Space Station Live: Sept. 30, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 30, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

2013 Racing the Station

A quick and upbeat introduction to the International Space Station and some of the ~1550 research investigations on-board. Through advancing the state of scientific knowledge of our planet, looking after our health, and providing a space platform that inspires and educates the science and technology leaders of tomorrow, these benefits will drive the legacy of the space station as its research strengthens economies and enhances the quality of life here on Earth for all people.

Biweekly ISS Research Update - Sept. 1, 2013

Biweekly ISS research video update for Sept. 1, 2013.

NASA Flight Director Talks Arrival of Cygnus

NASA Flight Director Courtenay McMillan spoke with NASA's Josh Byerly during the arrival of the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station. McMillan's team had worked since 2010 to prepare for the test flight of this new cargo vehicle.

Astronaut Shannon Lucid Speaks About G. David Low and Cygnus

Orbital Sciences has named the Cygnus that arrived at the space station after former astronaut and Orbital executive G. David Low. Astronaut Shannon Lucid flew one of her missions with Low, and she spoke with NASA's Josh Byerly about her memories of her former crewmate and thoughts on the honor of the spacecraft bearing his name.

Glow with the Flow

Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., use all sorts of tools and techniques to learn more during the development of aircraft and spacecraft designs.
In this photo, engineers led by researcher Greg Gatlin have sprayed fluorescent oil on a 5.8 percent scale model of a futuristic hybrid wing body during tests in the14 by-22-Foot Subsonic Wind Tunnel.
The oil helps researchers "see" the flow patterns when air passes over and around the model. Those patterns are important in determining crucial aircraft characteristics such as lift and drag.
Image Credit: NASA Langley/Preston Martin

Canadarm2 Captures Cygnus

A week after its original approach date, Orbital Sciences’ commercial cargo craft Cygnus has arrived at the International Space Station. The Expedition 37 crew captured Cygnus with the Canadarm2 at 7 a.m. EDT Sunday. Cygnus launched Sept. 18 aboard an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Orbital Sciences uploaded a software fix for a navigation data mismatch that occurred during its approach Sept. 22. NASA managers opted to wait until after Wednesday’s Soyuz launch and docking to restart capture and berthing activities.
Cygnus was operating safely behind the space station by about 1,491 miles while mission managers and ground controllers tested the software patch and planned Sunday’s second approach attempt. Cygnus began a series of thruster burns towards the orbital laboratory Thursday night after station managers gave their final approval.
As Cygnus met its demonstration objectives and moved closer to the space station, Expedition 37 Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano and Karen Nyberg watched and worked in tandem with Mission Control. Parmitano was in the cupola at the Canadarm2 controls monitoring its approach. Nyberg was his back up at the secondary robotics workstation inside the Destiny laboratory.

When Cygnus met its final demonstration objective of pointing a tracking laser at a reflector on the Kibo laboratory it moved to its capture point about 10 meters from the station. Cygnus turned off its thrusters, operated in free drift, and Parmitano maneuvered the Canadarm2 to grapple and capture Cygnus.
Parmitano operated the Canadarm2 to move Cygnus and attached it to the Harmony node at 8:44 a.m. The hatches to Cygnus will be opened Monday afternoon after leak checks and power connections.
Orbital Sciences is the second company to send a commercial cargo craft to the space station. SpaceX was the first company to send its own cargo ship with two successful commercial resupply missions and two demonstration missions under its belt.

Space Station Live: Sept. 27, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 27, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

High School Students Chat With NASA Astronaut

From NASA's International Space Station Mission Control Center, NASA astronaut Stan Love, participates in a Digital Learning Network (DLN) event with students at Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, GA.

The DLN connects students and teachers with NASA experts and education specialists using online communication technologies like video/web conferencing and webcasting. Register for free, interactive events listed in the catalog or watch the webcasts. http://dln.nasa.gov

Space Station Live: Training Like an Astronaut

Public Affairs Officer Brandi Dean speaks with Mark Guilliams, lead strength and conditioning specialist, about the physical fitness training astronaut Mike Hopkins performed in preparation for his mission aboard the International Space Station. Hopkins will continue a daily exercise regimen aboard the the station to maintain strength and prevent the loss of bone density and muscle mass that occurs during long-duration spaceflight.

Follow along with Mike Hopkins throughout his mission and "train like an Astronaut!"

For more information about Mike and his mission visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
http://www.nasa.gov/content/train-lik...

Follow Mike on Twitter at @AstroILLINI
Follow Mike and his workouts on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/trainAstronaut

Space Station Live: Sept. 26, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 26, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Expedition 37/38 Launches to the International Space Station

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft on Sept. 26, Kazakh time (Sept. 25, U.S. time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six-hour journey to the International Space Station. Once aboard, the trio will start a five-and-a-half-month mission, joining station Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, who have been on the station since late May.

New Space Station Crew Launches

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft on Sept. 26, Kazakh time (Sept. 25, U.S. time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six-hour journey to the International Space Station. Welcoming them aboard will be the current space station residents, Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano arrived at the space station in May aboard their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft.

Space Station Live: Sept. 25, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 25, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Space Station Live: Sept. 24, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 24, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Prawn Nebula

Nebula is certainly not only the shrimp Penaeus is so big, its width is 50 light years away. Located at Chile's Paranal Observatory provides in this picture, prawn Nebula showing the face of the clearest.

