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terça-feira, 12 de abril de 2011
segunda-feira, 17 de maio de 2010
Atlantis

O Atlantis descolou no passado dia 14, para a missão STS-132, que se prolonga por 12 dias. Esta será a última missão do Atlantis, acompanhando o aproximar do fim do programa "space shuttle". Devido a múltiplos condicionalismos, os programas espaciais, como é hábito, são relegados para um plano secundário, subalternizados pelas preocupações económicas dos estados.
Claro que a subserviência dos estados, em relação ao que agora, eufemísticamente, se chamam os "mercados" é uma questão que não cabe nesta mensagem, mas convém meditar na forma pouco inteligente como os dirigentes políticos e/ou os líderes sociais encaram as questões realmente importantes, como tomar medidas para combater as mudanças climáticas, ou aprofundar a investigação nos campos sociais e científicos, colocando estes - sempre - ao serviço do bem estar social e do progresso das nações.
Seja como for, as agências espaciais, vão desbravando novos caminhos, com "engenho e arte"...
domingo, 4 de outubro de 2009
Sputnik

Há 52 anos,desde o Cosmódromo de Baikonur,lançava-se o Sputnik I e iniciava-se a corrida ao espaço.Apesar das razões fundamentais não serem científicas e sim políticas e militares,os programas espaciais,iniciados em 4 de Outubro de 1957,ofereceram à Humanidade um acervo de conhecimentos insuspeitos até à data.O "beep,beep" do Sputnik foi a "rampa de lançamento",sem a qual conquistas como a Apollo XI,ou o Voyager 10,ou o telescópio espacial Hubble,ou a ISS,não seriam possíveis.
Não esqueçamos,também,todos os que caíram,na aventura pela conquista do espaço,a começar com a Laika,no Sputnik II.
sexta-feira, 24 de julho de 2009
Apollo XI
segunda-feira, 20 de julho de 2009
sexta-feira, 17 de julho de 2009
Apollo XI
A 16 de Julho de 1969 iniciava-se a missão da Apollo XI.Culminar de um projecto patrocinado fundamentalmente por razões geopolíticas,mas,com um impacto ao nível científico,tecnológico e até social e filosófico,que talvez muito poucos conseguissem imaginar,nessa época.Ainda me recordo de acompanhar o mais possível os 8 dias da missão Apollo XI,e do papel preponderante de Eurico da Fonseca(tão injustamente esquecido)na informação e acompanhamento do que se passava.Claro que,na altura,apenas a vertente tecnológica(quase ficção científica!)chamava a atenção,mas,com o passar do tempo,apercebemo-nos da importância extraordinária da missão para o desenvolvimento da investigação espacial.
quarta-feira, 15 de julho de 2009
segunda-feira, 13 de julho de 2009
STS-127 No Go !
Endeavour's Launch "No Go" Due to WeatherMon, 13 Jul 2009 12:03:28 AM UTC+0100
Officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have called off today's liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour due to inclement weather. Cumulus clouds and lightning violated rules for launching Endeavour because of weather near the Shuttle Landing Facility. The runway would be needed in the unlikely event that Endeavour would have to make an emergency landing back at Kennedy. Endeavour's next launch attempt is 6:51 p.m. EDT Monday. NASA TV coverage will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have called off today's liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour due to inclement weather. Cumulus clouds and lightning violated rules for launching Endeavour because of weather near the Shuttle Landing Facility. The runway would be needed in the unlikely event that Endeavour would have to make an emergency landing back at Kennedy. Endeavour's next launch attempt is 6:51 p.m. EDT Monday. NASA TV coverage will begin at 1:30 p.m.
domingo, 12 de julho de 2009
Endeavour STS-127
quarta-feira, 17 de junho de 2009
LRO Return to the Moon

