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Jonathan McDowell‏Verified account @planet4589 2m ago

Quest airlock hatch closed at 1750 UTC

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Jonathan McDowell‏Verified account @planet4589 48s ago

Quest airlock repressurization has begun at 1757 UTC

William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 3m ago

EVA48: Airlock repressurization began at 12:57pm, officially ending U.S. EVA-48; duration was 5 hours and 57 minutes

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/16/spacewalkers-wrap-up-robotic-hand-transfers/

Spacewalkers Wrap Up Robotic Hand Transfers

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 16, 2018 at 1:01 pm


Spacewalkers Mark Vande Hei (foreground) and Norishige Kanai transfer a spare robotic hand to a long-term stowage area on the International Space Station.

Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have completed a spacewalk lasting 5 hours and 57 minutes.

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The two astronauts concluded their spacewalk at 12:57 p.m. EST with the repressurization of the Quest airlock.

The spacewalkers moved two Latching End Effector (LEE), or hands, for the Canadian-built robotic arm, Canadarm2. They moved one to a long-term storage location for future use as a spare part and brought the other inside the space station to be returned to Earth. It will be refurbished and later relaunched to the orbiting laboratory as a spare.

Running well ahead of the timeline, the two spacewalkers also conducted a number of get ahead tasks, including the lubrication of the inside of the LEE installed on the International Space Station's robotic arm during the Jan. 23 spacewalk. They also positioned an interface tool for the Canadian Space Agency's robotic handyman Dextre, installed a grounding strap on a component of the LEE positioned on one end of the robotic arm, and adjusted a strut on a component on one of the station's spare parts platforms. That component is a flex hose rotary coupler that transfers liquid ammonia across a connecting point on the station's backbone to provide cooling for its systems.

It was the 208th spacewalk in support of International Space Station assembly and maintenance, the fourth in Vande Hei's career, and the first for Kanai, who became the fourth Japanese astronaut to walk in space.

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EVA48 в цифрах

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Ожидание...

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Люк открыт!

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Дома!

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Проверка перчаток

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Марк


на Нимо картинка пропала (связь, однако...)

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Финальный аккорд (после восстановления связи)

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Уточнённая статистика выхода

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 58m ago

EVA-48 complete! That's robotic maintenance successfully achieved, via EVAs and a lot of cool work by folk on the ground.

ARTICLE: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/spacewalkers-second-robotic-arm-maintenance-iss/ ...
- by Pete Harding (@Space_Pete)
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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/02/16/watch-live-astronauts-begin-spacewalk-to-complete-robot-arm-work/

Spacewalking astronauts complete robot arm work
February 16, 2018 William Harwood

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION


Credit: NASA TV

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japanese crewmate Norishige Kanai floated outside the International Space Station Friday, repositioned two robot arm grapple mechanisms following repair work last month and carried out a variety of "get-ahead" tasks before calling it a day.

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Floating in the Quest airlock, Vande Hei and Kanai switched their spacesuits to battery power at 7 a.m. EST (GMT-5), officially kicking off a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk. After opening the airlock's hatch and rigging safety tethers, they made their way outside as the station passed 250 miles above northern South America.

The spacewalk was the third over the past four months devoted to overhauling the station's robot arm.

Each end of the arm is equipped with a complex grapple mechanism, known as a latching end effector, or LEE, that uses motorized snares to lock onto anchor fittings and plug into power, data and video connectors.

The arm can move end over end like an inchworm, anchoring itself to powered fittings around the U.S. segment of the station, or it can mount itself on a mobile transporter that can carry the arm to work sites along the lab's main power truss.

The arm is critical to station operations. It is routinely used to move spacewalking astronauts and components about the station's exterior and it is required to capture visiting U.S. cargo ships, pulling them in for berthing and later releasing them fr om the station.

The arm was launched to the station aboard a space shuttle in 2001 and several years ago, engineers noticed signs of wear and tear in both LEE mechanisms. During two spacewalks in 2015, astronauts lubricated the internal snare mechanisms to reduce friction, extending the useful life of both grapple fittings. But engineers knew the units would eventually need to be replaced.

Last October, Vande Hei and Randy Bresnik replaced one aging grapple mechanism — LEE-A — and during an outing last month, Vande Hei and Scott Tingle replaced LEE-B with a spare that was launched in 2009.

The degraded LEE-A was temporarily stowed on a powered anchor fitting known as a POA on the station's mobile transporter. During Friday's spacewalk, Vande Hei and Kanai detached the mechanism and hauled it back to the airlock.

