#nasa

Morning, all,

the International Space Station relies in part on regular unmanned ‘Progress’ resupply missions launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz launch pad there is ancient (1960s) and decidedly ropey.

I wasn’t aware of this but the Soyuz launch sequence is almost literally “light blue touch-paper and retire.”

A failure to secure a locking pin has destroyed that part of the complex, and the Russians can no longer launch to the #ISS.

#Spaceflight #NASA #ESA
https://youtu.be/gv4ClusLU2s?si=lKM7RRC8hxs67Kx5

"Portrait of NGC 1055" image by John Hayes is #NASA #astronomy picture of the day #APOD. This image of spiral galaxy NGC 1055, 60 million light years away, is the result of 82 hours of observation and processing from a remotely-operated mountaintop telescope in Chile by an astronomer in Tucson, Arizona. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251127.html