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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 3 ч. назад

Reflecting on his work - @Astro_Sabot readies the platform for the Japanese Space Agency airlock @Space_Station.

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-upcoming-space-station-cargo-launch

Oct. 26, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-126

NASA Invites Media to Upcoming Space Station Cargo Launch


The Canadarm2 robotic arm grapples the SpaceX Dragon Commercial Resupply Services-6 cargo spacecraft before attaching it to the International Space Station. NASA is targeting no earlier than December for the company's 13th cargo mission to the space station, using the refurbished Dragon capsule from the CRS-6 mission.
Credits: NASA/Terry Virts

Media accreditation is open for launch of the next SpaceX commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station, currently targeted for no earlier than December.

The uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, which was flown on SpaceX's sixth commercial resupply mission to station for NASA, will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch will be the first this year from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.

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Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at CCAFS and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, which is adjacent to CCAFS
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This is the 13th SpaceX mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract. In addition to supplies and equipment, Dragon will deliver several science investigations to the space station, including a NASA instrument called Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor, or TSIS-1, which will measure the Sun's energy input to Earth, and a fiber optic payload. Also manifested on this flight is an investigation sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space known as Biorasis – Glucose Biosensor, which seeks to improve the accuracy of a wireless medically implantable continuous glucose biosensor for day-to-day diabetes management.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station has been occupied continuously since November 2000. In that time, more than 200 people 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 missions to Mars.
For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/spacex

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Cheryl Warner
 Headquarters, Washington
 202-358-1100
cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov

 Tracy Young / Amanda Griffin
 Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
 321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov / amanda.griffin@nasa.gov

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/10/25/iss-daily-summary-report-10252017/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/25/2017
Posted on October 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm by HQ.

Node 3 Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Photos:

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This morning, the crew removed the WHC Kabin, took photographs of surrounding areas, and then replaced the WHC Kabin. These high-resolution, high-quality photos of seat track locations in the vicinity of the WHC and Node 3 Mid-Bay will be analyzed by teams on the ground. These analyses are needed for the design of the Double Stall enclosure attach points for the new Toilet System launching in 2019.

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Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Maintenance:

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The crew performed a half water dump and refill on EMU 3006 feedwater tanks and a full water dump and refill of EMUs 3003 and 3010 feeedwater tanks. These activities satisfy maintenance requirements for on-orbit stowage.

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Astronaut's Energy Requirements for Long-Term Space Flight (Energy):

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Today the subject performed day 2 of the 11-day Energy investigation, by collecting ISS water samples from the Potable Water Dispenser, continuing with urine collection, and stowing the deployed Pulmonary Function System (PFS) equipment. Throughout the day, the crew logged their food and drink consumptions as well. The Energy investigation measures an Astronaut's Energy Requirements for Long-Term Space Flight, a crucial factor needed for sending the correct amount of the right types of food with space crews. Nine astronauts will be examined during exercise and rest cycles three months before launch, three months after arriving at space station and adapting to the space environment, and after return to Earth. Physicians will measure metabolic rates, urine content, and bone density to determine energy needs.

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Zero Boil-Off Tank (ZBOT) Valve Open & Close:

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The crew opened GN2 valves to allow the Fluid Reservoir to push fluid to the Test Section to change the fill level. Additional testing will be performed at the new fill level. Rocket fuel, spacecraft heating and cooling systems, and sensitive scientific instruments rely on very cold cryogenic fluids. Heat from the environment around cryogenic tanks can cause their pressures to rise, which requires dumping or "boiling off" fluid to release the excess pressure, or actively cooling the tanks in some way. ZBOT uses an experimental fluid to test active heat removal and forced jet mixing as alternative means for controlling tank pressure for volatile fluids.

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Satlet Initial Mission Proofs and Lessons (SIMPL) Operations:

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SIMPL is a satellite transferred through the JEM airlock, maneuvered via the SPDM/SSRMS, and released via the "Kaber" Micro Satellite Deployer. The crew reconfigured Kaber on the JEM airlock in preparation for SIMPL by removing the remaining components related to the previous KE2M satellite and the Slide Table Extension Plate. Then Kaber/Adapter Plate (JCAP) were reinstalled to the slide table. During the SIMPL assembly, a small quantity of the Freon was released from one of the SIMPL "Satlets" and the crew stood down so that teams could determine a forward plan. Ground teams determined that the Freon is toxicity level zero and poses no threat to the crew, so assembly of SIMPL resumed. Following the installation of the SIMPL to Kaber on the JEM airlock slide table, the slide table was retracted into the airlock and the inner hatch closed in preparation for depressurization of the airlock and deployment of the satellite.

