New Status: 32 Soyuz (S) Undock Preparation: The Soyuz Landing Commission postponed the 32S landing by one day due to weather conditions at the landing site near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Specialists are continuing to monitor the weather conditions at the landing site, and ground teams are re-working the landing plan for tomorrow. Spinal Ultrasound: Marshburn completed his second …
The crew is starting to sleep shift this evening in preparation for 32S undock tomorrow evening. New Status: Change of Command: Off-going Commander (CDR) Ford will hand over ISS command responsibilities to CDR Hadfield at approximately 4:10 pm CDT. The change of command is more than ceremonial, as it defines the point when the 33Soyuz …
New Status: Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Maintenance: After 24 hrs of successful run time, the Lab CDRA fixed yesterday has been put in stand-by mode. Biological Research In Canisters-17: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Marshburn unpacked and performed actuation of 2 BRIC canisters. BRIC supports a variety of plant growth investigations which focus on the growth and …
New Status: Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Maintenance: Over the weekend, Commander (CDR) Ford and Flight Engineer (FE) – 6 Marshburn completed maintenance on the Node 3 (N3) CDRA and reinstalled it in the Atmosphere Revitalization 2 (AR2) rack in N3. N3 CDRA was activated on Saturday and has accumulated over 36 hrs of operation using …
New Status: Node 3 (N3) Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Maintenance: Commander (CDR) Ford and Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Marshburn began CDRA maintenance yesterday and are scheduled to complete the multi-day task on Saturday. Over the last 2 days, they installed the 2 new Desiccant / Sorbent beds delivered on SpX-2 in the Node 3 (N3) …
So how can we tell that the Russian meteor isn’t related to asteroid 2012 DA14?One way is to look at meteor showers — the Orionids all have similar orbits to their parent comet, Halley. Similarly, the Geminids all move in orbits that closely resemble the asteroid 3200 Phaethon, which produced them. So if the Russian …
This is the question that keeps cropping up, and it deserves an answer. Images are being posted showing the fragments and they look like ordinary chondrites of asteroidal origin. This material is dark, and not very reflective, which makes it difficult to spot out in outer space, especially if the object is bus or house …
The bright blue line in the diagram above shows the orbit of the Russian meteor prior to the meteor breaking apart over the city of Chelyabinsk. The meteor hit the atmosphere at a speed of 18 km/s (11.2 miles per second or 40,300 mph). It was moving at a shallow entry angle (less than 20 …
According to NASA scientists, the trajectory of the Russian meteor was significantly different than the trajectory of the asteroid 2012 DA14, making it a completely unrelated object. Information is still being collected about the Russian meteor and analysis is preliminary at this point. In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left …
This image shows asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula, with the white box highlighting the asteroid’s path. The image was taken using a 3″ refractor equipped with a color CCD camera. The telescope is located at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia and is maintained and owned by iTelescope.net.Image credit: NASA/MSFC/Aaron Kingery