Regresso à Lua !
O LRO,Lunar Reconnassaince Orbiter,é o primeiro passo para o regresso à Lua,e,futuramente,outros planetas do nosso sistema.O LRO,que será colocado numa órbita polar,de baixa altitude(cerca de 50 km)irá desempenhar várias funções,todas elas importantes para o futuro,nomeadamente pesquisa de possíveis locais para aterragem (alunagem ?),assim como potenciais recursos,mas,uma das mais interessantes será a busca,nas zonas polares da Lua,por locais com permanente iluminação,assim como,no extremo oposto,por eventuais hipóteses de existência de água em algumas zonas sempre na penumbra.
Endeavour
terça-feira, 16 de junho de 2009
sábado, 13 de junho de 2009
Endeavour STS-127

Missão STS-127 adiada:
"John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov
Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 09-135
NASA POSTPONES LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA postponed space shuttle Endeavour's launch to the International Space Station on Saturday because of a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the shuttle’s external fuel tank. The system is used to carry excess hydrogen safely away from the launch pad. Managers scrubbed the launch for at least 96 hours.
The earliest the shuttle could be ready to launch is June 17. However, there is a conflict on the Eastern Range that date with the scheduled launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.
Mission managers will hold a meeting at 2 p.m. EDT Sunday to discuss the repair options and Endeavour's launch opportunities. A news conference will follow the meeting and air on NASA Television and the agency’s Web site.
The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space.
The STS-127 crew members are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. Wakata will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station.
Polansky, who has a Twitter account named Astro_127, can be followed online at:
http://www.twitter.com/Astro_127
For information about NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For the latest information about the STS-127 mission and its crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
For information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station "
sexta-feira, 12 de junho de 2009
Endeavour STS-127
Missão STS-127
Space Shuttle "Endeavour"
Lançamento previsto para 13/06/2009 às 12.11 tempo universal
Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Space Shuttle "Endeavour"
Lançamento previsto para 13/06/2009 às 12.11 tempo universal
Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett The mission patch for STS-127 reflects the crew's goal of placing a new piece on the International Space Station's Japanese laboratory Kibo. From medallions and patches to a NASCAR team hat, the varied paths of the seven astronauts of STS-127 are reflected in the commemorative items they are bringing along.
Each crew member is allowed to pack a few things into the shuttle for the trip, although there are some limits, including size and weight.
Three of the astronauts have flown before, but that didn’t diminish their desire to celebrate their latest flight into orbit.
Commander Mark Polansky flew on STS-98 and STS-116. This time up, his commemorative choices include a banner from East Central High School in San Antonio, his wife’s hometown.
Dave Wolf first flew in 1993 and also has served on the Russian space station Mir for 128 days. His hometown of Indianapolis is represented by numerous articles, including an airplane paperweight.
A piece of sheet music is making the trip into space to commemorate Julie Payette’s work with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. The Canadian astronaut is an accomplished singer and pianist.
Christopher Cassidy, making his first flight into space, reflects his previous career with a host of commemoratives from the U.S. Navy’s elite SEAL teams. He’s carrying a medallion from the National Navy Underwater Demolition Team – SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Fla., plus medallions and patches representing SEAL units across the nation.
Fellow first-time flier Doug Hurley is taking a hat from the NASCAR team Joe Gibbs Racing, along with a T-shirt from his alma mater Owego Free Academy in Owego, N.Y.
Tom Marshburn is bringing a pin from Statesville, N.C., his hometown, along with a pewter coaster from the University of Virginia’s engineering department. That’s the school he graduated from.
Tim Kopra piloted helicopters in the U.S. Army before joining NASA. He is taking with him a copper medallion from his high school, McCallum High School in Austin Texas.
Endeavour also is packed with hundreds of items commemorating something not intended to make the trip back – the Exposed Facility of Japan’s Kibo laboratory for the International Space Station.
