1. Another Milestone for the ISS
For the past 18 years we have kept humans in space continuously researching and discovering wonderful things. The international space station is one of a kind and is a huge resource for the world to have, being able to collaborate with multiple nations across the world. Heres to another 18 years, I hope we can continue this amazing program and expand it to include more nations around the world and expand these partnerships to the moon and on to mars and beyond.
If you caught my post last week you will know that the ISS was celebrating its 20 year anniversary since the beginning of construction. In 1988 construction began on the ISS and in 2000 we finally sent our first crew to the station.
2. New Technology
I'm going to be completely honest and let you all know that I didn't even know 8K was even real. We all know what 4k is at this point and I guess it was only a matter of time that 8K came about. After a brief moment of research I discovered that 8K was released as of January 2017. Let me give you a word of warning, DO NOT look at the price of an 8K tv or monitor, lets just say paying off my student loans would be cheaper. Regardless check out this video because it shows a little of what they have been up to over the past few months in space!
3. Launch Investigation Complete
The investigation to the October Soyuz launch failure is finally complete. The Investigation concluded that one of the boosters separated abnormally leading it to hit another booster during the separation causing the Soyuz to become unstabilized triggering the abort procedures. The completion of this investigation means that they can move onto the flight readiness review which sounds mostly like formality to move onto the scheduled December 3rd launch of expidition 58 with Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain, and David Saint-Jacques.
Here is a video from the soyuz of the booster separation.
4. Starman
This week SpaceX tweeted out an update about our favorite roadster in space. If you all don't remember let me remind you, SpaceX sent a Tesla into space during the Falcon Heavy launch last fall where not only did we get to see the first boosters from the falcon heavy return safely back to earth but we also got to witness the first car being launched into space accompanied by Starman who was dressed in one of SpaceX's new astronaut suits.
5. Things are getting Spooky!
So halloween was this week was halloween and while all the kiddos were running around getting candy from strangers our favorite astronauts in space also got to celebrate halloween with some costumes! Sergey Prokopyev is elvis, Serena Aunon-Chancellor is a mad scientist, and Commander Alexander Gerst is the one and only Darth Vader.
For your amusement I threw sergey's instagram post into google translate to try and get an idea of what he was saying.
"Halloween is not our holiday, but the crew had to be supported. For 15 minutes he cooked a suit from improvised means. I tried not to stand out! But I got along with @astro_alex_esa and Serina has a lot of good emotions and a mood charge for the week ahead. #Halloween" - Sergey Prokopyev So although halloween isn't really celebrated in Russia (it is also celebrated a little differently in Germany than in the United States) they all still had a great time together.
If you haven't already asked this question I want to bring it to your attention. So cargo is a very important part in planning for a trip the the ISS, the items they bring during their launch are placed on the rocket 1 year in advance. Everything is meticulously planned out so what I want to know is WHO let Alexander Gerst bring a light saber (and halloween costumes in general) to space? How did this get approved and who suggested it, I just want them to know I appreciate them because seeing this on halloween made my day.
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