ISS and Astronaut seen from Earth

Credit & Copyright: Ralf Vandebergh
Explanation: These two frames, taken with a video camera and a telescope, reveal remarkable details of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting some 350 kilometers above planet Earth. Recorded during last month's visit by the crew of shuttle orbiter Discovery on mission STS-119, the pictures show extended solar arrays glinting in bright sunlight against a dark sky. They also likely capture the blurred image of a spacewalking astronaut during the mission's EVA-2 (Extravehicular Activity-2)! The astronaut is installing equipment along one of the station's truss assemblies. Astronomer Ralf Vandebergh, who often images the ISS during its favorable passes through Dutch skies, comments that no other bright ISS structures occupy the position indicated in the inset, and that a reflective, white-suited astronaut would be visible against the truss and correspond to the bright blur. Vandebergh notes that the timing and location further suggest the spacewalker is STS-119 astronaut Joseph Acaba.

1950 Movie - Destination Moon

The first sci fi film made in the u.s. and first attempt at technical accuracy in manned rocketship launch to the moon.

Revealing a Hidden Universe: Our Galactic Neighborhood - Spitzer Space Telescope

An overview of the SINGS and GLIMPSE programs of the Spitzer Space Telescope that revealed our own and nearby galaxies as never seen before.


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Earth View From A Space Station

SPACE WEEK immerses viewers in the ambitious, cutting-edge science of space exploration. SPACE WEEK launches Sunday, May 6, with the network premiere of SPACE STATION AND BEYOND, and returns to Earth's surface on Saturday, May 12.



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Hurricane Dean from Space

The crewmembers aboard the space station took a short break Saturday to get a look at the storm from their vantage point. Even from space, the storm expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 21 and gain strength as a potential Cat 5 storm, impresses the crew with its size.


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STS-117 - ATLANTIS - ISS DOCKING (INSIDE SPACE SHUTTLE)

STS-117 - ATLANTIS - ISS DOCKING (INSIDE SPACE SHUTTLE) NASA TV


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ISS Orbit Day-Might, 12/31 2007

STS-117 - ATLANTIS UNDOCKS FROM ISS - VIEW OF ISS CAMERA

STS-117 - ATLANTIS UNDOCKS FROM ISS - VIEW OF ISS CAMERA (NASA TV)


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Expedition 16 Soyuz Launch

Expedition 16 Spaceflight Participant Soyuz Launch (NASA TV)

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ISS assembly sequence

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Jules Verne mission scenario animation

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STS-122 - FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM VIDEO

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STS-122 - ATLANTIS RENDEZVOUS PITCH MANUEVER

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STS-122 Launch IN-CABIN VIEW

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Space Shuttle Colombia ACCIDENT Cockpit ONBOARD

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STS-117 Launch - the astronaut's perspective

After a virtually flawless countdown, Space Shuttle Atlantis thundered into the early evening sky over Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The on-time launch at 7:38:04 p.m. EDT on 8th June 2007, headed the STS-117 crew toward the International Space Station.
Mission STS-117 is the Space Shuttle Program's 21st mission to the International Space Station. Rick Sturckow will command the mission and Lee Archambault will serve as Atlantis' pilot. Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, James Reilly, Steven Swanson, John Olivas and Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson round out the crew to deliver the S3/S4 starboard truss segments, batteries and another pair of solar arrays to the space station. Anderson will replace Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams on station and Williams will return to Earth aboard Atlantis.
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Atlantis Liftoff !! STS-122 : Feb. 7 ,2008

Atlantis, carrying the STS-122 crew and Columbus Laboratory, roared off the launch pad into the mid-afternoon sky to begin the 24th mission to the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Steve Frick commands a crew of six, including Pilot Alan Poindexter and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, Stanley Love and the European Space Agency's Hans Schlegel and Leopold Eyharts. This is the first spaceflight for Poindexter, Love and Melvin.
During the 11-day mission, the crew's prime objective is to attach the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station, adding to the station's size and capabilities.
Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, who arrived at the station aboard Discovery in October, will return to Earth with the Atlantis crew as Eyharts takes his place on the station.

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SPACE SHUTTLE BASICS

SPACE SHUTTLE BASICS

Paleo-Future: Wernher von Braun's Space Shuttle (1950s)

Wernher von Braun's Space Shuttle (1950s)

These illustrations by Fred Freeman show Wernher von Braun's concept for a space shuttle in the 1950s. The illustrations can be found in the book Visions of Spaceflight: Images from the Ordway Collection.

To provide safety in case of a malfunction of the reusable upper stage - von Braun's 1950s shuttle concept - crew and passengers press buttons on their chair arms. Contour seats straighten automatically and enclosures snap shut forming sealed escape capsules. To abandon ship, the crew and passengers push another button and the capsules, guided by rails, are ejected by explosive powder charges. The arrangement is seen in cross-section.

After ejection, the capsules' descent is controlled by four-foot steel mesh parachutes. At about 150 above the ground or water, a proximity fuse sets off a small rocket that further slows the rate of fall.


Paleo-Future: Wernher von Braun's Space Shuttle (1950s)