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Russian space boss warns ISS equipment beyond warranty
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russ … y_999.html
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NASA pushes back timing of ISS deorbit vehicle contract
Proposals now due in 2024 for a launch 5 years later
but the expiration of the station was set for 2028 for continued use so even this is off in thinking that it was next year for taking it down.
However, the new dates align nicely with when the ISS is currently expected to reach the end of its life. Russia has committed to keep contributing through to at least 2028, and the other international space agencies, including ESA and NASA, hope to continue through 2030.
Mostly due to the political issues of the Ukraine invasion war.
NASA officials put in a budget request of $180 million to start building a module to deorbit the complex. The September 2023 procurement notice requested proposals from industry by November 17, 2023. This was extended over the subsequent weeks and, as of the latest change, now stands at February 12, 2024. The desired and required delivery and launch dates have also changed. The hoped for delivery date is now August 1, 2028, with launch to occur December 1, 2028. Required delivery is May 1, 2029, with launch on September 1, 2029.
Thats not much money to start a design of a module to push the station in order to deorbit it.
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NASA screwed around just like this, and let Skylab fall back uncontrolled in 1979. If they don't get their act together a lot better this time, it'll happen again. And like Skylab, about 80+% of the mass will survive entry and crash. Somewhere. And it's a lot bigger than Skylab.
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GW Johnson
McGregor, Texas
"There is nothing as expensive as a dead crew, especially one dead from a bad management decision"
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Russia launches space station cargo ship
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Russia, NASA agree to continue joint ISS flights until 2025
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Seems second thoughts are happening as the station is slated to have its demise in the earths ocean rather than laying the ground for a future. 'There's nothing magical that happens in 2030': NASA eyes possible ISS extension for astronaut missions
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I'm not surprised they want to de-orbit the ISS in 2030. It'll be rather worn out, after 30 years manned. Wear-out manifests itself as a slew of problems, some of which can be lethal threats. The same thing was seen with the Mir station. No longer safe to use.
These things have to be lightweight enough to fly, and that inherently goes with "flimsy". Maybe not the shells themselves (although I would never bet on that), but all the supporting plumbing and wiring. It all wears out.
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GW Johnson
McGregor, Texas
"There is nothing as expensive as a dead crew, especially one dead from a bad management decision"
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For SpaceNut re #706
Here is a bit more from the article you cited ...
"There's nothing magical that happens in 2030," Steve Stich, the manager of the commercial crew program at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, said during a livestreamed briefing at the center on Thursday (Jan. 25) about the upcoming SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut mission to the ISS.
Stich said NASA is eyeing the progress of commercial space stations that will host agency astronauts and science in the 2030s. "We want them [the commercial stations] to be supportive, and then when they're ready to go, that's when ISS will move out of the way," he said.
Related: Watch balloon-like space station module explode (on purpose) during 1st full-scale burst test
Keeping the more than 25-year-old ISS flying beyond 2030 will require more than just good health, however. Funding must persist as NASA and most ISS partners also develop expensive crewed moon missions, under the NASA-led Artemis program and the international Artemis Accords that include more than 30 countries.
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Axiom space modules are slated to join the station to depart from it before the station is deep sixed
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The Cygnus resupply craft is carrying more than 8,200 pounds of supplies and equipment that will support scientific research on the space station.
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Air leak detected on International Space Station: What Russian officials have to say
space officials on Wednesday acknowledged a continuing air leak from the Russian segment the leak in the Russian segment has increased but emphasized that it remains small and poses no threat to the crew's safety or vehicle operations.
As the space outpost is aging, the crew has to spend more time to repair and maintain it,
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House Hearing: The ISS and Beyond 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0cl1xlIxXQ
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission: Broadcast Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6GZdknTtmk
rehearsal of launch day activities ahead of liftoff
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1762498883438199102
Last edited by Mars_B4_Moon (2024-03-04 13:44:31)
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There is a problem with the dragon as the crack in the hatch of the Crew-8 spacecraft discovered in the hatch seal of the spacecraft around 30 minutes before liftoff.
While engineers were doing a final check of the hatch following its closure, including taking photos of the seal, they noticed a crack in the RTV (a type of silicone), which acts as a top coating on the hatch seal. The crack is estimated to be 0.02 square inches, and a crack would have to be more than twice that size to be enough to prevent the launch.
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ナポリとベスビオ山(イタリア)
https://twitter.com/Astro_Satoshi/statu … 2530775444
Naples and Mt. Vesuvio (Italy)
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Soyuz MS-25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9d2MeGOjwQ
previously
A Soyuz crew launch suffers a rare abort seconds before liftoff
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/a … e-liftoff/
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Welcome aboard! Including newly-arrived astronaut Tracy Dyson, there are now 10 people living and working aboard the Space_Station . All of them will conduct ISS_Research to benefit people on Earth
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1772315944779481423
Welcome to our nation's capital, Expedition 69!
https://twitter.com/SenBillNelson/statu … 7385588960
This week, I'm joining our astronauts as they update Congress on NASA's ongoing missions, including Artemis and cancer research aboard the
Welcome home! After 204 days in space, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, and after 14 days in space, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya have returned to Earth in Kazakhstan
https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto/status/ … 1193480674
US, Russian, Belarus ISS colleagues return to Earth
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_R … h_999.html
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