Friday, December 2, 2016

Russian Progress Cargo Ship Launch Failure Deals Setback to ISS



Ken Kremer posted: " KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - An unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship bound for the International Space Station (ISS) was lost shortly after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday when its Soyuz booster suffered a catastrophic "

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Russian Progress Cargo Ship Launch Failure Deals Setback to ISS

by Ken Kremer

The Progress 65 cargo spaceship launched on time Thursday morning, Dec. 1, 2016 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV

The Progress 65 cargo spaceship launched on time Thursday morning, Dec. 1, 2016 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan but failed to reach orbit minutes later. Credit: NASA TV

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - An unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship bound for the International Space Station (ISS) was lost shortly after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday when its Soyuz booster suffered a catastrophic anomaly.

The Russian launch failure deals somewhat of a setback to the ever ongoing efforts by all the space station partners to keep the orbiting outpost well stocked with critical supplies of food and provisions for the multinational six person crew and science experiments to carry out the research activities for which the station was assembled.

The Soyuz rocket failed in flight around six and a half minutes after what had been an otherwise flawless nighttime liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:51 a.m. EST (8:51 p.m. Baikonur time), Thursday, Dec. 1.

"The Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed a Progress cargo resupply spacecraft bound for the International Space Station and her six person crew has lost shortly after launch," said NASA.

Per protocol, the Russian space agency Roscosmos has formed a state commission to investigate the accident, seek out the root cause and implement measures to prevent such failures in the future.

"The first few minutes of flight were normal, but Russian flight controllers reported telemetry data indicating a problem during third stage operation. The Russians have formed a State Commission and are the source for details on the specific failure cause."

Despite the failure there was no immediate impact on the current Expedition 50 crew and life goes on.

"The spacecraft was not carrying any supplies critical for the United States Operating Segment (USOS) of the station," NASA reported.

However the continued useful utilization of the million pound station is totally dependent on receiving a steady train of supplies from Earth - comprising Russian, US and Japanese cargo freighters launching multiple times per year.

The Progress 65 cargo freighter was jam packed with 2.6 tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the space station crew, including approximately 1,400 pounds of propellant, 112 pounds of oxygen, 925 pounds of water, and 2,750 pounds of spare parts, supplies and scientific experiment hardware.

The Russian Progress 62 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 1, 2016.  Credits: NASA

The Russian Progress 62 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 1, 2016. Credits: NASA

The Progress was carrying a few items from NASA but they are all replaceable, says NASA. The US items packed on board included spare parts for the station's environmental control and life support system, research hardware, crew supplies and crew clothing.

Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news.

Ken Kremer

Ken Kremer | December 2, 2016 at 9:17 pm | Categories: International Space Station | URL: http://wp.me/p1CHIY-yoe
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DAY IN REVIEW
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Students Test Their Concepts in JPL Invention Challenge

Catapults, conveyor belts and vacuums were among the many innovative devices built by students for the 2016 Invention Challenge, an annual engineering competition hosted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

The event was designed to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering. It allows students to create their own devices and compete against each other and professional teams of engineers from JPL.

Middle schools and high schools were represented from across the Los Angeles area and as far away as Riverside and Diamond Bar. One team even required passports: Feza Boys School of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The winners were two teams from Oakwood High School in North Hollywood, named Oakwood #1 and #2, and Los Angeles High School, whose team name was "Diamond." Awards were also presented for the most creative, most unusual, and most artistic devices.

This year's theme, "Don't Waste a Drop," required students to move 250 grams of water and a 3-D printed goldfish from a plastic cup to a larger water vessel. The challenges were many: getting systems of weights and pulleys to move smoothly; making sure cups didn't tilt too far or spill too much water; and even preventing the goldfish from breaking, which resulted in disqualification.

Now in its nineteenth year, the Invention Challenge has inspired former participants to recreate the competition in their home countries, said Paul MacNeal, a JPL mechanical systems engineer and the contest's organizer.

"Our goal with this event is to inspire the next generation of engineers," MacNeal said. "It's great to see just how far that inspiration has extended. It's a fun way to teach teamwork and innovative thinking."

Dogan Aykurt, a Turkish teacher who brought the Tanzanian team to JPL, had participated in the Istanbul Invention Challenge in Turkey when he was in graduate school. The Istanbul event utilizes the rules of the JPL Invention Challenge and is held one day later. He hoped that bringing his students all the way to the U.S. would help them to dream big and develop science and technology in their own country.

"I thought if we bring these students to JPL, they'll get new ideas," Aykurt said. "That's a big issue for them, because Tanzania is still a developing country." He hopes to bring students from a neighboring girl's school next year.

The designs of the devices were varied. For example, Arcadia High School's team, Absolute Value C, developed a conveyor belt design. The engineering challenges evolved as the project developed -- and included staying dry.

"Initially, the water would go so fast it would shoot over the end," said Arcadia High senior Lauren Shen. "We added a guard so it wouldn't shoot over. But one time, we forget to put the vessel on the end, and I was sitting on the ground and it soaked me." Fortunately, that didn't happen during today's event.

Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages JPL for NASA.

 


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