Litters of newborn stars at this huge Nebula, while the Nebula in Scorpius, 6,000 light years from Earth.

Space Station Live: Coordinating Activities with the Station Crew

NASA Public Affairs Officer Lori Meggs talks with Becky Grimaldi, Expedition 37 Payload Integrations Manager. They talk about how the International Space Station crew coordinates its activities with the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Space Station Live: Cygnus Rendezvous With Station Delayed

NASA Public Affairs Officer Brandi Dean talks with NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project Executive Bruce Manners via telephone to discuss the Cygnus' delayed rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Managers from Orbital Sciences and NASA decided Monday morning to postpone the approach, rendezvous, grapple and berthing operations of Orbital's Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft with the International Space Station to no earlier than Saturday, Sept. 28. Cygnus' rendezvous now will follow the launch and arrival of three crew members of Expedition 37/38 on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Michael Hopkins of NASA and Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will depart from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:58 p.m. EDT and arrive at the space station at 10:47 p.m.

Orbital has confirmed that over the past 24 hours, the Orbital team developed and tested a software fix for the data format mismatch that necessitated a postponement of the first rendezvous operation that was scheduled for the early morning of Sunday, Sept. 22. However, that process, together with the impending Soyuz crew operations, resulted in a tight schedule to the point that both Orbital and NASA felt it was the right decision to postpone the Cygnus approach and rendezvous until after Soyuz operations.

An exact schedule for Cygnus will be determined following the successful completion of Soyuz operations. For the latest information about Cygnus and Orbital's demonstration cargo resupply mission, visit Orbital's page at: http://www.orbital.com/Antares-Cygnus

Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Space Station Live: Sept. 23, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 23, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Cygnus Rendezvous Delayed 48 Hours

September 22, 2013 - 4:17 a.m. EDT
Orbital Sciences has confirmed that this morning, around 1:30 a.m. EDT, its Cygnus spacecraft established direct data contact with the International Space Station (ISS) and found that some of the data received had values that it did not expect, causing Cygnus to reject the data. This mandated an interruption of the approach sequence. Orbital has subsequently found the causes of this discrepancy and is developing a software fix. The minimum turnaround time to resume the approach to the ISS following an interruption such as this is approximately 48 hours due to orbital mechanics of the approach trajectory.

Running in Space!

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, an Expedition 37 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, demonstrates how astronauts run on the COLBERT treadmill in a weightless environment. Station crew members exercise for at least two hours every day to keep fit and to prevent the loss of muscle mass and bone density that occurs during long-duration spaceflight.

International Space Station Program Artist Shows His Creative Process

The classic artist reaches for a brush, pen or pencil, or perhaps a pastel crayon to paint or sketch. Michael C. Jansen, for three decades an engineer at Johnson Space Center, sits before a computer display, stretches with his right hand for a mouse and begins to draw as though he was working with sketch pad or canvas. The inspiration for his space-themed creations flows as passionately through Microsoft PowerPoint as it once did through pencil and brush. Jansen's struggle with Parkinson's disease, which was diagnosed in mid-career, changed much in his life. He decided to switch direction and do what he felt was most important to him while he could—and that was art. Thanks to his innovative use of PowerPoint to steady his artistic stroke, a painstaking commitment to realism in his imagery and a supportive workplace, Jansen creates NASA-sponsored creations in support of space station. His latest pieces include a commemorative logo, poster and patch in celebration of humankind's first permanent off-Earth presence with the Russian element Zarya launch 15 years ago this November. This video shows Jansen's creative process as he creates art with a computer.

Space Station Live: Sept. 20, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 20, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Space Station Live: Career Choices at NASA

Public Affairs Officer Kyle Herring interviews Heather Paul, strategic communications lead for the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, about how she made here career choices. Paul describes her childhood fascination with astronomy and merging her interests with art and dancing.

While going to school she started studying math and science and focused on becoming an engineer at NASA. During college as an undergraduate she began working for NASA and learned how to create projects that would fly in space and benefit astronauts. Paul has worked at NASA now for 18 years performing in several different areas.

Space Station Live: Sept. 19, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 19, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Antares Rocket Lifts Off!

NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Cygnus En Route for Sunday Rendezvous With Station

While the newest commercial cargo vehicle to join the International Space Station’s resupply fleet launched Wednesday morning on its demonstration flight, the Expedition 37 crew aboard the orbiting complex was hard at work with medical research, emergency simulation training and preparations for Sunday’s arrival of the new space freighter.
NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At the time of launch, the space station was flying about 261 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. Cygnus will rendezvous with the station on Sunday on its demonstration mission to deliver 1,300 pounds of cargo, including food and clothing, to the space station's Expedition 37 crew.

