Новости МКС

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 8 мин. назад

Dragon's teeth.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 3 мин. назад

Both stunning views from the Station's cameras. One is HD....can you work out which is which?

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 12 мин. назад

SpaceX CRS-13 Dragon RTL (Ready To Latch). Followed by First and Second Stage Capture via 16 bolts. And that's complete! Dragon is officially part of the ISS on Node 2.

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 26 мин. назад

Dragon now berthed ('second stage capture') on the Harmony nadir port, at 1326 UTC, completing its arrival at the station. Meanwhile Cygnus OA-8 remains in orbit after its departure and Soyuz MS-07 is on its way towards arrival.

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Текущая конфигурация МКС по состоянию на 2017-12-17 (UTC)

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/12/17/dragon-attached-to-station-for-month-of-cargo-transfers/

Mark Garcia
Posted on December 17, 2017

Dragon Attached to Station for Month of Cargo Transfers


Dec. 17, 2017: International Space Station Configuration. Four spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon space freighter, the Progress 67 and 68 resupply ships and the Soyuz MS-06 crew ship.
 
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Harmony module of the International Space Station at 8:26 a.m. EST.

The 13th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX (CRS-13) delivered more than 4,800 pounds of supplies and payloads to the station. Among the research materials flying inside Dragon's pressurized area, one investigation will demonstrate the benefits of manufacturing fiber optic filaments in a microgravity environment. Designed by the company Made in Space, and sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the investigation will attempt to pull fiber optic wire from ZBLAN, a heavy metal fluoride glass commonly used to make fiber optic glass. Results from this investigation could lead to the production of higher-quality fiber optic products for use in space and on Earth.

Dragon is scheduled to depart the station in January 2018 and return to Earth with more than 3,600 pounds of research, hardware and crew supplies.

Expedition 54-55 Flight Engineers Scott Tingle of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are on their way to the space station after a launch earlier today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:21 a.m. EST Sunday, Dec. 17 (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time). The trio will orbit the Earth for approximately two days before docking to the space station's Rassvet module, at 3:43 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19. NASA TV coverage of the docking will begin at 3 a.m. Tuesday.

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Mark Garcia
Posted on December 17, 2017

New Crew Launches on Two Day Trip to Station


Three Expedition 54 crew members launched aboard the Soyuz MS-07 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

The Soyuz MS-07 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 2:21 a.m. EST Sunday, Dec. 17 (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time). At the time of launch, the space station flew over south central Kazakhstan, northeast of Baikonur at an altitude of about 260 statute miles. Expedition 54-55 Flight Engineers Scott Tingle of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are now safely in orbit.

The trio will orbit the Earth for approximately two days before docking to the space station's Rassvet module, at 3:43 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19. NASA TV coverage of the docking will begin at 3 a.m. Tuesday. ...

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/17/soyuz-blasts-off-on-two-day-flight-to-space-station/

Soyuz blasts off on two-day flight to space station
December 17, 2017 William Harwood

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION


Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

While a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship closed in on the International Space Station early Sunday, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off fr om frigid Kazakhstan, boosting a fresh three-man crew into orbit for a two-day flight to the lab complex.

Under a clear but cold sky at the sprawling Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soyuz MS-07's carrier rocket roared to life at 2:21 a.m. EST (GMT-5; 1:21 p.m. local time), throttled up to full thrust and smoothly climbed away fr om the same pad that sent cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit at the dawn of the space age.

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The Soyuz MS-07 rocket was launched directly into the plane of the space station's orbit — a requirement for spacecraft trying to rendezvous with a target moving at nearly 5 miles per second — and remained in view for several minutes as it raced out of the thick lower atmosphere.

Eight minutes and 45 seconds after liftoff, the booster's upper stage shut down and the Soyuz MS-07 crew ship, carrying vehicle commander Anton Shkaplerov, NASA flight engineer Scott Tingle and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, was released to fly on its own.

If all goes well, the crew will catch up with the space station early Tuesday, gliding in for a docking at the Earth-facing port of the Russian Rassvet module. Standing by to welcome them aboard will be Expedition 54 commander Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba.

