At today's launch countdown status briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. EST on Monday.
NASA Test Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson reported everything is progressing on schedule for Atlantis' 31st flight to deliver the crew, two Express Logistic Carriers and other necessary parts to the International Space Station.
"Our teams here at Kennedy Space Center, as well as all the NASA centers around the country, have worked very hard preparing this hardware for flight," said Blackwell-Thompson. "We're all looking forward to the mission that lies ahead."
Scott Higginbotham, the STS-129 payload manager, said the processing of the payload for this mission has been a difficult and challenging race for his team. "But we're smiling today," Higginbotham said. "Because we crossed the finish line and we survived." Final inspections were completed and the payload bay doors were closed for flight this morning.
Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters reported weather is looking very good for launch day and for the loading of propellants into Atlantis' external fuel tank. At this time there's only a 10 percent chance of weather hindering a successful launch on Monday.
At 1 p.m. today, NASA's official launch countdown clock begins counting backward toward Monday's liftoff.
Source: NASA
fredag 13 november 2009
torsdag 12 november 2009
Luftskeppet STS-111
STS-111 will be developed into a cheap, flexible aircraft that can be deployed for example, monitoring data on a medium height and medium periods.
Airship is foldable and can be transported in a container to the ascension seat. This is not a rigid construction, but a series of containers connected to each other.
The first is helium gas used to lift the ship. In other containers kept the gas that drives the internal combustion engine, placed at the bottom of the first section.
The advantage of this flexible design is that the whole airship does not need to become a windbreak and is influenced by air currents direction. For the crosswind turns the rear sections and ports in the lee of the front.
Airship was developed by German TAO-Technologies but built by Sans Wire Corp. in Florida. At the end of the year to get the demonstration flights in Europe for the first time.
STS-111 is 35 meters long (111 feet) and 3.5 meters in diameter.
It is considered as a prototype, next year it is envisaged that a double-long airship will be built.
STS-111 will be developed into a cheap, flexible aircraft that can be deployed for example, monitoring data on a medium height and medium periods.
Airship is foldable and can be transported in a container to the ascension seat. This is not a rigid construction, but a series of containers connected to each other.
The first is helium gas used to lift the ship. In other containers kept the gas that drives the internal combustion engine, placed at the bottom of the first section.
The advantage of this flexible design is that the whole airship does not need to become a windbreak and is influenced by air currents direction. For the crosswind turns the rear sections and ports in the lee of the front.
Airship was developed by German TAO-Technologies but built by Sans Wire Corp. in Florida. At the end of the year to get the demonstration flights in Europe for the first time.
STS-111 is 35 meters long (111 feet) and 3.5 meters in diameter.
It is considered as a prototype, next year it is envisaged that a double-long airship will be built.
The point is that the flexible air-ships will be offered as an alternative to the larger airship developed surveillance data at altitudes around 5000 meters. These airships are sensitive to drift and the position needs to be corrected with the energy-guzzling engines. Upon storage in the soil need these ships hangar-sized buildings.
Airship is foldable and can be transported in a container to the ascension seat. This is not a rigid construction, but a series of containers connected to each other.
The first is helium gas used to lift the ship. In other containers kept the gas that drives the internal combustion engine, placed at the bottom of the first section.
The advantage of this flexible design is that the whole airship does not need to become a windbreak and is influenced by air currents direction. For the crosswind turns the rear sections and ports in the lee of the front.
Airship was developed by German TAO-Technologies but built by Sans Wire Corp. in Florida. At the end of the year to get the demonstration flights in Europe for the first time.
STS-111 is 35 meters long (111 feet) and 3.5 meters in diameter.
It is considered as a prototype, next year it is envisaged that a double-long airship will be built.
STS-111 will be developed into a cheap, flexible aircraft that can be deployed for example, monitoring data on a medium height and medium periods.
Airship is foldable and can be transported in a container to the ascension seat. This is not a rigid construction, but a series of containers connected to each other.
The first is helium gas used to lift the ship. In other containers kept the gas that drives the internal combustion engine, placed at the bottom of the first section.
The advantage of this flexible design is that the whole airship does not need to become a windbreak and is influenced by air currents direction. For the crosswind turns the rear sections and ports in the lee of the front.
Airship was developed by German TAO-Technologies but built by Sans Wire Corp. in Florida. At the end of the year to get the demonstration flights in Europe for the first time.
STS-111 is 35 meters long (111 feet) and 3.5 meters in diameter.
It is considered as a prototype, next year it is envisaged that a double-long airship will be built.
The point is that the flexible air-ships will be offered as an alternative to the larger airship developed surveillance data at altitudes around 5000 meters. These airships are sensitive to drift and the position needs to be corrected with the energy-guzzling engines. Upon storage in the soil need these ships hangar-sized buildings.
måndag 9 november 2009
One Week to Launch!