It will eventually be returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship, refurbished and re-launched. Another spare LEE currently is awaiting launch.

The still-functional LEE-B mechanism that was removed last month was temporarily mounted on an external storage platform. Vande Hei and Kanai moved it up to the mobile transporter wh ere it was mounted in place of LEE-A for use as needed in the future to hold components in place.

"Worth noting, these original Canadarm 2 LEEs both comfortably exceeded their design expectation, lasted years longer than we thought they were going to," said Tim Braithwaite, a Canadian Space Agency liaison officer at NASA. "So we're really pleased with that."

Flight controllers blocked out four hours and 45 minutes to complete the LEE repositioning work, but Vande Hei and Kanai finished the job in about two-and-a-half hours. That left plenty of time for the astronauts to carry out several lower-priority get-ahead tasks.

Vande Hei applied lubrication to the robot arm's new LEE-B mechanism, the one installed last month, while Kanai deployed a tool-like fixture on a robot arm extension known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or DEXTRE. He also ttached electrical grounding straps to the arm's LEE-A fitting, the one installed last October.

Finally, Vande Hei repositioned a strut supporting a flexible hose assembly on the external stowage platform. At that point, they decided to call it a day, returning to the airlock and repressurizing to officially end a five-hour 57-minute excursion.

Friday's spacewalk was the 208th devoted to station assembly and maintenance since 1998, the first of up to 12 U.S. and Russian EVAs planned for 2018, the fourth for Vande Hei and the first for Kanai, who is the fourth Japanese astronaut to walk in space.

More than 120 astronauts and cosmonauts have now logged 1,299 hours and 59 minutes of spacewalk time — 54.2 days — building and maintaining the International Space Station.

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U.S.-Japanese Spacewalking Duo Aces Final ISS Robotics Rejuvenation EVA + Get-Ahead Tasks
February 16, 2018

Photo: NASA TV

A veteran NASA spacewalker and an EVA rookie fr om Japan ended their week with nearly six hours of work outside the International Space Station on Friday to finish the restoration of the Station's Mobile Servicing System that started last year and continued in January to provide Canadarm2 with a new pair of grappling hands. The task at hand for NASA's Mark Vande Hei and JAXA's Norishige Kanai on Friday was reshuffling the removed Latching End Effectors to return a temporary payload holding mechanism to service and take the grapple fixture in worse condition back inside ISS for eventual return to Earth.

Friday's excursion lasted five hours and 57 minutes and saw Vande Hei and Kanai complete the primary objective of swapping Latching End Effectors on the Station's Payload/ORU Accommodations and taking the non-functional unit back inside ISS to be returned to Earth for inspections and refurbishment. Additionally, after racing through their primary task, the pair also aced a list of get-ahead tasks on the outside of the U.S. Segment that including lubricating one of the robotic arm's newly installed end effectors.

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Photo: NASA

Friday's EVA was the 208th spacewalk in support of ISS Assembly, Maintenance and Upgrades; it was the third EVA of the year after a USOS EVA in January that changed out Canadarm2's second hand and a Russian spacewalk earlier this month that upgraded the Russian Segment's high-bandwidth communications system. For Mark Vande Hei, Friday's EVA was his fourth career spacewalk for a total of 26 hours and 42 minutes; Norishige Kanai completed his first EVA on Friday, becoming only the fourth Japanese national to step into the void.

The focus of U.S. EVA-48 was on finishing work to fully restore the Space Station's Mobile Servicing System after a five-EVA effort that aimed to leave Canadarm2 with two effectively brand new Latching End Effectors (LEEs) to guarantee the vital robotic asset can remain in operation for the remainder of the Space Station's useful life.

Photo: NASA

Canadarm2 arrived on ISS in April 2000 and has since taken a number of roles within the Station's operational repertoire – providing a helping hand during assembly of the ISS by moving large pressurized modules and assembling the Station's 108.5-meter long Integrated Truss Structure. With ISS taking is operational shape, Canadarm2 began a second career grappling and releasing visiting HTV, Cygnus and Dragon spacecraft, having completed close to 30 such maneuvers over the last nine years.

The 1,800-Kilogram Canadarm2 – building on experience fr om the less-advanced Space Shuttle Robotic Arm – has seven motorized joints to move in seven degrees of freedom, similar to the human arm but with a much greater range of motion.

