tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76365922441894627192024-03-13T12:47:18.128-04:00Press Trip AmericaBLOG - JOURNALISTIQUE - DE - ROLAND J. KELLERPress Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comBlogger382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-37141102418291171862020-06-29T06:33:00.012-04:002020-10-05T18:03:19.598-04:00<div style="font-family: times; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><b><font size="6">Mon nouveau </font><span style="font-size: xx-large;">blog sur :</span></b></div><div style="font-family: times; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><font size="6"><a href="http://www.presstripamerica.com/" target="_blank">www.presstripamerica.com</a></font></div><div style="font-family: times; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://presstripamerica.com" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1240" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjmhSXtGwc5ed2I2w0kukSyZVEO5JvdOjnJmOEGFiMqHM7PsnuSs5xR8TsILVLORppQ32y2Vhby3ER1OuviPVRPZmDB8b_op2IFYaQZ-eikhzaOCQvh4JQPkc3MEqoksJ2dU_Mi33qRAo/w640-h595/Capture+d%25E2%2580%2599e%25CC%2581cran+2020-10-05+a%25CC%2580+23.54.47.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: times; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><br /></div>Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-25693484021055080762019-12-22T17:00:00.002-05:002019-12-22T17:00:19.853-05:00Starliner : rentrée sur Terre avec des airbags... martiens. Révolutionnaire !<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starliner s'est posée le 22 décembre dans le sable blanc du désert de White Sands, au Sud du Nouveau-Mexique.<br />Starliner landed on December 22 in the White Sands Desert in southern New Mexico. - Photo : NASA TV</td></tr>
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[Cape Canaveral, December 22, 2019, rke. <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>English below</b></span>] - Elle est rentrée toute propre, toute belle et toute entière. La capsule Starliner de Boeing a en effet atterri pile-poil à 5h58 (12h58 GMT, 13h58 en Suisse) ce dimanche 22 décembre 2019 sur la base de White Sands dans le Nouveau-Mexique (sur le polygone d’essais de missile de White Sands), une minute après l’horaire prévu. Au fait, cette opération est-elle banale après les retours des cabines identiques (coniques) Apollo à la fin des années soixante et début septante ? Alors, pas du tout ! Au contraire et je vous explique pourquoi…<br />
Tout d’abord, l’angle d’attaque de rentrée dans l’atmosphère a été judicieusement et savamment calculé en fonction de données générées grâce aux calculs de l’intelligence artificielle. Puis, le déploiement des parachutes (7 en tout) s’est réalisé en 3 phases (voir graphique ci-dessous), ce qui a considérablement freiné la descente.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La descente en 4 phases. Révolutionnaire !<br />The descent in 4 steps. Revolutionary! - Photo : NASA<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Une rentrée plus « douce »</b></span><br />
Autre nouveauté et exclusivité : le largage du bouclier thermique. Celui-ci est d’ailleurs composé d’un revêtement ablatif de type BLA (Boeing Lightweight Ablator) développé par Boeing. Plus ample que les capsules Apollo, cette protection offre à Starliner moins de frottement sur ses flancs coniques, d’où une rentrée « plus propre » dans l’atmosphère.<br />
Ensuite, autre grande révolution : le déploiement d’airbags, soit de gros coussins amortisseurs gonflés avec un mélange d’air et d’azote deux minutes avant l’atterrissage. Ceux-ci sont fournis par l’entreprise <a href="http://www.ilcdover.com/">ILC Dover</a> (Kentucky) et <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">utilisent la même technologie que celle utilisée par les missions Mars Pathfinder et Mars Exploration Rover</span></b>. Ils autorisent une vitesse d’arrivée verticale de 30 km/h et horizontale de 50 km/h. Le véhicule est également capable de se poser en mer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Le bouclier thermique dans la halle de montage au Kennedy Space Center.<br />- Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Prouesse maîtrisée</b></span><br />
Boeing a donc judicieusement tiré parti des expériences spatiales antérieures des rentrées dans l’atmosphère (Terre ou Mars) en les adaptant à un nouveau concept qui est, en fait, unique au monde. Les deux autres capsules habitables, Dragon de SpaceX (la concurrente) et Orion de la NASA (celle d’exploration, les deux encore en phases de test), utilisent une technique ordinaire et éprouvée. C’est la raison pour laquelle, même si Boeing et la NASA n’ont pas atteint la station spatiale internationale, cette fois-ci, la mission peut être considérée, à mon avis, comme une prouesse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les airbags utilisés sur Mars avec la sonde Mars Pathfinder qui a déposé le robot Sejournor sur la planète rouge le 4 juillet 1997. The airbags used on Mars with the Mars Pathfinder probe that dropped the robot Sejournor on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. Photo : NASA</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(246, 178, 107);"><b>Boeing-Starliner: Return to Earth with... Martian airbags. Revolutionary !</b></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starliner recouvert d'un capuchon comme protection contre le sable du désert. Hooded starliner as protection against the desert sand. - Photo: NASA TV</td></tr>
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[Cape Canaveral, December 22, 2019, rke] - She came home all clean, all beautiful and all in one piece. Boeing's Starliner capsule landed right on schedule at 5:58 a.m. (12:58 GMT) on Sunday, December 22, 2019, at White Sands Air Force Base in New Mexico (at the White Sands Missile Test Range), one minute after the scheduled time. By the way, is this operation commonplace after the return of the identical (conical) Apollo cabins in the late sixties and early seventies? Then, not at all! On the contrary, and I'll tell you why...<br />
First of all, the re-entry angle of attack into the atmosphere has been judiciously and skillfully calculated based on data generated by artificial intelligence calculations. Then, the deployment of the parachutes (7 in all) was carried out in 3 phases (see graph opposite), which considerably slowed down the descent.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heat shield release / Largage du bouclier thermique. - Photo : NASA TV</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>A "softer" re-entry</b></span><br />
Another novelty and exclusivity: the release of the heat shield. This is composed of a BLA (Boeing Lightweight Ablator) type ablative coating developed by Boeing. Larger than the Apollo capsules, this protection offers Starliner less friction on its conical sides, resulting in a "cleaner" re-entry into the atmosphere.<br />
Another major revolution is the deployment of airbags, which are large shock absorber cushions inflated with a mixture of air and nitrogen two minutes before landing. These are supplied by <a href="http://www.ilcdover.com/">ILC Dover</a>, Kentucky, and <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">use the same technology as that used by the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover missions</span></b>. They allow a vertical arrival speed of 30 km/h and a horizontal arrival speed of 50 km/h. The vehicle is also capable of landing at sea.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening the hatch Opening the hatch with the dummy<br />at the bottom left. Ouverture de l’écoutille avec le mannequin<br />en bas à gauche. - Photo : NASA TV</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Controlled Flight Prowess</b></span><br />
Boeing has therefore judiciously taken advantage of previous space re-entry experiments (Earth or Mars) by adapting them to a new concept that is, in fact, unique in the world. The two other habitable capsules, SpaceX's Dragon (the competitor) and NASA's Orion (the exploration capsule, both still in the testing phase), use an ordinary and proven technique. That is why, although Boeing and NASA did not reach the International Space Station, this time the mission can be considered, in my opinion, a prowess..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mars Pathfinder EDL Sequence of Events. Starliner's landing was based on the same principle as Mars Pathfinger.<br />- Photo : NASA</td></tr>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-79505965310992731922019-12-21T13:25:00.001-05:002019-12-21T20:18:31.989-05:00La fusée file majestueusement, mais Starliner déraille <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, December 21, 2019, rke. </span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>English below</b></span>] – <span lang="FR">Ça a décollé impeccablement et majestueusement ! C’est en tous cas l’impression qu’on en a eue, à partir du centre de presse du Kennedy Space Center (KSC), proche du VAB. La fusée Atlas V N22 de United Alliance (ULA) s’est en effet soulevée avec une douceur coutumière, mais crépitant moins dans le ciel que les autres vols. Et cela, sans doute dû au faible vent qui nous en renvoie le bruit. Ainsi, tel un chapeau fixé en son sommet, la capsule Starliner de Boeing s’est envolée à l’heure pile à 6h36 (locale), 12h36 (heure suisse) de Cap Canaveral ce vendredi 20 décembre 2019. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="FR"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Pas la bonne orbite</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="FR">Le jour s’est à peine levé avec un ciel bleu très foncé au moment du lancement, devenant de plus clair au fil des minutes et offrant un spectacle sublime loin à la ronde. Mais, au bout de 15 minutes, les équipes de Boeing et de la Nasa ont rapidement fait savoir que la capsule était sur « une orbite non nominale », c’est-à-dire une mauvaise trajectoire, compromettant son rendez-vous avec la Station spatiale internationale (ISS) qu’elle devait rejoindre samedi, à 400 km d’altitude. En fait, selon Boeing, les moteurs de la capsule ne se seraient pas allumés. Quand le contrôle a été repris, les équipes ont jugé qu’il ne restait plus assez de propulseurs pour poursuivre la mission et tenter l’amarrage.</span>En résumé, l’anomalie constatée concerne le système embarqué de chronométrage qui aurait induit le vaisseau en erreur, le conduisant sur une mauvaise orbite. </div>
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<span lang="FR">Mais les responsables ont insisté sur le fait que Starliner était en bon état et sous contrôle, qu’aucun astronaute à bord n’aurait été mis en danger, et qu’un test d’amarrage à l’ISS n’était pas requis pour l’homologation. Dans le contexte de la reprise des vols habités par les Américains sur leur sol (pour rappel, ils envoient leurs astronautes en Russie depuis juillet 2011), ce problème est important, mais pas étonnant. L’accès à l’espace quel que soit la distance (autour de la Terre, de la Lune ou de Mars), reste et restera toujours aussi complexe et imprévu. Que ce soit pour les privés ou les agences. Les ingénieurs auront beaucoup à apprendre de cet « échec » (si on peut l’appeler ainsi) de mission à la station. Cette erreur d’aiguillage n’incombe ni à la NASA, ni à ULA, ni à Boeing. Mais à la fatalité. L’espace se mérite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: x-large;">The rocket flies majestically, but Starliner derails... </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, December 21, 2019, rke] - It took off impeccably and majestically! At least that's the impression we got from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) press center, near the VAB. The United Alliance (ULA) Atlas V N22 rocket lifted off with customary smoothness, but crackling less into the sky than other flights. This is no doubt due to the weak wind, which sends the noise back to us. Thus, like a hat on top, Boeing's Starliner capsule took off on time at 6:36 a.m. (East) from Cape Canaveral on Friday, December 20, 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Press Review,<br />
December 21, 2019</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">The day barely dawned with a very dark blue sky at the time of the launch, becoming clearer as the minutes went by and offering a sublime spectacle from afar. But after 15 minutes, Boeing and NASA teams quickly reported that the capsule was in "non-nominal orbit," or a wrong trajectory, compromising its rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS), which it was scheduled to reach on Saturday at an altitude of 400 kilometers.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Wrong orbit</span></span></b></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">In fact, according to Boeing, the capsule's engines did not ignite. When control was regained, the teams judged that there were not enough thrusters left to continue the mission and attempt docking. In summary, the anomaly found concerns the on-board timing system that would have misled the spacecraft, leading it into the wrong orbit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image du décollage prise 1 minute après le lancment sur le site de presse du Kennedy Space Center, News Center. A gauche, la tour de lancement qui roule vers le VAB. Image of the launch taken 1 minute after the launch on the Kennedy Space Center press site, News Center. On the left, the launch tower rolling towards the VAB.</td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Starliner in good condition and under control</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Press Review,<br />
December 21, 201</td></tr>
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December 21, 2019</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">But officials insisted that Starliner was in good condition and under control, that no astronauts on board would be put at risk, and that a docking test to the ISS was not required for certification. In the context of the resumption of manned flights by the Americans on their soil (as a reminder, they have been sending their astronauts to Russia since July 2011), this problem is important, but not surprising. Access to space, whatever the distance (around the Earth, the Moon or Mars), remains and will always remain as complex and unforeseen. Whether for private individuals or agencies. Engineers will have much to learn from this "failure" (if you can call it that) of a mission to the Station. This misdirection is not the fault of NASA, ULA or Boeing. </span><span lang="FR">It's fate. Space is earned.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-8514455955930538872019-12-18T23:57:00.000-05:002019-12-18T23:57:12.006-05:00CST–100 Starliner : Boeing redore son blason avec sa capsule<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonjour: je donne des coups de pouce à Boeing pour réussir son lancement, ce vendredi 20 décembre, à 6h36 (locale),<br />12h36, heure suisse. - Photo of me taken by : Jacques van Oene</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les dédicaces de celles et ceux qui ont oeuvré à la<br />réalisation de la capsule. - Photo :rke</td></tr>
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<br /><span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, December 18, 2019, rke. </span><span lang="FR"><b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">English below</span></b>] – Elle ne paie pas de mine, à la voir sur des photos, mais de près, elle est plutôt cossue. Elle ? La capsule CST–100 Starliner de Boeing. Oh, je sais, en ce moment, le constructeur américain a un peu mauvaise presse avec ce qui se passe pour les fameux Boeing 737 Max cloués au sol depuis mars dernier. Boeing veut donc un peu redorer son blason du côté spatial, non pas qu’elle en ait besoin dans ce secteur, mais pour faire bonne figure. Aux yeux du monde, ce serait le top de montrer que sa capsule puisse répondre à l’attente de la NASA qui lui a demandé – tout comme SpaceX pour sa capsule Dragon (voir mon reportage : <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2019/03/nasaspacex-dragon-demo-1-apres-la.html">cliquez ici</a>) – d’en développer et d’en construire une pour amener ses astronautes, qui, depuis juillet 2011, montent dans des Soyouz russes. Cette capsule conique Starliner de 11 m<sup>3</sup> est un véhicule aux caractéristiques externes proches de celles du module de commande et de service Apollo, mais peut transporter jusqu’à 7 astronautes (au lieu de 3 pour Apollo). En ce mercredi 18 décembre 2019, l’occasion nous a donc été donnée de visiter le Commercial Cargo and Crew Processing Facility (C3PF). Il s’agit d’un bâtiment jouxtant le VAB, mais bien plus petit, qui contenait les installations de traitement des navettes spatiales (OPF–3). C’est là que Boeing abrite dorénavant ses équipements pour mettre au point sa capsule. On a donc eu un charmant accueil, bien moins strict qu’on pense, qui nous a permis de rentrer dans l’une des salles d’assemblage où l’on a pu se rendre compte des travaux sur deux capsules habitables, en test. Boeing a jusqu’à présent été, à notre égard, avare de visites de ses installations, mais au final, nous a laissé une bonne impression. Le constructeur américain n’a, là, pas eu besoin de justifier de la rentabilité. J’irais plus volontiers voler en Starliner qu’en 737… Max.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: x-large;">CST-100 Starliner: Boeing is restoring its image with its capsule</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, December 18, 2019, rke] - It doesn't look like much, as you can see in pictures, but up close, it is rather well-to-do. It? The CST-100 Starliner capsule from Boeing. Oh, I know, at the moment, the American company has a little bad press with what's happening with the famous Boeing 737 Max grounded since last March. Boeing therefore wants to restore its image a little bit on the space side, not that it needs it in this sector, but to make a good impression. In the eyes of the world, it would be the best to show that its capsule could meet NASA's expectations, which asked it - just like SpaceX for its Dragon capsule (see my report: <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2019/03/nasaspacex-dragon-demo-1-apres-la.html">click here</a>) - to develop and build one to bring its astronauts, who, since July 2011, have been going up in Russian Soyuz. This 11 m<sup>3</sup> Starliner conical capsule is a vehicle with external characteristics similar to those of the Apollo control and service module, but can carry up to 7 astronauts (instead of 3 for Apollo). On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, we were given the opportunity to visit the Commercial Cargo and Crew Processing Facility (C3PF). It is a building near the VAB, but much smaller, that contained the space shuttle processing facilities (OPF-3). This is where Boeing now houses its capsule development equipment. We therefore had a charming welcome, much less strict than we think, which allowed us to enter one of the assembly rooms where we were able to see the work on two habitable capsules, in tests. Boeing has so far been stingy with visits to its facilities for us, but in the end, it has left us with a good impression. The American company did not need to justify profitability. I'd rather fly in a Starliner than in 737... Max.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SpaceX a lancé sa fusée Falcon 9 avec JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 lundi 16 décembre (19h10, locale, pile à l'heure). Le lancement, le 77e pour un Falcon 9, a vu le satellite de communications commerciales s'élever sur une orbite de transfert géostationnaire (GTO). La fenêtre de lancement était d'une heure et 28 minutes. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, December 17, 2019, rke. <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>English below</b></span>] – Mission express pour SpaceX. </span><span lang="FR">Je dis express, parce que les lancements sont dorénavant tellement bien rodés, que les fusées décollent au pas cadencé. Ce n’est en tous cas pas une affaire banale, même si, apparemment, les lancements se suivent et se ressemblent. D’ailleurs, le premier étage de la fusée Falcon 9 de ce vol, a déjà volé deux fois, et, ce qui extraordinaire, c’est de le voir filer dans les airs après une troisième utilisation. Ça, c’est aussi un exploit… et pas de la routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">En deux mots, Falcon 9 a donc lancé à l’heure pile <span style="color: #f6b26b;">19h10 locale ce 16 décembre (1h10 en Suisse ce 17 décembre)</span>, de Cap Canaveral, un gros satellite de télécommunication de 6,9 tonnes (15'335 pounds) qui, comme son nom l’indique, doit couvrir la région Asie-Pacifique à 36'000 km d’altitude à 150 degrés de longitude Est. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Propriété des entreprises Kacific et Sky Perfect JSAT Corp, un opérateur satellite établi basé à Tokyo, cet engin relira les populations isolées télécoms (bande Ka et Ku), dont 600 millions de personnes, mais également pour toutes sortes de services gouvernementaux : écoles hôpitaux, bureaux postaux, postes de police et casernes de pompiers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Express, cela a été aussi l’occasion pour nous reporters, en ce lundi 16 décembre. Comme SpaceX s’est complètement occupé de nous (et pas la NASA), on a eu l’occasion de poser nos caméras à distance seulement 5 heures avant le lancement, ce qui est plutôt rare. Au départ du Samuel C. Phillips Park, on a donc posé nos appareils sur le pas de tir SLC-40 de la base aérienne de l’US Air Force. Un endroit privilégié.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Difficile de régler les appareils,<br />