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Manufacturing Device (MD) Operations:

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The crew replaced the MD feedstock canister. The Manufacturing Device – Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) enables the production of components on the ISS for both NASA and commercial objectives. Parts, entire experiments, and tools can be created on demand utilizing the AMF that is installed into an Express Rack locker location. The AMF is capable of producing parts out of a wide variety of thermopolymers including engineered plastics.

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http://tass.ru/kosmos/4681367

Американские астронавты на МКС устранили незначительную утечку фреона из наноспутника
НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 27 октября. /Корр. ТАСС Игорь Борисенко/. Астронавты США на МКС устранили небольшую утечку фреона из готовящегося к запуску наноспутника, при этом на американском сегменте МКС утечки фреона не было. Такое разъяснение дал корреспонденту ТАСС в четверг представитель Центра космических полетов имени Лендона Джонсона в Хьюстоне (штат Техас) Роб Нэвиэс, комментируя сообщения о возможной неисправности в сегменте.
"На американском сегменте МКС не было утечки фреона, - подчеркнул он. - Была очень небольшая утечка фреона из наноспутника, который готовили к завтрашнему запуску из шлюза на отсеке "Кибо". Она была ликвидирована и не оказала никакого влияния ни на экипаж, ни на операции на борту".

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 2 мин назад

Our second #Kaber deployment this week is complete - #SIMPL #MicroSat released into orbit from #ISS at 09:15:23 GMT!

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NASA Marshall‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Marshall 18 ч назад

Great shot of @AstroKomrade and @AstroAcaba performing the third and final October @Space_Station spacewalk! MORE >> http://go.nasa.gov/2hbXTbN

http://go.nasa.gov/2hbXTbN --> https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/208854.jpg

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http://nanoracks.com/second-kaber-microsatellite-deployed/

NanoRacks Deploys Second Kaber-Class Microsatellite This Week, First On-Orbit Assembly

October 27, 2017 //



October 27, 2017 – Houston, Texas – NanoRacks successfully deployed NovaWurks' SIMPL satellite via the Company's Kaber Microsatellite Deployer (KABER) from the International Space Station (ISS) early this morning. This is the second Kaber-class deployment that NanoRacks completed this week.

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SIMPL went beyond standard satellite deployment from the Space Station. For this program, NovaWurks Inc. pioneered the Hyper-Integrated Satlet (HISat™) technology, a concept to assemble larger satellites from small independent "cells" called satlets. Specifically, SIMPL was delivered to the ISS via NanoRacks in a few larger groups, and then assembled this week by the astronaut crew utilizing some smaller components.

"This was far more than just another satellite deployment for us here at NanoRacks," says NanoRacks External Payloads Manager, Conor Brown. "For the first time ever a complex satellite was assembled on orbit from multiple satlets launched as separate spacecraft. Thanks to the innovative work of the NovaWurks team and the incredible coordination between our Operations team, NASA, and the ISS crew, we were able to achieve a major milestone towards the future of human and robotic manufacturing of satellites on orbit."

These NovaWurks satlets can also be combined to form larger satellites or satellite constellations that share power, data, and other resources to perform different tasks.

Thank you to NASA and the Space Station Program Office for their support in this unique technology demonstration and use of the astronaut crew skill set.

To learn more about the SIMPL mission, click here.
To learn more about the NanoRacks Kaber Deployer, click here.

Be sure to follow @NanoRacks on Twitter for continued updates.

About the NanoRacks Kaber Deployer
NanoRacks Kaber Deployment Program allows for a larger EXPRESS class of satellites to be deployed from the International Space Station, up to 100 kilograms. NanoRacks deploys these Kaber-class satellites currently through the Japanese Experiment Module Airlock, and will shift deployments to the NanoRacks Airlock Module when the Company's commercial Airlock becomes operational (planned for 2019).

