Новости МКС

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https://ria.ru/20201106/pomosch-1583288655.html

НАСА поблагодарило космонавта Рыжикова за помощь с ремонтом на МКС
01:05 06.11.2020

МОСКВА, 6 ноя - РИА Новости. НАСА и астронавт Кэтлин Рубинс поблагодарили российского космонавта Сергея Рыжикова за помощь в ремонте американской системы удаления углекислого газа CDRA на борту Международной космической станции, следует из переговоров экипажа с  Землей, транслируемых НАСА.

В четверг Рубинс занималась ремонтом CDRA в модуле Destiny - одной из двух таких систем удаления углекислого газа в американском сегменте станции. В ходе работы она не смогла расстыковать один из разъемов, и Рыжиков пришел ей на помощь.

"Кейт (Рубинс), мы хотим сказать тебе спасибо за усилия сегодня. Это был длинный и тяжелый день... Также передаю нашу благодарность Сергею (Рыжикову) за помощь с разъемом", - сказал специалист хьюстонского центра управления полетом.

Рубинс также поблагодарила россиянина за помощь.

"Я очень-очень ценю помощь Сергея сегодня", - сказала она.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/11/05/iss-daily-summary-report-11-05-2020/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/05/2020

NRCSD-19 (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer – Mission 19):

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The crew took photos of the four NRCSD-19 Deployments. For NRCSD-19, there are eight Deployers preassembled in two Quad Deployers, and a total of seven satellites will be deployed (SpOC, Bobcat-1, NEUTRON-1, LEMUR2 (v4.7), LEMUR2 (v4.8), DESCENT, and SAT-LLA). The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer is a stackable, modular, ground loaded launch case. Each NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer accommodates up to six launch cases and are stacked for each JEM Airlock opening.

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Food Acceptability:

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The crew completed the Questionnaire. This investigation seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently available from the spaceflight food system. Results will be used in developing strategies to improve food system composition to support crew health and performance on long duration missions.

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Lab Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Air Selector Valve (ASV) 102 Remove and Replace (R&R):

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The crew started the R&R of the LAB CDRA ASV 102. However, the activity was not completed due to schedule constraints. The crew will complete the procedure tomorrow followed by a ground checkout. Node 3 CDRA remains as prime during this time.

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Battery Stowage Assembly (BSA) Operation Termination:

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The crew terminated the Charge-Discharge-Charge (C-D-C) maintenance cycle on all Helmet Lights, PGT Batteries, and two Rechargeable EVA Battery Assemblies (REBA in the BSA and stowed all materials.

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Regenerative Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) Recycle Tank Drain/Fill:

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The crew set up the recycle tank to drain to a ЕДВ-У. Following the setup, the ground performed the tank drain using the Urine Transfer System (UTS). Once the ground specialists completed the transfer, the crew verified the recycle tank was empty, terminated the drain, and repositioned the fill/drain valve to fill.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/11/06/busy-period-on-station-as-crew-ramps-up-for-spacewalk-and-visitors/

Busy Period on Station as Crew Ramps up For Spacewalk and Visitors

Mark Garcia
Posted Nov 6, 2020 at 1:15 pm


The Sun's glint beams off the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay as the space station orbited off the coast of California.

Science, robotics training and lab maintenance took precedence Friday alongside ongoing spacewalk preparations aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 64 crew is also getting ready to expand with the addition of four Commercial Crew astronauts.

It is a busy period for NASA and its international partners as SpaceX gets ready to launch its next Crew Dragon vehicle with three U.S. astronauts and one Japanese astronaut on Nov. 14. Two Russian cosmonauts aboard the orbiting lab are also gearing up for their first spacewalk on Nov. 18.

Meanwhile, NASA Flight Engineer Kate Rubins stayed busy this week on a technology study that explores how water evaporation can keep spacesuits cool. Today, she collected and stowed water samples for analysis that could help engineers improve heat rejection and temperature controls in spacesuits.

Rubins started the day practicing her robotics skills on a computer before installing student-controlled camera gear that photographs Earth landmarks. The two-time station visitor also put on her technician cap today and serviced life support gear that removes carbon dioxide from the station's atmosphere.

Commander Sergey Ryzhikov has been gearing up for his first spacewalk with Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. The duo from Roscosmos spent Friday activating and inspecting their Orlan spacesuits and checking control panels in the Poisk module. They will exit Poisk into the vacuum of space for a six-hour spacewalk for maintenance and science work on the Russian segment of the station.

