Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Astronaut Scott Kelly to spend year in space | Essentials

Astronaut Scott Kelly to spend year in space

1968 ... '2001' stewardess, space station lounge
1968 ... '2001' stewardess, space station lounge by x-ray delta one
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Expedition 26 commander Scott Kelly, wearing a turquoise wristband in honor of sister-in-law Gabrielle Giffords, looks out the window of a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter before the two hour helicopter ride to Kustanay, Kazakhstan shortly after he and fellow crew members Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri landed in their Soyuz TMA-01M capsule near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.  / NASA/Bill Ingalls Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, both veterans of long-duration space flights, will spend a full year aboard the International Space Station in 2015-16 to help scientists learn more about how the body reacts and adapts to weightlessness and other aspects of the space environment. The research is aimed at helping scientists and engineers develop possible countermeasures for future manned missions to deep space destinations including the moon, nearby asteroids and, eventually, Mars.

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Mikhail Kornienko

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.414831

Russian Soyuz

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Relevance: 0.403058

Sarah Brightman

Overall Sentiment: 0.119957

Relevance: 0.328237

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Scott Kelly

Overall Sentiment: 0.348459

Relevance: 0.326502

Gabrielle Giffords

Overall Sentiment: 0.201006

Relevance: 0.297326

Vladimir Popovkin

Overall Sentiment: 0.200599

Relevance: 0.270958

SentimentQuote
-0.0450762"Selection of the candidate for the one-year mission was thorough and difficult due to the number of suitable candidates from the cosmonaut corps," Popovkin said ...
0.0490866"Selection of the candidate for the one-year mission was thorough and difficult due to the number of suitable candidates from the cosmonaut corps," Popovkin said in the NASA statement. "We have chosen the most responsible, skilled and enthusiastic crew members to expand space exploration, and we have full confidence in them."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0040104
  • Mean: 0.0020052
  • Standard Deviation: 0

William Gerstenmaier

Overall Sentiment: 0.153266

Relevance: 0.256745

SentimentQuote
0.120941"Congratulations to Scott and Mikhail on their selection for this important mission," William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for space flight, said ...
0.0569984"Congratulations to Scott and Mikhail on their selection for this important mission," William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for space flight, said in a statement. "The one-year increment will expand the bounds of how we live and work in space and will increase our knowledge regarding the effects of microgravity on humans as we prepare for future missions beyond low-Earth orbit."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1779394
  • Mean: 0.0889697
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Roscosmos

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.255284

Scott

Overall Sentiment: 0.357356

Relevance: 0.249059

Mark

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.234888

Alexander Kaleri

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.220709

Valery Polyakov

Overall Sentiment: -0.23792

Relevance: 0.219347

Julie Robinson

Overall Sentiment: 0.153496

Relevance: 0.218196

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0.0789697"We have gained new knowledge about the effects of spaceflight on the human body from the scientific research conducted on the space station, and it is the perfect time to test a one-year expedition aboard the orbital laboratory," Julie Robinson, space station program scientist, said ...
0.0633247"We have gained new knowledge about the effects of spaceflight on the human body from the scientific research conducted on the space station, and it is the perfect time to test a one-year expedition aboard the orbital laboratory," Julie Robinson, space station program scientist, said when the yearlong flight was announced earlier this year. "What we will gain from this expedition will influence the way we structure our human research plans in the future."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1422944
  • Mean: 0.0711472
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Oleg Skripochka

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.216497

Michael Lopez-Alegria

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.210133

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Organization: Russian space agency

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.550338

Organization: NASA

Overall Sentiment: 0.0833705

Relevance: 0.531679

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Company: Space Adventures

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.510082

Technology: Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft

Overall Sentiment: -0.0228588

Relevance: 0.449418

Technology: Soyuz TMA-01M

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.35111

Technology: Soyuz TMA-18M

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.328871

Facility: International Space Station

Overall Sentiment: 0.159644

Relevance: 0.93101

Facility: Russian Mir space station

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.479015

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Space Foundation Honors Kepler Mission with Award | Reduction

Space Foundation Honors Kepler Mission with Award

Spirit Launch
Spirit Launch by NASA on The Commons
License (according to Flickr): No known copyright restrictions
Excerpt:

The NASA Kepler Mission is being recognized for the discovery of 61 confirmed extrasolar planets and over 2,300 planet applicants in the first 16 months of observations from May 2009 to September 2010. About the Kepler Mission
The Kepler Mission findings include well over 200 Earth-size planet applicants and even more than 900 that are smaller than twice Earth-size. Of the 46 planet applicants located in the habitable zone, the area in the planetary system where fluid water might exist, ten of these applicants are smaller than twice Earth-size. The cumulative catalog consists of : 246 Earth-size, 676 extremely Earth-size, 1,118 Neptune-size, 210 Jupiter-size and 71 applicants that are larger than twice the size of Jupiter. The Mission's planet confirmations include these firsts:. The first unquestionably rocky planet (Kepler-10b). The first six-planet system (Kepler-11). The first small planet in the habitable zone (Kepler-22b). The first Earth-size planet discoveries (Kepler-20e & f).

