wsvn: Space-X’s Dragon capsule is recovered from the Pacific Ocean A mission that marks the start of a new era in space travel has ended with an old-fashioned splashdown. The unmanned SpaceX Dragon supply ship is back on Earth after a nine-day voyage to the International Space Station.It parachuted into the ocean about 500 miles of Mexico’s Baja California. (AP) Image Courtesy http://www.twitter.com/SpaceX
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Space-X’s Dragon capsule is recovered from the Pacific Ocean

A mission that marks the start of a new era in space travel has ended with an old-fashioned splashdown. The unmanned SpaceX Dragon supply ship is back on Earth after a nine-day voyage to the International Space Station.It parachuted into the ocean about 500 miles of Mexico’s Baja California. (AP)

Image Courtesy http://www.twitter.com/SpaceX

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Netherlands in the sun. May 23, 2012. via @astro_andre
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Netherlands in the sun. May 23, 2012. via @astro_andre

Congratulations to the teams at SpaceX and NASA for this morning’s successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Every launch into space is a thrilling event, but this one is especially exciting because it represents the potential of a new era in American spaceflight. Partnering with U.S. companies such as SpaceX to provide cargo and eventually crew service to the International Space Station is a cornerstone of the President’s plan for maintaining America’s leadership in space. This expanded role for the private sector will free up more of NASA’s resources to do what NASA does best — tackle the most demanding technological challenges in space, including those of human space flight beyond low Earth orbit. I could not be more proud of our NASA and SpaceX scientists and engineers, and I look forward to following this and many more missions like it.
White Statement on Space-X Launch
Night snapshot. Launch site Falcon at Cape Kennedy this morning. #DragonLaunch http://t.co/dXOAzjct
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Night snapshot. Launch site Falcon at Cape Kennedy this morning. #DragonLaunch http://t.co/dXOAzjct

This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth. Space station hardware in the foreground includes the Mini-Research Module (MRM1, center) and a Russian Progress vehicle docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment (right). Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit relayed some information about photographic techniques used to achieve the images: “My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure.” A total of 47 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite.
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This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth. Space station hardware in the foreground includes the Mini-Research Module (MRM1, center) and a Russian Progress vehicle docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment (right). Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit relayed some information about photographic techniques used to achieve the images: “My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure.” A total of 47 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite.

The Argentine coast by @astro_andre
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The Argentine coast by @astro_andre

The “supermoon” is captured sinking into the atmosphere by ISS astronaut @astro_andre
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The “supermoon” is captured sinking into the atmosphere by ISS astronaut @astro_andre

New York City as seen from the International Space Station
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New York City as seen from the International Space Station

Expedition 30 Timelapse

Following info courtesy NASA Youtube page:

This video features a series of time lapse sequences photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. Set to the song “Walking in the Air,” by Howard Blake, the video takes viewers around the world, through auroras, and over dazzling lightning displays. The sequences are as follows:


:01 — Stars over southern United States
:08 — US west coast to Canada
:21 — Central Europe to the Middle East
:36 — Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean
:54 — Storms over Africa
1:08 — Central United States
1:20 — Midwest United States
1:33 — United Kingdom to Baltic Sea
1:46 — Moonset
1:55 — Northern United States to Eastern Canada
2:12 — Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean
2:32 — Comet Lovejoy
2:53 — Aurora Borealis over Hudson Bay
3:06 — United Kingdom to Central Europe

reuters: This graphic shows the probability of a hurricane or tropical storm making landfall in the United States. Experts say they predict fewer storms than usual in 2012 due to the cooling of the Atlantic over the past several months. [REUTERS]
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This graphic shows the probability of a hurricane or tropical storm making landfall in the United States. Experts say they predict fewer storms than usual in 2012 due to the cooling of the Atlantic over the past several months. [REUTERS]

Source: reuters