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(Link) | Why not?

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(Link) | Looking forward to the day when people see that first-hand again.

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"All These Worlds" is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, Apple-type stuff, decent science fiction, media issues, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool.

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Aerospace Events


2008
March

3/8 -- Jules Verne ATV launch

NET 3/11 -- STS-123 launch

April

4/8 -- Exp. 17 Soyuz launch

May

NET 5/25 -- STS-124 launch

August

NET 8/28 -- STS-125 launch

September

? -- Dragon I launch

October

10/12 -- Exp. 18 Soyuz launch

NET 10/16 -- STS-126 launch
? -- LRO launch

December

NET 12/4 -- STS-119 launch


2009
February

? -- Japanese HTV-1 launch

March

NET 3/12 -- STS-127 launch

April

NET 4/15 -- Ares I-X launch
NET 4/9 -- STS-128 launch

July

NET 7/9 -- STS-129 launch

September

NET 9/30 -- STS-130 launch

December

? -- Silver Dart orbital test flight

Unknown 2009

Mid-year -- Silver Dart flight
Fall -- Mars Science Lab launch
? -- DreamChaser suborbital flight
? -- Rocketplane XP first flight


2010
April

NET 4/1 -- STS-132 launch


2012
September

? -- Ares I-Y launch


2013
March

? -- Orion 1 launch

September

? -- Orion 2 crewed launch


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Friday, 9 May 2008

Space Law!


lyceumPer Space.com:
A student at the University of Mississippi will leap into the final frontier of the legal system Saturday when he receives the first-ever space law certificate in the United States.

Michael Dodge of Long Beach, Calif., earned the special distinction along with his law degree through the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law at the university's law school.

"The professors and personnel here are the highest quality that can be found anywhere in the world, and I have learned from them the necessary skills I will need to effectively practice space law," Dodge said in a statement. "Ole Miss is, simply put, the space law expert, and anyone wishing practice in this field should get their legal education here."

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End Of The Beginning


KeplerPer NASA:
STENNIS, Miss. -- NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020. The Ares V will carry cargo and components into orbit for trips to the moon and later to Mars.

NASA conducted nine tests of heritage J-2 engine components from December to May as part of a series designed to verify heritage J-2 performance data and explore performance boundaries. Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., conducted the tests on a heritage J-2 "powerpack," which, in a fully assembled engine, pumps liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the engine's main combustion chamber to produce thrust. The test hardware consisted of J-2 components used from the Apollo program in the1960s through the X-33 program of the 1990s.
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The main objectives of the series were to resolve differences in heritage turbopump performance data and recent component-level tests, and investigate vibration and pressure drops through the turbopump inlet ducts. Tests in the series ran for durations up to 400 seconds and at power levels up to 274,000 pounds of thrust.

After the data from the test series has been reviewed and objectives met, Stennis will begin readying the test stand for the next series of tests, said Gary Benton, the J-2X project manager at Stennis.

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Thursday, 8 May 2008

One Of The Wonders


KeplerPer The Huntsville Times:
The Apollo Saturn V moon rocket, born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, to lift men on their journeys to the moon nearly 40 years ago, is about to be named one of the "7 Wonders of America" by ABC-TV's "Good Morning America."

The honor is especially noteworthy in that the Saturn V may be one of the few man-made objects to make the list, said Larry Capps, CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, home to one of the three remaining.
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ABC's Huntsville affiliate, WAAY-TV, said Wednesday that "Good Morning America" will broadcast live segments Monday from the Davidson Center for Space Exploration.


Very cool, and, on a personal note, may be mildly cooler for me, but we'll see.

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The Inner Light


HatbagIt's Thursday, so it's time for the week's new Hatbag strip. Go check it out.

For those ATW readers who don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, a brief explanation -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?

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Tuesday, 6 May 2008

Send Your Name to Space Again


KeplerOK, here's yet another opportunity to send your name into space. After last week's LRO opportunity, NASA has announced an opportunity to have your name included on a DVD on the Kepler mission, which involves a space telescope that will be launched in February 2009 to look for Earth-like planets in other stellar systems.

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Monday, 5 May 2008

STS-124 Update


STS-124 patchPer NASA:
Space shuttle Discovery made the long, slow trek out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The 3.4-mile trek is one of the last major milestones leading up to the launch of Discovery on the STS-124 mission. Launch is targeted for May 31.

