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 ISS Astronaut Trio speak to media from Inside newly docked SpaceX Dragon on May 26
NASA astronaut Don Pettit (left), ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers (center) and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (right) speak to reporters on May 26, 2012 soon after opening the Dragon's hatch. Dragon is the first private space capsule to dock at the International Space Station (ISS).
Credit: NASA TV Just how many astronauts can you cram inside a Dragon ? – think Volkswagen Beetle! Well at least 6 human space flyers can easily fit inside a SpaceX Dragon vehicle, said NASA Astronaut Don Pettit from aboard the ISS during a Q & A session with reporters on Saturday, May 26. The discussion with the media took place only hours after Pettit's history making hatch opening to the first private space capsule ever to dock at the International Space Station (ISS). "We've already had all 6 people in here for a brief period," Pettit told Universe Today during the media session on Saturday, soon after the hatch opening. "We haven't taken any pictures of all 6 [together] yet."(...)
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Post tags: Dragon capsule, Falcon 9, International Space Station (ISS), NASA, SpaceX, SpaceX Dragon
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We’re still loving all the eclipse photos and videos coming in: Astrophotographer Ted Judah put together this great video showing his views of the May 20, 2012 annular solar eclipse at Sundial Bridge in Redding, California. Not only are there spectacular shots of the eclipse — including views of the simmering surface of the Sun in the annulus of bright light surrounding the Moon at the maximum phase (starting at about 4:00 in the video) — but he shares the joy of astronomy outreach, as Ted set up his telescope and allowed passersby to see eclipsed Sun for themselves. Great music, too by Peter Adams titled, appropriately, “Shoot the Moon.”
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 Dragon approaching International Space Station (ISS) over Namibia on May 25, 2012
Hours on end monitoring Dragon's approach is no punishment. Here over Namibia.
Credit: Andre Kuipers/ESA/NASA
Photo Gallery below On Friday, May 25, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) made space history when they deftly reached out with the stations robotic arm and grabbed the approaching SpaceX Dragon resupply carrier and then parked the first ever commercial cargo craft at an open port on the massive lab complex while orbiting some 407 kilometers (253 miles) above Earth - check out the gallery here !(...)
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Post tags: Andre Kuipers, Don Pettit, Dragon, Dragon capsule, Falcon 9, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, Space X Dragon, SpaceX, SpaceX.Commercial Space
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 The New Commercial Space Era Streaks Across the Night Sky
Docked SpaceX Dragon resupply spaceship and the International Space Station (ISS) speed overhead at 4:07 AM EDT near Princeton, NJ on May 26, 2012 - less than 24 hours after the Dragon was attached to the stations's Harmony node. 25 sec exposure. Credit: Ken Kremer This week and this week only you can see the dawn of the new Commercial Space Era with your own eyes – it's soaring above your head a mere 400 kilometers (250 miles) away. All you have to do is a quick search, hope for clear skies and traipse outside. Following the historic attachment of the maiden commercial Dragon cargo carrier to the Harmony node on International Space Station (ISS) on May 25, the massive orbiting laboratory will be shining just a little bit brighter and prouder as it steaks overhead across the sky at 17,500 MPH (32140 KPH). Dragon and ISS are literally trailblazing the pathway to the new Commercial Space Era for all to see. (...)
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Post tags: Commercial Space. SpaceX, Dragon capsule, Falcon 9, International Space Station (ISS), NASA, SpaceX, SpaceX Dragon
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 NASA Astronuat Don Pettit (left) and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (right) entered the Dragon commercial resupply ship for the first time on May 26, 2012 after Pettit opened the hatch at 5:53 AM EDT. Credit: NASA TV For the first time in history space station astronauts have ‘Entered the Dragon’ .. The 1st Private Capsule in Space ! The hatches between the newly arrived Dragon private capsule and the International Space Station's Harmony Node 2 module were opened at 5:53 a.m. EDT (0953 GMT) today, Saturday, May 26 as the massive complex was flying 407 kilometers (253 miles) over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, just west of Auckland. NASA astronaut Don Pettit had the honors of opening the hatch to the history making first commercial spacecraft(...)
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Post tags: Commercial Space. SpaceX, Falcon 9, International Space Station (ISS), NASA, SpaceX, SpaceX Dragon
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This day will go down in history as the first time a commercial company has their own spacecraft attached to the International Space Station. After Don Pettit grappled SpaceX’s Dragon capsule with the CanadArm2, Andre Kuipers later installed the capsule on the nadir port of the station’s Harmony node at 15:02 UTC/11:52 a.m. EDT. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba completed berthing operations by bolting the Dragon to Harmony at 16:02 UTC/12:02 p.m. EDT to the space station Friday. Congratulations on a wonderful capture,” astronaut Megan Behnken radioed to the station crew from Mission Control. “You’ve made a lot of folks happy down here, over in Hawthorne and right here in Houston. Great job, guys.” More videos, including the post-docking press conference with a jubilant Elon Musk and his SpaceX team.
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 SKA dishes by night. Credit: SPDO/TDP/DRAO/Swinburne Astronomy Productions. In an anticipated great compromise, South Africa and Australia will share their sites for the Square Kilometre Array telescope, the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope. Both sites were competing to win the $2 billion contract for the SKA, which is hoped shed light on how the Universe began, why it is expanding and whether there is any other life beyond our planet. “We have decided on a dual site approach,” said SKA board chairman John Womersley, following a meeting of the SKA organisation’s members. "This position was reached after very careful consideration of information gathered from extensive investigations at both candidate sites."
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 SpaceX Dragon successfully grappled today, May 25, 2012 in a history making feat by astronauts using the robotic arm aboard the International Space Station (ISS) at 9:56 a.m. and was berthed at an earth facing port about 2 hours later. Dragon is the first private spacecraft to ever dock at the ISS. Credit: NASA TV The first private spacecraft – named Dragon – was berthed at the International Space Station (ISS) today, May 25, after being dramatically captured by the astronaut crew earlier this morning using the station's robotic arm in a landmark event in space history – Dragon is the first commercial spacecraft to attach to the International Space Station. "Capture is confirmed at 9:56 a.m. EDT [1356 GMT]," said Mission Control Houston commentator Josh Byerly, "as the spacecraft [Dragon & ISS] were passing about 251 miles over northwest Australia. Official mission elapsed time was 3 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes and 23 seconds when capture occurred." Two hours later, Dragon was successfully attached to the ISS at 12:02 p.m. EDT when 16 motorized bolts on the common berthing mechanism (CBM) latched and locked the cargo vessel to the Harmony module as the giant complex was soaring over the Pacific Northwest region of the US – concluding a dramatic day of momentus space spectaculars. "SpaceX has done it. (...)
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Post tags: Dragon capsule, Interntional space station ISS, SpaceX, SpaceX Dragon
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