Mickes space: mars 2016

torsdag 31 mars 2016

Space Station in 360°

This 360° panorama lets you explore the International Space Station’s fourth module, Destiny. Launched on 7 February 2001 on Space Shuttle Atlantis, the American module is the heart of the non-Russian part of the Station according to ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (who took the pictures to create this view). The module allows experiments to be performed in many disciplines, from biology to physics, including a rack for burning liquids in weightlessness and the European Microgravity Science Glovebox.
A new Space Station module in 360° will be released every week on Thursday.

Mixed-Reality Tech Brings Mars to Earth.

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to create "Destination: Mars," a guided tour of Mars using the same Hololens technology that helps scientists plan the Curiosity rover's activities.

onsdag 30 mars 2016

SciShow Space.

The James Webb Space Telescope 3D tour.

Space Station Live.

NASA Commentator Gary Jordan talks with Rajib Dasgupta, the International Space Station project manager for the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, which will launch to the station on a Dragon cargo ship next month. Provided by Bigelow Aerospace, BEAM will be berthed to the aft docking port of the station’s Tranquility module for a two-year demonstration of the commercial expandable technology. The station crew members will perform maintenance inside the BEAM on a quarterly basis: inspecting for leaks, taking air and surface samples for later analysis, and changing out batteries in instruments measuring temperature and radiation levels and impact data.

James Webb Space Telescope news.

Engineers lift the James Webb Space Telescopes cameras and spectrographs out of the Space Environment Simulator at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. These vital parts of the Webb Space Telescope endured their last super-cold test at NASA Goddard before installation into the telescope. This produced video shows engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center lifting the Webb Telescopes instruments and their support structure out of the Space Environment Simulator after completing its last cryogenic test before installation into the telescope.

söndag 27 mars 2016

Cygnus Cargo Supply Spacecraft Mated to the ISS.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft that arrived at the International Space Station on March 26 was grappled several hours later with the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm and installed on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module for a two-month stay. The spacecraft launched to the International Space Station on March 22 with almost 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware for the crew aboard the orbital laboratory.

The Google Lunar XPRIZE, part 6.

The Google Lunar XPRIZE, is an inducement prize space competition organized by XPRIZE, and sponsored by Google. The challenge calls for privately-funded spaceflight teams to be the first to land a privately-funded robotic spacecraft on the Moon, travel 500 meters, and transmit back high definition video and images.
In 2015, XPRIZE announced that the competition deadline would be extended to December 2017 if at least one team could secure a verified launch contract by December 31, 2015. Two teams secured such a launch contract, and the deadline was extended.
As of 2016, 16 teams remain in the competition, with two teams, SpaceIL and Moon Express, having secured verified launch contracts for 2017 (with SpaceX and Rocket Lab, respectively).All other teams have until the end of 2016 to secure a verified launch contract, and remain in the competition.
Mickes Space will now introduce the remaining 16 participants. 1 per day.
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Omega Envoy
United States

Cygnus Cargo Supply Spacecraft Safely Reaches the ISS NASA NASA.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft that launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida March 22 arrived at the International Space Station March 26 carrying almost 7,500 pounds of food, supplies and science experiments for the six crew members aboard the orbital outpost.

lördag 26 mars 2016

SciShow Space.

Amy Shira Teitel. 5 Books All Space Fans Should Read.

Mars Gravity Map.

A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet. Satellites always orbit a planet’s center of mass, but can be pulled slightly off course by the gravity of massive features like Olympus Mons, the solar system’s tallest mountain. Now, scientists at Goddard Space Flight Center have used these slight orbital fluctuations to map the gravity field of Mars, providing fresh insights into its crustal thickness, deep interior, and seasonal variations of dry ice at the poles. The new gravity map will also help to put future spacecraft into orbit more precisely, ensuring that the Mars fleet continues to return a massive trove of data.

The Planetary Society. Wet-Dry Worlds

D-News.How Close Are We To Star Trek's Warp Drive?

This Week @NASA.

ESA Euronews.

Space to Ground.

fredag 25 mars 2016

The best day of my life.

New welcome video on Mickes Art.

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Untold Stories from the Rocket Ranch: The Sinkable Scarf.

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover at Namib Dune (360 view)

Flyby Comet Imaged By Radar.

