A new component of the International Station, the Mini-Research Module 2 or Poisk (the Russian term for search, seek, and explore), docked to the station on November 12, 2009, at 10:41 AM EST. The new module will serve as docking port for Soyuz and Progress spacecraft and as an airlock for spacewalks, and also provide space for scientific experiments.
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Amazing images of Earth….
A Rockot launch vehicle lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on November 2, 2009, at 02:50 CET. Rockot carried to orbit two new ESA satellites: SMOS and PROBA-2.
The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission will provide global maps of moisture over the Earth’s landmasses and salinity over the oceans. PROBA-2 is a mission dedicated to the demonstration of innovative technologies. PROBA-2 payload consists of scientific instruments that will make observations of the Sun in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum and will measure certain properties of the plasma surrounding the spacecraft.
The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was unberthed from the ISS on October 31, 2009. The HTV is scheduled to re-enter the Earth\’s atmosphere on November 2, 2009.
Ares I is the crew launch vehicle that will be used to deliver the Orion spacecraft to LEO. Ares I is a two-stage rocket, 94 m long and 5.5 m in diameter, that can deliver a 25,000 kg payload to LEO. The Ares I-X test vehicle lifted off on October 28th, 2009, at 15:30 UTC, from Kennedy Space Center, Launch Pad 39B.
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The Ares I-X launch vehicle is now secured on the launch pad. The targeted launch date is October 27, 2009. The launch window is from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT. Ares I-X will liftoff from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Video of the Ares I motor ground test…
Animation of the Ares I-X test flight…
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