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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/07/26/two-days-and-counting-after-crew-rocket-rolls-out-to-pad/

Two Days and Counting After Crew Rocket Rolls Out to Pad
Posted on July 26, 2017 at 11:50 am by Mark Garcia.


The Soyuz MS-05 rocket is vertically raised into launch position two days before its scheduled launch from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft that will launch three new crew members to the International Space Station has rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan. The rocket was carted slowly by train from its processing facility to the pad and vertically raised to its launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy will command the Soyuz when it launches Friday at 11:41 a.m. EDT. He will be flanked by flight engineers Randy Bresnik from NASA and Paolo Nespoli from the European Space Agency. The trio will take a six-hour, 19-minute ride from Earth to the station's Rassvet module. NASA TV will broadcast the launch and docking activities live beginning at 10:45 a.m.

The three Expedition 52 crew members living on the space station now are moving right along with ongoing human research. Veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson continued exploring therapies that target only cancer cells. Flight Engineer Jack Fischer swabbed his mouth and body for a study tracking microbes in space. Station Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin worked life support maintenance and sampled the station's air for a quality check.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2017 by Mark Garcia.

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Looking at Vision Loss

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 26 июл. 2017 г.

More than half of American astronauts experience some vision changes and anatomical alterations to their eyes during and after long-duration space flight. Stuart Lee, lead scientist for the Cardiovascular and Vision Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, explains the current on orbit investigations of Vision Impairment Syndrome, in which scientists are studying changes in the eye's structure and function. The results of these studies may improve our understanding of how blood pressure in the brain affects eye shape and visual acuity, which could benefit people suffering from increased swelling and pressure in the brain or those confined to long-term bed rest.

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Jack Fischer‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro2fish 19 мин. назад

Spied this cool view through the Japanese Airlock, great capability for us to pass science in & out to space! http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kibo/about/kibo/jpm/ ...

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/07/26/iss-daily-summary-report-7262017/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2017
Posted on July 26, 2017 at 4:00 pm by HQ.

Microbial Tracking-2 (MT-2):

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The crew collected saliva and body samples for the Microbial Tracking-2 investigation and placed them inside a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). After the samples are returned to Earth, a molecular analysis of the RNA and DNA will be conducted to identify the specific microbes that are present on ISS. MT-2 monitors the different types of microbes that are present on ISS over a 1-year period and how they change over time.

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Efficacy and Metabolism of Azonafide Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Microgravity (ADCs in Microgravity):

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The crew viewed ADC cells with a microscope and fixated the BioCells. The ADCs in Microgravity investigation evaluates new antibody-drug conjugates that combine an immune-activating drug with antibodies in order to target only cancer cells, increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy and reducing its side effects. In microgravity, cancer cells grow in three-dimensional, spheroid structures that closely resemble their form in the human body, allowing for better drug testing. This investigation may accelerate development of targeted therapies for cancer patients.

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Sprint Volume of Oxygen Utilized (VO2) Maximum:

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The crew set up and performed a Sprint VO2 Max exercise protocol today. The subject completed their Flight Day 105 session with assistance from the other USOS crewmember. The Sprint investigation evaluates the use of high intensity, low volume exercise training to minimize loss of muscle, bone, and cardiovascular function in ISS crewmembers during long-duration missions.

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Habitability:

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The crew narrated a task video while they tore down the microscope hardware used for the ADCs in Microgravity investigation. The Habitability investigation collects observations about the relationship between crewmembers and their environment on the ISS. Observations can help spacecraft designers understand how much habitable volume is required, and whether a mission's duration impacts how much space crew members need.

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Node 3 to Node 1 Sample Delivery Systems (SDS) Power Jumper Installation:

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The crew installed the SDS Power Jumper in the Node 1 to Node 3 Vestibule and mated the SDS Power Cable to the Node 3 bulkhead. This activity is part of the ISS Reconfiguration plan and is required to provide samples for the Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) in support of visiting vehicles berthed to Node 1.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/07/27/trio-ready-to-begin-space-mission-lasting-till-mid-december/

Trio Ready to Begin Space Mission Lasting till Mid-December
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 11:49 am by Mark Garcia.


The Soyuz MS-05 rocket stands at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

It is less than one day before three new International Space Station crew members start a 4-1/2 month mission in space. The trio from Russia, United States and Italy will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft Friday at 11:41 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and astronauts Randy Bresnik and Paolo Nespoli will dock to the Rassvet module having left Earth just six hours and 19 minutes earlier. After pressure checks the hatches will open and the crew will fly into their new home. They will join their Expedition 52 crewmates Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer.

