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    Crew Relaxes as Two Robotic Arms Prepare for Payload Handoffs

    The Expedition 59 crew has a light duty day today with some science work on the schedule. Meanwhile, robotics controllers are preparing to swap external payloads in the unpressurized trunk of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft. NASA Flight Engineer Christina Koch checked samples today as she continued exploring why pathogens become more virulent in space. …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/08/2019

    Fluid Shifts (Chibis): A crewmember performed the first of two days of Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) data collection. This week, two crewmembers will each perform two days of LBNP data collection. Although issues were reported with data collection for the Cerebral and Cochlear Fluid Pressure (CCFP) tympanometry, this is used to support interpretation of …

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    Science Aboard Station Today Impacts Astronaut Health Long-Term

    The International Space Station has all but one of its seven ports occupied by two crew ships and four cargo ships today. With plenty of food, fuel and supplies, the Expedition 59 crew is busy conducting new science experiments delivered to the orbital lab. The crew researched an array of space biology today including pathogen …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/07/2019

    Fluid Shifts (Chibis): The crew performed the first of two days of their LBNP data collection.  This week, two crewmembers will each perform two days of LBNP data collection.  Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Imaging with Chibis. The Chibis hardware is used to perform the Lower Body …

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    New Science Being Unpacked and Worked Aboard Orbital Lab

    Six spaceships are now parked at the International Space Station and the Expedition 59 crew is working on the newest science delivered Monday. Astronauts will continue to live and work in space longer and scientists want to know how humans and a variety of other organisms adapt to support these missions. NASA astronaut Anne McClain …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/06/2019

    SpaceX (SpX)-17 Capture/Berthing: SpX-17 launched successfully Saturday carrying approximately 5,500 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware to the ISS. The vehicle was captured today at 6:03 AM CT with berthing to the Node 2 Nadir (N2N) port at 9:22 AM CT. The crew completed vestibule pressurization, leak check and vestibule outfitting and has begun …

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    Busy Monday as Astronauts Grapple Dragon and Store Critical Experiments

    This morning, just two days following its nighttime launch from the Florida coast, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft was captured and installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 9:32 a.m. EDT. Expedition 59 astronauts David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Nick Hague of NASA successfully employed the space …

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    SpaceX Cargo Craft Attached to Station

    Two days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 9:32 a.m. EDT. The 17th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX (CRS-17) delivers more than 5,500 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory. Here’s some …

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    Astronaut Commands Robotic Arm to Capture Dragon Cargo Craft

    While the International Space Station was traveling over the north Atlantic Ocean, astronauts David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Nick Hague of NASA grappled Dragon at 7:01 a.m. EDT using the space station’s robotic arm Canadarm2. Ground controllers will now send commands to begin the robotic installation of the spacecraft on bottom of …

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    NASA TV Coverage Begins of the SpaceX Dragon Approaching Station

    Flight control teams for the International Space Station and SpaceX are proceeding toward grapple of the Dragon cargo spacecraft this morning. Capture is expected around 7 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage has begun. Watch live at http://www.nasa.gov/live. Expedition 59 astronauts David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Nick Hague of NASA will use the space …

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