NASA Astronauts Fixed Ammonia Leak Via Spacewalk
US astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy have replaced a pump on a spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station’s cooling system. It took them 5 hours to replace a 60-pound pump box which NASA suspected was the source of the leaking ammonia coolant.
Meteor Lights Up East Coast USA
A large meteor, the size of a boulder, lit up the night sky across the East Coast USA at about 8pm EDT. It broke up in the atmosphere and went out across the Atlantic Ocean.
Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environmental Office said:
Judging from the brightness, we’re dealing with something as bright as the full moon. The thing is probably a yard across. We basically have (had) a boulder enter the atmosphere over the northeast.
American-Russian Crew Returns To Earth From International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the crew consisting of Russians and Americans landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The crew said good bye from the International Space Station after a 144-day mission. NASA’s Kevin Ford and Russians Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin had been scheduled to return on Friday, but the landing was postponed by a day because of faul weather.
NASA Z-1 Buzz Lightyear Spacesuit
NASA has completed testing on and approved a prototype new spacesuit called Z-1. The design of the suit looks similar to Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.
The suit features increased mobility and a large suit entrance port. The suit port allow the astronaut to easily step into the suit, negating the need for an airlock by possibly attaching the suit to the side of the station. And the Z-1 also include increased radiation protection, allowing longer spacewalks than are currently feasible.
NASA Probes Crashed Into The Dark Side Of The Moon
NASA probes, Ebb and Flow, crashed on the Moon mountain at about 5:28 p.m. Eastern time, about 30 seconds apart. This brought the year long mission to map the Moon’s gravity field to an end.
NASA Releases Stunning Night Images Of Earth
NASA has released very detail night images of Earth. The images is a composite of cloud-free photos captured with the help of a sensor on the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite that launched last October. The NPP orbits the Earth 14 times each day at an altitude of about 500 miles.
Artic Ice Melting “Like A Giant Slushie”
NASA has given another update to the ice melting situation on the Artic. The report indicated that the sea ice fell to 4.10 million square kilometres some 70,000 square kilometres less than the earlier record charted on September 18, 2007. The Arctic ice is important for the planet as it reflects heat from the sun back into space to keep planet’s temperatures down.
Previously, NASA has reported that Greenland’s ice sheet melted over a larger area earlier this month for several days than at any time in more than three decades. 97% of Greenland ice sheet melting as shown on NASA’s satellite data. Researchers do not know if this extensive melt event will contribute to sea level rise.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Touch Down Full Video
Check out the full video of NASA’s Curiosity rover touching down on Mars.
Previously, NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, has taken its first color photo of the Mars. Photo shows the north wall and rim of Gale Crater, a vast basin where the nuclear-powered, six-wheeled rover touched down. Looks like all is ok, check out the video.
NASA’s Mars spacecraft touched down on the red planet Mars after 8.5 months space voyage. NASA is nervous due to the new way of landing for Curiosity rover to land inside a massive crater near the equator. Curiosity rover will steer itself part of the way and the touch down aided by dangling the cables until its six wheels touch the ground.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captured Mars Photo
NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, has taken its first color photo of the Mars. Photo shows the north wall and rim of Gale Crater, a vast basin where the nuclear-powered, six-wheeled rover touched down. Looks like all is ok, check out the video.
NASA’s Mars spacecraft touched down on the red planet Mars after 8.5 months space voyage. NASA is nervous due to the new way of landing for Curiosity rover to land inside a massive crater near the equator. Curiosity rover will steer itself part of the way and the touch down aided by dangling the cables until its six wheels touch the ground.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Landing On Mars Early Monday
NASA’s Mars spacecraft is very close to touch down on the red planet Mars after 8.5 months space voyage. NASA is nervous due to the new way of landing for Curiosity rover to land inside a massive crater near the equator. Curiosity rover will steer itself part of the way and the touch down aided by dangling the cables until its six wheels touch the ground. Check out the video.