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<span lang="FR">Et, une fois n’est pas coutume, nous n’avons pas été discriminés en tant que journalistes étrangers. Une heure et demie avant le décollage, on a pu se rendre, tous, avec nos voitures, sur le <a href="http://afspacemuseum.org/ccafs/ITL/">CCAFS ITL Causeway</a>, pour vois le décollage. De nuit, par temps limpide, on avait une vue très limpide de la fusée. Sauf que, un peu distrait, et trop dans la Lune, je me suis laissé à rêvasser lors de la première seconde de décollage et j’ai oublié de faire clic-clac ! Mais, surpris et paniqué, je me suis rattrapé par la suite. Voilà ce que ça donne (ci-contre).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 on Monday. The launch, the 77th for the Falcon 9, saw the commercial communications satellite lofted to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). The 1-hour 28-minute launch window opened at 7:10 PM EST on December 16, with an on-time liftoff.</td></tr>
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[Cape Canaveral, December 17, 2019, rke] - Express mission for SpaceX. I say express, because the launches are now so well run in, that the rockets take off at a steady pace. In any case, this is not a trivial matter, even if, apparently, the launches follow one another and are similar. In fact, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on this flight has already flown twice, and what is extraordinary is to see it fly through the air after a third use. That's also a feat... and not routine.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In short, Falcon 9 therefore launched on time at exactly 19:10 local time on 16 December from Cape Canaveral, a large 6.9-ton (15,335 pounds) telecommunications satellite that, as its name suggests, will cover the Asia-Pacific region at an altitude of 36,000 km at 150 degrees east longitude. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Express, this was also an opportunity for us reporters on Monday, December 16. As SpaceX took full care of us (and not NASA), we had the opportunity to install our cameras remotely only 5 hours before the launch, which is quite rare. When we left Samuel C. Phillips Park, we landed our aircraft on the SLC-40 launch pad at US Air Force Base. A privileged place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les quatre tours de lancement en un coup d'oeil. Tout à gauche le pas de tir SLC-41 qui attend la capsule Starliner. Puis le pas de tir 39A (avec la grue). Tout au fond le SLC-40 de SpaceC et en premier plan le pas de tir 39B, avec la tour prête pour le lanceur de la NASA, SLS. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span lang="FR">[Cape Canaveral, December 15, 2019, rke, <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>english below</b></span>] – Eh, oui, me revoilà aux USA pour la quatrième fois cette année (mars, avril, juillet et décembre). Ce seront mes 31<sup>es</sup> et 32<sup>es</sup> lancements accrédités sur site. Mon but ? Finir 2019 en beauté pour marquer le 50<sup>e</sup> anniversaire d’Apollo 11 (21 juillet 1969) que j’ai vécu à Pleigne (JU), ado, à l’âge de 13 ans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Cette semaine, je pourrai suivre trois lancements. D’abord, deux (accrédités) de Cap Canaveral : (SpaceX / Falcon 9 avec le satellite japonais JCSAT 18/Kacific 1) prévu demain <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">lundi 16 décembre</span> </b>entre 7h10 et 8h38 locale (1h10 et 2h38 du matin en Suisse) et le plus important pour les Américains, Atlas 5 (CST–100 - Starliner) de Boeing prévu vendredi <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">20 décembre</span></b> à 6h36 (locale), 12h36 (heure suisse) dont la capsule d’essai « non habitée » s’amarrera à la Station spatiale internationale (ISS), puis retournera sur Terre pour atterrir dans l’ouest des États-Unis après une croisière orbitale avant un vol d’essai en équipage de deux personnes. Un gros programme nous attend d’ailleurs cette semaine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Et puis, je me sens un peu coupable de ne pas avoir choisir d’être à Kourou, en Guyane française, pour assister au lancement du satellite CHEOPS (Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite). Ce n’est pas une question de préférence de mission, mais d’agenda et de budget. Je ne peux pas, en effet être à la fois à Cap Canaveral et à Kourou en même temps puisque le décollage de la fusée russe Soyouz (la petite, mais la plus leste), décollera le <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">mardi 17 décembre</span></b>. Ce Soyouz transportera le premier satellite de surveillance radar COSMO-SkyMed de deuxième génération, ou CSG 1, pour l’agence spatiale italienne (ASI). Le satellite CHEOPS de l’Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) volera comme charge utile secondaire lors de la mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="FR"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">… par l’Uni de Berne et de Genève</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="FR">Construit par Airbus Defense and Space en Espagne avec un instrument scientifique développé en Suisse – par l’Uni de Berne et de Genève – l’engin observera les transits de planètes autour d’autres étoiles pour mesurer leurs rayons. La fusée Soyouz 2–1b (Soyouz ST-B) utilisera un étage supérieur Fregat. Bon, comme la Guyane est en Amérique du Sud (dans le Nord), je suis quand même aux Amériques, d’où ce Blog, Press-Trip America. J’essaierai de vous commenter le lancement depuis ici, en Floride. Je ne suis donc<b> </b>pas<b></b>accrédité<b> </b>pour Kourou – bien que j’ai déjà assisté à deux lancements (TVSat en 1987 et Smart One en 2003), puisque je ne suis pas sur place. Alors, à bientôt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, December 15, 2019, rke] - Well, yes, I'm back in the USA for the fourth time this year (March, April, July and December). These will be my 31st and 32nd accredited on-site launches. My goal? Finish 2019 in style to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 (July 21, 1969) that I lived in Pleigne (Jura, Switzerland), a teenager, at the age of 13. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This week, I will be able to follow three launches. First, two (accredited for me) from Cape Canaveral: SpaceX / Falcon 9 with the Japanese satellite JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 scheduled for tomorrow <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Monday, December 16</span></b> between 7:10 and 8:38 a.m. local (1:10 and 2:38 a.m. in Switzerland). Then, the most important for Americans, Boeing's Atlas 5 (CST-100 - Starliner) scheduled for Friday, <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>December 20 </b></span>at 6:36 a.m. (local), 12:36 p.m. (Swiss time) whose "uninhabited" test capsule will dock with the International Space Station (ISS), then return to Earth to land in the western United States after an orbital cruise and before a crowd test flight of two people. A big program is waiting for us this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheops will make observations of exoplanet-hosting stars to measure small changes in their brightness due to the transit of a planet across the star's disc, targeting in particular stars hosting planets in the Earth-to-Neptune size range. The information will enable precise measurements of the sizes of the orbiting planets to be made: combined with measurements of the planet masses, this will provide an estimate of their mean density – a first step to characterising planets outside our Solar System. - Photo : ESA</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">And then I feel a little guilty for not choosing to be in Kourou, French Guiana, to attend the launch of the CHEOPS (Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite) satellite. It is not a question of mission preference, but of agenda and budget. I cannot, indeed, be both in Cape Canaveral and Kourou at the same time since the takeoff of the Russian Soyuz rocket (the small but the most powerful), will take off on <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Tuesday 17 December</span></b>. This Soyuz will carry the first second-generation COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite, or CSG 1, for the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The European Space Agency (ESA) CHEOPS satellite will fly as a secondary payload during the mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Built by Airbus Defense and Space in Spain with a scientific instrument developed in Switzerland – by the University of Bern and Geneva – the device will observe the transit of planets around other stars to measure their rays. The Soyuz 2-1b (Soyuz ST-B) rocket will use an upper Fregat stage. Well, since Guyana is in South America (in the North), I am still in the Americas, hence this blog, Press-Trip America. I'll try to comment on the launch from here in Florida. So I am not accredited for Kourou - although I have already attended two launches (TVSat in 1987 and Smart One in 2003), since I am not there. </span><span lang="FR">So, see you soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mon collègue, le Prof. Dr Thomas Schildknecht en conférence devant les jeunes de JULA19 le 31 juillet 2019 aux Grisons. - Photo :rke</td></tr>
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[Courtedoux, Jura, Switzerland August 5, 2019] – L'article du Matin online:<br />
<a href="https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/vie-regarder-decoller-fusees/story/14472619"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>IL PASSE SA VIE À REGARDER DÉCOLLER LES FUSÉES</b></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Seul photographe suisse accrédité sur les pas de tir, Roland J. Keller a assisté à 30 lancements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Grisons : conférence avec des collègues <span style="caret-color: rgb(249, 203, 156);">renommés</span></span></b></span><br />
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[<a href="https://www.myswitzerland.com/fr-ch/destinations/s-chanf/">S-Chanf (Graubünden) </a>July 31, 2019] - Comme ce fut le cas lors de trois autres interventions, j'ai eu la chance et l'occasion le 31 juillet dernier de donner une conférence au Camp de Jeunesse de la Fondation ProAéro chapeauté par l'Aéro-Club de Suisse. Son but : rapprocher les participants de l'univers du vol, et d'éveiller leur enthousiasme. Il leur est donné autant une introduction à la théorie et à la pratique du vol au travers de travaux manuels ludiques, que des informations sur toutes les branches de l'aéronautique, ainsi qu'une vue d'ensemble de ses métiers. Tous ces jeunes, des ados un peu geek d'aviation et le nez au nez ciel, sont nourris et logés à moindre coût. L'encadrement des écolières et écoliers, dans des groupes de max 16 jeunes environ, est assuré par des monitrices et moniteurs expérimentés. Il paraît que même Claude Nicollier est passé par là dans sa jeunesse.</div>
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Engagé par l'Association Spatiale Suisse (SRV) sous l'égide de l’Académie suisse des sciences techniques (SATW), j'ai donc eu l'occasion de parler – pour la 4e fois consécutive – des avions de l'espace devant une trentaine de jeunes romands très, mais alors très euphoriques ! Ce qui ne m'a pas déplu, évidemment. Comme je rentrais de mon dernier trip des USA, j'ai pu ramener du matériel pour lancer un concours (1er prix : un t-shirt avec lunettes 3D, 2e prix : un stylo spatial) qui a connu un vif succès. J'étais accompagné par Jörg Sekler (initiateur du concours), président de la SRV et professeur émérite de la Haute École d'Ingénierie (FHNW) qui m'a secondé dans mon speech. Il a d'ailleurs eu la chance d'être un invité spécial de la NASA à Cap Canaveral au lancement de la mission Apollo-Soyuz en 1975.</div>
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Mes deux autres collègues, le Prof. Dr Thomas Schildknecht (astrophysicien à l'Université de Berne, UNIB) et le Dr Emiliano Cordelli (de l'UNIB également) ont respectivement donné une conférence en allemand et en italien dans d'autres salles. J'étais donc fier d'être entouré par des personnalités de cette renommée et de pouvoir m'exprimer devant cette jeunesse !</div>
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[Cap Canaveral, July 25, 2019] – Bonne tactique. Ce n’est pas faute d’avoir loupé un lancement le premier jour, le 24 juillet 2019,en raison d’une météo orageuse et instable (alors 30% de chances de réussite), qu’il faut renoncer de tenter le coup au deuxième jour aux mêmes conditions. On en a eu la preuve ce jeudi 25 juillet. À midi, il pleuvait des gouttes incessantes sur le centre spatial. De gros nuages foncés se sont même amoncelés sur le pas de tir, et voilà que tout à coup, une heure avant le lancement, le ciel s’est dégagé. </div>
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Eh, que voulez-vous, c’est la Floride ! Je me suis donc rendu, toujours le seul reporter accrédité, sur la désormais classique très longue route surveillée NASA Causeway accompagné d’une trentaine de photographes. Nous y sommes allés cette fois avec un seul bus. On y a posé nos appareils à photos et caméras le long d’une lagune en vue directe (3 miles ou 5 km le plus près) de la fusée Falcon que nous avons très nettement distinguée. Comme je le relate dans un précédent décollage (cliquez ici), lors d'un lancement, on se rend mieux compte des efforts que des humains (ingénieurs, mécanos, planificateurs, administrateurs, partenaires) ont dû fournir pour être prêts à l’heure « H ». Car quand la fusée s’élève à peine, c’est non seulement la vision d’un engin qui décolle, mais un condensé d’efforts qui éclôt. Et lors retour sur Terre, c'est comme une épée de Damoclès sur nos têtes.</div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: x-large;"><b>Cape Canaveral (Florida) – Graubünden (Switzerland) : aeronautical rejuvenation cure</b></span></div>
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[<a href="https://www.valdanniviers.ch/fr/grimentz-st-jean-1467.html">Grimentz, Wallis, Switzerland,</a> August 16, 2019] - I take up writing again after my last trip to the USA. Following the launch of the NASA/SpaceX CRS-18 rocket, I had the opportunity to give a lecture in Graubünden, then an interview for Le Matin online written by Vincent Donzé, for which I translated his text into English below. So here is the rest of my trips. </div>
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[Courtedoux, Jura, Switzerland August 5, 2019] - The article in Le Matin online:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Roland J. Keller, the only Swiss photographer accredited on the shooting ranges, attended 30 launches.</b></span></div>
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Thirty accredited launches: at 62 years of age, Jura journalist Roland J. Keller beats European records in aeronautics. More precisely in aeronautical observation: this engineer is the only Swiss photographer accredited on shooting ranges (NASA/ESA/SpaceX) since... 1981! At Cape Canaveral, Roland J. Keller saw it all: the first and last flight of a space shuttle, the launch of Waldensian astronaut Claude Nicollier, the Challenger disaster...</div>
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When a million spectators attend a launch, Roland J. Keller is the closest to the launch pad, five kilometers away, with one hand under his telephoto lens while chasing mosquitoes... "The audience that holds its breath is a silent atmosphere that always gives adrenaline, with the fear of an explosion," explains this observer marked by Challenger. "Twenty seconds after takeoff, the sound comes to us, very shrill, with 3000 tons of thrust," says the Jura engineer. But the hidden side of a launch also impresses him: "What is happening before my eyes is the result of a lot of work for thousands of people".</div>
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Nothing predestined this child of Pleigne (JU) to stick his nose in the stars. Except that at the age of 13, on the night of July 20-21, 1969, he watched the moon landing at his grandmother Léontine's house, which had a small portable TV. The moon landing served as a trigger: schooled in Delémont, he started making models and became passionate about Apollo missions. At 13, he signed up for a trip to Cape Canaveral, via Radio TV8 magazine....</div>
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By opening the mail, his mother believes that he is invited to the launch of Apollo 13, without realizing that the trip is at his own expense: Roland returned the coupon for the sole purpose of receiving the documentation... At his home in Courrendlin (JU), an entire cellar is filled with it.</div>
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His first trip as a special envoy was in 1981. Roland J. Keller became a mechanical engineer and correspondent for the Jura daily newspaper "Le Démocrate", and launched the Astropresse space agency into orbit in 1986. Together with the European Space Agency, he is the only one on the continent to obtain photos from the laboratory in Houston, Texas. A flight in Concorde in 1987, another in Hunter with Claude Nicollier in 2011, a flight in Zero G on the Mediterranean in 2016, but Roland J. Keller is not a fanfarer: met this week at the former Courtedoux airfield (JU), he describes his experiences as "privileges".</div>
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"A flight in Concorde, twice the sound barrier, it was all the more crazy as the pilot was talking to me while looking at me... without risk of crossing another plane, at an altitude of 20,000 meters," says Roland J. Keller. The Hunter flight with Claude Nicollier also marked him: "The Valais found itself above us: my pilot had just made a blocked barrel...".</div>
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But the flight that shocked him was the one in weightlessness, at Zero G, in a plane that fell into a spin while performing parables: "Ecstasy for 32 seconds, like therapy..." blows this passionate man who has no pilot's license. "Being a reporter in space, yes! But pilot, no...", he smiles.</div>
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The Jura journalist has been accredited for so long that almost all doors are open to him. In 2012, he attended the funeral of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. Virgin Galactic (2013), Mission Jupiter (2016), ESA Orion module (2018): it has access to the main American stages of space exploration. And when he's not there, NASA worries: "Why didn't you come? Are you sick?".</div>
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His modesty takes over: "They like to know what a little Swiss man thinks of a big American rocket," says Roland J. Keller, editor-in-chief of "Swiss Engineering" magazine for the past twelve years.</div>
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His blog has found a mainly American audience. Roland J. Keller is ready to return to his second homeland, via Miami and Orlando, towards Cape Canaveral. Not for a vacation: "I work more there than here," he says. His wife and daughter let him do it: their passion is riding.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: large;">Graubünden: conference with high-profile colleagues</span><span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My colleague, Prof. Dr. Thomas Schildknecht, in a conference<br />
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<a href="https://www.myswitzerland.com/fr-ch/destinations/s-chanf/">S-Chanf (Graubünden), Switzerland</a>, July 31, 2019] - As in three other interventions, I had the opportunity and the opportunity on July 31 to give a lecture at the ProAero Foundation Youth Camp hosted by the Aero Club of Switzerland. Its goal: to bring participants closer to the world of flight, and to awaken their enthusiasm. They are given an introduction to the theory and practice of flight through fun manual work, as well as information on all branches of aeronautics, and an overview of its professions. All these young people, teenagers a bit of an aviation geek and with their noses to the sky, are fed and housed at a lower cost. The supervision of the pupils, in groups of max. 16 young people, is provided by experienced instructors. It seems that even Claude Nicollier went through this in his youth.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My colleague, Dr. Emiliano Cordelli, in a conference in front<br />
