1. MN SFS Ben J. Huset www.mnsfs.org
Space Update -- Nov 2004
MN SFS
Ben J. Huset

2. SpaceshipOne & Ansari X Prize on 60 Minutes
Robert Weiss & Burt Rutan with Space Frontier Foundation’s "Founders' Award"
SpaceshipOne & Ansari X Prize on 60 Minutes
November 20, 2018

3. Still ON HOLD Oct 2nd launch on hold pending..
…availability of a few key components and their integration…
Launching from Kindersley Sask. Canada
November 20, 2018

4. Canadian Arrow No News…
Canadian Arrow has started it's third and final series of flight qualification tests of its 57,000 lb thrust main engine.
November 20, 2018

5. Space Transport Corp.
Mid Nov. Launch?? Rubicon 2 Launch:  We have decided to make the Rubicon 2 mission a private affair.  It will probably take place in mid-November.  We will post the results after the launch!
November 20, 2018

6. Cassini/Huygens@ Titan
Cassini spacecraft shows the surface and atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan at infrared wavelength microns.
Brighter areas may correspond to rougher terrains, slopes facing the radar, or different materials. The pink colors enhance smaller details on the surface, while the green color represents smoother areas. Winding linear features that cut across dark areas may be ridges or channels, although their nature is not yet understood. A large dark circular feature is seen at the western (top left)
November 20, 2018

7. Mars Missions -- On Orbit
Mars Global Surveyer
November 20, 2018

8. Pixel size is about 1.5 meters (5 feet) by one-half meter (1.6 feet)
November 20, 2018

9. Mars Missions -- On Orbit
2001 Mars Odyssey
Collapse pits are found in an area of "sulci" ridges east of Olympus Mons
November 20, 2018

10. Mars Missions -- On Orbit
Mars Express
Western end of the canyons Tithonium Chasma and Ius Chasma, part of the Valles Marineris canyon system, which are up to 5.5 kilometres deep.
November 20, 2018

11. Mars Missions -- On Mars
Spirit– Landed Sat Jan 3rd 2004 !! 
Opportunity –
Landed Jan 24th 2004 
November 20, 2018

12. World Trade Center Tributes - On Mars
On each rover, a curved piece of metal the size of a credit card and adorned with the American flag was cut out of debris from the World Trade Center....Until now, that knowledge has remained within the mission team. "It was intended to be a quiet tribute," Mr. Gorevan said. "Enough time has passed. We want the families to know."
November 20, 2018

13. Rovers Exceed 50,000 Images Close-up of 'Tetl' Layers
November 20, 2018

14. Meanwhile, On the Other Side of Mars…
November 20, 2018

15. Opportunity Escape Plan
Path Ahead
Spinning Wheels
'Wopmay' Rock
November 20, 2018

16. International Space Station
ISS-9
Flight Engineer
Sci Officer
Astronaut
Mike Fincke
KE5AIT
Commander
Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka
RN3DT
Launched Apr 18th 2004 Landed Oct 23rd 2004
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19. Astronauts Submit First Medical Research Paper from Space
The first medical research paper submitted from the ISS was published online 11/8/04 by the journal Radiology. The report documents the first ultrasound examination of the shoulder performed under the microgravity conditions of space flight.
November 20, 2018

20. International Space Station
ISS-10
International Space Station
Flight Engr.
Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov
RS0ISS
Commander
Sci Officer
Astronaut
Leroy Chiao
Launch: Oct. 13, 2004
Landing:April 24, 2005 ?
November 20, 2018

21. TMA-5 Soyuz FG Launch
Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov
Launched: Oct. 13, 2004
November 20, 2018

22. Space station marks four years of occupation
2004 Highlights
Feb First two-person-crew spacewalk
June First child born while astronaut father in space
June First spacewalk on U.S. segment using Russian spacesuits
Oct First vote cast from space in a U.S. presidential election
November 20, 2018

23. Recent MN SFS Activities
Oct 15-17th Consume Oct 16th StarQuest
Oct 26th MN SFS movie Night For All Mankind
Oct 27th Lunar Eisenhower Via internet due to clouds
November 20, 2018

24. Future MN SFS Activities
Nov 20th Board Meeting
Nov 23rd MN SFS movie Night
Dec 11th All Ships Party
November 20, 2018