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ЦитироватьСледующий грузовой корабль Dragon компании SpaceX полетит к МКС весной
МОСКВА, 29 янв - РИА Новости. Запуск к Международной космической станции (МКС) очередного американского грузового корабля Dragon планируется в начале марта, сообщило НАСА.
На сайте агентства отмечается, что пуск ракеты-носителя Falcon-9 с "грузовиком" с космодрома на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) планируется на 2 марта в 9.45 мск.
С 2012 по 2019 годы к МКС были отправлены 19 американских грузовых кораблей Dragon, созданных компанией SpaceX Илона Маска. Один из кораблей не долетел до станции из-за аварии ракеты Falcon-9.

ЦитироватьJan. 28, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-012

NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Space Station Cargo Launch

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:29 p.m. EST on Dec. 5, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company's 19th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA/Tony Gray, Tim Terry and Kevin O'Connell

Media accreditation is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station).

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida no earlier than March 2 at 1:45 a.m. EST.

Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring CCAFS.
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Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations (https://nasa.gov/iss-science) in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, Earth and space science. Advances in these areas will help to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars). Space station research through the ISS National Lab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/index.html) also provides opportunities for other U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions, to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments, and products that improve life on Earth.

Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new investigations at the only laboratory in space. This is the 20th SpaceX mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and enables research not possible on Earth. The space station has been occupied continuously since November 2000. In that time, 239 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have visited the orbiting laboratory. The space station remains the springboard to in human exploration, including future missions to the Moon that will lead to America's next giant leap – sending astronauts to Mars.

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Last Updated: Jan. 28, 2020
Editor: Katherine Brown

ЦитироватьFeb. 15, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-026

NASA Highlights Science on 20th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station

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Airbus workers unpack the Bartolomeo platform at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for its launch to the International Space Station. The platform, manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, hosts multiple external payloads in low-Earth orbit.
Credits: NASA

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 20, to discuss sel ect science investigations launching on the next SpaceX commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station).

Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live (https://www.nasa.gov/live)

SpaceX is targeting 1:45 a.m. Monday, March 2, for the launch of its Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Participants in the briefing will be:

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• Jennifer Buchli, deputy chief scientist for NASA's International Space Station Program Science Office, who will share an overview of the research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html) being conducted aboard the space station and how it benefits exploration and humanity
  
• Michael Roberts, interim chief scientist for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/index.html), who will discuss the lab's work in advancing science in space, and in developing partnerships that drive industrialization through microgravity research.
  
• Boris Khusid, professor of chemical and materials engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and principal investigator for ACE-T-Ellipsoids (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8166), who will discuss the study of colloids – small particles suspended within a fluid – in microgravity for insight into particle density and behavior important for use in 3D printing
  
• Chunhui Xu, associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine, and principal investigator, and collaborator Kevin Maher, professor at Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, will discuss the Generation of Cardiomyocytes from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (MVP Cell-03 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7725)) experiment, a study on the generation of specialized heart muscle cells for use in research and clinical applications.
  
• Aaron Beeler, professor of medicinal chemistry at Boston University, and principal investigator of Flow Chemistry in Microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8172), which will study the effects of microgravity on chemical reactions, as a first step toward on-demand chemical synthesis on the space station.
  
• Paul Patton, senior manager, front end innovation and regulatory for Delta Faucet, and principal investigator of the Droplet Formation Study (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7541), which evaluates water droplet formation and water flow of Delta Faucet's H2Okinetic showerhead technology.
  
• Siegfried Monser, of Airbus, who will discuss Bartolomeo (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7799), a new commercial research platform fr om ESA (European Space Agency), set to be installed on the exterior of the orbiting laboratory.
  

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft also will carry crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory to support the Expedition 62 and 63 crew for the 20th mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract.

The space station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and enables research not possible on Earth. The orbiting laboratory has been occupied continuously since November 2000. In that time, 239 people (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/facts-and-figures), and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft, have visited the orbiting laboratory. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future human missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars.

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Last Updated: Feb. 15, 2020
Editor: Katherine Brown

ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events
Watch NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public)

ALL TIMES EASTERN U.S. TIME​

MARCH

March 2, Monday
1:15 a.m. – Coverage of the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon CRS-20 cargo mission to the International Space Station; launch scheduled at 1:45 a.m. EST (All Channels)

March 4, Wednesday
4:30 a.m. – Coverage of the rendezvous and capture of the SpaceX/Dragon CRS-20 cargo craft at the International Space Station; capture is scheduled at 6 a.m. EST (All Channels)
7:30 a.m. – Coverage of the installation of the SpaceX/Dragon CRS-20 cargo craft to the International Space Station (All Channels)

ЦитироватьFeb. 20, 2020

Improving Shoes, Showers, 3D Printing: Research Launching to the Space Station

A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) on the 20th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. The Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to leave Earth March 2 fr om Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Its cargo includes research on particle foam manufacturing, water droplet formation, the human intestine and other cutting-edge investigations.

The space station, now in its 20th year (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station) of continuous human presence, provides opportunities for research by government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions. Such research supports Artemis (https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/), NASA's missions to the Moon and Mars, and leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth.

High-tech shoes from space

Particle foam molding is a manufacturing process that blows thousands of pellets into a mold wh ere they fuse together. The shoe company Adidas uses this process to make performance midsoles, the layer between the sole of a shoe and the insole under your foot, for its products. The BOOST Orbital Operations on Spheroid Tesellation (Adidas BOOST (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8210)) investigation looks at how multiple types of pellets behave in this molding process. Using one type of pellet creates a foam with the same properties throughout the sole component. Using multiple pellet types can allow engineers to change mechanical properties and optimize shoe performance and comfort. Removing gravity from the process enables a closer look at pellet motion and location during the process.

Results of this investigation could demonstrate the benefits of microgravity research for manufacturing methods, contributing to increased commercial use of the space station. New processes for particle foam molding could benefit a variety of other industries, including packaging and cushioning materials.

New facility outside the space station

The Bartolomeo (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7799) facility, created by ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus, attaches to the exterior of the European Columbus Module. Designed to provide new scientific opportunities on the outside of the space station for commercial and institutional users, the facility offers unobstructed views both toward Earth and into space. Experiments hosted in Bartolomeo receive comprehensive mission services, including technical support in preparing the payload, launch and installation, operations and data transfer and optional return to Earth. Potential applications include Earth observation, robotics, material science and astrophysics.

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Airbus workers unpack the Bartolomeo platform at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for its launch to the International Space Station. The platform, manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, hosts multiple external payloads in low-Earth orbit.
Credits: NASA

Airbus is collaborating with the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs to offer UN Member States the opportunity to fly a payload on Bartolomeo. Developing countries are particularly encouraged to participate, and the mission is devoted to addressing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300). Bartolomeo is named for the younger brother of Christopher Columbus.

Conserving water in the shower

Droplet Formation Studies in Microgravity (Droplet Formation Study (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7541)) evaluates water droplet formation and water flow of Delta Faucet's H2Okinetic showerhead technology. Reduced flow rates in shower devices conserve water, but also can reduce their effectiveness. That can cause people to take longer showers, undermining the goal of using less water. Gravity's full effects on the formation of water droplets are unknown, and research in microgravity could help improve the technology, creating better performance and improved user experience while conserving water and energy.

Insight gained from this investigation also has potential applications in various uses of fluids on spacecraft, from human consumption of liquids to waste management and use of fluids for cooling and as propellants.

Studying the human intestine on a chip

Organ-Chips as a Platform for Studying Effects of Space on Human Enteric Physiology (Gut on Chip (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8078)) examines the effect of microgravity and other space-related stress factors on biotechnology company Emulate's human innervated Intestine-Chip (hiIC). This Organ-Chip (https://www.nasa.gov/tissue-chips) device enables the study of organ physiology and diseases in a laboratory setting. It allows for automated maintenance, including imaging, sampling, and storage on orbit and data downlink for molecular analysis on Earth.

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Human intestine cells forming microvilli inside Emulate's Intestine-Chip.
Credits: Emulate

A better understanding of how microgravity and other potential space travel stressors affect intestine immune cells and susceptibility to infection could help protect astronaut health on future long-term missions. It also could help identify the mechanisms that underlie development of intestinal diseases and possible targets for therapies to treat them on Earth.

Toward better 3D printing

Self-assembly and self-replication of materials and devices could enable 3D printing of replacement parts and repair facilities on future long-duration space voyages. Better design and assembly of structures in microgravity also could benefit a variety of fields on Earth, from medicine to electronics.

The Nonequilibrium Processing of Particle Suspensions with Thermal and Electrical Field Gradients (ACE-T-Ellipsoids (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8166)) experiment designs and assembles complex three-dimensional colloids – small particles suspended within a fluid – and controls density and behavior of the particles with temperature. Called self-assembled colloidal structures, these are vital to the design of advanced optical materials, but control of particle density and behavior is especially important for their use in 3D printing. Microgravity provides insight into the relationships among particle shape, crystal symmetry, density and other characteristics.

Functional structures based on colloids could lead to new devices for chemical energy, communication, and photonics.

Growing human heart cells

Generation of Cardiomyocytes From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiac Progenitors Expanded in Microgravity (MVP Cell-03 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7725)) examines whether microgravity increases the production of heart cells from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). HiPSCs are adult cells genetically reprogrammed back into an embryonic-like pluripotent state, which means they can give rise to several different types of cells. This makes them capable of providing an unlimited source of human cells for research or therapeutic purposes. For MVP Cell-03, scientists induce the stem cells to generate heart precursor cells, then culture those cells on the space station for analysis and comparison with cultures grown on Earth.

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The Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) used for the MVP Cell-03 experiment, shown with the MVP door removed and two carousels inside.
Credits: Techshot Inc.

These heart cells or cardiomyocytes (CMs) could help treat cardiac abnormalities caused by spaceflight. In addition, scientists could use them to replenish cells damaged or lost due to cardiac disease on Earth and for cell therapy, disease modeling and drug development. Human cardiac tissues damaged by disease cannot repair themselves, and loss of CMs contributes to eventual heart failure and death.[

Last Updated: Feb. 20, 2020
Editor: Michael Johnson

ЦитироватьУже через неделю, 2 марта, на МКС отправится последняя миссия корабля SpaceX Dragon

На Международную космическую станцию планируется доставить многочисленный материал для исследований и экспериментов, научное оборудование, а так же запасы для экипажа. В негерметичном отсеке корабль доставит платформу Bartolomeo для размещения нескольких внешних полезных нагрузок на станции.
Мы расскажем о полезной нагрузке миссии подробнее ближе к запуску.

Эта миссия станет последней для кораблей Dragon 1. Далее грузы на МКС планируется возить новыми кораблями SpaceX Dragon 2.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29925.jpg) Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1232338697858752513)

SpaceX and NASA are now targeting Mar. 6 at 23:50 local time (Mar. 7 at 04:50 UTC) for the launch of CRS-20 – Dragon 1's final mission to resupply the International Space Station.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 Launch Targeted for March 6

Linda Herridge (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/lherridg/)
Posted Feb 25, 2020 at 1:10 pm

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A two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 29, 2018. SpaceX is targeting 11:50 p.m. EST Friday, March 6, 2020 for the launch of its 20th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA

SpaceX is now targeting March 6 at 11:50 p.m. EST for launch of its 20th commercial resupply services mission (CRS-20) to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station). During standard preflight inspections, SpaceX identified a valve motor on the second stage engine behaving not as expected and determined the safest and most expedient path to launch is to utilize the next second stage in line that was already at the Cape and ready for flight. The new second stage has already completed the same preflight inspections with all hardware behaving as expected. The updated target launch date provides the time required to complete preflight integration and final checkouts.

The cargo Dragon will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying more than 5,600 pounds of science investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spx-20-research-highlights) and cargo to the station, including research on particle foam manufacturing, water droplet formation, the human intestine and other cutting-edge investigations.

ЦитироватьISS National Lab Mission Overview: SpaceX CRS-20                                  

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220584.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/ISSCASIS) ISS National Lab (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezcn0GHbLgOkZ85oV5xqZA)

2 мар. 2020 г.

The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory is sponsoring more than 20 payloads slated to launch onboard SpaceX's 20th commercial resupply services (SpaceX CRS-20) mission. These payloads represent a diverse mix of research and development seeking to leverage the unique space-based environment of the orbiting laboratory to improve life on Earth. The SpaceX CRS-20 mission is slated for launch no earlier than March 6 at 11:50 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This video highlights many of the ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations on this mission.

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Запуск американского корабля Dragon с грузом для МКС намечен на 6 марта

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 26 февраля. /ТАСС/. Запуск американского корабля Dragon с грузом для Международной космической станции (МКС) намечен на 6 марта. Об этом сообщило во вторник на своем сайте Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Ракета-носитель Falcon 9 должна будет стартовать с пускового комплекса номер 40 на базе ВВС США на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) в 23:50 по местному времени (07:50 мск 7 марта). Стыковка с МКС предварительно намечена на 9 марта.

