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Crystal Johnson‏ @Crystal1Johnson 44 мин. назад

Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. This is the development team behind the satellite.



Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 31 мин. назад
 
Bangladeshi team which developed the BRAC ONNESHA sat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_dpxNeoa7Q ... (attn @historyasif !)


Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 26 мин. назад

The students from Nigeria's FUTA in front of all five BIRDS cubesats

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Jack Fischer‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro2fish 34 мин.назад

Check out @AstroPeggy wrestling robots last week, looking at design & control elements to revolutionize automation. https://www.nasa.gov/spheres/home 

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http://www.sbsun.com/business/20170705/return-of-the-space-mice-spacexs-reflown-dragon-lands-in-san-pedro-packed-with-science-galore

Return of the space mice! SpaceX's reflown Dragon lands in San Pedro packed with science galore


Twenty mice were flown to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon ship. A new protein was tested on the mice that has shown promise in re-growing lost bone density. Photo courtesy NASA

By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze

POSTED: 07/05/17, 12:42 PM PDT | UPDATED: 3 DAYS AGO

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SpaceX's Dragon spaceship, carrying more than 4,100 pounds of cargo and research specimens, became the first capsule used in two different missions when it splashed down this week in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles. The mission was the first re-flight of one of SpaceX's unpiloted supply ships to the International Space Station. The ship returned to San Pedro's outer harbor across fr om Cabrillo Marina on Tuesday. Photo by Gene Blevins/LA DailyNews/SCNG

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SpaceX's first reflown Dragon spacecraft has returned to dock at the Port of Los Angeles filled with science research, including the first 20 mice ever returned by the U.S. from space.

The craft, first flown for NASA in September 2014, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at dawn Monday.

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It was delivered by barge Tuesday to San Pedro's outer harbor across from Cabrillo Marina, wh ere SpaceX has a leasehold to park its space-going equipment.

"All the rodents from ISS made it back alive and healthy yesterday on July 4! This is the first successful American live return," said Dr. Chia Soo, a lead researcher on UCLA's NELL-1 study to develop a drug that, for the first time, can ease the extreme bone loss astronauts face in orbit.

The mice were sent to the Space Station last month to study a new protein that has shown promise in re-growing lost bone density. They made the grueling journey through and back the Earth's atmosphere in snug specially designed mice habitats.

"If it can work for microgravity-related bone loss, then it could have increased use for patients one day on Earth who have bone loss from trauma or aging," Soo said.

Scientific research on board is returning from the National Laboratory on the International Space Station. The Dragon docked there after launching from Kennedy Space Center in a NASA commercial resupply mission on June 3.

The various returned science experiments were headed for research institutions around the world, while the Dragon will likely be driven to Texas for testing before being retooled at the company's manufacturing and design headquarters in Hawthorne. SpaceX officials did not confirm the craft's future plans, however.

Also among the research in this mission was a new instrument designed to study neutron stars, or pulsars, which are the most magnetic objects known in the universe. They're expected to hold the keys to more accurate global navigation and timekeeping.

"(Pulsars) emit light all across the spectrum in narrow beams from their magnetic poles," said Zaven Arzoumanian, the science lead for the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, or NICER, study. Neutron stars "have very rapid rotation, hundreds of times every second. They're faster than the blades of a household blender. NICER's trying to understand what makes pulsars tick."

Hundreds of fruit flies are also returning from orbit for an investigation into the effects of microgravity on the cardiovascular system.

"Fruit fly hearts have similar components to humans and are much closer to humans, in some respect, than mice and rats," said Karen Ocorr, who is leading the study at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla.

The research team sent hundreds of flies packed in six tissue box-sized habitats. Four of the boxes carried 2,000 fly eggs, and others carried hundreds of breeding adults, intended to give birth in space to flies that would return to Earth.

"We have a team of 12 people who will be present in the lab when we receive the flies back," Ocorr said. "We'll spend the next month or more trying to understand the effects on their skeletal muscle and heart muscle function, among other things.

"People who have long-term illnesses, or are infirm and spend a long time in bed, experience progressive cardiac dysfunctions," she said, adding that this study could help develop new therapies for weak hearts.

