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Equine veterinary technician Walter Watson was working in a prestigious practice in Colts Neck, New Jersey when he makes a terrible discovery. His boss, famed equine surgeon Dr. John Hansen, is involved with a group of men committing a multimillion-dollar fraud killing racehorses in order to collect insurance money. Just before Walter can expose the scam, he is murdered. However, he is reincarnated as a thoroughbred racehorse colt.

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ExoMars returns first images from new orbit

ESA & ROSCOSMOS - ExoMars Mission patch. 27 April 2018

ExoMars images Korolev Crater

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has returned the first images of the Red Planet from its new orbit. The spacecraft arrived in a near-circular 400 km altitude orbit a few weeks ago ahead of its primary goal to seek out gases that may be linked to active geological or biological activity on Mars. The orbiter’s Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, CaSSIS, took this stunning image, which features part of an impact crater, during the instrument’s test period. The camera was activated on 20 March and was tested for the start of its main mission on 28 April. “We transmitted new software to the instrument at the start of the test phase and after a couple of minor issues, the instrument is in good health and ready to work,” says the camera’s principal investigator, Nicolas Thomas from the University of Bern in Switzerland. The image captures a 40 km-long segment of Korolev Crater located high in the northern hemisphere. The bright material on the rim of the crater is ice. “We were really pleased to see how good this picture was given the lighting conditions,” says Antoine Pommerol, a member of the CaSSIS science team working on the calibration of the data. “It shows that CaSSIS can make a major contribution to studies of the carbon dioxide and water cycles on Mars.” The image is assembled from three images in different colours that were taken almost simultaneously on 15 April. “We aim to fully automate the image production process,” says Nick. “Once we achieve this, we can distribute the data quickly to the science community for analysis.” The team also plans to make regular public releases. The orbiter’s camera is one of four instruments on the Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, which also hosts two spectrometer suites and a neutron detector. The spectrometers began their science mission on 21 April with the spacecraft taking its first ‘sniff’ of the atmosphere. In reality, the sniffing is the spectrometers looking at how molecules in the atmosphere absorb sunlight: each has a unique fingerprint that reveals its chemical composition. A long period of data collection will be needed to bring out the details, especially for particularly rare – or not even yet discovered – ingredients in the atmosphere. Trace gases, as hinted at from their name, are only present in very small amounts: that is, less than one percent of the volume of the planet’s atmosphere. In particular, the orbiter will seek evidence of methane and other gases that could be signatures of active biological or geological activity. The camera will eventually help characterise features on the surface that may be related to trace gas sources. “We are excited to finally be starting collecting data at Mars with this phenomenal spacecraft,” says Håkan Svedhem, ESA’s TGO project scientist. “The test images we have seen so far certainly set the bar high.”

Trace Gas Orbiter at Mars

The ExoMars programme is a joint endeavour between ESA and Roscosmos. The Trace Gas Orbiter is the first of two missions in the programme: the next is scheduled for launch in 2020 and will comprise a rover and a surface science platform. TGO will act as a communication relay for both. It proved this capability earlier this week in the first of a series of relay communications with NASA’s Curiosity rover, highlighting the cooperation between ESA and NASA to maintain a communications infrastructure around Mars for future missions. Related links: ExoMars: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ExoMars Robotic exploration of Mars: http://exploration.esa.int/ Roscosmos: http://en.federalspace.ru/ ExoMars at IKI: http://exomars.cosmos.ru/ Thales Alenia Space: https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/space/space NASA In 2016 ExoMars orbiter (Electra radio): http://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/future/exomarsorbiter2016/ Where on Mars?: http://whereonmars.co/ Images, Text, Credits: ESA/Markus Bauer/Håkan Svedhem/University of Bern/Nicolas Thomas/Roscosmos/CaSSIS/ATG medialab. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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O módulo orbital Trace Gas Orbiter da missão ExoMars mandou a primeira imagem do Planeta Vermelho feita de sua nova órbita.

A sonda chegou na sua órbita quase circular a 400 km de altitude a algumas semanas atrás, para começar a sua missão principal que é procurar por gases que podem estar ligados a uma atividade geológica ou biológica em Marte.

O Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System do modulo orbital, também conhecido como CaSSIS, fez essa bela imagem que mostra parte de uma cratera de impacto, lembrando que a imagem foi feita durante o período de teste do equipamento. A câmera foi ativada em 20 de Março e foi testada para então começar a sua missão principal no dia 28 de Abril de 2018.

“Nós transmitimos um novo software para o instrumento no início da fase de testes e depois de alguns pequenos problemas, o instrumento está em bom estado e pronto para o trabalho”, disse o principal pesquisador da câmera, Nicholas Thomas da Universidade de Bern, na Suíça.

A imagem mostra um segmento com 40 km de comprimento da Cratera Korolev, localizada nas altas latitudes norte do planeta. O material brilhante no anel da cratera é gelo.

