NASA Science News for January 10, 2003

Science@NASA presents a review of the IMAX movie Space Station 3D. It's the next best thing to genuine space flight.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/10jan_imax.htm?list98377

N1ORC

Launch

Feb. 2 Soyuz - Progress 10P

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the tenth Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.

73 de p2jmr

By the way, yesterday I saw the most interesting NASA ISS TV coverage ever. The crew laboriously video-taped a complete TOOL inventory. He opened every drawer and every kit. Opened every pouch and noted every tool.....

By WB4APR, Bob

Nasa sources relveals that the onboard Illness that caused EVA delay is not too serious and that the EVA will be eventually rescheduled in January.

Spaceref has an article about this story.

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
The coming year will be the most challenging ever for
construction of the International Space Station. Already
more than two-thirds of the way through the assembly of its
core structure, international crews face a full and busy
construction schedule.

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
NASA flight
controllers in Houston's Mission Control Center will watch
over Santa throughout the night, just as they watch over the
International Space Station and its crew every day.....

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC with permission from the Houston Chronicle
A potential medical problem with one of the new
residents of the international space station has prompted NASA to
postpone an upcoming spacewalk.

Next year three more European astronauts are scheduled to fly to the
International Space Station (ISS). Since the Station was first permanently
manned in October 2000, five Europeans have already done so.....

Soyuz TM-34 was undocked from the ISS Russian Segment ZARYA Module on November 9, 2002 at 23:44 in Moscow time, following the Moscow Region Mission Control Center (MCC-M) commanding....

Safely descending to Earth in their Soyuz TM-34 capsule, the crew ended a 11-day mission with a flawless night landing near the town of Arkalyk on the plains of Kazakhstan at 06:04 local time (00:04 GMT).

Soyuz TM-34 return images