Every month on Earth Matters, we offer a puzzling satellite image. The June 2015 puzzler is above. Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us what part of the world we are looking at, when the image was acquired, what the image shows, and why the scene is interesting. How to answer. Your answer can be a […]
Congratulations to reader John Radford for being the first to solve our May 2015 puzzler. As John noted: “It is East Java looking across Surabaya towards Bali and further islands. The numerous lights in the Java Sea must be mostly fishing boats though the cluster dead center may be partly Pulau Kangean lights. The yellowish […]
Ocular Health: Kelly and Kornienko completed their Flight Day (FD) 90 Ocular Health activities with their ultrasound session, Padalka was the ultrasound operator for both sessions. The ultrasound images will be used to identify changes in globe morphology, including flattening of the posterior globe, and document optic nerve sheath diameter, optic nerve sheath tortuosity, globe …
The three inhabitants of the International Space Station wrapped up a week-long series of eye checks for the Ocular Health study today and continued a litany of ongoing public and commercial microgravity science research. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly worked inside the Destiny laboratory and opened up the Fluids Integrated Rack to replace a microscope lamp. …
Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) Cleanup and Reconfiguration: Kelly completed the second and final MSG cleanup session following the completion of RR2. Following cleanup, Padalka installed the Observation Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space (OASIS) experiment hardware. The sample installation, final connections and camera checkout will be scheduled on another day. OASIS studies the unique behavior …
The International Space Station got an orbital boost this morning after a docked Russian resupply craft fired its engines for four minutes and eight seconds. One more reboost is scheduled for July 10 when the station will be at the proper altitude for a new Soyuz crew to dock at the end of July. The …
Ocular Health: Kelly and Kornienko performed their Flight Day 90 (FD90) Ocular Health exams. With Padalka assisting in setup and as the Crew Medical Officer (CMO)/Operator, Kelly and Kornienko underwent vision tests, blood pressure readings, tonometry, and each took a vision questionnaire. The Ocular Health protocol calls for a systematic gathering of physiological data to …
The three-member Expedition 44 crew is conducting biomedical science today to study the effects of living in space on a crew member’s body. The International Space Station will raise its orbit tomorrow to allow another trio of space residents to join the orbiting residents at the end of July. Commander Gennady Padalka and One-Year crew …
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-Low Gravity Phase Kinetics Platform (BCAT-KP): Kelly reviewed the experiment prior to charging the D2Xs camera batteries, changing out batteries and setting the intervelometer settings. The BCAT-KP experiment aims to help materials scientists develop new consumer products with unique properties and longer shelf lives. Colloids are mixtures of small particles distributed throughout …