Canadarm2 LEE – Image: NASA

Either end of the arm is outfitted with a Latching End Effector (LEE) that can serve as the base point of the arm or as the free-flying end to manipulate items, also allowing the arm of self-relocate end-over-end between the different Power & Data Grapple Fixtures (PDGFs) on the outside of ISS.

Built for ten years of active service, the two LEEs began showing initial signs of wear & tear after around 12 years of regular operations. To prolong their lives, the moving parts of the LEEs were lubricated in 2015 but a replacement of the two units would eventually be inevitable to ensure Canadarm2 can continue supporting external operations.

The rejuvenation of Canadarm2 began in earnest last July when teams began putting together spacewalk procedures for the replacement of Latching End Effector B (LEE-B) that had been showing signs of worse wear & tear than its LEE-A counterpart on the other end of the 17.6-meter long robotic arm. However, these plans changed when LEE-A suffered a motor stall in its latches – leaving it without the ability of forming an electrical/data bridge.

LEE-A Replacement – Photo: NASA TV

Priority was therefore given to LEE-A (#202) and its replacement was completed in October by Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei using the seldom-used POA LEE (#203) to become the new LEE-A after it only underwent 14 cycles over its 15-year tenure on ISS vs. over 400 cycles for each of the arm LEEs. After three EVAs in October, another pair of spacewalks was originally lined up for January 23 and 29 to accomplish the replacement of LEE-B (#201) with a flight spare (#204) and then shuffle the removed arm LEEs to have the one still in operational condition take a new role as the POA LEE while the non-operational #202 LEE (former LEE-A with the stalled latches) returns to Earth on an upcoming Dragon mission.

The January 23 EVA by Vande Hei and Scott Tingle successfully accomplished the replacement of LEE-B with the #204 spare that was delivered in 2009 on Express Logistics Carrier 1.

U.S. EVA-47 – Photo: NASA

However, testing of the newly installed LEE showed it was only communicating on one of two data strings – an undesirable configuration since redundant command/data paths are required for arm operations. This sent teams on the ground into two different directions: robotics specialists with the Canadian Space Agency began developing software patches to gain additional insight into the nature of the communications problem on the primary string while EVA teams in Houston began re-planning the January 29 EVA to backtrack and put the old LEE-B back in place should troubleshooting not yield positive results.

Luckily, robotics specialists managed to confirm by January 28 that the problem could be fully solved through software patches. As a result, EVA-48 was pushed to provide additional time to fully activate the new LEE-B and confirm communications are good on all channels – allowing EVA-48 to revert to its original task list of shuffling the two former arm LEEs.

Image: NASA TV

EVA-48 slipped fr om Thursday to Friday to make way for the inbound Progress MS-08 cargo ship that made a successful docking Thursday with 2.5 metric tons of supplies after encountering a launch delay earlier in the week. Getting ready for their day outside, Vande Hei and Kanai got up bright and early on Friday to put on their Extravehicular Mobility Units – EMU #3003 for Vande Hei, reprising his role as lead spacewalker, and EMU #3008 for first-time spacewalker Kanai.

Assisted by Scott Tingle and Joe Acaba, the two spacewalkers went through a lengthy pre-breathe protocol before conducting final suit checks and entering depressurization of the Quest airlock. EVA-48 officially started at 12:00 UTC when the two spacewalkers switched their suits to battery power and climbed out of the external hatch to complete initial setup tasks of safety tethers before getting to work.

CLA on the SSRMS Latching End Effector – Photo: NASA

For Norishige Kanai, the EVA began with the translation to the Mobile Base System's Payload/Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodations (POA) where the former LEE-A had been residing since October. Given the degraded latches on the LEE, the POA no-longer had the ability of passing power to whatever it was holding and therefore it was desired to replace the non-functional #202 LEE with the former LEE-B which had degraded but still functional latches expected to be able to support POA duties for the remainder of the Station's life.

At the POA, Kanai removed the Camera & Light Assembly CLA fr om the LEE by releasing a pair of Micro-Fixtures and auto-mate connectors. Meanwhile, Vande Hei installed a foot restraint on Canadarm2 to go for a ride on the end of the arm to join Kanai at the POA where the two were then tasked with releasing the LEE – a two-step process requiring the crew to disengaging the LEE Mate/Demate Mechanism using their Pistol Grip Tools and then releasing six Expandable Diameter Fasteners (EDFs) that form the high-load interface between the LEE and the POA.

