This remarkable project will return a legendary Focke-Wulf FW
190 F-8 to the air. Presently, the aircraft is undergoing complete
concours restoration to airworthy condition with the correct BMW
801 engine. When the Focke Wulf Fw 190 - White 1 takes to the air,
we will be treated to sounds rarely heard since the end of WWII.
This is because White 1 will be powered by an original BWM 801
radial engine. There are very few working 801s left today and none
are currently flown.
One of three DSN tracking sites at Goldstone, California;
Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia; spaced about equally around
the Earth for continuous tracking of deep-space vehicles.
"This has got a very low likelihood that anybody will
be impacted by it. But still, it is a large object and pieces will
enter and we just need to be cautious."
Source: NASA space station program manager Mike
Suffredini. A 1,400-pound tank of toxic ammonia coolant jettisoned
over a year ago from the International Space Station is expected to
re-enter Earth's atmosphere Sunday afternoon or evening, though the
exact location where the refrigerator-sized tank will land remains
unknown.
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