They've had the station to themselves since this past Thursday when three other crew members — Soyuz MS-05 commander Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA flight engineer Randy Bresnik and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli — returned to Earth after a 139-day mission.


Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov and NASA flight engineer Scott Tingle launched aboard the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft Sunday. Credit: NASA/GCTC

With the Soyuz MS-07 crew safely on the way, Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba prepared for the arrival later in the morning of a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship loaded with 4,800 pounds of crew supplies, science material and space station equipment, including a U.S. spacesuit.

Also on board: Christmas presents.

"The holidays are coming up, and I have some special gifts for my fellow crew members that will help us bring in Christmas and the New Year," Tingle said. "And of course, we have Anton, our world-famous commander, (his) birthday is coming up in February. I can't tell you what we're going to do there because it's a surprise!"

A veteran of two previous station stays totaling a full year in space, Shkaplerov said the station has a Christmas tree on board "and we have packages, gifts for all crew members, for ourselves, fr om family and friends, and packages for the crew on board the ISS."

And then there's New Year's Eve. The holiday is typically celebrated at midnight local time around the world, but that's a tall order in low-Earth orbit, wh ere astronauts witness 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.

"We do not celebrate New Year's 16 times," Shkaplerov joked. "We start at about 10 o'clock in the morning, we pass the first spot wh ere they celebrate New Year's, somewh ere over the Eastern Islands," he said. "Then we have Nemo (Kanai) on our crew, we're going to celebrate New Year's on Japan time. Then in Russia, when we get to Europe, using Greenwich (Mean Time) ... and then we wake up early in the morning and congratulate our crewmates from the United States."

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"At any given time, there's on the order of 250 experiments that are happening on board space station," Tingle said. "It's a very busy laboratory. Some of the specific human research that I'll be working on includes a look at the spine. When we get in space our spines extend a little bit, and so we're trying to see what the big impacts are.

"We also take a lot of blood, a lot of urine, a lot of fluids to try to see what's going on within humans when they get into space."

He also will take part in an experiment to remotely control a robot in Germany from his perch 250 miles up aboard the space station.

"The one experiment I'm really looking forward to is operating the robot named Justin in Munich," Tingle said. "This program is set up to simulate operating a robot on the Mars surface as our space vehicle is orbiting Mars so that we can explore before we actually put boots on the ground.

"So we'll be trying to control a robot in Munich with a controller up on the International Space Station to simulate that entire process. I think that's some really cool operational research."

Along with a full slate of experiments, two NASA spacewalks are planned Jan. 23 and 27 to continue ongoing work to replace the grapple-like "hand" on one end of the station's robot arm. A Russian Progress cargo ship is set to arrive Feb. 11 and the Soyuz MS-06 crew — Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba — plans to return to Earth Feb. 27 U.S. time.

Shkaplerov and his crewmates originally planned to fly home April 18. But Russian mission managers have decided to extend their stay in orbit until June 3.

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U.S. Commercial Cargo Ship Arrives at the Space Station

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Опубликовано: 17 дек. 2017 г.

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Флаг WorldSkills полетел в космос на борту корабля "Союз МС-07"
Флаг вернется на Землю 27 февраля 2018 года, после чего он продолжит путешествие по странам, где проходили мировые чемпионаты WorldSkills, в рамках эстафеты
БАЙКОНУР, 17 декабря. /ТАСС/. Флаг международного движения молодых профессионалов WorldSkills отправился на Международную космическую станцию на борту корабля "Союз МС-07". Об этом сообщила в воскресенье ТАСС пресс-служба союза "Ворлдскиллс Россия".
Ракета-носитель "Союз-ФГ" с кораблем "Союз МС-07" стартовала с первой площадки космодрома Байконур в воскресенье в 10:21 мск. На борту "Союза МС-07" находятся российский космонавт Антон Шкаплеров (командир корабля), а также американский и японский астронавты Скотт Тингл и Норисигэ Канаи.
Командир экипажа сказал, что даже на космической станции (МКС) нужны рабочие навыки. "Элементарно закрутить гайки, отремонтировать туалет и другие механизмы с помощью обычных слесарских инструментов, которыми мы пользуемся в гараже. Самое главное, чтобы на чемпионате мира WorldSkills в 2019 году было как можно больше участников, и чтобы наша команда победила!" - приводит пресс-служба слова Шкаплерова...

