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"THE UNIQUE CONDITIONS OF SPACE PROVIDE THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT TO DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN," SAID CHRISTINE KRETZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIPS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION US NATIONAL LABORATORY. "FOR EXAMPLE, MICROGRAVITY IS THE ONLY CONDITION IN WHICH WE CAN OBSERVE SPECIFIC EXPERIMENTS LIKE THE BEHAVIOR OF A SPINNING SOCCER BALL WITHOUT INTERRUPTING AIRFLOW AND EXTERNAL SUPPORTS HOLDING IT IN PLACE. HAVING CONTROL OF CERTAIN VARIABLES ALLOWS US TO CONDUCT TESTS AND COLLECT INSIGHTS THAT AREN"T POSSIBLE ON EARTH."
KEY BACKGROUND: TEXAS PASSED A LAW IN 1997 (SIGNED BY THEN-GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH) THAT ALLOWED ASTRONAUTS TO VOTE FROM SPACE. MOST ASTRONAUTS LIVE IN HOUSTON, WHERE NASA』S JOHNSON』S SPACE CENTER IS LOCATED⁠—WHICH IS WHY TEXAS PASSED THE VOTING LAW. ACCORDING TO NASA』S TUMBLR, ASTRONAUTS MUST INDICATE WHICH ELECTIONS THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN A YEAR BEFORE LAUNCH. 「IT"S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT EXPECT IT TO MEAN A GREAT DEAL. BUT WHEN YOU"RE SO REMOVED FROM YOUR PLANET, SMALL THINGS DO HAVE A LARGE IMPACT,」 SAID DAVID WOLF, THE FIRST ASTRONAUT TO VOTE FROM SPACE, IN A 2008 NPR INTERVIEW. WOLF VOTED FROM THE RUSSIAN MIR SPACE STATION IN 1997. 
AN OPTIMAL TIME FOR US TO SPOT THE ISS IS EITHER RIGHT BEFORE SUNRISE OR RIGHT AFTER SUNSET, WHEN IT"S DARK ENOUGH TO SEE THE REFLECTION OF THE STATION"S SOLAR PANELS. THE PANELS ATTACHED TO EITHER END OF THE SPACE STATION STRETCH TO 112 FEET LONG BY 39 FEET WIDE.
"AS IN JUST 10 DAYS, IT WILL BE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAUNCH OF BEAN"S MISSION, THIS VEHICLE HONORS THE LEGACY OF THE PAST, ADVANCES OUR EFFORTS IN THE PRESENT WITH ITS DELIVERY OF CRITICAL INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CARGO AND SERVES AS A HARBINGER OF THE FUTURE, WITH NASA"S CURRENT PLANS TO RETURN TO THE MOON WITH THE ARTEMIS MISSION," NASA ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR RADIOED MISSION CONTROL AFTER CAPTURING CYGNUS. "CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DEDICATED PERSONNEL THAT BROUGHT ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CYGNUS MISSION TO FRUITION."
ADIDAS ISN』T THE ONLY BRAND SLINGING THEIR WARES TO THE SPACE STATION. ON MONDAY, FUTURISM REPORTED ON A STARTUP THAT PLANS TO AGE RED WINE ON THE ISS — AND NO, THE ASTRONAUTS WON』T EVEN GET TO CRACK A BOTTLE.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 1998, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CANADA, EUROPE, JAPAN, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. PIECES OF THE STATION WERE SENT TO SPACE ON 42 ASSEMBLY FLIGHTS, 37 US SPACE SHUTTLES AND FIVE RUSSIAN ROCKETS. THE LAST MAJOR INSTRUMENT SENT TO THE SPACE STATION -- AN ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER THAT"S MOUNTED ON THE SIDE TO FACILITATE PARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS -- WAS SENT ON A SHUTTLE IN MAY 2011.
ELECTION OFFICIALS IN PENNSYLVANIA SET UP A SECURE PDF SO THAT ANDREW MORGAN COULD VOTE FROM THE COMFORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. NO WORD ON WHETHER HE GOT AN "I VOTED" STICKER.
