I found out about the data stream from https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/, which has considerably more and more interesting stats than just how full the piss tank is.
I will not be adding any of them.
#raumfahrt
ISS Transit Finder
The Satellite Transit Finder is a web application designed to aid planning the observations of lunar and solar transits of the few largest artificial satellites of our planet: the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope and Tiangong (Chinese Space Station). It is designed to be intuitive and easy to understand even for non-astronomically inclined observers.
This can then be used to time sightings like these.
“Artemis I Flight Day 13: Orion, Earth, and Moon”
(Nov. 28, 2022) On flight day 13, Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles away from our home planet. Orion has now traveled farther than any other spacecraft built for humans.
NASA e-Book Archive
Es gibt ein „NASA e-Book Archive“ mit ein paar Dutzend Veröffentlichungen jeweils kostenlos als EPUB, Mobi und PDFs. (via Eli)
Curiosity’s 1.8-Billion-Pixel Panorama of Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian surface between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 2019. A version without the rover contains nearly 1.8 billion pixels; a version with the rover contains nearly 650 million pixels. Both versions are composed of more than 1,000 images that were carefully assembled over the following months.
The complete list of all 533 movies and TV shows on board the International Space Station
Astronauts on the International Space Station need to relax, just like the rest of us. So it’s no surprise that there are movies and TV shows on board for them to watch. I’ve obtained the complete list through a Freedom of Information request.
Science-Fiction-Raumschiff-Schnelligkeits-Ranking™
From the Millennium Falcon to the USS Enterprise, science fiction has shown us a vast array of out-of-this-world spaceships that defy our rules of physics. We´ve rounded up some of your favorite intergalactic crafts from television, film and video games, along with real NASA spacecraft, to compare and speculate who has the fastest ship in the universe.
(via Kottke)
The International Flag of Planet Earth
Oskar Pernefeldt hat sich eine Flagge für unseren Planeten ausgedacht:
Current expeditions in outer space use different national flags depending on which country is funding the voyage. The space travelers, however, are more than just representatives of their own countries. They are representatives of planet Earth.
Find ich gut.
Spaceprob.es, ein Raumsonden-Katalog
Spaceprob.es catalogs the active human-made machines that freckle our solar system and dot our galaxy. For each space probe, we’ve affectionately crafted a short-and-sweet summary as well as handpicked geeky hyperlinks we think are worth exploring.
(via Kottke)
Der Overview-Effekt
Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from the outside, is available… a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.
– Fred Hoyle, britischer Astronom und Mathematiker, 1948 über die Wirkung, die die ersten Aufnahmen der Erde auf die Menschheit haben werden.
Und tatsächlich habe ich bis heute noch nie darüber nachgedacht, dass unsere Eltern und Großeltern ohne dieses Konzept der Erde aufgewachsen sind. Hier mit »Earthrise«, die erste fotografische Gesamtansicht der Erde, aufgenommen 1968 während der Apollo 8-Mission, und »Blue Marble«, die letzte (!) Komplettaufnahme von 1972 (!!) während Apollo 17.
Der Autor Frank White spricht in diesem Zusammenhang vom Overview-Effekt, den Raumfahrer erleben, wenn sie zum ersten Mal den Planeten aus dem Weltall sehen. Drüben bei shortfil.ms haben wir eine ziemlich gute Dokumentation, die sich diesem Phänomen in 20 Minuten widmet. Ansehempfehlung!