Lennox Middle School students will also soon get back research from inside this Dragon. They're studying whether lemon-mint plants grow better, worse, or the same in microgravity, as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.

"We wanted to use mint because it's something we use a lot in our Hispanic culture," said Nayeli Salgado, one of the Lennox school team members. "It has many uses — stomach aches, ear aches. You can use it instead of medicine. It takes the pain away."

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http://www.dailybreeze.com/science/20170708/back-home-with-researchers-more-science-ahead-for-mice-tronauts

Back home with researchers, more science ahead for 'mice-tronauts'

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POSTED: 07/08/17, 6:47 PM PDT | UPDATED: 7 HRS AGO


The "space mice" lived in this climate-controlled container while trekking to the space station. Photo courtesy NASA

The first 20 star-trekking mice to travel to the International Space Station, riding aboard a spacecraft built by Hawthorne-based Space X, have returned to their home lab at UCLA.

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But the mission isn't over for the mice, plucked last week from their capsule in San Pedro, according to a scientist participating in the project that aims to help humans battle bone loss.

For now, the pioneering rodents are awaiting their rodent counterparts, still orbiting 220 miles above Earth on the space station's National Lab. And they're getting reacquainted with life back on Earth, dealing with such challenges as normal gravity.

Altogether, 40 mice will continue to be treated with a protein therapy that has shown promise regrowing lost bone.

The mice passed through the Earth's 3,000-degree Fahrenheit atmosphere at a rate of force equal to about five times their body weight — without injury, scientists said.

They took to life in space pretty well, said Louis Stodieck, director of BioServe Space Technologies at the University of Colorado Boulder's aerospace-engineering sciences division.

"They looked really good. They were very healthy," said Stodieck, who came to UCLA to help acclimate the mice to life on Earth again. "Mice are very capable."

During their travel, they lived inside a specially made, jungle-gym-like habitat and ate moist, nutrient-rich food bars developed by NASA. ("Think of a power bar but not quite so sweet," Stodieck said. "The mice love it. It's very good, I've actually tried it.")

Like returning astronauts, the mice-tronauts appeared initially unsteady in gravity. Their space habitat had mesh walls, allowing them to crawl around with stability.

"They get so adapted to microgravity, that gravity probably feels a little hard," Stodieck said. "They looked a little bit tenuous, but they're getting used to it."

Since the Soviet Sputnik program returned the first animals — dogs, rodents and insects — from a brief trip around the Earth in 1957, the U.S. Space Shuttle program has gone on to return animals from rocket trips.

But these are the first U.S. rodents to participate in a lengthy microgravity research trip, and to board the space station's National Laboratory, Stodieck said.

"These studies, with animal models, are few and far between. They are difficult and expensive," he said. "It's very important for us, in any of these studies, to maximize their scientific utility. The space station is a tremendous laboratory platform. We're learning a lot of things."

Increasingly, researchers are studying the effects of microgravity on stem cells to understand the full potential of space research.

But the mice are promising some exciting results that could help many people on Earth, according to the scientists.

Astronauts (and mice-tronauts) experience severe bone loss when they travel outside Earth's gravity-laden atmosphere.

Floating around in microgravity not only depletes bone mass, it also weakens muscles, most notably, heart muscles. The recent mission also carried hundreds of fruit flies for an investigation into the effects of microgravity on the cardiovascular system.

"With the Space Shuttle program, we were only able to do relatively short (orbital research) durations (with animals)," Stodieck said. "We weren't able to let them adapt over a long period of time. This duration of exposure was the first time we've been able to do a detailed, controlled study" with animals in space.

SpaceX's reusable rockets and spacecraft are enabling U.S. researchers to send experiments to orbit affordably from America for the first time in years.

The Dragon craft that returned the mice to Earth previously flew to the Space Station in 2014.

SpaceX's business model relies on such high-tech recycling. And spacecraft that are quickly reusable are key to future scientific research in space, Stodieck said.

"We're now able to look at the recovery of animals and compare it with counterparts continued to be housed in microgravity conditions," Stodieck said. "On the space station, we can watch their behavior with infrared LEDs. The mice adapt to microgravity very quickly. By the time we see them for the first time (after their rocket ride), they're eating, drinking and grooming — they've already adjusted to their environment very well.

