Sep 10, 2009

Twin astronauts slated to meet in orbit

Astronaut Mark or Scott Kelly

Mark Kelly is an experienced astronaut. He’s flown three times, including last year’s STS-124—which he commanded.

Scott Kelly is also an experienced astronaut. He’s had two flights, including piloting STS-118 as commander.

They are identical twins and are scheduled to meet in orbit next year.

Mark will be commanding STS-134 which will dock with the International Space Station. At the ISS, Scott will be commanding Expedition 26.

Oh, and if you want, you can follow either or both brothers on Twitter.

Scott Kelly on Twitter.

Mark Kelly on Twitter.

Kepler and counterfeit spacecraft parts

We’re heard about cheap, fake Rolex watches. And, questionable “knockoffs” of major designers brands are a well-known problem for the fashion industry. But, counterfeit spacecraft parts? Yep. Looking for earth-like planets with off-brand parts NASA’s Kepler spacecraft blasted off yesterday with counterfeit titanium parts on a mission to find earth-like planets. And NASA paid for [...]

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Gemini’s paraglider

America’s second manned space program, the Gemini project, originally planned to descend onto land—not water. But the plan didn’t pan out. Gemini was to be attached to a paraglider, giving a controlled landing. This would be a big improvement over the earlier Mercury project. There would be no need for aircraft carriers and helicopters to [...]

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A Hindu Moon

The NY Times has an interesting piece about India’s moon mission and Hinduism.

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Twin astronauts slated to meet in orbit

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