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Expedition 42
ISS Expedition 42. The patch draws a 4 in one solar array and a Roman II in the other.
NASA numbered a station crew forty-two. Then they drew it. Feathered array = 4. Full arrays = II. Six stars for six people. Sequential expeditions must hit 42. The drawing is extra.
NASA / JPL
Printed 42s
A proton count. A catalogue seat. A scan. A model boundary. A patch that draws 4 and II. A joke a JPL scientist made in public. Different kinds. NASA printed them. That does not make them one Answer.
The metal
- Z = 42Molybdenum
Proton count. The integer was 42 before Adams.
- jokeDouglas Adams element
Russell at JPL named the metal. NASA printed the joke.
Sky and distance
- M42Orion Nebula
Catalogue seat. NASA’s Cosmic Hearth is Maya reception.
- C42Caldwell 42
Another catalogue. NGC 7006. Not a measured forty-two.
- ≈42 AUKuiper collisions
Stern 1995. A modeled boundary, not Albion’s distance.
- 42.1 km/sSolar escape
Vis-viva at 1 AU. Family 4.2, not 42.00.
Missions and tools
- 42 minMariner 2
A scan of Venus. Duration, not a law of the planet.
- 42 dApollo 12 S-IVB
Missed heliocentric burn. NASA prints the period.
42Expedition 42here
Sequential crew number. The patch draws 4 and II.
- STS-42STS-42
Shuttle number. Discovery, IML-1.
- 42Horizons keywords
JPL’s own manual. A documentation count.
What it supports
NASA image ISS042-S-001. Official caption: left array a prominent number 4, right arrays the Roman numeral 2, together Expedition 42. November 2014–March 2015.
What it does not
Not STS-42. Not a physical constant on orbit. 41 and 43 also flew. The 4 and II are design, not a law of the arrays.
ExactnessAuthored use
Form42
Unitexpedition
Strengthhard
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