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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/06/cygnus-cargo-craft-released-from-space-station-setting-up-for-cubesat-deployments/

Cygnus cargo craft released fr om space station, setting up for CubeSat deployments
December 6, 2017 Stephen Clark


The Cygnus supply ship was released from the space station's robotic arm Wednesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now

An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft departed the International Space Station on Wednesday, heading for a higher orbit to deploy 14 CubeSats and an eventual de-orbit burn to dispose of more than 6,200 pounds of trash and other unneeded equipment packed by the station's crew.

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Under the command of Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei, the space station's Canadian-built robotic arm released the unpiloted supply ship at 8:11 a.m. EST (1311 GMT) Wednesday as the vehicles soared 257 miles over the Atlantic Ocean east of Brazil.

The crew sent a command for Cygnus to fire its thrusters and exit the space station's vicinity a few minutes later.

"I want to congratulate everybody involved in this outstanding Cygnus mission," said Joe Acaba, a station flight engineer. "A lot of people put lots of time, talent and dedication into this, and it was a huge honor for all of us on the space station to be able to participate in it."

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The Cygnus cargo carrier lifted off Nov. 12 from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard an Antares rocket, then completed an automated rendezvous and approach with the space station two days later.

The station crew unloaded 7,118 pounds (3,229 kilograms) of supplies and experiments from the Cygnus spacecraft's Italian-built pressurized logistics module, then replaced the cargo with trash during its 22-day stay at the complex.

Engineers at NASA's mission control center in Houston removed the Cygnus spacecraft from its attach point on the station's Unity module Tuesday, then maneuvered the Cygnus on the robotic arm a few feet from another berthing port on the station's Harmony module, wh ere crew capsules from Boeing and SpaceX are expected to dock once they are ready to begin flying astronauts into orbit.

Engineers used the Cygnus spacecraft to simulate the presence of a commercial crew craft at Harmony's space-facing port and check to ensure it does not block GPS navigation signals from reaching the space station.

The Cygnus mission is the eighth commercial logistics flight to the space station managed by Orbital ATK under contract to NASA.

The station crew is now preparing for the arrival of a Dragon capsule from SpaceX, NASA's other commercial cargo transportation provider. The SpaceX resupply mission is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 12, and reach the space station three days later.

Outgoing station commander Randy Bresnik and crewmates Sergey Ryazanskiy and Paolo Nespoli are also set to leave the outpost Dec. 14 to head for landing in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-05 crew capsule. The station's busy December will continue with the launch of three new crew members Dec. 17 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, followed two days later by their docking.

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Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station 2 мин. назад

19 years ago today, the first two station modules (the Unity and the Zarya modules) were joined together in space beginning the assembly of the orbital lab.

NASA History Office‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASAhistory 2 ч. назад

#HappyAnniversary to the @Space_Station! #OTD in 1998, day one of assembly of the ISS began when the U.S.-built Unity node and the Russian-built Zarya module joined in orbit. #19YearsStrong

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CRS OA-8: S.S. Gene Cernan Cygnus departs ISS

SciNews

Опубликовано: 6 дек. 2017 г.

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Сергей Рязанский‏Подлинная учетная запись @SergeyISS 8 мин назад

Фотоохоту за этим лесом в форме гитары я вел на протяжении всего полета, и во мне удалось ее поймать! // Finally I took photos of "guitar forest"! #Argentina #Аргентина

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/12/05/iss-daily-summary-report-12052017/

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Posted on December 5, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/05/2017

Cygnus unberth:

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This morning, the crew egressed Cygnus. They then configured the vestibule and prepared to depressurize the vestibule. Ground teams identified EMI as the cause of the pressure probe anomaly and successfully depressurized the vestibule. Later, the Cygnus vehicle was unberthed and positioned it for the GPS shadowing ("photobomb") Developmental Test Objective (DTO). Cygnus will be held in that position overnight and then repositioned for release tomorrow. Cygnus arrived at the ISS on the 14th of November carrying supplies, and is now departing with hardware and trash for disposal.

