Cerebral Autoregulation: The crew performed a Cerebral Autoregulation data session using the Cardiolab Portable Doppler (CDL PDOP) and the European Physiology Modules Facility Continuous Blood Pressure Device (EPM CBPD). As the body’s most important organ, the brain needs a strong and reliable blood supply, so the brain is capable of self-regulating blood flow even when …
February EO Satellite Puzzler
Every month we offer a puzzling satellite image. Your challenge is to tell us what we are looking at, where it is, and why it is interesting.
Local Agencies in Guyana to Monitor Mangroves in Face of a Changing Climate
Monitoring mangroves in Guyana with Synthetic Aperture Radar.
Station Crew Splits Up Thursday before Next Cargo Mission
The crew aboard the International Space Station is preparing to split up while also getting ready for a U.S. space delivery. NASA astronaut Christina Koch is packing up and cleaning her crew quarters today ahead of her return to Earth early Thursday. She will board the Soyuz MS-13 crew ship on Wednesday about 9:30 p.m. …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/03/2020
Mobile Companion (CIMON): Over the weekend, the crew updated software to the CIMON hardware and then performed a Mood test as part of activation and checkout steps. The Pilot Study with the Crew Interactive MObile companioN (Cimon) is a technology demonstration project, and an observational study, that aims to obtain the first insights into the …
Station Preps for Crew Departure and New U.S. Cargo Ship
NASA astronaut Christina Koch and two fellow Expedition 61 crewmembers are in their final week aboard the International Space Station. The other three lab residents are gearing up for next week’s arrival of a U.S. space freighter. Koch will wrap up a 328-day mission aboard the orbiting lab on Thursday. Koch blasted off to join …
Parker Solar Probe Reports Successful Record-Setting Fourth Close Encounter of the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is healthy and operating as designed following its fourth close approach to the Sun, called perihelion, on Jan. 29.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/31/2020
CAL (Cold Atom Lab): The crew completed the last steps of the Fiber Optics inspections for Module 3 and closed out the CAL in Express Rack 7. The CAL produces clouds of atoms that are chilled to about one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero – much colder than the average temperature of …
Estimating Forest Stand Height in the City of Life
SERVIR team members traveled to Bangkok, where they connected researchers with the tools to use Synthetic Aperture Radar data to monitor forests and estimate biomass.