For all twick or tweeters, a photo of Nicole, who also tweets @Astro_Nicole. She will return from ISS on STS129 - (via @Astro_Bones http://twitpic.com/ns1bw )
Space Shuttle Columbia. via spaceflight.nasa.gov
Although seven souls perished, exploring space is worth the risk.
Astronauts Michael Good (left), Megan McArthur and Andrew Feustel on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis via spaceflight.nasa.gov
Listen to a conversation with astronaut K. Megan McArthur about her role in the recent space shuttle Atlantis STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble space telescope. Megan was in control of the shuttle’s robotic arm that captured the Hubble satellite to enable the repairs.
Stream or download the interview from ABC Radio National.
Megan McArthur is also an oceanographer with a considerable number of underwater hours to her name, giving her the distinction of being both an astronaut and an aquanaut. Megan is in Australia as part of National Science Week activities.
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“Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins and director of flight crew operations Donald K. “Deke” Slayton walk away from a T-38 jet plane at Patrick Air Force Base. The two had been flying arcs to give Collins more time under weightless conditions”
NASA profile. A career profile.
Watch Spaceflight Now’s live coverage of space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-127 mission to the International Space Station right here on Space Rules.
Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Commander for the Skylab 4 mission, jokingly demonstrates weight training in zero-gravity as he balances astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot, upside down on his finger. 1974. via nasa.gov
via nasa.gov
As the Apollo 10 crew walks along a corridor on the way to Launch Complex 39B, mission commander Thomas P. Stafford pats the nose of Snoopy, the mission’s mascot, held by Jamye Flowers, astronaut Gordon Coopers’ secretary.
The Apollo 10 crew nicknamed the Lunar Module (LM) “Snoopy” and the Command/Service Module (CSM) “Charlie Brown” after characters in the Charles Schulz comic strip “Peanuts.”
Launched on May 18, 1969, the Apollo 10 mission was a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the lunar landing that occurred later that year.
The mission successfully completed the first manned CSM and LM docking and undocking operations in a lunar environment. Apollo 10 orbited the moon 31 times during its eight-day mission and took the LM to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface, simulating a lunar landing.
After all these historic ‘firsts,’ the crew also sent the first live color television from space.
Image and Caption Credit: NASA
By Jonathan Amos
Science reporter, BBC News
Ten silver pins have been made in the hope that more Brits will go into orbit
The five UK-born individuals who have flown in space are being honoured with a commemorative pin.
The British Interplanetary Society is making the award to recognise the astronauts’ achievements but also to further the case for human spaceflight.
It is extremely hard for UK citizens to get into orbit because the government does not fund manned space activity.
The first recipients of the pin - Helen Sharman and Richard Garriott - had private funds backing their missions.
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8133056.stm
S62-8774 (JULY 1962) (ARCHIVAL PHOTO) —- Original 7 astronauts in Mercury space suits. Front row, left to right, are Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter. Back row, from the left, are Alan B. Shepard Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper Jr. via spaceflight.nasa.gov
Spacesuits are the ultimate in couture. Think about it: custom-fit garments, dozens of layers deep, made from innovative textiles that can run $5,000 per square foot, with eye-catching accessories. And the footwear? Near impossible to walk in.
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