Carried by the slow-moving crawler-transporter, the shuttle assembly and mobile launcher platform began rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at 11:47 p.m. EDT Friday night and was secured at the pad at 6:06 a.m. on Saturday.

The canister carrying the STS-124 payloads arrived at the launch pad April 29. Primary payloads are the tour-bus-sized Japanese Experiment Module-Pressurized Module and the lab's robotic arm system. The components will soon be installed in the orbiter's payload bay.

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Sunday, 4 May 2008

Free Cover Sunday


Lori McKennaIt's been about a year since the last installment of Free Cover Sunday, but I came across another one I have to share. Lori McKenna is probably my favorite artist right now, and, while, to be honest, her cover of "Hurt" is neither her best work nor the best version of the song, it's still well worth the nothing you're about to pay to download it.

And, in case you missed any, here are all the Free Cover Sunday songs so far:

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Friday, 2 May 2008

A Little Too Ironic


HatbagYeah, OK, we're a day late with this week's new Hatbag strip. But at least we're throwing in a bonus strip as, well, a bonus. Go check it out.

For those ATW readers who don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, a brief explanation -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?

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Send Your Name To The Moon


LROPer NASA:
NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.

The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the moon for years to come. Participants can submit their information at http://lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/, print a certificate and have their name entered into a database. The database will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.

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Thursday, 24 April 2008

Thumb And Thumber


HatbagThis week's new Hatbag strip is now online. Go check it out.

For those ATW readers who don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, a brief explanation -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?

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Thursday, 17 April 2008

Write Back To Square One


HatbagThis week's new Hatbag strip is now online. Go check it out.

For those ATW readers who don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, a brief explanation -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?

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Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Weightloss Record


peggyI have huge respect for astronaut Mike Foale, so, for that reason, I'm a bit sorry to see his U.S. record for total cumulative time in space, at 374 days, fall.

But since we're going to have to start pushing our duration limits if we're ever going to go anyway, I'm happy to see Peggy Whitson beat Mike's record. (And Peggy also has a special place in my heart, being the only American in space the day I started working for NASA.)

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"Wish You Were Here"


earth photographPer collectSPACE:
The view of Earth from space has been captivating astronauts and cosmonauts since Yuri Gagarin exclaimed "I see Earth! It is so beautiful!" on his trailblazing flight in 1961. Since then millions of photographs have been sent back from orbit, capturing the magnificence of our home planet.

Now, for the first time in history, it can be your turn to focus the camera back at Earth.

In October 2008, Richard Garriott, son of U.S. astronaut Owen Garriott, will launch to the International Space Station on a week-long mission to conduct science experiments developed in partnership with his father and to test new Earth observation software that can help identify and take photos of targets as they enter and pass through the field of view of Earth-facing windows.

In collaboration with collectSPACE, the leading online resource for space history enthusiasts, and to benefit the Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit organization of over 300 flown astronauts and cosmonauts from 32 nations, Richard invites you to pick your place on Earth to photograph from space to present to you.

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Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Pick Of The Week


starbucks apple team-up artworkOK, despite the fact that I rarely go to Starbucks, and that it would be cheaper to just buy the songs outright, I find the new Starbucks-Apple "Pick Of The Week" "free" song program kind of cool.

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Friday, 11 April 2008

Expedition 17 On Station


Exp 16 and 17Since I've been lax on blogging lately, I haven't mentioned that there's now a new crew aboard the International Space Station (commanded by the first second-generation cosmonaut).

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Thursday, 10 April 2008

The State of Education

Teacher uses Star Wars in class. (Read Entry)

Battlestar Space Nine

Cool Mash-Up Video (Read Entry)

Sethlighting

The week's Hatbag strip is now online. (Read Entry)

Sunday, 6 April 2008

Homesteading Space

Our book is not listed on Amazon. (Read Entry)

Friday, 4 April 2008

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

"Early morning, April 4 ..." (Read Entry)

Thursday, 3 April 2008

ATV Docks With ISS

Jules Verne successfully delivers cargo to station. (Read Entry)

The Greatest Gift

Drunk Jeff Goldblum better than Ellen Feiss. (Read Entry)