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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Landing on Planet Earth
NASA ^ | September 14, 2013 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 09/14/2013 5:43:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: With parachute deployed and retro-rockets blazing, this spacecraft landed on planet Earth on September 11 (UT) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Seen in silhouette against the rockets' glare, the spacecraft is a Soyuz TMA-08M. Its crew, Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA were returning after five and half months aboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz retro-rockets fire very quickly and for an extremely short duration near touchdown. Capturing the moment, the well-timed photograph was taken from a helicopter flying over the landing site.

September 14, 2013

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: alexandermisurkin; apod; astronomy; chriscassidy; expedition36; iss; kazakhstan; nasa; pavelvinogradov; roscosmos; russia; science; soyuz; soyuztma08m; zhezkazgan
[Credit: NASA, Bill Ingalls]

1 posted on 09/14/2013 5:43:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The Big One

2 posted on 09/14/2013 5:44:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

They are still using the designation “Soyuz”?

Or are they still using the same equipment from the mid-twentieth century? LOL!


3 posted on 09/14/2013 5:53:05 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: SunkenCiv

It can look like either a parachute or a cup


4 posted on 09/14/2013 5:56:01 AM PDT by Rannug
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To: left that other site
Or are they still using the same equipment from the mid-twentieth century? LOL!

It works and we aren't using squat.
5 posted on 09/14/2013 5:57:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

Ditto. 0bama has turned our astronauts into hitch hikers.


6 posted on 09/14/2013 6:48:22 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
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To: left that other site

A Wiki article indicates it is still the basic “transport” designed back in the 1960’s. It’s like the Russian spacecraft equivalent of the AK47; it works, so don’t mess with success.


7 posted on 09/14/2013 7:42:39 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Do you remember back when the US could send people into space too?


8 posted on 09/14/2013 8:33:58 AM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Because 2 terms with Jerry Brown as Governor was all I could take.)
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To: left that other site

We don’t have anything but the private sector these days


9 posted on 09/14/2013 8:38:59 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Yep.


10 posted on 09/14/2013 8:41:18 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: Flick Lives

Good Comparison!


11 posted on 09/14/2013 8:42:01 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: cripplecreek

I hear ya.


12 posted on 09/14/2013 8:42:32 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: left that other site
Sedna is considered to be within our solar system and the Voyager craft is still well inside Sedna's closest orbit. Do objects like Sedna and long term comets leave the solar system and come back?

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I personally consider all objects within the gravitational influence of our sun to be in the solar system.
13 posted on 09/14/2013 8:50:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: left that other site

Sorry wrong space thread.

Carry on.


14 posted on 09/14/2013 8:51:18 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Speaking of Retro
15 posted on 09/14/2013 7:04:52 PM PDT by mikrofon (60's Tech)
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