Agamemnon

and the launch was successful... the next launch is tomorrow (22nd) at 0641utc - russian will launch soyuz fg launcher with fregat upper stage carrying several sats - one for russian govt, earth observation sat for belarus, technology demostrator for german dlr (german aerospace center) and some more...

the next launch is tomorrow (21st) at 0206utc... the japanese launcher h-2b will launch kounotori-3 (aka htv-3) cargo supply spacecraft for the iss

soyuz tma-05m successfully docked to the iss

project orion

and successful soyuz launch with williams, hoshide and malenchenko

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18784866

the launch was successful... the next launch is soyuz-fg launcher with soyuz tma-05m spacecraft... it (she?) will carry malenchenko (rus), williams (usa) and hoshide (jpn) for the iss... the launch is scheduled on the 15th

the launch is at 1838utc... streamed on tsenki.com edit: and here: http://ses5.imgondemand.com/

and the launch is successful... edit: the next launch is on the 9th - a proton launcher for ils

quite a long interview with mark hempsell from rel about skylon: http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/mark-hempsell-monday-7-2-12/

today, at 2135utc begins the launch window for the next ariane 5 launch - with 2 commercial sats - one comm sat and one weather sat will be streamed live on arianespace.tv

today morning... atlas announced 5 sigma (and cms announced 4.9 sigma) for a new boson in the range the higgs is supposed to be (as well, they announced further investigation is necessary to evaluate if it has all properties of higgs or if it is a completely new particle)... and - both experiments did show basically the same results (which is good, of course, as it does not contradict the discovery)

on the nasa tv you can find several interviews with astronauts (iirc kelly, fossum) about the soyuz experience - launch, landing, flight, etc... edit: the next soyuz launch with a human crew is scheduled on the 15th (malenchenko, williams, hoshide)

oh, btw... soyuz with kononenko, kuipers and pettit just landed...

and it was successful... the next launch is ariane v launch with 2 commercial sats on the 5th of july

afaik, they (ham) can listen to them... i am not sure, if you can contact them freely... i would say you can not... but you can try to ask them a question or so - through nasa/esa/rka - sometimes they have a briefing with the astronauts and allow the public to ask a few questions...

from nasa about warp/alcubierre drive (and more): http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015936_2011016932.pdf http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/warp.html have fun

ralf vandebergh http://www.startje.be//vieuw.php?qid=375025 btw: he has really great photos (made with a telescope) on his website... various spacecrafts, rendezvouses, etc... http://ralfvandebergh.startje.be/

iirc: 'I can\'t figure out though how to calculate the actual position of the planet at a certain time when I know the semi-major axis eccentricity and inclination.' this is not enough to identify the position... as far as i remember, you need 6 things to uniquely identify the position (iirc, these 6 things are called 'orbital elements')... and just from the top of my head: if you know the orbit, then you would need at least one known position - a known position in any time... then you can calculate where the planet (satellite) is at any other time... of course, i could be wrong, it\'s been some time... and i guess i did not write everything and forgot something important...

and the ils proton launch is moved one day to the right... if the situation stays as is now, there will be 2 launches on the 20th (atlas 5 and proton)

sz-9 successfully docked to tg-1

the launch is moved to the 20th edit: this means the next launch is russian proton for ils with a comm sat ses-5

- x-37 landed today - the next launch is on monday (18.6.): atlas 5-401 with a us govt sat (nrol-38)

and the launch is successful

the stream is already up...