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ISS Releases Baby Sputnik

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the outer-space-births dept.

illumina+us writes "CNN is running an article about the recent space walk taken by the personnel of the International Space Station. On today's walk the two astronauts 'carried out a 1-foot-long, 11-pound satellite called Nanosputnik, designed for experimental maneuvering by ground controllers.'" The article also has some tidbits on the ISS's gyroscope problems and how the thrusters used to compensate have caused problems for spacewalks in the past.

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  1. Re:This by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was going to type almost the same thing...but FCIS makes it humorous instead of obligatory. Yes, the Soviet Union one is obligatory. Yours is simply funny. So.....
    In Soviet Union Baby Sputnik launches YOU!


    Redundant