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НОРАД зарегистрировал сегодняшний объект запуска
 

400 км x 407км x 51.6°

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NovaWurks‏ @NovaWurks 2 ч. назад

Congrats to @NASA Astronaut @Astro_Sabot and the @Space_Station team for successfully assembling the first #satellite in #space. #HISats


Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 17 мин. назад

The @NovaWurks SIMPL satellite was assembled on orbit from several prefab 'satlets'. The satlets were launched to ISS in 2015

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They have been sitting on ISS since then, presumably waiting for a hole to open in the astronauts' schedule

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The Kaber deployer system used for KE2M and SIMPL is picked up from the Kibo airlock by the Canadarm-2/Dextre robot arm combo

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This is in contrast to cubesat deploys from Kibo which use the smaller JAXA JEM-RMS robot arm

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Space to Ground: One Orbit: 10/27/2017

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Опубликовано: 27 окт. 2017 г.

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Экипаж 51/52-й длительной экспедиции на МКС

Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю.А.Гагарина

Опубликовано: 27 окт. 2017 г.

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20 апреля 2017 года в МСК состоялся запуск транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-04» с экипажем в составе командира корабля, бортинженера МКС-51, командира МКС-52 Фёдора Юрчихина (Роскосмос) и бортинженера корабля, бортинженера МКС-51/52 Джека Фишера (НАСА).

За время пребывания на Международной космической станции экипаж выполнил программу научно-прикладных исследований и экспериментов (медицина, космическая биология, биотехнология, физико-химические процессы и др.), выполнил выходы в открытый космос, поддерживал работоспособность МКС и проводил работы по ее дооснащению оборудованием, доставленным грузовыми кораблями.

3 сентября 2017 года спускаемый аппарат транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-04» с космонавтом Роскосмоса Фёдором Юрчихиным, астронавтами НАСА Джеком Фишером и Пегги Уитсон совершил штатную посадку в расчетной точке на территории Республики Казахстан. Продолжительность работы Фёдора Юрчихина и Джека Фишера на МКС составила 136 суток, Пегги Уитсон - 290 суток.

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The Sound (& Visions) of Silence

NASA Johnson
 
Опубликовано: 27 окт. 2017 г.

"Sharing the incomparable silent beauty of our planet with all our fellow travelers on this, our Spaceship Earth." @SergeyISS @Astro_Paolo @Astrokomrade

"Our thanks to Mr. Paul Simon and Disturbed."

"Our thanks to all the people within the partnership of the International Space Station who show us daily what heights we can achieve together."

"The Sound of Silence" Written by Paul Simon. SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. on behalf of PAUL SIMON MUSIC. Performed by Disturbed. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records.

Captured by astronauts Sergey Ryazanskiy, Paolo Nespoli, and Commander Randy Bresnik, the video features stunning footage of Earth and outer space from the International Space Station in low-earth orbit during the months of August through October in 2017.

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Paolo Nespoli‏Подлинная учетная запись @astro_paolo 9 ч назад

This morning's harvest from astronaut-turned-space-farmer @AstroAcaba! We'll taste it at dinner and let you know https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1294.html ...

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/langley/first-sage-iii-atmospheric-data-released-for-public-use

Oct. 25, 2017
RELEASE 17-024

First SAGE III Atmospheric Data Released for Public Use


SAGE III launched to the International Space Station in February of 2017. The first publicly available data from the instrument includes measurements of ozone, aerosols and nitrogen dioxide.
Credits: NASA

The first wave of atmospheric data from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III), a NASA instrument that launched to the International Space Station earlier this year, is now available for public use.

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The data, available through NASA's Atmospheric Science Data Center, was collected June through August and includes measurements of ozone, aerosols and nitrogen dioxide. SAGE III scientists are releasing this initial dataset in order to solicit feedback from the international atmospheric science community.


This figure shows a slice through the atmosphere depicting the amount of ozone. This is a sunset sweep for June of 2017. Ozone peaks near 30 kilometers in the equatorial lower stratosphere. There is also a secondary peak high up in the mesosphere around 90 kilometers. Near the bottom of the figure ozone decreases rapidly as the measurements drop below the tropopause (13 to 18 kilometers, depending upon latitude) into the upper and mid troposphere.
Credits: NASA/Robert Damadeo

"The intention of this initial release is validation," said SAGE III Project Scientist Joe Zawodny of NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. "We're putting it out there so people can start comparing it to their measurements. A lot of these folks have been around for a very long time. They've used [data from previous SAGE missions] in the past. They are the ones who are best positioned to give us honest opinions of what they like and what they don't like."