Подробнее на ТАСС:
http://tass.ru/kosmos/4819460

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© photo.khl.ru
МОСКВА, 17 декабря. /ТАСС/. Уменьшенная копия Кубка Гагарина и юбилейная шайба 10-го сезона Континентальной хоккейной лиги (КХЛ) отправились в космос на 72 дня. Об этом сообщается в пресс-релизе КХЛ.
Данная акция проводится совместно с госкорпорацией Роскосмос в рамках празднования 10-го юбилейного сезона КХЛ. Копия Кубка Гагарина и юбилейная шайба отправились в космос с космодрома Байконур на борту ракеты с транспортным пилотируемым кораблем "Союз МС-07" в составе длительной экспедиции МКС-54/55.
Ракета стартовала в воскресенье в 10:21 мск, корабль должен стыковаться с Международной космической станцией 19 декабря. Спустя 72 дня вместе с космонавтом Александром Мисуркиным символика КХЛ вернется на Землю. С вбрасывания именно этой шайбы перед первым матчем финальной серии текущего сезона начнется борьба за Кубок Гагарина.
"Да, мы действительно берем с собой на борт шайбу и мини-кубок Гагарина, на шайбе - цифра 10, десять лет КХЛ, - отметил капитан корабля "Союз МС-07" Антон Шкаплеров. - Нам, космонавтам, всем, работающим в космической отрасли, очень приятно, что сильнейшие хоккейные команды разыгрывают кубок имени первого космонавта планеты. Сам я очень люблю хоккей, люблю смотреть его вживую, если получится - с семьей и друзьями, уверен, что и кубок, и шайба, будут у нас на самом видном месте. Особенно в те моменты, когда будут проходить игры чемпионата, приятно то, что шайба, которую мы берем с собой на орбиту, после возвращения поучаствует в матче финальной серии Кубка Гагарина"...

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http://tass.ru/sport/4819639

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https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss54/photo_12-17.html

