WORF and Klingons occupy ISS

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

WORF and Klingons occupy ISS

id="attachment_63020" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px">href="http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/WORF-at-ISS-Composite_Ken-Kremer.jpg">src="http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/WORF-at-ISS-Composite_Ken-Kremer-580x386.jpg" alt="" width="580" height="386" class="size-medium wp-image-63020" />class="wp-caption-text">Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, works inside the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while shuttle Discovery was still docked. WORF is a platform for cameras, multispectral scanners, and other sensors to capture science imagery of Earth through Destiny's earth facing window. WORF is named after the Klingon character Worf beloved in the Star Trek Universe (top left). The WORF patch (lower left) is inscribed with Commander Worf?s name in Klingon script and was created by Tony Boatright. Credit: NASA images. WORF Patch: NASA/Tony Boatright. Mosaic: Ken Kremer

WORF has finally joined the crew href="http://www.universetoday.com/2010/04/08/mother-of-pearl-colored-clouds-form-above-kennedy-after-discovery-blast-off/">aboard the International Space Station (ISS). That?s great news for NASA as well as members and fans of the Klingon High Council who are delighted to occupy a prime location for exquisite surveillance of the href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Earth and Federation activities.

WORF is the acronym for the Window Observational Research Facility, a new href="http://www.universetoday.com/2010/04/07/spectacular-radar-failed-belly-flip-video-and-docking-links-discovery-to-iss/">science imaging platform on the ISS, which is named after the popular Klingon character from the ?href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/stars/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Star Trek: The Next Generation? science fiction television series. The surface panel on WORF sports a beautiful patch with a Klingon language inscription ? spelling out the name WORF in Klingon script (see photo). Although seemingly innocent, href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/the-universe/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Universe Today has learned that the Klingon High Council may have more sinister plans afoot for WORF involving future imperial undertakings. (...)
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