Nyberg and Parmitano began their workday aboard the space station reviewing Cygnus’ cargo manifest and discussing with ground teams the plan to unload the cargo.  During the month that Cygnus is berthed to the station, the crew will unload its 1,300 pounds of cargo and reload it with trash for disposal when Cygnus departs for a destructive re-entry in the Earth’s atmosphere.
The two astronauts then moved on to some on-board training to review the installation procedure for Cygnus. When Cygnus nears the station on Sunday, Parmitano, with assistance from Nyberg, will use the robotics workstation in the cupola to command the station’s 57-foot robotic arm, Canadarm2, to reach out and grapple the vehicle. He will then maneuver the arm to guide Cygnus to its docking port on the Earth-facing side of the Harmony node for installation.
All three Expedition 37 crew members participated in on-board training to review their roles and responsibilities in the event of an emergency aboard the station such as a fire or rapid depressurization. Afterward, they tagged up with flight controllers at Mission Control in Houston to review the drill and discuss any changes needed.
Nyberg and Parmitano wrapped up their workday with another round of medical tests for the Ocular Health study as they used a fundoscope to examine each other’s eyes in detail. Vision changes have been observed in some astronauts returning from long-duration spaceflight, and flight surgeons are seeking to learn more about its root causes and develop countermeasures to minimize this risk.

Expedition 37 Crew Profile, Version 1

Meet the three crew members who will return the International Space Station to its full six-person crew complement in September. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy are set to launch Sept. 25 (Sept. 26, Kazakh time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. They will join their Expedition 37 crewmates -- Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano -- who have been living and working aboard the orbiting complex since late May.

Space Station Live: Antares Launch Update

NASA Public Affairs Officer Kyle Herring talks with John Steinmeyer, senior project manager for the Launch Systems Group at Orbital Sciences Corporation, about the upcoming Cygnus demonstration mission. Orbital will launch its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The Cygnus will spend several days heading toward the International Space Station where it will perform a series of checkout maneuvers, ensuring it can safely enter the keep-out zone of the orbiting complex. After those tests have been passed, Cygnus will proceed for an attempted rendezvous with the space station and will be captured by the crew on board. The rendezvous is targeted for Sept. 22.

For the latest information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/orbital
http://www.nasa.gov/station

Space Station Live: Sept. 17, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 17, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Space Station Live: Sept. 16, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 16, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

The next generation of Super space telescopes critical equipment to complete

Cosmic first light

Near-infrared spectrometer equipment, the task is to determine the observation field in the age of the celestial bodies, form, movement and distance. Scientists estimate that such observations will be able to identify those that shine in the most ancient stars in the early universe. This would also mean that for the first time captured through the vast space of 13.6 billion light years of the first rays of light reach the Earth and universe signal, this is the existing Hubble space telescope is unable to do so.

The James Webb Space Telescope was able to accomplish this task, because it has used a number of advanced technologies for the next generation, including caliber 6.5-meter primary mirror, which is virtually the Hubble Space Telescope primary mirror diameter more than twice times, there is also an area with a tennis giant Sun shroud to guarantees of keen observation and sensitivity. Its powered by near-infrared spectroscopy for the achievement of its observation capacities is essential, this equipment is the fruit of 10 years designing and manufacturing efforts.

Miracle of optical technology

On Friday Germany Otterbein (Ottobrunn) held a simple ceremony to mark that completion of the key equipment. It was then handed over to the European Space Agency (ESA), which soon will turn this sophisticated equipment worth more than 200 million euros to the United States Space Agency (NASA). On September 20, the NirSpec equipment will be shipped to is located in United States, Maryland, Goddard Space Flight Center, where it will be installed to telescope mirrors to integrate. Up to now, Europe bear the main part of the James Webb Space Telescope project tasks have been completed. Europe to take another device are infrared detectors (Miri), the equipment by the United Kingdom is responsible for the design and manufacture, and has handed over the US side last year.

According to current plans, the James Webb Space Telescope will be launched in October 2018, at which time it will be Europe's Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana in South America was launched. And now, in the dust-free workshop based in Otterbein, the construction is complete the NirSpec awaiting transhipment equipment is covered by a protective film, it did not see any detail. But if you lift the protective film observation, you'll enjoy the top level of precision optics, precision gives the shock is hard to describe.

NirSpec devices during Assembly is installed in the rear of the James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror, after the launch it will be here to receive the light from the primary mirror collect signals. Then the beam will go through a grating, where light is decomposed into a different color--spectrum. Subsequently receives the spectrum signal in the detector, and into an electrical signal and transmits it back to the ground.

Contributions of new material

All of this is in the near infrared, which is roughly between 0.6~5 micron wavelength range. That's why scientists are expected to experience after a long journey of more than 13 billion light years away, those early stars light the scope should have a wavelength.

NirSpec equipment design is an interesting problem, almost half the weight of the device is made of ultra high strength silicon carbide materials. Astrium company project manager laerfu·muer (Ralf Maurer) says: "sic a unique about it is that it allows us to use the same materials to create mirrors and the overall structure of the telescope. "He said:" this will alleviate thermal performance differences between different materials, so as to better adapt to shift between high and low temperature environment of the telescope without serious deformation. For precision optical observation equipment, this is very important. ”

The James Webb Space Telescope operating at near-infrared, which means that it will not only observe the extremely distant celestial objects, it can be observed that lower temperature of celestial bodies, as well as those by thick clouds of dust and gas parcels hidden objects. At close range can be expected in the observation of the universe, the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to make important discoveries, and one of the most anticipated item is run observations of extrasolar planets around other stars. For some of these observations in relatively good condition extrasolar planets, the James Webb Space Telescope might be able to tell the gas composition of the atmosphere, and this will tell us a lot of important information about the planet.

