Food Physiology: The crew participated in a briefing with the Food Physiology team. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Physiology) experiment is designed to characterize the key effects of an enhanced spaceflight diet on immune function, the gut microbiome, and nutritional …
Crew Preps for U.S. and Japanese Cargo Missions
The Expedition 63 crew will monitor the departure of an American resupply ship on Monday and welcome a Japanese cargo craft when it arrives two weeks later. Meanwhile, the three International Space Station residents are configuring the orbital lab for the spaceship activities and continuing microgravity science. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter is nearing the …
Robotics, Cargo Mission and Photography Keep Station Crew Busy
NASA’s International Space Station commander configured robotic assistants today while continuing to get ready for next week’s U.S. cargo craft departure. The two Expedition 63 Flight Engineers from Roscosmos explored advanced space photography techniques and inventoried electronics gear. Three-time space visitor Chris Cassidy is readying a trio of cube-shaped, free-flying robotic assistants for upcoming operations. …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/06/2020
Astrobee battery charge: In preparation for the Kibo Robot Programming Challenge activities which start in the next few weeks, the crew charged several of the batteries used by the Astrobee robots. The Kibo Robot Programming Challenge (Robo-Pro Challenge), also known as Kibo-RPC, allows students to create programs to control Astrobee, a free-flying robot aboard the …
Departure
Sea ice geophysicist Melinda Webster was ready to fly to the RV Polarstern for the MOSAiC expedition. Then COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
The Race to Understand the Science of Coronavirus
As several comprehensive NASA-funded research projects get started, here is a quick roundup of some of the more interesting satellite-related findings about the science of coronavirus and its effects on the environment.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/05/2020
Payloads Wireless (Local Area Network) LAN Setup: The crew made the appropriate Wireless Adapter connection changes to prepare for a wireless access point (WAP)/camera checkout currently planned for next week. The checkout will be between a Laptop in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and an external WAP which is grappled by the Japanese Experiment Module …
Station Trio Works Spacesuits, Science as SpaceX Readies Crew Launch
Spacesuits, photo inspections and pilot studies kept the Expedition 63 crew busy aboard the International Space Station today. Meanwhile, the Commercial Crew Program is getting ready to launch its first crewed mission. Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA spent most of Tuesday inside the Quest airlock where spacewalks in U.S. spacesuits are staged. The veteran space …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/04/2020
SlingShot: To prepare for the Slingshot deployer installation, the crew reviewed the big picture words, then installed the slingshot heater and controller inside the Cygnus vehicle. The team is still discussing a plan for the cables which could not be connected last week. SEOPS’ SlingShot is a small satellite deployment system that fits inside the …