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Quote of the Month
“You can not always be first, but you can be excellent!”
Dr. Mae Jemison
At 2013 NSS ISDC Quoting Her Mother
Mae Jemison at 2013 ISDC
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Screenshot from ISDC video Credit: NSS
Table of Contents Quote of the Month 1
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 2
The Oklahoma Space Alliance .............................................................................................................................. 5
Valentines Day Launch of Turksat ........................................................................................................................ 6
FAA Approves Blue Origin Test Site ...................................................................................................................... 7
House Passes Bill to Hogtie NASA ........................................................................................................................ 8
Lieutenant General Susan Helms Retires .............................................................................................................. 9
Delta IV Launch ................................................................................................................................................. 10
Amazing Light Spirals in ISS Zero-G .................................................................................................................... 10
Korea at Night from ISS ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Mojave Air & Space Port Video .......................................................................................................................... 12
NASA and JAXA Cooperate on Newest Weather Satellite ................................................................................... 12
Space News ....................................................................................................................................................... 14
Caveman Technology Aids Spacecraft ...................................................................................................................... 14
Elon Musk Talks About Mars ..................................................................................................................................... 14
Water Detected Asteroid and Jupeter Moon ........................................................................................................... 14
Satellites Count Whale Population ........................................................................................................................... 14
Elon Musk Says Mars Rocket Ready in 10 Years ...................................................................................................... 14
NASA Wants Moon Miners ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Bigelow Considering Wallops Island Launches ......................................................................................................... 15
Huge Meteor Explodes Over Argentina .................................................................................................................... 15
Russian Launch Pace Increases ................................................................................................................................. 15
India Selected to Launch UK and Singapore Commercial Satellite ........................................................................... 15
NASA Technology to Help Bone Regineration .......................................................................................................... 15
Military Plans New Unmanned Space Plane ............................................................................................................. 15
Commercial Space Gets Unique Boost ...................................................................................................................... 15
Lighter Satellite Engines and Fuel Make Problems for Aianespace .......................................................................... 15
NASA Says SLS Will Launche at Least Once a Year .................................................................................................... 16
Arianespace Needs Subsidy ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Novel Ways to Protect DNA from Radiation ............................................................................................................. 16
NASA Is Developing a Robotic Medical Doctor ......................................................................................................... 16
USAF Interested in US Manufacturing of Russian Rocket Engine ............................................................................. 16
Elon Musk Wins 2014 NSS Robert Heinlein Award ................................................................................................... 16
Large Meteor Observed Crashing into Moon ........................................................................................................... 17
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NASA Astronauts Fate if Russia Refuses Transport ................................................................................................... 18
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Oklahoma Space Alliance
What’s Happening
March 2014 Copyright © 2014 Oklahoma Space
Alliance Editor Stephen Swift
[email protected] 405-496-3616
The Oklahoma Space Alliance What’s Happening is a presentation in each monthly meeting of the Oklahoma Space Alliance. Oklahoma Space Alliance is a chapter of the National Space Society, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The address of OSA is 102 W. Linn, #1, Norman, OK 73071. Unless otherwise noted, all contents of articles herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of anyone but the editor or the originating source. Reprint rights are granted to chapters of NSS and to any non-profit organization for education or information purposes only provided credit is given.
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The Oklahoma Space Alliance and
The Stafford Air & Space Museum
Agree On a Joint Yuri’s Night
and Apollo 13 Event
Celebration of Space
Flight
April 12, 2014 7:00PM
Stafford Air and Space
Museum
3000 Logan Road
Weatherford, Oklahoma
Visit the Museum First Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin—
April 12, 1961
Apollo 13—April
11, 1970
Presentation and Movie
202-429-1600
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First Space Shuttle Launch
Columbia—April 12, 1981
Valentines Day Launch of Turksat International Launch Services (ILS) headquarterd in Reston, Virginia used Russia’s Proton rocket to launch a Turkish satellite on Valentines Day. ILS has launched over 80 Proton rockets. This event clearly demonstrates international participation in space. The American based ILS company used a Russian rocket to launch the 5ton communications satellite from Kazakhstan. Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) constructed the satellite for a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space, a French-Italian company, and Turksat, a Turkish communications company. The satellite sends broadcast TV and direct TV between Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Sources: Spaceflight Insider and Wikipedia. See article at source: Spaceflight Insider SpaceFlight Insider Cupid's got nothing on Proton as rocket delivers Turksat 4A to orbit - SpaceFlight Insider.
