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  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/05/2018

    Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME) Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion (E-Field) Flames:  The crew replaced the compensator module in the CIR Hi Bit-depth Multi-Spectral (HiBMS) Imaging package today.  This is in preparation for the upcoming ACME E-Field Flames investigation. The ACME investigation is a set of five independent studies of …

  • New Crew Arrives at Launch Site Before March 21 Liftoff

    The next three International Space Station crew members arrived at their launch site Sunday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel are in final launch preparations ahead of their March 21 launch to their new home in space. They suited up in their Russian Sokol …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/02/2018

    Node 3 Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Calibration Failure: Yesterday, the crew successfully replaced the N3 MCA Verification Gas Assembly (VGA) as part of regularly scheduled maintenance. During calibration, however, data was off-nominal and the planned full calibration failed to complete.  Teams continue to work a forward plan to restore full N3 MCA functionality. SUPVIS-Justin:  The …

  • GOES-S Now in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit above Earth

    NOAA's GOES-S satellite launches on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

    The second in a series of four next-generation weather satellites is now in geosynchronous transfer orbit above the Earth. NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 5:02 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There were no weather …

  • Solar Array Deploys on GOES-S Satellite

    The GOES-S satellite completed deployment of the Stage 1 solar array that will generate electricity for the spacecraft during its mission. GOES-S is in a geosynchronous transfer orbit above the Earth, its systems are in good health and it is operating on its own.

  • GOES-S Separates from the Centaur Upper Stage

    We have spacecraft separation. Cheers and applause can be heard from the launch teams as the GOES-S spacecraft separates from the United Launch Alliance Centaur upper stage to fly freely for the first time. Next up is solar array deployment. GOES-S currently is in a geosynchronous transfer orbit above the Earth.

  • Centaur Stage in Coast Phase

    The Centaur stage of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is firing its small thrusters to position itself and the GOES-S payload into the proper position to fire its main engine for the final time during the mission. NASA TV will resume coverage at 8:15 p.m. EST. Spacecraft separation is set to occur at approximately 8:31:55 p.m.

    To view on the agency's website go to http://www.nasa.gov/live

    For more information on the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/goes

  • Centaur Making Maneuvers for Final Firing

    The Centaur stage is firing its small thrusters to position itself and the GOES-S payload into the proper position to fire its main engine for the final time during the mission. Everything remains on schedule for the flight.