Предстоящий полет корабля Dragon станет 20-м в рамках осуществляемой NASA программы коммерческой доставки грузов на МКС.
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ЦитироватьВ НАСА назвали дату запуска грузового корабля Dragon к МКС
ВАШИНГТОН, 25 фев - РИА Новости. Запуск к Международной космической станции (МКС) очередного американского грузового корабля Dragon назначен на 6 марта, сообщило во вторник НАСА.
"SpaceX на сегодня планирует запуск 20-й коммерческой грузовой миссии на Международную космическую станцию на 23.50 6 марта (7 марта, 7.50 мск)", - говорится в сообщении.
Это будет 20-я миссия SpaceX с грузом для МКС. Она должна была состояться раньше, однако при проверке систем второй ступени были обнаружены неполадки в работе мотора клапана, и вторую ступень пришлось заменить на ту, которая должна была быть использована в следующий раз.
"Новая вторая ступень уже прошла все те же предполетные проверки, все системы работают, как должны", - говорится в сообщении.
Корабль доставит на космическую станцию более 2,5 тонны груза.
С 2012 по 2019 годы к МКС были отправлены 19 американских грузовых кораблей Dragon, созданных компанией SpaceX Илона Маска. Один из кораблей не долетел до станции из-за аварии ракеты Falcon-9.

ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events

Watch NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public)
ALL TIMES EASTERN U.S. TIME​

MARCH

March 6, Friday
11:30 p.m. – Launch coverage of the 20th SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station; launch is targeted for 11:50 p.m. EST (All Channels)

Editor's note: Daylight Savings Time resumes in most of the United States at 2 a.m. local time on March 8.

March 9, Monday
5:30 a.m. – Coverage of the rendezvous and capture of the SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft at the International Space Station. (Capture is scheduled at approximately 7 a.m. EDT) (All Channels)
8:30 a.m. – Coverage of the installation of the SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft to the International Space Station (All Channels)

ЦитироватьHuman Research, Mouse Preps Ahead of Dragon Cargo Mission
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 27, 2020 at 4:59 pm
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The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is due to blast off toward the station on March 6 at 11:49 p.m. EST. It will arrive March 9 carrying about 5,600 pounds of cargo including live mice.  ...

ЦитироватьFeb. 29, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-035

NASA TV Coverage Set for SpaceX's Next Space Station Resupply Mission

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SpaceX's Dragon lifting off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Saturday, May 4, with research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of investigations aboard the International Space Station.
Credits: SpaceX

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 11:50 p.m. EST Friday, March 6, for the launch of its 20th resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station). Live coverage of the launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida will air on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) with prelaunch events Thursday, March 5 and March 6.

The NASA-contracted Dragon spacecraft will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spx-20-research-highlights) that will take place during Expeditions 62 and 63. In addition to bringing research to station, the Dragon's unpressurized trunk will transport ESA's (European Space Agency) Bartolomeo, a new commercial research platform set to be installed on the exterior of the orbiting laboratory.

Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit about 10 minutes after launch. It will then deploy its solar arrays and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the space station. When it arrives March 9, Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir of NASA will grapple Dragon, with Andrew Morgan of NASA acting as a backup. The station crew will monitor Dragon functions during rendezvous. After Dragon's capture, mission control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will send ground commands for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony module.

Full mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):

Thursday, March 5

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• 3 p.m. – NASA Social, What's on Board science briefing from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... This briefing will highlight the following research:
  
  
• Jennifer Buchli, deputy chief scientist for NASA's International Space Station Program Science Office, will share an overview of the research being conducted aboard the space station and how it benefits exploration and humanity.
  
  
  
• Michael Roberts, interim chief scientist for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, will discuss the lab's work in advancing science in space, and in developing partnerships that drive industrialization through microgravity research.
  
  
  
• Bill Corely, director of business development for Airbus Defence and Space, and Bartolomeo Project Manager Andreas Schütte, will discuss the new external science platform, Bartolomeo (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7799).
  
  
  
• Chunhui Xu, associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine, and principal investigator for the Generation of Cardiomyocytes from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (MVP Cell-03 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7725)) experiment, will discuss the study on the generation of specialized heart muscle cells for use in research and clinical applications. Chief Scientist of Techshot, Gene Boland, will share how the Multi-use Variable-g Platform will facilitate this experiment.
  
  
  
• Paul Patton, senior manager, front end innovation and regulatory, for Delta Faucet, and Garry Marty, principal product engineer for Delta Faucet, will discuss the Droplet Formation Study (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7541), which evaluates water droplet formation and water flow of Delta Faucet's H2Okinetic showerhead technology. This research in microgravity could help improve the technology, creating better performance and improved user experience while conserving water and energy.
  
  
  
• Aaron Beeler, professor of medicinal chemistry at Boston University and principal investigator, and Matthew Mailloux, co-investigator, will discuss Flow Chemistry Platform for Synthetic Reactions on ISS (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8172), which will study the effects of microgravity on chemical reactions, as a first step toward on-demand chemical synthesis on the space station.
  

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Friday, March 6

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• 4 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference from Kennedy with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX, and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing. ... Participants include:
  
  
• Joel Montalbano, deputy manager for International Space Station Program
  
• Jennifer Buchli, deputy chief scientist for International Space Station Program
  
• Hans Koenigsmann, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX
  
• Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing
  
  
  

[/li][li]11:30 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins for the 11:50 p.m., launch.
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Monday, March 9

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• 4:30 a.m. – NASA TV coverage begins of Dragon arrival to the station and capture. Capture is scheduled for approximately 6 a.m.
  
  
  
• 7:30 a.m. – NASA TV coverage begins of Dragon installation to the nadir port of the Harmony module of the station
  

Dragon will remain at the space station for about four weeks, after which the spacecraft will return to Earth with research and cargo.

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Last Updated: Feb. 29, 2020
Editor: Sean Potter

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184934.jpg) Geoff Barrett  :f09f9a80:‏ @GeoffdBarrett (https://twitter.com/GeoffdBarrett) 22 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/GeoffdBarrett/status/1233523761405661184)

NET March 6th, @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) will be launching the CRS-20 commercial resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)
#Spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spacex?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) @elonmusk (https://twitter.com/elonmusk)

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A Falcon 9 has gone vertical at LC-40 ahead of the #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) mission scheduled for March 6. Static fire is expected today. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/91701.jpg) (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) Spaceflight Now@SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 7:00 PM - Mar 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1234146456321318915)

The engines of a Falcon 9 rocket ignited at 11am EST (1600 GMT) at launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral this morning for a standard test firing in readiness for a space station cargo delivery mission scheduled for Friday.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29725.jpg) (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) William Harwood@cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 7:11 PM - Mar 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1234149300663394304)

F9/CRS20: SpaceX test fired the first stage engines of the Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to carry the CRS-20 Dragon cargo ship into space 3/6; test at 11am EST Sunday appeared normal; will now await an update from SpaceX

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29827.jpg) (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) SpaceX✔@SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 7:20 PM - Mar 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1234151641609228288)

Falcon 9 static fire test complete — targeting March 6 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon's twentieth resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), the final flight of the first version of Dragon


7:20 PM - Mar 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1234151642863243265)

The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew in support of our tenth and sixteenth commercial resupply missions – this will be the third Dragon to fly on three missions

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7:20 PM - Mar 1, 2020 (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1234151647246290944)

The Falcon 9 booster supporting this mission previously flew in support of our most recent launch to the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), CRS-19

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ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 Research Overview: Adidas Boost in Space

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2 мар. 2020 г.

On SpaceX CRS-20, adidas, the global apparel company will launch its proprietary Boost shoe technology to investigate the flow of nonuniform foam particles to study the mixing and packing behavior in the absence of gravity. Results will help inform the manufacturing process of adidas Boost shoe soles, which contain polymer particles fused together. This overview video provides background on the investigation.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 Research Overview: Delta Faucet Company

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2 мар. 2020 г.

SpaceX CRS-20 will support a variety of research investigations, including a water droplet formation payload of Delta Faucet's current H2Okinetic® shower head technology versus the industry-standard use of jet nozzles. H2Okinetic® technology allows better control of droplet size and increases the speed of the drops (fewer water drops are used, but the droplets are larger and are moving faster), which creates a feeling of increased pressure for the end user. The study will evaluate how best to control the output of water droplets to create a better performing shower device that provides an improved experience for the end user while also conserving water and energy. This research overview highlights the future investigation.

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The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew in support of our tenth and sixteenth commercial resupply missions – this will be the third Dragon to fly on three missions

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 199/20

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
    070445Z TO 070527Z MAR, ALTERNATE
    080423Z TO 080508Z, 090359Z TO 090442Z
    AND 100337Z TO 100420Z MAR IN AREAS BOUND BY:
    A. 28-36-08N 080-35-18W, 28-45-00N 080-22-00W,
        28-48-00N 080-16-00W, 28-43-00N 080-08-00W,
        28-33-00N 080-14-00W, 28-29-00N 080-21-00W,
        28-27-04N 080-31-41W.
    B. 30-23-00N 078-53-00W, 32-19-00N 076-38-00W,
        31-59-00N 076-18-00W, 30-03-00N 078-32-00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 188/20.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 100520Z MAR 20.//

Authority: EASTERN RANGE 252158Z FEB 20.

Date: 020951Z MAR 20
Cancel: 10052000 Mar 20


HYDROPAC 721/20

SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
    070602Z TO 070627Z MAR, ALTERNATE
    080540Z TO 080608Z, 090516Z TO 090542Z
    AND 100454Z TO 100520Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY
    40-51S 163-16W, 39-46S 162-54W,
    39-04S 162-26W, 37-25S 160-44W,
    31-40S 152-08W, 29-22S 147-46W,
    28-34S 145-40W, 28-20S 144-23W,
    28-38S 143-26W, 29-44S 143-15W,
    30-42S 143-45W, 33-16S 145-41W,
    37-12S 150-31W, 38-58S 153-49W,
    40-57S 158-33W, 41-14S 161-19W.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 685/20.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 100620Z MAR 20.//

Authority: EASTERN RANGE 252142Z FEB 20.

Date: 020944Z MAR 20
Cancel: 10062000 Mar 20

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Начало трансляции примерно за 20 мин до пуска (7 марта, 07:30 ДМВ)

ЦитироватьWeather Forecast Favorable for SpaceX CRS-20 Launch

Linda Herridge (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/lherridg/)
Posted Mar 5, 2020 at 2:27 pm

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo module lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2019, at 12:29 p.m. EST. It was SpaceX's 19th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray/Tim Terry/Kevin O'Connell

Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing predict a 60 percent chance of favorable weather for liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the company's 20th commercial resupply services (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/spacex.html) mission to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for Friday, March 6 at 11:50 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Skies will clear through the day Friday, and winds will become gusty out of the north as a high-pressure area moves east. The primary weather concern for launch is liftoff winds with the tight pressure gradient behind the front.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184835.jpg) Airbus Space @AirbusSpace (https://twitter.com/AirbusSpace) 4 мар. (https://twitter.com/AirbusSpace/status/1235213696823185410)

The European-built #Bartolomeo (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bartolomeo?src=hash) is set to become the ⓵st European commercial research platform to be attached to the #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash) and will be operated with the support of the European Space Agency, @esa (https://twitter.com/esa).

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1235210492475473920/pu/vid/1280x720/oGgWxKTPcW52nI4T.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1235210492475473920/pu/vid/1280x720/oGgWxKTPcW52nI4T.mp4) (0:29)

ЦитироватьWhat's on Board science briefing for the 20th SpaceX resupply mission to the ISS

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5 мар. 2020 г.

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Начало трансляции: 7 марта 2020 04:30 UTC / 07:30 ДМВ

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Начало трансляции: ориентировочно за 15 мин до пуска

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30821.jpg) AMSAT‏ @AMSAT (https://twitter.com/AMSAT) 49 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1235916386888802305)

Launch of the first flight unit of the @ARISS_status (https://twitter.com/ARISS_status) InterOperable Radio System is scheduled for tonight at 04:50 UTC / 11:50pm EST. #amsat (https://twitter.com/hashtag/amsat?src=hash) #hamr  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/hamr?src=hash)

Цитировать03/06/2020 22:26 Stephen Clark

The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket is standing vertical this afternoon on Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad as SpaceX preps for liftoff at 11:50 p.m. EST (0450 GMT).

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 Prelaunch News Conference

Linda Herridge (https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/author/lherridg/)
Posted Mar 6, 2020 at 3:33 pm

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A prelaunch news conference for SpaceX's 20th Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA to the International Space Station is set for 4 p.m. EST today.

