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 Intl. Space Station✔@Space_Station 10:35 PM - Feb 4, 2020

The station crew will change command Wednesday at 8:40am ET, undock in the Soyuz crew ship Thursday at 12:50am and land in Kazakhstan at 4:12am. Watch all on @NASA TV live... https://www.nasa.gov/live

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Склянки!

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Intense 'Beyond' mission for Luca

European Space Agency, ESA

2 февр. 2020 г.

Italian ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will return to Earth 6 February 2020, following his second long-duration mission on the International Space Station (ISS).

Luca's mission – known as 'Beyond' – began 20 July 2019, exactly 50 years after the first lunar landing. On this date, Luca was launched to the Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan.

During Beyond, Luca supported over 50 European experiments in orbit. These included remotely operating a rover in the Netherlands to collect rock samples as instructed by scientists in Germany, and completing four complex spacewalks to repair the cosmic-ray-detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02. He also supported numerous international experiments and became the third European and first ever Italian commander of the International Space Station.

Science and research completed during Luca's mission will help pave the way for farther exploration as ESA looks beyond the International Space Station to the Moon and Mars.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xOPivUm0oQk (4:47)

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/27998/

05.02.2020 17:30
Олег Скрипочка — командир МКС

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На Международной космической станции (МКС) завершается работа 61-й длительной экспедиции. Члены экипажа пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-13» — космонавт Роскосмоса Александр Скворцов, астронавт ESA Лука Пармитано и астронавт NASA Кристина Кук — в соответствии с планом полёта готовятся к возвращению на Землю.

Сегодня, 5 февраля 2020 года, на борту завершилась «пересменка» экипажей. Командир 61-й длительной экспедиции на МКС — астронавт Лука Пармитано, возглавлявший её с октября 2019 года, и командир 62-й экспедиции — космонавт Олег Скрипочка подписали акт передачи полномочий. По традиции, эта церемония сопровождается ударами в корабельный колокол.

В настоящее время Александр Скворцов, Лука Пармитано и Кристина Кук занимаются операциями по подготовке к предстоящей посадке. В спускаемом аппарате пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-13» экипаж привезет с собой подлежащее возвращению оборудование и пеналы с результатами научных экспериментов, проведенных в течение экспедиции.

Согласно данным Центра управления полетами, закрытие переходных люков между кораблем «Союз МС-13» и модулем «Поиск» российского сегмента Международной космической станции запланировано в 05:25 мск 6 февраля 2020 года, расстыковка — в 08:50 мск и посадка спускаемого аппарата — в 12:12 мск в 147 км юго-восточнее от г. Жезказган (Казахстан). Все операции будут транслироваться в прямом эфире в разделе «Онлайн трансляции» сайта Госкорпорации и в сообществе Роскосмоса российской социальной сети «ВКонтакте».

После расстыковки корабля «Союз МС-13» и до прибытия в апреле 2020 года на борт участников следующей экспедиции работу на орбите продолжит экипаж в составе космонавта Олега Скрипочки, астронавтов Джессики Меир и Эндрю Моргана.

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Трансляция ЦЭНКИ (2020-02-06)

http://www.russian.space/306/

 

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/02/04/iss-daily-summary-report-2042020/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/04/2020

Cerebral Autoregulation:

The crew performed a Cerebral Autoregulation data session using the Cardiolab Portable Doppler (CDL PDOP) and the European Physiology Modules Facility Continuous Blood Pressure Device (EPM CBPD). As the body's most important organ, the brain needs a strong and reliable blood supply, so the brain is capable of self-regulating blood flow even when the heart and blood vessels cannot maintain an ideal blood pressure. The Cerebral Autoregulation investigation tests whether this self-regulation improves in the microgravity environment of space.

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Bio-Monitor:

The crew changed out the wearable body monitors as part of the hardware swap during a 48hr data recording session. The doffed garment was allowed to dry and then stowed. Although the ISS is equipped with health and life sciences research tools, the existing instrumentation for continuous and simultaneous recording of several physiological parameters is lacking. To tackle this issue, the Bio-Monitor Commissioning activity tests the Bio-Monitor facility; a wearable garment capable of monitoring relevant physiological parameters for up to 48 hours in a non-invasive and non-interfering way. The physiological parameters which can be monitored consist of heart rate, respiration rate, Electrocardiogram (ECG), skin temperature, peripheral blood oxygen saturation, etc.

