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News - Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4197753.html By MARK CARREAU Houston Chronicle NASA today attempted to identify a dark object flying below the shuttle Atlantis as the crew made preparations to end its 11-day mission to the international space station. The mysterious object, which appeared much smaller than the shuttle, was spotted by an alert flight controller about 1:45 a.m. CDT, as he monitored a video camera in Atlantis's payload bay. The object might have come from the shuttle, possibly drifting out of the shuttle's payload bay or from elsewhere on the ship, said NASA spokesman Doug Peterson. The object was spotted about 15 minutes after Atlantis commander Brent Jett and pilot Chris Ferguson had conducted a test of the shuttle's 44 steering jets. The jets were tested as part of routine preparations to bring Atlantis back to Earth on Wednesday. Mission Control notified the astronauts of the observation at 9 a.m. CDT, and asked them to delay plans to stow a video antenna. Peterson said the request would allow the astronauts to make an unscheduled examination of the shuttle using cameras on Atlantis' robot arm. The antenna would transmit the views to Mission Control. However, it was not clear whether the survey could take place later today or Wednesday. If the survey was scheduled for Wednesday, NASA would postpone the shuttle's planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There were two opportunities to touch down at the Florida shuttleport -- 4:58 a.m. CDT and 6:33 a.m. CDT. Forecasters warned of thunderstorms, low clouds and high winds associated with the passage of a cool front. "The weather outlook is not as promising as I would like," said Steve Stich, the NASA flight director who will supervise the landing operations from Mission Control. Atlantis was equipped with enough supplies to keep the six astronaut in Earth orbit through Saturday. Stich said Mission Control would consider making Edward Air Force Base, Calif., available to the shuttle crew if they faced a delay on Wednesday. The shuttle flight marks the first assembly mission to the space station in nearly four years. The construction was halted in the aftermath of the 2003 February Columbia accident. |
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News - Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
Rusty wrote: Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4197753.html Now two objects: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/st...ff/index2.html Pat |
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News - Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... Rusty wrote: Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4197753.html Now two objects: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/st...ff/index2.html Last report it had doubled again and now they understand the object has a ratio of edges in 1:4:9. Pat |
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News - Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:30:43 -0500, "Jorge R. Frank" wrote:
Forget chasing this thing. Inspect the orbiter instead. If you find something is missing, then you know what the mystery object is. If nothing critical is missing, just come home - at that point it doesn't matter what the object was. I think these are good words of advice for life in general Dale |
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News - Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:49:20 GMT, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote: "Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... Rusty wrote: Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4197753.html Now two objects: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/st...ff/index2.html Last report it had doubled again and now they understand the object has a ratio of edges in 1:4:9. This morning I heard Brent Jett on the air to ground say "My God... it's full of stars" Anybody know what he's talking about? |
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News - Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: Last report it had doubled again and now they understand the object has a ratio of edges in 1:4:9. That would account for the black coloration wouldn't it? :-) They now have a total of five mystery objects in their vicinity. One of these may be that belly ET attachment door gasket that was hanging out earlier. Pat |
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