Participants include:

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• Joel Montalbano, manager for International Space Station Program
  
  
  
• Jennifer Buchli, deputy chief scientist for International Space Station Program
  
  
  
• Hans Koenigsmann, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX
  
  
  
• Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, 45th Space Wing, U.S. Air Force
  

Watch the news conference on NASA Television (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive).

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 11:50 p.m. EST tonight, March 6, for the launch of resupply mission to the space station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1236032064060715008)

Falcon 9 and Dragon are vertical ahead of tonight's resupply mission to the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) – the final mission of the first version of Dragon. Launch is targeted for 11:50 p.m. EST → http://spacex.com/webcast  (https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236035108358049793)

Joel (NASA): Everytime you launch a vehicle to the Station puts a smile on my face.  Launch tonight will result in berthing on Monday morning.


4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236035223432937473)

Joel: 3,700 lb of cargo coming back on this Dragon in about a month.  #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash)


5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236035350956511232)

Joel: This year, celebrating 20 years of continued human habitability of Station.


5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236035462764138497)

Throughout CRS1 contract for cargo, SpaceX has delivered 94,000 lb of supplies to the laboratory.


4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236035736304001026)

Joel: Huge thanks to SpaceX for this success, and we look forward to working with SpaceX on CRS2 contract flights, which being later this year, and in taking crew to the Station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236035988746653697)

Jennifer (ISS science): Research on this flight spans a wide range of fields and studies. 108 countries have now flown experiments on the Station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236037120537628673)

Hans: Late load of 800 lbs of cargo has been completed

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236037172261728257)

Hans: No issues being tracked.



12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236037298149605376)

Hans: CRS-19 was the previous flight of this booster.  Will perform Return To Launch Site landing.


12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236037450474102784)

Hans: This Dragon is making its 3rd flight to Station, and it will retire the Dragon v1 capsule from service.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236037987928023041)

Hans: Beginning with CRS-21 mission, they will switch to Dragon2 (a "crew" Dragon configured for cargo-only runs to the Station).  Dragon2 will be able to fly 5 times to Station for cargo runs

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236041487386845186)

Hans: Aiming for Fall 2020 for first cargo-only launch of Dragon v2.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236041315806261249)

Hans: Doesn't think there's anything significant on this mission from Spacex to celebrate Dragon 1's retirement.

The exact launch times are:

Friday:      23:50:31 EST (04:50:31 UTC)
Saturday: 23:27:57 EST (04:27:57 UTC)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236042454027112448)

Hans: Almost doe with crew Dragon parachutes. 1 of 3 tests done.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 52 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236043089099227137)

Joel: No firm departure date. About 30 days

ЦитироватьSpaceX's CRS-20 Mission to the Space Station: What's On Board          
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yuwwjjmP3Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yuwwjjmP3Y)6:03
Опубликовано: 6 мар. 2020 г.
A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station on the 20th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. Its cargo includes research on water droplet formation, a new external science platform and other cutting-edge investigations.
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/37FlUiU

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 49 сек.50 секунд назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236043443971002368)

Hans: No firms plans on what to do with this Dragon when it comes home.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1236040976138977280)

At the CRS-20 prelaunch briefing, SpaceX's Hans Koenigsmann said the failed booster landing last month was because the booster decided to divert; winds it encountered were not those that were predicted by models.

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ЦитироватьJeff Foust ‏ @jeff_foust    12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1236040976138977280)

At the CRS-20 prelaunch briefing, SpaceX's Hans Koenigsmann said the failed booster landing last month was because the booster decided to divert; winds it encountered were not those that were predicted by models.

ЦитироватьК МКС стартует американская ракета Falcon 9 с "грузовиком" Cargo Dragon
       Вашингтон. 7 марта. ИНТЕРФАКС - Ракета-носитель Falcon 9 с грузовым космическим кораблем Cargo Dragon американской компании SpaceX в субботу по московскому времени стартует к Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
      20-й по счету запуск "грузовика" Cargo Dragon к МКС в рамках коммерческого контракта между NASA и компанией SpaceX планируется осуществить с 40-го пускового комплекса на авиабазе на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида в субботу в 07:50 мск (в пятницу в 23:50 по времени Восточного побережья США).
       Это будет уже третий полет данного многоразового "грузовика" к МКС. По сообщению компании SpaceX, корабль ранее уже дважды побывал в космосе - в феврале 2017 года и декабре 2018 года.
       Он должен доставить на МКС более двух тонн продовольствия, а также оборудования и материалов для проведения десятков научных экспериментов экипажем станции.
       Среди прочего корабль в негерметичном отсеке доставит на МКС платформу Bartolomeo Европейского космического агентства. Платформа будет установлена на европейский модуль Columbus на внешней стороне станции. Она оснащена 12 отсеками полезной нагрузки для размещения коммерческого исследовательского оборудования. Европлатформа позволит государственным и частным организациям быстро и экономически эффективно проводить исследования в космосе. Полезные грузы не потребуют обслуживания членами экипажа МКС.
       Через две минуты после старта от американской ракеты-носителя Falcon 9 должна отделиться первая многоразовая ступень, которая, как предполагается, затем совершит управляемую посадку на космодроме на мысе Канаверал. Она уже использовалась в ходе запуска в декабре 2019 года.
       В настоящее время Cargo Dragon является единственным космическим кораблем для снабжения МКС, который способен возвращать грузы на Землю.
       Стыковка "грузовика" с МКС запланирована на 9 марта. Она будет осуществляться путем захвата "грузовика" 17-метровой автоматической рукой-манипулятором Canadarm-2 МКС и последующим присоединением его к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Harmony. "Ловить" корабль будет американский астронавт Джессика Меир. А процесс его непосредственной стыковки со станцией будет осуществляться по командам из Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне.
       Cargo Dragon будет находиться в составе МКС около четырех недель. Затем он будет сведен с орбиты, и его спускаемая капсула приводнится в Тихом океане вблизи Калифорнии. Корабль привезет на Землю результаты экспериментов, проведенных экипажем МКС на орбите, общим весом более 1,8 тонны.
       В настоящее время на МКС продолжают работу россиянин Олег Скрипочка и американские астронавты Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 8 мин.8 минут назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1236045593245556738)

Hans: The 2nd stage grey stripe on a past mission worked as designed to keep propellant at temperature for long-coast missions.  Also, SpaceX can fly up to 3 or 4 Dragons in orbit at the same time.

ЦитироватьSpace station to receive new outdoor deck for science experiments
March 6, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/03/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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Ground teams inspect the Bartolomeo science platform at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida before loading into the drunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. Credit: NASA

An Airbus-owned, German-built outdoor science deck is set for launch Friday night fr om Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule, heading for the International Space Station to make the orbiting research outpost more accessible for commercial space experiments.

The Bartolomeo platform will be robotically installed to the outside of the space station's Columbus module later this month, and astronauts will hook up wiring on a spacewalk to ready the structure to host science payloads.

Developed by Airbus Defense and Space in Germany in partnership with the European Space Agency, the Bartolomeo platform is designed to offer commercial companies a streamlined way of getting their experiments into orbit. Rather than launching their experiments on a standalone satellite, or spending money on complicated power and data handling systems, a customer can develop an experiment and plug it into Bartolomeo for months or years of operations.

Bartolomeo will be attached to the leading edge of ESA's Columbus module. The platform has 12 mounting points, each providing payloads with electricity and data connections to power the experiments and ensure scientists promptly receive data from their research investigations.

"Simply put, Bartolomeo is a science and payload hosting facility to be mounted on on the outside of the International Space Station to provide additional payload locations for the external science and research community," said Kris Kuehnel, director of Airbus DS Space Systems in Houston. "Bartolomeo was commercially developed by Airbus in a cooperative agreement with the European Space Agency.

Named for the younger brother of explorer Christopher Columbus, Bartolomeo is similar to the unpressurized outdoor platform affixed to the Japanese Kibo lab module on the opposite side of the space station. But Kibo's exposed facility was funded by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and primarily hosts government-owned experiments from the United States and Japan.

Bartolomeo is European-owned, and Airbus is emphasizing its usefulness for commercial companies, academic institutions and other lower-budget customers.

"It started a couple of years ago when the European Space Agency asked for ideas how to promote science and increased commercial activities on-board the ISS, and our answer is the Bartolomeo platform," said Andreas Schütte, Bartolomeo's project manager at Airbus. "With Bartolomeo, we can offer 12 payload slots available for any organization, be it a research organization, university, or a commercial entity. We sell to anyone to enable science, in-orbit demonstrations, you name it."

Airbus spent about 40 million euros ($45 million) to develop the Bartolomeo platform, according to DLR, the German space agency. DLR says accommodations on-board Bartolomeo will be priced from 300,000 to 3.5 million euros ($340,000 to $4 million) per year.

"Radiation biologists, solar physicists and astrophysicists, Earth observers and atmospheric and climate researchers will all benefit from the new platform," said Julianna Schmitz, who is responsible for ISS commercialization at DLR. "Bartolomeo is particularly suitable for technology testing and validation. There are unique possibilities here that cannot be achieved in any laboratory on Earth because optical sensors, materials, robotic components and antennas can be tested directly in the space environment."

Bartolomeo is loaded inside the unpressurized trunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on top of a Falcon 9 rocket Friday at 11:50 p.m. EST (0450 GMT Saturday).

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Artist's illustration of the Bartolomeo platform installed outside the International Space Station's Columbus lab module. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space

The Dragon cargo mission — SpaceX's 20th operationally resupply launch to the space station — is set to deliver 4,358 pounds (1,977 kilograms) of supplies, experiments and other equipment to the orbiting research outpost. Bartolomeo makes up about one-quarter of the cargo mass on the Dragon capsule.

The mission will mark the final flight by SpaceX's first-generation Dragon spacecraft, which first flew in space in 2010 on a test flight before reaching the space station on a subsequent mission in 2012.

With a successful launch Friday night and a rendezvous with the space station early Monday, SpaceX will have delivered more than 94,000 pounds (around 43 metric tons) of cargo to the research complex on 20 missions, including a test flight in 2012. One of the operational resupply flights suffered a launch failure in 2015.

The 20 Dragon missions have returned about 74,000 pounds (33 metric tons) of cargo from the space station back to Earth.

The Dragon commercial cargo missions were conducted under a $3.04 billion resupply services contract with NASA, which also helped pay for development of the Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 launcher through an earlier $396 million funding agreement.

SpaceX plans to begin resupply missions using its next-generation Dragon 2 spacecraft in October. The Dragon 2 was developed to ferry astronauts to and from the space station, but the new capsule comes in dedicated crew and cargo configurations.

Along with Bartolomeo, the Dragon cargo mission set for launch Friday night will deliver about a ton of scientific experiments, including biological research investigations studying microgravity's impact on stem cells, intestinal diseases and chemical reactions.

Another experiment heading to the space station comes from Delta Faucet, which will study water droplet formation in microgravity in hopes of developing better-performing shower heads while reducing water usage.

The Dragon spacecraft is also packed with spare parts and replacement hardware for the space station's research facilities and life support systems. Components launching Friday include upgraded hardware for the station's urine processing system, which converts human waste into drinking water.

The new components will allow NASA teams to test out modifications designed to extend the lifetime of the urine processing system's distillation assembly ahead of future missions to the moon and Mars, which will require longer-lasting life support equipment.

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The Bartolomeo is fastened inside the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule for liftoff from Cape Canaveral. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space

When the Dragon spacecraft reaches a position roughly 30 feet (10 meters) below the space station, astronauts Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan will use the station's Canadian-built robotic arm to grapple the SpaceX cargo capsule.

The robot arm will maneuver the ship to a berthing port on the station's Harmony module, and astronauts will begin unpacking the contents of the capsule's pressurized compartment.

Meanwhile, the robotics systems outside the station will reach into the Dragon's trunk and grapple the Bartolomeo platform.

"We are eagerly awaiting the launch, but this is only one milestone on the way for Bartolomeo," Schütte said. "The most interesting part is eventually the robotic installation of Bartolomeo."

The robotic arm will attach the Bartolomeo platform to trunnion bolts on the Columbus module, which connected the lab to restraints inside the space shuttle payload for its journey to the space station in 2008. The platform is folded up to fit inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, and it will open up to its fully-deployed configuration as it's connected to the Columbus module.

"We needed to fit ... into the SpaceX trunk," Schütte said.  "We also had to fold the outrigger boom to attach between the trunnions, so that required some really complex mechanisms, and requires also a lot of robotics activities when Bartolomeo is going to be installed."

Astronauts will mate power and data connectors on a spacewalk to finish readying the Bartolomeo platform for operations.

Data from experiments attached to Bartolomeo will be routed to the ground through the space station's telemetry system, then go into cloud storage, wh ere scientists can access the information via a smartphone. Payload owners can also send commands to their experiments through a smartphone, Schütte said.

"No astronauts will need to be deployed to retrofit Bartolomeo with scientific payloads," Schmitz said. "Thanks to the payloads' standardized dimensions and interfaces, installation is much easier and can be carried out purely robotically via remote control from Earth."

