Body Measures: Earlier this morning, the 49S subject performed the Body Measures Flight Day (FD) 135 session. With assistance from a trained operator the crew conducted a Body Measures data collection, configuring still cameras and video and collecting the Neutral Body Posture video prior to stowing the equipment. NASA is collecting in-flight anthropometric data (body …
Fluid Physics and Human Research Before Second Spacewalk
The crew researched the effects of living in space and set up a specialized microscope for a physics experiment today. Two astronauts are also getting ready for a Thursday spacewalk to continue setting up the International Space Station for commercial crew vehicles. Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Thomas Pesquet used a tape measure this morning …
Balloon-Borne Science Instrument Uses Earth’s Atmosphere to Detect Cosmic Rays
NASA's next super pressure balloon (SPB) mission out of Wanaka, New Zealand, is enabling a pioneering method for studying high-energy cosmic rays from space using a detector looking down on the Earth's atmosphere. The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB) is a mission of opportunity flying on the 2017 SPB test …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/27/2017
Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA)3 Relocation: Yesterday, Robotics Ground Controllers utilized the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to grapple and relocate PMA3 from Node3 Port to Node2 Zenith. After the relocation, they ungrappled PMA3 and maneuvered the SSRMS in position ready to provide viewing support for EVA 41 (Enhanced Processor Integrated Communications (EPIC) External Multiplexer/Demultiplexer …
Did Air Pollution Make Arctic Sea Ice Cover Grow Between 1950 and 1970?
Between 1950 and 1970, sea ice was growing. A new study explains why.
Weekend Robotics Work Sets Up Thursday Spacewalk
The Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) was robotically removed Sunday from the Tranquility module and attached to the Harmony module after being prepared during a successful spacewalk Friday. A second spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday at 8 a.m. EDT to finalize the PMA-3 cable connections on Harmony. Download hi-res video of briefing animations depicting the activities …
Acting U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand Visits NASA’s Super Pressure Balloon Operations in Wanaka; Some 250 Attend Open House
The acting U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, Chargé d'Affaires Candy Green, paid a visit to Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, March 23 to see first-hand NASA's super pressure balloon operations, the science it supports, and the combined U.S.-Kiwi team behind it all. While on site, Green observed the final flight readiness test of the University of …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/24/2017
US Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #40: EV1 Kimbrough and EV2 Pesquet completed the following tasks during today’s 6 hour 34 minute External (EXT) Enhanced Processor and Integrated Communications (EPIC) Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Lube EVA. FE-6 Whitson provided Intravehicular (IV) Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) support. Planned EVA Tasks Completed External Thermal Control System …
Spacewalkers Successfully Complete Primary Tasks
Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency concluded their spacewalk at 1:58 p.m. EDT. During the spacewalk, which lasted just over six-and-a-half hours, the two astronauts successfully disconnected cables and electrical connections on the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 to prepare for its robotic move Sunday, March …