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Foggy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:52 am No, because THIS time we're going to open some fast food outlets and clothing stores.

Especially shoe stores.

John Thomas8 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:48 am That Artemis thingy? It's launching Monday:

US and Russian astronauts stuck waiting in space after spacecraft suffered damage

Jamie Groh, USA TODAY NETWORK
Thu, January 12, 2023 at 11:58 AM GMT+1

BREVARD, Fla. — NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are faced with extending their stay aboard the International Space Station by several months and will require a new ride home after their Russian MS-22 Soyuz spacecraft sprang a leak last month.

The trio was supposed to use that spacecraft to return to Earth in March. Wednesday, NASA and Russian space officials unveiled a plan to launch an empty Soyuz capsule to the ISS to ferry them back instead. That means the three men will spend several more months at the ISS.

During a briefing with reporters, NASA's Joel Montalbano, manager of the International Space Station program, said that NASA is not considering the move-up in the MS-23 Soyuz launch a rescue mission. "We're not calling it a rescue Soyuz," said Montalbano. "Right now, the crew is safe onboard the space station."

"I'm calling it a replacement Soyuz," he said. "There's no immediate need for the crew to come home today."



https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-russian-a ... 04901.html

northland10 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:54 pm Even astronauts are dealing with canceled flights.

SpaceX & NASA to rescue Astronauts! Russia's Soyuz FAILURE "cosmonauts can't return"

ALPHA TECH
11 Jan 2023

NASA and Roscosmos have officially declared Soyuz MS-22 not safe to fly for crew and a rescue strategy has been developed with an Official Statement from NASA and Roscosmos on January 11th.

So, what's the plan to rescue the astronauts? How will SpaceX rescue Astronauts?
Why ISS is facing huge turmoil after this?

Find out in today's episode of Alpha Tech:

Let’s analyzing about the Situation first:

Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA Astronaut Francisco Rubio launched on Soyuz MS-22 on September 21, 2022, at 13:54 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

On December 15th, 2022 at 12:45 UTC a "visible stream of flakes" was observed emanating from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft at the same time as a loss of pressure was alerted in the external radiator cooling loop. After multiple days of inspection using the station's robotic arms, preliminary information is something left a 0.8mm (0.031in) diameter hole in the external cooler radiator located on the service module of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Roscosmos believes the leak in the radiator occurred due to external mechanical damage.

With the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft deemed not safe to fly for the crew, Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA Astronaut Francisco Rubio are stranded on the ISS. This a critical situation as no person is to be on the ISS without a spacecraft they can board to evacuate in case of emergency with the ability to return home should they not be able to return to the ISS.

So, what is the solution?

For Soyuz MS-22
The damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will undock from the ISS in an unmanned mode and attempt to return home. Because the thermoregulation system is damaged, re-entry and landing may not be successful.

Next, Soyuz MS-23
Russia's next mission Soyuz MS-23 was scheduled to launch with 3 Russian Cosmonauts in March but teams on the ground have been working around the clock to move the launch up to the middle of February. Once ready for launch, a solo Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko will fly the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to the ISS. This will be the first solo spacecraft mission since 2004 when Brian Binney flew SpaceShipOne on its test flight.

Nasa reveals new spacesuit for Artemis moon landing

Outfits for planned lunar expedition more streamlined and flexible than Apollo suits, and a better fit for women

Reuters
Thu 16 Mar 2023 01.34 GMT

The big, puffy white moonsuits worn by Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo astronauts a half-century ago are out of fashion. Lunar haute couture now calls for something more form-fitting and comfortable for men and women.

Nasa on Wednesday unveiled the first prototype for a newly designed next-generation spacesuit specially tailored and accessorised for the first astronauts expected to venture back to the moon’s surface in the next few years.

The latest in moon-wear was displayed at the Johnson Space Center in Houston during an event hosted for the media and students by Axiom Space, the Texas-based company contracted by Nasa to build suits for Artemis, successor to the Apollo moon program.

The Artemis 1 mission, the inaugural launch of Nasa’s powerful next-generation rocket and its newly built Orion spacecraft on an uncrewed test flight around the moon and back, was successfully completed in December.

Nasa and the Canadian Space Agency plan to announce the four astronauts chosen to fly as early as next year on Artemis 2, another out-and-back mission.

That flight, if successful, will pave the way for a planned Artemis 3 astronaut expedition to the lunar surface - the first ever to the moon’s south pole - later in the decade. It will be the first ever to send a woman to walk on the moon.

Nasa promises that subsequent Artemis missions will include the first person of colour on the moon.

The program, named for Apollo’s twin sister from Greek mythology, is aimed ultimately at establishing a sustainable lunar base as a stepping stone to future human exploration of Mars.

Nasa chief Bill Nelson said the new spacesuits “will open opportunities for more people to explore and conduct science on the moon then ever before.”

All 12 Nasa astronauts who landed on the moon during a total of six Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972 were white men.

The outfits worn to the moon by Artemis astronauts will look very different from the bulky spacesuits of yore.



https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... on-landing

Foggy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:16 pm 'Course, the Space Force won't be wearing those silly things.

The Space Force suits have armor and weapons and jetpacks and a HUD (Heads Up Display) that provides enormous quantities of information. Luckily, the onboard AI helps with interpreting the data, or there would be too much to use.