Meanwhile, space research continues apace as scientists on the ground and the crew observe microgravity's effects on humans, plants and animals. Research on the station also runs the gamut of physics, technology, earth observations and more, benefitting life on Earth and future crews in space.

All three crew members orbiting Earth today once again explored a lower body suit that has the potential to reverse the headward flow of body fluids in space. Whitson then studied new methods to manage liquid and gas mixtures on spacecraft life support systems. Fischer began setting up gear for an upcoming Japanese plant experiment.

This entry was posted in Expedition 52, Uncategorized and tagged European Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, science, Soyuz on July 27, 2017 by Mark Garcia.

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Jack Fischer‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro2fish 4 ч. назад

Doing some arts and crafts tonight to prep for our 6-person crew picture next week. Can't wait for the crew to bump up to 6!

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Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station 3 ч. назад

Mission Control monitors new crew launching Friday to station. Crew on orbit studied how liquids and gases mix in space. #SpaceToGround

Space to Ground: A New Method: 07/27/2017
Mission Control will monitor a new crew launching Friday to the station. The crew on the station studied how liquids and gases mix in space.

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Опубликовано: 27 июл. 2017 г.

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Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow 2 ч. назад

Trio of veteran space fliers ready for blastoff Friday fr om the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/27/soyuz-crew-set-for-friday-launch-to-space-station/ ...

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/27/soyuz-crew-set-for-friday-launch-to-space-station/

Soyuz crew set for Friday launch to space station
July 27, 2017 William Harwood

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION

Launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Friday carrying three fresh crew members to the International Space Station will boost the lab's crew back to six and, most important fr om NASA's perspective, dramatically boost research with four crew members — three NASA astronauts and a veteran European flier — available to operate experiments in the American segment of the laboratory.

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Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Randy Bresnik pose for a picture after a crew news conference Thursday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Soyuz MS-05 commander Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA flight engineer Randy "Komrade" Bresnik and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, are scheduled for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:41 a.m. EDT Friday (GMT-4; 9:41 p.m. local time), roughly the moment Earth's rotation carries the pad into the plane of the space station's orbit.

With a doctorate in biomedicine, Ryazanskiy spent 166 days aboard the station in 2013-14 and he is the first scientist-cosmonaut to serve as a Soyuz commander. He also commanded one of three international crews during a 500-day simulated Mars mission in 2009.

"Sergey is the first scientist-commander of the Soyuz and with his Mars experience and just the good character of the person he is, he's been an outstanding commander for us to prepare for our flight," Bresnik said.

An F/A-18 TOPGUN graduate with more than 6,000 hours flying high-performance aircraft, Bresnik will serve as flight engineer in the left seat of the Soyuz during launch and landing. He spent 10 days in space as a shuttle crew member during a 2009 space station assembly mission.

In an interesting bit of trivia, Bresnik's grandfather was Amelia Earhart's photographer.

"I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Ameila Earhart," Bresnik said in a NASA interview. "It turns out my grandfather was her photographer for five years before her (ill-fated around-the-world) record attempt in 1937. He was supposed to accompany her on the flight, but in the end, she ended up taking extra fuel instead of him and his equipment.

"So that simple decision in 1937, because my father was born in 1938, meant that had he gone on that flight, I wouldn't be here today."

Filling out the Soyuz MS-05 crew is Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, making his third spaceflight. He first flew aboard the shuttle Discovery during a 2007 station assembly flight and then completed a long-term stay aboard the outpost in 2010-11, pushing his total time in space to 174 days.

"I wanted to be an astronaut since I was a kid," he said. After a long stint in the Italian army, serving as a master parachutist, jump master and special forces operator, he "eventually picked up again this childhood dream and got a degree in aerospace engineering and then worked for the European Space Agency. Then (I was) fortunate enough in 1998 to be sel ected as a European astronaut."


The Soyuz rocket topped by the Soyuz MS-05 spaceship arrived Wednesday at its launch pad at Baikonur. Credit: Energia

At the time of launch, the space station will be flying over the northeast border of Kazakhstan, about 1,130 miles ahead of the Soyuz. If all goes well, Ryazanskiy and Bresnik will oversee an automated four-orbit rendezvous with the laboratory, moving in for docking at the Earth-facing Rassvet port around 6 p.m.

They will be welcomed aboard by Expedition 52 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, NASA's most experienced astronaut with 629 days in orbit (as of Friday) during three missions, including two stints as commander.

