Scientists and disaster risk-reduction practitioners visited Nepal to view major landslide sites and better understand what satellite data reveal about the landscape.
Tech Installs and Maintenance for Crew Ahead of Cargo Launch
Equipment installs and station maintenance topped the in-orbit schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 70 crew members expanded on work that began yesterday while completing some maintenance around station as they await the arrival of an upcoming cargo craft. The Progress 87 cargo craft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in …
People of PACE: Bridget Seegers Sails the Seas… and Studies Them Too!
Bridget Seegers is an oceanographer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and a team member for NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. What is your favorite atmosphere or ocean related book or movie? "Life Aquatic" definitely comes to mind. It's amazingly accurate in how it depicts certain aspects of life on a …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/12/2024
Payloads: Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings-2 (AC-2): The crew performed the routine periodic touching of two of the six experiment placards deployed in various locations throughout the ISS. 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 to crew …
Crew Conducts Stem Cell Research and Training as Cargo Craft Nears Launch
A busy week of science and prep for an upcoming cargo delivery kicked off aboard the International Space Station on Monday as the Expedition 70 crew set its sights on new stem cell research and orbital training. Two cosmonauts, Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, are gearing up to be on duty monitoring the …
Tune Into NASA Prelaunch Events for Intuitive Machines’ First Mission to the Moon
Beginning at 11 a.m. EST today, tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website for NASA’s lunar science media teleconference, which will highlight the NASA payloads flying on Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Participants include: Susan Lederer, CLPS …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/09/2024
Axiom-3 (Ax-3) Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Undock: SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom splashed down off the coast of Florida at 7:29 AM CST and returned private astronauts Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei, Alper Gezeravcı, and Marcus Wandt following a successful 18 day docked mission. Payloads: Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings-2 (AC-2): The crew performed a routine, periodic …
Expedition 70 Focuses on Science as Ax-3 Crew Returns to Earth
The Expedition 70 crew was in the middle of its shift aboard the International Space Station when the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew splashed down off the coast of Florida on Friday. The seven orbital residents were exploring how microgravity affects bone cells and optical fibers while the Ax-3 crew was retrieved aboard the SpaceX …
Sun Releases Strong Solar Flare
The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 8:14 a.m. EST, on Feb. 9, 2024. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to …