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The U.S. spacewalk 90 planned for Thursday, June 13 at the International
Space Station did not proceed as scheduled due to a spacesuit discomfort
issue. NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick, KCØTOR,
completed taking off their spacesuits about an hour before the crew was
anticipated to exit the Quest airlock. With consideration to NASAâ€Ös Boeing
Crew Flight Test and other spaceflight operations, the next spacewalk will
be Monday, June 24, followed by another on Tuesday, July 2, as was
previously planned. The June 24 spacewalk will focus on radio frequency
group hardware removal, while the content of the July 2 spacewalk is under
evaluation and will be shared as available. The crew members on the station
are healthy, and spacesuits are functioning as expected. [*As always, if
there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned
off as part of the safety protocol.* ANS thanks NASA for the above
information.]
AMSAT-DL is organizing a symposium, flea market and general meeting in
the radome of the Bochum Observatory, Germany on September 20-22, 2024. The
radome will once again be dedicated to satellite and space research. AMSAT
Deutschland e.V. and the Bochum Observatory are taking the positive
experience of the anniversary conference in 2023 as an opportunity to
inform AMSAT members and other space enthusiasts about current and future
prospects for national and international space projects with a varied
program. As the Radom is also the location of ESAâ€Ös education office in
Germany (esero Germany), a goal is to make the symposium even more
attractive in future and at the same time focus even more on current
European space travel. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]
SpaceXâ€Ös enormous rocket took off again from South Texas on June 6, this
time with the sole goal of bringing both the booster and ship softly back
to Earth in (roughly) single pieces. An on-time launch of the worldâ€Ös most
powerful rocket delivered excitement from start to finish. Despite an
engine out on launch and landing (with 33 engines total, Superheavy doesnâ€Öt
care), the first stage was able to complete a nominal ascent, hot-staging,
temporary hot-staging ring jettison, boost back, and landing burnâ€öall with
enough precision that previously deployed buoy cams were able to capture
its soft splashdown. [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above
information.]
Russian cosmonaut and ISS commander Oleg Konenko became the first person
to reach 1,000 cumulative days in space as of June 4. The milestone comes
amid his fifth flight to space and during his third stint as the commander
of the ISS. His most recent trip to the orbiting laboratory began with a
launch aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft on Sept. 15, 2023, alongside
cosmonaut Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral Oâ€ÖHara, KI5TOM. Heâ€Ös
scheduled to return with Chub and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson in September
2024. [ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information.]
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