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Engaged by the Swiss Space Association (SRV) under the aegis of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW), I had the opportunity to speak - for the 4th consecutive time - about rocket planes in front of about thirty very, but then very euphoric young people from French-speaking Switzerland! Which I didn't dislike, of course. As I was returning from my last trip from the USA, I was able to bring back some equipment to launch a contest (1st prize: a t-shirt with 3D glasses, 2nd prize: a space pen) which was a great success. I was accompanied by Jörg Sekler (initiator of the competition), President of the SRV and Professor Emeritus of the University of Applied Sciences (FHNW) who assisted me in my speech. He was fortunate enough to be a special guest of NASA in Cape Canaveral at the launch of the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.</div>
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My two other colleagues, Prof. Dr. Thomas Schildknecht (astrophysicist at the University of Bern, UNIB) and Dr. Emiliano Cordelli (also from UNIB) gave a lecture in German and Italian respectively in other rooms. I was therefore proud to be surrounded by such renowned personalities and to be able to express myself in front of this youth!</div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: large;"><b>Flash back on my 30th accredited launch</b></span></div>
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[Cape Canaveral, July 25, 2019] - Good tactics. It is not for lack of having missed a launch on the first day, July 24, 2019, due to stormy and unstable weather (then 30% chance of success), that you have to give up trying on the second day under the same conditions. We received proof of this on Thursday, July 25. At noon, it was raining incessantly on the space center. Large dark clouds even gathered on the launch pad, and suddenly, an hour before the launch, the sky cleared. </div>
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Hey, what do you want, it's Florida! So I went, still the only accredited reporter, on the now classic very long supervised NASA Causeway road with about thirty photographers. This time we went there with only one bus. We placed our cameras and cameras along a lagoon in direct view (3 miles or 5 km closest) of the Falcon rocket, which we distinguished very clearly. As I recounted in a previous takeoff (click here), during a launch, we get a better idea of the efforts that humans (engineers, mechanics, planners, administrators, partners) had to make to be ready at the "H" time. Because when the rocket barely rises, it is not only the vision of a machine that takes off, but a condensed version of efforts that hatches. And when we return to Earth, it's like a sword of Damocles on our heads.</div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/vie-regarder-decoller-fusees/story/14472619">ER VERBRINGT SEIN LEBEN DAMIT, RAKETEN BEIM START ZUZUSEHEN</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roland J. Keller, der einzige auf den Schießständen akkreditierte Schweizer Fotograf, nahm an 30 Starts teil.</span></div>
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<li><b>Von Vincent Donzé</b> (<a href="https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/vie-regarder-decoller-fusees/story/14472619">Click here, in French</a>)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/vie-regarder-decoller-fusees/story/14472619">Le Matin online von August 11, 2019</a></td></tr>
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Dreissig akkreditierte Launches: Mit 62 Jahren schlägt der Jurajournalist Roland J. Keller europäische Rekorde in der Luftfahrt. Genauer gesagt in der aeronautischen Beobachtung: Dieser Ingenieur ist der einzige Schweizer Fotograf, der seit seiner Gründung auf Schießständen (NASA/ESA/SpaceX) akkreditiert ist..... 1981!</div>
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Am Cape Canaveral sah Roland J. Keller alles: den ersten und letzten Flug eines Space Shuttle, den Start des waldensischen Astronauten Claude Nicollier, die Challenger-Katastrophe.....</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Fünf Kilometer entfernt</span></b></div>
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Wenn eine Million Zuschauer an einem Start teilnehmen, ist Roland J. Keller der Startrampe am nächsten, fünf Kilometer entfernt, mit einer Hand unter seinem Teleobjektiv, während er Moskitos jagt.....</div>
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"Das Publikum, das den Atem anhält, ist eine stille Atmosphäre, die immer Adrenalin spendet, mit der Angst vor einer Explosion", erklärt dieser von Challenger geprägte Beobachter.</div>
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"Zwanzig Sekunden nach dem Start kommt das Geräusch zu uns, sehr schrill, mit 3000 Tonnen Schub", sagt der Jurainterieur. Aber auch die verborgene Seite eines Launches beeindruckt ihn: "Was vor meinen Augen passiert, ist das Ergebnis einer Menge Arbeit für Tausende von Menschen".</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Im Haus seiner Großmutter</span></b></div>
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Nichts prädestinierte dieses Kind von Pleigne (JU) dazu, seine Nase in die Sterne zu stecken. Nur dass er im Alter von 13 Jahren, in der Nacht vom 20. auf den 21. Juli 1969, die Mondlandung im Haus seiner Großmutter Léontine mit einem kleinen tragbaren Fernseher beobachtete.</div>
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Als Auslöser diente die Mondlandung: In Delémont ausgebildet, begann er mit dem Modellbau und wurde leidenschaftlicher Anhänger der Apollo-Missionen. Mit 13 Jahren meldete er sich für eine Reise nach Cape Canaveral an, über die Zeitschrift Radio TV8.......</div>
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Mit dem Öffnen der Mail glaubt seine Mutter, dass er zum Start von Apollo 13 eingeladen ist, ohne zu merken, dass die Reise auf eigene Kosten erfolgt: Roland hat den Gutschein ausschließlich zum Zwecke des Erhalts der Unterlagen zurückgegeben..... In seinem Haus in Courrendlin (JU) ist ein ganzer Keller damit gefüllt.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Sonderbeauftragter</span></b></div>
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Seine erste Reise als Sonderbeauftragter fand 1981 statt. Roland J. Keller wurde Maschinenbauingenieur und Korrespondent der Juratageszeitung "Le Démocrate" und startete 1986 die Raumfahrtagentur Astropresse im Orbit. Zusammen mit der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation ist er der einzige auf dem Kontinent, der Fotos aus dem Labor in Houston, Texas, erhält.</div>
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Ein Flug in der Concorde 1987, ein weiterer in Hunter mit Claude Nicollier 2011, ein Flug in Zero G am Mittelmeer 2016, aber Roland J. Keller ist kein Fanfarmer: Diese Woche auf dem ehemaligen Flugplatz Courtedoux (JU) getroffen, beschreibt er seine Erfahrungen als "Privilegien".</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Doppelte Wand</span></b></div>
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"Ein Flug in der Concorde, doppelt so hoch wie die Schallmauer, war umso verrückter, als der Pilot mit mir sprach, während er mich ansah.... ohne das Risiko, ein anderes Flugzeug zu überqueren, in 20.000 Metern Höhe", sagt Roland J. Keller.</div>
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Der Jägerflug mit Claude Nicollier markierte ihn auch: "Das Wallis befand sich über uns: Mein Pilot hatte gerade ein blockiertes Fass gemacht....".</div>
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Aber der Flug, der ihn schockierte, war derjenige in der Schwerelosigkeit, bei Zero G, in einem Flugzeug, das bei der Aufführung von Gleichnissen in einen Trudel stürzte: "Ecstasy für 32 Sekunden, wie Therapie...." bläst diesen leidenschaftlichen Mann, der keinen Führerschein hat. "Ein Reporter im Weltraum zu sein, ja! Aber Pilot, nein....", lächelt er.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Auf der Beerdigung</span></b></div>
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Der Jurajournalist ist schon so lange akkreditiert, dass ihm fast alle Türen offen stehen. Im Jahr 2012 nahm er an der Beerdigung von Neil Armstrong teil, dem ersten Mann, der auf dem Mond ging.</div>
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Virgin Galactic (2013), Mission Jupiter (2016), ESA Orion Modul (2018): Es hat Zugang zu den wichtigsten amerikanischen Phasen der Weltraumforschung. Und wenn er nicht da ist, macht sich die NASA Sorgen: "Warum bist du nicht gekommen? Bist du krank?".</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Ein kleiner Schweizer Junge</span></b></div>
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Seine Bescheidenheit übernimmt: "Sie wissen gerne, was ein kleiner Schweizer von einer großen amerikanischen Rakete hält", sagt Roland J. Keller, Chefredakteur der Zeitschrift "Swiss Engineering" in den letzten zwölf Jahren.</div>
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Sein Blog hat ein hauptsächlich amerikanisches Publikum gefunden. Roland J. Keller ist bereit, in seine zweite Heimat zurückzukehren, über Miami und Orlando, Richtung Cape Canaveral. Nicht für den Urlaub: "Ich arbeite dort mehr als hier", sagt er. Seine Frau und seine Tochter ließen es ihn tun: Ihre Leidenschaft ist das Reiten.</div>
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[Cape Canaveral, July 25, 2019, rke. <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>English below</b></span>] – Un rayon de soleil est venu s'immiscer aux alentours du centre spatial offrant un décollage somptueux de la fusée</div>
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SpaceX/Falcon 9 sur l'US Air Force Base avec la capsule commerciale Dragon CES-18 de ravitaillement à la Station spatiale internationale ISS. Le décollage a eu lieu à l'heure pile, soit 18h01 (0h01 Suisse) jeudi 25 juillet 2019. Mes premières images. Un succès et un cadeau pour mon 30e lancement comme reporter accrédité. News complète suivra.</div>
<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: x-large;"><b>NASA/SpaceX CRS-18 : A clear launch</b></span><br />
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[Cape Canaveral, July 25, 2019, rke] – A sunray came to the surroundings of the space center offering a sumptuous takeoff of the SpaceX/Falcon 9 rocket on the US Air Force Base with the commercial Dragon CES-18 refueling capsule at the International Space Station ISS.<br />
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The liftoff took place on time, at 6:01 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2019. My first images. A success and a gift for my 30th launch as an accredited reporter. Full news will follow.<br />
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-14120372220847077962019-07-25T15:34:00.000-04:002019-07-25T15:34:01.516-04:00NASA/SpaceX CRS18 : objectif K.O, batterie à plat<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Un collègue photographe. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C'est moi. Je dois ramener mon matériel.<br />- Photo by : Julian Leek</td></tr>
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[Cape Canaveral, July 25, 2019. <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>English below</b></span>] – Décidément, je suis un piètre photographe. Ce jeudi matin 25 juillet 2019, nous avons dû retourner sur le pas de tir, au pied de la fusée, régler nos appareils à photo. Après un jour d'attente, mon Canon n’a pas bien résisté à la pluie, mais j'ai cette fois réalisé les bons réglages de netteté et de déclenchement, mais c'est l'objectif (28-70) qui a été victime de l'humidité. Bon, c'est vrai, j'aurais mieux dû protéger mon appareil de la pluie qui ne cesse de tomber en ce moment. Du coup, j'ai dû reprendre mon matériel, car les piles de mon capteur de son sont à plat ! Tout simplement. Celle de réserve également. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Lancement à 0h01 ce vendredi 26 juillet (heure suisse)</span></b></div>
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Mais je peux me consoler, car je serai quand même aux premières loges sur la route NASA Causeway en face de la fusée (5 km), le plus près possible. Le lancement est toujours prévu ce soir 18h01 (0h01, vendredi 26 juillet en Suisse). Pour cette news, j'ai peu de texte à vous écrire. Je laisse parler les images.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dans l'attente du lancement sur le site du KSC News Center. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The damage on to the lens.<br />- Photo : rke</td></tr>
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Cape Canaveral, July 25, 2019] - I am a poor photographer. This Thursday morning, July 25, 2019, we had to return to the firing point, at the foot of the rocket, to adjust our cameras. After a day of waiting, my Canon didn't resist the rain well, but this time I made the right adjustments for sharpness and shutter release, but it was the lens (28-70) that was affected by the humidity. Well, it's true, I should have better protected my camera from the rain that keeps falling right now. As a result, I had to take my equipment back because the batteries in my sound sensor are dead! Quite simply. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Launch on Thursday 25 July at 6:01 p.m.</span></b></div>
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But I can take solace that I will still have a good view on the NASA Causeway road in front of the rocket (3 miles), as close as possible. The launch is still scheduled for tonight at 6:01 p.m. </div>
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For this news, I have little text to write to you. I let the images speak for themselves.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two colleagues: Julian Leek and Ken Kremer. Listen to the interview on Julian on :<br />FOX13 News : click here. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-81623202668099862332019-07-25T15:08:00.000-04:002019-07-25T15:08:34.425-04:00NASA/SpaceX : Scrub ! La fusée ne part pas…<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Falcon 9 on PAD 40 at KSC. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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[Cape Canaveral, July 24, 2019, rke. <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>English below]</b></span> – Scrub ! On craint ce mot, car il veut dire que la mission est annulée à cause de la météo, même une minute avant le décollage ce fut le cas ce mercredi 24 juillet à 18h24 (0h24, le 25 juillet en Suisse).<br />
Malgré de gros nuages qui se sont amoncelés sur le centre spatial, il y avait 30% de chances seulement que les conditions aient été favorables à un lancement et c’était encore suffisant pour tenter un tir. L'humidité étant de 62%, la température de 31 degrés C., c'est tout à fait normal pour la région en ce moment. Même avec des orages menaçants parsemés, nous avons pu installer, cinq heures avant le décollage, nos appareils photo à distance à une centaine de mètres de Falcon 9. Au lieu de 3/4 heure habituelle, on a eu que quinze minutes pour poser et régler notre matériel, ce qui a provoqué un léger stresse de ma part, du fait qu'on a senti quelques gouttes de pluie venues nous perturber. Les nuages se déplacent très vite et le temps peut changer à tout moment. Pourtant, deux heures avant le décollage, tout était au vert. On est rentré bredouille et devons, ce jeudi 25 juillet, retourner sur le pas de tir régler nos appareils à photos.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Seul reporter étranger sur place</span></b><br />
Une fois de plus, sans prétention, je dois signaler que suis le seul reporter suisse sur place et même le seul étranger. Cela me fait drôle de ne pas retrouver mes collègues européens et canadiens, mais je suis quand même très bien intégré. Je peux dire qu’on me choye au Kennedy Space Center avec des collaborateurs toujours admiratifs de ma venue de Suisse rien que pour ce lancement. Mon 30e pour le 50e anniversaire d’Apollo 11.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before our leave on the launch PAD 40... the controls. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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[Cape Canaveral, July 24, 2019, rke] -<br />
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[Cape Canaveral, July 24, 2019, rke] - Scrub! We fear this word, because it means that the mission is canceled because of the weather, even one minute before takeoff, this was the case on Wednesday 24 July at 18:24 (0:24, 25 July in Switzerland).<br />
Despite large clouds piling up on the space center, there was only a 30% chance that the conditions were favorable for a launch and it was still enough to attempt a shot. The humidity being 62%, the temperature 31 degrees C., this is quite normal for the region at the moment. Even with scattered threatening storms, we were able to install our remote cameras about 100 meters from Falcon 9 five hours before takeoff. Instead of the usual 3/4 hour, we only had fifteen minutes to set up and adjust our equipment, which caused a slight stress on my part, because we felt a few drops of rain coming to disturb us. Clouds move very fast and the weather can change at any time. However, two hours before takeoff, everything was green. We came back empty-handed and have to go back to the Remote Camera on Thursday 25 July to adjust our cameras.<br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>Only foreign reporter on site</b></span><br />
Once again, without pretension, I must point out that I am the only Swiss reporter on the PAD and even the only foreigner. It is strange to me not to find my European and Canadian colleagues, but I am still very well integrated. I can say that I am being indulged at the Kennedy Space Center with collaborators who are always admiring my coming from Switzerland just for this launch. My 30th lauch for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.</div>
Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-42002371255312873212019-07-23T23:48:00.002-04:002019-07-24T11:52:08.948-04:00NASA/SpaceX CRS-18 : tango de cellules et impression 3D de tissus humains dans l’espace<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">Elles ne dansent pas le tango, mais ce sont les cellules qui "swing" dans l'espace. Danielle Rosales et Ester J. Putman. - They do not dance tango, but it is the cells that are swinging in space. Danielle Rosales and Esther J. Putman. Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L'expérience Space Tango.<br />
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[Cape Canaveral, July 23, 2019, rke. <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>English below]</b></span> – Ainsi donc, la 18e mission SpaceX pourra enfin décoller (si tout va encore bien jusque-là) ce mercredi 24 juillet à 18h24 (0h24 en Suisse). Dans le cadre du contrat de services de ravitaillement commercial de la NASA, l’engin spatial Dragon livrera des fournitures pour les astronautes de la Station spatiale internationale (ISS), y compris une douzaine d’expériences qui pourront aboutir à 250 recherches scientifiques (expéditions 59/60). </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J'ai enfin reçu mes 2 badges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Few people this day in the press room. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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Deux entreprises de haute technologie se sont associées pour développer la première imprimante 3D capable de fabriquer des tissus humains en microgravité dans l'espace. <b><a href="https://techshot.com/">Techshot</a> </b>Inc. et <b><a href="https://www.nscrypt.com/">nScrypt</a> </b>(Floride) fabricants de bioimprimantes et imprimantes électroniques 3D industrielles les plus avancées au monde, ont développé la 3D BFF (BioFabrication Facility ). Celle-ci utilisera des cellules humaines adultes (telles que des cellules souches ou pluripotentes) et des protéines dérivées de tissus adultes comme bioencres pour créer des tissus viables. Une petite jeune entreprise de bio-encreurs, Bioficial Organs, a également été consultée sur le projet.Une autre société, <a href="https://spacetango.com/"><b>Space Tango</b></a>, embarque une expérience qui vise à développer de nouveaux produits pour améliorer la vie sur Terre. Car en microgravité, les cellules dites « microgliales » se développent et se déplacent dans les cultures tridimensionnelles (3D). Ces microglies représentent un type de cellule de défense immunitaire que l'on trouve dans notre système nerveux central. Les résultats pourraient ainsi aider à trouver de nouvelles approches pour caractériser, comprendre et mettre au point des traitements contre la maladie de Parkinson et la sclérose en plaques. Mais pourquoi avoir baptisé votre société Space Tango ? « Mais parce que les cellules dans l’espace ça swing ! » m’ont répondu Esther J. Putman et Danielle Rosales, deux étudiantes du projet de l’entreprise de Lexington (Kentucky).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Je suis au 1er rang, chemise bleue. - Photo : NASA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The space rack on CRS-18. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: x-large;"><b>NASA/SpaceX CRS-18 : cell tango and 3D printing of human tissues in space</b></span><br />
