The latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground report on activities related to the Int. Space Station including the station crew’s plans for Thanksgiving:
And here is a Thanksgiving video card from NASA:
Category Archives: Space Systems
Cassini to graze Saturn’s rings and view moons close up in its mission finale
Cassini spacecraft during its final year at Saturn will make some death defying dives bear the edges of the rings:
Now in its final year of operations, on Nov. 30, 2016, NASA’s Cassini mission will begin a daring set of ring-grazing orbits, skimming past the outside edge of Saturn’s main rings. Cassini will fly closer to Saturn’s rings than it has since its 2004 arrival. It will begin the closest study of the rings and offer unprecedented views of moons that orbit near them. Even more dramatic orbits ahead will bring Cassini closer to Saturn than any spacecraft has dared to go before.
More at Cassini: Mission to Saturn: NASA Saturn Mission Prepares for ‘Ring-Grazing Orbits’ – NASA JPL
Video: “Space to Ground” ISS report – Nov.4.2016
Here is the latest NASA “Space to Ground” weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:
Here is a video of the latest Soyuz to leave the ISS with three crew-members:
And this video shows the Soyuz parachuting to a landing in Kazakhstan:
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Video: TMRO 9.35 – The future market of SmallSats
The latest episode of TMRO.tv is available on line: The future market of Small Sats – TMRO
This week we talk with Emory Stagmer about small satellites, what they mean to the industry, some of the issues holding them back today and what Northrup Grumman is doing to help bring reliability and sustainability to the small sat market.
Space news topics discussed:
* New Images Show Mars Lander Crash Site
* OA-5 Docks with ISS
* Juno Recovers From Safe Mode, But Propulsion Problem Persists
* Another Air Force Satellite breaks up in orbit
* Final Data From New Horizons Flyby of Pluto is Downlinked
* Tiangong-2 Deploys Micro-Sat
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Video: ‘Space to Ground” ISS report – Oct.28.2016
Here is the latest episode of NASA’s weekly Space to Ground report on recent activities related to the Int. Space Station: