PUBLISHED: 10:08 19 May 2019 | UPDATED: 10:08 19 May 2019 The International Space Station on 29th May 2011. Photo: NASA/NSSDCA NASA/NSSDCA Make sure to have your eyes to the skies over the next few weeks as the International Space Station (ISS) is now visible over Norfolk. According to NASA's Spot the Station website, you will be able to spot the ISS until May 29.The ISS is the largest man-made satellite and is the length of a football pitch with six astronauts living on board.The satellite orbits the earth every 90 minutes and throughout the year there are several good opportunities to see it up above.Factors influencing whether you can see the ISS include the weather and it has to be overhead an hour or so before dawn or after dusk as it is visible due to the sunlight reflecting off its eight solar panels. The following ISS sightings are possible until Thursday May 30 2019May 19: 10.37pmMay 20: 12.14am, 1.50am, 3.27am, 9.47pm, 11.23pmMay 21: 12.59am, 2.36am, 10.32pm You may also … [Read more...] about The International Space Station is now visible over Norfolk
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SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch
A SpaceX shipment has arrived at the International Space Station with a “cosmic catch” by a pair of Canadians.The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500lb of equipment and experiments.Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the station’s big robot arm — also made in Canada — to capture the Dragon approximately 250 miles above the North Atlantic. An external cable that normally comes off during launch dangled from the capsule, but did not interfere with the grappling.“Welcome on board, Dragon,” Mr Saint-Jacques radioed. He congratulated ground teams for their help, in English and French.He later told Canadian schoolchildren it was “a big moment of pride” to grab the Dragon using the station’s 58ft robot arm — Canada’s main contribution to the space station.He became the first Canadian to use it to grab a visiting spacecraft — “a cosmic catch”, in the words of the Canadian Space Agency.“To be at … [Read more...] about SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch
SpaceX launches unpiloted Dragon cargo ship to space station
Pressing ahead after an April 20 test mishap that destroyed a Crew Dragon astronaut ferry ship, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday that successfully boosted an unpiloted Dragon cargo capsule into orbit with nearly 5,500 pounds of equipment and supplies for the International Space Station's crew. In a now-familiar spectacle, the rocket's first stage, making its first flight, flew itself back to Earth after propelling the Dragon out of the thick lower atmosphere, putting on a fiery nighttime show as it executed a picture-perfect descent to a SpaceX droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean about 17 miles from the launch pad.It was SpaceX's 39th successful booster landing and its 25th at sea. SpaceX originally intended to bring the stage back to a landing at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, but the destruction of the Crew Dragon spacecraft two weeks ago left hazardous debris and other wreckage strewn across the company's landing site, prompting mission managers to … [Read more...] about SpaceX launches unpiloted Dragon cargo ship to space station
SpaceX delays supply launch to International Space Station
SpaceX delays supply launch to International Space Station BelfastTelegraph.co.uk SpaceX has delayed a supply run to the International Space Station. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/spacex-delays-supply-launch-to-international-space-station-38075338.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article38075336.ece/737cd/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_cee288ff-8d91-43e3-b353-ff205f4273b8_1 Email SpaceX has delayed a supply run to the International Space Station. A Falcon rocket was poised to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a Dragon cargo capsule. However, a last-minute problem cropped up with the ocean platform for recovering the first-stage booster following lift-off. SpaceX said it will try again on Saturday. The delivery is already running late because of a space station power shortage that stalled deliveries until a failed electrical box could be replaced. Nasa completed that job on Thursday. The landing platform was stationed 14 miles … [Read more...] about SpaceX delays supply launch to International Space Station
Russian-US crew arrives at International Space Station
Russian-US crew arrives at International Space Station BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A Russian-American crew has arrived at the International Space Station, five months after a botched launch led to an emergency landing for two of the three astronauts. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/russianus-crew-arrives-at-international-space-station-37916067.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article37916062.ece/45144/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_475c6009-cb45-462a-a688-4849d254d9d9_1 Email A Russian-American crew has arrived at the International Space Station, five months after a botched launch led to an emergency landing for two of the three astronauts. This time, the Russian Soyuz rocket carrying Nasa astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch along with Roscosmos’ Alexey Ovchinin lifted off precisely as planned from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12.14am on Friday (1914 GMT Thursday). Six hours later, their capsule docked at the orbiting outpost. … [Read more...] about Russian-US crew arrives at International Space Station