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NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) Removal: FE-5 removed the NanoRack deployer from the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP) Japanese Experiment Module Airlock (JEMAL) Slide Table, following the successful deployments of 8 DoveSat satellites last week. The next use of the JEMAL will be for Robotics External Leak Locator (RELL), which aims to demonstrate that commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) …
COL1F2 UIP European Modular Cultivation System Gas Valve Close Opening of Lab MCA Hand
Electromagnetic Levitator (EML): Today the crew performed a sample chamber swap for the EML facility. Experiment samples are contained in these dedicated sample chambers that are attached to the EML, and new experiment batches are loaded by swapping the sample chambers. The EML is a multi-user facility is designed for containerless materials processing in space. …
Node3 Air Revitalization System (ARS) Rack – Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) – Hand
Out-of-Spec ISS Cabin Pressure Decrease: Following the initial leak repair yesterday, the ISS was repressurized to nominal pressure using Progress assets. Today, the Russian crew performed additional activities for the leak repair. There was still a small leak path which the crew sealed as they continued with the repair. An additional level of repair will …
Astronauts onboard the ISS test a hand-held sextant that is intended for use on future
Progress 85P Launch: Tuesday evening at 8:08 PM CDT, 85P launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying food, fuel, and supplies to the ISS. An automated docking to the ISS Service Module aft docking port is planned to occur on Thursday, August 24th at approximately 10:50 PM CDT after completing a 34-orbit rendezvous. Port Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) …
for Departure Crew Alternative Sleep Accommodations Stowage Removal Crew Dragon Hand
Imagine Earth. Now fill the skies with thick, Sun-obscuring clouds of sulfuric acid; boil off the oceans by cranking up the temperature to 900 degrees
A Volcanic World On Earth, plate tectonics and volcanism go hand in hand.
Thursday brought a trifecta of excitement to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, with events kicking off the center’s centennial celebration,
She smiled and put a hand over her heart.
For decades, NASA has released enormous scientific balloons into Earth’s atmosphere, miles above the altitude of commercial flights. The Balloon Program is
After all, just as risk and failure go hand in hand, so do risk and reward.
50 Soyuz (50S) Launch/Dock: 50S launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome today at 2:13AM CDT with Fyodor Yurchikhin and Jack Fischer aboard and docked in the automated mode to the Mini Research Module (MRM)-2 at 8:24AM CDT. Following hatch opening at 10:05AM CDT, all crew members participated in a crew safety briefing to review emergency actions …
Finish drying 1st suit High Definition Video Camera Assembly 1 Activation with Hand-Held
Payloads: Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM): APM was removed from its Node 3 location and stowed. Air quality in crewed spacecraft is important for keeping astronauts healthy and comfortable. Although requirements exist for maximum allowable concentrations of particulate matter, currently no measurement capability verifies whether these requirements are met. APM demonstrates an instrument for measuring and …
Astrobee free-flier system, multiple tests were performed with the goal of assessing hand
