NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometer) away from Earth, orbiting around the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2. How do we send commands and receive telemetry – the science and engineering data from the observatory – from that far away? We use the DSN (Deep Space Network) to communicate with …
Payloads: Cardiobreath: Bio-Monitor wearable hardware was donned and data was collected during a Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (CEVIS) Exercise session. Astronauts experience changes in their cardiovascular, respiratory, and musculoskeletal systems during spaceflight, which can affect their capacity to exercise and to maintain blood pressure when standing after return to Earth. Causal Analysis of …
Life science to benefit humans on Earth and in space was the top research priority aboard the International Space Station on Monday. The Expedition 69 crew also worked on housekeeping tasks and cargo craft duties to start the workweek. Research in microgravity reveals new phenomena that would be impossible to discover or observe in Earth’s …
The day was full of surprises for a team sampling burn scars in the tundra of southwest Alaska.
Northrup Grumman – 19 (NG-19) Cygnus Reboost: Today, the ISS successfully performed a 1.345 m/s reboost using Cygnus Delta Velocity Engine (DVE) thruster starting at 9:35 CT with a burn duration of 22 minutes and 48 seconds. This reboost sets up phasing for 85P launch and rendezvous on GMT 235, and is one of two …
On Aug. 12, 2018 – five years ago this week – NASA's Parker Solar Probe blasted off atop a powerful Delta IV rocket.
Botany and physics topped the research schedule as spacewalk cleanup duties continued aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The Expedition 69 crew also focused on life support maintenance as a U.S. cargo craft fired it engines to boost the orbital outpost. Sustaining crews independently of cargo missions and taking advantage of microgravity for better …
Crew members who will soon fly aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission will enter quarantine Friday in one of the major milestones before they head to the launch site in Florida to start their mission to the International Space Station. The process of flight crew health stabilization is a routine part of final preparations for all …
The Expedition 69 crew is continuing to unpack a U.S. cargo craft before it fires engines to reboost the International Space Station on Friday. The orbital residents are also continuing their science and maintenance activities while cleaning up the day after a spacewalk. NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Stephen Bowen continued unpacking some of the …
Payloads: Combustion Integration Rack (CIR): The crew gained access to the CIR and continued troubleshooting efforts on the Input/Output Processor (IOP). Today’s troubleshooting was designed to force the IOP to start up from a different boot-up script than was previously used, but was not successful. CIR includes an optics bench, combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer …