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[Cape Canaveral, July 23, 2019, rke] - So, the 18th SpaceX mission will finally take off (if all goes well so far) on Wednesday, July 24 at 6:24 p.m. (East). As part of NASA's commercial refueling services contract, the Dragon spacecraft will deliver supplies for International Space Station (ISS) astronauts, including a dozen experiments that could lead to 250 scientific investigations (59/60 expeditions). </div>
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Two high-tech companies have teamed up to develop the first 3D printer capable of manufacturing human tissues in microgravity in space. <a href="https://techshot.com/"><b>Techshot Inc</b></a>. and <a href="https://www.nscrypt.com/"><b>nScrypt</b></a> (Florida), the world's most advanced manufacturers of industrial 3D bioprinters and electronic printers, have developed the 3D BFF (BioFabrication Facility). This will use adult human cells (such as stem cells or pluripotent cells) and proteins derived from adult tissues as bio-ink to create viable tissues. A small start-up bio-inker company, Bioficial Organs, was also consulted on the project.</div>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-37301728146939098092019-07-21T23:08:00.000-04:002019-07-21T23:15:53.009-04:00Flash-back : de Pleigne (Jura) à la Lune<div style="text-align: justify;">
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les 50 ans d'Apollo 11 ce 21 juillet 2019. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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[Cape Canaveral, July 21, 2019, rke. <b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">English below</span></b>] – Flash-back il y a 50 ans dans un petit village de <a href="http://www.pleigne.ch/">Pleigne</a> (Jura suisse). La ferme de mon grand-père Arthur Brosy, au milieu du village, à l’endroit dit « la Vie de Ferrette », habitation d’ailleurs rachetée et transformée par mon frère Claude qui y habite aujourd’hui avec sa famille.</div>
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Planté devant un très petit poste de télévision cathodique en noir-blanc, un jeune ado pas encore geek (mais presque) a les yeux rivés devant les images en direct d’Apollo 11, en provenance de la Lune. Armstrong pose son pied, puis Aldrin. Je suis subjugué, envahi par une grande admiration de ce que l’Homme est capable de réaliser. Il est 3h56 du matin en Suisse ce 21 juillet 1969, le temps est très nuageux et on ne voit pas la Lune. Mais les deux hommes, quasi fantomatiques, qui déambulent, sont bien-là. Tout comme ma grand-mère Léontine qui s’est réveillée tout exprès pour l’occasion. Elle est fan des grands événements, de somptueuses cérémonies, comme l’épopée des Kennedy ou les princesses royales. Elle est plus qu’admirative devant ces images captivantes, quasi envoûtantes. Je pense avoir un peu hérité d’elle en ce qui concerne les grands moments de l’histoire.</div>
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Le direct dure plus d’une heure et demie, le jour se lève. Le pas de géant, c’est d’avoir prouvé que l’humanité peut accomplir de grandes choses si elle le veut, même sauver la planète bleue de son agonie écologique. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">À l'entrée du centre spatial, il est tombé dans le canal.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Les fidèles </span></b></div>
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Ces derniers jours, j’ai reçu de nombreux messages de mes lecteurs du village de Pleigne qui me suivent fidèlement.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Tout d’abord de Pierre-André Grossenbacher, féru d’hélicoptères qui ne loupe pas une occasion de me saluer dès que j’arrive aux USA (en général, c’est le premier à m’écrire)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Puis d’Hubert Ackermann, ancien instituteur, ancien maire (12ans), ancien rédacteur en chef de L’Écho de l’Arche (actualités des villages du Haut-Plateau delémontain), qui vient de me dire que je suis un terrestre-extra</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Enfin, le message de ma cousine Françoise Brosy qui me signale une petite anecdote : « le jour où on a marché sur la Lune, c’était le baptême de ma fille Géraldine et tous les invités étaient davantage intéressés par l’événement que par la cérémonie ». Géraldine, qui a fêté ses 50 ans le 11 juillet 2019, a quand même de la chance d’être née une année historique</li>
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<b>Ci-dessous, l’article de <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Benjamin Fleury</span> du Quotidien Jurassien du <span style="color: #f6b26b;">20 juillet 2019</span>, me concernant. </b><b>Traduit en anglais pour mon lectorat américain</b></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"><b>Dans le Jura, des étoiles plein les yeux</b></span></div>
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<li><b>L’exploit du 21 juillet 1969 a marqué toute une génération. Les Jurassiens Roland J. Keller et Eric Ankii ont été captifs tout particulièrement par la première conquête lunaire</b></li>
<li><b>Le premier est actuellement à Cap Canaveral en pèlerinage. Le second avait assisté au lancement de ta fusée sur place, ce qui fut le début d'une aventure folle de 800 000 km</b></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Le Quotidien Jurassien du 20 juillet 2019 - <a href="http://www.lqj.ch/">www.lqj.ch</a></td></tr>
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Les premiers pas de |’Homme sur la Lune, par le commandant Neil Armstrong et Buzz Aldrin, sont un souvenir qui restera marqué à jamais dans les esprits des personnes en âge de s’en rappeler. A 3h56, heure suisse, les images floues transmises par la NASA aux chaines de télévision laissaient deviner |’événement historique. L’aboutissement d’années de préparations, mais aussi de rivalité entre les deux grandes puissances de la Guerre froide: les LSA et PURSS.</div>
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Dans le Jura, à Peigne, ce fut une nuit blanche pour Roland J. Keller, alors âgé de 13 ans. «Je regardais la télévision avec ma grand-mère et cela a allumé ma passion. Ce phénomène d’être sur la Lune m’a attiré», confie le journaliste jurassien qui habite aujourd’hui Courrendlin. Cette forte attraction pour la Lune ne I’a plus quitté. Après Apollo 11, les hommes sont retournés sur le satellite de la Terre à plusieurs reprises jusqu’en 1972 grâce au programme spatial du président Kennedy. Tout au long de ces tentatives périlleuses, Roland J. Keller accumule une quantité de documents et de revues. Jusqu’à devenir un fin connaisseur de Cap Canaveral, de l’espace et des navettes voyageant entre Terre et Lune.</div>
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<b>Il a vu les flammes de Challenger</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Je me suis levé très, très tôt, ce dimanche 21<br />
juillet 2019 pour être le premier à voir un<br />
Florida Today. Une heure après, tout était vendu !<br />
Les journaux imprimés ont toujours la cote !<br />
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Devenu reporter dans le domaine spatial, wu est aujourd’hui le seul Suisse a être accrédité au complexe de lancement spatial en Floride, ce qui constitue un sacré tour de force. «J’en suis fier», admet celui qui est défini dans le pays de la conquête spatiale comme «le petit Suisse qui vient voir les grandes fusées américaines». Un privilégié qui peut poser son matériel sur le pas de tir et qui est convié aux conférences de presse. À chaque fois qu’il s’y rend pour voir un lancement, l’adrénaline le prend, car ce sont souvent des mois — voire des années de travail — qui se jouent en quelques secondes. Et tout n'est pas toujours rose, comme ce fameux 28 janvier 1986 où la navette Challenger se désintégra avec sept personnes à bord, une minute après le décollage. Un instant terrible: «Il y avait beaucoup d’invités à proximité et soudain tout s’est arrêté. Plus personne ne bougeait. Sur le moment, on ne savait pas comment réagir. On a seulement fait notre travail de journaliste, à savoir récolter et envoyer les infos.» Un demi-siècle après le fameux «bond de géant pour l’humanité», une fusée partira du centre spatial demain pour ravitailler la station spatiale internationale. L’occasion pour Roland J. Keller d’assister è son 30° lancement de fusée, mais aussi, et surtout de faire un pèlerinage sur le pas de tir d’ Apollo 11, là où tout a débuté. «J’y vais, car c’est symbolique. Je veux y être», relève le journaliste, pour une fois incapable de retranscrire en mots ce qu'il ressent.</div>
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le 19 juillet 2019. - Écoutez le son :<br />
<a href="https://www.rfj.ch/Scripts/Index.aspx?id=4394684">Cliquez ici</a></td></tr>
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Rédacteur en chef d’une revue scientifique destinée aux ingénieurs, Roland J. Keller devrait donc vivre demain «son premier petit rêve». Ne pouvant aller lui-même sur la Lune, en a-t-il un second sur la planète bleue? «]’aimerais assister à un lancement de fusée pour la Lune», glisse celui qui soutient le président Trump au moins sur un point. Ce dernier a en effet relancé l’idée d'une reconquête lunaire, plusieurs décennies après que la NASA a réussi son audacieux pari.</div>
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Si certains doutent que l’homme n’ait jamais foulé la froide surface lunaire, Roland J. Keller balaye ces théories du complot d’un revers de main. «Ça aurait été plus difficile de « schinder » que d’y aller. Les chiffres sont là, la fusée a décollé.» Cela a représenté un travail de près de dix ans avec 400 OOO personnes impliquées», souligne-t-il, convaincu que l’homme a pu accomplir ce qui était fantasmé depuis des siècles.</div>
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Seize ans après Tintin, cette fois, «on a marché sur la lune».</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">[Cape Canaveral, July 21, 2019, rke] – </span>Flashback 50 years ago in a small village in <a href="http://www.pleigne.ch/">Pleigne</a> (Swiss Jura). My grandfather Arthur Brosy's farm, in the middle of the village, in the place called "La Vie de Ferrette,” a house bought and transformed by my brother Claude who now lives there with his family.</div>
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Standing in front of a very small black and white cathode television set, a young teenager who is not yet a geek (but almost) is staring at the live images of Apollo 11 from the Moon. Armstrong sets his foot down, then Aldrin. I am overwhelmed, overwhelmed by a great admiration for what Man is capable of achieving. It is 3:56 a.m. in Switzerland on July 21, 1969, the weather is very cloudy and you can't see the Moon. But the two men, almost ghostly, who are walking around. Just like my grandmother Léontine who woke up especially for the occasion. She is a fan of great events, sumptuous ceremonies, such as the Kennedy epic or royal princesses. She is more than admiring these captivating, almost bewitching images. I think I inherited a little bit from her with regard to the great moments of history.</div>
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The live broadcast lasts more than an hour and a half, the day breaks. The great step forward is to have proven that humanity can achieve great things if it wants to, even saving the blue planet from its ecological agony. </div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>The faithful </b></span></div>
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In recent days, I have received many messages from my readers in the village of Pleigne who follow me faithfully.</div>
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<li>First of all, Pierre-André Grossenbacher, a helicopter enthusiast who never misses an opportunity to greet me as soon as I arrive in the USA (in general, he is the first to write to me)</li>
<li>Then Hubert Ackermann, former teacher, former mayor (12 years old), former editor-in-chief of L'Écho de l'Arche (news from the villages of the Haut-Plateau delémontain), who just told me that I am an earthly extra.</li>
<li>Finally, the message from my cousin Françoise Brosy who tells me a little anecdote: "The day we walked on the Moon, it was the baptism of my daughter Géraldine and all the guests were more interested in the event than in the ceremony". Géraldine, who celebrated her 50th birthday on July 11, 2019, is still lucky to have been born in a historic year.</li>
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Article written by <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>Benjamin Fleury</b></span> in the Quotidien Jurassien dated <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>July 20, 2019</b></span>, concerning me. Translated into English for my American readership </div>
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<li>The first is currently on pilgrimage to Cape Canaveral. The second one had attended the launch of your rocket on the spot, which was the beginning of a crazy 800,000 km adventure</li>
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The first steps of Man on the Moon, by Commander Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, are a memory that will remain forever in the minds of those of us of age to remember. At 3:56 a.m. Swiss time, the fuzzy images transmitted by NASA to the television channels suggested a historical event. The result of years of preparation, but also of rivalry between the two great powers of the Cold War: the LSA and PURSS.</div>
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In the Jura, in Pleigne, it was an all-nighter for Roland J. Keller, then 13 years old. "I was watching television with my grandmother and it ignited my passion. This phenomenon of being on the Moon attracted me," says the Jura journalist who now lives in Courrendlin. This strong attraction for the Moon never left him. After Apollo 11, the men returned to the Earth's satellite several times until 1972 thanks to President Kennedy's space program. Throughout these perilous attempts, Roland J. Keller accumulated a quantity of documents and reviews. Until he became a fine connoisseur of Cape Canaveral, space and shuttles traveling between Earth and the Moon.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orlando Sentinel. July 21, 1969.</td></tr>
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As a space reporter, who is now the only Swiss to be accredited to the Florida space launch complex, which is quite a feat. "I am proud of it," admits the man who is defined in the country of the space conquest as "the little Swiss who comes to see the big American rockets.” A privileged one who can put his equipment on the firing point and is invited to press conferences. Every time he goes there to see a launch, the adrenaline takes it, because it's often months - even years of work - that are played out in a few seconds. And not everything is always rosy, like that famous January 28, 1986, when the Challenger shuttle disintegrated with seven people on board, one minute after takeoff. A terrible moment: "There were many guests nearby and suddenly everything stopped. No one was moving anymore. At the time, we didn't know how to react. We only did our job as journalists, which was to collect and send the information." Half a century after the famous "giant leap for humanity", a rocket will leave the space center tomorrow to refuel the international space station. The opportunity for Roland J. Keller to attend his 30th rocket launch, but also, and above all, to make a pilgrimage to the Apollo 11 launch pad, where everything began. "I'm going because it's symbolic. I want to be there," the journalist notes, for once unable to put into words what he feels.</div>
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Roland J. Keller, editor-in-chief of a scientific journal for engineers, should therefore live out his "first little dream" tomorrow. Unable to go to the moon himself, does he have a second one on the blue planet? "Would like to see a rocket launch for the moon," says the man who supports President Trump on at least one point. The latter has indeed revived the idea of a lunar reconquest, several decades after NASA succeeded in its audacious bet.</div>
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While some doubt that man has never walked on the cold lunar surface, Roland J. Keller sweeps away these conspiracy theories with a flick of the wrist. "It would have been more difficult to make a fake than to go there. The numbers are there, the rocket has taken off." It represented a work of nearly ten years with 400 000 people involved," he emphasizes, convinced that man has been able to accomplish what had been fantasized for centuries.</div>
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Sixteen years after Tintin, this time "We walked on the moon.”</div>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-52567132780558077092019-07-20T21:56:00.002-04:002019-07-21T11:56:57.849-04:00Apollo (1969-2019) : ambiance et revue de presse<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, <span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>July 20</b></span>, 2019, <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>21:56 p.m</b></span>., rke. <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>English below</b></span>] </span>– Apollo 11 et la NASA sont sur toutes les lèvres, sur les T-shirts, dans les journaux, à la télé. Pas moyen d’échapper sur le sujet. Pour une fois pas de football, mais un foot, des « feet », des pas, un bond. Pris d’assaut, les journaux sont quasi vides dans les rares caissettes qui existent dans les supermarchés. À l’heure d’internet, preuve qu’il y a encore un intérêt pour les médias papier, chaque badaud souhaitant conserver un exemplaire historique du 50e anniversaire d’Apollo en ce 20 juillet précisément où à 21h56, Neil Armstrong à posé le pied sur la Lune. « Mais oui, encore cette NASA » me lâche un passant en me voyant accaparé à acheter le seul journal Florida Today. Comme lui n’a pas l’air de vouloir se l’approprier, je n’hésite pas à vite l’acheter, histoire de raconter mon histoire. La vendeuse tout sourire et un peu fière ne peut s’empêcher de me donner ses impressions sur l’aventure lunaire naissante, le projet d’Artémis de la NASA. « Pour moi cleptomanie bien qu’on reconquière la Lune et même plus loin, mais il faudrait quand même aussi un peu plus d’occuper de nous. », confie-t-elle.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">T-shirts NASA</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Au pays des fusées, rien ne m’échappe, surtout pas les innombrables T-shirts avec le logo NASA. Une nouvelle mode qui se répand en Europe et surtout aux USA. Après les T-shirts Hard Rock Cafe et les hoodies ornés des blasons des universités de l’Ivy League, c’est au tour des vêtements floqués du logo de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration d’avoir la cote. Alors, allez savoir pourquoi, L’iconographie américaine renvoie une image cool et urbaine qui plaît au public, même si, celles où ceux qui portent ces T-shirts ne sauraient décrire l’acronyme exact du mot NASA. NASA ça fait grandiose, ça fait sérieux, ça fait rêver.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Aujourd’hui, en ce samedi historique du 20 juillet 2029, c’est la première fois en 38 ans que je me rends à des lancements (accrédité officiellement), ma 30e mission de reportage, que je vois autant de touristes affluer au centre des visiteurs du Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Il faut patienter une heure avant de monter dans le bus qui mène au bâtiment qui contient la fameuse Saturn V du programme Apollo. Un monde fou s’est donné rendez-vous ce jour comme pour dire : j’étais-là, ce jour-là, avec mon T-shirt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">La capsule Orion est prête </span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buzz Aldrin au garde à vous lors de la cérémonie du 20 juillet<br />
