News tagged with crew module
Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Lights Up Sky
(PhysOrg.com) -- It looked like a light show in Elkton, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as NASA ground tested a full-scale attitude control motor, or ACM. The motor operated with precision as its elaborate eight-valve ...
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Space Image: Earth observations
(PhysOrg.com) -- This unusual image was photographed through the Cupola on the International Space Station by one of the Expedition 30 crew members.
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Jan 09, 2012 |
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NASA questions Apollo 13 commander's sale of list
NASA is questioning whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations that were crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft ...
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Jan 06, 2012 |
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Simulating firefighting operations on a PC
Firefighters often put their lives at risk during operations, so it is essential they have reliable tools to help them do their job. Now, a modular simulation kit is set to help develop new information and ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Missions that weren't: NASA's manned mission to Venus
In the mid-1960s, before any Apollo hardware had flown with a crew, NASA was looking ahead and planning its next major programs. It was a bit of a challenge. After all, how do you top landing a man on the ...
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Dec 20, 2011 |
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NASA's Apollo 13 checklist sells for $390,000
A checklist used to guide the wounded Apollo 13 spacecraft home after the explosion that led to the famed "Houston, we've had a problem" call sold at auction in Texas Wednesday for just under $390,000.
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Nov 30, 2011 |
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Apollo 13 checklist part of space artifacts auction
A notebook containing Apollo 13 commander James Lovell's handwritten calculations to guide the damaged spacecraft back to Earth is being auctioned along with other artifacts from the 1970 mission.
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Nov 23, 2011 |
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US honors astronauts for pioneering space flights
The US Congress on Wednesday bestowed its highest civilian honor on four American space pioneers of the 1960s, marking the first time the Congressional Gold Medal has been awarded to astronauts.
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Crew of mock Mars mission appear healthy, joyful
Staying inside cramped, windowless modules for nearly a year-and-half was a tough challenge for an international crew of six researchers simulating a mission to Mars under 24-hour surveillance by scientists.
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Nov 08, 2011 |
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Researchers complete 520-day mock mission to Mars
(AP) -- Pale but smiling, an international crew of researchers on Friday walked out of a set of windowless modules after a grueling 520-day simulation of a flight to Mars.
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Nov 04, 2011 |
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Moscow 'Mars mission' ends after 520 days
Six volunteers on Friday stepped out into the outside world after spending the last one-and-a-half-years locked away in an isolation module in Moscow to simulate the effects of a return trip to Mars.
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Nov 04, 2011 |
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