#iss

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/113675204768119985 davidaugust@mastodon.online - The astronauts mission grew from eight days to eight months.

These kind of delays are the Boeing difference®.

And now, additional further delays are just the stink of musk™.

(shadow president-elect musk runs SpaceX which added these additional delays, the only things he increases the efficiency of is personally accumulating money and harming people.)

https://apnews.com/article/nasa-stuck-astronauts-77e8f0b988e483a793732297cd868490

#space #spacex #nasa #musk #boeing #iss

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.scot/@jimfrost/113522158608605663 jimfrost@mastodon.scot - On the Isle of Skye last night, 20th November, at around 18:20. This is the ISS fly past and is seven 20 second images stacked together to get the trail. (The gaps in the trail is the camera shutter closing and opening again between images) #IsleOfSkye #ISS #Scotland #Astro

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

International Space Station facing irreparable failures, Russia warns
The crew aboard the #ISS are on standby for a #possible #evacuation due to leaks. It's also at risk of being hit by micro meteorites. I think there's a group that want the station gone before an impending event or it could be a staged distraction away from the election.

dailymail
Quote NASA's astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been told to prepare for an urgent evacuation amid growing safety concerns.

The US #space agency and its Russian counterpart, Roscomos, are tracking 50 'areas of concern' related to a growing leak aboard the station.

NASA is now calling the cracks in a Russian service module a 'top safety risk' - escalating the threat rating to five out of five.

In 2019 it was noted that the module had begun to leak a small amount of air through an unidentified crack.

However, despite efforts to seal the module, the amount of air escaping the station has only increased over the last five years.

In February this year, NASA was forced to hold a press conference on the issue as the amount of air escaping temporarily increased from 0.2 lbs per day (0.09 kg) to 2.4 lbs (1.08 kg) per day.

A report published in September by NASA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) confirmed that the leak then hit record rates in April - losing 3.7 lbs (1.68 kg) of air every day.

This has prompted the space agency to escalate the threat rating to the highest level and consider plans for evacuation.

christophs@diaspora.glasswings.com

NASA acknowledges it cannot quantify risk of Starliner propulsion issues | Ars Technica

This is an awful situation for all. After all the years, there are still so many things that can go wrong, and nobody wants to take a decision thoughtlessly.

#space #iss #nasa #iss

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/nasa-acknowledges-it-cannot-quantify-risk-of-starliner-propulsion-issues/