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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.
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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]
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:43:54 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:44:23 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: SunkenCiv
They are still using the designation “Soyuz”?
Or are they still using the same equipment from the mid-twentieth century? LOL!
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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)
To: SunkenCiv
It can look like either a parachute or a cup
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:56:01 AM PDT
by
Rannug
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.
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:57:30 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
Ditto. 0bama has turned our astronauts into hitch hikers.
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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.)
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.
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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!)
To: SunkenCiv
Do you remember back when the US could send people into space too?
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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.)
To: left that other site
We don’t have anything but the private sector these days
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posted on
09/14/2013 8:38:59 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
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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)
To: Flick Lives
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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)
To: cripplecreek
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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)
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?
I personally consider all objects within the gravitational influence of our sun to be in the solar system.
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posted on
09/14/2013 8:50:30 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: left that other site
Sorry wrong space thread.
Carry on.
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posted on
09/14/2013 8:51:18 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
09/14/2013 7:04:52 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(60's Tech)
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