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Earth Imagery from ISS Target Operations:

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Today the crew captured images of the Iberian peninsula. The Earth Imagery from ISS investigation creates a series of videos, showcasing Earth from space. These videos will be taken with cameras on the International Space Station in 6K hi-resolution, then integrated into videos for screensavers for public enjoyment, exploration, and engagement.

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Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) Configuration for Cell Science Validation:

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The crew set up the Life Science Ancillary Hardware (LSAH) in the MSG today to prepare for the Cell Science Validation activities. They installed the Decontamination System, Rear Standoff and Life Science filters. This flight of the Bioculture System is to validate the hardware by testing and checking out its engineering and operational capability to maintain cell cultures for a long duration in the space flight environment on the ISS. The new enabling capabilities and procedures to manually conduct experiments with the specimens cultured in the Bioculture System will also be demonstrated. The validation of the Bioculture System performance in the space flight environment is a critical step to insure the success of future space bioscience experiments that will be conducted on ISS using this facility.

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51S Descent Drill:

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51S crewmembers participated in onboard training to rehearse their upcoming descent and landing, planned for December 14th.

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EHS SSK MAS analysis:

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Today the crew analyzed microbial samples which were taken on GMT day 334 (November 30) and incubated until today. This information gives medical personnel a gauge of microbial growth in the air and on surfaces of the ISS.

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 23 мин назад

Jeff Manber, NanoRacks: after five-month study on Ixion concept, "reasonably comfortable" that an Atlas 5 upper stag can be refitted in orbit to a habitation module. #SpaceComExpo

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Manber showed this new illustration of the Ixion module being added to the ISS. #SpaceComExpo


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Manber: NanoRacks' airlock module manifested for launch to the ISS in 2019. Will allow us to do more satellite deployments from the station than possible today with the Japanese module airlock. #SpaceComExpo

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Космический урок с борта МКС

Телестудия Роскосмоса

Опубликовано: 6 дек. 2017 г.

В Университетской гимназии Московского государственного университета им. М.В. Ломоносова состоялся открытый урок для десятиклассников, во время которого была организована прямая связь с российским сегментом Международной космической станции (МКС) - с космонавтами РОСКОСМОСА Сергеем РЯЗАНСКИМ И Александром МИСУРКИНЫМ.

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Space Station Crew Bids Farewell to U.S. Commercial Cargo Spaceship

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 6 дек. 2017 г.

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Making Fiber Optics in Space

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 6 дек. 2017 г.

To demonstrate potential scientific and commercial merits of manufacturing exotic optical fibers in space, a private company is working with NASA on an investigation headed to the International Space Station on the next Dragon cargo ship. Matthew Napoli, vice president of In-Space Operations for Made In Space, explains how the Optical Fiber Production in Microgravity investigation could lead to the production of materials with better properties, setting the stage for large scale manufacturing of high-quality fiber in space. This investigation follows up on research conducted in the 1990s by scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Текущая конфигурация МКС

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http://spaceflight101.com/cygnus-oa-8-cargo-craft-departs-iss/

Cygnus OA-8 Cargo Craft Departs ISS after Three-Week Stay for CubeSat Deployment & Re-Entry
December 6, 2017


Photo: NASA

After delivering over 3,200 Kilograms of cargo to the International Space Station, the Cygnus S.S. Gene Cernan departed the orbiting complex on Wednesday to close out a three-week stay and 24 hours of detailed radio interference testing to aid future crew vehicles arriving and departing the orbiting laboratory. Being released at 13:11 UTC, Cygnus is now set to maneuver to an independent orbit for the release of a record number of 14 CubeSats completing a variety of operational and demonstration missions.

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Cygnus arrived at the Space Station on November 14 after a very smooth rendezvous process, enabled by the flawless performance of the second Antares 200 series launch vehicle that provided the craft with a perfect orbital insertion. Bolted into position on the Earth-facing port of the Station's Unity Module, Cygnus was opened for business later on November 14th and the Space Station crew was greeted by a commemorative poster of the late Moonwalker whose name this Cygnus is carrying.


