Inside Soyuz Manned Capsule Space Science News 2018-12-11 | All You Know About Russia's Soyuz Manned Spacecraft.Soyuz CapsuleThe Soyuz capsule sits on top of the Soyuz rocket. The capsule has three parts. The parts are also called modules.The first part of the capsule is the Orbital Module. The crew members live in the Orbital Module while they are in orbit. This module is about the size of a large van. The Orbital Module can connect to the space station.The second part of the capsule is the Descent Module. “To descend” means to go down. The crew sits in this part when the Soyuz is launching to the space station. They also use the Descent Module for landing on Earth.The third module is home to the life support systems. It holds things like batteries, solar panels and steering engines.Video Credit: NASAPlz Like Share.. Support and Subscribe
#ISRO Launches Communication Satellite #GSAT31 Onboard European Launch Vehicle #Arine5 Space Science News 2019-02-06 | India's latest communication satellite GSAT-31 was successfully launched by European launch services provider- Arianespace rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday.Blasting off from Ariane Launch Complex at Kourou, a French territory located in northeastern coast of South America at at 02:31 am (IST), the Ariane-5 vehicle injected GSAT-31 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 42 minutes."It gives me great pleasure on the successful launch of GSAT-31 spacecraft on board Ariane-5, this is the third mission for ISRO in 2019," Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Director S Pandian said at Kourou soon after the launch.
ISROs GSAT-31 Mission Curtain Raiser Video Space Science News 2019-02-05 | India will launch its latest communication satellite onboard European launch services provider Arianespaces launch vehicle on February 6 from French Guiana, Indian Space Research Organisation said Friday. According to Arianespace, the launch of Ariane-5 (VA 247) is scheduled for 2:31 am India time on Wednesday. Weighing about 2,535 kilogram, the Indian satellite, GSAT-31, will provide continuity to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites, ISRO said.The satellite derives its heritage from ISROs earlier INSAT and GSAT satellite series, the space agency said, adding that it provides Indian mainland and island coverage. GSAT-31 is the country’s 40th communication satellite which is configured on ISRO’s enhanced ‘1 to 2K Bus’, utilising the maximum “bus capabilities” of this type.This satellite will augment the Ku-band transponder capacity in Geostationary Orbit, ISRO said. With a mission life of around 15 years, GSAT-31 will be used for supporting VSAT networks, Television uplinks, Digital Satellite News Gathering, DTH-television services, cellular backhaul connectivity and many such applications.Credit: ISRO
PSLV-C44 Lift off and Onboard Camera view Space Science News 2019-01-25 | India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) successfully injected Microsat-R and Kalamsat-V2 satellites into their designated orbits.The PSLV-C44 lifted off at 23:37 Hrs (IST) on January 24, 2019 from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota in its 46th flight.About 13 minutes 26 seconds after lift-off, Microsat-R, an imaging satellite was successfully injected into intended orbit of 274 km.Subsequently, the fourth stage (PS4) of the vehicle was moved to a higher circular orbit of 453 km after two restarts of the stage, to establish an orbital platform for carrying out experiments. Kalamsat-V2, a student payload, first to use PS4 as an orbital platform.
