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Сюжет ко дню рождения Антона Шкаплерова

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Информационный канал Севастополя сделал сюжет с поздравлениями Антона Шкаплерова с его третьим космическим днем рождения

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24725/

РОСКОСМОС ПОЗДРАВЛЯЕТ АНТОНА ШКАПЛЕРОВА С ТРЕТЬИМ ДНЕМ РОЖДЕНИЯ НА ОРБИТЕ
20.02.2018 10:48

20 февраля космонавт РОСКОСМОСА Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ отмечает свой день рождения. Это уже третий день рождения, который Антон встречает на орбите Земли.

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Свой первый день рождения в космосе ШКАПЛЕРОВ встретил во время работы на Международной космической станции в 2012 году. Тогда Антон провел на орбите Земли 165 дней и совершил выход в открытый космос. За мужество и героизм Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ был удостоен высокого звания Героя Российской Федерации с вручением медали «Золотая Звезда» и почётного знака «Лётчик-космонавт РФ». Вторая космическая командировка с ноября 2014 по июнь 2015 года снова пришлась на день рождения. В этот раз Антон проработал в составе международного экипажа МКС 199 суток.

Сейчас Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ находится уже в третьей космической командировке вместе с коллегами из России, США и Японии. Недавно он в паре с командиром экспедиции МКС-54 Александром МИСУРКИНЫМ установил российский рекорд по времени работы в открытом космосе. Продолжительность космической прогулки составила 8 часов 12 минут. И снова, в своем третьем полете Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ отмечает день рождения.

Совсем недавно на МКС прибыл грузовой корабль «Прогресс» со свежими фруктами и овощами, и сюрпризами для именинника. Во время предстартовой подготовки Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ рассказал журналистам о планах празднования очередного дня рождения на орбите Земли: «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».

Первого космонавта Севастополя Антона Николаевича ШКАПЛЕРОВА сегодня поздравляют его родственники, коллеги и земляки. Информационный канал Севастополя сделал праздничный сюжет, в котором Антона поздравили в том числе отец Николай ШКАПЛЕРОВ, первый учитель в балаклавской школе Ирина БОГДАНОВА, учащиеся Аэрокосмического центра Антона ШКАПЛЕРОВА и др.


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РОСКОСМОС присоединяется к поздравлениям Антона Николаевича! Удачного полета, выполнения поставленных задач и мягкой посадки, настоящего космического здоровья и огромного земного счастья!

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/02/16/iss-daily-summary-report-2162018/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/16/2018

Posted Feb 16, 2018 at 4:00 pm

USOS Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) #48:

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Today, Mark Vande Hei (as EV1) and Norishige Kanai (as EV2) performed USOS EVA #48 with a Phased Elapsed Time (PET) of 5:57. The primary goal of today's EVA was to remove and replace the Payload ORU Accommodation (POA) Latching End Effector (LEE). The LEE formerly occupying the POA was brought inside ISS via the Joint Airlock while the LEE previously on the External Stowage Platform (ESP)-2 Flight Support Equipment (FSE) was relocated to the POA. The crew also performed the following get-ahead tasks: LEE Lube, Robot Micro Conical Tool (RMCT) Deploy, Force Movement Sensor (FMS) Grounding Strap Install, and Flex Hose Rotary Coupler (FHRC) Strut Correction.

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Veg-03 Initiation:

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The crew continued to perform Veg-03 operations by thinning the plants to one plant per pillow and adding water to the small plant pillows. The overall goal of Veg-03 is to further demonstrate proof-of concept for the Veggie plant growth chamber and the planting pillows. Future long-duration missions into the solar system, finally culminating on Mars, will require a fresh food supply to supplement crew diets, which means growing crops in space. Previous investigations focused on improving productivity in controlled environments, but the limited quarters of the space shuttle and International Space Station made it difficult to conduct large-scale crop production tests. Veg-03 expands on previous validation tests of the new Veggie hardware, which crew members will soon use to grow cabbage, lettuce and other fresh vegetables in space.