TWO IDENTICAL SHOEBOX-SIZE AIR FORCE CUBESATS, NAMED ROGUE ALPHA AND ROGUE BETA, WERE AMONG MANY PROJECTS ENCAPSULATED IN THE NG-12 CYGNUS MISSION. THE CAPSULE WILL MATE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND THE SATELLITES WILL REMAIN THERE UNTIL THEY ARE DEPLOYED INTO THEIR OPERATING ORBIT IN EARLY 2020, SAID THE AIR FORCE SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER.
MARY MURPHY, SENIOR INTERNAL PAYLOADS MANAGER, NANORACKS, SAID, 「WE』RE EXCITED TO TEST THE PROTOTYPE OVEN IN SPACE WITH THE DOUBLETREE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, AS ALL ASPECTS OF THE OVEN AND TRAYS WERE DESIGNED BY NANORACKS FOR OPERATION IN THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ISS. WHAT』S SO INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME ANYTHING WILL BE BAKED IN SPACE. WHAT WILL THE COOKIES LOOK LIKE? WILL THEY BAKE OUT EQUALLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS AND FORM A SPHERE, OR STAY FLAT? WHILE WE DON』T KNOW FOR SURE HOW THE EXPERIMENT WILL TURN OUT, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OUT AND LEARNING HOW TO BEST BAKE FOOD PRODUCTS IN SPACE.」
I FOUND THE DISPLAY WAS BEST VIEWED ON A TABLET VERSUS A SMARTPHONE. THE APP DISPLAYS LOTS OF NUMERICAL INFORMATION ON A DASHBOARD, AND IT"S EASIER TO DIGEST IF IT"S SPREAD OUT. THE ISS DETECTOR WILL TELL YOU THE UPCOMING SIGHTINGS FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS, POTENTIAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, ELEVATIONS, LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE, DIRECTION, THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE ISS IS AND MORE.
THE JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) LAUNCHED HTV-8 TO THE SPACE STATION SEPT. 24 USING AN H-IIB ROCKET THAT LIFTED OFF FROM THE TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER IN SOUTHERN JAPAN. THE SPACECRAFT ARRIVED AT THE STATION FOUR DAYS LATER, DELIVERING MORE THAN 4 TONS OF SUPPLIES - INCLUDING VITAL NEW BATTERIES FOR THE OUTPOST"S SOLAR ARRAYS.
HOUSTON WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 2017, DEFEATING THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS IN SEVEN GAMES. THE NATIONALS HAVE NEVER WON A TITLE, THOUGH A PREVIOUS WASHINGTON TEAM, THE SENATORS, TOOK HOME THE HARDWARE IN 1924. (THE SENATORS EVENTUALLY MOVED, BECOMING THE MINNESOTA TWINS IN 1961. A NEW WASHINGTON FRANCHISE, ALSO CALLED THE SENATORS, STARTED UP THAT SAME YEAR. BUT THAT TEAM MOVED AS WELL, BECOMING THE TEXAS RANGERS IN 1972. AND THE CURRENT WASHINGTON NATIONALS WERE ONCE THE MONTREAL EXPOS, WHICH MOVED TO D.C. IN 2005.)
THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT COULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARD HELPING ADIDAS DECIDE HOW USEFUL (AND COST-EFFICIENT) IT IS TO BRING SPACE INTO THE LOGISTICAL EQUATION OF MAKING AND SELLING SHOES. 「BOOST IN SPACE IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF OUR WORK WITH THE ISS NATIONAL LAB,」 THE COMPANY PLEDGES, CALLING THE PARTNERSHIP 「THE BIG BANG THAT MARKS THE START OF OUR MODERN-DAY SPACE RACE TO CREATE A RUNNING SHOE AHEAD OF ITS TIME.」 HEY, IT ALSO COULD GIVE FUTURE CUSTOMERS A GENUINELY INSTERESTING ANSWER THE NEXT TIME A STREET TROLL RUNS UP SHOUTING "WHAT ARE THOSE?!"
THE PITCH APPEARS PRETTY SLOW — WHIPPING A FASTBALL ACROSS A SPACE STATION SEEMS LIKE A WAY TO CAUSE A CATASTROPHE. BUT AS SPACE.COM REPORTS, THE ASTRONAUTS WERE QUICK TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THROWING A 17,500 MPH FASTBALL — THE SPEED AT WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ORBITS EARTH.