Develop a rough cost of amazing

Of course, in discussing the topic of the James Webb Space Telescope is hard to avoid talking about this epoch-making advanced observation equipment in many difficulties encountered during its construction. Due to budgetary, technical and managerial problems, and promote ongoing research extended the duration of the project, as well as severe budget overruns. If Europe and Canada on this count project budget the cost of the pay, the current total cost of the project had been close to a staggering 10 billion euros (about 81.17 billion yuan).

In fact, these difficulties and constantly postponed has caused a lot of problems, such as Germany has been identified, in the United States for the NirSpec built offers part two problems have emerged, and need to be replaced in a device prior to launch. These pieces of equipment are infrared detectors, as well as micro-shading systems. PIR detection sensitivity has been gradually reduced over time and therefore need to be replaced.

While micro-shading system is used more than 250,000 mini-door devices to choose from observing celestial bodies in the night sky, its time you can import 100 light observations of celestial bodies. Found in the testing of this device and a portion of the door be stuck in open condition cannot be closed. This United States Center Goddard engineers have devised a reaction to the response to the issue, the equipment but has yet to be modified in order to apply these measures for improvement.

Landmark observation equipment

Although the James Webb Space Telescope in development of this or that kind of mistakes and difficulties, which are truly extraordinary striking, but don't forget the Hubble Space Telescope currently in operation costing is equally impressive.

Many people ignore the fact that, that is, in order to carry out the launch and maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope, United States implementation of up to 6 times more expensive space shuttle launch. , Of course, a lot of people would say that the Hubble Space Telescope has changed our understanding of the universe, which greatly influenced the course of modern science, but scientists for the James Webb Space Telescope, expecting nothing less than the Hubble space telescope.

JWST project lead, United States NASA's Dr Eric Smith (Eric Smith) says: "Webb is a ' predict ' telescope, Hubble just like its predecessor. "He said:" when the Hubble Space Telescope, when launched, people made a series of scientific indicators and predicted it would be able to more or less what is found. Hubble Telescope results did one by one those predictions. But across the Hubble Telescope project in its entirety, one of the most amazing, most exciting finds, are those who have not previously thought of Serendipity. This time, Webb telescope will have things like that happening. ”

Make·maikekehan from the European Space Agency (Mark McCaughrean), give such an assessment, he said: "there is no doubt that the James Webb Space Telescope will be the next generation of core equipment for observation, many research projects are based on the assumption that the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to successfully launched as scheduled and scheduled observation plans as a starting point. In many ways, compared to our current best observational equipment, the James Webb Space Telescope in terms of resolving power is not a factor of up to 10 times or 100 times, but up to 1000 times as much as 10,000 times. It's going to be a dominate the era of super surveillance equipment. ”

Some of the main facts and figures:

1) the James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror set is approximately 7 times the Hubble Space Telescope;

2) the James Webb Space Telescope's hood is 22 m *12 m, on the back hood was up to 300 degrees Celsius temperature difference;

3) all observations of the James Webb Space Telescope equipment had to be kept at very low temperatures, so will be able to ensure that the instrument itself does not have an interference on observations of infrared radiation;

4) James Webb Space Telescope, will take place in 2018 aboard European Ariane rocket, it will run after liftoff at the Lagrangian point of the 1.5 million kilometres from Earth Science observations.

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Orbital Sciences' Antares Rocket and Cygnus Spacecraft at the Launch Pad

Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., rolled out its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. The Antares is scheduled to launch Cygnus at 11:16 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 17 on a demonstration cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew aboard the space station, who will capture and install the spacecraft on Sept. 22 using the station's robotic arm. Orbital is building and testing its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Following a successful demonstration mission, Orbital is poised to begin eight cargo flights contracted by NASA to resupply the station. Future flights of Cygnus will significantly increase NASA's ability to deliver new science investigations to the nation's only laboratory in microgravity.

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Space Station Live: Run Like an Astronaut

NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot talks with NASA astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenberger on her love of running and how important physical fitness is for astronauts while in space.

Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Space Station Live: Sept. 13, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 13, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

This is JSC: Rocket Science

This is JSC" is a satirical series created by students at NASA Johnson Space Center. This volunteer outreach project showcases different projects and features unique to JSC.
Sign up to see the International Space Station over your hometown:
http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

Space Station Live: Cygnus Robotics Operations

NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot talks with Billy Jones, ROBO flight controller for the International Space Station's flight control team, about the upcoming arrival of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship set to launch on its first demonstration mission to the station on Sept. 17. Cygnus will approach the station Sept. 22 and will be grappled by the crew using the station's robotic arm, Candarm2. It will then be installed on the bottom side of the station's Harmony node.

Space Station Live: Sept. 12, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 11, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Expedition 36 Soyuz Landing

The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft with Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA aboard, is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 (Sept. 10 EDT). Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy returned to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station.

Space Station Live: Training for Cygnus

NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot talks with Chief Training Officer Wyatt Smith about the efforts in getting the ground team at mission control and the crew aboard the International Space Station ready for the maiden voyage of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship to the orbiting complex. Cygnus will be launched aboard Orbital's Antares rocket on Sept. 17 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Rendezvous with the space station is scheduled for Sept. 22.

Space Station Live: Sept. 11, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 11, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Expedition 36 Crew to Return to Earth

In preparation for the Expedition 36 return to Earth, Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) handed over control of the International Space Station Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 at 2:25 p.m. EDT in a traditional Change of Command Ceremony. Roscosmos Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin will take over command and officially lead Expedition 37 when Expedition 36 undocks Tuesday at 7:35 p.m.
Going home with Vinogradov are Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, who arrived at the station March 28. They will land a few hours later in their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft at 10:58 p.m. (8:58 a.m. Wednesday Kazakhstan time). Soyuz landing coverage begins Tuesday on NASA TV at 4 p.m. with farewell and hatch closure.
In the bottom half of this photo, left to right, are Vinogradov and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Misurkin. In the top half of the photo are, left to right, Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, Cassidy, and Yurchikhin. This photo was taken on June 8, 2013.

Station Change of Command Ceremony

Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov passes the helm of the International Space Station over to Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin during a change of command ceremony Sept 9. Vinogradov and Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin are heading home Sept. 10 aboard their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft after 5 1/2 months aboard the orbiting complex.

Living at Home While Your Spouse is in Space

Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries interviews NASA astronaut Doug Hurley about handling things home on Earth while his wife, Karen Nyberg, is living in space as an Expedition 36/37 flight engineer. Hurley and their son Jack stay in touch with Karen using modern communication tools such as Skype and an iPad.

Hurley said it is easier to be separated when you're the spouse going on a mission instead of the one staying home. As an astronaut, periods of separation from your family can be frequent and of varying durations. For instance, preparing for a mission can require weeks of training away from home in other parts of the world that prepare you for the space mission.

In the meantime, while Karen spent her 100th day aboard the station on Sept. 5 her 4-year-old son Jack is growing. She will return home in November with her Expedition 36/37 crewmates having completed a 5-1/2 month mission on the International Space Station.

Comet Found Hiding in Plain Sight

For 30 years, a large near-Earth asteroid wandered its lone, intrepid path, passing before the scrutinizing eyes of scientists armed with telescopes while keeping something to itself. The object, known as Don Quixote, whose journey stretches to the orbit of Jupiter, now appears to be a comet.
The discovery resulted from an ongoing project coordinated by researchers at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz., using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Through a lot of focused attention and a little luck, they found evidence of comet activity, which had evaded detection for three decades.
The results show that Don Quixote is not, in fact, a dead comet, as previously believed, but it has a faint coma and tail. In fact, this object, the third-biggest near-Earth asteroid known, skirts Earth with an erratic, extended orbit and is “sopping wet,” said David Trilling of Northern Arizona University, with large deposits of carbon dioxide and presumably water ice. Don Quixote is about 11 miles (18 kilometers) long.
“This discovery of carbon dioxide emission from Don Quixote required the sensitivity and infrared wavelengths of the Spitzer telescope and would not have been possible using telescopes on the ground,” said Michael Mommert, who conducted the research at the German Aerospace Center, Berlin, before moving to Northern Arizona University. This discovery implies that carbon dioxide and water ice might be present on other near-Earth asteroids, as well.
The implications have less to do with a potential impact, which is extremely unlikely in this case, and more with “the origins of water on Earth,” Trilling said. Impacts with comets like Don Quixote over geological time may be the source of at least some of it, and the amount on Don Quixote represents about 100 billion tons of water -- roughly the same amount that can be found in Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Mommert presented the results at the European Planetary Science Congress in London on Sept. 10.
Read the full news release from Northern Arizona University at http://news.nau.edu/nau-led-teams-discovers-comet-hiding-in-plain-sight/ .
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at Caltech. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. For more information about Spitzer, visit http://spitzer.caltech.edu and http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer .

Expedition 36 Trio Lands in Kazakhstan

Expedition 36 crew members Pavel Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin landed in Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. Tuesday (8:58 a.m. Kazakhstan time Wednesday). The trio undocked from the Poisk mini-research module in their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft at 7:37 p.m. EDT, ending a 5-and-a-half month stay at the International Space Station.
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The day before, Vinogradov handed over control of the station to Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin in a traditional Change of Command Ceremony in the Zvezda service module. Yurchikhin officially became station commander when the homeward-bound trio undocked.
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Commander Vinogradov and Flight Engineers Cassidy and Misurkin first arrived at the International Space Station on March 28. They leave behind new station Commander Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano, who are now the Expedition 37 crew.
The current station residents arrived at the station and docked to the Rassvet module May 28, just four orbits after launch. They are due to go home in November in their Soyuz TMA-09M. The short launch-to-docking timeline replaces the original two-day Soyuz trip to the station.
Waiting back on Earth to join Expedition 37 are future crew members Oleg Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy. They are in Kazakhstan preparing for a Sept. 25 launch in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft. The new space trio will arrive at the orbital laboratory just four orbits, or six hours, later and dock to Poisk.

Space Station Live: Sept. 10, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 10, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

The Journey Back Home!

