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Magnetic Storm Affects Space Station Orbit
Moscow (UPI) Nov 12, 2004 The orbit of the International Space Station will be corrected after a drop of 4.2 miles because of a fierce magnetic storm, Russian media reported Friday. The magnetic storm registered this week is one of the heaviest in the history of geomagnetic observations. The storm raged for a week before beginning to subside, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. Earth's atmosphere has become denser, creating more resistance, which has a braking effect on the station. The station, which normally loses about 150 yards per day, has been losing 330 yards a day, said Valeriy Lyndin, the spokesman for Russia's mission control center. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be mainly calm beginning Saturday, according to Itar-Tass. The station descent has not affected the health of the U.S.-Russian crew, Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov and NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, Lyndin said. The expedition was launched from the Baykonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan last October. It is expected the crew will spend six months on the station. All rights reserved. Copyright 2004 by United Press International. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by United Press International. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of by United Press International. CommunityEmail This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
NASA Had No Choice But To Buy Soyuz Flights
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2006NASA's announcement last week that it will pay Roskosmos $43.6 million for a round-trip ride to the International Space Station this spring, and an equivalent figure for an as-yet-undetermined number of future flights to the station until 2012, represents the agency's acknowledgment that it had no alternative. |
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