"In fact, a crew member commented that they adjust the way they move around in space basically the same way the astronauts do. They use their legs for balance and arms to move around."

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 7 июл.

The #BIT #NanoLab safely returned on #Dragon & has been delivered to #SLSL @ @NASAKennedy. Researchers have begun to analyze their results!

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/07/07/iss-daily-summary-report-7072017/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/07/2017
Posted on July 7, 2017 at 4:00 pm by HQ.

Fluid Shifts Dilution Measurements:

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The 49S subject performed the final Fluid Shifts operations with Dilution Measurements activities. Saliva, blood and urine samples were collected at multiple points during the day and ins erted into a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). Fluid Shifts is a joint NASA-Russian experiment divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Baseline Imaging with Chibis (Lower Body Negative Pressure). The Fluid Shifts experiment investigates the causes for severe and lasting physical changes to astronaut's eyes. Because the headward fluid shift is a hypothesized contributor to these changes, reversing this fluid shift with a lower body negative pressure device is being evaluated as a possible intervention. Results from this study may help to develop preventative measures against lasting changes in vision and to prevention of eye damage.

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JEM-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer 7 (J-SSOD 7):

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This morning CubeSats from Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Bangladesh and Nigeria were deployed from J-SSOD 7. These satellites are part of the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project, a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan. During this 2-year project, students from the Graduate School of Engineering of the Kyushu Institute of Technology design, develop and operate CubeSats belonging to the five participating countries.

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Magnetic 3D Cell Culturing:

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The crew se t up the Magnetic 3D Life Science Hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in preparation for the first media change operations.  Cell cultures in space spontaneously grow in three dimensions (3D), which results in characteristics more representative of how cells grow and function in living organisms. But in microgravity, routine manipulation of cell cultures is challenging. Magnetic 3D Cell Culture for Biological Research in Microgravity (Magnetic 3D Cell Culturing) uses magnetized cells and tools to make it easier to handle cells and cultures, and to improve the reproducibility of experiments. This approach also makes it possible to generate two-dimensional (2D) cultures as controls, and to determine whether biological events in these monolayer cultures result from gravity or substrate attachment.

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Rodent Research-5 (RR-5) Systemic Therapy of NELL-1 for Osteoporosis:

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The crew refilled water containers in the Animal Habitats for RR-5.  Because spaceflight has significant and rapid effects on the musculoskeletal system it is important to investigate targeted therapies that could ameliorate some of the detrimental effects of spaceflight. The NELL-1 drug being studied in the RR-5 investigation has the potential to slow or reverse bone loss during spaceflight. The Bone Densitometer device measures the density of minerals in bone. Quantitative measures of bone loss in mice during orbital space flight provide data for the development of countermeasures for human crewmembers, as well as for bone-loss syndromes on Earth.

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Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Direct Test Drive:

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Last night ground teams performed a SSRMS test to gather data on SSRMS joint performance as a baseline for trending joint performance over time. The test was requested due to a Gearbox Limping (GBL) issue experienced earlier this year which indicated substantial differences between the actual and expected final joint angles. Testing was requested at SSRMS Joint 3 to support the investigation into the root cause of the irregular gearbox twist data by rotating the joint at a consistent rate through the full range of joint travel in both directions on both power strings.  The testing on the first string was completed nominally with no reported issues.  The same test will be performed tonight on the redundant power string.

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 16 мин. назад

Our team is proud to have brought this project to #ISS - Congrats to #Centaurus HS, & thanks @Astro2fish for always rocking our experiments!

Jack Fischer‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro2fish 13 ч. назад

How wicked cool that I got to work on an experiment from my old high school! Future is bright w/smart young folks like this engaged in STEM!

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http://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2017/news_07-10.html

РКК «Энергия»: Совет главных конструкторов по Российскому сегменту МКС
10.07.2017

В пятницу, 7 июля, в РКК «Энергия» состоялось заседание Совета главных конструкторов по Российскому сегменту (РС) Международной космической станции (МКС).
 