Radar data of comet P/2016 BA14 taken over three days (March 21—23, 2016), when the comet was between 2.5 million miles and 2.2 million miles (4.1 million kilometers and 3.6 million kilometers) from Earth.

Unveiling Ceres

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed marvelous sights on dwarf planet Ceres during its first year in orbit, including the mysterious bright spots in Occator Crater.

Explore the International Space Station’s third module in 360°

This 360° panorama allows you to explore the International Space Station’s third module, Zvezda. Launched on 12 July 2000, the Russian module supplies life support for the Station and crewquarters. All five of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicles docked with the module. The images to create this view were taken by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during her Futura mission in 2015; the cosmonaut in the picture is Gennady Padalka.
Explore Zvezda in Flickr, Facebook or YouTube format with your mobile phone and virtual-reality headset, or take the full tour including all Space Station modules with videos and extra information below. There will be a new release Space Station module in 360° every week.
Flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/EEbhZo

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanSpac...

Full tour:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Hum...

torsdag 24 mars 2016

ISS Crewmembers Talk About Life on the Station.

NASA Earth Expeditions: An Animated Tour.

BEAM Installation Animation

Future astronauts will require highly reliable habitation systems to keep them healthy and productive during missions that take them farther from Earth than humans have ever gone before. Through public-private partnerships with U.S. industry, NASA is investigating habitation concepts that can support astronauts who are living and working in the harsh environment of deep space.

Expandable habitats are one such concept under consideration. To demonstrate expandable habitation modules, NASA will attach the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the International Space Station for a minimum two-year technology demonstration. The space station is the world’s leading laboratory for conducting cutting-edge research and is the primary platform for technology research, development and testing in space to enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroids and Mars.

SciShow Space.

onsdag 23 mars 2016

Caught for the First Time: The Early Flash of an Exploding Star.

The brilliant flash of an exploding star’s shockwave—what astronomers call the “shock breakout” -- is illustrated in this cartoon animation. The animation begins with a view of a red supergiant star that is 500 times bigger and 20,000 brighter than our sun. When the star’s internal furnace can no longer sustain nuclear fusion its core to collapses under gravity. A shockwave from the implosion rushes upward through the star’s layers. The shockwave initially breaks through the star’s visible surface as a series of finger-like plasma jets. Only 20 minute later the full fury of the shockwave reaches the surface and the doomed star blasts apart as a supernova explosion. This animation is based on photometric observations made by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. By closely monitoring the star KSN 2011d, located 1.2 billion light-years away, Kepler caught the onset of the early flash and subsequent explosion.
Credit: NASA Ames, STScI/G. Bacon

Best NASA Images Yet Of Ceres’ Brightest Spot.

The bright central spots near the center of Occator Crater are shown in enhanced color in this view from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The view was produced by combining the highest resolution images taken in February 2016 (at image scales 115 feet (35 meters) per pixel of 35 meters with color images obtained in September 2015 at a lower resolution. Click for a highest-res view. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI

The Google Lunar XPRIZE. Part 6.

Post launch Status of Space Station Supply Spacecraft.

A briefing was held on March 22 at the Kennedy Space Center to discuss the status of Orbital ATK’s enhanced Cygnus supply spacecraft, following its launch to the International Space Station. The Cygnus is delivering almost 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory. This is Orbital ATK’s fifth contracted mission to the station under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract and the second flight to the station of an enhanced Cygnus spacecraft; with its increased capacity. Dubbed the S.S. Rick Husband, the spacecraft is a tribute to U.S. Air Force Col. Rick Husband, commander of space shuttle Columbia’s STS-107 mission, which was lost during reentry on Feb. 1, 2003.

Supply Spacecraft Heads to the Space Station.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket March 22, carrying almost 7,500 pounds of food, supplies and science experiments for the six crew members aboard the International Space Station.

tisdag 22 mars 2016

Never let evil win. Our thoughts goes to the victims of today's vicious attack on innocent people.

The Google Lunar XPRIZE. Part 5.

Moon Village.

Almost 50 years since man first walked on the lunar surface, the head of the European Space Agency explains his vision for living and working on the Moon.

Johann-Dietrich Woerner believes the next giant leap for humankind could be an international collaboration of space faring nations in the form of a Moon village. This village would be a permanent lunar base for science, business, tourism or even mining.

