discovery-mounted-on-the-shuttle-carrier-aircraft-heron-and-fox.html
#nasa #shuttle #discovery #aircraft #spaceshuttle #orbiter #device #boeing #sca #mdd #spaceshuttleorbiter #spaceshuttlediscovery #matedematedevice #shuttlecarieraircraft #boeing747 #shuttlelandingfacility #slf #aviation #aviationphotography #spacecraft #photograph #photography #photo
Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden · @kuuke
44 followers · 171 posts · Server mastodon.nl
Al Amal orbiter maakt een nieuwe kaart van Mars
Een nieuwe kaart van Mars toont de rode planeet in verbluffend detail en onthult een schat aan fascinerende geologische kenmerken die vanuit een baan om de planeet zichtbaar zijn.
https://www.kuuke.nl/al-amal-orbiter-maakt-een-nieuwe-kaart-van-mars/
#vae #orbiter #kaart #hope #mars
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
29 followers · 234 posts · Server universeodon.com
When US President Kennedy dared the United States, “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth,” #NASA was given expanded facilities occupying almost all of #MerrittIsland, which was a #swamp at the time. It took years of effort, and even more years of person-hour labor, to eradicate the #mosquitoes (and the #YellowFever) to complete the #ApolloProgram and send two men to the Moon and returned both and their rideshare safely to the #Earth.
When the #SpaceShuttle followed on, it continued to launch from the world’s most advanced #spaceport. And it landed there, as #Endeavour did after STS-134.
#SLS and #Orion will again send humans to the Moon from that spaceport.
Which is in a #marsh. Also, it’s infested with #alligators.
#MarshMadness, #Photo, #Photography, #Photograph,, #SpaceShuttleEndeavour, #STS134, #Orbiter, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC,
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/kennedy-space-center-is-in-a-marsh-heron-and-fox.html
#nasa #merrittisland #swamp #mosquitoes #yellowfever #apolloprogram #earth #spaceshuttle #spaceport #endeavour #sls #orion #marsh #alligators #marshmadness #photo #photography #photograph #spaceshuttleendeavour #sts134 #orbiter #kennedyspacecenter #ksc
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
A #photograph of #NASA’s #SpaceShuttle #Endeavour and its #reflection in a pond in the lower left of the frame. The #Orbiter has just returned from STS-134 mission to deliver the #AlphaMagneticSpectrometer02 #AMS02 to the #InternationalSpaceStation #ISS. The #Shuttle is being towed back to an Orbiter Processing Facility #OPF for servicing after this mission.
The Atlantis Orbiter had been rolled out to LC-39A hours earlier for the final Shuttle mission.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/endeavours-return-and-her-reflection-heron-and-fox.html
#photograph #nasa #spaceshuttle #endeavour #reflection #orbiter #alphamagneticspectrometer02 #ams02 #internationalspacestation #iss #shuttle #opf
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
A #Photograph of #NASA’s #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis stacked on the Crawler-Transporter at #KSC being rolled out to LC-39A on the evening of May 31, 2011. The #Space Shuttle #Orbiter Atlantis is mated to External Tank ET-138 and the #RSRB Reusable Solid Rocket Boosters.
Atlantis carried the #MPLM Multi-Purpose Logistics Module #Raffaello, full of supplies for the #ISS International Space #Station, as well as other supplies and experiments.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlantis-rolled-out-for-the-final-time-2-heron-and-fox.html
#photograph #nasa #spaceshuttle #atlantis #ksc #Space #orbiter #rsrb #mplm #raffaello #iss #station
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
This is a view of :nasa: #NASA’s #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis’ aft section on display in the #AtlantisMuseum, #KSCVC. #Florida with #OMS pods and 3 replica #SSMEs installed.
The three Space Shuttle Main #Engines burned liquid hydrogen #LH2 and liquid oxygen #LOX stored in the External Tank to push the #Shuttle into #orbit.
The OMS helped the #Orbiter enter its final, intended orbit and carry out its mission.
OMS and the #RCS were both fueled by toxic, but #storable #hypergolic propellants ( #MMH and #N204). These components had to be #decontaminated before displaying them.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlantis-engine-section-heron-and-fox.html
#nasa #spaceshuttle #atlantis #atlantismuseum #kscvc #florida #oms #ssmes #engines #lh2 #lox #shuttle #orbit #orbiter #rcs #storable #hypergolic #mmh #n204 #decontaminated
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
This view taken from a higher level in the #VAB looks over #Atlantis’ aft, clearly showing where the 3 #SSME engines were removed, as well as silver foil over where the #OMS pods attach.
It’s also possible to see the protective braces on the #payloadbay doors.