После вступительного слова генерального конструктора РКК «Энергия» Евгения Микрина Совет главных конструкторов рассмотрел вопросы о готовности к запуску транспортного пилотируемого корабля новой серии (ТПК) «Союз МС-05» и ракеты-носителя «Союз-ФГ», готовности МКС, стартового и измерительного комплексов, средств и персонала ГОГУ и ЦУП, средств поиска и спасания, средств медицинского обеспечения космонавтов, экипажей длительных экспедиций к предстоящим работам.

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Первый заместитель генерального конструктора - главный конструктор пилотируемых космических комплексов РКК «Энергия» Сергей Романов доложил об этапах реализации программы транспортно-технического обеспечения МКС, ходе подготовки к запуску транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-05» и представил программу полёта Российского сегмента МКС на предстоящий период.

Первый заместитель генерального конструктора по лётной эксплуатации, испытаниям ракетно-космических комплексов и систем РКК «Энергия» Владимир Соловьев доложил о результатах полета МКС, рассказал об итогах научных экспериментов и дальнейших планах работы. Он подчеркнул, что состояние бортовых систем и располагаемые ресурсы Российского сегмента МКС, наземный комплекс управления, персонал управления полётом готовы к запуску корабля «Союз МС-05» 28 июля 2017 года и началу работы очередной экспедиции.

С сообщениями о готовности всех систем корабля и станции выступили главные конструкторы, ответственные представители РКК «Энергия» и организаций-соисполнителей.

Рассмотрены готовность ракеты-носителя «Союз-ФГ» для запуска корабля «Союз МС-05»; готовность стартового комплекса и наземной космической инфраструктуры к предстоящим работам с кораблем «Союз МС-05». Получено заключение о готовности средств и персонала ЦУП-М к работам по проведению запуска корабля «Союз МС-05»; доложено о готовности средств поиска и спасания. Представитель ИМБП РАН доложил о состоянии здоровья экипажей, работающих на борту МКС и проходящих подготовку к полёту. Представитель Центра подготовки космонавтов подтвердил, что члены экипажей готовы к выполнению предстоящей программы работ на МКС.

По итогам заседания Советом главных конструкторов одобрены предложения РКК «Энергия» по плану предстоящих работ по подготовке корабля «Союз МС-05» к запуску 28 июля 2017 года и доставке на МКС экипажа основной экспедиции в составе трёх человек; о допуске РС МКС к выполнению программы очередного этапа эксплуатации МКС. В составе основного экипажа МКС-52/53 космонавт РОСКОСМОСА Сергей Рязанский, астронавт НАСА Рэндольф Брезник и астронавт ЕКА Паоло Несполи.

В заседании приняли участие представители госкорпорации «РОСКОСМОС», зарубежных космических агентств, предприятий ракетно-космической отрасли и ряда других организаций, участвующих в программе МКС.

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/print/23749/

ЦПК. СОСТОЯЛАСЬ ПРЕДПОЛЁТНАЯ ПРЕСС-КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ С УЧАСТИЕМ ЭКИПАЖЕЙ МКС-52/53
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10 июля 2017 года в Центре подготовки космонавтов имени Ю.А. Гагарина состоялось заседание Межведомственной комиссии (МВК), в состав которой вошли представители Госкорпорации «РОСКОСМОС», Центра подготовки космонавтов, РКК «Энергия», Федерального медико-биологического агентства, NASA, ЕSА и др. Решением МВК экипажи МКС-52/53 были рекомендованы к продолжению предполётной подготовки на космодроме БАЙКОНУР. В состав основного экипажа вошли командир транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-05», бортинженер МКС Сергей РЯЗАНСКИЙ (РОСКОСМОС), бортинженер-1 корабля «Союз», бортинженер МКС-52, командир МКС-53 Рэндолф БРЕЗНИК (NASA) и бортинженер-2 корабля, бортинженер МКС Паоло НЕСПОЛИ (ЕSА). В составе дублирующего экипажа – космонавт РОСКОСМОСА Александр МИСУРКИН, астронавт NASA Марк ВАНДЕ ХАЙ и астронавт ДжАКСА Норишиге КАНАИ.