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NanoRacks External Cygnus CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD):

The crew installed the NRCSD-17 mission CubeSats deployer onto the JEM MPEP (Multipurpose Experiment Platform) in preparation for next week's deployment operations. Nine satellites will be deployed for this NRCSD mission. The quad deployer will launch SOCRATES, Argus-02, HARP, RadSat-u and Phoenix. The Triple deployer will launch SORTIE, QARMAN, CryoCube and AztechSat-1. The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer is a stackable, modular, ground loaded launch case.  Each NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer accommodates up to eight launch cases are stacked for each JEM Airlock opening. The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer meets the growing demand to deploy CubeSat format satellites from the International Space Station for a variety of customers.

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Protein Crystallization Growth (JAXA-PCG):

The crew retrieved the PCG 17 samples and placed them in the FROST2 cold stowage facility in preparation for 59S return. The objective of the JAXA PCG investigation is to grow high quality protein crystals in microgravity. The crystals are returned to Earth to determine protein structures in detail; the structures are used to develop pharmaceutical drugs, and to explore the mystery of our lives. The protein samples are launched to the ISS by a Soyuz or Progress Vehicle, and crystallized at 20℃ using the counter-diffusion method.

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Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory (SABL):

The crew swapped out the CO2 incubator controller in the SABL-3 unit. The Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory (SABL) supports a wide variety of experiments in the life, physical and material sciences with a focus on supporting research of biological systems and processes. It has over 23 liters of temperature controlled volume with LED lighting for scientific hardware and experiments. It can be fitted to provide 5% CO2 for cell cultures and has 2 USB 2.0 ports and 2 Ethernet LAN connections. It also has switchable 28vdc and 5vdc power supplies for experiment use.

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In Flight Maintenance (IFM) Crew Quarters (CQ) Port and Overhead Cleaning:

A USOS crewmember cleaned the Overhead and Port CQ today. During this activity, the crew cleaned behind panels, intake and exhaust ducts, fans and airflow sensors as required.

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Cygnus On-board Training:

Today, the crewmembers scheduled to capture NG-13 (Cygnus) performed a Robotics Onboard Trainer (ROBoT) session. ROBoT is an on-orbit version of the ground-based Dynamics Skills Trainer (DST) that simulates robotics operations with graphical feedback. NG-13 is currently on track to launch on February 9th and be berthed to ISS on February 11th.

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Emergency Roles and Responsibilities Review:

All 61S crewmembers participated in this required training. Some of the topics covered were crew accountability during emergency situations, escape vehicle readiness, ISS Commander responsibilities and safe haven plan.

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Columbus (COL) Centralized Cabin Filter (CCF) R&R:

A USOS crewmember gathered equipment and replaced the High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) CCF in the COL Cabin Heat Exchanger (CHX) located in the COL1D1 Forward Rack.

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Expedition 61 - 62 Change of Command Ceremony

NASA Video

5 февр. 2020 г.

Luca Parmitano hands over ISS command to Oleg Skripochka.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nL00MBYO860 (11:30)

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/05/koch-heads-home-after-record-setting-mission/

Koch heads home after record-setting mission
February 5, 2020 | William Harwood

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION


Astronaut Christina Koch, Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano sit inside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for pre-landing checks. Credit: NASA

Christina Koch, veteran of six spacewalks outside the International Space Station — including the first all-female excursion — will join a Russian commander and an Italian flight engineer for a fiery plunge back to Earth early Thursday, setting a new world record for the longest single flight by a female astronaut.

While she did not set out to be a role model when she applied to join NASA's astronaut corp, she's happy to do whatever she can to inspire young people to pursue their dreams, helping them "kind of tune in and pay attention" to the opportunities opening up in space.

"And then the second aspect of that is inspiration," she said in a space-to-ground interview Tuesday with CBS News. "I think some people draw inspiration fr om milestones and fr om things that they've seen someone work hard to achieve.

