ATV-3 approaches the ISS
European Space Agency’s “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) approaches the International Space Station. The unmanned cargo spacecraft docked to the space station at 6:31 p.m. (EDT) on March 28, 2012, delivering 220 pounds of oxygen, 628 pounds of water, 4.5 tons of propellant, and nearly 2.5 tons of dry cargo, including experiment hardware, spare parts, food and clothing.
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ATV-3 docks with the ISS
European Space Agency’s “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) docks with the International Space Station, delivering 220 pounds of oxygen, 628 pounds of water, 4.5 tons of propellant, and nearly 2.5 tons of dry cargo, including experiment hardware, spare parts, food and clothing. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 6:31 p.m. (EDT) on March 28, 2012.
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Gulf of Mexico
With parts of two Russian spacecraft docked to the International Space Station in the foreground, this image from the orbital outpost shows the Gulf of Mexico and parts of Texas and Mexico. One of the Expedition 30 crew members took the photograph on Dec. 29, 2011. The two spacecraft are a Soyuz in the foreground, and a Progress, partially visible at top right.
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The International Space Station is seen as a small object in the upper left of this photo of the Moon, in the skies over the Houston area. (Photo: Lauren Harnett / NASA via the Telegraph)
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Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) used a digital camera to capture several hundred photographs of the aurora australis, or “southern lights,” while passing over the Indian Ocean on September 17, 2011. [x]
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Space junk littering orbit; might need cleaning up
Space junk has made such a mess of Earth’s orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up.
That may mean vacuuming up debris with weird space technology - cosmic versions of nets, magnets and giant umbrellas, according to the chairman of anexpert panel that issued a new report on the problem Thursday.
There are 22,000 objects in orbit that are big enough for officials on the ground to track and countless more smaller ones that could do damage to human-carrying spaceships and valuable satellites. The International Space Station has to move out of the way of debris from time to time.
“We’ve lost control of the environment,” said retired NASA senior scientist Donald Kessler, who headed the National Academy of Sciences report. [Read More]
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23 May 2010: Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the Japanese Kibo complex of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member while space shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) remains docked with the station.
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A Room with a View
The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-134 crew member at an aft flight deck window of space shuttle Endeavour during rendezvous and docking operations.
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Transferring the AMS
In the grasp of the International Space Station’s Canadarm2, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) is transferred from space shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay for installation on the station’s starboard truss.
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Mt. Etna from the International Space Station
“Photography in space helped bring out the artistic side in me,” said Commander Leroy Chiao of Expedition 10, who snapped more than 24,000 photos from space. “The beauty of the Earth was very inspiring, and I tried to find new ways to capture and express that beauty.” The three-member crew of the Expedition Five mission onboard the International Space Station was able to observe Mt. Etna’s spectacular eruption, and photograph the details of the eruption plume and smoke from fires triggered by the lava as it flowed down the 11,000 ft mountain.
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View of a hurricane from the International Space Station.
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Shuttle Endeavour to finish with a Big Bang project →
Scientists have high hopes for a $1.5-billion experiment that might help solve mysteries of the universe, though some have doubts.
Stowed in the cargo hold of space shuttle Endeavour for its final launch Friday is a science experiment that could upend astronomy in ways unparalleled since the Hubble Space Telescope. Or — if it flops — it could end up as a $1.5-billion hood ornament on the International Space Station.
It’s called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Once it is mounted on the station, scientists hope it will find and analyze high-energy cosmic rays and exotic space particles, including some that could help solve the most profound mysteries of the universe.
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