SpaceWeekly.com http://www.spaceweekly.com Your place for Space News Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Discovery Ready for Wednesday Morning Move http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50668 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50668#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:07:10 +0000 STS 133 Mission Updates tag:www.nasa.gov://400b3deab6b4e5f09eb8bfcda37dc181 Original posting
Mounted atop a specialized transporter, space shuttle Discovery is all set for a short drive Wednesday morning to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will be joined to a waiting set of two solid rocket boosters and a fuel tank. The move, known as "rollover" to the NASA Kennedy Space Center community of space workers, is slated to begin at 6:30 a.m. when Discovery is carefully backed out of Orbiter Processing Facility-3. The 76-wheeled transport will then truck the spacecraft across a wide, concrete road and into the VAB, where a skilled team of technicians will bolt a huge sling to the orbiter so it can be safely lifted and joined to the boosters and tank.

While their spacecraft undergoes preparations in Florida, the astronauts who will fly Discovery to the International Space Station will be practicing for their arrival in space. Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the crew will conduct a suited post-insertion simulation today.]]>
While their spacecraft undergoes preparations in Florida, the astronauts who will fly Discovery to the International Space Station will be practicing for their arrival in space. Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the crew will conduct a suited post-insertion simulation today.]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=50668 0 Mars500 video diary 6 – How supplies are rationed – Video http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50657 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50657#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:21:00 +0000 ESA Top Multimedia SEM97TGONDG Original posting

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]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=50657 0 ESA-supported mobile telecom system receives top engineering award http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50659 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50659#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:10:00 +0000 Technology SEMNJSGONDG Original posting
A satellite-based mobile communication system developed by Inmarsat with ESA support has been awarded Britain’s top prize for engineering innovation. The judges noted how well the BGAN system served relief teams responding to the Haiti earthquake. ]]> A satellite-based mobile communication system developed by Inmarsat with ESA support has been awarded Britain’s top prize for engineering innovation. The judges noted how well the BGAN system served relief teams responding to the Haiti earthquake. ]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=50659 0 Earl and Fiona http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50644 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50644#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0000 NASA Image of the Day http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1753.html Original posting
This image from the GOES-13 satellite, taken at 10:32 a.m. EDT on Sept. 3, shows a huge Hurricane Earl northeast of North Carolina with cloud cover stretching over the northeastern U.S. A disorganized Tropical Storm Fiona is located in the bottom right of this image. Image Credit: NASA/NOAA Goes Project ]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=50644 0 78 materials were added http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50401 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50401#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | What's New tag:www.jaxa.jp://52e1f1f4a376f6e9c5f6c3ca99eef08d Original posting
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]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=50401 0 NASA readies probe for up-close study of sun’s corona http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50236 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50236#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:01:49 +0000 canada.com Space News tag:www.canada.com:content=3483487 Original posting
NASA said it is developing a car-sized satellite that by "no later than 2018" will plunge into the sun’s outer atmosphere for an up-close study of its super-hot corona, solar wind and lethal radiation.]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=50236 0 VAB Preps Continue for Discovery http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=49845 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=49845#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:33:31 +0000 STS 133 Mission Updates tag:www.nasa.gov://44a7f7c02849cbd1cb4db9b4223d39db Original posting
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians are preparing the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters for space shuttle Discovery's arrival and connection next week. The tank and boosters are already stacked on the mobile launcher platform. Rollover of Discovery is set to begin at 6:30 am. EDT on Sept. 8. There is no work planned over the Labor Day holiday weekend.

At NASA's Johnson Space Center, the STS-133 crew is conducting a rendezvous simulation today.‪]]>
At NASA's Johnson Space Center, the STS-133 crew is conducting a rendezvous simulation today.‪]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=49845 0 Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait – Image http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=49892 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=49892#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:31:00 +0000 ESA Top Multimedia SEMLJEEODDG Original posting

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]]> http://www.spaceweekly.com/?feed=rss2&p=49892 0 We are recruiting for mid-career positions and aerospace project research associates http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50348 http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=50348#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | What's New tag:www.jaxa.jp://3c6c0a5cfc4f498f6829bfd10beff5b6 Original posting
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