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Space Headaches:

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The crew completed the weekly questionnaire for the ESA Space Headaches investigation. The Space Headaches investigation 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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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/20/station-trio-preps-for-homecoming-as-life-science-continues/

Station Trio Preps for Homecoming as Life Science Continues

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 20, 2018 at 12:48 pm


Expedition 54 crew members Alexander Misurkin and Joe Acaba work with combustion science gear inside the space station's Destiny laboratory module.

Three Expedition 54 crew mates are in the final week of their mission and are packing up for a return to Earth. They and the rest of the crew also researched botany and biomedical science to support future crews on longer missions further into space.

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Commander Alexander Misurkin is readying the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft that will return him and Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acababack to Earth Feb. 27 after 168 days in space. He and Vande Hei trained for next week's descent using a station simulator and reviewed potential return hazards.

Acaba spent his morning stowing botany samples in a science freezer for the Plant Gravity Perception study. That experiment is observing how plants detect gravity and light in the early stages of growth. The home-bound astronaut then spent the afternoon packing personal gear inside the Soyuz MS-06 space ship.

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai attached electrodes to his chest area, wore a leg cuff and performed an ultrasound scan today. He worked in conjunction with doctors on the ground for the Vascular Echo study that looks at blood vessels and the human heart and how they change in space and on Earth.

Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov continues to unload cargo today from the new Progress 69 resupply ship that arrived last week. NASA astronaut Scott Tingle stowed rodent habitats and worked on combustion science gear.

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https://energia.ru/ru/news/news-2018/news_02-21.html

РКК «Энергия»: Совет главных конструкторов
21.02.2018

Во вторник, 20 февраля, в РКК «Энергия» (входит в госкорпорацию «РОСКОСМОС») состоялось заседание Совета главных конструкторов по Российскому сегменту (РС) Международной космической станции (МКС).

После вступительного слова генерального конструктора РКК «Энергия» Евгения МИКРИНА Совет главных конструкторов рассмотрел вопросы готовности к запуску транспортного пилотируемого корабля новой серии «Союз МС-08» и ракеты-носителя «Союз-ФГ». Кроме того, обсуждалась готовность МКС, стартового и измерительного комплексов, средств и персонала ГОГУ и ЦУП, средств поиска и спасания, средств медицинского обеспечения космонавтов, экипажей длительных экспедиций к предстоящим работам.

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Первый заместитель генерального конструктора - главный конструктор пилотируемых космических комплексов РКК «Энергия» Сергей РОМАНОВ доложил об этапах реализации программы транспортно-технического обеспечения МКС, ходе подготовки к запуску транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-08», о готовности систем корабля «Союз МС-06» к завершению полёта.

Руководитель научно-технического центра РКК «Энергия» Дмитрий КАЛАШНИКОВ доложил о результатах полета и состоянии систем МКС, об итогах научных экспериментов и дальнейших планах работы.

Д. КАЛАШНИКОВ сообщил, что запланировано 334 сеанса экспериментов, в том числе по направлениям: «Исследование Земли и космоса» – 26,1 %; «Человек в космосе» – 19,7 %; «Технологии освоения космического пространства» – 48,5 %. На эксперименты различной тематики (прочие) отведено 5,7 % от общего числа запланированных.

Он подчеркнул, что ресурсов Российского сегмента МКС достаточно для выполнения программы МКС-55, а наземный комплекс, персонал управления полетом готовы к посадке корабля «Союз МС-06 и запуску корабля «Союз МС-08».

С сообщениями о готовности всех систем корабля «Союз МС-08» и Российского сегмента Международной космической станции выступили главные конструкторы, ответственные представители РКК «Энергия» и организаций-соисполнителей.

Получено заключение о готовности средств и персонала ЦУП-М к работам по проведению запуска корабля «Союз МС-08»; доложено о готовности средств поиска и спасания. Представитель ИМБП РАН доложил о состоянии здоровья экипажей, работающих на борту МКС и проходящих подготовку к полёту. Представитель Центра подготовки космонавтов подтвердил, что экипажи готовы к выполнению предстоящей программы работ на МКС.