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the work week begins with the installation of new equipment at Launch Pad 39A.
Technicians will install instruments in both the mobile launcher platform's tail service mast and in space shuttle Atlantis' aft section. The equipment will record the sound pressure and vibration at liftoff -- which recently were determined to be stronger than originally thought.
The testing of the "main engine acoustic environment" using microphones and sensors will continue with launch.
Yesterday, workers completed final ordnance installation and connections in the shuttle.
At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the six STS-129 mission astronauts will enter quarantine tonight after a day of administrative duties. They'll be housed in a germ-free environment until they fly to Kennedy on Thursday for Atlantis' launch to the International Space Station.
Liftoff is set for 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16 and the countdown to launch begins 1 p.m. EST Friday.
Source: NASA
Technicians will install instruments in both the mobile launcher platform's tail service mast and in space shuttle Atlantis' aft section. The equipment will record the sound pressure and vibration at liftoff -- which recently were determined to be stronger than originally thought.
The testing of the "main engine acoustic environment" using microphones and sensors will continue with launch.
Yesterday, workers completed final ordnance installation and connections in the shuttle.
At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the six STS-129 mission astronauts will enter quarantine tonight after a day of administrative duties. They'll be housed in a germ-free environment until they fly to Kennedy on Thursday for Atlantis' launch to the International Space Station.
Liftoff is set for 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16 and the countdown to launch begins 1 p.m. EST Friday.
Source: NASA
onsdag 4 november 2009
Space Hotel scheduled to open in 2012
To see the sun rise 15 times a day and travel round the world was 80: the minute is just a few of the experiences of Galactic Suite Space Resort tries to entice people with. Spa in the space environment is another, with weightlessness bath and gosda energy drinks.
Four people at a time will fit in the space hotel, which, if it goes ahead, that travels in orbit around the Earth - at a speed of 30 000 km per hour 450 kilometer into the air. The price includes three nights on board in addition also an eight week training for the space-consuming trip to a tropical island.
The project is far from uncontroversial - critics have turned against both the timetable, which they believe are overly optimistic, as financing. Something that does not worry Xavier Claramunt, CEO of Barcelona-based company Galactic Suite Ltd, which is behind the planned space hotel.
Told Reuters he says that an anonymous billionaire and space enthusiast, has pledged the equivalent 22 billion to the project.
Four people at a time will fit in the space hotel, which, if it goes ahead, that travels in orbit around the Earth - at a speed of 30 000 km per hour 450 kilometer into the air. The price includes three nights on board in addition also an eight week training for the space-consuming trip to a tropical island.
The project is far from uncontroversial - critics have turned against both the timetable, which they believe are overly optimistic, as financing. Something that does not worry Xavier Claramunt, CEO of Barcelona-based company Galactic Suite Ltd, which is behind the planned space hotel.
Told Reuters he says that an anonymous billionaire and space enthusiast, has pledged the equivalent 22 billion to the project.
måndag 2 november 2009
Limbo Trick in the Great Belt Bridge
Passage was over 18 minutes after midnight and the officer in charge of the Authority for traffic on the Great Belt exhaled.
The ship above the water surface is 72 meters while the sails headroom under the bridge is 65 meters. To achieve this, the ship's stack, which operates a telescope so that the height can be reduced to 64.75 meters above sea level.
The shipyard in Turku in Finland have built the 361-meter and 225 000 tonnes of large vessel. From there it sailed on Friday the rate on its home base in Lauderdale, Florida.
The ship's captain William S Wright was a precaution chosen a date for the passage when water levels were lowest during the bridge. He took one more trick and put the drag on all the machines 140 000 horsepower as the ship passed under the bridge in excess of 20 knots. This meant that the hull drove down a couple of inches further into the water.
The spectacular bropassagen became expensive for the owner, the American cruise shipping company Royal Caribbean International. Only telescopic feature of the chimney has cost about fifteen million extra, which may be compared with the eleven billion that the ship has been on the loose.
For the money, the shipping company had a floating paradise with 16 passenger decks for up to 6 300 cruise passengers and 2 165 crew.
söndag 1 november 2009
The new supercomputer
The new supercomputer named Milky Way and built by China's military universities, National University of Defense Technology. According to Chinese news sources ranked Milky Way as the fourth fastest computer in the world.
Milky Way consists of more than 11 000 microprocessors from Intel and AMD. Supercomputer has cost more than 88 million U.S. dollars to produce.
China has previously said that the country strives to become a world leader in technology.
Milky Way consists of more than 11 000 microprocessors from Intel and AMD. Supercomputer has cost more than 88 million U.S. dollars to produce.
China has previously said that the country strives to become a world leader in technology.
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