62Soyuz (62S) Undock/Landing: The 62S crew, Chris Cassidy, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, are preparing to depart the ISS today. 62S undock is scheduled for 6:30 PM CT with landing in Kazakhstan at 9:55 PM CT. Payloads Food Physiology: The crew collected blood, saliva and other samples in support of the Food Physiology investigation. The …
NASA TV live for Crew Farewell and Hatch Closure
NASA is providing live coverage on NASA TV and its website beginning at 3:30 p.m. EDT as NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency Roscosmos prepare to conclude their six-month mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth. The trio will say goodbye to …
Homecoming Day Arrives for Three Station Crewmates
It is departure day aboard the International Space Station for three Expedition 63 crew members. The entire six-member space station crew slept in and shifted their schedules to accommodate tonight’s homecoming activities. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner will board their Soyuz MS-16 crew ship and undock from …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/20/2020
Payloads Cold Atom Lab (CAL) Science Module 2 (SM2): The crew powered off the CAL SM2 to allow EXPRESS rack 6 updates to be performed, then powered the CAL SM2 back on. The CAL produces clouds of atoms that are chilled to about one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero — much colder …
Veteran Space Residents Swap Command Today
Two veteran International Space Station crew members will swap command of the orbiting lab during the traditional Change of Command Ceremony this afternoon. The six-member space station crew will gather together at 4:15 p.m. EDT when Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA ceremonially hands control of the station to Expedition 64 cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov …
Mobile Launcher Arrives at Launch Pad 39B for Tests, Preps for Artemis I
The Exploration Ground Systems and Jacobs teams rolled the mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for its slow trek to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 20. The roll began just after midnight, and the mobile launcher arrived at the top of the pad Tuesday morning. This trek to the …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/19/2020
Payloads Payload Network Attached Storage (PL NAS): In an effort to resolve issues with the PL NAS, which is currently unresponsive, the crew rebooted the unit. More troubleshooting will be required, and there are no immediate impacts. The Payload NAS is a file server with five hard drive bays that provides a total of twenty …
Crews Change Command on Tuesday; Leak Temporarily Sealed
Two veteran International Space Station residents will have a Change of Command ceremony on Tuesday before the Expedition 63 crew returns to Earth the following day. Meanwhile, the Russian portion of the crew has temporarily sealed a leak on the orbiting lab. Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA will hand over control of the space station …
Next-Generation Airlock Prepped for SpaceX CRS-21 Launch
The first commercially funded airlock for the International Space Station is ready for its journey to space. On Saturday, Oct. 10, teams moved the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock to SpaceX’s processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Two days later, it was packed in the Dragon spacecraft’s trunk for its ride to the orbiting …