Browsing Archive: May, 2011
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 30, 2011,
 With components of the International Space Station in the view, NASA
astronauts Andrew Feustel (right) and Michael Fincke are pictured during
the STS-134 mission's third spacewalk. They coordinated their shared
activity with NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who stayed in communication
with the pair and with Mission Control Center in Houston from inside the
station. Image Credit: NASA
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 30, 2011,
 The Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the Milky Way, is a mere 7,500 light years from Earth. Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 30, 2011,
 The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27
Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady
Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan,
Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian
Cosmonaut Kondratyev
and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months
onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 30, 2011,
 Astronaut Andrew Feustel reenters the space station after completing n
8-hour, 7-minute spacewalk at 10:12 a.m. EDT Sunday, May 22, 2011. He
and fellow spacewalker Mike Fincke completed this, the second of the
four STS-134 spacewalks, for a mission total of 14 hours 26 minutes. It
was the 246th
spacewalk conducted by U.S. astronauts, the 116th from space station
airlocks, and the 157th in support of space station assembly and
maintenance. It was Feustel's fifth spacewalk and Fincke's se... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 30, 2011,
 The newly-installed Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 is visible at center
of the International Space Station's starboard truss. The Alpha Magnetic
Spectrometer, or AMS, is the largest scientific collaboration to use
the orbital laboratory. This investigation is sponsored by
the U.S. Department of Energy and made possible by funding from 16
nations. Led by Nobel Laureate Samuel Ting, more than 600 physicists
from around the globe will be able to participate in the data generated
from this p... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 23, 2011,
 Astronaut Drew Feustel works in the vacuum of space during the first of
four spacewalks during the STS-134 mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour to
the International Space Station. Working early in the morning of Fri.,
May 20, 2011, Feustel and Astronaut Greg Chamitoff successfully
installed antennas for the External Wireless Communication system,
routing cables, setting up the antenna, installing handrails, and
connecting power cables during this spacewalk. This was the 245th
spacewalk co... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 23, 2011,
 At 5:15 a.m. EDT 18th may , Endeavour began the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch
Maneuver, or 'backflip,' on its last visit to the Inernational Space
Station. With Commander Mark Kelly at the controls, Endeavour rotated
360 degrees backward to enable space station astronauts
Dmitry Kondratyev, Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman to take high
resolution pictures of the shuttle’s heat shield. Kelly then flew the
shuttle through a quarter circle to a position about 400 feet directly
in front of t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 23, 2011,
 Shuttle Atlantis makes its final planned move from Orbiter Processing
Facility-1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. The move, called "rollover," is a major milestone in
processing for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station,
targeted for early July. Inside the VAB, the shuttle will be attached to
its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters. Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and R... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 23, 2011,
 An exhaust cloud forms around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida as space shuttle Endeavour soars into the sky on the
STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle and its
six-member crew lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida at 8:56 a.m. EDT on May 16. STS-134 will deliver the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), Express Logistics Carrier-3, a
high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for the Dextre robot... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 16, 2011,
 Chandra takes a long-term series of views of the Crab Nebula. Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 16, 2011,
 The dwarf galaxy NGC 4214 is ablaze with young stars and gas clouds.
Located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes
Venatici (The Hunting Dogs), the galaxy's close proximity, combined
with the wide variety of evolutionary stages among the stars, make it
an ideal laboratory to research the triggers of star formation and
evolution. This color image was taken using the Hubble Space Telescope's
Wide Field Camera 3 in December 2009. Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble
Her... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 16, 2011,
 STS-133 commander Steven Lindsey, far left, presents a montage to
President Barack Obama as crew members Michael Barratt, pilot Eric Boe,
Nicole Slott and Steve Bowen look on during a visit to the Oval Office,
Monday, May 9, 2011, in Washington. Image Credit: NASA/Paul
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 16, 2011,
 During its one-year mission, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,
or WISE, mapped the entire sky in infrared light. Among the multitudes
of astronomical bodies that have been discovered by the NEOWISE portion
of the WISE mission are 20 comets. This collage shows those
20 new comets together in a kind of family portrait. The fuzzy
background in each picture is due to random fluctuations in infrared
light, primarily from dust in our own solar system. Stars cannot be seen
because th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 9, 2011,
 European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, a member of the
STS-134 crew, is pictured in the rear station of a NASA T-38 trainer jet
at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. During the 14-day
mission, Endeavour and the STS-134 crew will deliver the Alpha Magnetic
Spectrometer
and spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a
high-pressure gas tank. Image Credit: NASA
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 9, 2011,
 President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia,
Sasha, and the First Lady's mother Marian Robinson, are shown the space
shuttle Atlantis during a tour of the Orbital Processing Facility by
NASA Astronaut Janet Kavandi during their visit to the Kennedy Space
Center
in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 29, 2011. Image Credit: NASA/Bill
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 2, 2011,
 The space shuttle Endeavour sat on Launch Pad 39A as a storm passed
prior to the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure, Thursday, April
28, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour
launches on the STS-134 mission on Friday, April 29 at 3:47 p.m. EDT.
During
the 14-day mission, Endeavour and the STS-134 crew will deliver the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare parts including two S-band
communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank. Image Credit:
NASA/... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 2, 2011,
 The STS-134 crew arrived in T-38 jets on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at the
NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral,
Fla. The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew will deliver the Alpha
Magnetic Spectrometer and spare parts including two S-band
communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare
parts for Dextre, during the 14-day mission. Launch is scheduled for
Friday, April 29 at 3:47 p.m. EDT. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, May 2, 2011,
 In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
in Florida, the STS-135 crew inspects the Raffaello multi-purpose
logistics module with the carrier's technician. From left are STS-135
pilot Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus, Commander Chris Ferguson (upper level),
a
carrier technician and Rex Walheim. The four-member crew is at Kennedy
participating in the Crew Equipment Interface Test, which gives them an
opportunity for hands-on training with tools they'll use in spac... Continue reading ...
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