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Thursday, July 21, 2011

BBC News - Space shuttle timeline. Also, I show you a few postcards with the SPACE SHUTTLE and the INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS)

Not just stunning pictures, but captivating text, too.
Click on the arrowhead sign, in the middle of the screen, to see the 21 slides.

Read this, too: http://dorincard.blogspot.com/search?q=shuttle

A postcard folder, that I bought from the NASA Museum in Washington, D.C. http://www.nasm.si.edu/, containing the postcards shown on the back:

Also, a postcard from my collection, with the International Space Station (ISS):

International Space Station
A rearward view of the ISS backdropped by the limb of the Earth. In view are the station's four large, gold-coloured solar array wings, two on either side of the station, mounted to a central truss structure. Further along the truss are six large, white radiators, three next to each pair of arrays. In between the solar arrays and radiators is a cluster of pressurised modules arranged in an elongated T shape, also attached to the truss. A set of blue solar arrays are mounted to the module at the aft end of the cluster.
The International Space Station on 30 May 2011 as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-134.
A silhouette of the ISS shown orbiting above the the Earth. This image is suspended within an orange and purple shield, with the words 'International Space Station' above the image, and laurel leaves beneath.
ISS Insignia
Station statistics
COSPAR ID1998-067A
Call signAlpha
Crew6
Expedition 28
Launch1998–2012
Launch padBaikonur LC-81/23, LC-1/5
KSC LC-39,
Mass417,289 kg (919,960 lb) (as of 03/09/2011)[1]
Length51 m (167.3 ft)
from PMA-2 to Zvezda
Width109 m (357.5 ft)
along truss, arrays extended
Heightc. 20 m (c. 66 ft)
nadir–zenith, arrays forward–aft
(27 November 2009)[dated info]
Pressurisedvolume837 m3 (29,600 cu ft)
(21 March 2011)
Atmospheric pressure101.3 kPa (29.91 inHg, 1 atm)
Perigee352 km (190 nmi) AMSL
(21 March 2011)
Apogee355 km (192 nmi) AMSL
(21 March 2011)
Orbital inclination51.6 degrees
Average speed7,706.6 m/s
(27,743.8 km/h, 17,239.2 mph)
Orbital period91 minutes
Days in orbit4626
(21 July)
Days occupied3913
(21 July)
Number of orbits72612
(21 July)
Orbital decay2 km/month
Statistics as of 9 March 2011
(unless noted otherwise)
References: [2][3][4][5][6][7]
Configuration
The components of the ISS in an exploded diagram, with modules on-orbit highlighted in orange, and those still awaiting launch in blue or pink.
Station elements as of May 2011
(exploded view)


"The International Space Station (ISS) is an internationally-developed research facility, which is being assembled in low Earth orbit and is the largest space station ever constructed.[8] 
On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998 and is expected to be finished in 2012. 
The station is expected to remain in operation until at least 2020, and potentially to 2028.[9][10] 
Like many artificial satellites, the ISS can be seen from Earth with the naked eye. 
The ISS serves as a research laboratory that has a microgravity environment in which crews conduct experiments in biology,human biology, physics, astronomy and meteorology.[11][12][13] 
The station has a unique environment for the testing of the spacecraft systems that will be required for missions to the Moon and Mars.[14] 
The ISS is operated by Expedition crews, and has been continuously staffed since 2 November 2000—an uninterrupted human presence in space for the past 10 years and 261 days.[15] 
As of June 2011, the crew of Expedition 28 is aboard.[16]

The ISS is a synthesis of several space station projects that includes the American Freedom, the Soviet/Russian Mir-2, the European Columbus and the Japanese Kibō.[17][18] 
Budget constraints led to the merger of these projects into a single multi-national programme.[17] 
The ISS project began in 1994 with the Shuttle-Mir program,[19] and the first module of the station, Zarya, was launched in 1998 by Russia.[17] 
Since then, pressurised modules, external trusses and other components have been launched by American space shuttles, Russian Proton rockets and Russian Soyuz rockets.[18] 
As of June 2011, the station consisted of 15 pressurised modules and an extensive integrated truss structure (ITS). 
The planned final module, the Russian laboratory module, is expected to launch in 2012. Power is provided by 16 solar arrays mounted on the external truss, in addition to four smaller arrays on the Russian modules.[20] 
The station is maintained at an orbit between 278 km (173 mi) and 460 km (286 mi) altitude, and travels at an average ground speed of 27,724 km (17,227 mi) per hour, completing 15.7 orbits per day.[21]"

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