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Attendue, la venue du vice-président américain Mike Pence ne m’a pas laissé indifférent. Inscrit comme il se doit dans les temps la NASA m’a fait savoir qu’elle n’acceptait pas de journalistes étrangers sur place dans le grand bâtiment d’assemblage de la nouvelle capsule Orion. Du coup, je ne suis rabattu devant l’écran géant des visiteurs pour suivre son discours. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/vice-president-unveils-nasa-spacecraft-for-artemis-1-lunar-mission-on-moon-landing">Pence, dans un ton posé, pondéré et convaincant a réaffirmé les objectifs d’envoyer un homme et une femme sur la Lune en 2024</a>, que la capsule Orion est quasi prête et que le lanceur SLS est bien avancé. Enfin, depuis les premières études d’Orion (voir ma visite : <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-capsule-orion-est-attendue-en-mars.html">cliquez ici</a>), c’est plutôt le moment. Idem pour le module de service européen : il est là : <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2018/11/nasaesa-orion-des-genoux-suisses-pour.html">cliquez ici</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">CRS-18 : lancement mercredi 24 juillet 2019 , comme l’amerrissage d’Apollo 11 (1969)</span></b></div>
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Pour ma part, je suis évidemment un peu déçu d’avoir été mis de côté, en tant qu’étranger, mais je peux me réjouir d’avoir obtenu mon badge vert fédéral qui me permettra d’assister pour la 30e fois, aux premières loges, au lancement d’une fusée. Même si le décollage de SpaceX-Falcon 9 CRS-18 est décalé à mercredi 24 juillet 18h24 (0h24 suisse jeudi), cela correspond jour pour jour à la date d’amerrissage d’Apollo 11, le 24 juillet 1969. <span lang="EN-US">Un bel épilogue, pas vrai ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: x-large;">Apollo 11 (50): vibes and press review</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">[<span style="text-align: start;">Cape Canaveral, </span><span style="color: #f9cb9c; text-align: start;"><b>July 20</b></span><span style="text-align: start;">, 2019, </span><span style="color: #f6b26b; text-align: start;"><b>21:56 p.m</b></span><span style="text-align: start;">., rke</span>] – Apollo 11 and NASA are on everyone's lips, on T-shirts, in newspapers, on TV. There's no way to escape on the subject. For once, no football, but a football, feet, steps, a leap. Taken by storm, the newspapers are almost empty in<img height="16" id="70mna9syqv8z" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAQAOUdAOvr69HR0cHBwby8vOzs7PHx8ff397W1tbOzs+Xl5ebm5vDw8PPz88PDw7e3t+3t7dvb2+7u7vX19eTk5OPj4+rq6tbW1unp6bu7u+fn5+jo6N/f3+/v7/7+/ra2ttXV1f39/fz8/Li4uMXFxfb29vLy8vr6+sLCwtPT0/j4+PT09MDAwL+/v7m5ubS0tM7OzsrKytra2tTU1MfHx+Li4tDQ0M/Pz9nZ2b6+vgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH/C05FVFNDQVBFMi4wAwEAAAAh+QQFMAA5ACwAAAAAEAAQAAAGg8CcMAcICAY5QsEwHBYPCMQhl6guGM5GNOqgVhMPbA6y5Xq/kZwkN3Fsu98EJcdYKCo5i7kKwCorVRd4GAg5GVgAfBpxaRtsZwkaiwpfD0NxkYl8QngARF8AdhmeDwl4pngUCQsVHDl2m2iveDkXcZ6YTgS3kAS0RKWxVQ+/TqydrE1BACH5BAkwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAZ+wJwwJ1kQIgNBgDMcdh6KRILgQSAOn46TIJVSrdZGSMjpeqtgREAoYWi6BFF6xCAJS6ZyYhEIUwxNQgYkFxwBByh2gU0kKRVHi4sgOQuRTRJtJgwSBJElihwMQioqGmw5gEMLKk2AEkSBq4ElQmNNoYG2OVpDuE6Lrzmfp0NBACH5BAUwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAaFwJwwJ1kQCDlCwTAcMh6KhDQnVSwYTkJ1un1gc5wtdxsh5iqaLbVKyVEWigq4ugZgTyiA9CK/JHIZWCsICCxpVWV/EzkHhAgth1UPQ4OOLXpScmebFA6ELHAZclBycXIULi8VZXCZawplFG05flWlakIVWravCgSaZ1CuksBDFQsAcsfFQQAh+QQJMAA5ACwAAAAAEAAQAAAGQcCccEgsGo/IpHLJzDGaOcKCCUgkAEuFNaFRbq1dJCxX2WKRCFdMmJiiEQjRp1BJwu8y5R3RWNsRBx9+SSsxgzlBACH5BAkwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAaJwJwwJ1kQCDlCwTAcMh6KhDQnVSwYTkJ1un1gc5wtdxsh5iqaLbVKyTEWigq4ugZglRXpRX5J5DJYAFIAaVVlfhNrURqFVQ9DYhqCgzkzCGdnVQBwGRU0LQiXCRUAORQJCwAcOTChoYplBXIKLq6vUXRCCQ22olUEcroJB66KD8FNCjUrlxWpTUEAIfkEBTAAOQAsAAAAABAAEAAABobAnDAnWRAIOULBMBwyHoqENCdVLBhOQnW6fWBznC13G8nZchXNllql5Bg2xA1cZQOwShwCMdDkLgk5GVgAUgAie3syVDkTbFIaiIkIJ0NiGnp7HiNonRVVAHEuFjlQFVQVAI0JCzYjrKCPZQWnf1unYkMVWrFbBLVoUIaPD8C6CwCnAMhNQQA7" width="16" /> the few boxes that exist in supermarkets. In this Internet hour, proof that there is still an interest in the print media, every onlooker wishing to keep a historical copy of Apollo's 50th anniversary on July 20th precisely where, at 9:56pm, Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon. "Yes, that NASA again" lets go of a passer-by when he sees me busy buying the only Florida Today newspaper. As he doesn't seem to want to own it, I don't hesitate to buy it quickly, just to tell my story. The saleswoman, all smiles and a little proud, can't help but give me her impressions of the nascent lunar adventure, NASA's Artemis project. "For me kleptomania although we are reconquering the moon and even further away, but we still need to take a little more care of ourselves,” she confides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">NASA T-shirts</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the land of rockets, nothing escapes me, especially the countless T-shirts with the NASA logo. A new fashion that is spreading in Europe and especially in the USA. After the Hard Rock Cafe T-shirts and hoodies adorned with the coats of arms of Ivy League universities, it is now the turn of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo flocked clothing to be in demand. So, who knows why, American iconography reflects a cool and urban image that appeals to the public, even if those who wear these T-shirts cannot describe the exact acronym of the word NASA. NASA is great, it looks serious, it makes you dream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Today, on this historic Saturday, July 20, 2019, this is the first time in 38 years that I have been to launches (officially accredited), my 30th reporting mission, that I have seen so many tourists flock to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) visitor center. It takes an hour to get on the bus to the building that contains the famous Saturn V of the Apollo program. A crazy world came together this day as if to say: I was there that day, with my T-shirt on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">The Orion Capsule Is Ready </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Waiting, the arrival of the American Vice-President Mike Pence did not leave me indifferent. Registered on time, NASA informed me that it did not accept foreign journalists on the site in the large assembly building of the new Orion capsule. As a result, I didn't fold back in front of the visitors' giant screen to follow his speech. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/vice-president-unveils-nasa-spacecraft-for-artemis-1-lunar-mission-on-moon-landing">Pence, in a calm, balanced and convincing tone, reaffirmed the objectives of sending a man and a woman to the Moon in 2024,</a> that the Orion capsule is almost ready and that the SLS launcher is well advanced. Finally, since Orion's first studies (see my visit: <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-capsule-orion-est-attendue-en-mars.html">click here</a>), it is rather the moment. Same for the European service module: it is there: <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2018/11/nasaesa-orion-des-genoux-suisses-pour.html">click here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">CRS-18: launch on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, such as the Apollo 11 landing (1969)</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For my part, I am obviously a little disappointed to have been put aside, as a foreigner, but I can be happy to have obtained my federal green badge that will allow me to attend the launch of a rocket for the 30th time. Even if the takeoff of SpaceX-Falcon 9 CRS-18 is postponed to Wednesday July 24 at 6:24 p.m. (0:24 Swiss time on Thursday), it corresponds to the landing date of Apollo 11, July 24, 1969. A nice epilogue, isn't it?</span></div>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-80471214629930775542019-07-19T20:28:00.001-04:002019-07-20T09:24:23.399-04:00Apollo : « Le programme lunaire a évité une 3e guerre mondiale » <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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[Cap Canaveral, July 19, 2019. <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>English below</b></span>] – Quand Dame Lune se réveille, la population s’émerveille. De son plein éclat en ce 19 juillet, veille des cinquante ans de l’alunissage, notre astre éclaire l’horizon loin à la ronde non seulement la nuit tombée, mais dans le cœur des Américains. À mon arrivée en Floride, le douanier a été tout admiratif de me voir débarquer faire un petit pas, dans sa grande Amérique. Une serveuse d’un fast-food m’a rappelé : « les fusées, ça c’est mon truc ! ». Je me suis senti un peu gêné d’être Suisse. L’ambiance est à l’unisson « si je puis dire » pour cet Apollo 11, ou plutôt Apollo 50, dit-on marquant ainsi tout le programme lunaire d’Apollo 1 (1967) à Apollo 17 (1972). </div>
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<b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">On sautille de petits pour faire décoller la fusée Saturne</span></b></div>
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Dans les rues pas de grandes pancartes qui évoquent la Lune. La grande attraction reste toujours le centre des visiteurs KSC (Kennedy Space Center) archi-comble de touristes qui viennent faire leurs petits pas voir la grande fusée Saturne V dans son hangar…. Dans une chaleur mouette à 70% d’humidité. La NASA a même installé en plein air un carrelage de planelles hexagonales sur lesquelles on peut poser les pieds. Plus il y a de petits pas, autrement dit, plus on sautille sur ces planelles, plus le baromètre monte, un peu comme applaudimètre) et lorsque le baromètre en forme de fusée est au sommet, la fusée Saturne (sur un écran vertical) décolle… avec le vrombissement reconstitué…</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">Pour l’Américain moyen, retourner sur la Lune représente une certaine fierté, même si les profanes ne voient pas trop les tenants et aboutissants. Après tout, cela ne peut que raviver le rêve, du tout bon pour les affaires. L'innovation spatiale est un levier de développement très rentable qui irrigue toute l'économie. Le programme lunaire a boosté nombre de technologies dont nous bénéficions encore aujourd’hui : le Téflon, le velvro, l’ensachage des chips, l’airbag, le détecteur de fumée et même les couches-culottes jetables...</span><span style="font-family: "courier";"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">D’ailleurs, le smartphone et la Wifi n’auraient jamais pu exister sans « l’accéléromètre » et le « gyroscope ». </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">382 kilos de roche lunaire </span></b></div>
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Les 382 kilos de roche lunaire rapportés sur Terre sont « les matériaux les plus précieux sur Terre » . De nombreuses découvertes sur la nature de l'Univers proviennent de l'étude de ces échantillons rapportés par la première mission, Apollo 11. Les scientifiques ont notamment pu comprendre la façon dont le satellite naturel de la Terre était né, pratiquement en même temps que la planète bleue, il y a 4,3 à 4,4 milliards d'années, à la suite d'un énorme impact sur l'ancêtre de notre planète. Mon confrère journaliste <a href="https://www.20minutes.fr/sciences/2548143-20190719-video-50-ans-homme-lune-apollo-11-permis-eviter-troisieme-guerre-mondiale">François de Closets</a> le rappelle : « Dans un certain sens, la mission Apollo 11 a permis de sauver notre planète. Pour la première fois, l’humanité a eu un éclair de génie, éviter une autre guerre mondiale, parce que l’on était quand même parti pour s’envoyer des bombes atomiques ! Aujourd’hui, il pourrait y avoir une guerre entre la Chine et les États-Unis. S’ils pouvaient la rejouer dans l’espace…</div>
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Les avantages d’un retour sur la Lune ? Utiliser notre astre comme tremplin pour aller sur Mars, car l’eau, qui n’y est pas abondante suffirait quand même à créer du comburant-carburant (oxygène-hydrogène). Un sacré challenge ! Et puis, il serait aussi possible d’en extraire de l’hélium-3, 300 fois plus présent sur la Lune que sur la Terre. Ce serait le carburant idéal : non polluant, sans déchets radioactifs, il offrirait un très haut rendement dans des réactions de fusion nucléaire.</div>
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Sans compter les avancées dans la recherche scientifique autour et sur la lune et ses potentielles retombées, le nouveau programme de la NASA Artemis (déesse de la Lune, fratrie d’Apollo-n) est très, très ambitieux. Trop pour notre époque ? </div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Le programme restant des festivités</span></b></div>
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Une grande action nationale et populaire a été mise sur pied aux USA, soit <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/events.html">200 manifestations</a> publiques depuis le début de l’année jusqu’au 5 août 2019, dont les 3/4 rien que ce mois de juillet. Cela va de pièces théâtrales, à des représentations dans des salles de cinéma, de tournées de golf (Alan Shepard était un féru de golf), des soirées en tenue spatiales, des défis d’étudiants en créant des alunissages avec des drones, des camps d’été lunaires, des dîners, des galas. D’ailleurs, le 16 juillet (jour du lancement, il y a 50 ans), il y a eu un gala officiel ici en Floride avec Collins et Duke. Sans oublier la Parade des astronautes dans Coco Bach en corvette, le 14 juillet. Un grand moment attendu ce samedi 20 juillet se situe sur le célèbre <a href="https://thepeoplesmoon.com/timessquare/">Times Square à New York</a> qui se transforme pour l’occasion en mer de la Tranquillité avec un pas géant lunaire reconstitué en sable. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Décollage reporté à mercredi 24 juillet</span></b></div>
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Et puis, nec plus ultra ce décollage CRS-18 de la fusée SpaceX Falcon 9, ici à Cap Canaveral qui, s’il n’est pas lunaire et habité, sera symbolique et quand même historique, même reporté de quelques jours. Même si ce lancement vient d’être reporté de quelques jours, il restera quand même dans les annales pour l’anniversaire d’Apollo… 50.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUUBBBGMD14Fl1VXLGhGsagHvCEv_309aFBjRJXaMTjmOe3UEzehH9c9ah9BRHkxx2baB_z5M0DM4QFF3MoSb0bqbeapVZ5sfG5ej95EcL0ZyaW87WlAHVAY6XMfyieqxEfuwZ4as2_AH/s1600/apollo50_%25C2%25A9roland_j_keller_www.rkeusa.blogspot.com_IMG_5943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUUBBBGMD14Fl1VXLGhGsagHvCEv_309aFBjRJXaMTjmOe3UEzehH9c9ah9BRHkxx2baB_z5M0DM4QFF3MoSb0bqbeapVZ5sfG5ej95EcL0ZyaW87WlAHVAY6XMfyieqxEfuwZ4as2_AH/s400/apollo50_%25C2%25A9roland_j_keller_www.rkeusa.blogspot.com_IMG_5943.jpg" width="280" /></a><b><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: x-large;">Apollo: "The lunar program avoided a 3rd World War"<img height="16" id="3if8zv1u41k9" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAQAOUdAOvr69HR0cHBwby8vOzs7PHx8ff397W1tbOzs+Xl5ebm5vDw8PPz88PDw7e3t+3t7dvb2+7u7vX19eTk5OPj4+rq6tbW1unp6bu7u+fn5+jo6N/f3+/v7/7+/ra2ttXV1f39/fz8/Li4uMXFxfb29vLy8vr6+sLCwtPT0/j4+PT09MDAwL+/v7m5ubS0tM7OzsrKytra2tTU1MfHx+Li4tDQ0M/Pz9nZ2b6+vgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH/C05FVFNDQVBFMi4wAwEAAAAh+QQFMAA5ACwAAAAAEAAQAAAGg8CcMAcICAY5QsEwHBYPCMQhl6guGM5GNOqgVhMPbA6y5Xq/kZwkN3Fsu98EJcdYKCo5i7kKwCorVRd4GAg5GVgAfBpxaRtsZwkaiwpfD0NxkYl8QngARF8AdhmeDwl4pngUCQsVHDl2m2iveDkXcZ6YTgS3kAS0RKWxVQ+/TqydrE1BACH5BAkwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAZ+wJwwJ1kQIgNBgDMcdh6KRILgQSAOn46TIJVSrdZGSMjpeqtgREAoYWi6BFF6xCAJS6ZyYhEIUwxNQgYkFxwBByh2gU0kKRVHi4sgOQuRTRJtJgwSBJElihwMQioqGmw5gEMLKk2AEkSBq4ElQmNNoYG2OVpDuE6Lrzmfp0NBACH5BAUwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAaFwJwwJ1kQCDlCwTAcMh6KhDQnVSwYTkJ1un1gc5wtdxsh5iqaLbVKyVEWigq4ugZgTyiA9CK/JHIZWCsICCxpVWV/EzkHhAgth1UPQ4OOLXpScmebFA6ELHAZclBycXIULi8VZXCZawplFG05flWlakIVWravCgSaZ1CuksBDFQsAcsfFQQAh+QQJMAA5ACwAAAAAEAAQAAAGQcCccEgsGo/IpHLJzDGaOcKCCUgkAEuFNaFRbq1dJCxX2WKRCFdMmJiiEQjRp1BJwu8y5R3RWNsRBx9+SSsxgzlBACH5BAkwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAaJwJwwJ1kQCDlCwTAcMh6KhDQnVSwYTkJ1un1gc5wtdxsh5iqaLbVKyTEWigq4ugZglRXpRX5J5DJYAFIAaVVlfhNrURqFVQ9DYhqCgzkzCGdnVQBwGRU0LQiXCRUAORQJCwAcOTChoYplBXIKLq6vUXRCCQ22olUEcroJB66KD8FNCjUrlxWpTUEAIfkEBTAAOQAsAAAAABAAEAAABobAnDAnWRAIOULBMBwyHoqENCdVLBhOQnW6fWBznC13G8nZchXNllql5Bg2xA1cZQOwShwCMdDkLgk5GVgAUgAie3syVDkTbFIaiIkIJ0NiGnp7HiNonRVVAHEuFjlQFVQVAI0JCzYjrKCPZQWnf1unYkMVWrFbBLVoUIaPD8C6CwCnAMhNQQA7" width="16" /></span></b></div>
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[Cape Canaveral, July 19, 2019. English below] - When Lady Moon wakes up, the population marvels. In its full splendor on this July 19, the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, our star illuminates the horizon far and wide, not only at nightfall, but in the hearts of Americans. When I arrived in Florida, the customs officer was all admiring to see me take a small step forward in his great America. A waitress at a fast food restaurant reminded me: "Rockets are my thing! » I felt a little embarrassed to be Swiss. The atmosphere is in unison "if I may say" for this Apollo 11, or rather Apollo 50, thus marking the entire lunar program from Apollo 1 (1967) to Apollo 17 (1972). </div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;">We jump from little ones to make the Saturn rocket take off</span></b></div>
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In the streets no big signs that evoke the Moon. The main attraction is still the KSC (Kennedy Space Center) visitor center, which is packed with tourists who come to see the big Saturn V rocket in its hangar.... In a seagull heat with 70% humidity. NASA has even installed a tile of hexagonal planks in the open air on which feet can be placed. The smaller steps there are, in other words, the more one jumps on these planes, the more the barometer rises, a little like applaudometer) and when the rocket-shaped barometer is at the top, the Saturn rocket (on a vertical screen) takes off... with the reconstituted roar...</div>
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For the average American, returning to the moon is a source of pride, even if lay people don't see the ins and outs. After all, it can only revive the dream, which is very good for business. Spatial innovation is a very profitable development lever that irrigates the entire economy. The lunar program has boosted many of the technologies we still benefit from today: Teflon, Velvro, chip bagging, airbags, smoke detectors and even disposable diapers...</div>
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Moreover, the smartphone and wifi would never have existed without the "accelerometer" and the "gyroscope." </div>
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The 382 kilos of lunar rock brought back to Earth are "the most precious materials on Earth". Many discoveries about the nature of the Universe come from the study of these samples brought back by the first mission, Apollo 11. In particular, scientists were able to understand how the Earth's natural satellite was born, almost at the same time as the blue planet, 4.3 to 4.4 billion years ago, as a result of a huge impact on the ancestor of our planet. My fellow journalist <a href="https://www.20minutes.fr/sciences/2548143-20190719-video-50-ans-homme-lune-apollo-11-permis-eviter-troisieme-guerre-mondiale">François de Closets</a> reminds us: "In a way, the Apollo 11 mission made it possible to save our planet. For the first time, humanity had a flash of genius, avoiding another world war, because we were still going to send atomic bombs at each other! Today, there could be a war between China and the United States. If they could play it again in space....</div>
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A major national and popular action has been organized in the United States, with <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/events.html">200 public demonstrations</a> since the beginning of the year until August 5, 2019, three quarters of which were held this July alone. They range from theatrical plays, to performances in cinemas, golf tours (Alan Shepard was a golf enthusiast), evenings in space suits, student challenges by creating lunar summer camps with drones, lunar summer camps, dinners, galas. In fact, on July 16 (the day of the launch, 50 years ago), there was an official gala here in Florida with Collins and Duke.</div>
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[Cap Canaveral, July 18, 2019, rke. <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">English below</span></b>] – Décidément, le destin m'a amené à un vol aérien très mouvementé. Pour des raisons économiques, j'avais opté (question de commodité de transit des bagages) pour une liaison Zurich-Frankfort et Frankfort-Orlando, plutôt qu'un vol direct de Suisse-USA puis un transfert dans un autre État US. Bien ou mal m'en a pris puisque j'ai eu droit à un détournement surprise en plein ciel. Oh, non pas un détournement par des terroristes, mais un "contour" de sécurité pour éviter une panne sèche ! Je m'explique. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #e69138;">En face de Cap Canaveral,, on vire à gauche toute !</span></b></div>