По итогам заседания Советом главных конструкторов одобрены предложения РКК «Энергия» по возвращению 28 февраля 2018 года на пилотируемом корабле «Союз МС-06» экипажа МКС-53/54 в составе: Александр МИСУРКИН, Джозеф АКАБА, Марк ВАНДЕ ХАЙ; по плану предстоящих работ подготовки корабля «Союз МС-08» к запуску 21 марта 2018 года и доставке на МКС экипажа основной экспедиции в составе трёх человек; о допуске РС МКС к выполнению программы очередного этапа эксплуатации МКС. В составе основного экипажа МКС-55/56 космонавт РОСКОСМОСА Олег АРТЕМЬЕВ, астронавты НАСА Ричард АРНОЛЬД и Эндрю ФОЙСТЕЛ. Стыковка корабля «Союз МС-08» с МКС будет проведена по двухсуточной схеме сближения.

В заключение генеральный конструктор РКК «Энергия» Евгений МИКРИН поблагодарил за участие в заседании представителей госкорпорации «РОСКОСМОС», зарубежных космических агентств, предприятий ракетно-космической отрасли и ряда других организаций, участвующих в программе МКС.

        

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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst announces the selection of Mission Space Lab codes for the ISS!

European Space Agency, ESA

Published on 20 Feb 2018

Watch ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst announce the selection of teams whose Mission Space Lab codes will be run on Astro Pi Ed and Izzy on-board the International Space Station!

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Angelina Ballerina‏ @LiNa8294 9h ago

The six-member Expedition 55 crew poses for an official crew portrait at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. @Astro_Maker, @Anton_Astrey, @Astro_Kanai, @astro_ricky, @Astro_Feustel & @OlegMKS.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/02/20/iss-daily-summary-report-2202018/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/20/2018

Posted Feb 20, 2018 at 4:00

Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) 52 Soyuz (52S) Survey:

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Today, ground operators walked the SSRMS off to the Functional Cargo Block (FGB) and conducted a video survey of the exterior 52S prior to return. 52S will return CDR Alexander Misurkin, FE-3 Joe Acaba, FE-2 Mark Vande Hei to Earth early next week.

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Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Blower Testing:

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Ground teams are continuing testing of CDRA blower speed capabilities in order to maximize carbon dioxide removal from the ISS atmosphere.

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ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA) Battery Charging:

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Today the crew configured a lithium-ion battery charger and initiated an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Long Life Battery (LLB) charge cycle. Data logging is required to extend the expiration date of the LLBs.

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Veg-03:

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Over the weekend, the crew continued to perform Veg-03 operations by thinning out the plants to one plant per pillow and added water to the small plant pillows. The overall goal of Veg-03 is to further demonstrate proof-of-concept for the Veggie plant growth chamber and the planting pillows. Future long-duration missions into the solar system, finally culminating on Mars, will require a fresh food supply to supplement crew diets, which means growing crops in space. Previous investigations focused on improving productivity in controlled environments, but the limited quarters of the space shuttle and International Space Station made it difficult to conduct large-scale crop production tests. Veg-03 expands on previous validation tests of the new Veggie hardware, which crew members will soon use to grow cabbage, lettuce and other fresh vegetables in space.

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Human Research Program (HRP) Collections (Biochemical Profile, Marrow, and Repository):

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Over the weekend, a 52S crewmember completed his breath and ambient air sample collections to support the Marrow experiment, and today he completed his return minus 14 day (R-14) blood, and urine sample collections to support the Biochemical Profile, and Repository experiments. The samples were placed in the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI).

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• Marrow looks at the effect of microgravity on bone marrow. It is believed that microgravity, like long-duration bed rest on Earth, has a negative effect on the bone marrow and the blood cells that are produced in the bone marrow.
• The Biochemical Profile experiment tests blood and urine samples obtained from astronauts before, during, and after spaceflight. Specific proteins and chemicals in the samples are used as biomarkers, or indicators of health. Post-flight analysis yields a database of samples and test results, which scientists can use to study the effects of spaceflight on the body.
  Repository is a storage bank used to maintain biological specimens over extended periods of time and under well-controlled conditions. This repository supports scientific discovery that contributes to our fundamental knowledge in the area of human physiological changes and adaptation to a microgravity environment and provides unique opportunities to study longitudinal changes in human physiology spanning many missions.
• Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM) Node 2 Setup and Activation: Yesterday, the crew setup and activated the payload components for EarthKAM in Node 2 for a week-long imaging session. Sally Ride EarthKam allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew's perspective. Using the Internet, the students control a special digital camera mounted on-board the International Space Station. This enables them to photograph the Earth's coastlines, mountain ranges and other geographic items of interest from the unique vantage point of space. The team at Sally Ride EarthKAM then posts these photographs on the Internet for the public and participating classrooms around the world to view.
  

