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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня SuitSat1: космический скафандр в свободном полете http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1211738/eng |
Credit & Copyright: ISS Expedition 12 Crew,
NASA
Explanation:
Who dunnit?
Like a scene from a
space mystery movie, a spacesuit floated away from the
International Space Station earlier this month,
but no investigation was needed.
It was pushed out by the space station crew.
Dubbed
Suitsat-1, the unneeded Russian
Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with
old clothes
was fitted with a faint
radio transmitter
and released to orbit the Earth.
Suitsat-1 will orbit once every 90 minutes
until it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere within a few weeks.
The suit circled the Earth twice before its
radio signal became unexpectedly weak.
Pictured above, the lifeless spacesuit was photographed as it
drifted away from the Earth-orbiting
space station
earlier this month.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.