During NASA TV Coverage of the Journey Back Home for Expedition 36, The three crew members undocked and departed the International Space Station, ending more than five months in space. The Crew consisted of Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) with NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy

Space Station Live: Orbital Sciences Cygnus Update

Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot talks with Bruce Manners, NASA COTS project executive for Orbital Sciences, about the upcoming launch of the Cygnus demonstration flight to the International Space Station.

Learn more: www.nasa.gov/orbital

Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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Space Station Live: Sept. 9, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 9, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

"The spacecraft is the second" will be the world's first commercial suborbital spacecraft

Galactic Virgin "spaceship, second" will become the world's first commercial suborbital spacecraft, in Thursday's test, the "second spacecraft" was the second powered flight, and raise the top speed to Mach 1.43, successful completion of supersonic flight, compared to April, conducted flight tests have made greater progress.

The company said it will continue to conduct flight tests, including breakthrough test altitude and speed. Rocket-powered flight in this impressive, burning about 20 seconds of the time, the maximum flight speed: Mach 1.43 times, a maximum flight altitude of 69,000 feet, or 21 km. Flight tests conducted in April, the maximum speed of Mach 1.2 and a maximum flight altitude of 56,200 feet, in fact, the final version of the "spaceship to the second" arrived in parabolic orbit altitude of about 100 km.

Pilots make·sitaji and kelinte·nikeersi perform the supersonic powered flight, "spaceship to the second" were hanging from beneath the White Knight, second, take off from the Mojave air and space port in California, the latter as "spacecraft is the second" aircraft platform, a wingspan of 141 feet, about 43 m. After arriving in predetermined height, White Knight spaceship, second, second release, launch rocket-powered. During the flight, spaceship, second State control through two massive wings, eventually landing on the runway in the Mojave desert. Virgin Galactic founder, United Kingdom billionaire Richard Branson, said, "we will start commercial service in 2014, supersonic flight is an important milestone, the spacecraft reentry system is being put to the test during the testing process we see the design success."

Second spacecraft to reach 100 kilometers in altitude, here is internationally recognized as the edge of space, currently has more than 600 clients have signed an agreement, if paid $ 250,000, you will experience a suborbital trip to weightlessness. In fact, spaceship, second to win the $ 10 million Ansari x Prize, was first developed in the organisation of practical suborbital spacecraft, and conducted flight tests. Mojave air and space port, the ship took off second base, but the spaceport in New Mexico will also begin operating its business services and eventually the company will build a fleet of 5 aircraft constitute a fleet of suborbital spacecraft, achieving the dream of commercial space travel.

Message from NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver

It has been a great privilege to serve as your Deputy Administrator. As I close out this term of service, I want to express my gratitude to the entire NASA family for your efforts and achievements. Together we have undergone a transformation that is already building a more sustainable and beneficial 21st Century space agency. We’ve worked to align NASA with the critical national objectives of economic growth, technology innovation, environmental stewardship, cutting edge science and global leadership.

Throughout my career, I have been honored to serve NASA in several different positions. When I arrived in early November, 2008 as the lead for the Obama transition, we were facing many critical issues as an agency. Transitions are hard, and NASA’s was no exception. Thankfully, there were many of you who reached out to help us understand this amazing institution and worked with us to advance the agency.
We were able to immediately extend Space Shuttle flights for two additional missions in order to gain the knowledge from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and to fully outfit the International Space Station until we would again be transporting cargo and crew with U.S. vehicles from U.S. soil. We created NASA’s growing space technology effort, increased innovation in aeronautics Earth and space science, launched carried out the Mars Science Lab mission, broadened international cooperation and forged new private sector partnerships in areas such as sub-orbital science, hosted payloads, lunar robotics, asteroid detection and space transportation.
These changes have allowed NASA to deliver better science, and more advanced technologies to sustain its global leadership position now and for the future.
Internally, we worked to spearhead critical initiatives in the areas of early career hiring, more productive relationships with our labor unions, diversity and transparency. Our priority for NASA has been to continually deliver cutting edge, cost efficient, successful, relevant missions that will keep the United States at the forefront of aeronautics, environmental monitoring, space science, and exploration.
On Monday, I start my new job as General Manager of the Air Line Pilots Association. As I take on this new challenge of assisting pilots and advancing the nation’s critical aviation industry, I take with me the inspiration and spirit that is embodied in NASA.

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First time Comet-Comet-Essonne in the century Taiwan light show

Century-Essonne comets comets (C/2012 S1 (ISON, also for iZon Comet), early morning hours of August 26 in Taiwan showed up in the dawn! Central University Astronomical Observatory uses deer forest clearly observed 40 cm telescope images, estimated in November this year when close to the Sun, visible to the naked eye, for a long time the Comet observer in the northern hemisphere, is a great feast of astronomy.

Astronomy at National Central University has pointed out, the Essonne Comet image (superimposed four 180 seconds, depending on the size of 2.7 cents) is a Central University's Lulin Observatory Assistant Lin Qi was born in the early morning of August 26 captured less than 15 degrees of elevation, when it is from the Sun 2.26 Astro unit with 3.1 Astro flying above Earth. 1 astronomical unit for an average Earth-Sun distance, about 150 million kilometers.

