A New Long-Duration Spaceflight Record
A new long-duration spaceflight record, our SpaceX Crew-6 mission is back home, and our asteroid sample return mission is on target … a few of the stories to tell you about
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Shuttle's Booster Recovering
Kennedy Space Center's solid rocket booster (SRB) recovery ships retrieving SRB segments from the Atlantic Ocean following a space shuttle launch. The unprecedented video is from the launch of the most recent shuttle mission, STS-133, Discovery's final flight, on Feb. 24.
Following each space shuttle launch, crew members of Liberty Star and Freedom Star pull the spent boosters out of the ocean and return them to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Once they are processed, the boosters are transported to Utah, where they are refurbished and stored, if needed.
STS-129 Launch
STS-129 focused on staging spare components outside the station. The 11-day flight included three spacewalks. The payload bay carried two large ExPRESS Logistics Carriers holding two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter, and a high-pressure gas tank. STS-129 was the first flight of an Express Logistics Carrier. The completion of this mission left six Space Shuttle flights remaining until the end of the Space Shuttle program, after STS-135 was approved in February 2011
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2015 The Pluto Year'' Explore Pluto
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, and was once considered the ninth planet. However, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet due to its small size and unusual orbit.
The only spacecraft to visit Pluto is NASA's New Horizons, which flew by the dwarf planet in July 2015. New Horizons revealed that Pluto is a complex and diverse world, with a variety of geological features. The dwarf planet has a large heart-shaped region of ice, mountains, valleys, and craters.
One of the most surprising discoveries made by New Horizons was the presence of a thin atmosphere on Pluto. The atmosphere is composed mostly of nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide. The atmosphere is so thin that it would be crushed by the weight of a human being.
Pluto also has five moons: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx. Charon is the largest moon and is about half the size of Pluto. The other moons are much smaller.
The exploration of Pluto is just beginning. New Horizons has given us a glimpse of this fascinating world, but there is still much that we do not know. Future missions to Pluto will help us to learn more about its geology, atmosphere, and moons.
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Jump from the Moon''
The highest altitude a human has ever jumped from is 24.4 miles (39.3 kilometers), which was achieved by Felix Baumgartner in 2012. He jumped from a balloon in the stratosphere and reached a speed of 833.9 mph (1,342.1 km/h) before landing safely in the desert.
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Let's go to the Moon''
In this video, we take a look at the human exploration of the moon.
And what the future holds for lunar exploration. We'll also share some interesting facts and information about the moon, and highlight the latest developments in lunar exploration.
So if you're interested in learning more about the moon, or if you're just dreaming of one day going there yourself, then this video is for you!
1.What it might be like to walk on the moon
2.The science and technology behind space travel
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