Astronomy Picture of the Day - SuitSat-1: A Spacesuit Floats Free

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 28 Mar, 2021 | Image Credit: ISS Expedition 12 Crew, NASA

[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.

[ETL]

That lady is some modern-day actress who apparently regularly does these photoshopped videos. I have no clue who she is, other than her name, which I just now learned.

[frank ballenger]

RE: Open the bay doors, HAL....

The Arthur C. Clarke sequel novel 3001 has Frank Poole, the astronaut killed by the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey. One millennium later, Poole’s freeze-dried body is discovered in the Kuiper belt and he is revived. Poole is taken home to learn about the Earth in the year 3001.

[frank ballenger]

Photos of Kendra Wilkinson....

I am convinced we are getting a real science education here with these threads. Learning as much as we learned in school.
Guess there’s something to online education.

[ETL]

One millennium later, Poole’s freeze-dried body is discovered in the Kuiper belt and he is revived. Poole is taken home to learn about the Earth in the year 3001.

I wasn't a big fan of the 2001 Space Odyssey movies, but that plot sounds like a great one for a 3rd.

[maddog55]

That takes balls!!

[polymuser]

Surf's up!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

All I see is vast areas of empty white space with three little question-mark stars punctuating the vastness.

[left that other site]

Thanks!

[polymuser]

[beethovenfan]

I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.

[left that other site]

I’ll never forget that.

And it has been YEARS since I saw that movie.

[Magnum44]

I wish I could find the gif of mini-me twirling through space in ‘The Spy Who Shagged Me’...

[mosesdapoet]

Johnathan Harris was fun to watch in that series as well as the cuties

[ETL]

Prior to the original 1960s series of Lost In Space actor Jonathan Harris (aka Dr.Smith) had appeared in some serious roles, including 2 episodes of the Twilight Zone. He later, in the mid-70s, even appeared in an episode of Sanford & Son.

From episode titled "Twenty Two" (aka, "room for more honey")

From episode titled "The Silence"

[ETL]

Correction: make that, From episode titled "Twenty Two" (aka, "room for one more honey")

[ETL]

"Room for one more, honey"

[frank ballenger]

Thanks. Graduate Studies.

[ETL]

From the episode "Pot Luck" - Sanford and Son

Antique commode cabinet (ie, toilet/chamber pot)

[jdsteel]

What the heck was that???

[tet68]

It’s what happens when everyone on the station hates you.