By Eric Lindstrom Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study #2 is underway for the next year. Lots of science remains to be done, so it is very early to be writing an epilogue! However, the first big field campaign with a large research ship is completed and it seems right to sum up some […]
Expedition 49 Welcomes Three New Crew Members
Three new crew members are aboard the International Space Station. The hatches on the space station and Soyuz MS-02 opened at 8:20 a.m. EDT, marking the arrival to the orbiting laboratory for NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft docked with …
Soyuz Docks Bringing Three Crew to Station
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos have arrived at the International Space Station. Their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft docked with the station’s Poisk module at 5:52 a.m. EDT. At the time of docking, the space station and Soyuz were flying 251 miles over southern Russia. …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/20/2016
Group Combustion Troubleshooting: FE-5 resumed the troubleshooting on the Group Combustion Experiment Module (GCEM). The crew removed the GCEM Combustion Chamber Element (CCE) from the Multi-Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) rack and installed it on the Work Bench to verify the air supply line Quick Disconnect (QD) connections. FE-5 then reinstalled the Combustion Chamber and …
First Half of Platform C Lowered into Place in Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 3
A heavy-lift crane lowers the first half of the C-level work platforms, C south, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, for installation on the south side of High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The C platforms are the eighth of 10 levels of work …
Astronauts Relaxing Ahead of Crew and Cargo Arrivals
Astronauts Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi are having a light day today ahead of the arrival of three new crewmates Friday morning. The duo also is waiting for Sunday morning’s cargo delivery aboard the Cygnus resupply ship. NASA TV will broadcast the Soyuz MS-02 space ship docking to the International Space Station beginning Friday at …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/19/2016
Soyuz 48S Launch: 48S launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at GMT 293/08:05:14.378, carrying Expedition 49 crewmembers Shane Kimbrough, Andrei Borisenko, and Sergey Ryzhikov to the ISS. Vehicle experienced a nominal ascent and all solar arrays and antennas successfully deployed. The Soyuz will perform a 34-orbit rendezvous before docking with the ISS on Friday, October 21 …
Cargo and Crew Ships Racing Toward Station
Two spaceships are racing to the International Space Station this weekend. One is delivering about 2,400 kilograms of crew supplies and science gear and another is carrying three new crew members. The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome early Wednesday and will dock to the International Space Station Friday morning. Expedition 49-50 crew …
Key Decision Point-E is cleared and SAGE Survives Hurricane Matthew
SAGE III/ISS Project Management traveled from NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. to NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to hold its Key Decision Point-E review. The team was successful and Science Mission Directorate leadership gave the project the greenlight to move forward with launch and commissioning in Phase E. A couple of weeks later, Hurricane […]