По завершении МВК состоялась пресс-конференция с участием экипажей МКС-52/53. В первую очередь журналисты поздравили космонавтов и астронавтов с успешной сдачей экзаменов. Во время пресс-конференции речь шла об экспериментах, планируемых к проведению на борту МКС, о периоде подготовки к полёту и планах на предстоящие полгода на земной орбите. Большой интерес представителей СМИ вызвал предстоящий выход в открытый космос, запланированный во время экспедиции по российской программе МКС.

Журналисты не оставили без внимания вопросы, связанные с личными вещами, которые возьмут с собой на МКС участники экспедиции, и проведением свободного от работы времени.

По завершении пресс-конференции космонавты и астронавты традиционно посетили музей Центра подготовки космонавтов, где оставили автографы и записи в памятной книге. Далее они отправились на Красную площадь для возложения цветов к местам захоронения космонавтов у Кремлевской стены.

Предполетная пресс-конференция в Центре подготовки космонавтов традиционно проходит после прохождения членами экипажей комплексных экзаменационных тренировок, которые завершились 7 июля. На этих тренировках космонавты и астронавты продемонстрировали умения и навыки, полученные в процессе многолетнего курса теоретической и практической подготовки к полёту. Вылет экипажей длительной экспедиции МКС-52/53 на космодром БАЙКОНУР для прохождения заключительного этапа предполетной подготовки запланирован на 16 июля 2017 года.

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Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю.А.Гагарина
 
Опубликовано: 10 июл. 2017 г.

10 июля в Центре подготовки космонавтов имени Ю.А. Гагарина состоялось заседание Межведомственной комиссии (МВК), в состав которой вошли представители Госкорпорации Роскосмос, Центра подготовки космонавтов, ПАО РКК «Энергия», Федерального медико-биологического агентства, НАСА, ЕКА и др. Решением МВК экипажи МКС-52/53 были рекомендованы к продолжению предполётной подготовки на космодроме Байконур. В состав основного экипажа вошли командир транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-05», бортинженер МКС Сергей Рязанский (Роскосмос), бортинженер-1 корабля «Союз», бортинженер МКС-52, командир МКС-53 Рэндолф Брезник (НАСА) и бортинженер-2 корабля, бортинженер МКС Паоло Несполи (ЕКА). В составе дублирующего экипажа – космонавт Роскосмоса Александр Мисуркин, астронавт НАСА Марк Ванде Хай и астронавт ДжАКСА Норишиге Канаи.

По завершении МВК состоялась пресс-конференция с участием экипажей МКС-52/53. В первую очередь журналисты поздравили космонавтов и астронавтов с успешной сдачей экзаменов. Во время пресс-конференции речь шла об экспериментах, планируемых к проведению на борту МКС, о периоде подготовки к полёту и планах на предстоящие полгода на земной орбите. Большой интерес представителей СМИ вызвал предстоящий выход в открытый космос, запланированный по российской программе МКС.

Журналисты не оставили без внимания вопросы, связанные с личными вещами, которые возьмут с собой на МКС участники экспедиции, и проведением свободного от работы времени.

Источник: пресс-служба ЦПК

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Jack Fischer‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro2fish 42 мин. назад

Up here we have each other- #1team- working together w/ the ground every day. Here's my friend & cmdr Fyodor & I working on a spacesuit.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/07/10/crew-starts-week-with-emergency-drill-and-magnetic-cell-study/

Crew Starts Week with Emergency Drill and Magnetic Cell Study
Posted on July 10, 2017 at 1:55 pm by Catherine Williams.

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Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli, left, Sergey Ryazanskiy, center, and Randy Bresnik visit Red Square to lay roses at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies on July 10 in Moscow. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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The three Expedition 52 crew members practiced evacuating the International Space Station today in the unlikely event of an emergency. The trio also set up an advanced life science study and continued the upkeep of the orbital complex.

Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin joined Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer for an emergency evacuation drill Monday morning. The crew practiced quickly donning safety gear and entering the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft before simulating an emergency undocking and descent to Earth.

