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[Turbinator]

Uuuugh... look how dirty it is:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-12/hires/iss012e22572.jpg

Needs some serious Mr. Clean scrubing.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Uuuugh... look how dirty it is:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-12/hires/iss012e22572.jpg

Needs some serious Mr. Clean scrubing.

It's their cooking area. Just as dirty as most cooking areas.

 

[Donamy]

Think they have cockroaches too ? :rofl:

 

[Turbinator]

My kitchen is very, very clean. Always clean it after every meal. Sparking white.
I can't stand dirty living areas, it disgusts me so much.

 

[Rocketman527]

Uuuugh... look how dirty it is:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-12/hires/iss012e22572.jpg

Needs some serious Mr. Clean scrubing.

Looks like they need a janitor

Brb, e-mailing NASA my resume

 

[Turbinator]

Imagine they call you back. Just imagine that.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

A video of last Saturday's PMA-3 relocation.

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According to this Russia Today article, the ISS international partners have agreed to fly the ISS until 2020, possibly even 2028! :thumbup:

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-01-26/space-station-fly-2020.html

 

[Revolpathon]

the 2020 is confirmed on NASATV just now

 

[Turbinator]

Hopefully it ends up going till 2030, because there will not be another like it for another 100 years if things continue down the road.
This is our generations "moon landing".














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[Donamy]

Not without another heavy lifter, hopefully the Side-mount.

 

[Turbinator]

With the new node, and observation deck, Poisk and Rassvet mini lab modules, and the new permanent Leonardo MPLM, now called a PMM going up next, and x2 permanent Soyuz'es docked we really need a new and updated Mike Fincke style one hour long HD tour of the ISS.

And is that new full scale (size of Zarya) Russian module (forgot the name) going to actually ever launch? I think they planed it for 2012. I -REALLY- hope that's still a go, we got a truly monstrous (in a good way) sized space station going on up there. Not quite the size of the original but extremely close. Ah, and I remembered the name of that module, it's or it will be called Nauka (Means knowledge or learning, I think. At least it sounds like it).

 

[orb]

Ah, and I remembered the name of that module, it's or it will be called Nauka (Means knowledge or learning, I think. At least it sounds like it).

The Наука (Science) module.

Now, when Cupola has just been installed, ISS needs a pair of ion thrusters, and renaming it to "TIE (Twin Ion Engines) station". :lol:

 

[tblaxland]

Looking through the Expedition 22 images, I think there is an error in this caption:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-22/html/s130e009633.html

A Russian Progress spacecraft, docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station

Isn't that Progress M-03M on Pirs? I thought Soyuz TMA-16 was on Posik presently.

 

[Donamy]

You are correct, it is Pirs.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Looking through the Expedition 22 images, I think there is an error in this caption.

Oh, I notice errors in the inflight gallery all the time.
It's littered with them!

It's the same with NASA TV - the other day I heard a PAO say "In this view you can see Soyuz TMA-18 docked to the Nadir port of Zarya" - TMA-18 hasn't even launched yet!

To solve this problem, I think NASA should employ engineers as PAOs! :lol:

 

[Turbinator]

Or us.

 

[Donamy]

Yes, we would do it for free.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Today (Wed. 10 March) aboard the ISS, astronauts Soichi Noguchi & TJ Creamer transferred the SFA (Small Fine Arm) to the JEF (Japanese Exposed Facility) using the JEM RMS (Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System) via the JPM (Japanese Pressurised Module) A/L (airlock).

The SFA was delivered to the ISS on HTV-1 in September 2009.
In Jan. 2010, the SFA was transferred to the slide table inside the JPM A/L, and the inner hatch was closed.
The pressure pump for the JPM A/L was delivered on STS-130 in Feb.
Today, the JPM A/L was depressurised, and the outer hatch was opened remotely. The slide table was then extended outside the ISS, and the SFA was grappled by the JEM RMS, and installed onto the JEF.
This was the first operational use of the JPM A/L.

Some images of the operation are below.

 

[Donamy]

Thanks Pete, for the info. Are there any hi-res shots ?

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Thanks Pete, for the info. Are there any hi-res shots ?

Some *should* be put online in the next few days.

I'll keep checking & post any I find here.