РН «Союз-ФГ» С ТПК «Союз МС-07» успешно стартовала с космодрома Байконур
17 декабря 2017 года в 10:21 мск с пусковой установки 5 площадки № 1 («Гагаринский старт») космодрома Байконур успешно стартовала ракета космического назначения с транспортным пилотируемым кораблем (ТПК) «Союз МС-07». На борту корабля члены длительной экспедиции МКС-54/55 - космонавт РОСКОСМОСА Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ (командир корабля), астронавт НАСА Скотт ТИНГЛ и астронавт ДжАКСА Норишигэ КАНАИ (бортинженеры).
После отделения космического корабля от третьей ступени ракеты-носителя специалисты Главной оперативной группы управления Российским сегментом МКС (ГОГУ РС МКС) в Центре управления полётами (ЦУП) приступили к управлению его полётом.
Сейчас на борту Международной космической станции готовятся к встрече своих коллег командир интернационального экипажа МКС-54 российский космонавт Александр Мисуркин и бортинженеры - американские астронавты (НАСА) Марк Ванде Хай и Джозеф Акаба.
Сближение корабля «Союз МС-07» со станцией и причаливание к исследовательскому модулю «Рассвет» (МИМ 1) планируется проводить в автоматическом режиме под контролем специалистов ГОГУ РС МКС в ЦУП и российских членов экипажей транспортного корабля и станции.
Программой полёта предусмотрена двухсуточная схема сближения ТПК с МКС. Стыковка корабля со станцией запланирована на 19 декабря 2017 года.
ТПК «Союз МС-07» доставит 180 кг различных грузов для российских космонавтов и наших партнеров по МКС. Это аппаратура для экспериментов, оборудование для медико-биологических и геофизических исследований, носитель с новой версией программного обеспечения для бортовой вычислительной машины, которое должно обеспечить стыковку и функционирование новых модулей МКС, средства жизнеобеспечения и личные вещи космонавтов.
Кроме того, на станцию прибудут 10 килограммов свежих овощей и фруктов, а также новое полотно для беговой дорожки, необходимой для поддержания физической формы космонавтов.
В рамках программы символической деятельности экспедиции на борт МКС будут доставлены укладка от «Почты России» - конверты с логотипом РОСКОСМОСА и штемпель спецгашения, шайба с символикой КХЛ – в дополнение к копии кубка КХЛ, который был отправлен на орбиту ранее, укладка с символикой «Ворлдскиллс Россия» - Союза молодых представителей рабочих профессий, вымпелы Научного центра евразийской интеграции и шесть флажков государств – участников Евразийского Союза.
В задачи экспедиции входят: работа с российскими и американскими грузовыми кораблями, поддержание работоспособности станции, выполнение внекорабельной деятельности по программам Российского и Американского сегментов, проведение бортовых фото- и видеосъёмок хроники полёта РС МКС, работа по программе символической деятельности.
По российской программе научно-прикладных исследований, включая совместные с НАСА и ЕКА эксперименты, в период экспедиции МКС-54 планируется проведение 53 научно-прикладных экспериментов по исследованию Земли и космоса.
Планируется провести 297 сеансов экспериментов, в том числе по направлениям: исследование Земли и космоса - 44,8%; человек в космосе – 18,5%; технологии освоения космического пространства – 27,6%. На эксперименты по направлениям «Космическая биология и биотехнология», «Физико-химические процессы и материалы в условиях космоса», а также «Образование и популяризация космических исследований» приходится 9,1% от общего объема научно-прикладных экспериментов.
Выход в открытый космос по программе РС из СО1 планируется 2 февраля 2018 года.
Планируемая продолжительность полета – 168 суток.

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https://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/insideOA/ScottTingle/default.aspx?prid=283

Former Orbital ATK Intern Prepares for First Space Station Mission

During the summer of 1987 Scott Tingle worked for Orbital ATK (then Morton Thiokol) as an intern. Today he is a NASA astronaut scheduled to launch on December 17 to the International Space Station. There are former astronauts working for Orbital ATK, and there have been employees who have left the company to join the astronaut corps, but this is the first known instance of a former company intern becoming an astronaut.

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Scott Tingle's official NASA portrait.

Recently, Tingle reconnected with former colleagues and current Orbital ATK executives Charlie Precourt and Kent Rominger. Scott wanted to acknowledge the time he worked for the company as well as reconnect with Charlie and Kent, as they had worked together on a previous program. Precourt and Rominger, both shuttle-era astronauts also took the opportunity to offer words of encouragement to the first-time flier.

Tingle was selected in July 2009 to join NASA's 20th astronaut class. Prior to his selection, he began his career as an Aviation Ordnanceman in the U.S. Navy Reserve, where he also balanced an internship with Morton Thiokol.

Scott recalls, "In 1987 I was on my way to graduate school, and Morton Thiokol Wasatch gave me the great honor of bringing me out to be an intern." He recalls doing a series of cold flow tests during the reusable solid rocket motor redesign effort. "I learned a lot during my internship and am very grateful I was given the opportunity."

Today, Tingle is preparing for his first trip to the International Space Station in December 17 as a member of the Expedition 54-55 crew. He is scheduled to return to Earth in April, but is already hearing that his mission may be extended to June. Keep track of his mission on NASA's mission page, or follow him on Twitter @AstroMaker.