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Après 10 heures de vol coincé dans mon siège contre la fenêtre gauche, nous sommes arrivés perpendiculairement dans les airs en face de la Floride à 200 km de notre destination, Orlando ! Et, ironie du sort, alors que je me réjouissais de pouvoir passer sur Cap Canaveral et d'en photographier les tours de lancement depuis 12'000 m d'altitude, l'avion a brusquement viré, à gauche toute ! Pourtant j'étais bien placé. Zut ! Il aurait fallu que je sois assis du côté droit de ce Boeing 747-400 de la Lufthansa. Le pilote nous annonce alors en anglais et en allemand que nous mettons le cap sur Miami pour éviter un orage à notre arrivée... à Orlando. Mais, ils sont où ces nuages ? Par un ciel bleu et limpide, avouez tout de même qu'on puisse douter des dires du commandant, sachant que rien, mais alors rien ne laissait présager un tel scénario. Bon, on prend notre mal en patience et on profite d'une virée céleste jusqu'à Miami. Cependant, on ne nous informe pas de ce qui va nous arriver sur place. </div>
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On atterrit donc sans encombre sur le tarmac dans un recoin coin à peu de trafic. À bord, nous avons fait preuve d'une grande compréhension et d'une sacrée patience face à cet imprévu malgré le manque d'air conditionné au sol. Après une heure et demie d'attente sur la piste de Miami et un bon plein de kérosène, nous voilà enfin repartis pour Orlando, notre destination finale qu'on atteint à 21h30, soit 4 heures plus tard. Durée du trajet Frankfort-Orlando : 14h30 ! </div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/mes-trips.html">Mon 30e lancement accrédité</a></span></b></div>
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Me voilà donc à bon port, à Cap Canaveral, pour le but de ma mission : participer aux premières loges au lancement de la 18e mission cargo SpaceX-Dragon (CRS-18) dans le cadre du contrat de services de ravitaillement commercial de la NASA. Et ce, le même jour, le 21 juillet 2019, cinquante après les premiers pas de l'homme sur la Lune... Ma 30e accréditation 0fficielle d'un décollage en tant que reporter. Alors "Welcome in America", me revoilà pour vous conter de nouvelles aventures.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Pour marquer symboliquement les 50 ans de l'Homme sur la Lune, j'ai dormi ma première nuit à l'hôtel La Quinta, l'établissementdes premiers astronautes du programme Mercury. </td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhlQeF6eP-4ffPXMwAaI43pb8F-w5-tQgFO3Bf_srCW6xbn2OTEBDa0R9-QOBj_zNEgwQbDxTMETwNeAU664e7427RWW1i6Kmgn-tkfv3q84T2ul5EKMxd50HFYCtrAfu41z6Apzdy1Ul/s1600/IMG_5766+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhlQeF6eP-4ffPXMwAaI43pb8F-w5-tQgFO3Bf_srCW6xbn2OTEBDa0R9-QOBj_zNEgwQbDxTMETwNeAU664e7427RWW1i6Kmgn-tkfv3q84T2ul5EKMxd50HFYCtrAfu41z6Apzdy1Ul/s400/IMG_5766+2.jpeg" width="400" /></a>[Cape Canaveral, July 18, 2019, rke] - Fate has definitely led me to a very eventful flight. For economic reasons, I had opted (because of baggage transit convenience) for a Zurich-Frankfort and Frankfort-Orlando flight, rather than a direct flight from Switzerland to the United States and then a transfer to another US state. Good or bad, I was treated to a surprise diversion in the open sky. Oh, not a hijacking, but a security "contour" to avoid a dry run! Let me explain. </div>
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After 10 hours of flying stuck in my seat against the left window, we arrived at a 90° angle in the air in front of Florida 200 km from our destination, Orlando! And, ironically, while I was looking forward to passing Cape Canaveral and photographing its launch towers from 39000 feet above sea level, the plane suddenly turned sharply to the left! Yet I was well placed. Damn it! I should have been sitting on the right side of that Lufthansa Boeing 747-400. The pilot then told us in English and German that we were heading for Miami to avoid a storm when we arrived... in Orlando. Where the hell are those clouds? By a clear blue sky, admit that the commander's statements are doubtful, knowing that nothing, but then nothing suggested such a scenario. Well, we take our time and enjoy a heavenly ride to Miami. However, we are not informed of what will happen to us on the spot. So we land safely on the tarmac in a corner with little traffic. </div>
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On board, the passengers showed great understanding and patience in the face of this unexpected event despite the lack of air conditioning on the ground. After an hour and a half of waiting on the Miami track and a good tank of kerosene, we finally left for Orlando, our destination, which we reached at 9:30 p.m., or 4 hours later. Travel time Frankfort-Orlando: 14h30!</div>
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<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/mes-trips.html"><b>My 30th accredited launch</b></a></div>
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So here I am in Cape Canaveral for the purpose of my mission: to provide a front-row seat for the launch of the 18th SpaceX-Dragon (CRS-18) cargo mission as part of NASA's commercial refueling services contract. And this, on the same day, July 21, 2019, fifty years after man's first steps on the Moon.... My 30th official accreditation of a takeoff as a reporter. So "Welcome in America,” here I am again to tell you about new adventures.</div>
Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-16264101597326549242019-05-22T17:02:00.000-04:002019-05-31T04:52:15.213-04:00Salades, "dents de lion", crevettes et steak dans l'espace : la "Table gourmande" d'une chaîne de radios jurassiennes (RFJ-RJB-RTN)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In the International Space Station's Harmony node, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, harvests a crop of red romaine lettuce plants that were grown from seed inside the station's Veggie facility, a low-cost plant growth chamber that uses a flat-panel light bank for plant growth and crew observation. - Photo : NASA</td></tr>
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Ecoutez ! <a href="https://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Programmes/Les-emissions/La-Table-des-gourmands/La-Table-des-gourmands-la-tete-dans-les-etoiles.html">Click here</a></td></tr>
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[Delémont, Jura, Switzerland, May 22, 2019, rke. English below] – Des morilles, des steaks, des pommes, des salades. Tout, à peu près tout peu être dégustée dans la Station spatiale internationale (ISS). Interviewé par Jean-Michel, animateur depuis 21 ans à <a href="http://www.rfj.ch/">RFJ</a> (une radio locale jurassienne très écoutée et très en vogue), j'ai eu l'occasion de m'exprimer en direct mardi 21 mai de 18h20 à 20h, sur mes activités de reporter aérospatial. J'ai eu l'occasion de parler de mon vol ZéroG en état d'apesanteur avec Novespace (<a href="http://zero-g-rke.blogspot.com/2017/01/2017-le-1er-septembre-bordeaux-venez.html">cliquez ici</a>), de mon vol en Concorde en 1987, de celui avec Claude Nicollier en Hunter-Trainer au dessus du Valais et bien d'autre choses encore. </div>
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<b><a href="http://rkech.blogspot.com/2019/05/terre-vivante-vue-de-lespace-milan.html">Après "Terre vivante" de l'ESA</a></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzCBvtwYzuonPtRmsDbMEDjtxjtDWaKO3eF0RxvyP4HOUymlbLC_88i42yZygJrnRm2XFJGOSuH2GV0h1srUO1TkpRdXVgdHsTJVy_Ve4qfQOVzh0XrSpDicIkPYm56aAd-nypRyq8I5O/s1600/faire-pousser-salade-dans-lespace-une-1-e1513352224724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzCBvtwYzuonPtRmsDbMEDjtxjtDWaKO3eF0RxvyP4HOUymlbLC_88i42yZygJrnRm2XFJGOSuH2GV0h1srUO1TkpRdXVgdHsTJVy_Ve4qfQOVzh0XrSpDicIkPYm56aAd-nypRyq8I5O/s400/faire-pousser-salade-dans-lespace-une-1-e1513352224724.jpg" width="400" /></a>Entre autres "Terre vivante", un excellent symposium qui s'est déroulé à Milan mi-mai: cliquez ici. Et surtout de la nourriture spatiale, en marge de l'émission intitulée : "La Table des gourmands". A l’intérieur de l'ISS, chaque astronaute a droit à trois repas et à une collation par jour. Il les choisit avant son départ avec un médecin selon ses goûts et ses besoins nutritionnels (de 1'900 à 3'200 calories en fonction du sexe et du poids). On peut donc manger de tout dans l’espace mais cette nourriture doit être compacte et/ou déshydratée. Et elle est soumise à des règles. Par exemple, les aliments doivent être traités ou pasteurisés pour pouvoir être conservés pendant par exemple six mois, et ne doivent pas s’émietter, sans quoi ils risquent d’endommager les multiples appareils électroniques. Le pain est ainsi interdit.</div>
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Les astronautes réchauffent leur repas encore emballé au four à micro-ondes ou le réhydratent avec de l’eau chaude. Ils coupent l’emballage avec des ciseaux puis le mangent avec les doigts, sans assiette. Difficile en effet de faire la vaisselle dans l’espace. Pour les boissons, il faut réhydrater, avec de l’eau chaude ou froide, des sortes de poches à douille contenant, par exemple, de la poudre de café ou de chocolat. On introduit ensuite une paille spéciale qui empêche le liquide de s’échapper. Les astronautes, très occupés, ne mangent pas ensemble en journée, mais se retrouvent le soir autour d’une table fixée au sol. Une table qui, ironiquement, ne sert à rien puisque l’impesanteur ne permet pas de s’asseoir autour.</div>
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Le 10 août 2015, les astronautes ont goûté lundi 10 août pour la première fois des feuilles d’une salade qui a poussé dans l’espace. Pour palier le manque de soleil et à l’apesanteur, les plants de laitues romaines ont été éclairés à l’aide de LED (diodes électroluminescentes) pendant trente-trois jours, et le terreau est resté humide grâce à un système d’irrigation dans une boîte. Une partie de la récolte a été congelée pour être analysée de retour sur Terre.</div>
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- <a href="https://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Programmes/Les-emissions/La-Table-des-gourmands/La-Table-des-gourmands-la-tete-dans-les-etoiles.html">RFJ : La Table des gourmands de l'espace</a> : <span style="color: #e69138;">avec les sons !</span><br />
- <a href="https://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Programmes/emissions/Format-A3/Roland-Keller-chasseur-de-fusees.html">Roland J. keller : chasseur de fusées (RFJ)</a></div>
- <a href="https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/bio-hi-tech_ce-fran%C3%A7ais-qui-fait-pousser-les-salades-du-futur-en-suisse/43338258">Ce Français qui fait pousser les salades du futur en Suisse</a><br />
- <a href="https://www.infomeduse.ch/2019/05/23/difficile-de-faire-la-vaisselle-dans-lespace/">Infoméduse : difficile de faire la vaisselle dans l'espace</a><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;">Salads, "lion's teeth", shrimps and steak in space: the "Gourmet Table" of broadcasting channels (RFJ-RJB-RTN) Jura in Switzerland</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My audio interview from RFJ by Jean-Michel Probst.<br />
Listen : <a href="https://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Programmes/Les-emissions/La-Table-des-gourmands/La-Table-des-gourmands-la-tete-dans-les-etoiles.html">Click here</a></td></tr>
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[<a href="http://www.delemont.ch/">Delémont</a>, Jura, Switzerland, May 22, 2019, rke] - Morels, steaks, apples, salads. Almost everything can be est in the International Space Station (ISS). Interviewed by Jean-Michel, host for 21 years at <a href="http://www.rfj.ch/">RFJ-RJB-RTN</a> (a very popular broadcasting channels), I had the opportunity to speak live Tuesday, May 21 from 6:20 to 7 PM, on my activities aerospace reporter. I I had the opportunity to talk about my flight ZeroG in weightlessness with Novespace (<a href="http://zero-g-rke.blogspot.com/2017/01/2017-le-1er-septembre-bordeaux-venez.html">click here</a>), my flight in Concorde in 1987, the one with Claude Nicollier in Hunter-Trainer over the Valais and many more. other things again. </div>
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Among others, "Living Earth", an excellent symposium held in Milan in mid-May: click here. And especially space food, on the sidelines of the show titled: "The Table Gourmands".</div>
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Inside the ISS, each astronaut is entitled to three meals and one snack a day. He chooses them before his departure with a doctor according to his tastes and his nutritional needs (from 1,900 to 3,200 calories according to the sex and the weight). We can eat everything in space but this food must be compact and / or dehydrated. And she is subject to rules. For example, foods must be processed or pasteurized to be stored for six months, for example, and must not crumble, otherwise they may damage multiple electronic devices. The bread is thus prohibited.</div>
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The astronauts warm up their meal still wrapped in the microwave or rehydrate it with hot water. They cut the package with scissors and then eat it with your fingers, without a plate. Difficult indeed to do the dishes in space. For drinks, you need to rehydrate, with hot or cold water, some sort of piping bag containing, for example, coffee or chocolate powder. A special straw is then introduced which prevents the liquid from escaping. Astronauts, busy, do not eat together during the day, but meet at night around a table on the ground. A table that, ironically, is useless because the weightlessness does not allow to sit around.</div>
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On August 10, 2015, astronauts first tasted leaves of a salad that burst into space on Monday, August 10th. To overcome the lack of sun and weightlessness, the plants of Roman lettuce were lit with LEDs (electroluminescent diodes) for thirty-three days, and the soil remained moist thanks to an irrigation system in a box. Part of the crop was frozen for analysis back to Earth.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dans l’espace, le Belge Frank De Winne, le Russe Roman Romanenko et l’Américain Michael Barratt (de g. à dr.) à table, en 2009, dans la station spatiale internationale. - Photo : NASA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image prise par Craig Bailey du <a href="https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/2019/04/25/spacexs-crew-dragon-incident-sent-hazardous-chemicals-into-environment/3548180002/">Florida Today </a>le 20 avril 2019. - Photo © Craig Bailey.<br />
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[Cap Canaveral, April 26, 2019, rke - English below] - Le soi-disant incident – en réalité une « explosion » – lors de l’essai de la capsule Dragon de SpaceX, samedi 20 avril, préoccupe non seulement en haut lieu les autorités du centre de la Floride (Comté de Brevard), mais également tout un chacun. D’une part, parce qu’un autre décollage de SpaceX (d’ailleurs repoussé de 6 jours), est programmé pour mercredi 1<sup>er</sup> mai 2019 à 10 h locale (16h suisse). Ce nouveau tir est davantage attendu, car la fusée Falcon embarque en son sommet également une : capsule Dragon. Les essais statiques ordinaires du premier étage du lanceur de CRS-17 (photo ci-dessous) se sont fait attendre ce vendredi 26 avril, ce qui a alimenté encore le suspense. Essai de moteur qui, finalement, s’est déroulé parfaitement ce samedi 27 avril.</div>
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Certes, la capsule de CRS-17 n’est pas la même que celle qui a explosé, mais la population fait un amalgame entre l’un et l’autre vaisseau spatial. Et il y a une grande différence ! La capsule (camion) est chargée d’amener du matériel pour la Station spatiale internationale ISS par un autre « aiguillage » en étant accrochée à son arrivée par le bras robotique de la « locomotive » ISS. Tandis que la « capsule-astronaute », un peu plus cossue, s’amarre seule à l’ISS par une autre « voie » spatiale.</div>
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Lesquelles contiennent les moteurs SuperDraco, intégrés.<br />
Photo : Roland J. Keller, 1er mars 2019. Décollage : <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2019/03/falcon-9-dragon-demo-1-mes-premieres.html">cliquez ici</a></td></tr>
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Pour revenir à l’« explosion » en question, la fumée brunâtre qui s’est en dégagée, « aurait envoyé des composés chimiques dangereux dans l’environnement ». Ce n’est pas moi-même qui le relève, mais le très sérieux quotidien Florida Today (voir copie ci-contre) qui l’annonce dans son édition de vendredi 26 avril 2019 : « Les propergols de la capsule Crew Dragon – conçus pour fournir avec soin les tirs des moteurs pendant les anomalies de décollage et pour naviguer dans l'espace – sont beaucoup plus dangereux que ceux utilisés pour le lancement typique. L'hydrazine et le tétroxyde d'azote utilisés le samedi 20 avril sont appelés fluides hypergoliques, ce qui signifie qu'ils réagissent violemment lorsqu'ils entrent en contact les uns avec les autres. Ils sont utilisés dans les fusées et les engins spatiaux depuis des décennies parce qu'ils peuvent être stockés sur une longue période de temps et restent fiables. »</div>
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<b><span style="color: #e69138;">Toxique oui. Dangereux au loin, non</span></b></div>
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La fumée qui s’est dégagée sur le tir d’essai de samedi 20 avril était donc bien toxique, du moins pour ce qui est les alentours. Comme SpaceX et la NASA sont bien conscients des risques encourus, c’est pour cela qu’ils sont très sévères en nous empêchant d’assister (journalistes étrangers, comme Américains) à ces tests. Les images de Craig Bailey qui ont fait le tour de monde où l’on voit la fumée orange et des baigneurs (voir ci-dessus), ont été prises de très loin, environ 20 km au téléobjectif, d’où cette impression d’être proche. N’empêche que l’affaire « explosion Crew-Dragon » va faire couler encore beaucoup d’encre. D’autant plus que les dirigeants du programme spatial (surtout SpaceX) restent muets sur le déroulement de l’explosion. D’habitude si ouverte à donner des informations lorsque tout va bien (quoique), la société SpaceX ne fait pas tellement preuve de transparence médiatique lorsque tout va mal. Certes, on va faire preuve de patience en attendant le rapport final sur les causes de cette catastrophe. Mais un déroulement des faits aurait déjà pu atténuer nos soupçons. De quoi ? De cachotteries…</div>
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Évidemment, l’espoir de voir s’envoler les prochains astronautes américains de Cap Canaveral cette année s’amenuise. Ce qui profite un peu à la concurrence, Boeing, qui, avec sa capsule (aussi conique) « CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test » pourrait s’envoler dès le 17 août au bout d’une fusée Atlas 5, de United Alliance, la concurrence à SpaceX. Je dis bien pourrait.</div>
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Hey, où est la concurrence ? Entre Chinois et Américains ou entre les « acteurs spatiaux de l’Oncle Sam » eux-mêmes ?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><a href="https://www.lameduse.ch/2019/04/28/lexplosion-spatiale-etait-toxique-pourquoi-ces-cachotteries/"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">La Méduse.CH : </span></b><b><span style="color: #e69138;">l'explosion spatiale était toxique, pourquoi ces cachotteries </span></b></a>(only in French)</span></li>
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(avec astronautes) : mi-février 2020. Les paris sont ouverts !</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: x-large;">SpaceX lacks transparency </span></b><b style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">when </span></b><b style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">things go wrong</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intégrés à Dragon, les moteurs SuperDraco ont bien fonctionné lors des essais de 2015. Mais pas ceux du 20 avril 2019.<br />
Integrated with Dragon, the SuperDraco thrusters performed well in the 2015 tests. But not the ones of April 20, 2019.<br />
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[Cape Canaveral, April 26, 2019, rke] - The so-called incident - actually an "explosion" - during the SpaceX's Dragon Test Capsule on Saturday, April 20, is of great concern not only to the authorities in Central Florida (Brevard County), but also to everyone else. First, because another SpaceX takeoff (which has been postponed by 6 days) is scheduled for Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10 am local time. This new launch is more expected, as the Falcon rocket also carries a Dragon capsule at its top. The regular static tests on the first stage of the CRS-17 launcher (photo opposite) were delayed this Friday, April 26, which further fuelled the suspense. Engine test which, finally, went perfectly this Saturday, April 27.</div>
