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ISS Oxygen Generator Fails for Good
billyj4 writes "A balky Russian oxygen generator broke down on the International Space Station, but its two-man crew has a reserve air supply that would last about five months, NASA officials said Friday. The station's primary generator, which has been operating in an on-again, off-again fashion for months, stopped working last week and the station's crew has not been able to fix it. Mission managers say the unit has failed for good. Consequently, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and U.S. astronaut John Phillips will be relying on reserves until replacement parts arrive at the station in late August." -
Space Station Lab Launched
delorean writes "The Shuttle Atlantis lifted off last night on a spectacular evening launch. It had to be the most beautiful launch I've seen, even if it was only by TV. Check out this pic of the boosters rockets falling away. The Shuttle is carrying the Destiny Laboratory for the International Space Station, the most expensive piece of equipment for the multi-national effort. Once the Destiny is hooked up and online the control of the ISS will switch over to a special Mission Control center in Houston instead of Russia. Get the incredible statistics about the assembly here. Read the Mission goal, Realtime Tracking of the Shuttle and ISS here and catch Sightings here." -
Decking The Space Station Out With Comms
snuf23 writes: "The crew of Discovery has attached the Z1 Integrated Truss Segment to the International Space Station. In addition to serving as the base for the U.S. solar array, the Z1 houses the Space Station's communications systems. Like the Space Shuttle, the Z1 has a slower S-Band system as well as a fast Ku-Band Communications System which transmits at 50 Mbps.
Shuttle Online Press Kit has detailed information about the Discovery's payload on the 100th Shuttle flight." Specifically, here's the information about the Integrated Truss Segment, which sounds like a smart way to use expensive hardware in multiple ways. -
Decking The Space Station Out With Comms
snuf23 writes: "The crew of Discovery has attached the Z1 Integrated Truss Segment to the International Space Station. In addition to serving as the base for the U.S. solar array, the Z1 houses the Space Station's communications systems. Like the Space Shuttle, the Z1 has a slower S-Band system as well as a fast Ku-Band Communications System which transmits at 50 Mbps.
Shuttle Online Press Kit has detailed information about the Discovery's payload on the 100th Shuttle flight." Specifically, here's the information about the Integrated Truss Segment, which sounds like a smart way to use expensive hardware in multiple ways. -
Decking The Space Station Out With Comms
snuf23 writes: "The crew of Discovery has attached the Z1 Integrated Truss Segment to the International Space Station. In addition to serving as the base for the U.S. solar array, the Z1 houses the Space Station's communications systems. Like the Space Shuttle, the Z1 has a slower S-Band system as well as a fast Ku-Band Communications System which transmits at 50 Mbps.
Shuttle Online Press Kit has detailed information about the Discovery's payload on the 100th Shuttle flight." Specifically, here's the information about the Integrated Truss Segment, which sounds like a smart way to use expensive hardware in multiple ways. -
Zvezda ISS Service Module Launches
fence writes: "The Russian Aviation and Space agency successfully launched the International Space Station's Zvezda service module. The Zvezda module was launched from the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton rocket. Check out NASA Spaceflight web for live updates on Zvezda's progress."