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Airway Monitoring: Today the crew performed the setup activities for the upcoming Airway Monitoring US Lab (ambient) session. The Airway Monitoring investigation aims to determine in detail the pulmonary nitric oxide (NO) turnover in weightlessness and in combined weightless, hypobaric and hypoxic environments. The goal is also to determine the lung diffusion capacity for NO …
Two year anniversary of CYGNSS on orbit
CYGNSS completes its second year on orbit with new scientific results and applications.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/14/2018
Molecular Muscle: Crewmembers removed the Molecular Muscle samples from the Kubik-5 facility and inserted the samples into the MELFI-3 (Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS). Telemetry data for Kubik-05 was downloaded and both the primary and back up units were deinstalled and stowed. The Molecular Muscle investigation examines the molecular causes of muscle abnormalities during …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2018
ICE Cubes (International Commercial Experiment Cubes): A crewmember removed Experiment Cubes (Cube set #2) from the ICE Cubes facility and installed the new set of Cubes (Cube set #1) that were flown on SPX-16. The ICE Cubes Facility is a capable experiment platform that offers flexibility to host many different experiments for research, technology demonstration …
SAGE III Team Attends AGU Fall Meeting
Members of the SAGE III/ISS mission team attended the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting from December 10th – 14th, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Conference visitors were able to experience the SAGE III instrument installed on the exterior of the International Space Station through a virtual reality demonstration. SAGE III Program Scientist, Dr. Richard Eckman, gave […]
Crew Prepares to Split Up While Researching Space Biology
Half of the Expedition 57 crew is getting ready to depart International Space Station while the other half is getting used to life on orbit. Amidst those preparations, all six space residents are researching what microgravity does to their bodies while keeping the orbital lab in tip-top shape. Commander Alexander Gerst continues unpacking the Space …
Well Rested Crew Moves To Human Research, Departure Preps After Spacewalk
The Expedition 57 crew were allowed to catch a few extra hours of sleep today after a lengthy spacewalk Tuesday by the two cosmonauts on board. They then went to work on a variety of microgravity science and lab maintenance aboard the International Space Station. Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev performed routine maintenance on …
Satellites Probe Droppings for Clues About Penguin Populations
An analysis of Landsat imagery shows big colonies of penguins on the Danger Islands are declining.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/12/2018
STaARS BioScience-4 (Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems): Today a crewmember removed four Experiment containers from the STaARS facility and inserted them into Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-3) unit. The STaARS BioScience-4 investigation examines how oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) react to microgravity, specifically the rate at which the cells proliferate and differentiate in …