The exposed facility is a platform that attaches to one end of the Kibo section on the space station. The platform will hold experiments designed to study the vacuum of space outside the station’s protective confines.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, will celebrate the achievement of the lab and the mission in part with the patches, pins and flags flying on Endeavour.
Each crew member is allowed to pack a few things into the shuttle for the trip, although there are some limits, including size and weight.
Three of the astronauts have flown before, but that didn’t diminish their desire to celebrate their latest flight into orbit.
Commander Mark Polansky flew on STS-98 and STS-116. This time up, his commemorative choices include a banner from East Central High School in San Antonio, his wife’s hometown.
Dave Wolf first flew in 1993 and also has served on the Russian space station Mir for 128 days. His hometown of Indianapolis is represented by numerous articles, including an airplane paperweight.
A piece of sheet music is making the trip into space to commemorate Julie Payette’s work with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. The Canadian astronaut is an accomplished singer and pianist.
Christopher Cassidy, making his first flight into space, reflects his previous career with a host of commemoratives from the U.S. Navy’s elite SEAL teams. He’s carrying a medallion from the National Navy Underwater Demolition Team – SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Fla., plus medallions and patches representing SEAL units across the nation.
Fellow first-time flier Doug Hurley is taking a hat from the NASCAR team Joe Gibbs Racing, along with a T-shirt from his alma mater Owego Free Academy in Owego, N.Y.
Tom Marshburn is bringing a pin from Statesville, N.C., his hometown, along with a pewter coaster from the University of Virginia’s engineering department. That’s the school he graduated from.
Tim Kopra piloted helicopters in the U.S. Army before joining NASA. He is taking with him a copper medallion from his high school, McCallum High School in Austin Texas.
Endeavour also is packed with hundreds of items commemorating something not intended to make the trip back – the Exposed Facility of Japan’s Kibo laboratory for the International Space Station.
The exposed facility is a platform that attaches to one end of the Kibo section on the space station. The platform will hold experiments designed to study the vacuum of space outside the station’s protective confines.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, will celebrate the achievement of the lab and the mission in part with the patches, pins and flags flying on Endeavour.
Steven Siceloff
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center
segunda-feira, 11 de maio de 2009
Atlantis lift off
Foto : NASA/Fletcher HildrethUnder a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with its crew of seven for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The launch was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes the Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.
Atlantis
Hoje,pelas 18.01,hora de Lisboa,será lançado,se não aparecer nemhum imprevisto,o Atlantis,para a sua missão de reparação do telescópio espacial Hubble.A imagem,de 2005,apresenta uma vista da Plataforma de lançamento 39A,de onde será lançado o Atlantis.Quem desejar seguir as communicações habituais em HF dos navios de recolha dos impulsores,assim como dos aviões de pesquisa e reconhecimento naval,pode iniciar a escuta em 10780 kHz,Banda Lateral Superior(USB),onde geralmente começam as chamadas via rádio.Convém recordar que é preciso paciência pois as transmissões são,geralmente,curtas e espaçadas.
terça-feira, 5 de maio de 2009
Atlantis

Missão STS-125 :
Os astronautas integrantes da missão STS-125,já se encontram no período habitual de quarentena e treinos finais,no Jonhson Space Center,em Houston.Quem desejar,poderá seguir as impressões do "Mission specialist" Mike Massimino,no endereço http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike
( Informação recolhida da "NASA news service")
segunda-feira, 4 de maio de 2009
Atlantis
quarta-feira, 29 de abril de 2009
NASA pilots
Foto : NASA/Robert MarkowitzFlyover
NASA pilots Jack Nickel (in the jet with tail number 62) and Charles Justiz fly over for a bird's eye view of two shuttles on the launch pad. Shuttle Atlantis is in the foreground and Endeavour can be seen in the distance on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The two are flying T-38 jet trainer aircraft.
sexta-feira, 17 de abril de 2009
Apollo XIII

17 Abril 1970
Há 39 anos,amarava,e era recuperada,a Apollo XIII."Emoção e espectáculo" assim titulava uma revista da época,se a memória não me falha.Ao longo de 4 dias,desde a frase"Houston,we have a problem"que o mundo vivia suspenso da situação dos astronautas.Sobreviveriam ao acidente?O seu regresso foi,felizmente,bem sucedido.
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