The Soyuz MS-10 escape capsule that executed a ballistic descent after a booster failure on launch earlier this month hit the ground five times before coming to a stop.
An anonymous source said that "sensors of the reentry capsule registered that it suffered five hits during the landing. That is, the spacecraft hit the ground, bounced several times and rolled over." Experts have studied the sensors that are incorporated into the seats of each crew member. The short-term overload reportedly reached more than 10 Gs. Also, the crew could not get out of the capsule when it came to a stop, requiring rescuers to turn the spacecraft over using specialized equipment. The 20th annual AMA Expo West will be at the Fairplex Exposition Center in Pomona, California for the first time on November 2-4 with a new, expanded program. This three-day event takes full advantage of Expo’s new location with loads of family-friendly activities including indoor and outdoor flying, a flying light show, drone racing, and much more. NASA's Office of Inspector General has conducted an audit of the agency's historic property and found that a significant number of irreplaceable artifacts have
been lost. The OIG found that NASA’s processes for loaning and disposing of historic personal property have improved over the past 6 decades, but a significant amount of historic personal property has been lost, misplaced, or taken by former employees and contractors. Reclaiming this historic property has proven challenging because of the significant effort required to find the property as well as the Agency’s reluctance at times to assert an ownership claim over the items. For example, poor record keeping contributed to the Agency losing possession of an Apollo 11 lunar collection bag that contained lunar dust particles. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.26.18 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, October 26th, 2018... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Laura Hutson, Brianne Cross, and Christopher Odom, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- What A Ride! Soyuz MS-10 Capsule Bounced To A Stop After Booster Failure
- AMA Expo Debuts In Pomona, CA November 2-4
- NASA OIG Report Finds Significant Amount Of Historic Artifacts Lost
- Pilatus Opens New PC-12 NG And PC-24 US Completions Facility
- Vintage Aircraft Down On LA Freeway
- BRS Aerospace Adds Five Cessna Installation Facilities
- Aviation Education Organizations In China Select Frasca Simulators
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