On the night of June 5, a lightning strike started the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. Extremely dry vegetation and
Efforts to contain the fire continue with 21 hand crews, 10 helicopters and dozens
NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program funded a series of parabolic flights to evaluate eight space-technology experiments conducted by a like number of teams in
microgravity flights included: Johns Hopkins University of Medicine is evaluating a new hand-held
It was an event 25 years in the making for NASA’s Langley Research Center. For Robert Costen, it felt a little longer.
The hand-crafted stainless steel capsule, topped by a commemorative lid, will house
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The International Space Station expanded its research capabilities overnight after robotics controllers installed a new external science platform. Meanwhile, the Expedition 62 crew is packing cargo for return to Earth while getting ready for its own departure. Europe’s latest contribution to the orbiting lab, Bartolomeo, was attached to the outside of the Columbus laboratory module …
Robotic engineers remotely commanded the Canadarm2 robotic arm and the Dextre robotic hand
The Expedition 59 crew has a light duty day today with some science work on the schedule. Meanwhile, robotics controllers are preparing to swap external payloads in the unpressurized trunk of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft. NASA Flight Engineer Christina Koch checked samples today as she continued exploring why pathogens become more virulent in space. …
Finally, the Japanese robotic arm will hand off the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System
The International Space Station is gearing up for a new Russian docking module due to arrive on Friday. In the meantime, the Expedition 66 residents focused on a variety of human research and space physics aboard the orbital lab today. Russia’s newest docking port, the Prichal module, sits atop a rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome …
The study observes a crew member reaching for virtual objects to compare hand-eye
The seven-member Expedition 66 crew started the last day of January working on a wide variety of research gear supporting biology, physics, and Earth science. Spacewalk tool work and vision tests were also on Monday’s schedule aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshburn kicked off Monday servicing science components, flight …
Barron later replaced a robotic hand controller while Marshburn worked on water transfer
NASA and SpaceX managers continue to plan for the departure of four commercial crew astronauts aboard the International Space Station this week. A change of command is also on tap as the 11 orbital residents transition to a seven-member crew before the end of the week. NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, …
The quartet will first see Marshburn hand over station command to Roscosmos Flight
