Recent content by SiberianTiger

The same thing dwelled my mind all along, but I was under impression nobody would have gotten it. :)

You've done it, my friend! :tiphat:

I'm a screenshot marksman. :thumbup: CONGRATULATIONS !! :cheers:

The most fresh pre-encounter Pluto picture:

Once we've got there anyway, the NH team should take a pleasure in naming features on Pluto and Charon in favour of different demons and all the devildom! :lol:

I can't figure out, is that the flyby countdown bound to Earth or to Pluto?

A yesterday's portrait of my elder daughter with her Hew Horizons mission patch and her New Horizons name-sending-aboard certificate. :thumbup:

I'm inside the ex-USSR and I still cannot guess too. :huh:

There are three Looch (Луч) series satellites exactly for that purpose: -5A, -5B, and -5V. The problem is that besides the TDRS-equivalent satellites we need to mount the compatible transmitting equipment on the stuff like Progress and various booster stages. It's not complete even at RSOS of...

What's marked "Onboard propellant consumption" here is actually the nominal limit for propellant consumption put for the currently planned maneuver. It does not relate to the actual propellant reserve onboard. This has just been highlighted in the discussion at NK forum.

http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/russia-reorganizes-space-program-again-ostapenko-out?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+(SpacePolicyOnline+News) Russia Reorganizes Space Program Again, Ostapenko Out The Russian government announced another...

No ammonia leak is confirmed, according to the latest messages.

It doesn't make clear why they report an air contamination in Node 2 specifically. Edit: yet I can see that JEM is basically on the same pipe...

Is Node 2's cooling system a common loop with any other modules? The rest of the USOS, Columbus, Kibo, possibly?

As Alexander Il'yin, founder of one Russian space startup company called "Lin Industrial" pointed out in his blog, Despite we are happy with the successful Angara A5 launch, and getting proud with our country, the idea of this launch vehicle is arguable, at best. Firstly, the modular...