A German-made laser communications terminal will be added to Bartolomeo in 2021, allowing faster data links between experiments and their operators on the ground.

"The first experiment to find its science spot (on Bartolomeo) will be the Multi-Needle Langmuir Probe, a payload made in Norway to control the electric potential of a spacecraft or satellite platform with an electron emitter," ESA said.

Another experiment from CNES, the French space agency, could also be mounted to Bartolomeo to investigate the aging of materials during spaceflight.

Airbus is also partnering with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs to solicit ideas for Bartolomeo payloads from around the world. Developing countries are particularly encouraged to participate, according to the UN.

Цитировать03/07/2020 01:02 Stephen Clark

Forecasters predict a 60 percent chance of acceptable weather conditions for tonight's Falcon 9 launch fr om Cape Canaveral, which is timed for 11:50:31 p.m. EST (0450:31 GMT).

The primary concern is with ground winds, which are predicted from the north at 25 to 30 mph, just below the lim it for a Falcon 9 launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral.

Officials are also watching upper level winds, but conditions aloft are trending more favorable for a launch tonight.

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Falcon 9 and Dragon seen in silhouette against a beautiful sunset sky as SpaceX readies launch of the CRS-20 mission at 11:50pm EST this evening.

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Absolutely unreal sunset lighting for remote setup at SLC-40 this evening. SpaceX is poised to launch the final first gen Cargo Dragon tonight at 11:50 pm est. on a resupply mission to the ISS. I placed two cameras at the launch pad, cross your fingers they work! @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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ЦитироватьPrelaunch news conference for the 20th SpaceX resupply mission to the Int. Space Station

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ЦитироватьLaunch timeline for SpaceX's 20th space station resupply mission
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Friday night with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 4,300 pounds of supplies and experiments.

Liftoff is set for 11:50 p.m. EST Friday (0450 GMT Saturday) from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad.

It will be the 82nd flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, and SpaceX's fifth launch of the year. Working under contract to NASA, Saturday's launch will be the 20th of least 26 SpaceX resupply missions to depart for the space station under two separate cargo transportation contracts.

The resupply mission, known as CRS-20 or SpaceX-20, will be the final flight of SpaceX's first-generation Dragon cargo capsule. Future resupply flights to the station will be flown using the next-generation Dragon 2 vehicle, an automated, unpiloted capsule based on the new human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The illustrated timeline below outlines the launch sequence for the Falcon 9 flight with the Dragon spacecraft. It does not include times for the descent and landing of the first stage booster at Landing Zone 1 around 6 miles (9 kilometers) south of pad 40.

Three ignitions of the first stage engines after separation will steer the booster back toward Florida's Space Coast from the northeast. Here are key times for the landing maneuvers:

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• T+plus 2 minutes, 35 seconds: First stage boost-back burn begins
  
• T+plus 6 minutes, 32 seconds: First stage entry burn begins
  
• T+plus 8 minutes, 17 seconds: First stage landing
  

The first two burns will be performed using three of the Falcon 9's nine Merlin first stage engines. The final landing burn will occur using just the center engine.

T-0:00:00: Liftoff

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After the rocket's nine Merlin engines pass an automated health check, hold-down clamps will release the Falcon 9 booster for liftoff from pad 40.

T+0:01:18: Max Q

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The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

T+0:02:18: MECO

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The Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1D engines shut down.

T+0:02:22: Stage 1 Separation

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The Falcon 9's first stage separates from the second stage moments after MECO.

T+0:02:29: Second Stage Ignition

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The second stage Merlin 1D vacuum engine ignites for an approximately six-minute burn to put the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.

T+0:08:35: SECO

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The second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket shuts down after reaching a elliptical target orbit at an inclination of 51.6 degrees. The second stage will later reignite for a de-orbit burn, falling back into the atmosphere for a destructive re-entry.

T+0:09:35: Dragon Separation

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The Dragon spacecraft separates from the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage.

T+0:12:02: Solar Arrays Deployed

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The Dragon spacecraft's two solar array wings extend one-at-a-time to a span of 54 feet (16.5 meters).

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Цитировать03/07/2020 06:36 Stephen Clark

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F9/CRS-20: Liftoff from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is targeted for 11:50:31pm EST; the sky is generally clear, but high ground-level winds are a concern; no update yet on upper-level winds

ЦитироватьLaunch Day Arrives for SpaceX CRS-20

Linda Herridge (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/lherridg/)
Posted Mar 6, 2020 at 10:30 pm

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft are on Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, awaiting launch on the company's 20th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for 11:50 p.m. EST tonight, March 6. Photo credit: NASA

Liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft is targeted for 11:50 p.m. EST this evening. Countdown activities are in progress at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where the rocket awaits launch on the company's 20th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.

CRS-20 is the second U.S. resupply mission to the space station this year, and the first resupply mission for SpaceX this year.

Be sure to join us here on the blog and on NASA Television (http://www.nasa.gov/live) beginning at 11:30 p.m. EST for updates from the countdown. Learn more about the SpaceX CRS-20 mission by going to the mission home page at http://www.nasa.gov/spacex (http://www.nasa.gov/spacex).

Цитировать03/07/2020 07:02 Stephen Clark

T-minus 48 minutes. All weather parameters are currently observed "go" at this time.

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Ground winds are currently below the 34mph limit, but close.

Цитировать03/07/2020 07:19 Stephen Clark

Fueling of the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral should have started a couple of minutes ago. But SpaceX is not currently providing a way for media to confirm the status of tonight's countdown, as the company typically does before launches.

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Vapors are now visible at the Falcon 9 launch pad at Cape Canaveral, suggesting kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants are being loaded into the rocket for liftoff at 11:50:31pm EST (0450:31 GMT).

Цитировать03/07/2020 07:39 Stephen Clark

Here are some statistics on today's launch:

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• 82nd launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
  
• 90th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
  
• 2nd launch of Falcon 9 booster B1059
  
• 67th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
  
• 51st Falcon 9 launch from pad 40
  
• 20th SpaceX CRS mission to the space station
  
• 22nd flight of a first-generation Dragon spacecraft
  
• 5th launch by SpaceX in 2020
  
• 33rd time SpaceX has launched a previously-flown booster
  
• 4th orbital launch based out of Cape Canaveral in 2020
  

Цитировать03/07/2020 07:40 Stephen Clark

RP-1 kerosene fuel is fully loaded on the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket at this time, according to SpaceX. The kerosene stage on the first stage is nearly full.

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Liftoff!

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Falcon 9 booster has landed on Landing Zone 1 – our 50th landing of a rocket booster!

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Dragon's solar arrays have deployed, and it's on its way to the International Space Station. Capture by @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) crew set for early Monday

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ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing

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6 мар. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьCRS-20 Mission

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Трансляция началась 100 минут назад

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 Launch to the International Space Station

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Трансляция началась 107 минут назад

ЦитироватьMARCH 09, 2020
DRAGON RESUPPLY MISSION (CRS-20) LAUNCH

On Friday, March 6 at 11:50 p.m. EST, SpaceX launched its twentieth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-20) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon separated from Falcon 9's second stage about nine minutes after liftoff.

The Dragon spacecraft supporting the CRS-20 mission previously supported the CRS-10 mission in February 2017 and the CRS-16 mission in December 2018, and the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously flew on the CRS-19 mission in December 2019. Following stage separation, SpaceX recovered Falcon 9's first stage on Landing Zone-1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, marking the company's 50th landing of an orbital class rocket booster.

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Falcon 9 launches the final mission of the first version of Dragon

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ARTICLE:

SpaceX launches final Dragon 1 mission to the ISS -

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Here's how tonight's Falcon 9 launch looked from a few miles away at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) imaged passing in morning twilight from #Leiden (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leiden?src=hash), Netherlands, some 23 minutes after launch. Visible are: the Falcon 9 upper stage and the DRagon (brightest objects center) and two tumbling solar panel covers flanking them. 2 second exposure 85 mm lens.

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A closeup, long exposure look at Falcon 9's boostback burn and second stage burn, and the resulting plume interaction between the two stages. Incredible.

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There's literally nothing quite like being 2.5 miles from LZ-1 when #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) is coming down to land. WOW! That was intense. Congrats to #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) and the #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) team for a great final launch of Dragon 1.

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Цитировать7 МАР, 07:57 Обновлено 08:22
Корабль Dragon с грузом для МКС стартовал с мыса Канаверал
SpaceX подтвердила штатный выход корабля на заданную орбиту и резвертывание панелей солнечных батарей

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 7 марта. /ТАСС/. Американский космический корабль Dragon с грузом для Международной космической станции (МКС) стартовал в пятницу вечером с космодрома на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида). Трансляция велась на сайте компании SpaceX.

Запуск ракеты-носителя Falcon 9 с комплекса номер 40 на базе ВВС США состоялся в 23:50 по местному времени (07:50 мск). На борту корабля - чуть более двух тонн грузов, в том числе научное оборудование для биомедицинских исследований и аппаратура для изучения химических реакций в условиях микрогравитации.

"Dragon теперь находится на пути к Международной космической станции", - передала компания. Она подтвердила штатный выход корабля на заданную орбиту и резвертывание панелей солнечных батарей.

SpaceX тем временем осуществила управляемую посадку первой ступени ракеты-носителя на площадку на мысе Канаверал. Отделение ступени произошло через три минуты после старта.

Данный образец грузового корабля Dragon использовался для обеспечения орбитального комплекса в феврале 2017 года и в декабре 2018 года. Первая ступень носителя Falcon 9 применялась для запуска грузового корабля к МКС в декабре 2019 года. Компания SpaceX совершенствует технологию многоразового использования ступеней ракет для сокращения расходов на космические запуски. Нынешний полет корабля Dragon к МКС является 20-м в рамках осуществляемой NASA программы коммерческой доставки грузов на МКС.

Операция по захвату корабля дистанционным манипулятором МКС предварительно намечена на 9 марта в 07:00 по времени восточного побережья США (15:00 мск). Через полтора часа после захвата он будет подведен к стыковочному узлу на американском модуле Harmony. В настоящее время на МКС работают россиянин Олег Скрипочка и американцы Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

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ЦитироватьSpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo

Linda Herridge (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/lherridg/)
Posted Mar 7, 2020 at 12:47 am

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft launches on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 11:50 p.m. EST March 6, 2020. Photo credit: NASA

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 11:50 p.m. EST Friday. Dragon will deliver more than 4,300 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations, including a new science facility scheduled to be installed to the outside of the station during a spacewalk this spring.

The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and is scheduled to arrive at the orbital outpost on Monday, March 9. Coverage of the spacecraft's approach and arrival at the space station will begin at 5:30 a.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live).

Dragon will join three other spacecraft (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/visiting-vehicle-launches-arrivals-and-departures) currently at the station. When it arrives, NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography) will grapple Dragon, backed up by NASA's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica). Coverage of robotic installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Dragon is scheduled to remain at the space station until April 9, when the spacecraft will return to Earth with research and cargo.

This delivery, SpaceX's 20th cargo flight to the space station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/index.html) contract, will support dozens of new and existing investigations. NASA's research and development work aboard the space station contributes to the agency's deep space exploration plans, including future Moon and Mars missions.

Here are details about some of the scientific investigations Dragon is delivering:

New Facility Outside the Space Station
The Bartolomeo (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7799) facility, created by ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus, attaches to the exterior of the European Columbus Module. Designed to provide new scientific opportunities on the outside of the space station for commercial and institutional users, the facility offers unobstructed views both toward Earth and into space. Potential applications include Earth observation, robotics, material science and astrophysics.

Studying the Human Intestine On a Chip
Organ-Chips as a Platform for Studying Effects of Space on Human Enteric Physiology (Gut on Chip (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8078)) examines the effect of microgravity and other space-related stress factors on biotechnology company Emulate's human innervated Intestine-Chip (hiIC). This Organ-Chip device enables the study of organ physiology and diseases in a laboratory setting. It allows for automated maintenance, including imaging, sampling, and storage on orbit and data downlink for molecular analysis on Earth.

Growing Human Heart Cells
Generation of Cardiomyocytes From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiac Progenitors Expanded in Microgravity (MVP Cell-03 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7725)) examines whether microgravity increases the production of heart cells from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The investigation induces stem cells to generate heart precursor cells and cultures those cells on the space station to analyze and compare with cultures grown on Earth.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) providing opportunities for U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth. Conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory will help us learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars).

For almost 20 years (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station), humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. As a global endeavor, 239 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,800 research investigations from researchers in 108 countries.

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And here are the remote camera shots from last night's #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) launch!  

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A @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) Falcon 9 lofts the final first-generation cargo Dragon spacecraft from SLC-40 to begin the #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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Falcon's fire and its dramatic plumes captured at @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) SLC-40 via remote camera placement by @erikkuna (https://twitter.com/erikkuna)

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The #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster from last night's #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) launch.