Photo: NASA

After three science-heavy Dragon missions arriving at ISS this year, Cygnus OA-8 was more focused on the supplies side, allowing ISS to extend its consumables to June 2018. Packed into the Italian-built cargo module were 3,229 Kilograms of cargo comprised of 1,240kg of crew supplies including food provisions and clothing, 851kg of maintenance gear and systems hardware to keep ISS in operational form, 740kg of science investigations and CubeSats, and 166kg of spacewalk equipment and computer resources.

Two CubeSats delivered aboard the Cygnus spacecraft were released fr om the Space Station on November 20/21 with three satellites from a previous delivery to begin a diverse set of missions studying how the antibiotic resistance of E. coli changes in space, testing out a new ultra-small space telescope design for exoplanet science, demonstrating a 6U CubeSat platform for science-class missions, studying ionospheric stimulation, and evaluating a drag device for removing satellites from orbit.


TangoLab aboard ISS – Photo: NASA/SpaceTango

Cygnus OA-8 also participated in a demonstration of the "extended lab" concept wherein visiting vehicles can be used as an extension of ISS laboratory volume while attached. This involved moving the Space Tango TangoLab-1 module from Express Rack 4 into the Cygnus cargo vehicle for a week-long demonstration before being moved back to the ISS side. The TangoLab is a reconfigurable general research facility providing a plug-and-play architecture for standardized science modules with around 2 CubeSat units of volume for experiments in a number of fields including biology, biochemistry and physics.

With only a three-week docked mission, the four USOS crew members had their hands full to get the 3,229kg of cargo moved to ISS and replace it with 2.8 metric tons of trash and no-longer-needed hardware for disposal when Cygnus meets its fiery end over the Pacific Ocean. Hardware delivered by Cygnus included replacement gas bottles for the Combustion Integrated Rack for upcoming research into combustion dynamics in microgravity, a Rodent Habitat to provide a home for the next Rodent Research mission flying on SpaceX, and parts for the Station's 3D printer.


Photo: NASA

Approaching the end of its stay at ISS, the S.S. Gene Cernan was buttoned up by the crew – going through the usual procedure of closing out the interior of the spacecraft before closing its hatch, then outfitting the vestibule between ISS and Cygnus with bolt drive assemblies and removing power and data connectors before closing the Unity module hatch to permit the standard leak check to be performed. Sixteen bolts were released to free the Cygnus spacecraft from Unity and transfer control over to Canadarm2 that had grappled the spacecraft on November 30.

Unberthing was marked at 17:52 UTC on Tuesday and Canadarm2 was put through a series of maneuvers to swing the 6.4-meter long spacecraft around and position it above the Station's Harmony module. Hanging out above Harmony, Cygnus conducted radio interference and GPS checks to verify future crew vehicles will be able to have stable communications and GPS position calculation as they approach the zenith docking port on Harmony, to be established with the installation of International Docking Adapter 3 on Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 that had been moved to this location earlier in 2017.


Photo: NASA

Cygnus was the perfect vehicle to conduct this test due to its ability to receive power and communicate through its Power & Video Grapple Fixture, allowing the spacecraft to remain attached to Canadarm2 for extended periods. After the completion of the overnight checks, Cygnus was maneuvered to park below the Harmony module wh ere it awaited its release.

Taking up station inside the Cupola, NASA Astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba began setting up the Robotics Workstation for release of the Cygnus spacecraft. When the optimal release time arrived based on lighting conditions and orbital dynamics, the command was issued to release Cygnus by retracting latches and opening snares within the arm's Latching End Effector. Release was marked at 13:11 UTC on Wednesday and Canadarm2 backed away from Cygnus before the spacecraft was allowed to recover from Free Drift and gently fire its thrusters for a posigrade departure maneuver – pulling out in front of ISS.


