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  • Space Delivery Arriving Tonight as Crew Scans Eyes and Veins

    A Roscosmos space freighter is due to arrive at the International Space Station tonight and replenish the Expedition 68 crew. While they wait for the space delivery, the orbital residents stayed busy throughout Thursday working on more eye and vein scans, a plant habitat, and a spacesuit. At 10:49 p.m. EDT tonight, two cosmonauts will …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/26/2022

    82 Progress (82P) Launch: Yesterday at 7:20 PM CT, 82P launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying food, fuel, and supplies to the ISS. 82P will dock to the ISS Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM-2) zenith port on Thursday, October 27th at 9:49 PM CT after completing a 34-orbit rendezvous. Payloads: Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG): Cleaning …

  • Crew Awaits Space Cargo and Works Eye and Heart Health

    A Roscosmos resupply ship is in orbit today chasing the International Space Station for a Thursday night docking. Meanwhile, the seven Expedition 68 crew members scanned their veins, studied plasma physics, reviewed U.S. cargo mission procedures, and practiced controlling a new robotic arm on Wednesday. Three tons of food, fuel, and supplies are packed inside …

  • Webb Offers Never-Before-Seen Details of Early Universe

    A James Webb Space Telescope image of galaxy cluster MACS0647 and the very distant galaxy MACS0647-JD. At left, the cluster appears as a sea of galaxies on a black background. The image is punctuated by a few foreground stars with prominent diffraction spikes. Three small boxes outlined in white mark the locations of the three images of galaxy MACS0647-JD. They are numbered 1, 2, and 3. Enlarged images of these boxes appear in a column down the right side of the screen. They are labeled JD 1, JD 2, and JD 3. The three images of MACS0647-JD from Webb show two, distinct features that are differently colored, with the larger area appearing redder and the smaller one appearing bluer.

    Editor's Note: This post highlights data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review process. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was specially designed to detect the faint infrared light from very distant galaxies and give astronomers a glimpse at the early universe. The nature of galaxies during this early period …

  • Progress 82 Cargo Craft Safely in Orbit Following Launch

    The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 8:20 p.m. EDT (5:20 a.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday, Oct. 25, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned on its way to meet …

  • Watch Live NASA TV Coverage of the Progress 82 Cargo Launch

    NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app now are providing live coverage of the launch of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The uncrewed Progress 82 is scheduled to lift off at 8:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 25 (5:20 a.m. Baikonur time Oct. 26), on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress will dock to …