New Time Line

In accordance with a joint resolution by the Ministry of Science and the Salon a new official time accounting system has been developed. the new system is based upon an “After Kennedy” time sequence instead of B.C. and A.D. Scholars at the independent scientific union filed an objection and called the change; “a debasement of fact and an ill conceived effort by the propaganda ministries to cover up recent significant discoveries.” The new time accounting system is featured on the new stamp that was released today.

Commemorative

The ministry of Science has released a commemorative stamp for the Almaz 10 program. The release coincides with the landing of the K-39 Ice Moon Probe and its official recognition to the Salon.

K-39 Ice Moon Lander Contact

According to the Ministry of Science the K-39 ice moon lander probe has already landed on Hera’s moon. The lander sent this image of the landing site. From this image Central Authority scientists speculate that the moons atmosphere is as dense as Mars, perhaps a few milibars higher. From preliminary findings, the atmosphere contains water, ammonia ice crystals, and methane. The source of the dense fog that is present on the moon’s surface is a bit of a mystery.

 

 

Soyuz probes orbit Hera

Recently declassified data that the Salon was able to procure regarding the discovery of Hera revealed this stunning image of a Soyuz 4H station orbiting Hera. Central Authority Ministry of Science adapted several Soyuz 4H space craft to function as an orbiter which is to house several crew members during the Summer of 2008.

 

K-39 Ice Moon Lander

According to the Central Authority Ministry of Science a mission is being planned to send a lander, K-39, to Hera’s ice moon. A tentative landing site has been planned on a wide basin, an ancient volcanic caldera, near the moon’s equator. Cental Authority hopes to establish several aims, to determine the density of the moon’s atmosphere and to scout a landing site for future missions. The probe is equiped with spectrometers and a wide angle high resolution camera.

Ice Moon

After the Ministry of Science released all of the images from the malfunctioning Mars Climate Orbiter, (see the Hera page fro more details), a new moon has been discovered orbiting Hera. The image shows a massive glacier covering roughly 80% of the moon and there appears to be a thin atmosphere as well, the slight glow around the moon. There are also meteor impacts on the surface and judging from the spacing of the visible craters the moons surface appears to be relatively young, perhaps just a few million years old.

STS-123 NASA Highlights

A highlights link to Endevors mission to the ISS. The Soyuz 4H an be seen early on in the video. 

Near Cosmodrome

Here is a shoft of the Braun Shuttle launch vehicle on the launch pad at the Cosmndrome 2 station. The actual launch occured this morning at 5:00 GMT and is taking the Almaz 10 into orbit for it’s historic three year tour to Mars. It’s mission is to follow and assess the Mars Global Surveyor battery failure of November 2 2006 with the possibility of repairing the Global Surveyor. The unique docking configuration will allow for a hard dock and repair.

Special Session

The Salon and the Central Authority Central Committiee adjourned from an extended session this afternoon. The Salon was a able to procure the release of additional classified material regarding the Alamz 10 program. The full scope of the Almaz 10’s integration plan into the Souyze 4H program includes a massive new station, the Hercules, that will depart from Earth’s orbit on a three year tour in deep space. It turns out that the Central Committee disposed of, or otherwise made unreadable over half of the brief. The Salon has filed a formal protest with the provisional government regarding the destruction of the breif. The image shows the scale and the use of the Hurcules station with the Almaz 10.

 

Almaz 10 Schematic, Docking Procedure

The following technical brief details the features and docking procedure of the Almaz 10 with the Soyuz 4H. The design features a new method of docking without use of the docking moudle used in conjunction with coupling with the space shuttle Atlantis. Despite the heavy censorship by the Central Authority Minsitry of Science the breif allows enough detail for the satisfaction of the Salon in terms of confirming the total cost of the Almaz program and the Soyuz 4H refit.