People:

Jack Swigert

Overall Sentiment: 0.112341

Relevance: 0.366379

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Kepler

Overall Sentiment: -0.275106

Relevance: 0.261693

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Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.255116

Jack" Swigert, Jr.

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.247335

Whitney

Overall Sentiment: -0.255851

Relevance: 0.234271

John L

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.199708

President George W. Bush

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.196103

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James A. Lovell, Jr.

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.192006

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Fred Haise

Overall Sentiment: -0.149992

Relevance: 0.188561

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Pratt

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.175445

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Monday, December 17, 2012

The stars are born, and Hubble is there | Essentials

The stars are born, and Hubble is there

Jupiter Rose
Jupiter Rose by Humphrey King
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License
Excerpt:

ESA / Hubble and NASA This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the faint irregular galaxy NGC 3738, which is in the midst of a violent episode of star formation, as evidenced by the red glow of hydrogen gas surrounding the galaxy.

The stars are born, and Hubble is there

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Organization: NASA

Overall Sentiment: -0.243544

Relevance: 0.33

Disambiguation: Company | GovernmentAgency | AirportOperator | AwardPresentingOrganization | SoftwareDeveloper | SpaceAgency | SpacecraftManufacturerReferences:

Technology: Hubble Space Telescope

Overall Sentiment: -0.697668

Relevance: 0.33

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Students Conduct Live Conversation With Orbiting NASA Astronauts | Essentials

Students Conduct Live Conversation With Orbiting NASA Astronauts

studio space
studio space by noii's
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License
Excerpt:

The downlink is an annual event held in honor of International Education Week, a joint effort between the Department of State and the Department of Education that commemorates the advantages of international education and exchange. Approximately 130 pupils from D.C.'s Stuart-Hobson Middle School got involved in-person in the Moving Beyond Earth Gallery at the museum. The rest of the pupils got involved practically from around the nation. Picked pupils from both audiences had the opportunity to ask questions of Ford and Williams about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory. Following the live Earth-to-station exchange, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and two-time space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin provided a presentation and motivated the pupils to study science, innovation, engineering and math (STEM). "You are the scientists, engineers and astronauts of tomorrow," Melvin said.

People:

Leland Melvin

Overall Sentiment: 0.296087

Relevance: 0.541938

SentimentQuote
0"You are the scientists, engineers and astronauts of tomorrow," Melvin said. ...
0.233918"You are the scientists, engineers and astronauts of tomorrow," Melvin said. "America's future of scientific research and space exploration is in your hands, and there's no better way to prepare yourselves for those grand adventures than to start pursuing a STEM career now."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.233918
  • Mean: 0.116959
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Jack" Dailey

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.336924

Williams

Overall Sentiment: 0.0187313

Relevance: 0.33593

Jeff Goldstein

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.33492

Claudine Brown

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.320551

Anthony Miller

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.32022

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Organization: NASA

Overall Sentiment: 0.113545

Relevance: 0.873932

Disambiguation: Company | GovernmentAgency | AirportOperator | AwardPresentingOrganization | SoftwareDeveloper | SpaceAgency | SpacecraftManufacturerReferences:

Organization: International Education Week

Overall Sentiment: 0.367451

Relevance: 0.573885

Organization: Department of Education

Overall Sentiment: 0.228029

Relevance: 0.537674

Organization: SSEP

Overall Sentiment: 0.0453113

Relevance: 0.423367

Organization: Stuart-Hobson Middle School

Overall Sentiment: 0.0138517

Relevance: 0.389614

Organization: Department of State

Overall Sentiment: 0.256687

Relevance: 0.338795

Company: Ford

Overall Sentiment: 0.0226689

Relevance: 0.323478

Country: United States

Overall Sentiment: 0.0955855

Relevance: 0.333818

Disambiguation: Location | Region | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | FilmEditorReferences:

Continent: America

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.32321

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