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qui sert de tests opérationnels au Port Cap Canaveral.<br />
No, it's not Crew-Dragon Demo-1, but a model which is used<br />
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Of course, the CRS-17 capsule is not the same as the one that exploded, but the population makes an amalgam between one and the other spacecraft. And there is a big distinction! The capsule (truck) is responsible for bringing equipment for the ISS through another "switch" by being attached when it arrives by the robotic arm of the ISS "locomotive". While the more affluent "astronaut capsule" docks alone to the ISS through another space "path". </div>
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<b><span style="color: #e69138;">Toxic, yes. Dangerous in the distance, no</span></b></div>
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The fumes that were released during the test firing on Saturday, April 20, were therefore very toxic, at least in the surrounding area. As SpaceX and NASA are well aware of the risks involved, that is why they are very strict in preventing us from attending these tests (foreign journalists, like Americans). The images of Craig Bailey who went around the world with orange fumes and bathers (see above), were taken from a very long distance, about 13 miles by telephoto lens, hence the feeling of being close. Nevertheless, the "Crew-Dragon explosion" case will still be a hot topic. Especially since the leaders of the space program (especially SpaceX) remain silent about the course of the explosion. Usually so open to giving information when everything is going well (but not so well), SpaceX does not show much media transparency when everything goes wrong. Certainly, we will be patient while waiting for the final report on the causes of this disaster. But a course of events could have already allayed our suspicions. Of what? Of what? Of hiding....</div>
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<b><span style="color: #e69138;">Boeing benefits</span></b></div>
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Of course, the hope of seeing the next American astronauts from Cape Canaveral fly away this year is dwindling. This is to the advantage of the competition, Boeing, which, with its (also conical) capsule "CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test" could fly away on August 17 at the end of an Atlas 5 rocket, from United Alliance, the competition to SpaceX. I mean, could.</div>
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Hey, where's the competition? Between Chinese and Americans or between the "Uncle Sam's space actors" themselves?</div>
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mid-February 2020. The bets are on!</div>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-11436030237149572852019-04-25T23:24:00.000-04:002019-04-26T11:37:58.676-04:00Entre tornade, haute couture spatiale et anniversaire<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivyicKkxJ2_U33G8SN_XnNnMw86YfGpJoMaFcAeU6deCsoDKCFCi05tqOOJmGo_AYpaqsrw26eqTsIkjRAGX40RX_0cYrlmXa-5flcuEsTd0cyXepp3ZyLR-kcC25O3wVbEcqRWauI0QV/s1600/-IMG_3544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivyicKkxJ2_U33G8SN_XnNnMw86YfGpJoMaFcAeU6deCsoDKCFCi05tqOOJmGo_AYpaqsrw26eqTsIkjRAGX40RX_0cYrlmXa-5flcuEsTd0cyXepp3ZyLR-kcC25O3wVbEcqRWauI0QV/s640/-IMG_3544.jpg" width="139" /></a>[Titusville, April 25, 2019, rke. English below] – <span lang="FR" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">Après deux lancements - Falcon Heavy 1<sup>er</sup>vol commercial Arabsat le 11 avril en Floride et Antares NG-11 Cargo le 17 avril en Virginie - j’ai eu l’occasion de rouler un bon bout de chemin de Wallops (Est de Washington) à Cap Canaveral : 13 heures, 870 miles (1’400 km) en ce vendredi 19 avril 2019. De quoi traverser toute la Virginie puis les Caroline du Nord et du Sud puis la Géorgie, avant d’atteindre la Floride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LWEw2rRIPKeaGMHW0iVfgmZkyKSoxy02I-lBhJ8Tcqq9Ljm7yrBttrt4SOWUeQ_VzcsC-9-OnO7if8CxG220VNViewLhCEjvSDELMCwUIInL1cuj0OECM-rTMWJ9AO44BCamQ80pPL86/s1600/-IMG_3543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LWEw2rRIPKeaGMHW0iVfgmZkyKSoxy02I-lBhJ8Tcqq9Ljm7yrBttrt4SOWUeQ_VzcsC-9-OnO7if8CxG220VNViewLhCEjvSDELMCwUIInL1cuj0OECM-rTMWJ9AO44BCamQ80pPL86/s320/-IMG_3543.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">À hauteur de Rocky Mount, j’ai, à ma grande surprise, reçu un SMS « Alerte tornade » (voir photo ci-contre). Habitué en Suisse à recevoir de fortes précipitations, je n’ai pas trop tenu compte des trombes d’eau se déversant sur nos véhicules. Néanmoins, je me suis quand même arrêté dans un Cracker Barrel, restaurant bien connu et apprécié des touristes. Et j’ai attendu que ça se passe….Puis j’ai repris la route tout de même inquiet de voir de grosses branches d’arbres s’envoler sur l’autoroute. D’un seul coup la tempête s’est arrêtée. Après un arrêt dans un hôtel Best Western en Caroline du Sud, j’ai repris mon trip en traversant la Géorgie pour arriver à Melbourne (en Floride, Sud de Cocoa Beach) samedi 20 avril.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">Entre-temps, le lancement de SpaceX Dragon CRS-17 prévu ce jeudi 25 avril a été repoussé au mardi 30 avril. Malheureusement, je ne pourrai pas prolonger. On séjour, question de coûts. N’empêche que ce trip aura été une sacrée belle aventure. J’ai eu une l’occasion de fêter mon 36e anniversaire (heu, pardon, mon 63e) avec mon collègue Gerard van de Haar et une ancienne employée du Kennedy Space Center (KSC) qui m’a offert une mini-plaquette avec insigne de la mission sur le vol tragique STS 107 de Columbia. Sur cet insigne figure plus précisément un morceau du revêtement de la soute d’une navette « Payload Bay Liner ». Comme j’en avais reçu un morceau lors de <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=jean+wright">Jean Wright</a></span> en avril 2018 : « Haute couture spatiale : la broderie intérieure des navettes » : <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=jean+wright">cliquez ici</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">STS 107 : hommage aux sept astronautes décédés</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">Pour rappel, le 1er février 2003, la navette spatiale américaine s’est désintégrée dans l’atmosphère au-dessus du Texas et de la Louisiane tuant ses sept astronautes à bord. La perte de ce vaisseau est due à un morceau de mousse isolante qui s’est de la taille d'un petit porte-documents s'est détaché du gros réservoir externe (oxygène & hydrogène liquide). Le débris a percuté le bord d’attaque de l’aile gauche de la navette, causant un trou sur le bouclier thermique de l’engin spatial, lequel protège la navette de la chaleur lors de la rentrée de l’atmosphère.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">Un événement qui, à l’époque, et même aujourd’hui encore muse un grand émoi aux USA. La tragédie de Columbia rappelant celle de la navette Challenger qui a explosé en vol, 72 secondes après son décollage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Saturday, April 20, 2019</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">Titusville, April 25, 2019, rke ] – </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">After two launches - Falcon Heavy 1st Arabsat commercial flight on April 11 in Florida and Antares NG-11 Cargo on April 17 in Virginia - I had the opportunity to drive a long way from Wallops (East Washington) to Cape Canaveral: 13 hours, 870 miles on Friday, April 19, 2019. Enough to cross all of Virginia, then North and South Carolina, then Georgia, before reaching Florida.</span></div>
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At Rocky Mount, to my great surprise, I received an SMS message "Tornado Alert" (see photo opposite). As I am used to receiving heavy rainfall in Switzerland, I did not take too much into account the water downpours pouring onto our vehicles. Nevertheless, I still stopped in a Cracker Barrel, a restaurant well known and appreciated by tourists. And I waited for it to happen... Then I went back on the road anyway worried about seeing big branches of trees flying off the highway. Then all of a sudden the storm stopped. After a stop at a Best Western Hotel in South Carolina, I resumed my trip across Georgia to Melbourne (Florida, South of Cocoa Beach) on Saturday, April 20.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">In the meantime, the launch of SpaceX Dragon CRS-17 scheduled for Thursday, April 25 has been postponed to Tuesday, April 30. Unfortunately, I will not be able to extend. On stay, question of costs. Still, this trip was quite an adventure. I had an opportunity to celebrate my 36th birthday (uh, sorry, my 63rd) with my colleague Gerard van de Haar and a former employee of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) who offered me a mini-packet with a badge from the mission on the tragic flight STS 107 from Columbia. More precisely, this badge shows a piece of the cargo hold lining of a Payload Bay Liner shuttle. As I received a piece of it during <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=jean+wright">Jean Wright</a></span> in April 2018: "Haute couture spatiale : la broderie intérieure des navettes": <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=jean+wright">click here, in English, too</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">As a reminder, on February 1, 2003, the American space shuttle disintegrated into the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing its seven astronauts on board. The loss of this vessel is due to a piece of insulating foam that has become the size of a small briefcase and has separated from the large external tank (oxygen & liquid hydrogen). The debris struck the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing, causing a hole in the spacecraft's heat shield, which protects the shuttle from heat as it re-enters the atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "applesystemuifont" , serif;">An event that, at the time, and even today, is still stirring up a great stir in the United States. The Columbia tragedy reminiscent of the Challenger shuttle that exploded in flight 72 seconds after takeoff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-75929361756011690002019-04-18T15:05:00.000-04:002019-04-18T15:09:26.151-04:00Entre paysannerie et fusées, la Virginie a aussi sa « planète » MARS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Derrière l'alignée d'arbres, la fusée Antares, déjà visible très au loin. Mais visible quand même.<br />
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[Wallops, Virginia, April 18, 2019. <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>English below</b></span>] – Évidemment, cette fusée n’a rien à voir avec les modernes lanceurs de SpaceX. Antares (anciennement Taurus II) est un lanceur de classe moyenne MCSLV (<a href="http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/SpaceLaunchVehicles">Medium-Class Space Launch Vehicle</a>), qui peut placer des satellites d’environ 8 tonnes en orbite basse. Ce n’est pas beaucoup par rapport aux fusées concurrentes Falcon ou Ariane V, mais suffisant pour donner à la Virginie une raison de prospérer économiquement. La « planète » MARS (<a href="https://www.vaspace.org/"><b>Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport</b>)</a> – pas la planète rouge – s’appuie en effet sur plus de 55 ans d'expérience acquise au cours de plus de 16’000 tirs de fusées lancées depuis le centre de vol Wallops de la NASA. Il s’agit donc d’une alternative compétitive pour un accès spatial réactif, économique, fiable et adapté aux missions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lancement d'Antares le 17 avril 2019. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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Le premier vol du lanceur Antares a eu lieu le 21 avril 2013. Mais le 28 octobre 2014, le cinquième vol du lanceur est victime d'une défaillance de la propulsion principale du premier étage, quelques secondes après le décollage. <a href="http://www.northropgrumman.com/">Orbital Science Corporation</a> (OSC), le constructeur du lanceur, décide alors de remplacer le moteur NK-33 à l'origine de la défaillance du lanceur par un moteur également russe RD-181. Depuis près de cinq, les fusées Antares décollent donc de MARS. Les fusées étant ainsi conçues pour lancer le cargo spatial Cygnus (Cygne) chargé d'assurer une partie du ravitaillement de la Station Spatiale internationale ISS en pièces de rechange et consommables pour les astronautes. Une aubaine pour OSC qui a été sélectionnée par la NASA dans le cadre de son programme de réductions de coûts (COTS) dont l'objectif était alors de confier à des opérateurs privés une partie des tâches assurées par la navette spatiale américaine jusqu’à son retrait mi-juillet 2011. Le premier lanceur motorisé (Antares 230, CRS OA-5) a été lancé le 17 octobre 2016 (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2014/07/wallops-est-devenue-mars-un-port.html"><b>lire ici</b></a>). Puis il y en a eu encore trois (CRS-8, 12 novembre 2017 – CRS-9, 21 mai 218 – NG-10, 17 novembre 2018) puis ce mercredi 17 avril 2019 NG-11. À noter que cette mission NG-11 est la dernière attribuée à OSC par la NASA dans le cadre d’un premier contrat réalisée en 2008. Un autre « paquet » de lancements de six missions est prévu, dont la suivante NG-12.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entre poules et fusée. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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Si le décollage d’une fusée Falcon de SpaceX à partir de Cap Canaveral est toujours aussi saisissant à voir, celui de Wallops l’est tout autant. Le lancement d’Antares ce mercredi 17 avril n’a pas manqué d’attirer la foule aux alentours du centre spatial Wallops Flight Facility. La route 175 qui mène aux côtes était bouchonnée 3 heures avant le décollage. Comparées aux côtes de Cap Canaveral, celles de Wallops sont plus difficilement accessibles le jour du lancement. Néanmoins, certains paysans des alentours ont la possibilité d’être presque en face du pas de tir. Certes, très loin, mais plus visible qu’en Floride. Le climat régional bien plus frisquet et tempéré du nord offre davantage de verdure, ce qui donne aux décollages une sensation presque agraire. Une symbiose entre terre et ciel.</div>
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List of my other Wallops trips-items:</div>
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<li><a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/nasa-orbital.html">Orb-2 2014</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/nasa.html">OA-4 2015</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">OA-5 2016</a></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wallops satellite antenna. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>Virginia also has its MARS "Planet"</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Launch of Antares on April 17, 2019. - Photo: rke</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Wallops, Virginia, April 18, 2019] – Obviously, this rocket has nothing to do with the modern SpaceX launchers. Antares (formerly Taurus II) is a medium-class MCSLV (<a href="http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/SpaceLaunchVehicles">Medium-Class Space Launch Vehicle</a>) launcher, which can place satellites of about 8 tons in low orbit. This is not much compared to the competing Falcon or Ariane V rockets, but enough to give Virginia a reason to prosper economically. The "planet" MARS (<a href="https://www.vaspace.org/"><b>Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport</b></a>) - not the red planet. Building upon a 55-year legacy of experience gained during over 16,000 rockets launched from NASA <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home">Wallops Flight Facility</a>, MARS provides a competitive alternative for responsive, cost effective, reliable, and mission capable Space Access.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If the takeoff of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from Cape Canaveral is still as striking to see as ever, so is Wallops. The launch of Antares on Wednesday, April 17, was sure to attract crowds in the vicinity of the Wallops Flight Facility Space Centre. Route 175 to the coast was blocked 3 hours before take-off. Compared to the coasts of Cape Canaveral, those of Wallops are more difficult to access on the day of launch. Nevertheless, some farmers in the surrounding area have the possibility of being almost in front of the firing point. Certainly, far away, but more visible than in Florida. The much colder and temperate regional climate of the north offers more greenery, which gives take-offs an almost agrarian feeling. A symbiosis between earth and sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama of our site. - photo : rke</td></tr>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-61331020504422882672019-04-17T18:54:00.000-04:002019-04-17T18:54:18.035-04:00NASA – Décollage d'Antares, mes premières images<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Presque sur herb ! - Photos : rke</td></tr>
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[Wallops, Virginia, April 17, 2019. <span style="color: #e69138;">English below</span>] – <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Northrop Grumman a lancé une fusée Antares et le cargo Cygnus depuis la côte est de la Virginie mercredi, donnant le coup d'envoi d'un vol de deux jours vers la Station spatiale internationale, le deuxième des trois vols prévus en seulement trois semaines. Le décollage au Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport - MARS - à l'île Wallops de la NASA, en Virginie, a eu lieu comme prévu à 16 h 46 locale (22h46 Suisse).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Wallops, Virginia, April 17, 2019] - Northrop Grumman has launched an Antares rocket and Cygnus supply ship from Virginia's eastern shore Wednesday, kicking off a two-day flight to the International Space Station, the second of three resupply flights planned in just three weeks. Liftoff from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport — MARS — at NASA's Wallops Island, Va., test facility came on time at 4:46 p.m. EDT (GMT-4), allowing the rocket to launch directly into the plane of the station's orbit — a requirement for rendezvous missions. The climb to space went smoothly and the 139-foot-tall Antares 230 rocket, powered by two Russian RD-181 first stage engines and a Northrop Grumman solid-propellant upper stage, put the Cygnus cargo ship into the planned preliminary orbit about nine minutes after liftoff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the liftoff. - Photos : rke</td></tr>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-10728268332077921372019-04-17T11:37:00.001-04:002019-04-17T18:06:03.042-04:00Le camion de l’espace (NG-11) prêt au décollage… de Virginie<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
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[Wallops, Virginia, April 17, 2019. <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>English below</b></span>] – Après un long et gratifiant périple avec ma fille Laura, de Cap Canaveral à Houston, puis en Virginie (Est de Washington), me revoilà opérationnel pour ce blog. Grâce à mes deux collègues hollandais Gerard van de Haar et Jacques van Oene qui m’ont aidé à récupérer mon appareil à photo à distance, j’ai pu obtenir mes images du lancement de Falcon Heavy Arabsat, lire ma précédente news (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2019/04/flashback-spacex-heavy-2-decollage-mes.html">cliquez ici</a>).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A l'entrée du bâtiment d'assemblage.<br />
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from Houston. And over<br />
Washington by night (below)<br />
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<b style="caret-color: rgb(246, 178, 107); color: #f6b26b;">Mon 4e lancement à Wallops</b></div>
Me revoilà donc en Virginie pour mon 4<sup>e</sup>passage en tant que journaliste accrédité, après mes trips de presse « in situ » (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/nasa-orbital.html">2014 (ORB-2)</a>, <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/nasa.html">2015 (OA-4</a>), et <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">2016 (OA-5)</a>) pour une mission cargo de la NASA (NG-11). Cette mission de Northrop Grumman Cygnus transporte des vivres et des expériences scientifiques à la Station spatiale internationale (ISS). Ce décollage utilise une nouvelle capacité de charge utile tardive qui permet d’embarquer les expériences sensibles à seulement 24 heures avant le décollage. Auparavant, toute la cargaison devait être installée dans le vaisseau environ quatre jours avant le lancement, ce qui créait des difficultés pour certains types d'expériences.</div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Départ ce mercredi 17 avril</b></span><br />
