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    Space Physics and Biology Top Research Schedule Today

    The Expedition 63 crew spent Friday setting up advanced science hardware to explore a wide variety of space phenomena. The International Space Station residents also worked spacesuit maintenance and conducted more eye checks. NASA Flight Engineer Bob Behnken spent the morning swapping furnaces inside the Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) research rack. Fellow NASA  astronaut Doug …

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    NASA Completes Third Test in SLS Green Run Series Ahead of Artemis I

    Technicians at NASA’s Stennis Space Center have completed the third of eight tests in the Green Run test series for the Space Launch System rocket. Each test is designed to gradually bring the rocket’s core stage — the same hardware that will be used for Artemis I — to life for the first time. >>Read more

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/09/2020

    Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS) installation:  The crew installed the DFS investigation hardware into the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG).  The investigation is scheduled to begin later this month.  Droplet Formation Studies in Microgravity (Droplet Formation Study, or more simply DFS) evaluates water droplet formation and water flow of Delta Faucet’s H2O kinetic shower head technology. …

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    NASA’s Perseverance Rover Ready for its Ride to Mars

    The United Launch Alliance (ULA) payload fairing with NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover secured inside is positioned on top of the ULA Atlas V rocket inside the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.

    NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is now attached to the rocket that will carry it on its seven-month journey to the Red Planet for the agency's Mars 2020 mission. On Tuesday, July 7, a team of engineers fastened the payload fairing, containing the rover and remainder of the spacecraft – the aeroshell backshell, descent stage and …

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    Emergency Training, Eye Checks Ahead of Spacewalks

    The International Space Station was a hive of activity today with the Expedition 63 crew practicing emergency skills, examining eyes and studying water conservation. Two astronauts also will continue more battery swaps in a pair of spacewalks set to begin next week. Living 260 miles above the Earth and orbiting the planet 16 times a …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/08/2020

    Payloads Fluids Integrated Rack/Light Microscopy Module (FIR/LMM)/CDM Change-out:  As a continuation of the CDM experiment, the crew installed the seventh of the ten experiment modules on the FIR/LMM.  Capillary-Driven Microfluidics in Space (Capillary Driven Microfluidics or more simply, CDM) examines the drawing of fluids into a tiny narrow tube in microgravity. Results may improve current …

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    Russian Cargo Ship Leaves, Crew Tests Dragon’s Comfort Factors

    Russia’s Progress 74 (74P) cargo craft departed the International Space Station today leaving four spaceships from the U.S., Russia and Japan parked at the orbital lab. It will be replaced in two weeks when the Progress 76 arrives to replenish the crew. The 74P undocked today at 2:23 p.m. EDT after seven months attached to …

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    Operation IceBridge: Glaciers Aren’t Forever

    by Emily Fischer Flying a plane over Alaska's vast landscape provides a birds-eye view of some incredible sights. Bears run across frigid streams, moose trample through mounds of snow, and golden eagles own the air above ice-capped mountains. Glaciers cut paths through these mountains, leaving lakes and rivers in their wake. These glaciers are especially …

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