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Microbial Tracking-2 (MT-2):

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A 52S subject completed saliva and body sample collections in support of the MT-2 investigation. The MT-2 series continues the monitoring of the types of microbes that are present on the ISS. It seeks to catalog and characterize potential disease-causing microorganisms onboard the ISS. Crew pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight samples and environmental samples from ISS surface and air locations are collected to identify any associations between the microbial content of the samples, as well as potential health effects.

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Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME) Igniter Replacement:

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The crew removed and replaced the damaged ACME igniter tip. CIR provides sustained, systematic microgravity combustion research and it houses hardware capable of performing combustion experiments to further research of combustion in microgravity. The ACME investigation is a set of five independent studies of gaseous flames to be conducted in the CIR. ACME's primary goal is to improve fuel efficiency and reduced pollutant production in practical combustion on Earth. Its secondary goal is to improve spacecraft fire prevention through innovative research focused on materials flammability.

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Plant Gravity Perception Operations European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS):

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Today the crew removed the EMCS Maintenance Work Area (MWA) Rotor A and Rotor B cassettes. The cassettes were promptly placed in a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). The crew also replaced the EMCS Thermal Control System (TCS) cold spot sponge. The Plant Gravity Perception investigation germinates normal and mutated forms of thale cress, a model research plant, to study the plants' gravity and light perception. Results provide new information about plants' ability to detect gravity and how they adapt to an environment without it, which benefits efforts to grow plants for food on future missions. The EMCS is an experiment facility that is dedicated to studying plant biology in a reduced gravity environment. It supports the cultivation, stimulation, and crew-assisted operation of biological experiments under controlled conditions. The facility has performed multi-generation (seed-to-seed) experiments and studies the effects of gravity and light on early development and growth, signal perception and transduction in plant tropisms.

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Earth Imagery from ISS Target (EIISS):

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Using the RED camera, the crew captured images of the Iberian Peninsula and Italy along with the Nile River and Red Sea. 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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Rodent Research 6 (RR-6):

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Today the crew prepared the habitats for stowing. The Rodent Research-6 (RR-6) mission uses mice flown aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and maintained on Earth to test drug delivery systems for combatting muscular breakdown in space or during disuse conditions. RR-6 includes several groups of mice selectively treated with a placebo or implanted with a nanochannel drug delivery chip that administers compounds meant to maintain muscle in low gravity/disuse conditions.

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Vascular Echo Ultrasound Using Echo:

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Today, the crew attached the ECG Electrodes and Cable and performed two scanning activities with remote guidance from ground team. Near the end of the activity, the crew donned the Leg Cuffs and performed an ultrasound scan prior to disconnecting and temp stowing the EGC Cable. The crew left the Echo connected to allow ground team to remotely transfer data from the Echo unit to its External Hard Disk. Vascular Echo investigation examines changes in blood vessels, and the heart, while the crew members are in space, and then follow their recovery on return to Earth. The results could provide insight into potential countermeasures to help maintain crew member health, and quality of life for everyone.

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Robotic Operations:

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Yesterday and overnight Robotic Ground Controllers powered up the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) and maneuvered the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) and the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to unstow the Spare SSRMS Yaw Joint from SPDM Enhanced Orbital Replaceable Unit (ORU) Temporary Platform (EOTP) and stow it on External Stowage Platform 2 (ESP-2) site 5. Next they configured the SPDM for stow and stowed it on Mobile Base System (MBS) Power Data Grapple Fixture 2 (PDGF2). Finally the SSRMS was walked off Node2 and onto the Lab in preparation for the 52S survey.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/21/station-gets-ready-for-crew-swap-during-ongoing-human-research/

Station Gets Ready for Crew Swap During Ongoing Human Research

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 21, 2018 at 3:23 pm


A docked Russian Progress resupply ship dominates the foreground as Earth's limb is illuminated during an orbital night pass.