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ЦитироватьThe  #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)  booster from last night's  #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash)  launch.
 
 

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More photos of Falcon 9's launch of Dragon's twentieth resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), and SpaceX's 50th landing of an orbit class rocket booster →

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Obj. 45343 DRAGON CRS-20 DEB SPC 2 decay prediction: March 14, 2020 UTC 07h23mn ± 34h

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ЦитироватьАмериканский "грузовик" Cargo Dragon в понедельник совершит стыковку с МКС
09.03.2020 0:00:01

Вашингтон. 9 марта. ИНТЕРФАКС - Выведенный на орбиту грузовой корабль Cargo Dragon американской компании SpaceX в понедельник должен состыковаться с Международной космической станцией (МКС), сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Cargo Dragon доставит на МКС более двух тонн продовольствия, а также оборудования и материалов для проведения десятков научных экспериментов экипажем станции.

20-й запуск "грузовика" Cargo Dragon к МКС в рамках коммерческого контракта между NASA и компанией SpaceX был осуществлен с 40-го пускового комплекса на авиабазе на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида в пятницу в 23:50 по времени Восточного побережья США (в субботу в 07:50 мск).

Это третий полет данного многоразового "грузовика" к МСК. По сообщению компании SpaceX, корабль ранее уже дважды побывал в космосе - в феврале 2017 года и декабре 2018 года.

Стыковка "грузовика" с МКС в понедельник днем будет осуществляться путем захвата "грузовика" 17-метровой автоматической рукой-манипулятором Canadarm-2 МКС и последующим присоединением его к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Harmony. "Ловить" корабль будет американский астронавт Джессика Меир. А процесс его непосредственной стыковки со станцией будет осуществляться по командам из Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне.

Среди прочего корабль в негерметичном отсеке доставит на МКС платформу Bartolomeo Европейского космического агентства. Платформа будет установлена на европейском модуле Columbus на внешней стороне станции. Она оснащена 12 отсеками полезной нагрузки для размещения коммерческого исследовательского оборудования. Европлатформа позволит государственным и частным организациям быстро и экономически эффективно проводить исследования в космосе. Полезные грузы не потребуют обслуживания членами экипажа МКС.

В настоящее время Cargo Dragon является единственным космическим кораблем для снабжения МКС, который способен возвращать грузы на Землю.

Cargo Dragon будет находиться в составе МКС около четырех недель. Затем он будет сведен с орбиты, и его спускаемая капсула приводнится в Тихом океане вблизи Калифорнии. Корабль привезет на Землю результаты экспериментов, проведенных экипажем МКС на орбите, общим весом более 1,8 тонны.

В настоящее время на МКС продолжают работу россиянин Олег Скрипочка и американские астронавты Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

ЦитироватьNASA TV Broadcasts Station Astronauts Capturing Dragon Monday

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Mar 8, 2020 at 7:56 pm

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NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir will be on duty in the cupola to capture the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship.

SpaceX Dragon is on track to arrive at the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) tomorrow morning March 9, with an expected capture of the cargo spacecraft around 7 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage will begin at 5:30 a.m. Watch live at http://www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live).

When it arrives to the space station, Expedition 62 Flight Engineers Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA will grapple Dragon, with Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) of NASA acting as a backup. The station crew will monitor Dragon vehicle functions during rendezvous. After Dragon capture, ground commands will be sent from mission control in Houston for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony module. Coverage of robotic installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Dragon lifted off on Friday, March 6, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The cargo spacecraft with more than 4,300 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-20_mission_overview.pdf) that will support dozens of investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory. Dragon will join three other spacecraft currently at the space station

ЦитироватьNASA SpaceX CRS-20 Pre-Launch News Conference

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6 мар. 2020 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station‏ @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1236950309349572608)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is ahead of schedule and approaching the station for a robotic capture now planned for 6:22am ET. https://www.nasa.gov/live   (https://t.co/yuOTrYN8CV)

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Цитировать03/09/2020 12:52 Stephen Clark

After a two-day pursuit of the space station, SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft is now in the final phase of its automated rendezvous, now holding at a range of about 100 feet (30 meters) fr om the International Space Station.

The supply ship will soon head to a capture box around 32 feet (10 meters) below the station, wh ere it will halt its approach for station flight engineer Jessica Meir to reach out and grapple Dragon using the Canadian-built robotic arm.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station‏ @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1236953770556342273)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is on final approach towards its capture point about 10-12 meters away from the space station.

Цитировать03/09/2020 13:16 Stephen Clark

This will be the final time a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will be captured using the space station's robotic arm. Beginning with SpaceX's next resupply mission later this year, cargo capsules will dock directly with the orbiting complex.

All of SpaceX's future cargo missions will use a new variant of the Dragon spacecraft known as the Dragon 2. It's based on the human-rated Crew Dragon capsule, which is designed to dock to the station automatically without needing the robotic arm for grapple of the approaching supply freighter, followed by berthing to the station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1236961621395865600)

CRS-20 Dragon capture (for the final time, as future Dragons will dock).

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station‏ @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1236964341859209216)

.@Astro_Jessica (https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica) commanded the @CSA_ASC (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash) to capture the @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) at 6:25am ET today. Ground controllers will take over and remotely install it to the station in a couple of hours.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29913.jpg) NASA‏ @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1236962497946701828)

CAPTURED!

@Astro_Jessica (https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica) and @AstroDrewMorgan (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan) have successfully captured the @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) Dragon at the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) at 6:25am ET!

Installation coverage will begin at 8am ET.

ЦитироватьRobotic Arm Captures Dragon Packed With Science

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Mar 9, 2020 at 6:34 am

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The 20th SpaceX Dragon resupply mission approaches the space station.

While the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) was traveling more than 262 miles over the Northeast Pacific near Vancouver, British Columbia, Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA grappled Dragon at 6:25 a.m. EDT using the space station's robotic arm Canadarm2 with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography) acting as a backup.

Ground controllers will now send commands to begin the robotic installation of the spacecraft on bottom of the station's Harmony module. NASA Television coverage of installation is now scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. Watch online at www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live).

Here's some of the research arriving at station:

New Facility Outside the Space Station

The Bartolomeo (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7799) facility, created by ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus, attaches to the exterior of the European Columbus Module. Designed to provide new scientific opportunities on the outside of the space station for commercial and institutional users, the facility offers unobstructed views both toward Earth and into space. Potential applications include Earth observation, robotics, material science and astrophysics.

Studying the Human Intestine On a Chip

Organ-Chips as a Platform for Studying Effects of Space on Human Enteric Physiology (Gut on Chip (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8078)) examines the effect of microgravity and other space-related stress factors on biotechnology company Emulate's human innervated Intestine-Chip (hiIC). This Organ-Chip device enables the study of organ physiology and diseases in a laboratory setting. It allows for automated maintenance, including imaging, sampling, and storage on orbit and data downlink for molecular analysis on Earth.

Growing Human Heart Cells

Generation of Cardiomyocytes From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiac Progenitors Expanded in Microgravity (MVP Cell-03 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7725)) examines whether microgravity increases the production of heart cells from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The investigation induces stem cells to generate heart precursor cells and cultures those cells on the space station to analyze and compare with cultures grown on Earth.

Цитировать13:38, 9 марта 2020
Рука-манипулятор МКС захватила американский "грузовик" Cargo Dragon для стыковки

Москва. 9 марта. INTERFAX.RU - Экипаж Международной космической станции (МКС) в понедельник осуществил с помощью дистанционной руки-манипулятора успешный захват подлетевшего к ней американского грузового космического корабля Cargo Dragon, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (НАСА).

По данным Центра управления полетами НАСА в Хьюстоне (штат Техас), захват "грузовика" с помощью 17-метрового манипулятора Canadarm-2, которым управлял американский астронавт Джессика Меир, осуществлен в 13:25 по Москве.

В настоящее время началась операция по подводу корабля к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Harmony для последующей стыковки. Она осуществляется по командам из Центра управления полетами НАСА.

20-й запуск "грузовика" Cargo Dragon к МКС в рамках коммерческого контракта между НАСА и компанией SpaceX был осуществлен ракетой-носителем Falcon 9 с 40-го пускового комплекса на авиабазе на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида в пятницу в 23:50 по времени Восточного побережья США (в субботу в 07:50 по Москве).

Это третий полет данного многоразового "грузовика" к МКС. По сообщению компании SpaceX, корабль ранее уже дважды побывал в космосе - в феврале 2017 года и декабре 2018 года.

Cargo Dragon доставит на станцию более двух тонн продовольствия, а также оборудования и материалов для проведения десятков научных экспериментов ее экипажем.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 Dragon capture

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9 мар. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20 Dragon berthing

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9 мар. 2020 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1236991293487828995)

F9/CRS-20: The CRS-20 Dragon cargo ship is now berthed at the Earth-facing port of the space station's forward Harmony module; the spacecraft was bolted into place at 8:18am after a flawless launch late Friday, rendezvous and capture earlier today by the lab's robot arm

Цитировать15:31, 9 марта 2020
Американский грузовой корабль Cargo Dragon состыковался с МКС

Москва. 9 марта. INTERFAX.RU - Американский грузовой космический корабль Cargo Dragon компании SpaceX в понедельник успешно состыковался с Международной космической станцией (МКС), сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (НАСА).

Операция по присоединению "грузовика" к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Harmony была завершена в 15:18 по Москве, отметили в Центре управления полетами НАСА в Хьюстоне (штат Техас).

Ранее сблизившийся с МКС корабль в 13:25 по Москве был захвачен с помощью 17-метровой руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2, которой управлял американский астронавт Джессика Меир. Последующая подводка корабля Cargo Dragon дистанционной рукой-манипулятором к станции и сам процесс пристыковки осуществлялись по командам с Центра управления полетами НАСА.

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
С успешной стыковкой! Когда расстыковка Драгона с МКС и приводнение запланировано?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29726.jpg) Joseph Remis‏ @jremis (https://twitter.com/jremis) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1237017410076581888)

Obj. 45342 DRAGON CRS-20 DEB SPC 1 decay prediction: March 15, 2020 UTC 03h54mn ± 36h

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Цитироватьsas написал:
Слушайте ну вот чего они волынят и шаталят? Может же комп повести руку к кораблю за 30 секунд на 3 метра, за 30 секунд на 1 метр и за 30 секунд на 20 см, а потом уже медленно  печально. Чего кота пытают? Или мах такой массой качнет станцию?

Цитировать00:25, 10 марта 2020
Корабль Cargo Dragon привез экипажу МКС свежий чеснок

Москва. 10 марта. INTERFAX.RU - Корабль Cargo Dragon американской компании SpaceX, прибывший на Международную космическую станцию (МКС), среди продуктов питания привез экипажу свежий чеснок, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

"Экипажу доставлено около 600 фунтов (272 кг) припасов, в том числе, естественно, продовольствие. Астронавты среди прочего получат конфеты, оливки, салями, а также свежие фрукты, в том числе грейпфруты, апельсины, яблоки и даже свежий чеснок", - отметили в NASA.

Как сообщалось, в понедельник "грузовик" Cargo Dragon, запущенный на орбиту в рамках коммерческого контракта между NASA и компанией SpaceX, успешно состыковался с МКС.

Он привез на станцию более двух тонн продовольствия, а также оборудования и материалов для проведения десятков научных экспериментов экипажем станции.

По данным NASA, экипаж МКС начнет "распаковывать" прибывший груз во вторник.

В настоящее время на МКС продолжают работу россиянин Олег Скрипочка и американские астронавты Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185732.jpg) Jessica Meir‏ @Astro_Jessica (https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica) 8 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica/status/1237084007633911808)

Today we caught a (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125357.png) on @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), marking the last @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) cargo vehicle captured with the #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash). From now on, @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) will automatically dock to station. This #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) capsule has been on station 2 times prior - sustainability is paramount to future space exploration.

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ЦитироватьMARCH 09, 2020
DRAGON ARRIVES AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

Dragon arrived at the International Space Station on March 9, 2020 and was captured at 3:25 a.m. PDT while flying over 262 statute miles over the Pacific Northwest. The spacecraft was then installed on the Harmony module for the duration of its four-week stay at the orbiting laboratory.

Filled with approximately 4,500 pounds of supplies and payloads, Dragon launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on March 6, 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft that supported the CRS-20 mission previously supported the CRS-10 mission in February 2017 and the CRS-16 mission in December 2018. Dragon is the only spacecraft currently flying that's capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth.

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ЦитироватьФото: Олег Скрипочка / Роскосмос
Причаливание и стыковка грузового корабля Dragon SpX-20

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ЦитироватьСтарый написал:

 А почему у Куполы половина окон закрыта? Что если Дракон полетит не туда?  