PSLV-C44 launches Microsat-R and Kalamsat | 24-01-2019 Space Science News 2019-01-24 | For ISRO’s PSLV-C44 mission, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in “DL” configuration launched Microsat-R, an imaging satellite, and Kalamsat, a student payload, from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, on 24 January 2019, at 18:08 UTC (23:38 IST). PSLV-C44 is the first mission of PSLV-DL, a new variant of PSLV with 2 strap-on boosters. Credit:Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)#PSLVC44 #Kalamsat #MicrosatR
New Shepard NS-10 Launches NASA Experiments | Aims for human flights this year Space Science News 2019-01-23 | Blue Origin, the commercial space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched a package of NASA experiments to the edge of space Wednesday from West Texas with a suborbital New Shepard booster, then successfully recovered the reusable rocket and space capsule a few minutes later.The single stage rocket, powered by a BE-3 engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, took off at 10:05 a.m. EST (9:05 a.m. CST; 1505 GMT) 23rd Jan 2019 from Blue Origin’s test site north of Van Horn, Texas, according to Ariane Cornell, a company sales director who anchored a video webcast of the mission.Credit: Blue Origin#NewShepard #NS10 #NASA
PSLV-C44 / MicroSat-R Mission Curtain Raiser Video (Hindi) Space Science News 2019-01-23 | India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its 46th flight, will launch the Kalamsat and Microsat-R from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on January 24, 2019.Video Credit: ISRO
PSLV-C44 / MicroSat-R Mission Curtain Raiser Video Space Science News 2019-01-23 | India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its 46th flight, will launch the Kalamsat and Microsat-R from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on January 24, 2019.PSLV is a four stage launch vehicle with alternating solid and liquid stages. The PSLV with 2 strap-on configuration has been identified for this mission and the configuration is designated as PSLV-DL. PSLV-C44 is the first mission of PSLV-DL and is a new variant of PSLV.In PSLV-C44, the fourth stage (PS4) of the vehicle will be moved to higher circular orbit so as to establish an orbital platform for carrying out experiments. Kalamsat, a student payload will be the first to use PS4 as orbital platform.PSLV-C44 will also carry Microsat-R, an imaging satelliteVideo Credit: ISRO
Satellite Launched by Japan to produce worlds first artificial meteor shower scinews Space Science News 2019-01-21 | A satellite 220 miles (350km) above Earth is to create the display of shooting stars any time and in various colours.Made of medium-sized metallic pellets less than an inch in diameter, the objects will burst into flames as they reach the Earth's atmosphere - and could last for up to ten seconds each.The tiny pea-sized balls have a secret chemical formula that causes them to glow brightly from the friction of re-entry, at speeds of up to five miles (8kilometer) a second.At certain times the satellite will release its specially designed contents - dozens of balls - which will burn up in the atmosphere, each creating a bright glow akin to a shooting star.From there they would take around 15 minutes before they started to burn.The ingredients in the pellets can be altered to change the colour of each bright streak, which means that a multi-coloured flotilla of shooting stars could be created.As the pellets are artificial they could also burn more brightly and for longer than natural meteors. Each craft would spend around two years in orbit.
ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches NROL-71 Satellite | Jan 19 2019 Space Science News 2019-01-19 | United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket successfully liftoff at 11:05 a.m. PST (2:05 p.m. EST; 1905 GMT) Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, after a month-long delay to troubleshoot a hydrogen leak in one of its boosters. The heavy-lifter launched U.S. government spy satellite NROL-71 into orbit.Video Credit: ULA#NROL71 #DELTA4HEAVY #ULA
Change 4 Mission Update: Chinas Moon Cotton Experiment Ends in Freezing Lunar Night Space Science News 2019-01-18 | A cotton seedling that sprouted on the moon has been left to die as China's historic lunar lander continues a freezing night-time nap that will last as long as two earth weeks, scientists said.The Chinese space agency announced earlier this week that the seed had germinated inside a special canister aboard the Chang'e-4 probe, after the spacecraft on January 3 made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon.The mini biosphere -- which operated for over 212 hours -- was shut down as planned on Saturday, said Chongqing University, which designed the experiment.
Change 4 Mission Update: China sprouts plants on the moon for the first time ever Space Science News 2019-01-15 | Cotton seeds contained in a mini biosphere on the Chang'e-4 lander on the far side of the Moon have sprouted, newly released images from the experiment show.
Onboard Camera footage showing the Descent & Touchdown of the Change 4 lander on the lunar far side Space Science News 2019-01-13 | China has released amazing footage of the descent of the Chang'e-4 spacecraft which shows the historic moment of the first landing on the far side of the Moon.The #Chang'e-4 spacecraft touched down on the far side of the Moon, which never faces the Earth, at 02:26 UTC on January 3, deploying the #Yutu2 rover 12 hours later, but this is the first full footage we've seen of the landing.The footage comes from the descent camera which initially gives a view ahead of Chang'e-4 over the 186-km-diameter #VonKármán crater, which contains the preselected landing site.The video shows how, as the craft descends, it is extremely difficult to visually gain any sense of distance to the surface before the landing.Credit: CNSAPlease Subscribe & Share this video.
