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Japanese Experiment Module Airlock (JEM A/L) Depress: The crew has depressurized the JEM A/L and vented the remaining air in preparation for the deployment of Satlet Initial Mission Proofs and Lessons (SIMPL) early Friday morning. Personal Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitor Installations: After reviewing reference material, the crew completed software and hardware installation activities by configuring …
Pope Francis and Expedition 53 Crew Exchange Thoughts About Humanity’s Deepest and Oldest Questions
In the middle of a workday where the Expedition 53 crew performed a routine emergency drill and additional ocular ultrasounds to map any eye changes, there was, most certainly, a higher (phone) call that actually came from more than 200 miles below the International Space Station at the Vatican: Pope Francis phoned in. It was …
Plastic, Plastic, Where is All Our Plastic?
Recent calculations project that by 2050 there be more plastic in the ocean than fish.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/25/2017
Node 3 Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Photos: This morning, the crew removed the WHC Kabin, took photographs of surrounding areas, and then replaced the WHC Kabin. These high-resolution, high-quality photos of seat track locations in the vicinity of the WHC and Node 3 Mid-Bay will be analyzed by teams on the ground. These analyses …
Expedition 53 Inspires the Next Generation, Learns More About How the Human Body Responds to Space
Mid-week, the crew of Expedition 53 completed tasks to investigate the various ways microgravity affects the human body and shared the benefits of the International Space Station with students in Kiev, Ukraine, during a Public Affairs in-flight event. At 11 a.m. EDT, Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA spoke with U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch live on …
SAGE III/ISS Initial Data Release for Public Use
The first wave of atmospheric data from SAGE III/ISS is now available for public use through NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center. The data was collected from June 2017 to August 2017 and includes measurements of ozone, aerosols and nitrogen dioxide. SAGE III scientists are seeking feedback on this initial data from the international atmospheric science […]
Learning with Lasers
Lasers can help scientists get a qualitative measure of the increases and decreases of mixing at the ocean surface.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/24/2017
Extravehicular Mobility Unit Loop Scrub: Today, the crew configured Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suits 3003 and 3008 for loop scrubbing. Once the scrubbing activity was complete, they reconfigured hardware and performed iodination of Ion Filters for both suits. A sample of the water was obtained after the loop scrub activity to determine the effectiveness of …
Pumpkins, Fish, and Communication
Although communication between those at home and those on a ship has improved over the decades, being in mid-ocean still has quite a few communication challenges.