ЦитироватьCrew Sets Up New Science During Ongoing Bone Research

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Mar 10, 2020 at 2:20 pm

The Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition62/index.html) crew started unloading and activating new science experiments, which were delivered Monday (https://go.nasa.gov/38DuzCS) aboard the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship.

NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) opened Dragon's hatch shortly after its capture and installation on Monday. The duo quickly retrieved critical research samples and installed science hardware, setting up operations aboard the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html).

Mice are living on the station now after their ride to space aboard Dragon. Morgan placed the rodents in specialized habitats for a JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) investigation exploring how microgravity affects genetic expression (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8150). Observations will give doctors insights into the how human body will adapt to longer missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Meir collected a science freezer and commercial research hardware from inside Dragon and began setting up the gear throughout the orbital lab. In the afternoon, she got back to work on ongoing bone research tending to bone cells (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149) being observed to understand Earth ailments such as osteoporosis.
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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 3/10/2020

Mouse Mission-5:
The crew completed mouse transfer and related activities to start the mission. The purpose of this mission is to analyze any alterations of the gene expression patterns in several organs and the effects on the germ-cell development of mice exposed to a long-term space environment.
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SpX-20 Cargo Unload:
The crew transferred center stack bags and unpacked 3 Double Coldbags (DCB) into Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI), Microgravity Experiment Research Locker Incubator II (MERLIN) and ambient locations. After they removed the science from the bags, the ice bricks and DCBs were temp stowed. ...

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 23 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1238288752394592257)

Tracking footage from last week's launch — Falcon 9's two stages separate; second stage propels Dragon to the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) as the first stage reorients and performs a boostback burn before landing back on Earth

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1238288680512520192/pu/vid/720x406/o1Na0zGFbEjCP3No.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1238288680512520192/pu/vid/720x406/o1Na0zGFbEjCP3No.mp4) (0:18)

ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: 20x: 03/13/2020

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13 мар. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 3/17/2020

SpaceX 20 (SpX-20) Dragon Cargo Operations:
The crew continued to perform Dragon cargo operations today. Ground teams estimate ~ 57 hours of cargo operations remain prior to Dragon departure planned for April 6, 2020.

ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events

Watch NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public)

ALL TIMES EASTERN U.S. TIME​

APRIL

April 6, Monday
9:30 a.m. - Coverage of the departure of the SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft from the International Space Station; release scheduled at 9:52 a.m. EDT (All Channels)

ЦитироватьSpace Biology on Station Ahead of Cargo and Crew Ship Activities
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Mar 27, 2020 at 1:39 pm

... The International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) is also getting ready to send off a U.S. cargo craft and swap crews.
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Morgan and Meir are also getting the SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-dragon-launches-arrivals-and-departures) resupply ship ready for its departure on April 6. The duo gathered U.S. spacesuit components and packed them inside Dragon for engineering analysis on the ground.
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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 3/27/2020

ADSEP (ADvanced Space Experiment Processor):
The crew de-installed the ADSEP locker and prepared it for return on SpX-20. ADSEP is a thermally controlled single-middeck-locker equivalent that accommodates up to three cassette-based experiments that can be independently operated. Its companion hardware consists of a collection of several experiment cassettes, each doubly or triply contained, that accommodate experiments in cell technology, model organisms, multiphase fluids, solution chemistry, separation science, microencapsulation, and crystal growth.

SpaceX-20 (SpX-20) Dragon Cargo Operations:
This week the crew continued to perform Dragon cargo operations. Ground teams estimate ~28 hours of cargo operations remain prior to Dragon departure on April 6, 2020.

ЦитироватьSpace Botany, Biology During Robotics and Spaceship Work
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Mar 30, 2020 at 12:33 pm

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Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan works on U.S. spacesuit components inside the Quest airlock.

A U.S. cargo craft is just one week away from departing the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) and returning to Earth packed with science and hardware for analysis. ...

NASA Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will be packing the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft the rest of the week before its departure on April 6. The duo will be loading Dragon with experiments and station gear such as spacesuit components for analysis by scientists and engineers on Earth.

Ground controllers will remotely command the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm to release Dragon back into Earth orbit next Monday at 9:52 a.m. EDT. Morgan will be in the cupola monitoring the release activities with NASA TV beginning its live coverage at 9:30 a.m.

Dragon's final splashdown in the Pacific Ocean a few hours later will not be broadcast on NASA TV. Future Dragon cargo missions will splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
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ЦитироватьNAVAREA XII 142/20

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
MEXICO.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS:
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    C. ALTERNATE 101745Z TO 101815Z APR
        IN AREA BOUND BY
        30-50-56N 118-04-47W, 30-27-53N 118-28-11W,
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2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101915Z APR 20.//

Authority: SPACEX 280339Z MAR 20.

Date: 010901Z APR 20
Cancel: 10191500 Apr 20

ЦитироватьScience Packing, Robotics Work Ahead of Spaceship Traffic
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Apr 1, 2020 at 5:35 pm

A U.S. cargo craft is being packed for its return to Earth next week...

The reusable SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-dragon-launches-arrivals-and-departures) space freighter is being loaded this week with thousands of pounds of science experiments and station hardware. Robotics controllers will command the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm to remove Dragon from the Harmony module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony) after its hatch is closed early Monday. Dragon will be released back into Earth orbit Monday at 9:52 a.m. EDT for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean a few hours later.

NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) will wrap up the science packing late Sunday. The duo will be transferring live mice (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8150), plant cells (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8223) and other time-critical research samples into Dragon so scientists can understand how genetic expression changes in space.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30273.jpg) Raul‏ @Raul74Cz (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz/status/1245713035584507904)

Hazard Area of #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) Dragon C112.3 reentry planned for Monday Apr 06 in window between 19:20-19:50 UTC. Final Pacific splashdown and recovery of final Dragon-1 spacecraft will be approximately 354km south of the Port of LA. http://bit.do/LHA10  (https://t.co/1SaD65jIwk)

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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 4/01/2020
 
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SpaceX-20 (SpX-20) Dragon Cargo Operations:
Today, the crew continued to perform Dragon cargo operations in preparations for Dragon departure on April 6, 2020.

Water Processor Assembly (WPA) Multi-filtration (MF) Bed Sample Collection:
Today, the crew performed a Life Support Rack (LSR) hose reconfiguration in preparation for a WPA MF Bed return sample collection. The crew previously experienced an issue with connecting a hose normally used to take MF bed samples; and as a result, ground teams had the crew reconfigure the LSR hoses to free up a like hose to re-attempt return sampling. The hose taken from the LSR was connected to the WPA nominally and the WPA MF Bed SpX-20 return sample was collected.

Systems Operations Data File (SODF) DEPLOY:
Today, the crew replaced their Medical Checklists and EVA wrist Cuff Checklists with updated documentation delivered on SpX-20. The retired EVA Cuff Checklists will be returned on SpX-20.

ЦитироватьScience Expands on Station, Dragon Departs on Monday
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Apr 2, 2020 at 2:39 pm

... Meanwhile, the Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition62/index.html) crew is packing cargo for return to Earth while getting ready for its own departure.
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... the SpaceX Dragon space freighter will return to Earth after being released from the Canadarm2 on Monday at 9:52 a.m. EDT. Meir and Morgan will finish loading over 4,000 pounds of station hardware and research samples, including live mice (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8150) and plant cells (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8223), late Sunday. NASA TV will begin its live coverage (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-us-cargo-ship-departure-from-space-station-1) of Dragon's departure on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
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ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: Bartolomeo: 04/03/2020

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3 апр. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 4/02/2020

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Mobile SpaceLab:
The crew de-installed and stowed the Mobile SpaceLab hardware. This completes the objectives for this experiment. The Mobile SpaceLab is a tissue and cell culturing facility that launches and returns on International Space Station (ISS) resupply vehicles to offer investigators a quick-turnaround, high-throughput platform to perform sophisticated microgravity biology interrogations. The Mobile SpaceLab operates with autonomous microfluidic delivery of multiple reagents as well as automated brightfield and fluorescence microscopy. The Mobile SpaceLab can perform a biology experiment autonomously for up to a month on the ISS without the need for crew operations.
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SpX-20 Preparation for Unberth/Release:
Several activities on the plan were in preparation for SpX-20 unberth and release. The crew installed a single stowage locker, transferred the Mobile Spacelab payload onto Dragon and completed Dragon release and departure proficiency training. Currently, SpX-20 is scheduled to unberth on April 6th.
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ЦитироватьPandemic prompts few changes to busy month on space station
April 2, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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The Dragon supply ship is scheduled to be released fr om the space station's robotic arm at 9:52 a.m. EDT (1352 GMT) Monday, heading for re-entry and a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles.

Before Monday's release, the Dragon will be unberthed from the station's Harmony module using the robot arm and maneuvered to a position around 30 feet, or 10 meters, below the research complex.

Closing out a nearly 31-day mission, the unpiloted cargo capsule will move a safe distance from the station before firing its Draco thrusters in a braking burn to slow down and re-enter the atmosphere. After jettisoning its disposable trunk, the pressurized capsule will plunge into the atmosphere, protected by a high-temperature heat shield, then deploy three main parachutes for a relatively gentle splashdown in the Pacific Ocean around 3:40 p.m. EDT (1940 GMT).

A SpaceX recovery team will be on station to pull the reusable spacecraft from the sea and haul it to the Port of Los Angeles, wh ere teams will begin handing over time-sensitive experiment specimens and more than 4,000 pounds of cargo to NASA.

The Dragon capsule's return to Earth on Monday will mark the final flight of SpaceX's first-generation cargo vehicle after 20 trips to the space station. The specific spacecraft currently at the station is on its third mission in space.

SpaceX's future resupply missions will use the upgraded Dragon 2 spaceship, which comes in crew and cargo variants.
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ЦитироватьApril 2, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-043

NASA TV to Air U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station

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SpaceX's Dragon resupply ship slowly approaches the orbiting lab as both spacecraft were orbiting 258 miles above the Mediterranean Sea Dec. 9, 2019. Filled with more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, Dragon is now set to leave the International Space Station Monday, April 6.
Credits: NASA

Editor's note, April 3, 2020: Dragon's departure from the International Space Station has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 7. NASA TV coverage begins at 8:45 a.m. EDT.

Filled with more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station) Monday, April 6. NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive) will broadcast its departure live beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

Robotic flight controllers at mission control in Houston will issue commands at 9:52 a.m. to release Dragon using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition62/index.html) Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) of NASA will back up the ground controllers and monitor Dragon's systems as it departs the orbital laboratory.

Dragon will fire its thrusters to move a safe distance from the station, then execute a deorbit burn as it heads for a parachute-assisted splashdown around 3:40 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean, southwest of Long Beach, California. The splashdown will not air on NASA TV.

Dragon launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket March 6 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and arrived at the space station three days later.

Some of the scientific investigations Dragon will return to Earth include:

Generating a nutritional meal

Planning ways to supply food for a multi-year mission on the Moon or Mars may require making food and nutrients in space. BioNutrients (https://www.nasa.gov/ames/bionutrients) demonstrates a technology that enables on-demand production of nutrients needed during long-duration space missions. Although designed for space, this system also could help provide nutrition for people in remote areas of our planet.

Toward printing human organs in space

Biological printing of the tiny, complex structures found inside human organs, such as capillaries, is difficult in Earth's gravity. The BioFabrication Facility (BFF (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7599)) attempts to take the first steps toward the printing of human organs and tissues in microgravity. The facility may also help maintain the health of crews on deep space exploration missions by producing food and personalized pharmaceuticals on demand.

Helping the heart

The Engineered Heart Tissues (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8217) (EHTs) study looks at how human heart tissue functions in space. It uses unique 3D tissues made from heart cells derived from human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs), essentially adult stem cells. Researchers expect significant differences in function, structure and gene expression between EHTs in microgravity and those on the ground. Understanding these differences could help them find ways to prevent or mitigate problematic changes on future long-duration missions.

Biofilm festival

Samples from the Space Biofilms investigation, which examines microbial species and their formation of biofilms, are returning on Dragon. Biofilms are collections of one or more types of microorganisms – including bacteria, fungi and protists – that grow on wet surfaces. Better control of biofilms may help maintain crewed spacecraft and protect the health and safety of crew members as well as help prevent the introduction of Earth-based microbes to planetary bodies on which humans land.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) providing opportunities for U.S. government agencies, private industry and academic and research institutions to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth. Conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory will help us learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars).

For almost 20 years (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station), humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. As a global endeavor, 239 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,800 research investigations from researchers in 108 countries.

