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Sunday’s CSExtra offers links to the latest edition of This Week in Space. TWIS topics include the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center last week to under go launch preparations aboard the final space shuttle mission. Japan signs up to extend activities aboard the International Space Station. More on NASA’s aid to miners trapped in a Chilean gold and copper mine. A strange crater of Mars puzzles planetary geologists.
1. From This Week in Space and Spaceflightnow.com: Topics from the Aug. 28 production of TWIS include the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, the $2 billion external observatory designed to perch on the International Space Station for studies of cosmic rays. The AMS, which faced cancellation following the 2003 shuttle Columbia tragedy, is slated to launch aboard the final shuttle mission in late February. Other TWIS topics include Robonaut 2, which will lift off aboard the next shuttle mission, now slated for launching on Nov. 1. A review of the recent spacewalks that recovered the crippled cooling system on the space station. David Waters hosts the Aug. 28 web cast.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/twis/
2. From the Mainichi Daily News of Japan: Japan’s Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy, led by the prime minister, decides to extend its operations aboard the International Space Station beyond 2016. An extension would match U.S. plans. The White House has proposed an extension from 2016 until at least 2020. The House and Senate appear to be in agreement.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20100828p2a00m0na011000c.html
3. From the Christian Science Monitor: NASA prepares to aid experts in Chile as they mount a rescue for 33 miners trapped a half mile underground in a collapsed gold and copper mine.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2010/0827/How-can-NASA-help-Chile-miners-trapped-a-half-mile-underground
A. From the Ottawa Citizen of Canada: Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk, a physician and veteran of a recent long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, says the trapped miners will need communication with loved ones, exercise and tasks to keep them busy as they await a rescue in a cramped cavern.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/WHAT+Rescuers+call+Canadian+astronaut+help/3452924/story.html
4. From Florida Today: In Central Florida, organizers proceed with plans for a space film festival in April 2012. The three to four-day event would follow the 50th anniversary of first U.S. manned orbital mission flown by Mercury astronaut John Glenn. The festival could draw 10,000 to 15,000 people to pay tribute to space exploration.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100829/BUSINESS/100827030/1086/Planning+proceeds+for+space+film+fest
5. From Universe Today: Planetary geologists ponder the origins of a large, irregularly shaped crater on Mars. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express captured an image of the strange feature, which lies between two old volcanoes.
http://www.universetoday.com/72269/weird-crater-on-mars-is-a-mystery/#more-72269
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