Afterward, Whitson spent the rest of the day exploring magnetic cell cultures and bio-printing for the Mag 3D experiment. The new research which just started in April is exploring how magnetic tools may enhance cell and tissue culture capabilities on orbit.

Fischer pressurized the Japanese Kibo lab's airlock and checked for leaks ahead of an external experiment set to begin next week. Fischer later worked on light plumbing duties and checked on the condition of a science freezer.

Back on Earth, another three Expedition 52 crew members are getting ready for their July 28 launch to the space station. The experienced space trio of Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli and Sergey Ryazanskiy, visited Red Square in Moscow for traditional ceremonies on Monday. They will head to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan July 16 for final pre-launch training.

This entry was posted in Expedition 52 and tagged European Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos on July 10, 2017 by Catherine Williams

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/07/10/iss-daily-summary-report-7102017/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/10/2017
Posted on July 10, 2017 at 4:00 pm by HQ.

Magnetic 3 Dimensional (Mag 3D) Cell Culturing:

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The crew prepared hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) for Mag 3D operations. BioCell Habitat, Mag 3D samples and Cultures Inoculation Kits were removed from the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) and used to inoculate Multiwell BioCells using Inoculum syringes. Cell cultures in space spontaneously grow in three dimensions, which results in characteristics more representative of how cells grow and function in living organisms. But in microgravity, routine manipulation of cell cultures is challenging. This investigation uses magnetized cells and tools to make it easier to handle cells and cultures and to improve the reproducibility of experiments. This approach also makes it possible to generate two-dimensional cultures as controls, and to determine whether biological events in these monolayer cultures result from gravity or substrate attachment.

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Japanese Experiment Module Airlock (JEMAL) Operations:

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The crew pressurized the JEMAL this morning and performed a leak check. This is in preparation for installation of the Handhold Experiment Platform (HXP) adapter on the JEMAL Slide Table later this week that will support the Exposed Experiment Handhold Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM) investigation operations planned for next week.

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Capillary Structures for Exploration Life Support (Capillary Structures):

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The crew set up hardware for the Capillary Structures investigation and completed two sorbent demonstrations. They first demonstrated flow through two microgravity air-liquid contactors in series, then demonstrated flow through two parallel microgravity air-liquid contactor wedges with a viscous fluid. Current life-support systems on the ISS require special equipment to separate liquids and gases including rotating or moving devices that could cause contamination if they break or fail. Capillary Structures studies a new method using structures of specific shapes to manage fluid and gas mixtures. It also studies water recycling and carbon dioxide removal, benefitting future efforts to design lightweight, more reliable life support systems for future space missions.

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On-Board Training (OBT) 50 Soyuz (50S) Emergency Egress Drill:

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All three crew members participated in this OBT to practice procedures for departing the Station in the event of an emergency. This drill is scheduled 12 to 14 weeks aboard the ISS and every 2.5 months thereafter.

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Space Station Crew Members Discusses Life in Space with the Media

NASA

Опубликовано: 10 июл. 2017 г.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA discussed life and research aboard the orbiting laboratory during a pair of in-flight interviews July 10 with CBS Radio News and WBZ Radio in Boston. Fischer, who is in the midst of a four-and-a-half-month mission on the complex, earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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International Space Station Expedition 52-53 Crew News Conference

NASA

Опубликовано: 10 июл. 2017 г.

Expedition 52-53 Soyuz Commander Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Randy Bresnik of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency conducted a news conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, July. 10. Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli are scheduled to launch on July. 28, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft or a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

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Paolo Nespoli's Vita Mission

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 11 июл. 2017 г.

At Star City near Moscow, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli has been undergoing the final stages of his training programme for the upcoming Vita mission. A veteran of two previous missions to the International Space Station, he'll shortly be qualified once again to travel to the Station – where he'll carry out an intensive programme of experiments for ESA, Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Station's international partners.

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Tour of the Columbus laboratory

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 11 июл. 2017 г.

ESA astronaut Tim Peake gives a tour of the Columbus laboratory taken during his Principia mission in 2016.

The Columbus laboratory is ESA's largest single contribution to the International Space Station. It was also the first permanent European research facility in space.