BAIKONUR COSMODROME,
Kazakhstan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
International Launch Services (ILS), a
leader in providing mission integration
and launch services to the global
commercial satellite industry,
successfully launched the TURKSAT-
4A satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton
vehicle. See article at source Business
Wire: ILS Proton
Successfully Launches TURKSAT4A for Turksat | Business Wire
See launch video on YouTube courtesy
of Space Vids TV: [Proton-M]
Launch of Turksat 4A on Russian ProtonM
Rocket - YouTube
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ILS Proton successfully orbited the
TURKSAT 4A satellite for Turksat on
February 15, 2013 (14th in US) from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
(Photo: Business Wire)
FAA Approves Blue Origin Test Site As first reported on the web site Parabolic Arc, the FAA on February 7th gave Blue
Origin approval for further launches of their Reusable Launch Vehicles at their
West Texas launch site. See full article at SpaceREF businessFAA Approves Blue
Origin West Texas Launch Site for Testing New Reusable Launch Vehicles - SpaceRef
Business.
Blue Origin Test Flight © Blue Origin
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House Passes Bill to Hogtie NASA Congress wants to keep control of its porkbarrel programs, and not let NASA manage important priorities. The House of Representatives Science
Committee has recently passed an unprecedented bill to formally prohibit
NASA from terminating a program within that agency. The bill makes NASA compete with private enterprise through spending billions on pet programs.
The referenced article attempts to justify the bill without mentioning that a
primary reason for the bill is to spend huge amounts in as many congressional
districts as possible. The Space Launch System, a very large rocket, is one
of the programs congress wants to protect. A sad part of this is that after
spending several times as much as necessary to develop an large rocket,
congress will probably limit launches to control costs. See source America
Space to read article: The Reasons for H.R. 3625 « AmericaSpace.
Space Launch System in flight. Image Credit: NASA
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Lieutenant General Susan Helms Retires After an exceptional 33 year carear Lt. General Susan Helms retired from the United States Air Force. General Helms is a former astronaut having served on five Space Shuttle missions and one mission on the International Space Station. While stationed on the ISS, she participated in an 8 hour 56 minute spacewalk. During her carear she was spent 12 years with NASA including 211 days in space.
Her last major command was commander of the 14th Air Force including Vandenberg AFB. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated from high school in Portland, Oregon. She attended the USAF Acadamy and earned a B.S. in aeronautical engineering. The Air Force sent her to Sanford where she received a M.S. in aeronautics/astronautics. See full article at Source: Wikipedia Susan J. Helms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Astronaut Susan Helms Lt. General Susan Helms
Credit: NASA Credit: USAF
See STS 102 video of shuttle Columbia launching Susan Helms to the ISS for a 5
month assignment. Source: NASA / YouTube STS-102 launch (3-8-01) - YouTube
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Delta IV Launch A United Launch Alliance Delta IV successfully launched the GPS IIF-5 satellite for the
USAF. See source article at Spaceflight 101 Delta IV GPS IIF5 Launch -
SPACEFLIGHT101. See launch video source Space Vids.tv[Delta IV] Launch of GPS IIF-
5 Satellite on Delta IV Medium Rocket - YouTube.
Delta IV Fires Up to Launch GPS IIF-5 into Orbit from Cape Canaveral. February 20, 2014 Screen Shot from launch video—Credit: United Launch Alliance / Space Vids / YouTube
Amazing Light Spirals in ISS Zero-G Kiochi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut on the ISS, creates unique art in zero gravity.
See article at Space.com Japanese Astronaut Creates Amazing Light Spirals in
Space (Photos) | Space.com.
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Credit: Koichi Wakata, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Korea at Night from ISS
Photo from ISS shows contrast between North and South Korea. Credit: NASA See
article at The Independent: North Korea at night: Nasa images prove country really is cloaked in darkness - Asia - World - The Independent.
