Congratulations to Dillion and Eric J.F. Kelijssen for solving the January Puzzler the fastest. The answer is Oobloyah Valley on Canada’s Ellesmere Island. The image features four glaciers—Nukapingwa, Arklio, Perkeo, and Midget—flowing into the valley from the Krieger mountains to the north. At the end of each glacier, all of which are retreating, there are […]
USOS Food Warmer Status: Yesterday the Express Rack 6 Solid State Power Control Module (SSPCM) to the USOS Food Warmer experience an over current trip. The ground teams continue to investigate the failure, in the meantime the crew has deployed a spare USOS food warmer in the Lab. Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites …
A connection to deep waters to the north gives a trench near the Bahamas the shape of a tongue.
USOS Food Warmer Status: Today the USOS Food Warmer within LAB Express Rack 6, Drawer 8 experienced an over current and tripped the associated Remote Power Controller (RPC). The crew has been instructed not to use the food warmer until ground teams can troubleshoot. ISS Reboost: The reboost that was planned at 7:54 pm CST …
Try Zero-Gravity (Try Zero-G) Experiments: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata set up and performed the JAXA Try Zero-G experiments, while video of the activities are recorded with a camcorder. Try Zero-G allows the public, especially kids, to vote for and suggest physical tasks for JAXA astronauts to perform to demonstrate the difference between zero and one …
Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Low Temperature Loop (LTL) Pump Status: Today, the Remote Power Controller (RPC) associated with the JEM LTL Pump tripped open as a result of a spike in current coming from the pump. The failure caused a short-term loss of cooling for a subset of JEM Systems. The Flight Control Team has …
Ants In Space Experiment: After setting up cameras to record the experiment, Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Mastracchio and FE-3 Hopkins set up 2 of the 8 ant forage habitats and then open doors to release ants into the forage areas. This experiment uses the Pavement Ant (Tetramorium Caespitum), which is common throughout most of the United …
Every month we offer a puzzling satellite image here on Earth Matters. The January 2014 puzzler is above. Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us what the image shows, what part of the world we are looking at, when the image was acquired, and why the scene is interesting. How to answer. Your answer […]
Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations for Cygnus Capture: Today the Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the MSS and performed a Node-2 Nadir Active Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) survey with the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). They then maneuvered the SSRMS to the Cygnus High Hover position in preparation for capture and powered the MSS …