Iridium-8 satellites deployment Video | 11th Jan 2019 Space Science News 2019-01-11 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Iridium-8 NEXT mission, 10 satellites to low- Earth orbit for Iridium. At approximately 56 minutes after launch, the deployment of the Iridium NEXT satellites was initiated. Launched on 11 January 2019, at 15:31 UTC (07:31 PST).Video Credit: SpaceX
Falcon 9 Iridium 8 Launch & 1st Stage Landing Space Science News 2019-01-11 | A #SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Iridium-8 NEXT mission, 10 satellites to low- Earth orbit for Iridium, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on 11 January 2019, at 15:31 UTC (07:31 PST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1049) landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage for the Iridium-8 mission was previously supported the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission in September 2018.Credit: SpaceX#Falcon9 #Iridium8 #Falcon9landing
SpaceX Falcon 9 Payload Fairing Recovery Test With Mr .Steven Space Science News 2019-01-08 | SpaceX is getting started with efforts to perfect fairing recovery and eventually make the practice as (relatively) routine as Falcon 9 booster recovery and reuse is today. By using a helicopter to lift and drop a fairing into Mr. Steven’s net, SpaceX will be able to gather an unprecedented amount of data and control far more variables that might impact the success of recoveries. If the fairing is not destroyed in the process, this test series could be as long-lived as SpaceX’s Grasshopper program, used to work the largest up-front kinks out of Falcon 9 booster recovery.Credit: SpaceX#SpaceX #Falcon9 #PayloadFairing #spacesciencenewsPlease subscribe Space Science NEWS.
#SpaceXs #Dragon Ready To Return Americans To Space | #ISS Space Science News 2019-01-05 | SpaceX’s first space-worthy Crew Dragon spacecraft and its Falcon 9 launcher moved to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time Thursday, beginning a series of fit checks before the commercial spaceship takes off on its first orbital test flight.The first of two Crew Dragon orbital test flights could take off later this month — without astronauts on-board — on a trek to the International Space Station. If the test flight — named Demo-1 — and an abort test in the coming months go well, SpaceX could be ready to launch a pair of NASA astronauts to the space station on a second demonstration flight by the middle of the year.NASA is paying SpaceX $2.6 billion to develop the Crew Dragon spacecraft, conduct the two test flights, and begin regular crew rotation missions to the space station, perhaps as soon as late this year.NASA’s commercial crew program is aimed at restoring U.S. human spaceflight capability to low Earth orbit for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011, ending the agency’s reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to send astronauts to and from the space station.Video Credit: SpaceXEdited By: Space & Science NEWS#SpaceScienceNEWSPlz Like Share.. Share and Subscribe
Chinas Change 4 Spacecraft Successful touch down and releasing its yutu-2 rover Space Science News 2019-01-04 | China's robotic Chang'e 4 mission touched down on the floor of the 115-mile-wide (186 kilometers) Von Kármán Crater on Jan 2 2019, pulling off the first-ever soft landing on the mysterious lunar far side and releases its yutu-2 rover.Chang'e 4 Probes Rover Separate from Lander.Credit: CCTV
ISRO 2018 A Year in 7 Launches and 16 Missions | Highlights | On board camera view Space Science News 2018-12-29 | #ISRO Missions of #2018 | Highlights | On board camera view#SpaceScienceNEWS
Soyuz-2.1a Launches Kanopus-V Nos. 5,6 and cluster of 26 satellites Space Science News 2018-12-27 | A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East at 0207 GMT Thursday (9:07 p.m. EST Wednesday) carrying 28 satellites, including a pair of Russian mapping satellites and secondary payloads from Germany, Japan, Spain South Africa, and a dozen Earth-observing CubeSats and eight commercial weather payloads for Planet and Spire.
