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Today I saw a very bright ISS pass (-3.6 according to heavens above) When it was right above me I saw that it was gogin to pass very near a star.... then I realized that the sater was ALSO moving.... the ISS was following it! My first thought was that it was, of course, ATV-2 But in some...

I read on Space.com that the Shuttle has a "safety system designed to help destroy the shuttle if it strays off-course"... is that right??? What does this system do? Won't something like this kill the astronauts? Does anybody have any info on this systems? I've never heard about it... Thanks!

Have you noticed that there were some problems regarding the turn on the HAC? Atlantis was short on the 180 and 90. As far as I heard, it was because they approached the HAC in a slightly different path than they were supposed to, so the turn should have been a little longer but it wasn't, or...

What is it?? Never seen it before.....

Small question: what's the story with the damaged radiator? Do they know how did it happen? Do they know if it affects the nominal operation of the radiator? Do they plan to fix it? Is it even possible to fix? Thanks

In this next picture you can see something that appears like damage on the first radiator (from the left) that belongs to the right radiator array... What is it?? Does anybody know?

Does anyone know what it is? What can be done with it? and where can I get it (free or payed?)? Thanks!!

Some acronyms I cant remember from rendezvous: NH Burn? NC Burn? NCC Burn? MC1,2,3,4? I did search the web but coulnd't find them... And another question: how does the S-band tracking during approach works? Thanks!

This is my first post in this forum. And I have a question: When you have two satellites, if one is lower than the other one, then the first will move faster, wich means that if we start when one is right above the other one, the lower one will "escape" the higher one and the distance between...