McCallie Students Take Pictures From Space

  • Tuesday, March 10, 2015
A collection of the photos was posted to McCallie's Instagram account
A collection of the photos was posted to McCallie's Instagram account

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Chile, and Patagonia were just a sampling of the countries and regions photographed from the International Space Station, via remote, by students in Nancy Olenchek's Honors Chemistry class at McCallie. 

Depicted in the top left picture, according to Mrs. Olenchek, is a Russian Progress M-25M, a disposable, unmanned, cargo spacecraft docked at the ISS during the mission orbits. The Progress remains docked until a new Progress is ready to arrive. Then, the old Progress is filled with junk and released to burn-up in the atmosphere. 

She writes: "Another note, is that this was a historic set of orbits, because for the first time in ISS existence, a European ATV (automated transfer vehicle) was used to deboost the ISS (decrease the orbiting altitude). To allow for this maneuver to happen, the ISS was turned 180 degrees. This deboost caused the apogee to decrease by 2.5km to allow for a 2/17 docking with Russian Progress 58 cargo craft (which was carrying 3.1 tons of supplies). Because it was an unannounced manuever, it messed up some of the planned photos... science."

Student Scene
Local Student Graduates From Berry College
  • 12/21/2024

Berry College announced its newest class of graduates for 2024, among whom is Alma Salazar, of Chattanooga, who earned a BS degree in political science. more

Belmont University Announces Fall 2024 Local Dean's List Honorees
  • 12/20/2024

Belmont University recently released the Dean's List for the fall 2024 semester. Approximately 53 percent of the University's 7,175 undergraduate students qualified for the fall 2024 Dean's List. ... more

Lee University Departmental Alumni Of Year Award Recipients Honored
  • 12/20/2024

In continuation of Homecoming tradition, each of Lee University’s 11 departments and schools recently presented Alum of the Year awards. Those chosen were recognized for their honors at their ... more