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As the tundra fires field expedition winds down, the team returns with ample data and enthusiasm.

Payloads: Advanced Resistive Exercise Device – Kinematics (ARED-K): The ARED-K Acquisition Unit (AU) in Node 3 was powered on to verify ground connectivity. The ground was successfully able to connect to the AU, and the crew powered off the AU. The ARED-K investigation assesses the current exercise programs to allow for the improvement of exercise …

The Expedition 69 crew began its day with health checks before moving on to biology and physics research at the end of the week. The International Space Station residents also kept up their maintenance activities while preparing for next week’s cargo and crew missions. NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen started his morning setting up a …

By Sandra Freund, OSIRIS-REx Program Manager, Lockheed Martin On Sept. 24, samples of asteroid Bennu will arrive on Earth, thanks to NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and its mission to obtain fragments of this rocky body. The flight portion of the mission, many years in the making, will end when its sample return capsule lands in the …

Payloads: Actiwatch-Plus: Four Actiwatches were connected to the Human Research Facility-1 (HRF-1) rack for data download and charging. The Actiwatch-Plus is a waterproof, non-intrusive, sleep-wake activity monitor worn on the wrist of a crewmember and contains a miniature uniaxial accelerometer that produces a signal as the subject moves. The data is stored in non-volatile memory …

The Expedition 69 crew pointed its research program toward cancer therapies, vein scans, and space manufacturing on Thursday. The International Space Station will also see a Roscosmos cargo craft and a SpaceX crew spacecraft arrive next week. Science on the orbital outpost can help doctors develop innovative treatments for a variety of health conditions on …

After an approximately four-mile journey over the course of two days, mobile launcher 1 arrived on Aug. 17 at Launch Pad 39B from its park site location at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will remain at the pad for several months as teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program prepare for Artemis ll, …

Payloads: Kibo-Robot Programming Challenge 4: An Astrobee flight and technical feasibility rehearsal was performed in preparation of the Kibo Robot Programming Challenge 4 final round event. Kibo-Robot Programming Challenge 4 is an educational competition for students in the Asia-Pacific region. The students are tasked to create a program that demonstrates accurate control of Astrobee. The …

Exercise, physics, and robotics were the main science objectives aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 69 crew also expanded the orbital lab’s stowage volume while it waits for upcoming cargo and crew missions. The lack of gravity while living and working in space requires crew members to exercise every day for two …