"So I hope that those two things together, outreach and inspiration, make it worth all the talk about these different things that we've had the honor to do."

Strapped into the center seat of the cramped Soyuz MS-13/59S ferry ship, commander Alexander Skvortsov, flanked on the left by Italian co-pilot Luca Parmitano and on the right by Koch, planned to undock from the space station's upper Poisk module at 12:50 a.m. EST Thursday.

Monitoring the departure from inside the lab complex will be Expedition 62 commander Oleg Skripochka and Koch's spacewalking partners, astronauts Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan.

After moving a safe distance away, Skvortsov plans to oversee an automated rocket firing starting at 3:18 a.m., a four-minute 38-second braking "burn" intended to slow the ship by about 286 mph. That's just enough to drop the far side of the spacecraft's orbit deep into the atmosphere, setting up a landing on the snowy steppe of Kazakhstan.

About a half hour later, after jettisoning the ship's no-longer-needed lower propulsion module and upper orbital compartment, the crew module is expected to slam back into the discernible atmosphere around 3:49 a.m. at an altitude of 62 miles.

Twenty-three minutes later, descending under a large orange-and-white parachute, the crew compartment will settle to a jarring rocket-assisted touchdown at 4:12 a.m. (3:12 p.m. local time) near the town of Dzhezkazgan.

While hitting the atmosphere at nearly five miles per second and enduring re-entry temperatures around 2,000 degrees would be daunting to most, Koch said the Soyuz spacecraft is one of the most reliable ever built.

"Also my friends all tell me that the ride under the parachutes is the ride of your life," she added. "So if you just look at it like that, like it's really fun, then you'll have a great time and you'll be fine."

She's especially looking forward to "seeing the plasma go by on the window when we're actually doing re-entry and the G's are starting to hit. I think that will really make it feel real, that I'm actually coming back from space."


NASA astronaut Christina Koch floats aboard the International Space Station wearing her Russian Sokol launch and entry spacesuit. Credit: NASA

Russian recovery crews, along with NASA and European Space Agency flight surgeons and support personnel, will be stationed nearby to help the returning station fliers out of the Soyuz for initial medical checks, traditional fresh fruit and satellite phone calls home to family and friends.

From the landing site, all three crew members will be flown by helicopter to Karaganda. From there, Skvortsov will take a Russian jet back to Star City near Moscow while Koch and Parmitano fly on to Cologne, Germany, aboard a NASA plane. Parmitano will get off there and Koch will continue on to Houston for debriefing and rehabilitation.

AFTER 11 MONTHS IN SPACE, READJUSTING TO GRAVITY

Koch grew up in Jacksonville, N.C., and now lives near the Johnson Space Center in Houston. She holds a master's degree in electrical engineering and is an experienced surfer who enjoys backpacking and rock climbing. Despite daily exercise sessions during her mission, readjusting to gravity after 328 days in the weightless environment of space will take weeks.

"Everyone says that getting back into gravity is such a surprise because you suddenly have to actually work to raise your own arms and of course your legs," Koch said. "They say that when the G's first start to hit as you're coming through the layers of the atmosphere, that even when you're at point two of a G, essentially, you can already feel it, it already feels so, so heavy.

"So I think that will be definitely something to get used to. I haven't had to hold up even my own body weight in a long time, so we'll see how that goes."

For Skvortsov and Parmitano, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 20, landing will close out a voyage spanning 200 days 16 hours and 44 minutes, covering 3,216 orbits and 85.2 million miles. Including two earlier station visits, Skvortsov's total time in space will stand at 546 days while Parmitano's total over two flights will total 367 days.

Koch was already aboard the station when Skvortsov and Parmitano arrived. With landing Thursday, her time off planet will stand at 328 days 13 hours and 58 minutes, the longest single flight by a female astronaut or cosmonaut. Her voyage covered 5,248 orbits and 139 million miles.

Asked what she will miss the most about life in space, Koch said "number one, hands down," is her crewmates.

"We are like family, we support each other, we work together, we have the same dreams and it's been awesome to basically get to know another set of people outside my own family on Earth so well.