#SpaceShuttle #Orbiter is secure in the VAB and #KSC in #Florida, waiting to move to the #AtlantisMuseum being built by the KSC Visitors Complex.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlantis-moved-to-vab-10-heron-and-fox.html
#vab #atlantis #ssme #oms #payloadbay #spaceshuttle #orbiter #ksc #florida #atlantismuseum
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
#SpaceShuttle #Orbiter #Atlantis is backed into the tall #VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building). It will wait there, missing its #RCS (#ReactionControlSystem) and #OMS (#OrbitalManeuveringSystem)
which are being decontaminated at #WhiteSands #Space Harbor from the toxic #MMH monomethylhydrazine /N2O4 that had filled its tanks for so long.
Translucent foil covers Atlantis’ RCS location, but nowhere else.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlantis-moved-to-vab-8-heron-and-fox.html
#spaceshuttle #orbiter #atlantis #vab #rcs #reactioncontrolsystem #oms #orbitalmaneuveringsystem #whitesands #Space #mmh
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
#SpaceShuttle #Orbiter #Atlantis is moved from one of the #Orbiter Processing Facilities #OPF to the Vehicle Assembly Building #VAB at #KSC to make way for #Endeavour to be fitted with mock-up Space Shuttle Main Engines #SSMEs and decontaminated Orbital Maneuvering System pods and forward Reaction Control System pod.
These systems have also been removed from Atlantis. The Space Shuttle Main Engines will be modified for use on the Space Launch System/ #SLS / #Artemis missions. The #OMS and #RCS pods were filled with toxic propellants and required decontamination at #WhiteSands Space Harbor.
This close view of Atlantis shows its crew #cabin and #name prominently.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlantis-moved-to-vab-2-heron-and-fox.html
#spaceshuttle #orbiter #atlantis #opf #vab #ksc #endeavour #ssmes #sls #artemis #oms #rcs #whitesands #cabin #name
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
In the #KSC Visitors Complex #AtlantisMuseuem, #NASA’s #SpaceShuttle #Orbiter #Atlantis is displayed for the public as if were in #space.
The payload bay doors are open, the #APAS docking ring is extended, and the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System #SRMS, or #Canadarm, is stretched out of the #payloadbay for visitors to get a close look at.
This photograph shows the #endeffector, which clasped onto specially build grapple-holds so the robot arm can firmly grasp its payload.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/canadarm-end-effector-2-heron-and-fox.html
#ksc #atlantismuseuem #nasa #spaceshuttle #orbiter #atlantis #Space #apas #srms #canadarm #payloadbay #endeffector
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
Fox 🦊 (the #photographer) spent part of his career as a #journalist covering the end of the #SpaceShuttle Era, including the landing of Space #Shuttle #Endeavour.
This #photo depicts the #towback of the Endeavour #Orbiter to :nasa: #NASA's Orbiter Processing Facility after #STS-134, the second-to-last Shuttle flight.
Endeavour delivered the #AlphaMagneticSpectrometer02/#AMS02 to the #InternationalSpaceStation/#ISS.
The marshy conditions of #KennedySpaceCenter/#KSC are visible in the lower right, a reminder of the #spaceport's humble origins. And the uncountable number of #alligators🐊 in waiting.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/endeavours-return-and-her-reflection-heron-and-fox.html
#photographer #journalist #spaceshuttle #shuttle #endeavour #photo #towback #orbiter #nasa #sts #alphamagneticspectrometer02 #internationalspacestation #kennedyspacecenter #spaceport #alligators
Kristian Harstad · @KristianHarstad
500 followers · 1400 posts · Server mastodon.cloud"Most famously in recent memory was the #Mars #Climate #Orbiter in 1999. The $125 million #space probe broke up in the #Martian #atmosphere after #engineers at #LockheedMartin, who built the instrument, used the #US #Customary System of #measurement rather than #metric measurements used by others on the #project. The #probe descended too close to the surface and was lost."
#customary #imperial #orbiter #space #martian #atmosphere #engineers #project #probe #mars #climate #lockheedmartin #us #measurement #metric
Ailantd Sikowsky · @Ailantd
4445 followers · 1156 posts · Server mastodon.art
Clemens Vasters' Pictures 📷 · @clemensv
320 followers · 662 posts · Server photog.social
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery #photography #airandspace #aircraft #airplanes #atlantis #avgeek #aviationphotography #challenger #columbia #discovery #endeavour #enterprise #nasa #planes #cryogenicpropellant #glider #highlight #hypergolicpropellant #lowearthorbit #orbiter #reentry #solidrocketboosters #spaceplane #spaceshuttle #spaceflight (Flickr 08.07.2016) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/27574535484
#photography #airandspace #aircraft #airplanes #atlantis #avgeek #aviationphotography #challenger #columbia #discovery #endeavour #enterprise #nasa #planes #cryogenicpropellant #glider #highlight #hypergolicpropellant #lowearthorbit #orbiter #reentry #solidrocketboosters #spaceplane #spaceshuttle #spaceflight