“Nós estamos muito satisfeitos em ver o quão boa está essa imagem que foi feita numa condição de iluminação não muito boa”, disse Antoine Pommerol, um membro da equipe científica do CaSSIS que trabalhou na calibração dos dados. “Isso mostra que o CaSSIS pode fazer grandes contribuiçòes para estudos de dióxido de carbono e sobre o ciclo da água em Marte”.

A imagem final é o resultado da integração de três imagens feitas em diferentes cores e que foram adquiridas quase que simultaneamente no dia 15 de Abril de 2018.

“Nós estamos quase que com o processo de produção de imagem totalmente automático”, disse Nick. “Uma vez que atingirmos isso, nós poderemos distribuir os dados rapidamente para que a comunidade científica possa analisa-los”.

A equipe também planeja fazer lançamento público regulares dos dados.

A câmera do módulo orbital é um dos 4 instrumentos da sonda Trace Gas Orbiter, ou TGO, que também possui dois conjuntos de espectrômetros e um detector de nêutrons.

Os espectrômetros começaram sua missão científica em 21 de Abril de 2018, com a sonda dando a primeira “cheirada” na atmosfera marciana. Na realidade, essa cheirada, nada mais é que os espectrômetros observando como as moléculas na atmosfera absorvem a luz do Sol: cada molécula absorve de uma maneira única, o que revela a sua assinatura química, ou seja, sua composição química.

Um longo período de coleta de dados será necessário para que se possa observar os detalhes, especialmente os particularmente raros, ou até mesmo aqueles ingredientes na atmosfera de Marte que nem foram descobertos ainda. Os gases traços, como o próprio nome já diz, estão presentes em quantidades ínfimas, ou seja, menos de 1% do volume da atmosfera do planeta. Em particular, a sonda TGO irá procurar por evidências de metano e outros gases que poderiam ser uma assinatura de uma atividade biológica ou geológica.

A câmera irá eventualmente ajudar a caracterizar as feições na superfície que estão relacionadas com as fontes do gases traços.

“Nós estamos animados para finalmente começar a coletar dados de Marte com essa sonda fenomenal”, disse Hakan Svedhem, cientista de projeto da TGO da ESA. “As imagens de teste que nós vimos certamente colocou a barra lá em cima”.

O programa ExoMars é uma parceria entre a ESA e a ROSCOSMOS. A sonda Trace Gas Orbiter é a primeira das duas missões do programa, a segunda está programada para ser lançada em 2020 e será um rover e uma plataforma de ciência que ficará na superfície do planeta. A TGO irá agir como um relay de comunicação para ambas. Ela provou sua capacidade na última semana funcionando pela primeira vez como relay de comunicação com o rover Curiosity da NASA, destacando a cooperação entre a NASA e a ESA para manter uma infraestrutura de comunicação ao redor de Marte para as futuras missões.

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Soyuz rocket failure caused by damaged sensor, says Russia | News

A failed Russian Soyuz rocket launch three weeks in the past that aborted after simply two minutes was attributable to a sensor that was broken throughout meeting, based on an official investigation.

The Soyuz-FG rocket carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos’ Alexei Ovchinin failed shortly into the October 11 flight, sending their emergency capsule into a pointy fall again to Earth.

The 2 males landed on a steppe in Kazakhstan safely within the accident, the primary of its type for Russia’s manned programme in over three many years.

Presenting the findings of an official investigation into the accident, Igor Skorobogatov advised reporters that two extra Soyuz rockets might have the identical defect and that further checks have been being launched into the rocket meeting course of.

“The explanation for the irregular separation … was because of a deformation of the stem of the contact separation sensor…,” Skorobogatov advised reporters.

“It has been confirmed, totally confirmed that this occurred particularly due to this sensor, and that might solely have occurred through the package deal’s meeting on the Baikonur cosmodrome,” he mentioned.

The accident was the primary critical launch downside skilled by a manned Soyuz area mission since 1983, when a crew narrowly escaped earlier than a launchpad explosion.

Oleg Skorobogatov, head of the investigating fee, speaks at a information convention within the Russian Mission Management Centre in Korolev [Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters]

Skorobogatov mentioned officers at the moment are taking steps, together with placing all meeting workers by way of competence checks and extra coaching, to ensure such incidents won’t occur once more.

Russian area officers plan to conduct two different unmanned Soyuz launches earlier than launching a crew to the area station.

The present area station crew – NASA’s Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Russian Sergei Prokopyev and German Alexander Gerst – was scheduled to return to Earth in December after a six-month mission however must keep there for a minimum of an additional week or two to make sure a easy carry-over earlier than the brand new crew arrives in early December.

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft is at the moment the one automobile for ferrying crews to the Worldwide Area Station after the US area shuttle fleet retired. Russia stands to lose that monopoly with the arrival of SpaceX’s Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner crew capsules.

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