Photo: NASA TV


Photo: NASA TV

Twenty minutes after release, Cygnus departed the ISS Approach Ellipsoid, ending integrated operations between NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston and Orbital MCC in Dulles, Virginia.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/06/bigelows-expandable-module-goes-into-overtime-on-space-station/

Bigelow's expandable module goes into overtime on space station
December 6, 2017 Stephen Clark


European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, after outfitting its interior for cargo stowage. Credit: NASA

A commercial module mounted outside the International Space Station last year will remain attached to the orbiting research complex for at least three more years, carrying out additional tests for future space habitats and serving as a storage closet for the lab's crew.

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The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, was launched in the trunk of a SpaceX supply ship in April 2016, then attached to the station's Tranquility module with the lab's robotic arm and expanded to its full size using compressed air in May to begin a two-year campaign of experiments and tests.

The inflatable module has performed well, meeting engineers' expectations to show its resilience against radiation and potentially destructive impacts with space junk. NASA originally awarded Bigelow Aerospace, founded by wealthy real estate and hotel developer Robert Bigelow, a $17.8 million contract in 2013 to build and deliver a demonstration module to the space station.

NASA approved an extension in BEAM's stay at the complex this year, and gave Bigelow Aerospace, which retains ownership of the module, a $200,000 contract last month for sustaining engineering work, anomaly resolution, and analyses of BEAM's ability to be repurposed as a storage compartment.

The new contract is for three years through late 2020, with two additional one-year options that could keep BEAM at the station into the early 2020s. NASA could consider another extension at the end of the new contract, or consider jettisoning BEAM overboard to burn up in Earth's atmosphere, the fate originally envisioned for the module once its mission at the station was completed.


The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. Credit: NASA

BEAM is a prototype for soft-sided modules that could help construct large orbiting space stations in the future, without needing huge new rockets to do the lifting. The demonstrator launched in an unpressurized configuration, then expanded to twice its stowed length once at the station.

The space station's modules are made of rigid metallic structures, while BEAM's skin is made of a multi-layer Vectran-like material.

BEAM is small compared to the station's other modules, with an internal volume of 565 cubic feet (16 cubic meters). In its fully deployed configuration, the module measures 13 feet (4 meters) long and 10.5 feet (3.2 meters) in diameter.

"The advantage of launching an expandable to space is the packing factor," said Lisa Kauke, BEAM's deputy project manager at Bigelow Aerospace, before the module's expansion last year. "In other words, it packs down really small in the launch vehicle, and it saves on mass, but most importantly volume, and then once it gets on orbit it expands."

Bigelow Aerospace, based near Las Vegas, launched two sub-scale robotic test modules on standalone missions in 2006 and 2007. They are still orbiting Earth.

But BEAM was the first expandable module to be built for human spaceflight, a stepping stone to inflatable modules being designed by Bigelow Aerospace that could offer occupants up to 11,600 cubic feet (330 cubic meters) of internal volume.


NASA astronaut Kate Rubins inside BEAM last year. Credit: NASA

The so-called B330 habitat could launch in the early 2020s, either as a standalone human-rated commercial space station, or as a bigger attachment to the International Space Station.

Astronauts have reconfigured BEAM's interior over the last few months to ready it for a longer stay at the space station.

Crew members removed hardware used for the module's initial expansion, converted internal environmental sensors from wireless to wired to prevent interference with items that might be stored inside, and installed air ducting, netting and large empty bags to define the stowage volume inside BEAM, according to NASA.

"NASA and Bigelow later will likely add a power and data interface to BEAM, which will allow additional technology demonstrations to take place for the duration of the partnership agreement," the space agency said in a statement.

NASA wants to use the International Space Station to help foster a commercial market for research and other services in low Earth orbit. Once the space station is decommissioned — a retirement that could occur as soon as 2024 — NASA hopes commercial research labs are available in Earth orbit to continue supporting scientific and technological experiments, while the agency refocuses on deep space exploration to send astronauts back to the moon, and eventually Mars.