As one crew is packing up for its return back to Earth another crew is training for its launch to the International Space Station. During the month long crew swap activities, human research is still ongoing aboard the orbital laboratory today.

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Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin is getting the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft ready for its undocking Feb. 27. He and Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei will then take a three-and-a-half-hour ride back to Earth and parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan after 168 days in space.

They will be replaced by three new Expedition 55 station residents who are in Star City, Russia taking final crew qualification exams today. Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev will command the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft that will launch March 21 carrying him and NASA astronauts Ricky Arnoldand Drew Feustel to the space station two days later.

Today's research onboard the station is exploring the physiological changes that take place inside the human body while living and working in space. Astronauts Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai collected blood and urine samples and stowed them in a science freezer for later analysis as part of the Biochemical Profile and Repository studies. Kanai later checked and tested gear that will measure blood flow in the brain for the new Cerebral Autoregulation experiment.

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В Хьюстоне состоялась встреча с экипажем 52-й/53-й экспдиции МКС

Видеозапись встречи с Мордокниги :

https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.9040-29/10000000_899661980212707_4629183414543581184_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjY0OCwicmxhIjo0MDk2LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InNkIn0%3D&rl=648&vabr=360&oh=ba4944c6e44dce421c5d3f5d893ac725&oe=5A8EB5D4 (1:13:29)

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https://energia.ru/ru/news/news-2018/news_02-22.html

В РКК «Энергия» смоделируют рабочий день экипажа НЭМ
22.02.2018

В конце марта в РКК «Энергия» пройдет эксперимент по моделированию бортовой деятельности экипажа в эргономическом макете научно-энергетического модуля (НЭМ).

Условный «план полёта» на рабочий день экипажа, состав экспериментального оборудования и макетов в данном эксперименте подобраны таким образом, чтобы оценить взаимодействие между экипажем, оборудованием, функциональными зонами модуля.

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На этапе проектирования и разработки конструкторской документации инженеры-разработчики в тесном сотрудничестве с эргономистами и космонавтами-испытателями создавали комфортный модуль с удобными рабочими местами и продуманным интерьером жилого отсека. Для этих целей в Корпорации был создан полномасштабный эргономический макет НЭМ.

Данный эксперимент проводится в интересах эргономического обеспечения очередного этапа создания НЭМ. На следующем этапе оценка эргономики будет проводиться уже на летном изделии.

Эксперимент моделирует рабочий день экипажа из трех человек. В ходе работы условного экипажа будут сымитированы ручной режим стыковки с грузовым кораблём, работа с научной аппаратурой, работа по техническому обслуживанию и ремонту. При этом внутреннее пространство модуля будет заполнено макетами и реальным бортовым оборудованием. Экипаж должен действовать в соответствии с разработанным планом полёта во взаимодействии с условным ЦУП.

«По итогам нескольких натурных экспериментов, в том числе с привлечением специалистов ИМБП и ЦПК, мы проверим, насколько эргономика модуля удовлетворяет заданным требованиям. Далее по этой технологии на этом макете планируется проводить экспериментальную отработку бортовых инструкций и методик по НЭМ, документации по интеграции модуля в Российский сегмент МКС и в перспективе – отработку использования НЭМ в качестве коммерческого модуля, а возможно и как составной части окололунной станции или лунной базы», - рассказал Марк Серов, начальник лётно-испытательного отдела РКК «Энергия».

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Модули МЛМ, УМ и НЭМ должны войти в состав Международной космической станции и завершить развертывание Российского сегмента МКС. В настоящее время заканчиваются статические испытания модуля, идут сборка макета для динамических испытаний и комплектация лётного изделия.ХМ

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И на сайте ЦПК убрали поздравление начальника ЦПК с Днём защитника Отечества...

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Новый адрес статьи (с добавкой фото)

https://energia.ru/ru/news/news-2018/news_03-02.html

  

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Экипаж МКС поздравляет с Днем защитника Отечества
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Benefits for Humanity: From Space to Surgery

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 22 февр. 2018 г.