LEE #202 going inside Quest – Photo: NASA TV

Because all these bolts had been exercised in October, the EV crew did not run into any stuck EDFs and the two made quick work releasing LEE #202. Mark Vande Hei had a firm hold of the LEE while robotic operators Acaba & Tingle maneuvered him over to the Quest Airlock wh ere the LEE was handed to Kanai for temp-stowage in the airlock. Next for the two was the retrieval of the former LEE-B (#201) that had been stowed on a support ring on External Stowage Platform 2 on EVA-47.

Only four of six EDFs had to be released to retrieve the LEE and it was again up to Vande Hei to move it over to the Mobile Base System through help of the robotic operators. Back at the POA, the spacewalkers put the LEE into a soft-dock position and got started with the six EDFs which, as their name suggests, change in diameter when being driven by pushing out collets in order to form a friction fit with very high stiffness and zero tolerance.

Photo: NASA TV

To guarantee a high-load interface, the EDFs were driven to torque using the Pistol Grip Tool followed by one or more re-triggers at a higher torque setting to ensure no tolerance exists within the structure. With all six EDFs driven to torque, Vande Hei departed the worksite while Kanai dealt with re-engaging the LEE Mate/Demate Mechanism and attaching the CLA he had removed earlier to the new POA LEE – marking the completion of the EVA's primary task just two hours and 50 minutes into the excursion, some 100 minutes ahead of the planned timeline.

Three hours and 21 minutes into the EVA, Mission Control Houston reported a good activation and initial checkout of the new POA LEE with further checks and characterization over the coming days. Its first use will likely come on the HTV-7 mission penciled in this summer when the POA will be called upon to hold the HTV Exposed Pallet delivering the next set of Li-Ion batteries to ISS.

LEE-B Lubrication – Photo: NASA TV


Image: NASA TV

With the luxury of well over three hours of EVA time remaining, Mission Control pressed into a list of get-ahead tasks. Mark Vande Hei moved the foot restraint from LEE-B on Canadarm2 to a base point on External Stowage Platform 2 in order to begin a lengthy 2.5-hour task of lubricating LEE-B to ensure smooth motion of all its moving parts for the next several years. This was well known territory for him after completing lubrication of the new LEE-A last October.

Armed with a grease gun and Ballscrew Lubrication Tool (BLT), Vande Hei got right to work to transfer Braycote vacuum grease onto the Central Rigidizing Ballscrew in the center of the Latching End Effector wh ere the snares reside. Next up were four latch ball screws in charge of deploying and retracting the four latches used to form rigid structural connections and a power/data bridge with whatever the arm is holding.

Although similar in nature to the central screw, the latch ballscrews are partially obscured from view, requiring Vande Hei to work mostly by feel when transferring grease onto the screws. ROBO operators Acaba and Tingle assisted him by rotating the LEE-A in between lubrication runs to provide the best possible access to the latches. Lubricating the latch screws took well over an hour, but Vande Hei continued working ahead of the timeline and was able to enter the final step of the three-step lubrication task.

LEE Lubrication Areas – Image: NASA



Kanai Working on LEE-A – Photo: NASA TV

No longer working blind, Vande Hei proceeded into lubricating the linear bearing tracks that are directly accessible with the grease gun and do not require the BLT. He deposited vacuum grease to the inside and outside of the eight linear bearing tracks to make sure the LEE's latches move smoothly over several years of operation.

While EV-1 went through the lubrication task, Norishige Kanai tackled a whole list of smaller get-ahead items, starting with the securing of the LEE Flight Support Equipment on ESP-2 that held the spare LEE installed on EVA-47. EV-2 then translated over to the Destiny Lab wh ere the Dextre robot was set to receive an additional Remote Micro-Conical Tool so it can use its Enhanced ORU Temporary Platform (EOTP) to grapple external ORUs – continuing to expand the flexibility of the Station's robots for more complex tasks down the road.

Kanai then translated forward to Node 2 Zenith wh ere LEE-A of Canadarm2 had its base point for EVA-48. There, he installed a grounding strap on a Force Moment Sensor that provides the arm and its controllers with feedback on how much force it is exerting on the item it is holding.

Cleaning up the two crew members went back to the airlock, Vande Hei tackled one last get-ahead along the way by reconfiguring a strut on a Flex Hose Rotary Joint on ESP-2 before he also headed back inside Quest to close out the EVA with the official end marked at 17:57 UTC when repressurization was initiated.

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/15/2018

Posted Feb 15, 2018 at 4:00 pm

69 Progress (69P) Docking:

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This morning the 69P vehicle docked to the SM aft port of the ISS. Rendezvous and docking both completed successfully in the automated mode with a preliminary docking capture time of 4:38:43 AM CST.