If such a commercial market is able to develop in orbit, the International Space Station is vital to demonstrating its promise, and NASA has used the research outpost as an incubator for commercial space initiatives in a move toward that objective.

Expandable modules could also be employed on future expeditions into deep space.

"This extension will deepen NASA's understanding of expandable space systems by making the BEAM a more operational element of the space station to be actively used in storage and crew operations," NASA said in a statement.

Since BEAM's expansion in May 2016, astronauts have entered the module more than a dozen times and conducted radiation shielding experiments, collected microbial samples, and gathered thermal and structural data to advance engineering analyses on the expandable module technology's suitability for human spaceflight.

NASA said the station crew will use BEAM to store up to 130 cargo transfer bags, freeing up space in other modules for research experiments.

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/first-space-station-crew-of-2018-available-for-news-conference-interviews

Nov. 30, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-140

First Space Station Crew of 2018 Available for News Conference, Interviews


From left are Ricky Arnold and A.J. (Drew) Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Feustel will serve as flight engineer for Expedition 55 and commander for Expedition 56. Arnold and Artemyev will serve as flight engineers on Expeditions 55 and 56.
Credits: NASA

NASA astronauts A.J. (Drew) Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and crewmate Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will discuss their upcoming mission to the International Space Station in a news conference at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 7, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website. The crew will be available for in person or remote media interviews afterward.

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Feustel and Arnold will launch to the space station aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft, commanded by Artemyev, in March 2018, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This will be the second time in five months that two NASA astronauts will launch together on a Soyuz spacecraft to the station.

The trio will join the Expedition 55 crew, and return to Earth in August 2018 as members of Expedition 56. Arnold, a former classroom teacher, and Feustel will continue NASA's Year of Education on Station initiatives to inspire educators and students. This will be Feustel's third spaceflight, and he will serve as a flight engineer for Expedition 55 and commander for Expedition 56. This will be Arnold and Artemyev's second spaceflights, and they will serve as flight engineers on Expeditions 55 and 56.
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Tabatha Thompson
 Headquarters, Washington
 202-358-1100
tabatha.t.thompson@nasa.gov
Megan Sumner
 Johnson Space Center, Houston
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megan.c.sumner@nasa.gov

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Editor: Sean Potter

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-cats-concludes-successful-mission-on-space-station

Dec. 7, 2017

NASA's CATS Concludes Successful Mission on Space Station

A spaceborne lidar instrument that fired more laser pulses than any previous orbiting instrument has ended its operations on the International Space Station, after a successful 33-month mission to measure clouds and tiny atmospheric particles that play key roles in Earth's climate and weather.

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CATS observed part of a plume streaming on July 11, 2015 fr om the Raung Volcano on the Indonesian island of Java. The top image was taken by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite. The red line shows wh ere, less than an hour after Suomi NPP passed over, CATS scanned a vertical slice through the atmosphere (bottom image). CATS observed this plume after dark, even though other spaceborne instruments did not detect the plume at nighttime.
Credits: NASA's Earth Observatory
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During its mission, NASA's Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) lidar provided measurements of the vertical structure of clouds and aerosols, including volcanic eruptions, man-made pollution in China and India, smoke from wildfires in North America and dust storms in the Middle East. The CATS data products are freely available to the science community and have already been cited in numerous research studies as well as at national and international scientific conferences.

The CATS measurements enabled more accurate aerosol modeling and forecasting and improved tracking and forecasting of volcanic plumes and associated costly aviation hazards. It also advanced our understanding of aerosol proximity to clouds, which is critically important to predicting the effects of cloud-aerosol interaction on the Earth's climate system.

CATS was funded by the International Space Station Program to advance the use of the orbiting laboratory as a platform for Earth science research. CATS helped pave the way for future low-cost missions to the station and advanced laser technology designed to measure clouds and aerosols.

