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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/27/2024

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew spent time rebuilding the Pressure Control and Pump Assembly (PCPA) SN007 as practice before rebuilding the PCPA SN002 as a viable spare PCPA for the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA). Payloads: ExPRESS Rack-6 Laptop (ELC-6): The hard drive was swapped on ELC-6 as part of laptop …

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    Ongoing Spacewalk Preps, Science, and Plumbing Keep Crews Busy

    Preparations continue for the next spacewalk at the International Space Station planned for next week. In the meantime, the orbital residents are rebuilding advanced plumbing gear and servicing video and science hardware. Beginning around 8:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 26 NASA instructed crews aboard the space station to shelter in their respective spacecraft as …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/26/2024

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew performed various maintenance and cargo activities to assist the ISS crew. They completed an activity to help organize the PMM and an activity to remove the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) Pressure Control and Pump Assembly (PCPA) Motor from PCPA SN002 in support of the PCPA Motor …

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    NASA Collins xEVAS Update 

    In 2022 and 2023, NASA awarded Collins Aerospace two task orders under the agency’s xEVAS (Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services) contract. The first task order was to deliver a next generation spacesuit and spacewalking system for potential use on the International Space Station with a base value of $97.2 million. The second task order was to advance additional …

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    Cargo, Science, and Spacewalk Preps Fill Station’s Day

    Six NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station had a day filled with cargo packing, orbital plumbing, and a spacewalk conference. The orbital outpost’s three cosmonauts from Roscosmos spent their day testing a 3D printer, collecting microbial air samples, and servicing life support gear. Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, …

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    Signal Acquired! NOAA GOES-U Weather Satellite Begins Its Science Mission

    A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

    The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) team received telemetry from GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), indicating the spacecraft is functioning nominally and is power positive. The NOAA GOES-U satellite has now safely deployed, and NOAA has acquired a signal. GOES-U will take about two weeks to reach geostationary orbit. Once there, the satellite …

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    NOAA’s GOES-U Weather Satellite Deployment

    SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket carries NOAA’s GOES-U satellite to geostationary orbit, about 22,236 miles above Earth, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

    The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) has separated from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy second stage rocket. The GOES-U spacecraft will now unfurl its solar arrays and work toward powering up and establishing communications with ground controllers. Follow along while the team works to acquire signal from the satellite. …

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    NOAA’s Weather Satellite Mission Completes Final Burn

    The second stage of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy completes its final burn ahead of deployment of NOAA’s GOES-U mission on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

    The rocket’s second stage completed its final burn before it separates from the satellite. The satellite will separate from the rocket in about eight minutes. Then, about 15 minutes later, the satellite will deploy its solar array and should achieve a power positive state about 10 minutes. Continue checking NASA’s GOES blog for additional mission …

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    GOES-U Satellite Now in Coast Phase

    The second stage of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy completes its final burn ahead of deployment of NOAA’s GOES-U mission on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

    The second stage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy fired its engines for more than a minute, before experiencing the second stage engine cut off of this mission. The GOES-U satellite now will coast for just under four hours before its final burn, establishing it in a geostationary orbit, about 22,236 miles above Earth. Continue checking …

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    Falcon Heavy Side Boosters Stick the Landing

    Side boosters from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

    The SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s dual first-stage side boosters have completed near-simultaneous touchdowns at Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Meanwhile, the rocket has completed the first second stage engine cut off. It will experience cut off twice more. The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational …

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