Back on Earth, four astronauts are preparing to launch Saturday, Nov. 14, to the station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The quartet, with Commander Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialists Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi, are in quarantine as part of routine "flight crew health stabilization." They will head to Florida from Houston on Sunday for final mission preparations. For a launch on time, the first operational crew mission from SpaceX would dock about eight-and-half-hours later to the Harmony module's forward-facing international docking adapter.

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Экскурсия по МКС / МКС в эфире

 РКК Энергия

5 нояб. 2020 г.

МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КОСМИЧЕСКАЯ СТАНЦИЯ, сокращенно МКС (англ. International Space Station, сокр. ISS) - крупнейший международный проект, пилотируемая орбитальная станция, используемая как многоцелевой космический исследовательский комплекс.

Уже 20 лет находясь на орбите нашей планеты она работает в пилотируемом режиме,  на её борту постоянно живут и работают международные космические экипажи.
Космонавты и астронавты занимаются научной деятельностью которую можно провести только в условиях невесомости, а высота орбиты станции позволяет проводить масштабные исследования атмосферы и поверхности Земли. Станция это космическая многозадачная платформа позволяющая оперативно вносить коррективы в исследования.

К 20-летию начала работы МКС в пилотируемом режиме, мы начинаем публикацию кратких видеофрагментов из жизни и рабочих моментов космонавтов и астронавтов.

В данном ролике командир МКС 62, космонавт Олег Скрипочка проводит видео экскурсию по российскому сегменту Международной космической станции.

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Space to Ground: We Are One: 11/06/2020

 NASA Johnson

6 нояб. 2020 г.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2020/11/06/nasa-and-spacex-target-dec-2-for-next-resupply-launch/
https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2020/11/06/nasa-and-spacex-target-dec-2-for-next-resupply-launch/

NASA and SpaceX Target Dec. 2 for Next Resupply Launch

Anna Heiney
Posted Nov 6, 2020 at 4:16 pm


SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 11:50 p.m. EST on March 6, 2020, carrying the uncrewed cargo Dragon spacecraft on its journey to the International Space Station for NASA and SpaceX's 20th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-20) mission. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tim Terry

While SpaceX continues preparations for the launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Crew Program, the company also is getting ready for the agency's next cargo resupply mission to the orbiting laboratory.

SpaceX's 21st resupply mission for NASA, its first under the second-generation Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contract, will be the first resupply mission to use the upgraded version of the Dragon spacecraft. The flight will bring science and supplies to the newly expanded Expedition 64 crew beginning with liftoff on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA and SpaceX currently are targeting no earlier than 12:50 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 2, for the CRS-21 launch, pending Eastern Range acceptance and successful preparations and an on-time liftoff of Crew-1, also from Launch Complex 39A.

The science to be delivered on this mission includes a study aimed at better understanding heart disease to support development of treatments for patients on Earth, research into how microbes can be used for biomining on asteroids, and a tool being tested for quick and accurate blood analysis in microgravity. The first commercially owned and operated airlock on the space station, the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock, will arrive in the unpressurized trunk of the Dragon spacecraft. Bishop will provide a variety of capabilities to the orbiting laboratory, including CubeSat deployment and support of external payloads.

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-31-mission-cubesats-deployed

Nov. 6, 2020

ELaNa 31 Mission CubeSats Deployed


Preflight imagery of the UGA-SPOC-Spectral Ocean Color Satellite before leaving the University of Georgia Small Satellite Research Laboratory for environmental testing. SPOC (Spectral Ocean Color) is a 3U CubeSat built by students at the University of Georgia. The primary mission objective is to develop and operate the first moderate resolution coastal ecosystem and ocean color CubeSat with a focus on Earth science applications.
Credits: Johnson Space Center

By Jasmine Hopkins
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center


Bobcat-1 with its deployable communication antenna stowed. Bobcat-1 is the Ohio University CubeSat, which has, together with the educational purpose, the objective of experimenting the GNSS inter-constellation time-offset estimate from LEO orbit. GNSS inter-constellation time-offset estimate is critical for users with a limited visibility of GNSS satellites, such as users in the high altitude Space Service Volume (as GEO or HEO).
Credits: Johnson Space Center

As part of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 31 mission, three university teams watched the highly anticipated deployment of their CubeSats from the International Space StationThursday, Nov. 5. These small satellites hitched a ride aboard Northrop Grumman's 14th (NG-14) NASA-contracted resupply mission to the space station that launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Oct. 2, 2020. Now in low-Earth orbit, the CubeSats are on individual journeys to study coastal ecosystems, collect neutrons in space, and assist other satellites in their missions.

NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) selected the three ELaNa 31 mission CubeSats, which were each developed at a university in the United States. CSLI provides CubeSat developers at academic institutions, NASA centers, and non-profit organizations access to a low-cost pathway to conduct research in the areas of science, exploration, technology development, education or operations in space.

The three ELaNa 31 mission CubeSats deployed were:

• Bobcat-1- Ohio University, Athens
• NEUTRON-1 - University of Hawaii-Mānoa, Honolulu,
• Spectral Ocean Color Satellite (SPOC) - University of Georgia, Athens

A preflight view of Neutron-1 3U CubeSat fully assembled prior to vibration testing. The NanoRacks-NEUTRON-1 investigation maps neutron abundance in low-Earth orbit. Data gathered on global neutron counts could contribute to better understanding of the complex relationship between Earth and the Sun.
Credits: Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory

Each CubeSat in the ELaNa 31 mission supports a unique project. Bobcat-1 will help other satellites and spacecraft find their positions in space by studying Global Navigation Satellite Systems to improve their availability and performance. NEUTRON-1 is designed to map neutrons in low-Earth orbit and measure radiation from the Sun to improve our understanding of the Sun and Earth's relationship, and it also will lay the groundwork for a future CubeSat mission to the Moon. SPOC will capture data on Georgia's coastal ecosystems to analyze vegetation, water, and other aspects of ecological health by gathering moderate resolution imagery across a wide range of spectral bands and collecting information on the chemical composition and physical characteristics of oceans and wetlands.

"The launch was exciting, but the deployment is the real crucial moment for the Ohio University CubeSat team," said Sabrina Ugazio, an assistant professor in the university's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. "We can't wait to hear Bobcat-1's 'first words' from space; that will be the time when we will be able to declare the success of our first space-mission, and we are so thrilled about it."

The CubeSats were deployed from the space station using the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Robotic Manipulator System (JEMRMS). Aboard the space station, astronauts stacked the CubeSats into a configuration that was mounted on the JEM airlock slide table and moved outside the station. The JEMRMS robotic arm then moved the satellites in the deployer into position aiming for the satellites' orbit, 250 miles above Earth, which is slightly lower than the space station. Once NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provided approval to proceed, the CubeSats individually deployed to begin their respective missions.

CSLI provides launch opportunities for small satellites to ride as auxiliary payloads with planned spaceflight missions led by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, or commercial organizations. ELaNa missions are facilitated by the agency's Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Last Updated: Nov. 6, 2020
Editor: Linda Herridge

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International Space Station: 20 years in 60 seconds

 European Space Agency, ESA

2 нояб. 2020 г.

Monday 2 November 2020 marks 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station. Relive a few memorable moments from the unique orbital outpost in this clip covering 20 years of the International Space Station in 60 seconds.Since Crew One took up residence on 2 November, 240 people including 18 ESA astronauts have lived and worked on the orbital outpost, carrying out essential research to benefit life on Earth.The next ESA mission to the International Space Station is set for 2021, when Thomas Pesquet will become the first European to fly on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for his Alpha mission.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/11/06/iss-daily-summary-report-11-06-2020/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/06/2020

EarthKAM (Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools):

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The crew deployed the Camera hardware in Node 2. 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 ISS. 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 EarthKAM team then posts these photographs on the Internet for viewing by the public and participating classrooms around the world.

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SERFE (Spacesuit Evaporation Rejection Flight Experiment):

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The crew performed a Water Sample collection and stowed the sample for return. SERFE demonstrates a new technology to remove heat from spacesuits and maintain appropriate temperatures for crew members and equipment during space walks. The technology uses evaporation of water for cooling. The investigation determines whether microgravity affects performance and evaluates the technology's effect on contamination and corrosion of spacesuit material.

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Lab Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Air Selector Valve (ASV) 102 Remove and Replace (R&R):

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The crew completed the R&R of the LAB CDRA ASV 102 and the Lab CDRA closeout procedure today. The CDRA selectively removes carbon dioxide from the ISS cabin atmosphere.