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Last Updated: April 3, 2020
Editor: Sean Potter

ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events

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April 7, Tuesday
8:45 a.m. - Coverage of the departure of the SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft from the International Space Station; release scheduled at 9:15 a.m. EDT - Johnson Space Center (All Channels)

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Hazard Area of #CRS20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS20?src=hash) Dragon C112.3 reentry rescheduled to Tuesday Apr 07 in window between 18:30-19:00 UTC - now farthest ever Dragon landed from Port of LA. NRC Quest needs to sail for final Pacific recovery approx.815km southward. http://bit.do/LHA10  (https://t.co/1SaD65jIwk)

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ЦитироватьНАСА отложило возвращение грузового корабля Dragon с МКС
11:06 04.04.2020

МОСКВА, 4 апр - РИА Новости. Грузовой корабль Dragon компании SpaceX Илона Маска вернется с Международной космической станции на Землю 7 апреля, на день позже, чем планировалось, сообщило НАСА.

Ранее НАСА сообщало, что прибывший на станцию в марте корабль покинет ее и приводнится в Тихом океане 6 апреля.

На сайте НАСА без указания причин отмечается, что возвращение Dragon на Землю отложено на сутки.

Согласно новому графику, 7 апреля корабль с помощью дистанционного манипулятора будет отстыкован от МКС и в 17.15 мск его отделят от манипулятора. В тот же день Dragon сойдёт с орбиты, и его возвращаемый аппарат с грузами приводнится недалеко от западного побережья США.
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ЦитироватьStation Gets Ready to Send off Cargo Ship and Welcome New Crew
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Apr 6, 2020 at 3:32 pm

... Meanwhile, the Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition62/index.html) crew will send off a U.S. cargo craft on Tuesday packed with science and hardware.

NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) are loading the final critical research samples aboard the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship today. Dragon will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean carrying live mice (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8150), plant cells (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8223) and other biological samples (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/3d-printing-biology-research-journey-back-to-earth-in-spacex-20-dragon) for analysis on Earth. Dragon is also packed with station hardware including spacesuit components for servicing and inspection.

Morgan will be monitoring departure activities when ground controllers command the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm to release Dragon on Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. EDT. This will end a 29-day stay at the Harmony module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony). Live NASA TV coverage begins at 8:45 a.m.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67517.png) Gavin - SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 7 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1247180900284149760)

Recovery ship NRC Quest has arrived at the splashdown location for the CRS-20 Dragon.  Splashdown is expected at about 3:40pm EDT tomorrow.

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Having delivered ~4,500 pounds of critical cargo and supplies last month, Dragon will depart the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) tomorrow at about 6:12 a.m. PDT

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ЦитироватьApril 3, 2020

3D Printing, Biology Research Make the Journey Back to Earth aboard SpaceX's Dragon

On March 9, 2020, a Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) carrying dozens of scientific experiments (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spx-20-research-highlights) as a part of SpaceX's 20th cargo resupply mission. Now, Dragon heads home. On April 7, it is scheduled to undock (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-us-cargo-ship-departure-from-space-station-1) from station, bringing samples, hardware and data from completed investigations back to Earth on its return trip.

Here are details on some of the investigations returning to the ground for further analysis and reporting of results.

Generating a nutritional meal

Planning ways to supply food for a multi-year mission on the Moon or Mars while keeping astronauts healthy on the long trip may require making fresh food and nutrients in space. BioNutrients (https://www.nasa.gov/ames/bionutrients) demonstrates a technology that enables on-demand production of nutrients needed for during long-duration space missions.

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These BioNutrients packets aboard the International Space Station demonstrate a technology that enables on-demand production of human nutrients during long-duration space missions.
Credits: NASA

The process uses microbes, such as baker's yeast, expressly engineered to make fresh nutrients for human consumption starting from dry powdered media — food for the yeast — and water. The fresh nutrients can supplement potential vitamin losses from food that is stored for very long periods. Over the five-year period of the demonstration, astronauts intermittently activate specially designed packets containing the yeast — or other microorganisms, in the future — and their food. They warm the packets for two days to allow the yeast to do its job, growing and producing the desired nutrients, and then freeze them for return to Earth for analysis. These tests will allow scientists to check how long their specially engineered yeast can be stored on the shelf and still be able to churn out fresh nutrients that humans need to stay healthy in space. Some samples will be returning on this SpaceX Dragon capsule. Although designed for space, this system also could help provide nutrition for people in remote areas of our planet.

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NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works with packets for the BioNutrients investigation aboard the space station.
Credits: NASA

Toward printing human organs in space

Biological printing of the tiny, complex structures found inside human organs, such as capillaries, has proven difficult in Earth's gravity. Under Earth's gravity, an initial scaffolding, or support structure, is necessary to form the desired shape of the tissue. The BioFabrication Facility (BFF (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7599)) attempts to take the first steps toward printing human organs and tissues in microgravity using ultra-fine layers of bioink that may be several times smaller than the width of a human hair. This research is part of a long-term plan to manufacture entire human organs in space using refined biological 3D printing techniques.

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NASA astronaut Christina Koch handles media bags for the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), a 3D biological printer that could become a part of a larger system capable of manufacturing fully functioning human organs in microgravity.
Credits: NASA

Launched to station in July 2019 on the 18th SpaceX cargo resupply flight, the facility now comes back to Earth. According to Techshot President and CEO John Vellinger, the facility has proven basic functionality. The team is bringing the facility back to Earth to make upgrades that will enable high throughput use when it returns to the space station.

Helping the heart

The Engineered Heart Tissues (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8217) study looks at how human heart tissue functions in space. It uses unique 3D tissues made from heart cells derived from human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs), essentially adult stem cells. The engineered heart tissues, or EHTs, are complex 3D structures, each about the size of a few grains of rice. These structures are more similar to tissues in the body than flat cell cultures in a petri dish or those floating in a flask of liquid.

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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works on a media change for the Engineered Heart Tissues investigation inside the Life Sciences Glovebox.
Credits: NASA

Researchers expect significant differences in function, structure and gene expression between EHTs in microgravity and those on the ground. Understanding these differences could help them find ways to prevent or mitigate problematic changes (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/astronaut-conducts-heart-research-on-station-with-former-colleague-engineered-heart-tissues) on future long-duration missions. The hardware developed for the experiment also has created advanced, more efficient and more cost-effective technology for use on Earth. Researchers are bringing some EHTs back to Earth to see whether they recover from changes thought to occur in microgravity.

Biofilm festival

Samples from the Space Biofilms (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7955) investigation, which examines microbial species and their formation of biofilms, are returning on Dragon. Biofilms are collections of one or more types of microorganisms – including bacteria, fungi and protists – that grow on wet surfaces. In spacecraft, biofilm formation can cause equipment malfunction and human illness, and it could pose a serious problem on future long-term human space missions. Better control of biofilms may help maintain crewed spacecraft and protect the health and safety of crew members as well as help prevent the introduction of Earth-based microbes to planetary bodies on which humans land.

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NASA astronaut Christina Koch conducts operations for Space Biofilms. This investigation examines microbial species and their formation of biofilms, communities of microorganisms that attach to each other and to different surfaces.
Credits: NASA

Examining amyloid formation in microgravity

The Ring Sheared Drop (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7383) investigation takes advantage of the fact that fluids float in microgravity, allowing researchers to examine (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/industry-partner-for-space-based-study-of-alzheimers-key.html) formation of amyloid fibrils in liquids held together by surface tension rather than by a container. Amyloids are abnormal fibrous deposits found in organs and tissues and are associated with neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. These proteins can denature -- or lose characteristic properties -- and precipitate, or come out of solution. As they accumulate over time, they may disrupt the healthy function of tissues and organs. Results from this experiment could contribute to a better understanding of and treatments for these neurodegenerative diseases. Data on the flow of liquids without the complications associated with solid walls also could contribute to development of advanced materials. Samples from this experiment are returning on Dragon.

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NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague are pictured inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module. Hague
was setting up the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox to begin operations for the Ring-Sheared Drop experiment
to understand how fluids flow in the human body and other materials.
Credits: NASA


These are just a few of the many investigations currently being conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory. ...

Erin Winick

International Space Station Program Research Office
Johnson Space Center (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html)

Last Updated: April 3, 2020
Editor: Michael Johnson

ЦитироватьNASA TV Broadcasts Dragon Departure Tuesday Morning

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Apr 6, 2020 at 7:22 pm

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Astronaut Andrew Morgan will monitor the departure of the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship when ground controllers command its robotic release Tuesday morning.

Filled with more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station) Tuesday, April 7. NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive) will broadcast its departure live beginning at 8:45 a.m. EDT.

Robotic flight controllers at mission control in Houston will issue commands to release Dragon using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, and Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition62/index.html) Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) of NASA will back up the ground controllers and monitor Dragon's systems as it departs the orbital laboratory.

Цитировать04/07/2020 15:29 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Dragon cargo freighter will depart the International Space Station Tuesday and return to Earth, wrapping up the 20th and final visit to the orbiting research complex for the current version of SpaceX's supply ship before an upgraded Dragon starts launching later this year.

The automated Dragon supply ship will be released fr om the space station's Canadian-built robotic arm shortly after 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT).

Once Dragon flies to a safe distance from the station, the spacecraft will close the door to its guidance, navigation and control bay, then fire its Draco thrusters around 1:58 p.m. EDT (1758 GMT) for a deorbit burn to target splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

The reusable cargo capsule will jettison its disposable trunk section to burn up in the atmosphere. The Dragon's pressurized compartment, protected by a carbon ablative heat shield, will enter the atmosphere heading northwest-to-southeast over the Pacific Ocean.

Three main parachutes will unfurl to slow the capsule for splashdown at 2:47 p.m. EDT (1847 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles.

A SpaceX recovery team in the Pacific will hoist the capsule out of the water and return the craft to the Port of Los Angeles, wh ere SpaceX will hand over time-sensitive research specimens and experiments to NASA and other science teams.

The Dragon cargo capsule is packed with live mice, plant cells and other biological samples.

SpaceX's 20th resupply mission to the space station arrived at the orbiting complex March 9, following a launch from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on March 6.

The automated Dragon cargo capsule delivered 4,358 pounds (1,977 kilograms) of supplies, equipment and research investigations for the station's Expedition 62 crew.

Among the equipment delivered to the station was the European-built Bartolomeo external science platform, which was robotically installed outside the research lab's Columbus module last week.

The return of the Dragon spacecraft to Earth today marks the transition to SpaceX's next Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. SpaceX's following series of cargo missions will use a new Dragon spacecraft design known as the Dragon 2. Cargo flights to the space station using the Dragon 2 spacecraft are scheduled to begin in late October.

The Dragon 2's human-rated variant is named the Crew Dragon, which is scheduled to fly astronauts to the space station for the first time as soon as May.

Цитировать04/07/2020 15:49 Stephen Clark

The Dragon cargo capsule was detached from the space station's Harmony module earlier today with the lab's Canadian-built robotic arm. The robot arm is scheduled to release the Dragon spacecraft at 9:06 a.m. EDT (1306 GMT), beginning a series of maneuvers by the SpaceX cargo craft to depart the vicinity of the space station and prepare for re-entry.

Ground controllers will send the command for the robotic arm to release the Dragon spacecraft, while crew members on-board the station monitor the event.

Цитировать04/07/2020 15:51 Stephen Clark

Grasped by the robotic arm, the Dragon spacecraft is at its planned release point below the space station.

Ground controllers in Houston will command the arm to release the capsule at 9:06 a.m. EDT (1306 GMT).

Astronaut Drew Morgan aboard the station will stand by at a communications panel and a robotic arm control console inside the lab's cupola module to issue commands to Dragon, or take charge of the arm if necessary.

The crew will monitor the spacecraft until it exits the so-called keep-out sphere 200 meters (660 feet) around the space station.

Цитировать04/07/2020 16:02 Stephen Clark

Mission control in Houston is preparing for an on-time departure of the Dragon spacecraft at 9:06 a.m. EDT (1306 GMT).

Цитировать04/07/2020 16:08 Stephen Clark

Dragon is now flying on its own, having been released from the grasp of the space station robotic arm at 9:06 a.m. EDT (1306 GMT) as the craft flew at an altitude of around 260 miles east of Vietnam.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1247512238325288960)

Dragon has been released from the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)! Three departure burns are now underway; Dragon will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean around 11:50 a.m. PDT → http://nasa.gov/nasatv  (https://t.co/WUiXnPDkfb)

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Цитировать04/07/2020 16:20 Stephen Clark

Dragon's third and final departure burn is complete, moving the craft beyond the 200-meter keep-out sphere, an imaginary bubble around the space station.

Цитировать04/07/2020 16:23 Stephen Clark

"That was the last time the arm and Dragon will meet that way so it was fun to watch," said Drew Morgan, a flight engineer on the International Space Station.

Future Dragon cargo missions will not be grappled or released by the Canadian-built robotic arm, but will instead directly dock with the space station.

"Congratulations to the SpaceX team and the teams all around the world for the successful Dragon mission over the last month and wrapping up Expedition 62."