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Lighting Effects:

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Upon wakeup, a 53S subject provided a daily sleep log entry to track his sleep patterns and wakefulness. The Lighting Effects experiment hopes to better quantify and qualify how lighting can effect habitability of spacecraft. The light bulbs on the ISS are being replaced with a new system designed for improved crew health and wellness. 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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Earth Imagery from ISS Target (EIISS):

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Using the RED camera, the crew captured images of the Caribbean and the Baja Peninsula. EIISS is used to support creation of a series of videos showcasing Earth views taken from space. The videos are taken with cameras on the ISS in 6K hi-resolution and are integrated into videos for screensavers for public enjoyment, exploration, and engagement.

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Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Preparation:

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Today the USOS Crew completed final Equipment Lock configuration and tool checks in preparation for Friday's EVA. Detailed reviews of Cuff Checklists, the EVA Briefing Package, Detailed Timeline, Tool Configuration Summary, Sharp Edge Briefing, and SSU Systems Briefing Package completed EVA preparation. Scheduled egress from the Joint Airlock is tomorrow morning at 6:10 AM CST.

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Space to Ground: Light Storm: 02/16/2018

NASA Johnson

Published on 16 Feb 2018

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

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Space Station Crew Members Walk in Space to Complete Robotics Upgrades

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Published on 16 Feb 2018

Outside the International Space Station, Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a spacewalk to move a Latching End Effector, or hand, for the Canadarm2 robotic arm into the Quest airlock that was removed during another excursion last October and to move a degraded end effector replaced during a Jan. 23 spacewalk onto a payload attachment device on the station's Mobile Base System railcar. The spacewalk was the 208th in station history for assembly, maintenance and upgrades, the fourth in Vande Hei's career and the first for Kanai, who became only the fourth Japanese astronaut to walk in space.

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Снимки сделаны Марком Ванде Хеем во время EVA48

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たくさんの皆さんに応援していただき、無事に船外での任務を終えて戻ってくることができました。 苦しくなったときに、日本からの声援が聞こえたような気がします。本当にありがとうございました。 お礼までに、撮れたてホヤホヤの写真をご紹介させていただきます。（ヴァンデハイ飛行士撮影）

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Продукты для космонавтов упакуют в ламистер 
Дмитрий Струговец
 Продукты для космонавтов начали упаковывать в новую тару. Консервные банки заменят на емкости из ламистера. Это алюминиевая фольга, ламинированная полипропиленовой пленкой. В таком виде продукты начнут отправлять на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) с конца нынешнего года. Новая упаковка весит значительно меньше прежней, это снизит стоимость доставки питания на орбиту. После тестирования на МКС ламистерная тара может полностью заменить банки.

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 Как рассказали «Известиям» в НИИ пищеконцентратной промышленности и специальной пищевой технологии (НИИ ППиСПТ), часть продуктов для космонавтов начали паковать в ламистер вместо алюминиевых банок. Пока новую тару получили четыре блюда — «Закуска аппетитная», дробленая брусника, кабачковая икра и пюре из кураги.
Еще в 2016 году в институте была запущена линия по упаковке продуктов в ламистер. Несколько лет затрачено на отработку режимов производства, изготовление опытной партии, испытания ее сохранности. Планируется, что первые продукты в новой таре отправятся на МКС в конце 2018 — начале 2019 года.
В ламистере вкус пищи сохраняется лучше, чем в алюминиевых консервных банках. Новая упаковка легче, что особенно важно из-за высокой стоимости доставки грузов на орбиту. Такая тара проще открывается, а после использования легко сминается, занимая в мусорном контейнере меньше места. Возможно, через несколько лет космические консервы в твердых банках можно будет встретить лишь на полках музеев. Это уже случилось с тюбиками для еды — за редкими исключениями.
— Сейчас очень много продается продуктов в тубах, которые выдают за космическое питание, но это не совсем так, — рассказали в НИИ ППиСПТ. — На борт МКС в тубах отправляются только четыре продукта: соус томатный «Молдова», приправа яблочно-клюквенная, мед и горчица.
Остальные блюда для российского экипажа поставляются на станцию в сублимированном (обезвоженном) виде или в форме консервов. Примерно такая же тара используется и в американском сегменте МКС.
— Сейчас у нас все супы и многие вторые блюда сублимированные, — добавили в НИИ ППиСПТ.
Для питания российского экипажа используются консервные банки трех размеров — рассчитанные на 100, 200 и 350 г продукта.
Космонавт Александр Самокутяев рассказал «Известиям», что снижение массы упаковки и возможность смять ее после приема пищи — дело хорошее. Но необходимо протестировать эргономичность ламистера в условиях невесомости.
— Если новая упаковка будет легче, это выгоднее, — считает Александр Самокутяев. — Другой вопрос — удобство ее использания в условиях невесомости. Открывая шпроты за новогодним столом, вы предпринимаете усилия, чтобы не разбрызгать масло. То же и в космосе — мы всегда пытаемся придержать салфеткой крышку, чтобы брызги не летели по станции. Для этого нужен специальный навык: с первого раза ни у кого не получается открыть банку без проблем. Возможно, новая упаковка позволит такие риски снизить. С другой стороны, если жесткости у баночки не будет, возможно, понадобится особая сноровка, навык. Это надо пробовать, испытывать. На Земле такое не смоделируешь. Возможность смять упаковку — это тоже хорошо. Экипажи стараются сплющить металлические банки, чтобы в мусоре они занимали меньше места. Конечно, пластиковые емкости можно плотнее набивать в мешки.
Ранее «Известия» рассказывали, что в НИИ ППиСПТ началась разработка рациона питания для полета российских космонавтов на Луну. Ее основу составят продукты, используемые на кораблях «Союз» и Международной космической станции.