"And I think definitely the other thing I'm going to miss the most, is being able to do this whenever I want," she said, flipping around in weightlessness. "Microgravity is a lot of fun. I haven't actually put my feet down or walked in a long time, and it's really fun to be in a place wh ere you can just bounce around between the ceiling and the floor whenever you want."


From left to right, astronauts Christina Koch, Andrew Morgan (rear), Luca Parmitano and Jessica Meir. Credit: NASA

As for what she's looking forward to the most back on Earth, her husband, family and friends ranks at the top of the list. After that? Enjoying the outdoors.

"I live near the beach and I absolutely love the water, so hopefully going for a swim or a surf or just walking my dog on the beach, feeling the sand, feeling the wind," she said. "Those are things that you can't really replicate up here, so I can't wait to be out in nature."

She did not have long to wait, with landing targeted for the snow-covered steppe of Kazakhstan wh ere temperatures hovered in the mid 20s and the wind chill was around 14 degrees.

While very different from the controlled environment aboard the space station, cold weather was nothing new to Koch, who spent multiple winters in Antarctica and Greenland as a research engineer with Johns Hopkins University and the national Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration before joining NASA's astronaut corps in 2013.

A RECORD STAY IN SPACE

Koch's record flight is just 12 days short of the U.S. single-flight endurance record set by former astronaut Scott Kelly. She now ranks No. 7 on the list of most experienced NASA astronauts and 50th in the world.

During her stay aboard the station, Koch participated in six spacewalks totaling 42 hours and 15 minutes. She and Meir carried out the first all-female spacewalk last Oct. 18, replacing a faulty solar array battery charge controller, and two more on Jan. 15 and 20 to complete work started last year to replace a set of solar array batteries.

During their historic first spacewalk together, "we caught each other's eye and we knew that we were really honored with this opportunity to inspire so many," Koch said in a NASA interview. "And just hearing our voices talk to mission control, knowing two female voices had never been on the loops, solving those problems together outside, it was a really special feeling."

Koch's record-setting mission began on March 14 when she blasted off aboard the Soyuz MS-12/58S spacecraft with commander Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague.


The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking July 20 with Alexander Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan on-board. Credit: NASA

Ovchinin and Hague endured a dramatic launch abort the previous October when their booster suffered a catastrophic failure two minutes after liftoff. Instead of reaching orbit, the Soyuz executed an emergency landing, touching down safely about 250 miles from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

U.S. and Russian station managers opted to send Ovchinin and Hague back up last March, adding Koch to the Soyuz MS-12/58S crew. NASA eventually extended the missions of both Koch and Morgan, re-assigning her to Morgan's original seat aboard the Soyuz MS-13/59S spacecraft for the trip back to Earth Thursday.

Morgan's stay aboard the station was extended to April 17 when he will return to Earth with Skripochka and Meir aboard their Soyuz MS-15/61S ferry ship. They will be replaced by NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin, scheduled for launch April 9 aboard the Soyuz MS-16/62S spacecraft.

COMMERCIAL CREW LAUNCH DELAYS LEAVE STATION WITH REDUCED CREW

That will be the first of just two Soyuz missions in 2020, both flights carrying just one NASA astronaut each. The Russians scaled back the Soyuz flight rate anticipating the long-planned debut of new commercially developed crew ferry ships being built by SpaceX and Boeing.

But NASA's commercial crew program has encountered multiple delays due to funding shortfalls and technical issues, and it's not yet known when the first commercial crew ship will reach the station.

SpaceX is expected to be the first off the pad with a Crew Dragon capsule, carrying NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, taking off sometime this spring.

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is expected to fly a piloted test flight of its own later this year. NASA is still evaluating the results of an unpiloted test flight last December in which a timing problem prevented a planned docking with the space station. It's not yet known if a reflight will be required.

But getting one or both spacecraft off the ground as soon as possible is critical for NASA and the International Space Station. With just one NASA astronaut — Cassidy — aboard starting April 17 when Skripochka, Meir and Morgan depart, research will be extremely limited and non-emergency spacewalks will be on indefinite hold.

"By the plan, we have a short handover period with the previous Soyuz (crew)," Cassidy said. "So we'll overlap there, but then we're just the three of us until we undock (in October). With luck, we'll have a commercial crew, whichever one it is, but we'll have some visitors, and we'll be excited for that."