Morgan and crewmates Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka will be joined by three fresh crew members Thursday, then they will head for landing in Kazakhstan on April 17 on a Russian Soyuz capsule.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1247515075465875460)

Departure Burn 3 - CRS-20 Dragon departing the ISS Keep Out Sphere (KOS).

The final time we'll see this version of Dragon in space.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1247516287779196928)

Thanks to SpaceX on the loop with Andrew Morgan for this final Dragon 1 mission to the ISS.

12:58 Central for the deorbit burn.

Article: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/final-dragon-1-return-earth/ ... (https://t.co/3fmV3rXRF0) - by Thomas Burghardt (@TGMetsFan98 (https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98))

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ЦитироватьКосмический корабль Dragon покинул МКС и возвращается на Землю
16:25 07.04.2020

ВАШИНГТОН, 7 апр – РИА Новости. Грузовой космический корабль Dragon покинул Международную космическую станцию (МКС) и возвращается на Землю с научными материалами с орбиты, НАСА ведет прямую трансляцию.

Механическая рука Canadarm2 по команде специалистов с Земли "отпустила" космический корабль в 9.06 по времени Восточного побережья США (16.06 мск).

Космический корабль, принадлежащий частной компании SpaceX, увозит со станции около 1,8 тысяч килограмм груза, прежде всего, результаты научных экспериментов, идущих на орбите.

Позднее во вторник Dragon должен приводниться в Тихом океане недалеко от побережья Калифорнии. Аппарат является на сегодня единственным беспилотным космическим кораблем, способным доставлять груз с МКС на Землю.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-20: Dragon departure

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7 апр. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьАмериканский корабль Dragon совершил приводнение в Тихом океане
НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 7 апреля. /ТАСС/. Американский космический корабль Dragon совершил посадку на воду в Тихом океане неподалеку от побережья штата Калифорния. Об этом сообщила во вторник в своем Twitter компания SpaceX.
"Подтверждаем удачное приводнение корабля Dragon", - указывается в сообщении. В компании отметили, что нынешняя миссия стала 20-й по счету и заключительной для кораблей Dragon первого поколения. В дальнейшем доставку грузов на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) будут совершать корабли нового поколения.

"Ранее"

Ранее во вторник корабль отстыковался от МКС. В начале марта он доставил на Международную космическую станцию 1950 кг грузов, в том числе научное оборудование для биомедицинских исследований и аппаратуру для изучения химических реакций в условиях микрогравитации.

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На Землю он вернул около 2 тонн грузов, в том числе результаты научных экспериментов по программе BioNutrients по получению питательных веществ для экипажей в ходе долговременного полета, по программе BioFabricationFacility по проверке возможности создания человеческих органов в условиях микрогравитации и образцы, полученные в рамках программы Space Biofilms по изучению роста микроорганизмов во влажных средах.
Сейчас на борту МКС работают россиянин Олег Скрипочка, астронавты НАСА Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1247598934102388736)

Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing the 20th and final @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) resupply mission for SpaceX's first iteration of the Dragon spacecraft!

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185195.jpg) Andrew Morgan‏ @AstroDrewMorgan (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan/status/1247582311488487424)

After a full month of exciting scientific payloads, #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) and #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash) say goodbye to @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) Dragon CRS-20 over central Asia at twilight.

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ЦитироватьDragon Leaves Station, Returns to Earth with Valuable Science

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Apr 7, 2020 at 3:08 pm

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Astronaut Andrew Morgan monitored the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship's release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on Tuesday morning. Credit: @AstroDrewMorgan (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan/status/1247582311488487424)

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. PDT), approximately 300 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, marking the end of the company's 20th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) for NASA. The spacecraft returned more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo.

Some of the scientific investigations Dragon will return to Earth include:

Generating a nutritional meal

Planning ways to supply food for a multi-year mission on the Moon or Mars may require making food and nutrients in space. BioNutrients (https://www.nasa.gov/ames/bionutrients) demonstrates a technology that enables on-demand production of nutrients needed during long-duration space missions. Although designed for space, this system also could help provide nutrition for people in remote areas of our planet.

Toward printing human organs in space

Biological printing of the tiny, complex structures found inside human organs, such as capillaries, is difficult in Earth's gravity. The BioFabrication Facility (BFF (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7599)) attempts to take the first steps toward the printing of human organs and tissues in microgravity. The facility may also help maintain the health of crews on deep space exploration missions by producing food and personalized pharmaceuticals on demand.

Helping the heart

The Engineered Heart Tissues (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8217) (EHTs) study looks at how human heart tissue functions in space. It uses unique 3D tissues made from heart cells derived from human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs), essentially adult stem cells. Researchers expect significant differences in function, structure and gene expression between EHTs in microgravity and those on the ground. Understanding these differences could help them find ways to prevent or mitigate problematic changes on future long-duration missions.

Biofilm festival

Samples from the Space Biofilms investigation, which examines microbial species and their formation of biofilms, are returning on Dragon. Biofilms are collections of one or more types of microorganisms – including bacteria, fungi and protists – that grow on wet surfaces. Better control of biofilms may help maintain crewed spacecraft and protect the health and safety of crew members as well as help prevent the introduction of Earth-based microbes to planetary bodies on which humans land.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) providing opportunities for U.S. government agencies, private industry and academic and research institutions to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth. Conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory will help us learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars).

For almost 20 years (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station), humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. As a global endeavor, 239 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,800 research investigations from researchers in 108 countries.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67517.png) Gavin - SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1247605363421184000)

After about 20 minutes of traveling from the hold point, recovery ship NRC Quest has arrived at the splashdown location of the CRS-20 Dragon.  Fast-approach boats will be used to collect up the parachutes and Dragon will soon be lifted onboard.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69678.jpg) Jack Beyer‏ @thejackbeyer (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer) 33 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1247645487466819584)

Hey Space Fans, I'll be taking over Dragon tracking for @Julia_Bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) for CRS-20 as she has her hands full at work and I'll be here in Los Angeles to catch its return.

NRC Quest is currently working to get Dragon in the nest at the recovery zone #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 4/06/2020

The crew will work late into the nominal crew work day today to prepare Dragon for unberth and release tomorrow morning. The next daily report will resume on Wednesday, April 8th.

Payloads
Over the weekend:

CASIS PCG 10:

The crew transferred five sample cards into MELFI to freeze in preparation for a return on SpX-20. Microgravity Crystallization of Glycogen Synthase-Glycogenin (CASIS PCG 10) uses the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to grow larger, higher resolution versions of two proteins, glycogen synthase 1 and glycogen synthase 2. Understanding the structure of the human glycogen synthase protein will expedite the discovery of treatments for obesity, rare glycogen storage disorders, and potentially cancer.

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Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP2 Cell-03):

The crew removed 5 Emory Modules and associated hardware from the MVP2 and prepped the contents for SpX-20 return. This project studied the generation of cardiomyocytes, specialized heart muscle cells, for use in research and clinical applications. Specifically, the team is studying the differentiation of these heart cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), adult cells that have been altered to reinstate characteristics of natural stem cells. Simulated microgravity studies have allowed the team to increase the yield, purity, and survival of cardiomyocytes derived from iPSCs, and true spaceflight conditions are expected to further enhance these effects. Understanding how microgravity improves cardiomyocyte differentiation will enable the team to create clinically relevant heart tissue for use in regenerative medicine, disease modeling, and drug discovery.

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NanoRacks Module-9:

The crew opened the blue clamps and shook tubes 4 and 5 to deactivate them. Tubes 4 and 5 contain experiments which study the effect of microgravity on the growth of Trametes versicolor mycelium, and the effect of microgravity on the growth of Pyropia respectively. Module-09, which contains several mixture tube experiments, was then restowed for return on SpX-20. The experiments use NanoRacks MixStix, miniature laboratories activated by space station crew and eventually returned to the student teams on Earth for analysis.

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NanoRacks Science Box (aka NanoRacks Black Box):

The crew un-cabled and removed the NanoRacks Science Box from EXPRESS Rack and prepped it for SpX-20 return. NanoRacks-Black Box is a key part of NanoRacks' next generation International Space Station platforms. This new platform is specially designed to provide near-launch payload turnover of autonomous payloads while providing advanced science capabilities for customers, including use of robotics, new automated MixStix and NanoLab-style research. Black Box is a locker-sized platform that accommodates up to 18U of payloads.

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Space Tango MultiLab Locker (TangoLab-2):

The crew removed card 012 and Cube BOST_FLW01 from the TangoLab-2 facility and prepared them for SpX-20 return. TangoLab-2 is a reconfigurable general research facilities designed for microgravity research and development and pilot manufacturing in the ISS.

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Today's activities:

Mouse Mission-5 (MM-5):

The crew performed the activities necessary to transfer the JAXA MM-5 mice to SpX-20 for return to the ground. The purpose of this mission is to analyze any alterations of the gene expression patterns and the effects on the germ-cell development of mice exposed to a long-term space environment.

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OsteoOmics-2:

The crew removed the samples for their locations in the GLACIER and MELFI freezers/refrigerators and prepared them for return on SpX-20. Millions of Americans experience bone loss, which results from disease or the reduced effects of gravity that can occur in bed-ridden patients. OsteoOmics tests whether magnetic levitation accurately simulates the free-fall conditions of microgravity by comparing genetic expression osteoblastic cells, a type of bone cell, levitated in a high-field superconducting magnet with cells flown in low-Earth orbit. This information helps scientists determine the molecular and metabolic changes that take place in magnetic levitation and real microgravity.

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Space Cells-01:

The crew retrieved Space Cells-01 samples (4) from the CGBA (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus) and stowed them for SpX-20 return. Space Cells-01 examines gene expression changes and genetic mutations in hemp and coffee plant cells in microgravity. Cell cultures spend approximately one month on the space station then return to Earth for analysis of their physical structure and gene expression and are compared to preflight parameters. Results could help identify new varieties or chemical expressions in the plants and improve understanding of how plants manage the stress of space travel.

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Systems

SpX-20 Cargo Operations:

Today the crew will complete the final SpaceX-20 mission cargo transfers; including the packing of Double Cold Bags (DCB) that are used to preserve time critical science. Following the final cargo loading, the crew will egress the Dragon vehicle, close the hatch, rotate the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Controller Panel Assemblies (CPAs), and will close out the Node 2 nadir vestibule. Dragon is scheduled to depart the ISS on Tuesday, April 7th at 8:05am CT.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67517.png) Gavin - SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 30 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1247657715079548935)

Dragon appears to have been recovered as NRC Quest is on the move again, 4 hours after splashdown.

Early ETA for an arrival at the Port of LA would be roughly 9am - 3pm PST on Thursday.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69678.jpg) Jack Beyer‏ @thejackbeyer (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer) 20 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1247956773354401793)

NRC Quest is currently headed north back towards Los Angeles at ~10 knots after recovering the final Cargo Dragon to return from the ISS. As of now it's looking like it'll arrive sometime tomorrow morning. I can't wait to go see it! #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67517.png) Gavin - SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 38 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1248224684421906437)

NRC Quest and Dragon are sailing towards an arrival at the Port of LA in about 5 hours time, at around ~10am PST.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69678.jpg) Jack Beyer‏ @thejackbeyer (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer) 24 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1248316449820557313)

The final SpaceX Cargo Dragon to be sent to and return from the International Space Station has arrived at the Port of LA aboard recovery vessel NRC Quest. This is the last West Coast recovery operation for the forseeable future. #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69678.jpg) Jack Beyer‏ @thejackbeyer (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1248332007748161536)

Cargo Dragon has been moved out of its nest ahead of being lifted onto shore.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69678.jpg) Jack Beyer‏ @thejackbeyer (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer) 28 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1248370612344516608)

You know how in movies sad stuff always happens on rainy days? Well today was a very cinematic end for Cargo Dragon. It's back on land and safely inside it's lair. Congrats on a job well done to SpaceX and everyone who worked on the Dragon program. #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)

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15 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1248373678191992839)

Details, I wanna see details!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69536.jpg) Pauline Acalin‏ @w00ki33 (https://twitter.com/w00ki33) 10 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1248385919553376256)

The CRS-20 Cargo Dragon as it is lifted from recovery vessel NRC Quest and placed dockside. It all happens rather quickly. #spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #crs20 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/crs20?src=hash)

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https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1248385754801123331/pu/vid/1280x720/XlM3qin4jJwURTq7.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1248385754801123331/pu/vid/1280x720/XlM3qin4jJwURTq7.mp4) (1:18)

ЦитироватьCRS-20 Dragon arrives in Port of Los Angeles on NRC Quest

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10 апр. 2020 г.

SpaceX's CRS-20 Dragon - the final Dragon 1 to fly into space - returned from her ISS resupply mission on Thursday and arrived into the Port of Los Angeles om NRC Quest for post-mission processing and readiness for a trip to SpaceX McGregor in Texas.

Video by Jack Beyer (@thejackbeyer).