* Photo for the Day *
-- Sunrise --
On Saturday, August 27, 2011, International Space Station Astronaut Ron Garan pointed an HD camera out a window of the Cupola to film one of the sixteen sunrises astronauts see each day. This sunrise image shows the rising sun as the International Space Station flew along a path between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Image Credit: NASA
Image Credit: NASA
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While we are on the topic of the International Space Station…
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- Here’s a troubling read I found this afternoon on the CNET.com website. It starts off like this… The failure of an unmanned Russian Soyuz booster during launch last week has thrown a wrench into International Space Station operations, with upcoming fights to and from the lab complex facing delays that likely will result in extended operations with a reduced crew of three, a senior NASA manager said today…
Read the full report at link below…
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- Chron.com had this report up on their website this Monday evening and it started off like this… NASA may be forced to evacuate the International Space Station unless its Russian partners can find a quick fix to a problem with their primary launch system… That was the blunt message Monday from Mike Suffredini, the Houston-based manager of the large, orbiting laboratory… "We're going to do what's safest for the crew and the space station," Suffredini said…
Read the rest at link below…
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- Fox News reports it this way…
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AubreyJ………
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