THE STAR TRAILS ARE CENTERED ON A POINT IN THE UPPER LEFT OF THE IMAGE. IN A PRESS RELEASE, MATTHEW OSVOG OF NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER』S ISS FLIGHT OPERATIONS POINTING CONSOLE SAID, 「THIS POINT IS ESSENTIALLY NORMAL (PERPENDICULAR) TO THE ISS ORBITAL PLANE, DIRECTLY OUT OF THE PORT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BASED ON THE SPACECRAFT SILHOUETTES.」
MCLEAN, VA. - DOUBLETREE BY HILTON AND ITS GUESTS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ALWAYS SAID THE BRAND"S FAMOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES ARE OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD, AND TODAY, THE COOKIES ARE OFFICIALLY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) AND ABOUT TO BECOME THE FIRST FOOD BAKED IN SPACE. LAUNCHED AT 9:59 A.M. ET ON SATURDAY, NOV. 2 FROM NASA"S WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, THE BRAND"S COOKIE DOUGH WILL BE BAKED INSIDE A PROTOTYPE OVEN IN THE COMING DAYS BY ASTRONAUTS IN A HISTORIC SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT. THE SPACECRAFT OFFICIALLY ARRIVED AT THE ISS AT 4:10 A.M. ET THIS MORNING AND WAS BOLTED INTO PLACE ON THE STATION"S EARTH-FACING PORT.
THE FAILURE OF THE POWER CONTROLLER – CALLED A BATTERY CHARGE/DISCHARGE UNIT (BCDU) – HAS NOT IMPACTED STATION OPERATIONS, SAFETY OF THE CREW, OR THE ONGOING EXPERIMENTS ABOARD THE ISS, ACCORDING TO NASA. THE STATION』S OVERALL POWER SUPPLY, WHICH IS FED BY FOUR SETS OF BATTERIES AND SOLAR ARRAYS, REMAINS SUFFICIENT FOR ALL OPERATIONS, NASA SAID. HOWEVER, THE FAULTY POWER UNIT DOES PREVENT A SET OF BATTERIES INSTALLED EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM PROVIDING INCREASED STATION POWER.
THE ASTRORAD VEST IS A GARMENT DESIGNED TO HELP SHIELD ASTRONAUTS FROM RADIATION WHILE TRAVELING IN SPACE. IT IS MADE OUT OF HDPE (HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE) AND WILL BE TESTED BY THE CREW CURRENTLY ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION. ALTHOUGH THE VEST IS DESIGNED FOR USE FARTHER OUT INTO SPACE, THE SPACE STATION IS THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT TO TEST WHETHER ASTRONAUTS WEARING THE ASTRORAD GARMENT WILL BE COMFORTABLE AND ABLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES IN SPACE. ASTRONAUTS WILL RECORD DATA ON HOW EASY THE VEST IS TO PUT ON AND HOW IT FITS, AS WELL AS THE RANGE OF MOTION IT ALLOWS.
WHILE SPACE CARGO UNLIMITED』S STARTING POINT IS NOVEL, THE IDEA OF COMMERCIALIZING RESEARCH IN SPACE ISN』T. NASA HOPES THAT IN THE FUTURE IT WON』T HAVE TO BEAR THE COSTS OF THE ISS ITSELF WHEN UNIVERSITIES AND BUSINESSES STEP UP AS JOINT CUSTOMERS ON PRIVATELY-OPERATED SPACE STATIONS. NANORACKS HOPES TO DEVELOP A SPACE STATION OF ITS OWN, BUILT FROM A DISCARDED ROCKET STAGE. ANOTHER US COMPANY, SPACE TANGO, HOPES TO USE SPACEX』S DRAGON SPACECRAFT AS A FREE-FLYING LAB THAT CAN CARRY EXPERIMENTS TO ORBIT AND RETURN THEM TO EARTH IN A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS.
IN A TESTAMENT TO A MOTHER』S DEVOTION, ONE WOMAN REPORTEDLY STASHED HER BABY ON THE FLOOR OF HER SUBURBAN AND GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WAVING HER ARMS TO SHOW THE GUNMEN SHE WASN』T A THREAT. SHE MAY HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE TO DISTRACT THEIR ATTENTION; HER BULLET-RIDDEN BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT 15 YARDS (METERS) AWAY FROM THE SUV.
THE APPAREL COMPANY SIGNED UP FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

 

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