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Robotics On-board Trainer (RoBOT):

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The crew completed nominally scheduled proficiency training needed to maintain Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) qualifications. ROBoT is an on-orbit version of the ground-based Dynamics Skills Trainer (DST) that simulates robotics operations with using SSRMS hand controllers with graphical feedback.

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Joint Station LAN (JSL) Firewall R&R in Lab:

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Today the crew performed an R&R of the failed Lab Firewall #2. The Firewalls provide additional security to ISS computer assets and facilitate smoother integration of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware into the ISS JSL network.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/11/09/physics-biology-and-spacewalk-preps-as-spacex-crew-1-ramps-up/

Physics, Biology and Spacewalk Preps as SpaceX Crew-1 Ramps Up

Mark Garcia
Posted Nov 9, 2020 at 1:06 pm


Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Rubins works in Japan's Kibo laboratory module to set up a small satellite deployer.

Space physics and biomedical research kicked off the work week as the Expedition 64 crew continued its spacewalk preparations. Back on Earth, four Commercial Crew astronauts are in Florida counting down to their launch to the International Space Station.

NASA Flight Engineer Kate Rubins started Monday morning checking out samples exposed to extreme temperatures inside the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace. The advanced research facility provides insights into the thermophysical properties and the synthesis of new materials.

Rubins then serviced components on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device that helps astronauts maintain muscle strength and mass in microgravity. The two-time station resident wrapped up her science work today collecting and stowing saliva samples for the Standard Measures study. The human research experiment collects biological data from astronauts before, during and after missions to understand how humans adapt to living in space.

A spacewalk is scheduled for Nov. 18 for maintenance and science tasks outside the orbiting lab's Russian segment. Commander Sergey Ryzhikov joined Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and conducted leak checks and valve tests inside their Orlan spacesuits today. The duo then partnered up with Rubins to review tasks and procedures planned for the six-hour spacewalk.

The next crew to visit the space station arrived at the Kennedy Space Center from Houston on Sunday getting ready for a launch on Nov. 14 aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon. The quartet from the United States and Japan are planned to dock about eight-and-a-half hours later the following day to the Harmony module's forward-facing international docking adapter.

Commander Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialists Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi are in quarantine in Florida conducting final mission preparations. They are scheduled for a five-and-a-half-month research mission aboard the station.

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АНОНС

О сквозной трансляции НАСА

Watch the Launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 Mission to the International Space Station

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Начало трансляции - 14 ноября 2020 г. в 20:30 UTC / 23:30 ДМВ

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https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spacex-crew-1-science-iss

Nov. 9, 2020

Crew-1 Heads to Space Station to Conduct Microgravity Science


The SpaceX Crew-1 official crew portrait with (from left) NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
Credits: NASA

Expedition 1 and Crew-1. These historic International Space Station missions lifting off 20 years apart share the same goals: advancing humanity by using the space station to learn how to explore farther than ever before, while also conducting research and technology demonstrations benefiting life back on Earth.

Crew-1, made up of NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, continues the legacy of two decades of living and working in low-Earth orbit by becoming space scientists for the next six months.

Not only will the Crew-1 astronauts and fellow Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins conduct hundreds of microgravity studies during their mission, they also deliver new science hardware and experiments carried to space with them inside Crew Dragon.

Check out some of the research flying to the space station alongside Crew-1, and scientific investigations the astronauts will work on during their stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Food Physiology: A better diet for better health


NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy processes biological samples for the Food Physiology experiment, which examines the effects of an enhanced spaceflight diet on immune function, the gut microbiome, and nutrition.
Credits: NASA

Spaceflight affects our bodies in numerous ways, including how our immune system functions. The Food Physiology investigation documents the effects of dietary improvements on immune function and the gut microbiome and how those improvements can help crews adapt to spaceflight. A better understanding of food's effects on physiology in microgravity can help scientists continue to improve the spaceflight diet and crew health.

Resupply hardware for the Food Physiology study launches on the Crew Dragon spacecraft along with the Crew-1 astronauts. Once in orbit, NASA astronaut Victor Glover will collect biological samples to provide data to the scientists back on the ground for their continued study of how the dietary changes affect his body.