Essonne Comet in September 2012, by the "international scientific optical networks" (ISON), first detected in the survey materials, followed by the empirical formula to push this Comet is about to become a great Comet of the century, or will be the man to see one of the most spectacular celestial. An observer in the northern hemisphere, in particular, in the famous Comet Hale-Bob (C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp), no stars in the northern hemisphere wave observation boom.

Specializes in Comet Lin Zhongyi, an Assistant Professor of astronomy at National Central University stated that Essonne comets currently luminosity measured in 14~15 and so on, cannot be observed by the naked eye or binoculars, needs through large telescopes to find its traces, but with the Essonne comets near the Sun, it will gradually increase the brightness of light.

Astronomy, Essonne Comet discovered was estimated at perihelion (November 28 this year, about 1.1 million km from the Sun's surface) brightness can be more than the Moon, by monitoring for a long time and the maximum brightness has been practicing under the same as Vega (about 0 stars), but in any case, Essonne Comet will remain the neck by astronomy fans are looking forward to the second half of astronomical images.

LADEE Launches!

LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer robotic probe launched Friday night atop an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur V rocket. The first deep space mission from Wallops Flight Facility, LADEE will orbit the moon to collect information about its atmosphere and environmental influences on lunar dust.

Data from LADEE will help scientists better understand other planetary bodies in our solar system.

LADEE Status

11:50 p.m. EDT Update: Separation of the LADEE spacecraft from the rocket is confirmed. NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), managed by NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., launched at 11:27 p.m. EDT on Sept. 6 from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.
A post-launch news briefing will be held at 2 a.m. EDT and broadcast on NASA TV.

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced like "laddie") is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. A thorough understanding of these characteristics will address long-standing unknowns, and help scientists understand other planetary bodies as well.

Space Station Live: Advanced Colloids Experiment-1

Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries interviews Matthew Lynch, Principal Investigator for the Advanced Colloids Experiment-1 (ACE-1). The experiment studies microscopic particles evenly dispersed in a liquid which helps keep products and materials stable.

Research benefits include enhancing the ability to produce, store, and manipulate materials on Earth. For more information please visit... http://go.nasa.gov/19pXgiQ

Space Station Live: Sept. 6, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 6, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Astronomers used x-rays detect an extrasolar planet for the first time in front of the parent star crossed

Astronomers used x-rays detected outside our solar system for the first time in front of the parent star through the planets. Them through the United States NASA's Chandra x-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's x-ray multi mirror Newton Observatory photographed in HD 189,733 planet. HD 189,733 is a binary system of 63 light years from Earth.

So far, astronomers just observed by visible light in a process called transits of outer planets cross in front of parent star. United States, Shorenstein Center of science in the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Katja Hahn-bopenghajieer said: "we have see thousands of candidate planet using visible light through in front of the parent star. X-ray study of exoplanets is important, because it shows a planetary characteristics of new information. ”

The planet called HD 189733b, is a hot Jupiter, meaning it as large as Jupiter in our solar system, and orbit the parent star around at very close range. It is also a huge gas giant. Its atmosphere is very hot, temperatures above 1000 degrees Celsius. United States NASA believes that it is closest to Earth Hot Jupiter, so you want to know more about these planets and their atmospheres astronomer's main objectives.

Hubble is too telescope in July for the first time to determine the outer planet shining blue. This color was the result of silicate particles in the atmosphere scatter blue light. Astronomers using the Chandra x-ray Observatory of the latest observations allows researchers to understand how the outer planets and the star influences interact.

It is well known that astronomers for nearly 10 years been probing HD 189,733 binary systems the main star's ultraviolet and x-ray radiation. Over time, this system evaporates HD 189733b's atmosphere. They estimated it lost between 100 million and 600 million kilograms of quality per second. HD 189733b's atmosphere becomes smaller, thinner 25% per cent, and the faster rate than previously thought. Research, one of the heads of the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Centre of science Scott-Volcker said: "this extension of the planet's atmosphere made it a bigger target for by parent star high energy radiation, causing the atmosphere to evaporate. ”

The host star HD 189,733 also have a light red companion star. First time in astronomers by Chandra x-ray Observatory x-ray detected its presence. These stars might formed at the same time, but since the host stars rotate faster, showing increased geomagnetic activity, so between 3 billion and 3.5 billion years younger than its companion star. Meanwhile, in the x-ray brightness of the main stars are its companion star 30 times. Bopenghajieer said: "this hot Jupiter might host star rapid rotation and a high level of geomagnetic activity, tidal force causes it to behave in some ways like a younger star.

Living at Home While Your Spouse is in Space

Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries interviews NASA astronaut Doug Hurley about handling things home on Earth while his wife, Karen Nyberg, is living in space as an Expedition 36 flight engineer. Hurley and their son Jack stay in touch with Karen using modern communication tools such as Skype and an iPad.

Hurley said it is easier to be separated when you're the spouse going on a mission instead of the one staying home. As an astronaut, periods of separation from your family can be frequent and of varying durations. For instance, preparing for a mission can require weeks of training away from home in other parts of the world that prepare you for the space mission.

In the meantime, while Karen spent her 100th day aboard the station on Sept. 5 her 4-year-old son Jack is growing. She will return home in November with her Expedition 36/37 crewmates having completed a 5-1/2 month mission on the International Space Station.

