Space - the final frontier (Misc.) II

[Bazza]

cannot even imagine the level of boredom at this point

I dunno....looks like they're having a lot of fun, to me!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1825300978264052028

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I dunno....looks like they're having a lot of fun, to me!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1825300978264052028

what do they do with the other 23 hours 59 minutes and 48 seconds

 

[crimsonaudio]

what do they do with the other 23 hours 59 minutes and 48 seconds

They actually have experiments and tasks for them - they're working while they're up there.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Incredible!

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

NASA will return @BoeingSpace's #Starliner to Earth without @NASA_Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft.

They will fly home aboard a Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to the agency’s SpaceX #Crew9 mission. Starliner is expected to depart from the @Space_Station and make a safe, controlled autonomous re-entry and landing in early September.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1827400923154366799

NASA needs more than one provider in an ideal world,, but Boeing seems to be falling apart.

 

[Bazza]

Everything now on hold!

Weather and then this.......

B1062 failed after its record 23rd flight, 13 flights beyond its initially expected life span.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Astronaut Matthew Dominick has captured the moment a meteor collided with the Earth's atmosphere, creating a huge flash of light.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1831111577803661750

 

[Bamaro]

An empty Starliner is on it's way back to earth. Boeing thought it safe for astronauts, NASA didn't.

 

[Bamaro]

After leaving its crew behind, Starliner makes safe return to Earth
Despite NASA's concerns about earlier thruster problems and multiple helium leaks in the ship's propulsion pressurization system, the Starliner had no problems undocking and moving away from the station at 6:04 p.m. EDT and executing a critical 59-second deorbit braking maneuver at 11:17 p.m. to drop out of orbit.

After leaving its crew behind, Starliner makes safe return to Earth (msn.com)

 

[Bamaro]

They actually have experiments and tasks for them - they're working while they're up there.

I wonder what they are wearing since they only expected to be gone for a few days? Are they able to 'wash' clothes while at the space station?

 

[crimsonaudio]

I wonder what they are wearing since they only expected to be gone for a few days? Are they able to 'wash' clothes while at the space station?

There is no laundry machine on the ISS - they literally wear the clothes until they can't stand the stink then discard them. They're sent new clothing via the regular resupply missions.

 

[oskie]

There is no laundry machine on the ISS - they literally wear the clothes until they can't stand the stink then discard them. They're sent new clothing via the regular resupply missions.

I used to do that when I was younger.

And when I say younger, I mean, ... like, maybe last week.

 

[Padreruf]

We now have 2 threads discussing persons wearing clothes that stink....Tidefans has hit an all time low...

 

[crimsonaudio]

Achievement unlocked - apogee 1,400.7 km Forward bulkhead Draco firing during burn

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1833676772157833486

 

[crimsonaudio]

Polaris Dawn and Dragon at 1,400 km above Earth – the farthest humans have traveled since the Apollo program over 50 years ago

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1833734681545879844

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

When is the space walk?

 

[crimsonaudio]

When is the space walk?

It's scheduled for day three of the mission (which would be tomorrow, Sept 12 if everything goes as planned).

 

[Bamaro]

When is the space walk?

Not to throw shade on this but from what I have seen it was more of a space peek. I didn't see anyone actually come completely out of the capsule and float around. It did appear however that the new space suits were a success being a lot more flexible than previous ones.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Not to throw shade on this but from what I have seen it was more of a space peek. I didn't see anyone actually come completely out of the capsule and float around. It did appear however that the new space suits were a success being a lot more flexible than previous ones.

Yeah, that was announced months ago - it was a test run of the whole system and process.

History made! SpaceX completes the first-ever commercial spacewalk, pushing the boundaries of human achievement in space.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1834186685950648322

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Cool stuff. Looked like it was mainly to test the hatch and other systems including the suits. They will gradually do more and more.