Tweets from Space – January 16, 2016
First ever flower grown in space makes its debut! #SpaceFlower #zinnia #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/2uGYvwtLKr — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 16, 2016
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Month: January 2016
Falcon 9 returns to Vandenberg Launch Pad for Jason-3 Launch on Sunday
A fully assembled Falcon 9 rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base for the first time in over two years for Sunday’s planned launch of the U.S.-European Jason-3 Oceanography Satellite.
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Jason-3: Pre-Launch News Conferences
Jason-3: Pre-Launch News Conferences
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Returned Falcon 9 Booster fires up for Static Fire Test
SpaceX conducted a Static Fire Test of the Falcon 9 booster that recently launched and returned to Florida’s space coast, becoming the first rocket stage to propulsively land after sending a payload on its way to orbit.
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Re-Entry: Briz-M Auxiliary Propellant Tank
A Briz-M propellant tank re-entered the atmosphere on January 15, 2016 after seven years in orbit
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on January 15, 2016 after three months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Tweets from Space – January 15, 2016
Today’s exhilarating #spacewalk will be etched in my memory forever – quite an incredible feeling! pic.twitter.com/84Dn3gHA70 — Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake)
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Astronauts Repair ISS Power System – Spacewalk ends early after Space Suit Water Intrusion
Astronauts Tim Kopra and Tim Peake ventured outside the hatches of the International Space Station on Friday to embark on a spacewalk dedicated to the restoration of the Station’s Electrical Power System by replacing a failed voltage regulator.
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China conducts Year-Opening Launch with Belarusian Communications Satellite
China opened the reign of space launches in 2016 on Friday with the successful launch of a Long March 3B rocket carrying the Belintersat-1 communications satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit to become the first Belarusian communications satellite.
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Photos: Tim Peake & Tim Kopra’s ISS Spacewalk
NASA’s Tim Kopra and ESA’s Tim Peake ventured outside the hatches of the International Space Station on Friday, successfully replacing a failed voltage regulator on the Station’s truss structure to restore the Station’s power system at full functionality after the failure of the component in November.
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ISS Operations Update – January 14, 2016
Experiments: Sleep ISS-12 [The ISS-12 experiment monitors the ambient light exposure and crew member activity and collects data on the
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Tweets from Space – January 14, 2016
#GobiDesert is said to be so long it would take the length of my mission to travel from end to
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NASA Awards Space Station Cargo Contracts in three-way Split
NASA announced this week the winners for the second round of Commercial Resupply Services contracts for cargo missions to the International Space Station beginning in 2019 and lasting through the currently projected end of ISS operations in the mid-2020s.
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ISS Operations Update – January 13, 2016
Experiments: Integrated Resistance and Aerobic Training Study (Sprint) [This study evaluates a high-intensity, low-volume exercise protocol to minimize the loss
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Photos: Jason-3 Satellite completes final Processing for Liftoff
The Jason-3 Oceanography Satellite completes final processing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to begin a mission to continue a two-decade record of global oceanography data.
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SpaceX gears up for first West Coast Launch in over two Years
SpaceX is gearing up for the company’s first launch from the U.S. West Coast in over two years, also coinciding with the final mission of the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle version – tasked with lifting the U.S.-European Jason-3 oceanography satellite.
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Tweets from Space – January 13, 2016
Day 292. Colors of #sunset. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/JrqQMqA0Tz — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 14, 2016 Интересно, что облака
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