Soyuz-2.1a Ready To Launch Kanopus-V Nos. 5 and Kanopus-V Nos. 6 Space Science News 2018-12-27 | A Soyuz-2.1a (Союз-2.1а) launch vehicle, with a Fregat (Фрегат) upper stage, will launch the Kanopus-V №5 (Канопус-В № 5) and Kanopus-V №6 (Канопус-В № 6) remote sensing satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, on 27 December 2018, at 02:07 UTC (11:07 local time).Along with the primary payload — Russian #KanopusV-5 and -6 satellites, the foreign satellites contracted by Glavkosmos will be launched as secondary payload, namely: GRUS, D-Star ONE (x2), UWE-4, Lemur (x8), Lume-1, ZACube-2 и Dove (x12)Credit: Roscosmos/Роскосмос/КЦ “Восточный”#KanopusV #КанопусВSoyuz-2.1a ready to launch Kanopus-V №5 & Kanopus-V №6Союз-2.1а готовый к запуску Канопус-В № 5 и Канопус-В № 6
GSLV MkII F11/GSAT-7A Mission Explained Space Science News 2018-12-19 | GSLV-F11 / GSAT-7A MissionIndia’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), in its 13th flight, will launch the 2250 kg operational communication satellite, GSAT-7A from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on December 19, 2018.GSLV-F11 will inject GSAT-7A into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The satellite will be placed in its final Geostationary Orbit (GEO) using the onboard propulsion system. It will take few days after separation from launcher to reach its orbital slot.GSLV – F11 is ISRO’s fourth generation launch vehicle with three stages. The four liquid strap-ons and a solid rocket motor at the core form the first stage. The second stage is equipped with high thrust engine using liquid fuel. The Cryogenic Upper Stage forms the third and final stage of the vehicle.GSAT-7A is the 35th Indian Communication satellite built by ISRO. GSAT-7A Spacecraft is configured on ISRO’s standard I-2000 Kg (I-2K) Bus. The Satellite is built to provide communication capability to the users in Ku-band over the Indian region.
Rocket Lab Electron Launch & NASA ELaNa XIX Satellite Deployment Space Science News 2018-12-16 | Rocket Lab #Electron launched deployed all of the #NASA #ELaNa19 Satellites approximately 52 minutes after being launched from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on 16 December 2018.Credit: RocketLabPls Like & Subscribe Space Science News Channel for more videos.
Launch Abort Motor Test for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Space Science News 2018-12-14 | The second ground test of the Launch Abort Motor for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft was conducted at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Promontory, Utah, on 13 December 2018. The Launch Abort Motor is an integral part of the Launch Abort System for NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will launch atop NASA’s Space Launch System.Credit: NASA#Space #NASAOrion
Rocket Lab first launch for NASA Mission ELaNa19 Postponed Space Science News 2018-12-13 | Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab postponed the #ELaNa19 launch due to weather condition.Video Credit: RocketLabPlease Like & Subscribe our channel.