In any case, Cassidy, Tikhonov and Babkin are trained to handle the station on their own through the end of their flight in late October when a fresh three-person crew, including another NASA astronaut, is expected to arrive.

"We're ... ready operationally, mentally prepared, to just be the three of us on the space station, which will be a change in operations from what we're used to today (with) six people," Cassidy told reporters during a briefing last November.

"There'll be less available crew hours (for science), because you still have to devote your baseline number of hours per week or whatever to keeping the thing running. So it'll be (a) change in philosophy and how we manage crew time. But the goal is still the same, to maximize science hours and research, and we'll do our best to do that."

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronaut-s-record-setting-mission-helps-scientists-for-future-missions

Feb. 4, 2020
RELEASE 20-011

NASA Astronaut's Record-Setting Mission Helps Scientists for Future Missions


NASA astronaut Christina Koch is pictured during a spacewalk on January 15, 2020.
Credits: NASA

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is set to return to Earth on Thursday, Feb. 6, after 328 days living and working aboard the International Space Station. Her mission is the longest single spaceflight by any woman, which is helping scientists gather data for future missions to the Moon and Mars.

Koch will return to Earth alongside ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov. She has been a crew member for three expeditions – 59, 60 and 61 – during her first spaceflight. She now holds the record for the second-longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut, which places her seventh on the list of U.S. space travelers for overall time in space. Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly holds the longest single spaceflight for U.S. astronauts at 340 days, set during his one-year mission in 2015-16.

Koch's work during her record-setting mission included participation in more than 210 investigations, helping advance NASA's goals to return humans to the Moon under the Artemis program and prepare for human exploration of Mars. Koch participated in a number of studies to support those future exploration missions, including research into how the human body adjusts to weightlessness, isolation, radiation and the stress of long-duration spaceflight.

One particular research project Koch participated in is the Vertebral Strength investigation, which better defines the extent of spaceflight-induced bone and muscle degradation of the spine, and the associated risk for broken vertebrae. This timely endeavor is expected to provide insight into the development of future countermeasures, such as preventative medicine or exercise. These results also could provide recommendations for limiting the amount of force astronauts are subjected to during launch.

Koch's most memorable experiments during her time on the station space included work on the Microgravity Crystals investigation, which crystallizes a membrane protein that is integral to tumor growth and cancer survival. Although crystallization of this protein has yielded unsatisfactory results on Earth, this investigation leverages extensive protein crystallization work on the space station, significantly increasing the likelihood of successful crystal growth. Results may support the development of cancer treatments that target the protein more effectively and with fewer side effects.

NASA has gathered vast amounts of data about astronaut health and performance during the past 60 years and has focused recently on extended durations up to one year with the dedicated mission of Scott Kelly, Peggy Whitson's three long-duration space missions that together lasted 665 days, and now the extended-duration missions of both Koch and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, who is in the midst of a 10-month mission. These opportunities also have demonstrated there is a significant degree of variability in human response to spaceflight, as well as the importance of determining the acceptable degree of change for both men and women.

NASA has a rigorous training process to prepare astronauts for their missions, a thoroughly planned lifestyle and work regimen while in space, and an excellent rehabilitation and reconditioning program for them after they return to Earth. Thanks to these measures, the human body remains robust and resilient even after spending nearly a year in space. Research from these studies will guide NASA's research for years to come, as NASA continues to prioritize the health and safety of astronauts on spaceflight missions, particularly long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station, as well as missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

A comprehensive package about Koch, her mission and details on the scientific investigations in which she was involved includes:

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·      Christina Koch's Science Scrapbook


·      Christina Koch's Most Memorable Moments on Station


·      Ways Christina Koch Plans to Readjust to Life on Earth


·      Video B-Roll from Christina Koch's long-duration mission


·      Christina Koch's full biography


·      Images from Christina Koch's mission on Flickr


·      How and when to watch Expedition 61's return to Earth

During her spaceflight, Koch completed 5,248 orbits of Earth and a journey of 139 million miles, roughly the equivalent of 291 trips to the Moon and back. She also supported the arrivals and/or departures of more than a dozen Soyuz and cargo resupply spacecraft from the U.S., Japan, and Russia. Koch ventured outside the confines of the space station for six spacewalks during her mission, spending 42 hours and 15 minutes outside the station. Among those was the , which she conducted alongside NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.