To take measurements, SAGE III uses a technique known as occultation, which involves looking at the light from the Sun or Moon as it passes through Earth's atmosphere at the edge, or limb, of the planet. The space station provides a unique vantage point from which to take those measurements. This initial data release is of solar occultation measurements.

SAGE III is the latest in a legacy of Langley instruments that go back to the Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement (SAM), which flew on the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission. SAGE II, which was operational from 1984 to 2005, measured global declines in stratospheric ozone that were later shown to be caused by human-induced increases in atmospheric chlorine. Data from it and other sources led to the development of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

After the passage of the protocol, SAGE II data also provided key evidence that the ozone layer was showing signs of recovery.

SAGE III, which launched to the station Feb. 19 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will continue to monitor that recovery, but with more of Earth's atmosphere in its sights. SAGE II monitored only the stratosphere. SAGE III is monitoring both the stratosphere and the mesosphere, which is the layer directly above the stratosphere. Ozone in the upper atmosphere acts as Earth's sunscreen, protecting the surface from cancer-causing, crop-damaging ultraviolet rays. Atmospheric aerosols contribute to variability in the climate record.

"It's exciting to see these data reach the research community," said SAGE III Program Scientist Richard Eckman of NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. "Earlier SAGE observations have been used extensively in the World Meteorological Organization's periodic assessments of ozone depletion, which were begun in 1981. SAGE measurements have also contributed to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment process. These ISS-based observations will reinitiate SAGE's contribution toward the long-term monitoring of ozone vertical profiles that inform these ongoing international assessment activities."

SAGE III includes a disturbance monitoring package that detects vibrations on the station. For the current release, data that may have been affected by significant vibrations or movement were not used.

"Future versions will likely have more data than for the months we've already released," said Zawodny. "This has been a fairly conservative filtering and subsetting of the data to put out what we think is representative of good quality data for validation purposes."

The SAGE science team will begin releasing lunar occultation data later this year. Water vapor data is not part of this initial release, but will be available in future datasets. Following this initial release, SAGE III data will be released on a monthly basis.

For more information about Langley Research Center, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/langley

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Joe Atkinson
 Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
 757-864-5644
joseph.s.atkinson@nasa.gov

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Last Updated: Oct. 26, 2017
Editor: Joe Atkinson

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NovaWurks‏ @NovaWurks 27 окт.

Thank you @NASA for successfully deploying the first satlet based satellite. #HISats #Satellite #space

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Paolo Nespoli‏Подлинная учетная запись @astro_paolo 8 ч. назад

A simple fresh lettuce leaf was enough to wake up our taste buds and make us feel like earthlings again! #VITAmission

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-does-your-space-garden-grow

Oct. 27, 2017

How Does Your Space Garden Grow?


Three different varieties of plants growing in the Veggie plant growth chamber on the International Space Station were harvested this morning. Photo credit: NASA/ISS

By Linda Herridge and Amanda Griffin
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center

Early Friday morning, astronauts onboard the International Space Station were busy at work, harvesting three varieties of leafy greens from the Veggie growth chamber and installing the next generation of plant research – the high-tech Advanced Plant Habitat.

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Charles Spern, project manager on the Engineering Services Contract, communicates instructions for the Veggie system to astronaut Joe Acaba on the International Space Station. Spern is in the Experiment Monitoring Room in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Three different varieties of plants from the Veg-03D plant experiment were harvested. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Griffin

Simultaneously Growing Three Plant Varieties a First for Veggie

The Veggie plant growth team kicked it up a notch with their sixth round of crops grown aboard the International Space Station with experiment VEG-03D. For the first time, three different plant varieties are simultaneously growing in the Veggie chamber.

On Oct. 27, station astronaut Joe Acaba harvested Mizuna mustard, Waldmann's green lettuce and Outredgeous Red Romaine lettuce, providing himself and his crew with the makings of a salad — once they top it with salad dressing sent up by the ground crew at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, of course.

"It's an impressive harvest. Joe did a great job!" said Veggie project manager Nicole Dufour.

