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Vista Install Marathon

Matt | July 14, 2006 |

I registered for and downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 a while ago and last weekend I finally got round to installing it. I had a spare laptop that had Windows XP pre-installed so I thought I would use that for trying out Vista. The first thing that bothered me about Vista was that it comes […]

Astronauts get day off

Matt | July 13, 2006 |

Following the 3 marathon spacewalks by Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers and the rest of the crew of Discovery and ISS working hard transferring the cargo and supplies to and from Leonardo multi-purpose logistics, STS-121 and Expedition 13 astronauts have been given the day off. What do astronauts do in space on their […]

Final Space Walk Completed

Tracy Davis | July 12, 2006 |

[color=#6200AA]Discovery astronauts Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum have completed their third and final space walk of mission STS-121.[/color] [color=#6200AA]The spacewalkers tested repair techniques on pre-positioned heat shield materials in the payload bay. Among the tools they used were a space-certified caulk gun and a variety of spatulas to manipulate the test materials.[/color] [color=#6200AA]Landing has been […]

Preparing for 3rd Space Walk

Matt | July 11, 2006 |

The STS-121 and Expedition 13 crew members are pressing ahead with today’s scheduled activities aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station. One of the main tasks on the schedule is the transfer of items to and from the shuttle, the International Space Station and the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module. Leonardo arrived inside Discovery’s […]

Chimp plays PacMan

Matt | July 11, 2006 |

This is one of the funniest things, a chimp playing PacMan. As a big fan of PacMan I think it’s time to challenge him to a competition. I think we should ban the coaching though! Matt [Technorati tag(s): chimp, PacMan, Funny Video, monkey, gaming]

Second Space Walk Completed

Tracy Davis | July 10, 2006 |

[color=#6200AA]Discovery astronauts Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum have completed their second space walk of mission STS-121. They are currently just returning on board through the airlocks.[/color] [color=#6200AA]There is one more scheduled space walk to take place before Discovery undocks from ISS for its return to Earth next week.[/color] [color=#6200AA]Tracy[/color] [Technorati tag(s): shuttle, nasa, Space Shuttle, […]

Discovery’s heat shield ‘OK’

Matt | July 10, 2006 |

The Discovery space shuttle has been cleared for re-entry to Earth next week after Nasa officials gave its heat shield a clean bill of health. Analysts at mission control in Houston had spent days looking at images for possible damage caused by Tuesday’s lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. They later said that there were a […]

New Discovery launch videos

Matt | July 9, 2006 |

Nasa have just released a series of videos showing the launch of the Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121. The videos show the launch from a number of never before seen angles. There is some excellent footage take from the SRB camera and from the External Tank camera. Nasa have been inspecting these videos virtually frame […]

First space walk complete

Matt | July 9, 2006 |

Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum successfully completed STS-121’s first spacewalk. Their space walk involved testing the new shuttle robotic arm boom extension to be used as a platform for astronauts should it be necessary to conduct heat shield repairs. Sellers worked on the end of the 50-foot extension before being joined by Fossum […]

Space walk

Matt | July 8, 2006 |

Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum conduct the first spacewalk of the STS-121 mission. Sellers and Fossum installed a device to block the cutter blade on the International Space Station’s mobile transporter. The device will prevent the blade from cutting a power and data cable that links the mobile transporter to the rest of […]