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| Credits: NASA |
Carnival of Space #112 – The Big Moon Day Show – is hosted by Ken Murphy at Out of the Cradle – Chronicles of the New Space Age.
This week you can listen to a podcast on the Apollo 11 adventure, see stunning images of the Apollo landing sites taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, read about the Total Solar Eclipse on July 22, 2009, space-based solar power, plans to de-orbit the International Space Station in 2016, orbital debris, and much more.
STS-127 EVA #2 total time was six hours and fifty-three minutes. EVA #2 spacewalkers were Dave Wolf and Tom Marshburn.
STS-127 EVA #1 total time was five hours and thirty-two minutes. STS-127 EVA #1 is the 126th EVA in support of ISS assembly and maintenance. It was the first EVA for Timothy Kopra and the fifth for David Wolf.
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| Credits: MIT |
MIT Open Courseware has made available the course 16.346 Astrodynamics, taught by Professor Richard Battin.
The course covers the fundamentals of astrodynamics. The focus is on the two-body orbital initial-value and boundary-value problems. The course applications include space vehicle navigation and guidance for lunar and planetary missions.
On July 17, 2009, at 12:47 PM CDT, the Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station delivering the final pieces of the Japanese Kibo complex and a new flight engineer to join the Expedition 20 crew.
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