StratPost managed a conversation with the Chief Scientist for the International Space Station program at NASA, Dr. Julie Robinson, just before the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center, who explained the range of work being done on the ISS and how that work would continue despite the imminent end of the space shuttle program this year.
Boeing moves towards mother ships for UAVs
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Boeing is working on a program to integrate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with manned aircraft, to enable the latter to control and direct them in the air and increase the scope of ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) sensory inputs.
While so far, Boeing’s Apache combat helicopters have displayed the ability to control a single UAV, the company has multiplied the scope of the same system to enable larger aircraft like the family of 737 AEW&C Wedgetail and P8 to control multiple UAVs.
Atlantis on its last flight
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The space shuttle Atlantis took off today on its last mission, manned by six crew members carrying cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), for the 11th time. The 12-day mission will be delivering a Russian Mini Research Module that will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for the Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.
First person: The final countdown
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The engines pounded away into your correspondent’s chest, as he watched the brilliant flame that pushed the shuttle from the launch pad, at a distance of almost four miles from the press site observation area, into the clear skies above and beyond in a matter of a few seconds, and into Low Earth Orbit in barely four or five minutes.
Images: The Atlantis launch-7
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The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.
Images: The Atlantis launch-6
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The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.
Images: The Atlantis launch-5
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The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.
Images: The Atlantis launch-4
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The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.
Images: The Atlantis launch-3
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The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.
Images: The Atlantis launch-2
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The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.
Images: The Atlantis launch-1
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The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.
Boeing offers systems for India manned space flight
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Boeing Defense, Space and Security has offered India crucial human support systems for the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) planned manned mission to space in 2015. The systems on offer include a Launch Escape System, Vehicle Monitoring System and Abort Trigger, Life Support System, Environmental Controlling System and systems for CO2 (Carbon dioxide) removal and humidity control.
Images: Indo-US naval exercise Malabar
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Images: INS Shivalik (II)
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Marine Commandos (Marcos) on patrol around the INS Shivalik. The 76 mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount). The 76 mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount). The RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Rocket Launchers. The RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) rocket launchers. A view of the fos’cle from the bridge. The missile systems are between the SRGM and…
Images: INS Shivalik (I)
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[/caption] The INS Shivalik, just before commissioning. A side-view of the RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) rocket launchers. The 76 mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount). One of the two hangars to house a helicopter. One of the two hangars to house a helicopter. The RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare Rocket Launchers. Note the Electronic Warfare suite on…