"The CATS project was a spectacular opportunity to provide first-of-its-kind science from the space station. CATS was an amazing combination of enterprising science pathfinder, technology demonstration and programmatic forcing function," said Matt McGill, CATS principal investigator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. "The CATS payload operated for more than 200 billion laser pulses - an unprecedented achievement for a spaceborne lidar."

Launched on Jan. 10, 2015, CATS was designed to operate at least six months, but lasted five times its life expectancy. On Oct. 30, 2017, the onboard power and data system stopped working and could not be resuscitated.

The station orbit was valuable for gathering a diverse and important set of cloud and aerosol observations. The CATS instrument was able to observe the same locations at different times of day, allowing scientists to study day-to-night changes in cloud and aerosol effects from space. The instrument was also the first space-based lidar to provide cloud and aerosol data to users in near real time – less than six hours – allowing for more accurate computer models and forecasting of dust storms, fires and volcanic eruptions.

The project was also unique because of its rapid construction, small budget and placement on the space station. Unlike larger missions, the experiment had a small team, limited budget and shorter timeline – only two years – to be built for the station. The mission helped refine and streamline the process for putting future NASA payloads on the station.

Although ending, CATS will be remembered for its many notable and pioneering accomplishments in technology and science:

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• first high repetition-rate, photon-counting lidar in space
• first NASA-developed payload for the Japanese Experiment Module - Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on the space station
• first space-based lidar to provide data products in near real time, with latency of less than six hours, to enable more accurate aerosol modeling and forecasting
• improved tracking and forecasting of volcanic plumes, which are well-known and costly aviation hazards
• improved our understanding of aerosol proximity to clouds, which is critically important to predicting the effects of cloud-aerosol interaction on the Earth's climate system
  

"CATS provided the opportunity to utilize a small team and streamlined process to highlight that it is possible to build and deliver a low-cost instrument that still provides critical, cutting-edge science measurements," said McGill.

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Banner Image This image shows an example of cloud and aerosol data taken by CATS.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

By Kasha Patel
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 

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Last Updated: Dec. 6, 2017
Editor: Sara Blumberg

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О телетрансляции миссии CRS-13 (обновление)

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-to-air-launch-of-next-space-station-resupply-mission-2

Dec. 6, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-145

NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is now targeting its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for no earlier than 11:46 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 12.
Mission coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website Monday, Dec. 11 with two news briefings.

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Packed with almost 4,800 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

NASA TV mission coverage is as follows:

Monday, Dec. 11
 

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• 11 a.m. – Prelaunch news conference with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX, and the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base
• 3:30 p.m. – "What's on Board" science briefing, highlighting research testing: fiber optic filaments, how plants respond to microgravity, the accuracy of a biosensor used for diabetes management, a drug delivery system for combatting muscle atrophy and instruments to measure the Sun's energy input to Earth and orbital debris.
  

Tuesday, Dec. 12
 

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• 11:15 a.m. – Launch commentary coverage begins
• 1:15 p.m. – Post-launch news conference with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program and SpaceX
  

Friday, Dec. 15
 

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• 4:30 a.m. – Dragon rendezvous at the space station and capture
• 7 a.m. – Installation coverage
  

About 10 minutes after launch on Dec. 12, Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit and deploy its solar arrays. A carefully choreographed series of thruster firings are scheduled to bring the spacecraft to rendezvous with the space station. NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba will capture Dragon using the space station's robotic arm. Ground controllers will then send commands to robotically install the spacecraft on the station's Harmony module.

The Dragon spacecraft will spend approximately one month attached to the space station, returning to Earth on Jan. 13 with results of previous experiments.

