Change of Command Ceremony: In preparation for 41S crew departure tomorrow, Virts handed over command of the ISS to Padalka this morning. During the event, all crew members discussed with Houston and Russian Flight Control Teams their roles and responsibilities for the timeframe between this event and the departure of Soyuz. Human Research Program (HRP) …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/09/15
ISS Attitude Control Disturbance: ISS experienced unexplained torque around 15:27 GMT in the roll axis. The attitude control system experienced a large number of desats with a continued increase in attitude error. SARJs were safed and attitude control was handed over to RS thrusters. Preliminary indications seem to point to an approximate 38-second inadvertent 41S …
Station Orientation Back on Track
Today at 10:27 a.m. Central time during the routine testing of communications systems between the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft and the International Space Station (ISS), Soyuz thrusters activated inadvertently which led to a slight change in the orientation of the ISS. Actions were immediately taken to reorient the ISS. There was no threat to the crew …
CNU STEM Day 2015
SD Education and Outreach team members Kristyn Damadeo and Sarah Crecelius staffed two Earth science booths at the 2015 STEM Community Day held May 30, 2015, sponsored by Christopher Newport University, Newport News Public Schools, and the Governor’s Youth Development Academy. SD Education and Outreach collaborated with the LaRC Office of Education to provide a […]
Roscosmos Announces New Soyuz/Progress Launch Dates
Station managers from Roscosmos have announced new Soyuz and Progress spacecraft launch dates through the end of the year. Meanwhile, the six member Expedition 43 crew on orbit has a packed schedule of homecoming preparations, science and maintenance. Three Soyuz crew missions to the International Space Station have been given new launch dates. The next …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/08/15
Predetermined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM): The ISS performed a PDAM, using 58 Progress (58P) thrusters, due to a repeating conjunction. The PDAM executed nominally and the close approach with the object is no longer a concern. Rodent Research-2 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (RR-2 CASIS): Kelly performed a fixative flush and swap …
Controllers Steer Station Clear of Space Debris
Playing it conservatively, International Space Station flight controllers conducted a pre-determined avoidance maneuver (PDAM) today to steer the station well clear of a fragment of a spent Minotaur rocket body launched in 2013. Having tracked the object throughout the weekend and today, U.S. and Russian flight controllers executed a 5 minute, 22 second firing of …
Station Controllers Eye Space Debris as Crew Trains for Departure
A fragment from a spent Minotaur rocket body is being monitored today as flight controllers decide whether or not there will be a conjunction with the International Space Station. A docked ISS Progress 58 cargo craft would fire its engines should the space station need to get out of the way of the space debris. …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/07/15
Rodent Research-2 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (RR-2 CASIS): Kelly and Virts successfully completed the final of four sample collection sessions today. Kelly was the primary operator while Virts assisted, placing samples in containment then in MELFI. The primary objective of this research is to monitor the effects of the space environment …