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Time: 01:03:10
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Max HR: 147 bpm
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Terrain: In: Stat
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Bike: Star Trac Spinner NXT Stat
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| Ride Description: W/Herb... Felt good tonight. Had my breathing, tempo and heart rates pretty much under control. |
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On Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, Shuttle Mission STS-126 Astronaut Stefanyshyn-Piper lost grasp of her tool bag during a 6 1/2-hour EVA (spacewalk) at the International Space Station, and it floated away into space. The 30-pound tool bag, worth $100,000, contained two grease guns, a scraper, a garbage bag and wipes. The bag is 20 inches wide, about a foot tall and a hand's-width deep.
Video of bag being lost... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE8eqBYASkk
NASA is tracking the bag, which is now space litter, spokesman Bill Jeffs told ScientificAmerican.com today. "There's no concern for re-contact with the station. It continues to move away from the station with each orbit. It will eventually drop out of orbit and burn up on re-entry."
The bag is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in about six months, Jeffs said.
This isn’t the first time an astronaut has lost an item during a spacewalk, Jeffs added, and they routinely get rid of items in space. A wrench and other tools lost during previous walks have already re-entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up, he said. "It's not frequent, but it's not uncommon that spacewalkers lose some tools and drop some equipment," he said.
The cool thing is... It is visible from Earth!
Go to... www.heavens-above.com/
Select your current observing site under Configuration.
Then go to the paragraph that starts with ISS Tool Bag Click on the blue "here" and it will show you exactly when and where to look in the sky to see the lost tool bag.
(Click on the date for a detailed sky chart.) You will need binoculars to see the bag.
You can also use the site to view the Space Station, Visible with the naked eye.
Very Kool.
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