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Last Updated: Dec. 7, 2017
Editor: Katherine Brown
 

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О телетрансляции НАСА посадки КК Союз МС-05 и запуска и стыковки КК Союз МС-07

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-coverage-set-for-space-station-crew-landing-launch

Dec. 6, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-144

NASA Television Coverage Set for Space Station Crew Landing, Launch


Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Credits: NASA

Three crew members on the International Space Station are scheduled to end their mission and return to Earth on Thursday, Dec. 14, just days before another three space travelers begin their mission. Live coverage will air on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the space station at 12:16 a.m. EST Thursday and land in Kazakhstan at 3:38 a.m. (2:38 p.m. Kazakhstan time).

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Their return will conclude 139 days in space since their launch on July 28. During that time, they have supported hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard humanity's only microgravity laboratory.

Coverage of Expedition 53 departure and landing activities is as follows (all times EST):

Wednesday, Dec. 13

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• 7:40 a.m. – Change of command ceremony with Bresnik handing over station command to Roscosmos' Alexander Misurkin
• 8:30 p.m. – Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 9 p.m.)
• 11:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 12:16 a.m. Thursday)
  

Thursday, Dec. 14
 

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• 2:15 a.m. – Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 1:44 a.m. and landing at 3:38 a.m.)
• 6 a.m. – Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities
• 7 p.m. – Video file of landing and post-landing activities and interview with Bresnik in Kazakhstan
  

At the time of undocking, Expedition 54 will begin aboard the station under the command of Misurkin. Along with his crewmates Mark Vende Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA, the three-person crew will operate the station until the arrival of three new crew members five days later.

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On Sunday, Dec. 17, Scott Tingle of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch at 2:21 a.m. (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Coverage of Expedition 54 launch and docking activities is as follows:

Sunday, Dec. 17
 

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• 1:15 a.m. – Soyuz MS-07 launch coverage (launch at 2:21 a.m.)
  

Tuesday, Dec. 19
 

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• 3 a.m. – Docking coverage (docking scheduled for 3:42 a.m.)
• 5 a.m. – Hatch opening and welcome coverage
  

NASA TV will air a full complement of video of the crew's pre-launch activities in Baikonur in the days preceding launch.

The six crew members of Expedition 54 will continue work on the hundreds of experiments conducted off the Earth, for the Earth. This crew continues the long-term increase in U.S. crew size from three to four, allowing NASA to maximize time dedicated to research on the space station. ...

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Last Updated: Dec. 6, 2017
Editor: Karen Northon

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Seeing the Sun in 1,000 different colors with NASA's TSIS-1

NASA Goddard

Опубликовано: 6 дек. 2017 г.

The composition of that light that falls on Earth matters to understanding Earth's energy budget. In December 2017, NASA is launching a new instrument called the Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1) designed to study this question. NASA's TSIS-1 will measure the Sun's energy in 1,000 different wavelengths, including the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared, known as solar spectral irradiance. Find out more in this short narrated video.

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Космос: мы вас слышим!

Телестудия Роскосмоса

Опубликовано: 7 дек. 2017 г.

В ЦУПе прошел сеанс связи с МКС. На орбите - космонавты Сергей Рязанский и Александр Мисуркин, на земле - будущие журналисты, студенты РГГУ.

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 52 мин. назад

Congratulations to our friends at Millennium Space Systems! 6 months after being deployed via NanoRacks from @Space_Station, they have announced complete mission success and all technology objectives met, with the #ALTAIR Pathfinder #CubeSat: http://www.millennium-space.com/pressreleases/ALTAIR_PF_6MOS_Anniversary-20171206-revC.pdf ...

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Vita Mission wrap-up

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 7 дек. 2017 г.

Veteran ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli fr om Italy will shortly be returning to Earth after a long-duration stay on board the International Space Station. Known as Vita – which means 'life' in Italian – the mission was commissioned as part of a barter agreement between NASA and the Italian Space Agency ASI. It's the third time that Paolo has visited the Station, wh ere he has been conducting an intensive series of experiments as well as performing maintenance and support tasks.

Paolo is set to return to Earth on 14 December 2017 together with his crewmates, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky. The landing with the Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to take place as 08:38 GMT (09:38 CET) and will be streamed live on the ESA website: http://www.esa.int.

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