Outer space

First Birthday of the European laboratory module "COLUMBUS"

Martin.Canales — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:12:27 +0000

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First Birthday of the European laboratory module "COLUMBUS"

Martin.Canales — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:07:22 +0000

A year ago the space shuttle Atlantis in its mission STS-122 delivered the European laboratory module "COLUMBUS" to the International Space Station. The successful docking of the Columbus module and later the launch of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) have opened a new era for Europe’s presence in space with the aspiration to consolidate its independence.

It was, and continues to be, a big success for Europe, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the ISS program.

Happy birthday Columbus!

Warmest greetings from the Columbus Control Center,

Your Flight Control Team

Aerodynamics

spaceguy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:54:20 +0000

Atmospheric reentry

spaceguy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:49 +0000

Atmospheric reentry

Aerospace engineering

spaceguy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:23:39 +0000

INTRODUCTION

Aeronautics

spaceguy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:14:27 +0000

INTRODUCTION

Earth Life Headed for Mars Moon

spaceguy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:08:22 +0000

Russia is pushing forward on a robotic mission to Mars dubbed Phobos-Grunt - now seemingly on a countdown clock that ticks away for an October launch.

If the project is on track and off the ground by that time, Phobos-Grunt would arrive at the red planet in August of next year.

The project also includes deployment of a Chinese sub-satellite -Yinghuo-1 meaning "Firefly-1" - that will gauge the Martian past in terms of how surface water on the red planet did a disappearing act.

Aerospace

spaceguy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:06:18 +0000

INTRODUCTION

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space. Aerospace is a very diverse field, with a multitude of commercial, industrial and military applications.

Aerospace is not the same as airspace, which is a term used to describe the physical air space directly above a location on the ground

HISTORY

First experiment run in the ESA's Fluid Science Laboratory on the ISS

Martin.Canales — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:16:27 +0000

The European fluid science research activities in space reached a milestone on August 7. with the successful completion of the first experiment run in the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) facility, one of the payload racks located in the European COLUMBUS laboratory on the International Space Station.

In August the experiment, called GEOFLOW, has concluded and completed two further runs on the 19th and 25th, and a partial run on the 27th prior to an ISS debris avoidance manoeuvre performed by the European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV).

NASA SETS LAUNCH DATES FOR REMAINING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS

Martin.Canales — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:53:47 +0000

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