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    More Immunity Studies as Crew Preps for Cargo Mission, Spacewalks

    The International Space Station hummed with activity on Thursday as the Expedition 65 crew gets ready for the next SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission and continues immune system research. All seven crew members also joined together and practiced their emergency response skills. Commander Akihiko Hoshide teamed up with ESA Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet during the morning, …

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    Orion Spacecraft Adorned with Iconic NASA Worm Logo

    The Orion spacecraft receives another iconic NASA “worm” logo ahead of the Artemis I mission. On April 28 teams with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems and lead contractor Jacobs completed painting the retro insignia on the outboard wall of the spacecraft’s crew module adapter (CMA) – the piece of hardware connecting the crew module to …

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    SnowEx: Little Blogs from the Prairie – Part 2

    The exposed landscape and high winds of prairie environments create drifts, buried ice and other challenging features for the SnowEx team to investigate. Credit: GEOSWIRL / Montana State University

    Madeline Beck, Undergraduate Student in Environmental Science, Montana State University Being part of a NASA research team is an exciting experience! Knowing our work will correspond with further research endeavors and help validate remotely sensed measurements makes us feel like part of a greater effort and team. The research site is in a beautiful part …

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    Immune System, Eye and Ear Studies Continue Aboard Station

    Human research continued full speed ahead on the International Space Station today as the Expedition 65 crew researched the immune system and conducted eye and ear checks. The Celestial Immunity investigation has been under way all week inside the Kibo laboratory module from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/12/2021

    Payloads AC Touch: Per standard procedure, the crew touched both of the coated and uncoated coupons for this long-term investigation.  Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings tests is 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 health and spacecraft systems …

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    SnowEx: Little Blogs from the Prairie – Part 1

    SnowEx researchers Andrew Mullen, Eric Sproles, Caitlin Mitchell, and Ross Palomaki finishing up a snow pit profile. Notice how the snow goes from 3 feet deep to almost nothing over relatively short distances.

    Like so many other things, NASA's SnowEx 2021 looks a little different than usual this year. But one thing is business as usual, and that's the participation of undergraduate and graduate students. Students play a pivotal role in SnowEx, from suiting up for data collection to crunching the numbers afterward. The field sites become a …

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    Human Research May Lead to New Vaccines, Increase Space Commercialization

    Human research took precedence aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as the Expedition 65 crew explored how weightlessness affects the immune system. The orbital residents also trained for a medical emergency and ensured station systems continued operating in tip-top shape. NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Megan McArthur worked in the Kibo laboratory …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/11/2021

    Payloads AC Touch: Per standard procedure, the crew touched both of the coated and uncoated coupons for this long-term investigation. Crew then took photos of the hardware.  Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings tests is an antimicrobial coating on several different materials that represent high-touch surfaces. Some microbes change characteristics in microgravity, which could create new …

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    May Puzzler

    Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us what we are looking at, where it is, and why it is interesting.

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    Three-Day Weekend Aboard Lab Ahead of June Cargo Mission

    The seven orbital residents that comprise the Expedition 65 crew aboard the International Space Station took a well-deserved day off on Monday. May looks to be relaxed month, following a very busy April, with no spacecraft activities on the calendar until June. It was a three-day weekend on the orbiting lab today as the five …

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