The state-of-the-art facility offers 75 cubic metres of space and contains an entire suite of research equipment. External platforms support experiments and applications in space science, Earth observation and technology.

Columbus offers European scientists full access to a weightless environment that cannot possibly be duplicated on Earth.

During his six-month stay on the International Space Station Tim carried out a substantial amount of experimental work in microgravity, ran educational programmes from space, and played an important part in operational activities both onboard and outside the Station.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/07/11/magnetic-cell-studies-and-ac-repairs-on-orbit-today/

Magnetic Cell Studies and AC Repairs on Orbit Today
Posted on July 11, 2017 at 3:24 pm by Catherine Williams.

The orbiting Expedition 52 trio continued exploring magnetized cell structures today and worked on advanced repair tasks. Also, a new crew is in Moscow getting ready for its launch in less than three weeks.

Astronaut Peggy Whitson was back at work Tuesday running the Mag 3D cell culturing experiment all day. She peered at magnetic three-dimensional cell cultures through a microscope, specifically looking at the borders of the biocell structures. The biocells were then stowed in a science freezer before being injected with magnetic 3D culture media. Mag 3D observations may improve cell and tissue culture capabilities and research on orbit.

Though the space station is an orbiting laboratory, it is also a home that needs regular maintenance. Flight Engineer Jack Fischer put on his repairman's hat today replacing a failed water separator inside the Tranquility module. The water separator is part of the Common Cabin Air Assembly that controls the station's temperature and humidity.

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Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli, left, Sergey Ryazanskiy, center, and Randy Bresnik visit Red Square prepare to lay roses at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Three upcoming station crew members are spending their final week in Moscow before heading to the launch site in Kazakhstan on Sunday. The experienced space trio will launch to space aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft July 28 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Expedition 52-53 crew members Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli and Sergey Ryazanskiy will live aboard the station for 4-1/2 months.

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This entry was posted in Expedition 52 and tagged European Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Soyuz on July 11, 2017 by Catherine Williams.

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Jack Fischer‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro2fish 21 мин. назад

One of my favorite things to do in my free time is watch the Aurora—it's almost alive, as it slathers up the sky in awesome sauce

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/07/11/iss-daily-summary-report-7112017/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/11/2017
Posted on July 11, 2017 at 4:00 pm by HQ.

Node 3 Common Cabin Air Assembly (CCAA) Water Separator (WS) Change Out:

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Today, the crew replaced the Node 3 CCAA WS. The unit had experienced several water carryover events since May 3, 2017. To assist in preventing these events, ground teams adjusted the Node 3 Low Temperature Loop to reduce condensation rates. The failing unit esd operational for over 7 years with expected life of 5 years. Ground teams activated the newly repaired CCAA and are receiving good telemetry.

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Magnetic 3 Dimensional (Mag 3D) Cell Culturing:

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With assistance fr om the Payload Developer, the crew used a microscope to view Magnetic 3D Biocells. They fixated the biocells and ins erted them in to a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). This was followed by injections of Magnetic 3D cultures media in to the multiwell Biocells. Cell cultures in space spontaneously grow in three dimensions, resulting in characteristics more representative of how cells grow and function in living organisms. But in microgravity, routine manipulation of cell cultures is challenging. This investigation uses magnetized cells and tools to make it easier to handle cells and cultures and to improve the reproducibility of experiments. This approach also makes it possible to generate two-dimensional cultures as controls, and to determine whether biological events in these monolayer cultures result from gravity or substrate attachment.

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Microbial Monitoring System (MMS):

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The crew configured the hardware and collected low and high DNA concentration deionized water samples using the Razor Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Microbial Monitoring System. They then transferred data from the sample tests for downlink. The MMS supports crew testing and monitoring of the safety of water supplies on the ISS and is also applicable to future space missions wh ere Earth-based testing would be difficult or impossible.

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Habitability Walk-through:

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The crew will record and submit a walk-through video today documenting observations of life onboard ISS and providing insights related to human factors and habitability. The investigation collects observations about the relationship between crew members and their environment on the ISS. These observations can help spacecraft designers understand habitable volume requirements and whether a mission's duration impacts how much space crewmembers need or not.

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