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Posted In: below, leaps, discovery, smoke, sts, iss, mission, 124, nassa, liftoff, image, amazing, picture, pic, space, station, international, japan by Alex

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Space shuttle Discovery leaps from the billows of smoke below into a clear blue sky on its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station. Launch was on time at 5:02 p.m. EDT. Discovery is making its 35th flight.

The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the space station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. The shuttle crew will install Kibo’s large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system, or RMS. The 14-day flight includes three spacewalks.

Image Credit: NASA/Fletch Hildreth

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Posted In: hte, blackness, space, pic, image, of, picture by Alex

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Posted In: origami, 7, plane, station, mach, paper, international, to, from, earth, pic, the, fly, space, image by Alex

The University of Tokyo and the Japan folded paper (origami) plane society hopes to fly a paper airplane from the International Space Station to Earth. The plane will be 30-40cm long and weigh about 30 grams. A University of Tokyo research group has successfully designed a special paper plane model that was able to withstand a mach 7 high velocity stream for 10 seconds. The experimental plane was about one-fifth the size and withstood temperatures as high as 300C without burning up. The group plans to fly the plane by throwing it.

The actual conditions for the plan from the International Space Station, 400kms from the earth, will be speeds up to mach 20. Only after entering the earth’s atmosphere at an altitude of 80kms will it slow to a paltry mach 7.

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Posted In: nasa, exploration, wonderful, rocket, space, day, image, of, pic, the, picture by Alex

Well recently I’ve been bloging a hell of a lot of images, which I personally think is OK, I quite like them. So I’ve decided that each day im going to have a image of the day, seems pretty reasonable I think. Well to kick things off on day 1, the image of the day (obviously the above pic) is a picture which is taken by NASA. I think its a wonderful image and I am really interested in ‘Space Exploration’ if you like.

If you want the full size image click on the image above, the other images I submit will not be affected by the ‘Pic Of The Day’ but the best each day will be highlighted if you will. Anyway cheeryo untill I blog or submit another story probably in an hour or two (if I can be bothered).

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Posted In: marmgus20t, saver, arm, thanko, monitor, image, pic, space, picture by Alex

VESA standard Flat panel monitors (up to 21”) can be positioned up and out of the way - yes exactly where need with the space saver monitor arm MARMGUS20T from Thanko Corporation. The Flat panel space saver monitor allows to place your flat panel monitor anywhere on desk for space-saving, comfortable viewing –up to a depth of 105mm.The height of the monitor can be adjusted with the steering wheel easily by any one. As the steering wheel is placed on top it is very convenient and practical to adjust the height. The Monitor cable is smartly connected to the PC and no need to worry about the cable getting struck while adjusting the monitor.

The arm rotate more than 180 degrees, tilt up to 90 degrees in all directions, and allow rotation of monitor from horizontal to vertical. The arm fits desks 1cm – 7cm thick and holds up to 10kg. The space saver monitor arm MARMGUS20T is available for approximately 11,800 Yen ($101).
Via Thanko (japanese)

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