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https://iz.ru/684430/2017-12-17/kosmicheskii-gruzovik-spacex-vernulsia-na-mks-s-podarkami-k-rozhdestvu

Космический грузовик SpaceX прибыл на МКС с подарками к Рождеству
Грузовой корабль Dragon компании SpaceX прибыл на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) с рождественскими подарками и научным оборудованием, сообщает Associated Press.
На борту аппарата находится почти 5 тыс. фунтов груза, включая лабораторных мышей и семя ячменя. Однако какие подарки приготовил для космонавтов Санта Клаус, NASA не раскрывает.
15 декабря ракета-носитель Falcon 9 с грузовым кораблем Dragon стартовала с базы ВВС США на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида), а 16 декабря вышла на расчетную околоземную орбиту.
Космический грузовик уже совершал полет к МКС два года назад.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/12/15/iss-daily-summary-report-12152017/

HQ
Posted on December 15, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/15/2017

51 Soyuz (51S) Undock and Landing:

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The 51S crew Randolph Bresnik, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Paolo Nespoli undocked from the ISS at 11:13 pm CST on Wednesday evening and landed at 2:37am CST on Thursday. Ryazanskiy has arrived back in Moscow and Bresnik and Nespoli have arrived back in Houston. The ISS will be in 3-crew operations until the arrival of 53S on December 19.

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SpaceX (SpX)-13 Launch:

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SpX-13 launched today from Kennedy Space Center at 9:36 am CST. In addition to supplies and equipment for crewmembers, the vehicle will deliver investigations and instruments for several science experiments that will be conducted on ISS. Dragon capture is scheduled for December 17th at 5:00 am CST.

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Multi-Omics Sample Collections:

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Upon wakeup a 52S crewmember collected a saliva sample and place it into the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) before completing a questionnaire. The Multi-omics analysis of human microbial-metabolic cross-talk in the space ecosystem (Multi-Omics) investigation evaluates the impacts of space environment and prebiotics on astronauts' immune function, by combining the data obtained from the measurements of changes in the gut microbiological composition, metabolites profiles, and the immune system.

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Lighting Effects:

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A 52S subject provided a sleep log entry before conducting a series of three Cognition tests and four urine sample collections throughout the day. The samples were stowed in the MELFI for freezing until their return and analysis. The Lighting Effects investigation studies the impact of the change from fluorescent light bulbs to solid-state light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with adjustable intensity and color and aims to determine if the new lights can improve crew circadian rhythms, sleep, and cognitive performance. Results from this investigation also have major implications for people on Earth who use electric lights.

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Space Headaches:

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A crewmember completed a weekly questionnaire for the Space Headaches investigation. This experiment collects information that may help in the development of methods to alleviate associated symptoms and improvement in the well-being and performance of crewmembers in space. Headaches during space flight can negatively affect mental and physical capacities of crewmembers that can influence performance during a space mission.

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Earth Imagery from ISS Target Operations:

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Using the RED camera, the crew captured daytime images and video footage from Ireland to Moscow. This investigation creates a series of videos, showcasing Earth from space. These videos will be taken with cameras on the ISS in 6K hi-resolution, then integrated into videos for screensavers for public enjoyment, exploration, and engagement.

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Inspection and High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter Installation:

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The crew performed an inspection of Lab and Node 1 looking for sources of elevated fungal levels. No obvious sources were identified. They installed 6 new HEPA filters in the Lab and installed 4 of the filters removed from the Lab in Node 1, replacing the previously installed charcoal filters.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/12/17/iss-daily-summary-report-12172017/

HQ
Posted on December 17, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/17/2017

53 Soyuz (53S) Launch:

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53S launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome this morning with Anton Shkaplerov, Scott Tingle, and Norishige Kanai. Docking to the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1) module is scheduled for 02:42 AM CST on December 19 with hatch opening at ~4:15 AM CST.

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SpaceX (SpX)-13 Capture and Berthing:

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SpX-13 rendezvous and capture were successfully completed today at 11:02 AM CST using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). The crew monitored Dragon's approach from the Cupola Robotic Workstation. During capture the Latch End Effector (LEE) snare cable tension went above the expected value, and before resuming nominal operation the Robotics Ground Controllers commanded the LEE mechanism to reduce this tension to the expected range. Dragon was berthed at 7:30 AM CST by ground controllers. Vestibule outfitting, vehicle ingress and removal of the center stack began following capture.

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Вроде бы завтра ( уже сегодня ) 19.12.2017, с 15.35 UTC на МКС начинается " вечный день ", ~ на 5.3 суток, до 24.12.2017