Book Review: Reality Check
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
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According to Space.com, NASA officials announced this morning the ISS might be de-crewed (unmanned) staring in November due to the recent Progress launch vehicle failure.
It’s been kind of a crazy week everywhere for pretty much everyone, so I am going to keep this post short and sweet. According to
Video of today’s Progress M-12M/44P launch, which re-entered and crashed shortly following its launch due to a propulsion system failure. Video courtesy of Spaceflight101.
Atlantis Reentry as seen from the International Space Station Image Credit: NASA Atlantis Cockpit View of Kennedy Space Center Image Credit: NASA TV Atlantis Approach
Space shuttle Endeavour and the ISS docked as seen from a Soyuz capsule, May 23, 2011. Photo courtesy of Paulo Nespoli/NASA. At this time, the
Part of a package I received from NASA in the 1980s. Pictured: a synopsis of the early shuttle missions, and a space shuttle schematic poster.
NASA has released images of Endeavour and the ISS. They were taken by Paolo Nespoli from TMA-20 as the Russian spacecraft departed on 23 May.
Launch Image Credit: NASA TV The Space Shuttle Endeavour began its final mission to the International space station with a perfect launch at 1256 UTC
Cady Coleman and Scott Kelley in the Dragon Image Credit: SpaceX This is the final entry concerning the second round of funding in the Commercial
Blue Origin Spacecraft Image Credit: NASA / Blue Origin Third in our series on the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev)
Endeavour at T-Minus 6 Hours Image Credit: NASA TV The launch of Endeavour was scrubbed today due to a failed heater in the APU (Auxiliary
NASA HL-20 Image Credit: NASA The second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program has been announced by NASA. Sierra Nevada Corporation
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