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NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALK

July 28, 2010
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HOUSTON — NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the
International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on
Tuesday, Aug. 3.

Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson
are scheduled to perform a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Aug. 5. The two NASA
astronauts will outfit the Russian Zarya module for future robotics
work and prepare the station for the installation of a new U.S.
permanent multipurpose module.

The news briefing on the spacewalk will take place at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center in Houston. It will air live on NASA Television and the
agency’s website. Journalists may ask questions from participating
NASA locations.

The briefers are:
– Dan Hartman, Integration and Mission Operations manager,
International Space Station Program
– Courtenay McMillan, Expedition 24 spacewalk flight director

NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5 a.m. on Aug. 5.
Wheelock and Caldwell Dyson are expected to begin the spacewalk from
the Quest airlock at 5:55 a.m. It will be Wheelock’s fourth spacewalk
and Caldwell Dyson’s first.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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New Wake Turbulence Technology Makes Microbursts Visible


A new system generates real time acoustic technology images of transient aircraft wake turbulence in detail; and the system has been in use at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport for two years. The system uses acoustic technique to measure sudden downdrafts or micro-bursts, and cells of air turbulence in a plane’s wake. The technology provides accurate visible measures of transient heretofore invisible forces.

The impetus behind the technology is to translate severe wake turbulence and wind shear events in real time to high definition to advance aviation safety and airport efficiency. The patented aircraft wake and wind-shear mapping technology is being developed and is owned by the Sondei Group

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