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Третий раз свой день рождения на орбите празднует Антон Шкаплеров

20 февраля 2018 | Космонавты

День рождения на орбите – всё же особенный праздник, даже для таких опытных «космических именинников», как Антон Шкаплеров.
В свой первый полёт Антон Шкаплеров отправился 14 ноября 2011 года на борту ТПК «Союз ТМА-22» вместе с космонавтом «РОСКОСМОСа» Анатолием Иванишиным и астронавтом НАСА Дэниелом Бёрбэнком. Во время 165-суточного полёта Антон Николаевич совершил выход в открытый космос продолжительностью 6 часов 15 минут. Возвращение на Землю состоялось 27 апреля 2012 года. За мужество и героизм, проявленные при осуществлении длительного космического полёта, А.Н. Шкаплеров удостоен высокого звания Героя Российской Федерации с вручением медали «Золотая Звезда» и почётного знака «Лётчик-космонавт РФ».

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Вторая «космическая командировка» Антона Шкаплерова состоялась с 24 ноября 2014 года по 11 июня 2015 года. Коллегами по экипажу ТПК «Союз ТМА-15М» стали астронавт ЕКА Саманта Кристофоретти и астронавт НАСА Терри Вёртс. В соответствии с программой полёта Антон Шкаплеров выполнил работу с российскими транспортными грузовыми кораблями «Прогресс М-М» и европейским ATV, встретил ТПК «Союз ТМА-16М». Продолжительность работы экипажа на борту станции составила 199 суток.

 

В свой третий космический полёт Антон Шкаплеров отправился 17 декабря 2017 года в качестве командира корабля «Союз МС-07». Его коллегами по экипажу стали астронавт НАСА Скотт Тингл и астронавт ДжАКСА Норишиге Канаи.

На предполётной пресс-конференции в ЦПК Антон Шкаплеров рассказал, что ему не привыкать отмечать день рождения в космосе: «Предвкушаю, как получу подарки с Земли. Это обычно такой пакет, на котором написано «вскрыть 20 февраля»».

До дня рождения на МКС прибыл грузовой корабль «Прогресс» со свежими фруктами и овощами, а также с

другими сюрпризами для именинника. «Конечно, накрою праздничный стол, заварю чай, и по-земному будем праздновать. Наверняка буду получать подарки, меня будут тянуть за уши. Сколько мне лет – столько раз будут дергать. Слава богу, в невесомости это не очень тяжело и совсем не больно», – улыбаясь, делился с журналистами мыслями о будущем торжестве Антон Николаевич.
Руководство Центра подготовки космонавтов имени Ю.А. Гагарина, отряд космонавтов, сотрудники ЦПК сердечно поздравляют Антона Николаевича с днём рождения и желают ему космического здоровья, счастья, удачного полёта, успешного выполнения всей программы работ на станции и, конечно же, мягкой посадки! Возвращение именинника с орбиты запланировано на июнь 2018 года.


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Источник: Пресс-служба ЦПК, фото ЦПК, видео телестудии Роскосмоса

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