martes, 16 de febrero de 2016


NASA HISTORY
STS-82, February 16, 1997
Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-82 mission specialist, is backdropped against Earth's limb and a sunburst effect in this 35mm frame exposed by astronaut Gregory J. Harbaugh, his extravehicular activity (EVA) crew mate. Harbaugh's torso is reflected in Tanner's helmet visor. The two were making their second space walk and the fourth one of five for the STS-82 crew, in order to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A checklist of tasks is attached ...
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STS-98, February 16, ,2001
This high-angle image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis backdropped over a desert was photographed by the three-man Expedition One crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shortly after the shuttle and the outpost unlinked following several days of joint operations of the two crews. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS-98, February 16, 2001
The International Space Station (ISS) backdropped against the Rio Negro, Argentina, following undocking. The photo was taken with a digital still camera
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STS-82, February 16, 1997
This wide shot of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the Space Shuttle Discovery’s cargo bay, backdropped against Australia, was taken during the third Extravehicular Activity (EVA) to service the orbiting observatory. Astronaut Steven L. Smith (left of center), mission specialist, works near the foot restraint of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS). Astronaut Mark C. Lee, payload commander, who shared space walk chores with Smith, was out of frame....
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STS-98, February 16, 2001
The Space Shuttle Atlantis was photographed by the three-man Expedition One crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shortly after the shuttle and the outpost unlinked following several days of joint operations of the two crews. The scene, backdropped against a mass of white clouds on Earth, was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS-122, February 15, 2008
Astronaut Rex Walheim, mission specialist, closes one eye while focusing on an extravehicular activity task with the other. Astronaut Stanley Love (out of frame), mission specialist, shared this final spacewalk for the STS-122 Atlantis crew with Walheim.
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STS-122, February 15, 2008
Astronaut Rex Walheim, mission specialist, holds onto a handrail and spreads his arms at the Columbus laboratory, the newest piece of hardware on the International Space Station. On this the final spacewalk for the STS-122 Atlantis crew, Walheim's pose is reminiscent of that of a musical conductor who has just completed leading a successful concert. Stanley Love (out of frame), mission specialist, shared this extravehicular activity with Walheim.
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STS-130, February 15, 2010
In the grasp of the Canadarm2, the Cupola is relocated from the forward port to the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's newly-installed Tranquility node. NASA astronauts Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot; and Kathryn Hire, mission specialist, moved the Cupola, operating the station's robotic arm from controls inside the Destiny laboratory.
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STS-122, February 15, 2008
The pilot and commander for STS-122 Atlantis' crew look out the starboard window (pilot's side) of their spacecraft while it is docked to the International Space Station and while two of their crewmates perform a spacewalk nearby. Astronaut Steve Frick, commander, is recognizable at right. Looking on is astronaut Alan Poindexter, pilot.
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STS-130, February 14, 2010
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken (right) and Nicholas Patrick, both STS-130 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 54-minute spacewalk, Behnken and Patrick connected two ammonia coolant loops, installed thermal covers around the ammonia hoses, outfitted the Earth-facing port on the Tranquility n...
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STS-122, February 13, 2008
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the Columbus laboratory (center) -- the newest addition to the International Space Station -- is featured in this image photographed by a crewmember on the Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the station
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nasa history

On this day (February 16) in 1948, Uranus’ moon Miranda, last of Uranus’ moons discovered until Voyager 2’s visit in 1986, was discovered by Gerard Kuiper. Miranda is the smallest and innermost of Uranus’s five round satellites. In fact, Miranda is one of the smallest objects in the solar system known to be spherical due to its own gravity. That being said, Miranda also has one of the most extreme topographies of any place in the solar system, with a nearly 10 km high scarp a...

On this day: 16 February 2011, ESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was launched to the International Space Station on an Ariane 5 rocket. Named Johann...

ESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe's unmanned logistics spacecraft was launched to the International Space Station on 16 February 2011.
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On this day (February 15) in 2010, the Cupola, the ultimate observation deck, was installed on the International Space Station (ISS). The Cupola is a panoramic control tower for the ISS, a dome-shaped module through which operations on the outside of the station can be observed and guided. Its six side windows and one top window offer a panoramic view of the station's exterior, and the Earth. Sort of looks like the flight deck of the Millennium Falcon, doesn't it?
The Cupola was built by a consortium of European aerospace contractors led by Alenia Spazio of Turin, Italy. It was provided to NASA by the European Space Agency in exchange for the delivery of other payloads to the ISS.
Here astronaut Karen Nyberg takes a moment to enjoy the view from the Cupola.

 
On this day (February 14) in 1990, Voyager 1, from a vantage point beyond the orbit of Neptune, turned its camera back toward the planets of our solar system. With 60 individual pictures Voyager created a "family portrait" of our neighborhood. From such a distance, more than 6 billion kilometers from the Sun, it was difficult to get images of all the planets. Mercury was too close to the Sun to see, Mars didn't reflect enough light to show up, and Pluto was just too dim. O...
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OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: 16 febrero 2016

OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: 16 febrero 2016: Tomorrow, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a new space observatory to study black holes. This observatory, AS...