Koch has been sharing images and moments from her mission on social media; connect with Christina Koch's Facebook, Astro_Christina on Instagram and @Astro_Christina on Twitter.

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Last Updated: Feb. 4, 2020
Editor: Katherine Brown

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https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/2020/feature/nasa-tv-coverage-set-for-cygnus-launch-to-the-international-space-station

Feb. 5, 2020

NASA TV Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to the International Space Station


Credits: NASA / Terry Zaprach

NASA TV will cover the next launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the international Space Station beginning at 5 p.m. EST, Sunday, Feb. 9.

NASA's commercial partner Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket fr om Pad 0A of Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at 5:39 p.m., Feb. 9, from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch, as well as briefings preceding the launch, will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website beginning on Saturday, Feb. 8

NASA TV will air two pre-launch briefings for the mission at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, wh ere mission managers will provide an overview and status of launch operations. Scientists and researchers will discuss some of the investigations and technology demonstrations to be delivered to the space station at 3 p.m., Feb. 8. Following launch on Feb. 9, NASA social media channels will confirm the spacecraft's solar array deployment approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes after launch.

Cygnus will carry approximately 8,000 pounds of crew supplies and hardware to the space station, including science and research in support of dozens of research investigations.


Credits: NASA / Terry Zaprach

Highlights of space station research that will be facilitated by investigations aboard this Cygnus are:
·       Mobile Space Lab, a tissue and cell culturing facility that can perform a biology experiment without the need for crew operations for as long as a month.


·       OsteoOmics, investigates the molecular mechanisms behind bone loss in microgravity.


·       Phage Evolution, examines the effects of microgravity and radiation exposure on viruses that target human bacteria without harming human cells or the body's beneficial bacteria population. The investigation results could ultimately help protect the health of astronauts on future missions.


·       The Mochii investigation provides an initial demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with spectroscopy. Mochii will demonstrate real-time, on-site imaging and measurements of micro- and nanostructures aboard the space station.


·       The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV) investigation will examine the development and growth of a fire in different materials and environmental conditions.

The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Robert H. Lawrence, will arrive at the space station Tuesday, Feb. 11 at about 4:30 a.m., Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan will grapple Cygnus and NASA's Jessica Meir will be acting as a backup. After Cygnus capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module's Earth-facing port. The spacecraft is scheduled to stay at the space station until May.

Live coverage of the capture will begin at 3 a.m. and Cygnus installation coverage will begin at 6 a.m.

The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until May 11, when it will depart the orbiting laboratory. The Saffire-IV experiment will be conducted within the Cygnus spacecraft after it departs the station and prior to deorbit when it also will dispose of several tons of trash during a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere May 25.

If the launch does not occur on Feb. 9, the next launch opportunity is 5:16 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, with NASA TV coverage starting at 4:45 p.m.

This will be the second mission under Northrop Grumman's CRS-2 contract with NASA. Under Northrop Grumman's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, the company will fly a minimum of eight missions to the International Space Station through 2024.

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WHAT'S ON BOARD SCIENCE BRIEFING ON NASA TV

Saturday, Feb. 8 (L-1 day): A science, research and technology briefing will be held at the Wallops Visitor Center auditorium at 3 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage, as well as streaming internet coverage.

Participants will include:

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• Heidi Parris, assistant program scientist, NASA's International Space Station Program Science Office
  
• Patrick O'Neill, marketing and communications senior manager, ISS U.S. National Laboratory
  
• Caitlin O'Connell and Devin Ridgely, Mobile Space Lab, Scorpio-V, HNu Photonics
  
• Bruce Hammer and Louis Kidder, OsteoOmics, University of Minnesota
  
• Christopher Own and James Martinez, Mochii, Voxa
  
• Gary Ruff, Saffire-IV, NASA's Glenn Research Center
  

The public can submit questions during the pre-launch press conference and the What's on Board briefing at #askNASA  Media can submit questions during the prelaunch news conference and the What's on Board briefing using #askNASA or via the media phone bridge.  Contact Keith Koehler at keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov for phone dial-in information.IN-FLIGHT NASA TV COVERAGE


If launch occurs Feb. 9, NASA TV will provide live coverage of the arrival of the Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station on Monday, Feb. 11. NASA TV will cover the rendezvous and capture of Cygnus beginning at 3 a.m. with capture taking place at approximately 4:30 a.m.  