The Bennu Experiment: First Images from OSIRIS REx Have Scientists Buzzing with Excitement Space Science News 2018-12-12 | The holidays came early for the science team leading NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid. Monday they announced findings from the mission thus far, which arrived at asteroid Bennu Dec. 3Scientists were already buzzing with excitement in November when the spacecraft's long-range cameras began beaming early images of the asteroid. Now, the first few close ups confirm the buzz."We're very excited," said Humberto Campins, a University of Central Florida planetary scientist, professor of physics and member of the OSIRIS-REx Science Team. He and UCF colleague Associate Professor Yan Fernandez are part of the team that will analyze close range images of the asteroid to recommend the best spot to collect the sample."The images are spectacular and spot on, what we expected thanks to predictions made with the instrumentation at the Arecibo Observatory in the late 90s and early 2000s. We will spend a year and a half mapping Bennu and have to wait until mid 2020 to collect the sample, but it is pretty amazing to actually see it now. Christmas came early!"On 3rd december, after traveling billions of kilometers from Earth, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached its target, Bennu, and kicked off a nearly two-year, up-close investigation of the asteroid. It will inspect nearly every square inch of this ancient clump of rubble left over from the formation of our solar system. Ultimately, the spacecraft will pick up a sample of pebbles and dust from Bennu's surface and deliver it to Earth in 2023.Generations of planetary scientists will get to study pieces of the primitive materials that formed our cosmic neighborhood and to better understand the role asteroids may have played in delivering life-forming compounds to planets and moons.But it's not just history that the mission to Bennu will help uncover. Scientists studying the rock through OSIRIS-REx's instruments in space will also shape our future. As they collect the most detailed information yet about the forces that move asteroids, experts from NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, who are responsible for detecting potentially hazardous asteroids, will improve their predictions of which ones could be on a crash-course with our planet.Credit: NASAPlz Like Share.. Support and Subscribe
GSLV F11/GSAT-7A Scheduled to Launch on 19th December 2018 | ISRO Space Science News 2018-12-12 | India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), in its 13th flight, will launch the 2250 kilogram operational communication satellite, GSAT-7A from the Second Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on December 19, 2018.GSLV-F11 will inject GSAT-7A into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The satellite will be placed in its final Geostationary Orbit (GEO) using the onboard propulsion system. It will take few days after separation from launcher to reach its orbital slot.GSLV – F11 is ISRO’s fourth generation launch vehicle with three stages. The four liquid strap-ons and a solid rocket motor at the core form the first stage. The second stage is equipped with high thrust engine using liquid fuel. The Cryogenic Upper Stage forms the third and final stage of the vehicle.GSAT-7A is the 35th Indian Communication satellite built by ISRO. GSAT-7A Spacecraft is configured on ISRO’s standard 1 to 2000 Kilogram Bus. The Satellite is built to provide communication capability to the users in Ku-band over the Indian region.GSAT-7A incorporates chemical propulsion system to provide an operational mission life of a minimum of 8 years. Chemical propulsion will be used for orbit raising as well as for on orbit attitude correction operations. Sufficient redundancy is built into the Spacecraft for continued service. Image Credit: ISROPlease Live & Subscribe
SpaceX makes another space station cargo delivery | CRS 16 Space Science News 2018-12-11 | A commercial supply ship owned and operated by SpaceX arrived at the International Space Station on 8th Dec 2018, delivering a pair of NASA experiments to demonstrate satellite refueling techniques and monitor changes in Earth’s forests, along with a special holiday menu of turkey, candied yams, cranberry sauce and shortbread cookies.
Rocket Lab preparing for Nasa mission (This One’s For Pickering) Space Science News 2018-12-10 | Rocket Lab is gearing up for its third orbital launch from Mahia Peninsula this year.It is an educational launch of nanosatellites, (ElaNa)-19 mission, for NASA and will see Rocket Lab’s electron vehicle loft multiple CubeSats to low Earth orbit.A nine-day window for the launch will open on December 13.Rocket Lab’s founder and chief executive Peter Beck said it was a privilege to launch NASA payloads.“Reaching orbit twice already this year has made 2018 a banner year for Rocket Lab. Capping it off with our first launch for NASA is a tremendous way to celebrate the new era of improved access to orbit for small satellites.”For the mission, the electron launch vehicle is named “This One’s For Pickering” in honour of NZ-born scientist and former Director of NASA’s jet propulsion lab, Sir William Pickering.For 22 years, Sir William Pickering headed JPL and led the team that developed the first US satellite, Explorer I, launched in 1958.Video Credit: RocketLab
Ariane 5 VA246: GSAT-11 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Launch Space Science News 2018-12-05 | India's heaviest satellite GSAT-11, which will help boost broadband services, was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of today. Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located along the northeastern coast of South America at 02:07 am (IST), the Ariane-5 vehicle injected the GSAT-11 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 33 minutes.