"As a continuation of our Veg-03 tech demo efforts, we wanted to try something a little bit different. Building on some of our current ground testing, we decided to attempt a mixed crop. We were hoping that the visual diversity of the plants would be more enjoyable to the crew, as well as the variety of flavors offered by the different types of leafy greens."

During the harvest, Acaba only clipped about half of the leafy greens, leaving the rest to continue growing for a future yield. This technique, called cut-and-come-again repetitive harvesting, allows the crew to have access to fresh produce for a longer period of time.

Growing three different crops at the same time wasn't without its challenges.

"The biggest complication we have faced thus far has been how well the Mizuna has been growing," Dufour said. "Its long, spear-like stalks tend to get caught in the bellows as the crew opens and closes the unit to water the plants."

After the Veggie harvest, the crew kept on their virtual overalls and went on to install the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH), NASA's largest plant growth chamber.
 
 

A test unit, or prototype, of NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) with its first initial grow test in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The taller plants are dwarf what and the smaller plants are Arabidopsis. Developed by NASA and ORBITEC of Madison, Wisconsin, the APH is the largest plant chamber built for the agency. Photo credit: NASA

Advanced Plant Habitat Turns On, Turns Up Research

As Acaba switched gears from Veggie to the new plant habitat around 5:45 a.m. EDT Friday, APH project manager Bryan Onate and his team walked Acaba through procedures to install the plant habitat into an Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station, or EXPRESS, rack in the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo.

"It's amazing that a plant growth system that began from a blank sheet of paper about five years ago now is installed on the space station," Onate said. "Plant scientists are really going to be able to learn utilizing this system."

The plant habitat is a fully enclosed, closed-loop system with an environmentally controlled growth chamber. It uses red, blue and green LED lights, and broad spectrum white LED lights. The system's more than 180 sensors will relay real-time information, including temperature, oxygen content and moisture levels back to the team at Kennedy.

"APH will be the largest plant growth system on the space station," Howard Levine, the chief scientist in Kennedy's Utilization and Life Science Office who started working on APH seven years ago, said. "It will be capable of hosting multigenerational studies with environmental variables tracked and controlled in support of whole plant physiological testing and bioregenerative life support system investigations."

Once the team at Marshall completes an EXPRESS rack water flow test, the Kennedy team will power up the system. After the water cooling system with the APH passes the test, functional checkout of the plant habitat will begin and take about one week to complete.

Four power feeds to the plant habitat will be turned on and the Kennedy team will monitor the system's Plant Habitat Avionics Real-Time Manager, or PHARMER, for a response. This unique system provides real-time telemetry, remote commanding and photo downlink to the team at Kennedy.


Nicole Dufour, flight integration lead, communicates directly with astronaut Joe Acaba during installation of NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat in the Japanese Kibo module on the International Space Station. Dufour is in the Experiment Monitoring Room in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The procedures to install the system took about six hours. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Griffin

After the PHARMER has verified all subsystems are a go, space station crew members will install the science carrier and initiate the growth of test crops - Arabidopsis seeds, small flowering plants related to cabbage and mustard, and dwarf wheat - during an overlapping timetable of about five weeks. During this time, the system will be monitored for its capability to grow plants, capture and reuse water, and maintain the atmosphere in the growth chamber.

"The test will help us to determine if the planting procedure is good and the habitat is operating as designed," Onate said. "The results of plant growth in the habitat will be compared with the results of tests completed in the control unit here at Kennedy."

All of these preparations are leading up to the initiation of PH-01, which will grow five different types of Arabidopsis and is scheduled to launch on Orbital ATK's ninth commercial resupply mission to the space station.

The nutritional boost of fresh food and the psychological benefits of growing plants become paramount as the agency plans for future missions to deep space destinations.

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Last Updated: Oct. 27, 2017
Editor: Linda Herridge

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Сергей Рязанский‏Подлинная учетная запись @SergeyISS 9 ч назад

#Космодром #Восточный, который сейчас готовится к двум стартам, запланированным на ноябрь и декабрь этого года.

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Сергей Рязанский‏Подлинная учетная запись @SergeyISS 42 мин. назад

В космосе космонавты спят в спальнике, который привязан веревочкой к стенке, чтобы не улетел. А снится нам дом, родные, и пробки на ТТК

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