Le décollage est donc prévu ce mercredi 17 avril à 16h46 (locale), 22h46 (heure suisse).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, it's me, Roland. - Photo : Jacques van Oene</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ9Ygpo3671Y4U3eLaLIJszbIWjx4AQ042YuVliIglG4jTxdsOBKusbBIHnN4nRrN94PahMTDE04zHDg7WfruAWTmXi-YUxfePA9dYhmeIAlsfZVLg60Tg0RUEdAk-xg_wUX0K8nwr3Sl/s1600/ng11_antares__%25C2%25A9_roland_j_keller_www.rkeusa.blogspot.comIMG_3346+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ9Ygpo3671Y4U3eLaLIJszbIWjx4AQ042YuVliIglG4jTxdsOBKusbBIHnN4nRrN94PahMTDE04zHDg7WfruAWTmXi-YUxfePA9dYhmeIAlsfZVLg60Tg0RUEdAk-xg_wUX0K8nwr3Sl/s200/ng11_antares__%25C2%25A9_roland_j_keller_www.rkeusa.blogspot.comIMG_3346+%25281%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-US">[Wallops, Virginia, April 17, 2019] – After a long and rewarding journey with my daughter Laura, from Cape Canaveral to Houston and then to Virginia, I’m back online for this blog. Thanks to my two Dutch colleagues Gerard van de Haar and Jacques van Oene who helped me to retrieve my camera from a distance, I was able to get my images of the launch of Falcon Heavy Arabsat, read my previous news (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2019/04/flashback-spacex-heavy-2-decollage-mes.html">click here</a>). So here I am back in Virginia for <span style="color: #e69138;">my 4th visit as an accredited journalist</span>, after my "in situ" press trips in (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/nasa-orbital.html">2014 (ORB-2)</a>, <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/nasa.html">2015 (OA-4</a>), and <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">2016 (OA-5)</a>) for a NASA cargo mission (NG-11).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to liftoff on April 17 carries supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station. It uses a new late-load capability that allows time-sensitive experiments to be loaded just 24 hours before liftoff. Previously, all cargo had to be loaded about four days prior to launch, creating challenges for some types of experiments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On Tuesday, April 16, a team of American reporters and the three foreigners (Gerard, Jacques and I) were given a tour of the launch pad and the vehicle assembly hall. The takeoff is therefore scheduled for Wednesday, April 17 at 16:46 (local).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-65932361943694750802019-04-17T09:47:00.000-04:002019-04-17T10:00:50.028-04:00FLASHBACK : SpaceX Heavy-2, décollage, mes images<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken by my remote camera Canon 60D. Le décollage avec mon appareil à distance Canon 60D. – Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">[Cape Canaveral, April 11, 2019, rke. English below] – La fusée Falcon Heavy-2 de SpaceX a décollé de Cap Canaveral jeudi 11 avril à </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">6:35 PM (East) </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">0h35</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">, heure suisse). Ce lanceur le plus puissant du monde (70 mètres de haut, 27 moteurs et une capacité de charge utile de 64 tonnes) a embarqué le satellite de communication Arabsat-6A pour fournir des services de télévision, d'Internet, de téléphonie au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du nord, et ce pour les quinze prochaines années.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 hours before the launch.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">[Cape Canaveral, April 11, 2019, rke] –</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span>The world's most powerful launcher (70 metres high, 27 engines and a payload capacity of 64 tonnes) has loaded the Arabsat-6A communications satellite to provide television, Internet and telephone services in the Middle East and North Africa for the next 15 years. My images of the takeoff.<br />
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Do you see the size of the cars ? <br />
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[Cape Canaveral, April 10, 2019, rke. English below] – Mis à part un alligator qui s’est immiscé aux abords du VAB (voir photo), rien de neuf sous les cocotiers. Si ce n’est qu’une deuxième grosse fusée est parée au décollage. Lors de l’installation de nos caméras à distance, on a eu l’occasion de voir la fusée se dresser sur son pas de tir. Et comme pour le premier vol de Falcon Heavy, je fais partie du contingent des reporters étrangers, mis à part et surveillé avec un vigile par journaliste. Je ne vais pas vous raconter la même rengaine qu’auparavant (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2018/02/spacex-discrimines-les-journalistes.html">cliquez ici</a>), car on est plutôt tendu du fait que le décollage a été décalé de deux heures à 20h32 (heure locale) ou 2h32 (heure suisse, jeudi 11 avril), à la fin de la fenêtre de tir. Et ce en raison de vents forts en altitude, ce qui va faire un lancement de nuit, s’il a lieu. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Le problème est que j’ai dû laisser (pas le choix) ma fille Laura à l’hôtel à Coco Beach (en bord de plage) ce qui me tracasse de la laisser seule. Mais elle est bien lotie et bien placée pour assister au lancement. Autre problème, demain nous devons partir en voiture pour le Texas et si le lancement est décalé d’un jour, on le loupe. Ma foi, qui vivra verra. En attendant, voici des images sur place, histoire de vous faire un peu envie…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L'endroit où j'ai posé ma caméra. The place where I put my camera. – Photo . rke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me voilà. - Photos by : Gerard van de Haar</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZ8Ce3jxS-bo2zucXQ0wFJkZFODAtk9HksgIw3a2UY_sVH5W1xc2RadkLgCVf5BO_Pr66y6QLnj0A1x6MRvszAjG52c9VDnKH1Zh4jdLidbxBo4jTkIK9QNCuILitb_UO_goJ0wX8tLfb/s1600/spacex_falcon_heavy_arabsat_%25C2%25A9_roland_j_keller_www.rkeusa.blogspot.comIMG_2811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZ8Ce3jxS-bo2zucXQ0wFJkZFODAtk9HksgIw3a2UY_sVH5W1xc2RadkLgCVf5BO_Pr66y6QLnj0A1x6MRvszAjG52c9VDnKH1Zh4jdLidbxBo4jTkIK9QNCuILitb_UO_goJ0wX8tLfb/s320/spacex_falcon_heavy_arabsat_%25C2%25A9_roland_j_keller_www.rkeusa.blogspot.comIMG_2811.jpg" width="163" /></a><span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, April 10, 2019] – Except an alligator that has intruded into the vicinity of the VAB (see photo), there is nothing new under the coconut trees. Only a second large rocket is ready for takeoff. During the facility of our remote cameras, we had the opportunity to see the rocket stand on its launch pad. And as for the first Falcon Heavy flight, I am part of the foreign journalists' contingent, set aside and watched with one security guard per journalist. I'm not going to tell you the same story as before (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/2018/02/spacex-discrimines-les-journalistes.html">click here</a>), because we're pretty tense because the takeoff was delayed by two hours to 20:32 (local time) or 2:32 (Swiss time, Thursday, April 11), at the end of the shooting window. This is due to strong winds at high altitudes, which will make a night launch, if necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The problem is that I had to leave (no choice) my daughter Laura at the hotel in Coco Beach (on the beach) which bothers me to leave her alone. But she is well off and well placed to attend the launch. Another problem is that tomorrow Thursday we have to drive to Texas and if the launch is delayed by a day, we miss it. My faith, whoever lives will see. In the meantime, here are some pictures on the spot, just to make you a little envious...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost standing up. – Photo : rke</td></tr>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-55795737989975213142019-04-09T09:51:00.000-04:002019-04-27T20:40:48.236-04:00L’histoire d’un « badge-man » suisse, tête en l’air <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ce dimanche 7 avril, avec le KSC Tour, on a eu la chance de voir le 1er étage de Falcon Heavy couché.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Après avoir assisté au décollage<br />
et malheureusement la catastrophe de la<br />
navette Challenger, le 28 janvier 1986 (lors<br />
d'un trip pour le quotidien suisse<br />
Le Démocrate), voilà un morceau récupéré.<br />
Laura m'a fait remarquer que seul le<br />
drapeau américain est entier !<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, April 8, 2019, rke. </span><b><span style="color: #e69138;">English below</span></b>] – Lors de ma news précédente (lire ci-dessous), j’ai évoqué le trip que je vis en ce moment avec ma fille Laura qui m’accompagne dans mes aventures. Bien que cela semble bizarre à certain-e-s de mes lectrices ou lecteurs d’avoir une aide précieuse comme copilote de voiture, sereine (en Amérique, pas en Europe), je ne mélange pas du tout le domaine privé du professionnel. En fait, j’ai saisi l’occasion de mêler l’utile à l’agréable, ce qui me permet de travailler depuis les USA pour le magazine dont je dirige comme rédacteur en chef, c’est-à-dire Swiss Engineering STS (Revue Technique Suisse). C’est donc un privilège pour moi, non seulement d’être accrédité pour des missions de la NASA/SpaceX (d’ailleurs seul Suisse présent sur place depuis belle lurette), mais d’être en présence de ma fille. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Voilà le badge qui m'a<br />
causé tant de souci.<br />
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Pour l’anecdote, c’est en quelque sorte l’ironie du sort ou plutôt un gag. Et en plus c’est vrai. Content d’avoir obtenu enfin mes deux badges officiels (celui de l’Etat américain en vert foncé et celui de la mission Falcon Heavy), l’affaire n’a pas été de tout repos. Ce petit parcours du combattant pour l’obtention de « pass » m’a tout d’abord conduit au traditionnel office des badges. Pour rompre la solitude, Laura m’a accompagné (comme co-pilote). À la suite de mes déboires de « badge-man » (pas barman) du mois dernier (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=badges"><b>cliquez ici</b></a>), je craignais de devoir attendre. « Mais non, avec moi, cela devrait aller comme sur les chapeaux de roues », m’a rassuré Laura. Arrivé à ce fameux premier poste officiel de la NASA, j’ai évidemment dû sortir mon passeport (muni du VISA) de ma veste pour le présenter. Et là, surprise… le passeport était bien rouge, mais c’était celui de ma fille ! On l’avait inversé lors de notre dernier enregistrement à l’hôtel. Du coup, on a dû retourner à notre hôtel de Cocoa Beach (20 min de trajet + le retour) afin de récupérer le bon passeport, le mien. Tel père, telle fille ? Eh oui, on a les deux la tête en l’air… Enfin, pour ma part dans l’espace. Pour ma fille, dans l’hippisme.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nous voilà donc parés pour assister au décollage. Pour ma part, sur site au KSC News Center, Laura sur la plage de Cocoa Beach. Le lancement de cette 2<sup>e</sup>Falcon Heavy de SpaceX est reporté à mercredi 10 avril à 6h36 (locale), 0h36 (heure suisse le jeudi) avec 80% de chance de décollage. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>Head in the space, a Story of a Swiss “badge-man”</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On April 6, 2019, at the KSC signing ceremony with astronaut James F. Buchli (STS 48, STS 61-A, STS 51C, STS 29).<br />
Ce 6 avril 2019, au KSC de dédicace avec l'astronaute James F. Buchli (STS 48, STS 61-A, STS 51C, STS 29).<br />
<a href="http://media.kennedyspacecenter.com/kennedy/us-astronaut-hall-fame-to-welcome-james-f-buchli-and-janet-kavandi.htm">Cliquez ici</a> - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Cape Canaveral, April 8, 2019, rke ] – During my previous news (read below), I mentioned the trip I am currently living with my daughter Laura who is accompanying me on my adventures. Although it seems strange to some of my readers to have a precious help as a car co-pilot, serene (in America, not in Europe), I do not mix at all the private domain of the professional. In realty, I took the opportunity to combine business with pleasure, which allows me to work from the USA for the magazine of which I am editor-in-chief, Swiss Engineering STS (Swiss Technical Review). It is therefore a privilege for me, not only to be accredited for NASA/SpaceX missions (the only Swiss national present for some time now), but also to be in the presence of my daughter. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CSM-119 (SL-R Skylab<br />
Rescue Mission) on display at KSC<br />
Apollo Saturn Building. - Photo : rke</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">For the anecdote, it's kind of an irony of fate or rather a joke. And it's also true. Glad to have finally obtained my two official badges (that of the American State in dark green and that of the Falcon Heavy mission), the case was not easy. This short journey of the fighter to obtain a "pass" first of all led me to the traditional badge office. To break the loneliness, Laura accompanied me (as co-pilot). Following my bad experiences as a "badge-man" (not a barman) last month (<a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=badges"><b>click here</b></a>), I was afraid I would have to wait. "But no, with me, it should go like clockwork," Laura reassured me. When I arrived at this famous first official NASA post, I obviously had to take my passport (with VISA) out of my jacket to present it. And then, surprise... the passport was red, but it was my daughter's! We reversed it when we last checked in at the hotel. As a result, we had to go back to our hotel in Cocoa Beach (20 min drive + return) to get the right passport, mine. Like father, like daughter? That's right, we're both up in the air... Well, for my part in space. For my daughter, in equestrianism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So we are now ready to witness the takeoff. For my part, on site at the KSC News Center, Laura on Cocoa Beach. The launch of this 2nd SpaceX Falcon Heavy is postponed to Wednesday, April 10 at 6:36 am (local), 0:36 am (Swiss time on Thursday) with an 80% chance of takeoff.</span></div>
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Press Trip Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828267040285408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636592244189462719.post-68443174067937316962019-04-04T08:55:00.000-04:002019-04-04T09:11:33.605-04:00Trip père-fille : de Miami à Houston en passant par Washington<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDExF3omBCHoN3aseo6be_qR5xErgvhjEsbursa_iHt4ZfcgMTOUD1JeYYhzXkdF4L-srXpcJcoNDxc9gF4jp9QWSuUJwMVjbUcHRfEv-f5eYFdAmxlLYjrIWF2Kk5NAflZpbwx8-zi0GX/s1600/trip_avril_2019_fheavy_antares_crs17_%25C2%25A9_roland_j_kellerIMG_2188+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDExF3omBCHoN3aseo6be_qR5xErgvhjEsbursa_iHt4ZfcgMTOUD1JeYYhzXkdF4L-srXpcJcoNDxc9gF4jp9QWSuUJwMVjbUcHRfEv-f5eYFdAmxlLYjrIWF2Kk5NAflZpbwx8-zi0GX/s640/trip_avril_2019_fheavy_antares_crs17_%25C2%25A9_roland_j_kellerIMG_2188+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">[Miami, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, rke. </span><span lang="FR">English below] – « Dis papa, on est quand même dans un autre monde ici. » Laura Keller n’a rien oublié de « son Miami », autrement dit « sa » ville adorée foulée en juillet 2012 à l’âge de 16 ans, accompagnée de son « paps », c’est-à-dire de moi-même (Roland pour ne pas me nommer) et de sa copine Rosalie Collot : <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=Rosalie+Collot+laura+keller">cliquez ici</a>. Sept ans après nous voilà donc revenus dans la capitale de la Floride, point de départ d’un long trip qui va nous emmener par la ville hippique de Wellington, en passant par Cap Canaveral pour le lancement de la plus grosse fusée du monde, puis direction le Texas, Washington, à nouveau Floride et retour au pays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ce premier jour passé à Miami, le 3 avril 2019, a déjà été intense : bref passage sur la </span><a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/parks/rickenbacker.asp" style="font-size: 12pt;">Rickenbacker Causeway</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, puis petite marche sur le sable de Miami Beach avec souper-saumon sur le </span><a href="http://www.bayfrontparkmiami.com/" style="font-size: 12pt;">Bayfront Park</a><b style="font-size: 12pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">et commémoration pour les astronautes de Challenger, sur le mémorial juste à côté. Oh, je sais bien, vous autres collègues reporters américains qui me lisez, allez me dire : « Bof, il n’y a rien d’extraordinaire à ça ! » Eh si ! </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Bienvenue aux USA... avec Laura.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Mes 3 lancements accrédités en avril 2019</span></b></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Fenêtre de lancement : 0h36-2h35 GMT (heure suisse)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Site de lancement : LC-39A, Centre spatial Kennedy. Une fusée SpaceX Falcon Heavy lancera le satellite de télécommunications Arabsat 6A pour Arabsat en Arabie Saoudite. Arabsat 6A fournira une couverture de communications en bande Ku et en bande Ka sur les régions du Moyen-Orient et de l'Afrique du Nord, ainsi qu'une empreinte en Afrique du Sud.</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">2.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></b><b style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Antares, NG 11, 17 avril 2019 (Virginie)</b></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Heure de lancement : 22h46 (heure suisse). Site de lancement : Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginie. Une fusée Northrop Grumman Antares lancera le 12e cargo Cygnus sur le 11e vol opérationnel de livraison de fret à destination de la Station spatiale internationale. La mission est connue sous le nom de NG-11. La fusée volera en configuration Antares 230, avec deux moteurs de premier étage RD-181 et un Castor 30XL de deuxième étage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Heure de lancement : 12h20(heure suisse). Site de lancement : SLC-40, Base aérienne de Cape Canaveral. Une fusée SpaceX Falcon 9 lancera la 19e mission Dragon à bord de son 17e vol de livraison de fret opérationnel vers la Station spatiale internationale. Le vol est réalisé dans le cadre du contrat de services commerciaux de réapprovisionnement avec la NASA.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">[Miami, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, rke. English below] - "Say Dad, we're still in another world here. "Laura Keller has not forgotten anything about "her Miami", in other words "her" beloved city walked on in July 2012 at the age of 16, together with her "dads", that is to say myself (Roland not to name me) and her friend Rosalie Collot: <a href="https://rkeusa.blogspot.com/search?q=Rosalie+Collot+laura+keller">click here</a>. Seven years later, we are back in the capital of Florida, the starting point of a long trip that will take us through the equestrian city of Wellington, going through Cape Canaveral for the launch of the biggest rocket in the world, then on to Texas, Washington, Florida again and back home. This first day in Miami, April 3, 2019, has already been intense: a brief stroll on the <a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/parks/rickenbacker.asp">Rickenbacker Causeway</a>, then a short walk on the Miami Beach sand with a salmon dinner on <a href="http://www.bayfrontparkmiami.com/">Bayfront Park</a> and a memorial for the <a href="http://flashbackmiami.com/2016/01/20/space-shuttle-challenger/">Challenger</a> astronauts on the nearby memorial. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Oh, I know, you American fellow reporters who read me, will tell me: "Well, there's nothing extraordinary about that! "Yes, but every time I come here, I pay tribute to these seven astronauts from the Challenger shuttle who died before my eyes when the Challenger exploded on site at Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986 (here, I still have a tear in the corner of my eye). Except this time I'm with my daughter Laura. A gift for his 22nd birthday (a little late) that I finally offer him. But this time she’s driving! Not only as a comfortable driver and rigorous co-driver, but also as a junior press assistant. "Say Dad, I feel zen about driving here. "Indeed, in the USA, Laura drives quietly, quite the opposite to Switzerland. Of course, here we are in the country of Uncle SAM, the highlight of another adventure: the promotion of my book "Schweizer Luft - und Raumfahrt" to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. And to cover 3 rocket launches for which I am accredited by NASA/SpaceX, not only in Florida but also in Virginia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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