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    Crew Packs Dragon With Science for Return, Keeps Up Research Schedule

    The Expedition 70 crew will finish packing a U.S. cargo craft today before it departs the International Space Station. The seven orbital residents also collaborated on a variety of human research studies to learn how to keep humans healthy in space. Four astronauts worked together on Wednesday coordinating final cargo transfers inside the SpaceX Dragon …

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    Crew Packs Dragon for Departure, Keeps Up Advanced Research, and a Cygnus Unberthing is Adjusted

    The Expedition 70 crew is packing a U.S. cargo craft ahead of its planned Wednesday departure. The seven residents aboard the International Space Station are also keeping up their regularly scheduled research and maintenance activities. NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli worked together Tuesday morning removing biological specimens from the Destiny laboratory module, stowing …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/19/2023

    Payloads: Cerebral Ageing: Media exchanges were performed on the experiment BioCells. The Impact of Spaceflight on Human Brain Ageing Using Cerebral Organoids (Cerebral Ageing) investigation studies the effect of spaceflight and the durability in space of cerebral organoids.  Cerebral organoids are 3D human-derived structures that closely resemble a developing human brain at the molecular and …

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    People of PACE: Gary Davis Leads His Team Through Engineering Feats

    A man, seen from his shoulders up, takes up a majority of the picture. He is wearing a white clean suit which covers over his head, and also a white mask that covers his nose and mouth. He has glasses on. Behind him is the PACE spacecraft which is very large and covered in wires and other metallic materials.

    Gary Davis is the mission systems engineer for PACE at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. What is your favorite ocean or atmospheric related book or movie? I don't know if it's classified as a book, but I do like the Edgar Allan Poe story "A Descent Into the Maelstrom." My favorite ocean …

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    Crew Health, Space Biology Research as Dragon Awaits Departure

    Crew health and space biology were the top research objectives for the Expedition 70 crew at the beginning of the week. The International Space Station residents also had their hands full with a host of standard lab maintenance tasks. Meanwhile, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft looks to Wednesday at the earliest for its departure. Observing …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18/2023

    Payloads: Advanced Resistive Exercise Device-Kinematics (ARED-K):  The ARED-K components were powered on to allow continued verification and troubleshooting of data pathways needed to support experiment operations. Resistive exercise is used as a countermeasure to musculoskeletal deconditioning in microgravity and currently ISS crews perform resistive exercise using ARED. However, a major unknown is the internal bone …

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    SpaceX Dragon Departure from Space Station for NASA Targets Wednesday

    NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 20, for the undocking of the company’s 29th Dragon commercial resupply services mission from the International Space Station due to unfavorable weather conditions. Joint teams continue to evaluate weather conditions as a cold front passes through the splashdown zones off the coast of …

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    SpaceX Dragon Departure from Space Station for NASA Targets Tuesday

    NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 19, for the undocking of the company’s 29th Dragon commercial resupply services mission from the International Space Station due to unfavorable weather conditions. Joint teams continue to evaluate weather conditions as a cold front passes through the splashdown zones off the coast of …

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    Crew Loads Dragon with NASA Science, Keeps Up Space Research

    The Expedition 70 crew is continuing to pack a U.S. cargo spacecraft readying for its departure early next week. The seven residents living aboard the International Space Station also explored virtual reality while servicing a variety of science and life support hardware. NASA and SpaceX are postponing the Sunday, Dec. 17, undocking of a SpaceX …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/15/2023

    Payloads: Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings-2 (Antimicrobial Coatings-2): The crew performed the routine periodic touching of the six experiment placards deployed in various locations throughout the ISS, and took photos. Antimicrobial Coatings-2 tests an antimicrobial coating on several different materials that represent high-touch surfaces. Some microbes change characteristics in microgravity, which could create new risks …

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