The combined crew will include four astronauts assigned to the U.S. segment of the station — Fischer, Whitson, Bresnik and Nespoli — and two in the Russian segment — Yurchikhin and Ryazanskiy.

The station crew normally is evenly split between the Russians and the U.S. segment, which includes astronauts representing NASA, ESA, Japan and Canada. But the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos recently decided to downgrade to two crew members to save money in the near term and that opened up a Soyuz seat for a USOS — U.S. orbital segment — astronaut.

With the arrival of the Soyuz MS-05 crew, an additional USOS crew member will be available to carry out research.

"I am excited about having a full complement of people up here who can really utilize this amazing laboratory," Fischer, who's been aboard the station since April 20, said in an interview with CBS News.

"This will be the first time wh ere we have four USOS, we're have three Americans and an Italian, Paolo, working on the U.S. segment on science. Four people. That's crazy talk! I'm super excited about how much science we're going to be able to get done with all four people. So, overall, it's awesome, I cannot wait for them to get up here and cannot wait for the discoveries that we make together."

Bresnik agreed, calling the expanded USOS crew "a huge improvement."

"We'll get a taste of it when we launch because Paolo Nespoli and I will be up there with (Jack) and Peggy, who've been working their tails off since June 2 when they've been by themselves (in the U.S. segment). So we'll have about five or six weeks together, the four of us, and hopefully we'll learn the ropes from them really well and then just dovetail into four crew members in increment 53.

"We don't really have an idea how to quantify that yet," he added. "Is it really just a fourth body and we're adding 25 percent more capability? Or, we're able to do all the maintenance and other stuff that we normally do and this person could be, theoretically, book-kept as all utilization. So we may double our capacity."

Ryazanskiy said having only two Russian crew members aboard will require some Russian research to be carried out in their spare time, but he does not anticipate any problems.

"We will be really busy because there will only be two of us," he said. "I have a lot of science that is now going on the task list so some experiments will be done in my free time aboard the station. But overall, for life support and technical issues, two Russian crew members will be enough."

Whitson, who holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry, was launched to the station last November and originally planned to return to Earth in early June with her Soyuz MS-03 crewmates Oleg Novitskiy and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. But the Russian decision to reduce its crew complement left an open seat on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft that carried Yurchikhin and Fischer into orbit April 20.

As a result, NASA and Roscosmos agreed to extend Whitson's mission and she will return to Earth with Yurchikhin and Fischer aboard the MS-04 spacecraft on Sept. 3. The mission extension will push her total time in space to 666 days, moving her up to eighth in the world just behind Yurchikhin, who will rank seventh.

Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli face an intense first few weeks aboard the station with a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship scheduled to arrive in mid August, a spacewalk by Yurchikhin and Ryazanskiy on Aug. 17, plans to photograph the Aug. 21 solar eclipse from orbit, the departure of Yurchikhin and his crewmates Sept. 3 and the arrival of a fresh crew — one Russian and two Americans — on Sept. 13.

Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli are scheduled to return to Earth Dec. 14. They will be replaced Dec. 27 by another crew made up of one Russian and two Americans.

The solar eclipse is generating widespread interest, the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. Bresnik said the station crew will be able to monitor the eclipse over three orbits and plans to downlink video and still images.

"We'll have, actually, three passes," Bresnik told CBS News in a pre-launch interview from Moscow. "The first one ... is when we're over the southern Pacific, and we'll be on the lookout. Then on the second pass, we (are) over the top of Lake Huron when we'll be able to see it the best. We'll be there with video cameras and our big telephoto lenses to take pictures.

"And then, we'll be able to see it on a third orbit, out over the Atlantic Ocean, wh ere we'll have about an 85 percent obscuration of the sun. We've got special filters for the cameras to take those pictures. We'll share it right away with everybody."

For his part, Ryazanskiy said he is looking forward taking photos in general and sharing them via social media.

"I really like to make photos," he told reporters earlier this year. "From a previous mission, I (took) more than 65,000 photos. Nowadays, I'm working on a book with photos and stories. Personally, I prefer Instagram because it's easier to share your visual experiences. Now we have so many different social media channels, I will try to use the most popular."

He said his sister will help him get his pictures on line.

"It's really important and really necessary to try to share all these wonderful things you can see fr om above," he said. "Sometimes, it's impossible even with photos because it's much more beautiful or three dimensional. But still, we should try, we should try to share our experience with other people who maybe in the future will be able to fly in space."

