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  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/01/2022

    Payloads: BioNutrients:  A crewmember gathered BioNutrients hardware in preparation for upcoming operations.  BioNutrients demonstrates a technology that enables on-demand production of human nutrients during long-duration space missions. The process uses engineered microbes, like yeast, to generate carotenoids from an edible media to supplement potential vitamin losses from food that is stored for very long periods. …

  • Crew Has Health Checks, Studies Construction on Planets

    Spine scans and eye checks filled a portion of the Expedition 66 crew’s day while also preparing for CubeSat deployments and studying space construction techniques. The astronauts and cosmonauts also worked on U.S. spacesuits and inspected Russian modules aboard the International Space Station. Medical checkups are a regular occurrence on the orbiting lab as scientists …

  • Following Webb’s Arrival at L2, Telescope Commissioning Set to Begin

    In this illustration, the multilayered sunshield on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope stretches out beneath the observatory’s honeycomb mirror

    Following Webb's arrival at its orbital destination around Lagrange Point 2 (L2) on Jan. 24, the mission operations team began working its way through a critical series of steps: powering on all the science instruments, turning off heaters to begin a long cooldown process, and ultimately capturing the first photons on Webb's primary camera to …

  • NASA/USGS Landsat 9 Passes Review, Now Operational

    This natural color image of the San Francisco Bay was captured by Landsat 9's new Operational Land Imager 2 instrument. Landsat 9 which launched Sept. 27, 2021, is now in its operational phase and the USGS will release the data to the public starting in mid-February.

    Landsat 9, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), passed its post-launch assessment review and is now in its operational phase. Continuing the Landsat program's nearly 50-year record of imaging Earth from orbit, USGS plans to start releasing Landsat 9 data to the public in mid-February and will announce data availability …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/31/2022

    Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR):  The CIR Manifold #4 Bottle was swapped out with a bottle containing 100% C2H4.  The CIR includes an optics bench, combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer control, and five different cameras for performing combustion investigations in microgravity. Concrete Hardening:  The Maintenance Work Area (MWA) was cleared in preparation of the Concrete …

  • Week Begins on Station with Science Hardware Work

    The seven-member Expedition 66 crew started the last day of January working on a wide variety of research gear supporting biology, physics, and Earth science. Spacewalk tool work and vision tests were also on Monday’s schedule aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshburn kicked off Monday servicing science components, flight …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/28/2022

    Payloads: Metabolic Space: A crewmember performed a CEVIS exercise session with Metabolic Space protocols and hardware. The aim of the Metabolic Space experiment is to perform a technology demonstration of cardio-pulmonary diagnosis in space during physical activities of astronauts living aboard the ISS, while maintaining unrestricted mobility. This is achieved with a wearable measurement system …

  • Crew Works Spine Scans, Heart and Breathing Checks on Friday

    Spinal scans and cardiopulmonary measurements were the key research operations taking place aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The Expedition 66 crew also serviced spacesuits, life support gear, and a Russian science module. Human research is fundamental to understanding how the body adapts to weightlessness with doctors seeking to keep astronauts healthy during long-term …