NASA WEB PRELAUNCH AND LAUNCH COVERAGE


Prelaunch and launch day coverage of the Northrop Grumman CRS-13 flight will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming beginning at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 9, on the Wallops Ustream site. Live coverage on the NASA website begins at 5 p.m. on launch day. ...


You can follow countdown coverage on our launch blog at: https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman

Last Updated: Feb. 5, 2020
Editor: Patrick Black

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Оператор робота "Федора" вернется на Землю на корабле "Союз МС-13"
На Землю также вернутся астронавты Кристина Кук, которая является рекордсменом по продолжительности беспрерывного нахождения на МКС среди женщини, и Лука Пармитано, который стал первым в мире космическим диджеем

МОСКВА, 6 февраля. /ТАСС/. Три члена экипажа Международной космической станции (МКС) - космонавт Роскосмоса Александр Скворцов, астронавты Кристина Кук (NASA) и Лука Пармитано (Европейское космическое агентство) - вернутся на Землю в четверг на корабле "Союз МС-13".

По данным с сайта Роскосмоса, посадка спускаемого аппарата запланирована на 12:12 мск в 147 км юго-восточнее города Жезказгана (Казахстан).

Кристина Кук прибыла на станцию 15 марта 2019 года вместе с другим американским астронавтом Ником Хейгом и российским космонавтом Алексеем Овчининым. Хейг и Овчинин уже вернулись с МКС на Землю. Кук пришлось задержаться на станции дольше положенного срока в связи с полетом на МКС первого в истории ОАЭ астронавта Хазаа аль-Мансури.

Скворцов и Пармитано отправились на орбиту 20 июля 2019 с космодрома Байконур вместе с астронавтом NASA Эндрю Морганом, который пока остается на МКС.

Программа посадки

По данным Роскосмоса, закрытие переходных люков между кораблем "Союз МС-13" и модулем "Поиск" Международной космической станции запланировано на 6 февраля около 06:00 мск. "Союз" должен отстыковаться от МКС в 08:50 мск. После включения двигателей "Союза" на торможение корабль сойдет с орбиты, затем от спускаемого аппарата отделятся бытовой и приборно-агрегатный отсеки.

После входа корабля в атмосферу, который должен произойти в 11:49 мск, "Союз" начнет торможение, в этот период на несколько минут связь с ним будет затруднена. Посадка спускаемого аппарата будет осуществляться при помощи парашютов и двигателей мягкой посадки. Приземление запланировано на 12:12 мск.

Казахстанские яблоки

Первыми к месту посадки прибудут военные вертолеты Ми-8 поисково-спасательной группы Центрального военного округа. На их борту будут находиться казахстанские яблоки, о которых попросил экипаж спускаемого аппарата космического корабля "Союз МС-13".

В пресс-службе округа уточнили, что военные спасатели готовят подарки каждому экипажу, когда он возвращается на Землю. Космонавтов встречали черешней, оренбургской дыней, арбузом и цветущим багульником, но яблоки - самое популярное угощение.

В операции по обеспечению посадки спускаемого аппарата примут участие около 200 человек, будет задействовано 12 вертолетов Ми-8МТВ5-1, три самолета Ан-12 и один Ан-26, 20 единиц специальной техники, в том числе шесть поисково-спасательных машин "Синяя птица".

Метеорологи Центрального военного округа прогнозируют температуру от минус 4 до минус 7 градусов в момент посадки в степи Казахстана. В районе приземления, вблизи города Жезказгана, прогнозируется видимость 6-10 км и умеренный ветер 4-7 м/с.