Robotic technology originally developed for the International Space Station is finding a new home in the operating room. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), a Canadian Space Agency contractor, has collaborated with Synaptive Medical to create Drive, an automated robotic arm that tracks the movement of a surgeon's tools and helps to expedite brain and spinal surgeries.

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U.S. EVA #48 - Feb. 16, 2018

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 22 февр. 2018 г.

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U.S EVA#48: Video 1 of 5.
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Students in California Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 22 февр. 2018 г.

Students at Para Los Niños in Los Angeles speak with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 12:55 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

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New Mexico Students Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 22 февр. 2018 г.

Students from six schools in Alamogordo, New Mexico, spoke with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 21. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/22/astronauts-open-beam-and-prepare-for-crew-departure/

Astronauts Open BEAM and Prepare for Crew Departure

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 22, 2018 at 4:57 pm


Expedition 53-54 crew members (from left) Joe Acaba, Alexander Misurkin and Mark Vande Hei pose for a portrait inside the Japanese Kibo Laboratory module.

Three Expedition 54 crew members continued preparing for their return to Earth next week. A pair of astronauts also opened up BEAM today to stow a robotic hand and to check for contaminants.

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Commander Alexander Misurkin joined his Soyuz MS-06 crewmates Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and reviewed their procedures for next week's descent into Earth's atmosphere. The trio also familiarized themselves with the sensations they will experience flying through the atmosphere and feeling gravity for the first time after 168 days in space.

Misurkin will hand over command of the International Space Station to cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on Monday at 2:40 p.m. EST. Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba will then close the hatch to their Soyuz spacecraft Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. and undock from the Poisk module 6:08 p.m. The trio will then parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan at 9:32 p.m. NASA TV will cover all the landing activities live.

Flight Engineers Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai will stay behind on the station with Shkaplerov as commander officially becoming the Expedition 55 crew when their crew mates undock next week. They will be joined March 23 by new Expedition 55-56 crew members Oleg Artemyev, Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel. The trio will launch March 21 and were in Red Square in Moscow today for traditional ceremonial activities.

Today, Tingle and Kanai opened up the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) and stowed a degraded robotic hand, or Latching End Effector (LEE), that was attached to the Canadarm2. The LEE was returned inside the station after last week's robotics maintenance spacewalk. The duo also sampled BEAM's air and surfaces for microbes.

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/international-space-station-crew-landing-to-air-live-on-nasa-television

Feb. 22, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-036

International Space Station Crew Landing to Air Live on NASA Television


Expedition 53-54 crew members Joe Acaba of NASA, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Mark Vande Hei of NASA.
Credits: NASA
Download high-resolution image here.

Three residents of the International Space Station are scheduled to complete their mission on the complex on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Coverage of their departure and landing back on Earth will air on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos will undock from the space station at 6:08 p.m. EST, and land on the steppe of Kazakhstan at 9:32 p.m. (8:32 a.m. Feb. 28 Kazakhstan time).

Coverage of the Expedition 54 departure and landing activities is as follows:

Monday, Feb. 26

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• 2:40 p.m. – Change of command ceremony, during which Misurkin will hand over station command to Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos.
  

Tuesday, Feb. 27

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• 2:15 p.m. – Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 2:50 p.m.)
• 5:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 6:08 p.m.)
• 8 p.m. – Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 8:38 p.m., and landing at 9:32 p.m.)
  

During their 168 days in space, they were part of the first expedition that began a long-term increase in the crew size on the U.S. segment from three people to four, enabling NASA to double the time dedicated to research – surpassing 100 hours of research in one week.

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At the time of undocking, Expedition 55 will begin aboard the station. Shkaplerov, NASA's Scott Tingle, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will crew the station until three additional crew members arrive on March 23. Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 21 for a two-day journey to join Expedition 55 on station.

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on social media at:

https://instagram.com/iss

and

https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station

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Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov

Gary Jordan
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
gary.j.jordan@nasa.gov

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Last Updated: Feb. 22, 2018
Editor: Karen Northon

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Space to Ground: Successful Spacewalk: 02/23/2018

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 23 февр. 2018 г.

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

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