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Russian astronauts screw up space station antenna
N Y Post ^ | February 5, 2018 | 1:24pm

Posted on 02/05/2018 10:44:26 AM PST by BenLurkin

A record-setting Russian spacewalk ended with a critical antenna in the wrong position Friday outside the International Space Station.

NASA’s Mission Control reported that the antenna was still working. Nevertheless, Russian space officials were convening a special team to see whether further action would be necessary. The antenna is used for communications with Russia’s Mission Control outside Moscow.

The trouble arose toward the end of the more than 8-hour spacewalk — the longest ever by Russians and the fifth longest overall — after Commander Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov successfully replaced an electronics box to upgrade the antenna.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alexandermisurkin; antenna; antonshkaplerov; astronauts; nasa; russia; russian; spacestation
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1 posted on 02/05/2018 10:44:27 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Wrong Way Ivan


2 posted on 02/05/2018 10:45:40 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin


"And the President responded to the incident by saying 'Screw those commie bastards, and screw their little wussy space station.'"
3 posted on 02/05/2018 10:45:46 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin
Wadka after space walk next time, not before!
4 posted on 02/05/2018 10:46:12 AM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: BenLurkin

The trouble arose toward the end of the more than 8-hour spacewalk — the longest ever by Russians and the fifth longest overall — after Commander Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov successfully replaced an electronics box to upgrade the antenna.

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Must have been the AE-35 unit.


5 posted on 02/05/2018 10:46:38 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: dfwgator

Dave, I still believe the antenna is going to fail.


6 posted on 02/05/2018 10:47:05 AM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: grobdriver

Strelnokoff Vodka.....When Work is Done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMUCnCUbm-U


7 posted on 02/05/2018 10:47:09 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Moonman62

Open the pod bay doors, HAL.


8 posted on 02/05/2018 10:48:02 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BenLurkin

Moscow, we have a problem.


9 posted on 02/05/2018 10:49:20 AM PST by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: Moonman62

“After removing the old, obsolete electronics box from the antenna — an original part, launched in 2000 — Misurkin shoved it away from the space station....”

“The 60-pound box — measuring just a couple of feet, or less than a meter — was hurled in a direction that will not intersect with the space station, according to NASA officials.”

” ...The discarded electronics box will re-enter and burn up, too; Mission Control said it did not know when that will occur.”


10 posted on 02/05/2018 10:53:13 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: butlerweave

Why not make the repair in 2 shorter duration space walks so that at a time critical to success the astronauts aren’t exhausted after being “outside” so long? What’s the point in a long space walk if it just ends in failure?

Also, seems stupid to just toss trash out into space... especially electronics.. would there be value to studying the way electronics degrade over time in a space environment? Maybe they already know all that...and I’m the ignorant one, which is completely possible.


11 posted on 02/05/2018 10:56:06 AM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: BenLurkin

"It looks good to me. Now I am hero."

12 posted on 02/05/2018 10:56:25 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: BenLurkin

Well at least Russia currently has a manned space program, unlike us. We’ll see how far we get with this Project Orion or whatever it’s called, that looks a hell of a lot like the Apollo program.


13 posted on 02/05/2018 10:56:38 AM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States)
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To: BenLurkin

THANKS, OBAMA!!


14 posted on 02/05/2018 10:58:17 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: usafa92

Space X is also developing a spacecraft for NASA to shuttle our astronauts without the help of the Russians. If we want to improve our space program then we have to do a better job of selling its importance to Americans, congressmen won’t consider funding anything that doesn’t make them popular back home. My hunch is many Americans don’t see much value in NASA or space exploration especially after Obama mothballed it for 8 years for “muslim outreach”


15 posted on 02/05/2018 11:02:38 AM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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It doesn’t help that we haven’t had an official budget since 0 entered the WH...


16 posted on 02/05/2018 11:05:28 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: BenLurkin

Rubber mallets to be banned...


17 posted on 02/05/2018 11:06:39 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: BenLurkin

Now they can only get Channel 63 from Saginaw, and then only when the wind is blowing in the right direction.


18 posted on 02/05/2018 11:06:45 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: kosciusko51

An excellent point.


19 posted on 02/05/2018 11:09:40 AM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: BenLurkin

Ooopski. My bad-onov.


20 posted on 02/05/2018 11:13:48 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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