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Astronomy Picture of the Day - SuitSat-1: A Spacesuit Floats Free
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 28 Mar, 2021
| Image Credit: ISS Expedition 12 Crew, NASA
Posted on 03/28/2021 3:21:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: A spacesuit floated away from the International Space Station 15 years ago, but no investigation was conducted. Everyone knew that it was pushed by the space station crew. Dubbed Suitsat-1, the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with old clothes was fitted with a faint radio transmitter and released to orbit the Earth. The suit circled the Earth twice before its radio signal became unexpectedly weak. Suitsat-1 continued to orbit every 90 minutes until it burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after a few weeks. Pictured, the lifeless spacesuit was photographed in 2006 just as it drifted away from space station.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
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03/28/2021 3:21:21 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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03/28/2021 3:21:56 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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03/28/2021 3:23:50 PM PDT
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left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: MtnClimber
"Yes, you're right, kids. No astronaut has yet been to Mars.
Democrat Congresswoman Lee doesn't know what she's talking about."
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On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]
Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.
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03/28/2021 3:28:24 PM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
03/28/2021 3:29:55 PM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
03/28/2021 3:32:34 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Ground Control to Major Tom.
Your circuit's dead, is there something wrong?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
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posted on
03/28/2021 3:35:32 PM PDT
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Blogatron
(I don’t know how to be less white, but I do know how to buy less Coke.)
To: MtnClimber
Was out a maternity space suit?
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03/28/2021 3:35:34 PM PDT
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moovova
(Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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Lol!!
I much prefer the original series with Dr Smith and “The Robot”. After several serious B/W episodes in the very beginning the series was intended to be funny.
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03/28/2021 3:37:30 PM PDT
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ETL
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03/28/2021 3:40:44 PM PDT
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ETL
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03/28/2021 3:43:58 PM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
03/28/2021 3:52:04 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Everything about this is creepy as hell.
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posted on
03/28/2021 3:59:09 PM PDT
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billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
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Reminds me of the opening scene of the James Bond movie “Moonraker.”
To: MtnClimber
Space streaking is a bad idea.
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03/28/2021 4:06:16 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
A guy named Ivan was in the suit. When the crew landed they were short 1 crewman. The others claimed they did not know what happened to him.
To: ETL
Looking at that blondes rear end like that and you know there is a difference between a man and woman!
To: MtnClimber
"Spare me the inept lectures, you bionic birdbrain"
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03/28/2021 4:35:47 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
“Bubble Headed Boobie” was my favorite Dr. Smith robot insult.
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