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/07/28/new-crew-blasts-off-to-station/

New Crew Blasts Off to Station
Posted on July 28, 2017 at 12:01 pm by Mark Garcia.


The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft with three Expedition 52-53 crew members blasts off on time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz MS-05 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 11:41 a.m. EDT Friday, July 28 (9:41 p.m. in Baikonur). About four minutes prior to launch, the space station flew over the launch site and was flying about 250 miles above south central Russia, just over the northeast border of Kazakhstan, at the time of launch. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) are now safely in orbit.

The crew will orbit Earth four times en route to the spacecraft's arrival and docking to the space station's Rassvet module, at 6 p.m. Tune in at 5:15 p.m. to NASA Television or the agency's website to watch the docking live.
Below is the docking timeline in EDT:

5:15 p.m.    NASA TV: Docking coverage begins

6:00 p.m.    Scheduled time for docking to the Rassvet module

7:00 p.m.     NASA TV: Hatch opening coverage begins

7:40 p.m.    Hatches scheduled to open

The Expedition 52 crew will conduct new science investigations arriving on SpaceX's 12th NASA-contracted commercial resupply mission targeted to launch in August. Investigations the crew will work on include a study developed by the Michael J. Fox Foundation of the pathology of Parkinson's disease to aid in the development of therapies for patients on Earth. The crew will use the special nature of microgravity in a new lung tissue study to advance understanding of how stem cells work and pave the way for further use of the microgravity environment in stem cell research. Expedition astronauts also will assemble and deploy a microsatellite investigation seeking to validate the concept of using microsatellites in low-Earth orbit to support critical operations, such as providing lower-cost Earth imagery in time-sensitive situations such as tracking severe weather and detecting natural disasters.

For live coverage and more information about the mission, visit: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/. Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram at: @iss and on Twitter @Space_Station and @ISS_Research.

This entry was posted in Expedition 52 and tagged European Space Agency, International Space Station, Roscosmos, Soyuz on July 28, 2017 by Mark Garcia.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/07/27/iss-daily-summary-report-7272017/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/27/2017
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 4:00 pm by HQ.

Fluid Shifts:

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A crew member performed the second of two days of Chibis operations in the Russian Segment for the Fluid Shifts investigation. Subject donned the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP/Chibis) device while the operator, with ground support in Moscow, assisted in the medical monitoring. While the subject was in the LBNP and experiencing the negative pressure (pulling the fluid feetward), the Crew Medical Officer performed Ultrasound measurements. 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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Two Phase Flow:

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The crew deactivated the Two Phase Flow experiment in the Multi-Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR). Boiling normally removes heat by turning liquid into vapor at the heated surface, and that vapor returns to a liquid by way of a condenser which continues to cycle and make a cooling system. In the microgravity of space, the heat transfer rate must be changed because liquid and bubble behavior is drastically different than on Earth. This investigation seeks to build a database on the heat transfer efficiency of liquids in space that can be used in the design of high-performance thermal management systems for future space platforms.

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Capillary Structures:

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The crew performed a Capillary Structures sorbent demonstration of flow through two parallel microgravity air-liquid contactor wedges with a viscous fluid. 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. The Capillary Structures for Exploration Life Support (Capillary Structures) investigation studies a new method using structures of specific shapes to manage fluid and gas mixtures. The investigation 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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Plant Experiment Units (PEUs):

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The crew set up the PEU laptop, photographed the PEUs for checkout, attached them to the CBEF Incubator Unit and performed checkout steps. Later they removed and stowed the PEUs. These activities are being performed to verify ISS capability to support an upcoming JAXA plant experiment.

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Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Latching End Effector (LEE) Survey:

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Ground teams positioned the SPDM LEE near the P1 Lower Outboard External High Definition Camera (EHDC) and are currently performing a survey of the LEE. Imagery from this survey will be used to perform a SPDM LEE snare cable health assessment.

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Human Spaceflight‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaspaceflight 2 мин назад

Docking expected at 0:00 CEST. #Soyuz will approach #ISS, latch on to docking port, then checks begin https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/35412544783/in/album-72157684209960351/ ...

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 45 сек. назад

Soyuz MS-05 Tally Ho for the ISS. Just under 5 km away.

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07/29/2017 00:27
No major problems have been reported during the Soyuz rendezvous sequence. The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft should have established a communications link with the International Space Station by now, the capsule's Kurs navigation radar should be activated, and the automated rendezvous is underway.
Docking with the space station's space-facing Rassvet module is set for 2200 GMT (6 p.m. EDT).