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Женский рекорд на орбите

Кристина Кук установила рекорд продолжительности беспрерывного нахождения на Международной космической станции среди женщин. Она была на МКС с марта 2019 года, то есть более 325 дней.

С сентября 2017 года рекорд по этому показателю удерживала американка Пегги Уитсон, которая проработала на орбите 288 суток.

Кроме того, Кук участвовала в первом в истории парном выходе в открытый космос женщин-астронавтов, который она выполнила вместе с Джессикой Меир. Продолжительность работы в открытом космосе составила 7 часов 13 минут, почти на полтора часа больше, чем первоначально планировалось.

За полтора часа до завершения работ в открытом космосе с Кук и Меир беседовал по прямой связи президент США Дональд Трамп. Он поздравил их с первым в истории космических полетов парным выходом женщин в открытый космос с борта МКС и назвал их "очень смелыми людьми" и "великолепными американскими астронавтами, которые творят историю, осуществляя операции за бортом Международной космической станции".

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Работа с роботом

В августе 2019 года на МКС был доставлен антропоморфный робот "Федор" (Skybot F-850), созданный НПО "Андроидная техника" и Фондом перспективных исследований. На станции российские члены экипажа провели с ним ряд экспериментов, во время которых Скворцов управлял роботом с помощью костюма-аватара, а Овчинин контролировал процесс и взаимодействовал с андроидом.

"Федор" работал с дрелью, полотенцем, электрооборудованием, а также отвечал на вопросы. Всего Скворцов потратил 29,5 часа бортового времени на работу с роботом, а Овчинин - 28 часов.

Всего было выполнено не менее четырех сеансов экспериментов по отработке взаимодействия робота с космонавтами на борту МКС и не менее одного сеанса на борту пилотируемого корабля "Союз МС". Руководитель летно-космического центра Ракетно-космической корпорации "Энергия" Александр Калери отметил, что эти работы подтвердили работоспособность робота в условиях космического полета.

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Космический ди-джей

Лука Пармитано стал первым в мире космическим диджеем. В августе 2019 года он выступил перед гостями музыкального фестиваля электронной музыки, который прошел на испанской Ибице.

Его выступление в модуле Columbus Международной космической станции состоялось в рамках космической тематической серии BigCityBeats World Club Dome Cruise Edition.

Как сообщалось на странице астронавта на сайте Европейского космического агентства, Пармитано не просто смешивал музыку, но и исполнял произведения на инструментах. В частности указывалось, что на борту МКС находились две гитары, синтезатор и саксофон.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/02/05/nasa-tv-broadcasts-return-of-christina-koch-and-expedition-61-crewmates/

NASA TV Broadcasts Return of Christina Koch and Expedition 61 Crewmates

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 5, 2020 at 4:17 pm


Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano (front left) handed over control of the station today to Oleg Skripochka (front right). In the back row (from left) are Flight Engineers Christina Koch, Alexander Skvortsov, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan.

Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch, along with Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) are preparing to depart the International Space Station just after midnight for their return to Earth early Thursday morning. Earlier today Expedition 61 Commander Parmitano passed control of the station to Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos.

Tune in to NASA Television and the agency's website tonight at 9 p.m. EST as Koch, Skvortsov, and Parmitano say farewell and board their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft in preparation for their undocking and return to Earth.

Koch was a crew member for Expeditions 59, 60 and 61, spending 328 days living and working aboard the International Space Station.

During Koch's 11-month mission, she participated in more than 210 investigations, helping advance NASA's goals to return to the Moon under the Artemis program and prepare for human exploration of Mars. Koch participated in a number of studies to support those future exploration missions, including research into how the human body adjusts to weightlessness, isolation, radiation and the stress of long-duration spaceflight.

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Christina H Koch✔@Astro_Christina 8:37 PM - Feb 5, 2020

I'm going to miss this bunch. Thank you, space family. #Expedition61

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Luca Parmitano✔@astro_luca 11:12 PM - Feb 5, 2020

1 unforgettable @Space_Station, 7 months, 8 new friends, 10 spacewalks, over 200 experiments, infinite memories. Thanks for being part of this #MissionBeyond. See you all soon back on #Earth.