Woerner explains how using the Moon’s own natural resources could help build and sustain a base by 3D printing a structure or building element. Robotic rovers could inflate protective domes for astronauts. He also discusses the potential hazards of living on the Moon as well as the possible locations of he lunar base and the advantages of a new global space project.

The James Webb Space Telescope.

http://jwst.nasa.gov/Webb3d/

The James Webb Space Telescope, also called Webb or JWST, is a large, space-based observatory, optimized for infrared wavelengths, which will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. It will have longer wavelength coverage and greatly improved sensitivity. The longer wavelengths enable Webb to look further back in time to find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, and to peer inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are forming today. The telescope will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in October of 2018.
JWST will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.

JWST was formerly known as the "Next Generation Space Telescope" it was renamed in Sept. 2002 after a former NASA administrator, James Webb.

måndag 21 mars 2016

Space Station Live: The Stuff of Meteors.

NASA Commentator Dan Huot talks with Michael Fortenberry of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, the developer of the Meteor experiment flying to the International Space Station on the next Cygnus cargo ship. Once set up in the station’s Windows Observational Research Facility (WORF) in the Destiny module, the Meteor camera equipped with a series of filters will observe meteor showers and take spectral measurements that can reveal the chemical makeup of the meteors and improve our understanding of how the planets developed.

Preview of the Next ISS Supply Mission.

NASA and commercial provider Orbital ATK previewed the company’s fifth mission to the International Space Station under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. The launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for 11:05 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Cygnus will carry almost 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory to support dozens of science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 47 and 48. The spacecraft has been dubbed the S.S. Rick Husband; a tribute to U.S. Air Force Col. Rick Husband, commander of space shuttle Columbia’s STS-107 mission, which was lost during reentry on Feb. 1, 2003.

The Science Onboard the Next ISS Supply Mission.

söndag 20 mars 2016

Falcon Heavy Rocket.The World's Most Powerful Rocket.

When Falcon Heavy lifts off later this year, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit over 53 metric tons (117,000 lb)--a mass equivalent to a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost. Falcon Heavy draws upon the proven heritage and

reliability of Falcon 9. Its first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 4.5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to nearly eighteen 747 aircraft. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.

Bigelow Aerospace and NASA Execute NextSTEP Contract to Study B330 Utilization.

NASA has executed a contract with Bigelow Aerospace for the company to develop ambitious human spaceflight missions that leverage its innovative B330 space habitat. The contract was executed under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (“NextSTEP”) Broad Agency Announcement issued by NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems program.
Via its NextSTEP contract, Bigelow Aerospace will demonstrate to NASA how B330 habitats can be used to support safe, affordable, and robust human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. As the name indicates, the B330 will provide 330 cubic meters of internal volume and each habitat can support a crew of up to six. Bigelow expandable habitats provide much greater volume than metallic structures, as well as enhanced protection against radiation and physical debris. Moreover, Bigelow habitats are lighter and take up substantially less rocket fairing space, and are far more affordable than traditional, rigid modules. These advantages make the B330 the ideal habitat to implement NASA’s beyond low Earth orbit (“LEO”) plans and will support the utilization of transportation systems such as the SLS and Orion. Additionally, the B330s, which will initially be deployed and tested in LEO, will be used as private sector space stations that will conduct a wide variety of commercial activities.

Earth from Space: Yuma chequerboard.

Space invaders – in space!

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and ESA astronaut Tim Peake tested a new augmented-reality project during their mission on the International Space Station that aims to help astronauts work more efficiently by overlaying information and allowing mission control to ‘look over their shoulder’. After two hours of putting Project Sidekick through its paces they came across a hidden game: virtual-reality space invaders! Mission control allowed them a moment of fun.
The special effects were added later and no astronaut (or aliens) were harmed in the making of this video.
Tim explains: “Sidekick creates a virtual-reality world on the International Space Station so we can 'drop' markers, procedures or documents in one location and they will still be there if we leave the module to return later. Ground control can come into our virtual world and we can use it for doing tasks together – for example the VR world can point out exactly what switches to flip or which screws to loosen, handles to turn and even guide us to storage locations. The game was just a bit of fun where Scott and I were being attacked by aliens from all over the place and we fired our canons by squeezing our fingers together. We had to dodge their missiles hence a lot of ducking and weaving going on...much fun!”