Friday, October 31, 2008

Current position of the ISS

Current position of the ISS

The current position of the ISS















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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Space Station Tracker


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Space Station
Time in Orbit:

Cumulative Crew
Time in Orbit:

Sighting Opportunities
How do these work?
Space Station Crew

(Note: For current Moscow Standard Time, add one hour.)


km = kilometer mps = meters per second

Crew Does Science, Maintenance; Jules Verne Deorbits

Crew Does Science, Maintenance; Jules Verne Deorbits

Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff
Image above: Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff worked with SPHERES, a small satellite experiment, on Saturday. Credit: NASA TV


Aboard the International Space Station Monday, the Expedition 17 crew members continued their science and maintenance duties. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) re-entered the atmosphere.

Commander Sergei Volkov inspected and cleaned smoke detectors and bacteria filters associated with the station’s Fire Detection and Suppression system.

Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko performed maintenance on the cycle ergometer, which is part of the crew’s exercise equipment. He also worked with a Russian experiment known as Relaxation, which studies radiation patterns from Earth’s ionosphere and the Earth limb.

Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff made adjustments to the station’s Internal Thermal Control Systems Moderate Temperature Loop, which controls temperatures aboard the orbital outpost.

After completing its six-month mission to deliver supplies and provide reboost capability to the space station, the Jules Verne ATV, the first ESA cargo craft to visit the complex, performed two deorbit burns Monday morning and burned over the Pacific Ocean during re-entry.

Monday, May 5, 2008

24/7 Live Nasa TV in Real Video format for RealPlayer

NASA TV in RealVideo format for RealPlayer

24/7 Live Nasa TV in Windows Media format

Live 24/7 NASA TV in Windows Media format for Windows Media Player

Consolidated Launch Manifest Space Shuttle Flights and ISS Assembly Sequence

Consolidated Launch Manifest
Space Shuttle Flights and ISS Assembly Sequence

Find out how you can visit Kennedy Space Center to watch a future space shuttle launch and/or landing.
Launch
Target
Assembly
Flight
Launch
Vehicle
Element(s)
May 31, 2008
1J Discovery STS-124
  • Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module (JEM-PM)
  • Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS)
Aug. 28, 2008 N/A Atlantis STS-125
(HST-SM4)
  • N/A
Oct. 16, 2008
ULF2 Endeavour
STS-126
  • Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
Dec. 4, 2008
15A Discovery
STS-119
  • Fourth starboard truss segment (ITS S6)
  • Fourth set of solar arrays and batteries


Under review
3R Russian Proton
  • Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA)
Under review
2J/A Endeavour
STS-127
  • Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF)
  • Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM-ES)
  • Spacelab Pallet - Deployable 2 (SLP-D2)
Under review
HTV-1 H-IIB
  • Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle
Under review
17A Discovery
STS-128
  • Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
  • Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC)
  • Three crew quarters, galley, second treadmill (TVIS2), Crew Health Care System 2 (CHeCS 2)
Establish Six Person Crew Capability
Under review
ULF3 Endeavour
STS-129
  • EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1)
  • EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2)
Under review
19A Discovery
STS-130
  • Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
  • Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC)
Under review
*ULF4 Endeavour
STS-131
  • EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 (ELC3)
  • EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4)
Under review
20A Discovery
STS-132
  • Node 3 with Cupola
Under review
*ULF5 Endeavour
STS-133
  • EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 5 (ELC5)
  • EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1)
ISS Assembly Complete
Under review 9R Russian Proton
  • Research Module
* Two shuttle-equivalent flights for contingency
Notes: Additional Progress and Soyuz flights for crew transport, logistics and resupply are not listed.