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Month: November 2013
Why Is There A Plastic Caged Bird on ISS?

There Is A Plastic Caged Bird on the Space Station Keith’s note: This plastic caged bird can be found in the Harmony Node of the International Space Station. There has got to be an interesting back story as to why it is there …

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  • November 30, 2013
Were You Wondering About China's Long-Term Moon Goals?

China aims for the Moon, Nature “Space analysts expect that the lunar and crewed objectives of China’s space-flight programme will merge, with Chinese astronauts (known as taikonauts) aiming to walk on the Moon some time in the 2020s.” – China will achieve first soft landing on the moon, CNTV (Video) – Meet China’s Jade Rabbit, the peace-loving moon rover, Quartz (Photos) – NASA Exploration Ideas – With Added China Bashing […]

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  • November 29, 2013
Does NASA Need To Sell More of its Stuff?

Congressman questions whether NASA has let go of enough unused property, Washington Post “NASA is in the midst of a huge yard sale at Kennedy Space Center, peddling unused hangars, assembly buildings, launch complexes and even a landing strip to commercial space companies. But at the request of Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.), Congress soon may be asking whether the space agency is cleaning out the closets thoroughly enough. Mica […]

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  • November 28, 2013
Comet ISON Heads Toward the Sun (Update)

Comet ISON May or May Not Still Exist “Comet ISON went around the sun on Nov. 28, 2013. Several solar observatories watched the comet throughout this closest approach to the sun, known as perihelion. While the fate of the comet is not yet established, it is likely that it did not survive the trip.” – Comet ISON Streams Toward the Sun (video) – Hyper Suprime-Cam Captures Comet ISON’s Long Tails, […]

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  • November 28, 2013
SES 8 Launch Scrubbed After Two Attempts

Keith’s note: The launch of SES 8 by SpaceX was called off after two attempts to launch tonight. Both countdowns got down to within seconds of a launch. The Falcon 9 is likely to be taken down, brought to the hangar, and inspected before the next attempt. There is a window available at the same time tomorrow evening but it sounds like this inspection process will take several days.

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  • November 28, 2013
China/U.S. Collaboration on LADEE/Chang'e 3? Not Likely

China’s 1st Moon Lander May Cause Trouble for NASA Lunar Dust Mission, Space.com “Conversely, with some sort of communication between the missions, including NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO),” talk between countries could enhance both LADEE and Chang’e 3 investigations, [Clive] Neal said. “What we have here is a situation where politics is certainly inhibiting good scientific cooperation and discovery because the NASA mission people are not allowed to communicate bilaterally […]

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  • November 26, 2013
Old and New Space Are One in the Same

.@SpaceKSCBlog Maybe "New Space" and "Old Space" are like Yin/Yang – both part of a whole -connected, with a piece of both inside each. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 27, 2013 Old Space / New Space: Its Just Name Calling, earlier post

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  • November 26, 2013
Randy Stone

Keith’s note: Randy Stone, former Director of MOD, and Deputy Center Director at JSC, died today after a long battle with cancer. Brock R. Stone “Mr. Stone’s NASA experience spans Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station. He is a 1967 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Aerospace Engineering.”

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  • November 25, 2013
China Copied NASA's NTRS

Keith’s note: Have a look at “The Lunar Orbiter Meteoroid Experiments -Description and Results from Five Spacecraft” online at Infoeach – in China. China has their own version of NTRS – just in case NASA shuts it down again to check and see if China is getting access that it should not have. This paper was not available on NTRS to Americans for months even though it deals with spacecraft […]

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  • November 25, 2013
Progress 53 Leaves Earth for ISS

Progress 53 Launched To The ISS (video) “The Russian Progress 53 cargo craft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 25, hauling almost three tons of food, fuel, supplies and holiday gifts to the International Space Station’s Expedition 38 crew. The unpiloted spacecraft will test upgraded automated rendezvous equipment at a distance of a mile from the complex on Nov. 27 before docking to the aft port […]

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  • November 25, 2013