Orbital Sciences/Cygnus Demonstration Flight Animation

This animation shows the launch of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship and its rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Read more about Orbital Sciences' participation in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services here: www.nasa.gov/orbital

Space Station Live: Sept. 5, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 5, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

LADEE Project Manager Update: LADEE Ready for Launch

Engineers from NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., have successfully completed launch preparation activities for NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory, which has been encapsulated into the nose-cone of the Minotaur V rocket at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. LADEE now is ready to launch when the window opens on Sept. 6, 2013.
After safely arriving at NASA Wallops in June, the LADEE observatory went through final preparations and close-outs, which included checking the spacecraft's alignment after its cross-country shipment, checking the propulsion system for leaks, inspecting and repairing solar panels, and final electrical tests. After all of the activities were completed, it was time to start some of the scarier more challenging portions of the launch preparations: spin testing and fueling.
To make sure that the spacecraft is perfectly balanced for flight, engineers mount it onto a spin table and rotate it at high speeds, approximately one revolution per second. The team measures any offsets during the spinning, and then adds small weights to the spacecraft to balance it. Once the spacecraft was balanced dry, we then loaded the propulsion tanks with fuel, oxidizer, and pressurant. The spin testing was performed again "wet," or with fuel, in order to see if the balance changed with the full fuel tanks. The final wet spin balance went very well.
The next step was to lift the LADEE spacecraft onto the fifth stage – or the top – of the rocket, and then spin that whole stack in order to balance it for when the fifth stage burns during the ascent. Before and after this spin balancing, various explosive charges were installed onto the spacecraft and fifth stage, which will be used during flight to enable the propulsion system and remove the cover of one of the science instruments. The combination of propellents, explosives, and spinning made all of this activity pretty challenging.
After all of that was accomplished, engineers mounted the LADEE observatory onto the fifth stage rocket motor and encapsulated it in the nose-cone – or fairing – of the United States Air Force's Minotaur V launch vehicle, operated by Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Va. It was then hooked up to an environmental control system that will keep clean, dry, cool gas flowing into the fairing. After everything was ready, the combined LADEE and fifth stage motor in the fairing was moved from the clean room it had lived in all summer, out to the launch pad, and lifted on top of the rocket stack, with the first through fourth stages already in place.

Full of mystery basilisk Nebula

It was a basilisk nebulae – as its name implies, is full of mystery. This is a planetary nebula, about 1500 light years from Earth. This picture was an amateur in United States Huntsville shooting amateur telescope, making exposure times of up to 27 hours.

Planetary nebula represents the final stage of a death star's life. Keep out of glowing gas and dust substances, forming huge sphere with a diameter of more than 4 light-years away.

Bye-Bye HTV!

International Space Station astronaut Karen Nyberg of NASA used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release the Japanese HTV-4 cargo ship on Sept. 4, after its month stay at the orbital outpost. The cargo craft, dubbed "Kounotori" --- the Japanese word for "white stork" --- by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), arrived at the station Aug. 9 filled with more than 3 ∏ tons of supplies and spare parts for the crew. It will be commanded to deorbit on Sept. 7, headed for a destructive entry into the Pacific Ocean.

Space Station Live: Sept. 4, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 3, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Space Station Live: Flight Director Talks Spacesuit Troubleshooting

NASA Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries talks with Flight Director Dina Contella about the troubleshooting efforts on the spacesuit astronaut Luca Parmitano wore during a July 16 spacewalk that was cut short when the helmet began to fill with water. Over the weekend aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg spent about seven hours replacing components and checking out the suit.

Contella also discusses the departure preparations for the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle, which is set to be unberthed from the station by the Canadarm2 robotic arm on Wednesday.

Space Station Live: Sept. 3, 2013

The Space Station Live recap video for Sept. 3, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CDT. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Take a Peek Inside the New Mission Control Houston

Mission Control team member Bill Foster talks with NASA Public Affairs Officer Josh Byerly about the enhancements and changes being made to Mission Control Houston. The former control room for the space shuttle has been undergoing a remodel to prepare it for the Orion flights, and it has a new look and feel. Foster talks about the upgrades and what's ahead for the space station control room as well.

The moon on the Earth's surface projection of the great terror

For many years, we saw a lot of pretty incredible Eclipse photos, endless cinematic, time-lapse Photography, out of photography and so on, but they are by no means out of the same problem: only shot from the Earth's surface.

Solar eclipse occurs when the Moon, the Earth, the Sun is in the same line, the Moon blocked the Sun at this time, we see the solar eclipse phenomenon, meaning that solar eclipse observed regions are in the shadow of the moon.

If you then move the camera to projection space will shoot to the moon on Earth? The answer is Yes, but this shot opportunities are "wanzai Blue Moon", only a dozen minutes of duration of the solar eclipse, at this time only when the track near the space station passes over the chance to pick up. This photo was taken in March 2006, Earth is in the shadow of the Moon at the bottom of the space station, astronauts use of the records in the rare event of astronomical wonders.

In most of the photos in this article are from the United States space agency NASA, but this picture below is an exception. Photo taken in August 1999 Russia Mir, shadow on the surface of the Earth is filled with magic, and looks scared. This photo is also a decommissioning of Mir, one of the last picture taken before the crash.