Mojave Air & Space Port Video Mojave Air & Space Port - The Modern Day Kitty Hawk - YouTube
NASA and JAXA Cooperate on Newest Weather Satellite “The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint effort
between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), blasted off
aboard an H-2A rocket from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center.” See article and
launch video at Space.com Japan Launches Next-Generation NASA Satellite to
Track Rain & Snow | Space.com.
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Japanese H-IIA Rocket Launch with GPM Satellite. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Oklahoma Space Alliance
A Chapter of The
National Space Society
Space News
Caveman Technology Aids Spacecraft
Prehistoric Paint to Shield European Sun Probe from Solar Inferno | Space.com
Elon Musk Talks About Mars
Elon Musk’s Plans for Mars | National Space Society Blog
Water Detected on Asteroid and Jupeter Moon
Water Detected on Largest Object in the Asteroid Belt, Ceres | National Space
Society Blog
Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting off Jovian Moon
Europa | National Space Society Blog
Satellites Count Whale Population
New high-resolution satellite imagery now allows researchers to spot and count
whales from space. See full story at Space.com High-Res Satellites Help Track
Whale Populations | Space.com.
Elon Musk Says Mars Rocket Ready in 10 Years
“We need to develop a much larger vehicle, which would be a sort of Mars colonial
transport system.” See full story at Universe Today Mars Space Colony Rockets
Could Be Ready In 10 Years: SpaceX CEO
Next Falcon 9 for ISS Supply has Legs
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/02/crs-3-falcon-9-first-stage-sport-
legsattempt-soft-splashdown
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NASA Wants Moon Miners
NASA is now accepting applications from companies that want to mine the moon |
The Verge
Bigelow Considering Wallops Island Launches
Bigelow Eyes Wallops for Human Space Missions at Parabolic Arc
Huge Meteor Explodes Over Argentina
Huge Meteor Explodes over Santa Fe in Argentina - Feb 19, 2014 |UFO Sightings
Hotspot
Russian Launch Pace Increases
Russia expects to launch over dozen spacecraft before May - reports - News -
Russia - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics, Economics, Business,
Russia, International current events, Expert opinion, podcasts, Video
India Selected to Launch UK and Singapore Commercial Satellite
Antrix to launch UK and Singapore satellite using India's Polar Satellite Launcher
NASA Technology to Help Bone Regineration
NASA Technology to Help Develop Noninvasive Medical Treatments | NASA
Military Plans New Unmanned Space Plane http://www.space.com/24639-united-states-military-space-plane-xs1.html
Commercial Space Gets Unique Boost
SpaceFlight Insider – Zero G gains boost with Kate Upton’s Sports Illustrated flight
Lighter Satellite Engines and Fuel Make Problems for Aianespace
See article at phys.org Lighter engines a headache for satellite launcher Ariane.
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NASA Says SLS Will Launche at Least Once a Year
SLS launch rate requires repetitive cadence – Gerstenmaier |
NASASpaceFlight.com.
Arianespace Needs Subsidy
Both SpaceX and the Euro/Dollar exchange rate create financial pressure on
Arianespace. See article at space.daily An Early 2014 Surprise - Arianespace Needs
More Money.
Novel Ways to Protect DNA from Radiation
Individual treatment based upon a person’s DNA may protect space travelers from
radiation damage. See article at PR Newswire Novel Ways to Protect Astronaut
DNA before Entering Space Radiation Environments: How... -- BOULDER, Colo.,
Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --.
NASA Is Developing a Robotic Medical Doctor
NASA is developing a humanoid robot to perform medical procedures, including
surgery. See article at Space Daily RoboDoc to the rescue: NASA to send robotic
doctor to space.
USAF Interested in US Manufacturing of Russian Rocket Engine
See article at Voice of Russia US considers launching production of Russian rocket
engines - News - Russia - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics,
Economics, Business, Russia, International current events, Expert opinion,
podcasts, Video.
Elon Musk Wins 2014 NSS Robert Heinlein Award
Elon Musk Wins National Space Society Robert A. Heinlein Award | National Space
Society Blog
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Large Meteor Observed Crashing into Moon
Astronomers spot record-breaking lunar impact | Astronomy.com
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NASA Astronauts Fate if Russia Refuses Transport
What Happens If Russia Refuses to Fly U.S. Astronauts? - Soyuz Rocket Alternatives
- Popular Mechanics