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Jessica Meir✔@Astro_Jessica 7:25 PM - Feb 7, 2020

Friday fun with numbers. During @iss #Expedition61 we 6 worked as 1. But what happens when you divide 6 by 2? #Expedition62





Andrew Morgan✔@AstroDrewMorgan 7:44 PM - Feb 7, 2020

First Expedition 62 crew pic! We've declared that Fridays will be #Wear62Friday – we want you to share all the 62's you come across in your daily life and wear a 62 on Fridays. A half-sized crew needs all of your support!

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Orbital Velocity‏ @OrbitalVel 9 мин. назад

As with previous #Cygnus spacecraft, large-scale fire experiments can occur. This is because the vehicle is safely away from the ISS after the cargo phase of the flight. #SaffireIV #NASASocial

They can burn material this large:

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NASA Wallops✔@NASA_Wallops 11:00 PM - Feb 8, 2020

The OsteoOmics mission is launching to the @Space_Station tomorrow to study bone loss in microgravity.

What else is in the Cygnus cargo spacecraft? The What's on Board briefing is live now! Got a about some science? Ask using #askNASA! http://nasa.gov/live

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Научный брифинг завершен

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NASA Antares | "What's on Board" science briefing for Northrop Grumman

space googlevesaire

8 февр. 2020 г.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/y60xQ2KGJEw (1:34:50)

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 Michael Seeley‏ @Mike_Seeley 21 мин. назад

This is the @Space_Station and its crew of 3 astronauts flying +/- 420km over the Space Coast of Florida Sunday night.  (Series by me,  taken with a 500mm lens w/ a 1.4x converter on a crop-sensor.)    #SpotTheStation #InternationalSpaceStation

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NASA ready to sending more plants and a new way to handle seeds to the International Space Station

NASA's Kennedy Space Center

9 февр. 2020 г.

Sending people to the Moon and Mars requires understanding how to provide nutrition for astronauts who may be away from Earth for extended periods of time. One solution is growing food in space, which can be challenging. To learn more, scientists will send three types of leafy greens and a new way to handle seeds in space to the International Space Station.

Launching from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Northrop Grumman's 13th cargo resupply mission, the VEG-03 series of experiments will send a new crop, amara mustard, to the orbiting laboratory. Red romaine lettuce and 'extra dwarf' pak choi – which astronauts have grown and eaten in space – also will return to the station.

Researchers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida planted the pak choi and amara seeds in containers called plant pillows, but for red romaine lettuce, they inserted the seeds into a new type of seed-handling material called seed film. This water-soluble, dissolving film is the same material as a breath freshener strip. It will allow the crew to plant the seeds into pillows themselves, something that has never been done in orbit before. This could allow astronauts to pick and choose what crops they want to grow from a collection of seeds on the space station.

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/eRBHqyMZZz0 (2:41)

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Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Mission to the International Space Station: What's on Board

NASA

9 февр. 2020 г.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/raEcGoy3xvE?feature=oembed (5:57)

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/02/07/iss-daily-summary-report-2072020/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/07/2020

Confined Combustion:

The crew continued the experiment using three acrylic samples with a combination of black and transparent baffles to ignite and observe combustion results. This project aims to study flame spread in confined spaces—specifically the interactions between spreading flames and surrounding walls. Flame spread in confined spaces (such as buildings and vehicles) may pose a more serious fire hazard than flame spread in open spaces because of acceleration caused by radiative heat feedback from the surrounding walls and a tunnel flow acceleration effect. However, several aspects of flame spread are difficult to study in normal gravity conditions. Gravity-driven buoyancy flow complicates the fire growth process and prohibits a fundamental understanding of the underlying physics. However, in microgravity, buoyancy is eliminated, allowing scientists to better study the physics of flame spread.

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SAMS-II (Space Acceleration Measurement System-II):

The crew cleaned the SAMS II drawer screens. Space Acceleration Measurement System-II (SAMS-II) is an ongoing study of the small forces (vibrations and accelerations) on the International Space Station (ISS) resulting from the operation of hardware, crew activities, dockings and maneuvering. Results generalize the types of vibrations affecting vibration-sensitive experiments and structural life of ISS. Investigators and Structural Analysts seek to better understand the vibration environment on the ISS using SAMS-II data and assessing station loads and dynamics.

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Made In Space – RECYCLER:

The crew performed an electrical continuity check of the Recycler hardware using the on-board multimeter. The crew confirmed that there was still an open circuit indication within the payload. Ground teams are reviewing the data for future actions. The Made in Space – RECYCLER recycles polymer materials into filament that can be used as feedstock for the Made in Space 3D printer on the space station. Crews can use materials and parts that have reached the end of their useful life to create new items using 3D printing. This reduces the weight and mass of supplies that must be brought into space from Earth, an important capability for deep space missions.

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Northrop Grumman (NG)-13 Arrival Preparations:

In preparation for Cygnus arrival, currently planned for February 11th, the crew completed an Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) offset grapple On-board Training (OBT) paying particular attention to managing the volumetric constraints in the Cupola, as well as lighting conditions, when maneuvering the Mobile Servicing System (MSS). The crew also installed the Centerline Berthing Camera System (CBCS) in Node 1 Nadir hatch window and performed a video system checkout with the ground. This CBCA supports Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) mating alignment operations necessary to berth the SS Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. to Node 1.

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Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Robotics Operations:

Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the MSS in support of crew Cygnus Offset Grapple practice. During this On-Board-Training (OBT) session, the crew took turns flying the SSRMS into the grapple envelope of the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture (FRGF) for training/familiarization in preparation for NG-13 capture.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/02/10/crew-studies-dna-and-space-flames-before-cargo-ship-launch/

Crew Studies DNA and Space Flames Before Cargo Ship Launch

Catherine Williams
Posted Feb 10, 2020 at 11:27 am


Expedition 62 crew portrait with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. Image Credit: NASA

The three-member Expedition 62 crew is getting ready for a resupply mission scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 13, at 4:06 p.m. EST due to an unfavorable weather forecast in the next few days and the time required to address a ground support issue. The crewmates from the United States and Russia also ran advanced space science experiments while maintaining orbital lab systems.

NASA Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir split their time today between robotics training and microgravity research. The two U.S. astronauts used a computer to practice the techniques they will use to capture the Cygnus space freighter Saturday, Feb. 15.

Morgan will command the Canadarm2 robotic arm to reach out and grapple Cygnus. Meir will back him up and monitor the Cygnus' approach and rendezvous. Ground controllers will take over the Canadarm2 after Cygnus' capture and remotely install the cargo craft to the Unity module.

Morgan started his day sequencing DNA for the Genes in Space-6 experiment. The experiment places microbial samples inside the hand-held Biomolecule Sequencer to demonstrate the feasibility of space-based DNA sequencing. Results could boost astrobiology research on not just the space station, but also future spacecraft and planetary bodies.

Meir also spent a portion of Monday researching how flames spread in space. She burned a variety of fabric and acrylic samples inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox for the Confined Combustion study. The research will inform the design and development of fire safety products and procedures for humans on Earth and in space.

Commander Oleg Skripochka spent his day in the Russian segment of the station. The veteran cosmonaut primarily serviced life-support gear before checking components on the Progress 74 cargo craft and updating an inventory database.

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У Моргана на рукаве эмблема Интеркосмоса?   :oops: