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    CAPSTONE to Test Technologies After Recovery from Communications Issue

    NASA’s CAPSTONE – short for Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – is in good health following a communications issue that began in late January, and the mission team is preparing for upcoming technology demonstration tests. Beginning Jan. 26, CAPSTONE was unable to receive commands from ground operators. The spacecraft remained overall …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/08/2023

    Payloads: Cerebral Autoregulation: The crew set up the experiment hardware to support science sessions later this week. As the body’s most important organ, the brain needs a strong and reliable blood supply, so the brain is capable of self-regulating blood flow even when the heart and blood vessels cannot maintain an ideal blood pressure. The …

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    NASA Eyes New Lunar CubeSat Orbit, Propulsion Challenges Continue

    NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat launched on Dec. 11, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies with a stretch science goal of detecting surface ice at the Moon’s South Pole. Shortly into Lunar Flashlight’s journey, the mission operations team discovered three of its four thrusters were underperforming. Among the steps taken to analyze the issue and find …

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    Resupply Rocket Ready for Launch, Crew Works Science and Plumbing

    A new cargo mission stands ready to launch early Thursday and dock to the International Space Station two days later. Meanwhile, the Expedition 68 crew switched roles between space scientists and orbital plumbers on Wednesday promoting advanced knowledge and maintaining life support systems. A rocket packed with about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies, …

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    Breaking the Tracking Speed Limit With Webb

    In September, the James Webb Space Telescope observed as NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) intentionally smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid, in the world's first-ever in-space test for planetary defense. Today, we hear from Stefanie Milam, Webb's deputy project scientist for planetary science at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, about how the Webb …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/07/2023

    Payloads: Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF): The crew performed the steps necessary to remove the processed boron carbide-stainless steel (B4C-SS) samples and install the next set of samples to be processed. The ELF is an experimental facility designed to levitate/melt/solidify materials by containerless processing techniques using the Electrostatic Levitation method. With this facility, thermophysical properties of …

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    Station Science Picks Up on Tuesday as Resupply Mission Nears

    The seven-member Expedition 68 crew was back on its full complement of microgravity research on Tuesday. The orbital residents also saw a trash-filled cargo craft depart the International Space Station early in the morning. It was a science-packed day aboard the orbital outpost with the four astronauts and three cosmonauts exploring the behavior of fuels …

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    Astronauts Relax as Cosmonauts Prep for Cargo Mission

    Four Expedition 68 crew members are off-duty today following last week’s spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system. The rest of the crew is getting ready for a cargo mission due to arrive this week while continuing its ongoing cardiac research. Four astronauts are relaxing today after a successful spacewalk on Thursday …

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    A Nervous Flier’s Guide to Riding the Snowy Skies

    View out a plane window over the wing. The sky is entirely gray as the plane flies through a storm cloud.

    By Erica McNamee, Science Writer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center //OVER NEW YORK STATE// I grew up flying in planes. I'm comfortable in them. But there's one part of flying I've never gotten used to: turbulence. It's common on commercial flights, so over the years I've learned a few tips and tricks on how …

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    AWE Completes Space Environment Tests

    NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) has successfully completed its critical space environment tests. Planned for launch to the International Space Station, AWE will study gravity waves in Earth's atmosphere to gain a deeper knowledge of the connections caused by climate systems throughout our atmosphere and between the atmosphere and space.

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