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Inside the world's first PRIVATE space station: Haven-1 features queen-size beds, a state-of-the-art gym, and maple wood interiors - and it's set to launch next year
Updated: 06:42 EDT, 14 October 2024
Growing up, many of us dream of one day venturing into space.
But the reality of life on board the International Space Station (ISS) is much less glamorous than you'd think.
As we recently found out when two NASA astronauts were stranded there, the ISS is extremely claustrophobic, with residents forced to sleep in phonebooth-sized bedrooms, use vacuum-powered toilets, and wear the same underwear for weeks on end.
However, things are looking up for future space travellers, as the world's first private space station has been unveiled ahead of its launch next year.
Dubbed Haven-1, the space station is much more modern and spacious than the ISS, with queen-size beds, a state-of-the-art gym, and maple wood interiors.
Haven-1 is the brainchild of US-based space firm, Vast, who teamed up with world-renowned designer, Peter Russell-Clarke, on the design.
'Astronauts living in zero gravity pose unique design challenges,' said Mr Russell-Clarke, who has previously worked with Apple.
'Creating an environment that is both highly efficient and naturally comforting leads to totally new results.
'Haven-1 interiors are unprecedented, precisely engineered and sensitively designed to ensure its occupants thrive in space.'
From the outside, Haven-1 looks like any other spacecraft.
However, the interior is much more warm and welcoming than the ISS, with maple wood interiors throughout.
'Notably, Haven-1's interior surfaces are soft and padded to provide an added safety component for crew and visitors as they float throughout,' Vast explained.
The station's four private crew quarters can be found above and below the main corridor, and offer astronauts a space to rest and recharge.
'Slightly larger than the crew quarters aboard the ISS, these expanded personal rooms are uniquely designed to allow for changing, entertainment, online communication with loved ones back on Earth (enabled by SpaceX Starlink connectivity), and, most importantly, a good night's rest,' Vast said.
With no gravity to keep you horizontal, sleeping in space has posed a challenge to astronauts in the past.
However, Vast hopes to tackle that issue with a patent-pending signature sleep system.
'[This] is roughly the size of a queen bed, provides a customized amount of equal pressure throughout the night, and accommodates side and back sleepers alike,' the company explained.
The main Common Area measures 24m³, and will serve as a multifunctional hub where the crew can eat, exercise, carry out laboratory experiments, and relax.
A deployable table can be folded into the floor when not in use, while the astronauts will be able to gaze down at Earth through an expansive observation window.
Meanwhile, astronauts will be able to keep active in the state-of-the-art gym, featuring a resistance band system.
'The resistance band system in the Common Area has body and station anchors for customized exercise routines targeting bone, muscular, and cardiovascular fitness,' Vast said.
'The system is capable of both linear and rotational resistance exercises, focusing on both upper and lower-body musculoskeletal health.'
Veteran NASA astronaut, Andrew Feustel, has logged over 225 days in space on the ISS, and played a critical role in advising Vast on the space station.
'From communication and connectivity, to private space and interacting with others aboard, to advancing human progress on Earth and beyond, every detail has been designed with the astronaut experience at the core of our work,' Mr Feustel said.
'So much of our learning on ISS explores how living in microgravity affects the human body, both physically and psychologically — and one takeaway I've had is that intuitive design isn't a luxury in that regard: it's key to ensuring astronauts can work and live in space seamlessly.
'To see Haven-1's design solve many of the challenges we faced aboard the ISS, and to use the progress we made there to ensure we can do this long-term while caring for ourselves is just extraordinary.'
While the cost to build Haven-1 has not been disclosed, Vast says it will have invested about $1 billion by the time the station launches.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13957185/Inside-worlds-PRIVATE-space-station-Haven-1-features-queen-size-beds-state-art-gym-maple-wood-interiors-set-launch-year.html
Mysterious lights spark suggestion of 'UFO sighting' in the Midlands
12:21, 14 OCT 2024
Mystery surrounds a number of 'weird' lights that were spotted in the Midlands sky.
The strange sightings were reported on Friday night, and led to suggestions it could have been a UFO.
Five bright lights were seen in the James Brindley Way area of Sandyford in Staffordshire.
CCTV and doorbell footage was captured at 11.19pm, StokeonTrentLive reports.
One clip showed the lights flying through the sky.
Another had captured what appeared to be the same five lights, followed by another, brighter light.
Staffordshire residents have shared their thoughts on what was in the sky that night. One said: "There’s no way that’s a low-flying plane, and nothing goes over that way on Flight Tracker.
I don't want to get my tin foil hat on but that’s gotta be some UFO or something."
Another, who lives on nearby Brindley Village, added: "This is a weird one.
I saw these lights over my house last night and I thought it was a Starlink or something at first but it doesn’t look the same."
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/mysterious-lights-spark-suggestion-ufo-30136905
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UFO sightings across the US mapped as hoaxes or misidentification ruled out
October 13, 2024
A new study has mapped out UFO sightings across the US and detailed where you're most likely to have an extra terrestrial encounter.
Just in time for spooky season Casino.CA has scraped over 149,000 UFO sighting entries from 1974-2024 on the National UFO Reporting Center and combined the data with social media sightings to compile a comprehensive list of which states you’re most likely to spot a UFO in.
Every year countless sightings are reported across America and despite some being explained away as hoaxes or misidentifications many remain unexplained with no logical explanation.
The data speaks for itself with California topping the list of destinations where aliens are ready to roam.
Here’s the top 10 UFO hotspots:
California (1 UFO per 1,075 people)
Washington (1 UFO per 1,093 people)
Florida (1 UFO per 1,144 people)
Oregon (1 UFO per 1,156 people)
New York (1 UFO per 1,301 people)
Texas (1 UFO per 1,370 people)
Pennsylvania (1 UFO per 1,456 people)
Arizona (1 UFO per 1,512 people)
Colorado (1 UFO per 1,715 people)
Nevada (1 UFO per 1,740 people)
While we already know California was home to E.T. in the hit Spielberg movie, it’s also now recognized as the ultimate UFO hotspot.
Residents have reported seeing mysterious ‘flying objects’ with ‘three orange-like lights’ hovering above their homes in the sunshine state.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is the state you’re least likely to see a UFO, at 1 per 3,815 people.
In Canada Ontario is the UFO capital with total sightings of 1 per 677 people, while Alberta is the 2nd most likely province/territory you’ll spot a UFO (1 for every 700 people).
Newfoundland and Labrador is the province/territory you’re least likely to see a UFO, at 1 for every 8,692 people.
Sightings in Ontario include everything from "orbs with twenty lights" and "black triangles moving fast" to mysterious "spherical objects." Ontario is the clear UFO Capital of Canada.
With 21,884 reported encounters making it a hotspot for extraterrestrial activity in Canada.
If you're looking to avoid any form of alien encounter then North Dakota is the place to be with only 282 reported sightings - which equates to about 0.0004 per capita.
North Dakota has the fewest UFO encounters in the country so you're highly unlikely to get abducted by extra-terrestrial beings there.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/ufo-sightings-across-the-us-mapped-as-hoaxes-or-misidentification-ruled-out/ar-AA1sbTef
https://www.casino.ca/ufo-hotspots-us-ca/
Elena Danaan
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GSIC 2024, Sept 27 2024. As announced, Thor Han got a UFO show above Westminster Colorado. Because of NORAD flight restrictions, Thor Han couldn't get the fleets of scoutships from the GFW to fly below 62 miles, but behold… in addition to a fantastic display of GFW extraterrestrial scoutships flying in formations, he got a Tr3B from the Earth Alliance (man made=authorized) to fly low above our heads.
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