Genes in Space-7: A look at astronauts' brains


Genes in Space-7 student team members Finsam Samson and Yujie Wang.
Credits: Genes in Space

Also launching aboard Crew Dragon is a student-designed experiment, Genes in Space-7. While attending Troy High School in Troy, Michigan, students Finsam Samson and Yujie Wang proposed a study of neural function aboard the space station as a part of the Genes in Space competition. Samson and Wang's winning experiment aims to better understand how spaceflight affects brain function, enabling scientists to keep astronauts healthy as they prepare for long-duration missions in low-Earth orbit and beyond.

The competition invites students in grades 7 through 12 to design biology experiments that address real-world space exploration challenges. Previous contest winners have achieved significant milestones through their experiments, including the first use of gene editing technology in space. Learn more about student research on the space station.

Plant Habitat-02: Growing radishes in space


Radish plants are shown at mid-stage growth in the Ground Plant Habitat during Experiment Verification Testing. The Ground Plant Habitat is identical to the Plant Habitat on space station.
Credits: Matthew Bates/Techshot, Inc.

A new crop awaits Crew-1 aboard the space station. Radish seeds launched aboard Northrop Grumman's 14th commercial resupply mission will be tended to by the soon-to-be space farmers as a part of Plant Habitat-02.

When astronauts travel to the Moon and Mars, they are likely to grow edible plants to supplement food brought from Earth. To produce nutritious food in space, we need to understand how the differences in gravity, atmosphere, and soil conditions affect the way plants grow. As part of ongoing efforts to produce food in space, the Crew-1 astronauts will tend radishes growing in different types of light and soils inside the Advanced Plant Habitat. Radishes are nutritious, grow quickly, and are genetically similar to Arabidopsis, a plant that scientists have frequently studied in microgravity.

BioAsteroid: Microscopic microgravity miners

Microscopic miners are going to work in space. Microbes that interact with rock have many potential uses in future space exploration. They could help create life support systems that use regolith (the dust-like material on the surface of the Moon and other planets), break down rocks into soils for plant growth, and extract useful minerals from rocks. Gravity may affect how microbes and rocks interact.
The Expedition 64 crew will work on the BioAsteroid experiment to study these interactions, as well as whether physical and genetic changes occur in communities of microbes, also known as biofilms, in space. Results could help us understand the physical interactions of liquid, rocks, and microorganisms and could improve the chance of using locally found materials on future missions to build Lunar or Martian bases, requiring fewer resources to be brought from Earth, saving room and fuel on the trip.



During Expedition 64, investigations utilizing organ on a chip technology will include studies on muscle loss, lung function, and the blood brain barrier – all on devices the size of a USB flashdrive.
Credits: National Institutes of Health

Tissue Chips: Using space to study organs

Tissue chips are thumb drive-sized devices that contain human cells in a 3D matrix, simulating the functions of an organ. They represent a giant leap in the ability of scientists to test how those cells respond to stresses, drugs, and genetic changes.

A series of investigations to test tissue chips in microgravity aboard the space station is planned during Crew-1's mission through a collaboration between the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and the ISS National Laboratory (ISSNL) in partnership with NASA. The Tissue Chips in Space initiative seeks to better understand the role of microgravity on human health and disease and to translate that understanding to improved human health on Earth.

While Crew-1 is in orbit, they will conduct numerous tissue chip experiments including studies of lungs, bone marrow, the blood-brain barrier, and loss of muscle mass, known as sarcopenia.

Cardinal Heart: An experiment with heart

Microgravity affects heart tissues; some of the changes have the potential to pose a risk on future long-duration space missions. An investigation known as Cardinal Heart is designed to study changes in cardiovascular cells and tissues in microgravity using engineered heart tissues (EHTs). The investigation could help establish ways to predict cardiovascular risk prior to spaceflight. This work also could help identify how heart diseases develop on Earth and better ways to treat them. In addition, it advances the potential of EHTs to serve as a way to monitor systemic changes in diseased versus healthy individuals and provide new ways to develop countermeasures.

Cardinal Heart uses tissue chips for part of the study. The investigation calls for the EHTs to be incubated and put under the microscope in space. The EHTs receive frequent media exchanges to keep them under appropriate conditions, and samples are collected at different times.

SERFE: Testing a cool space suit


Kristine Davis, a spacesuit engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center, wearing a ground prototype of NASA's new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU). The xEMU suit improves on the suits previously worn on the Moon during the Apollo era and those currently in use for spacewalks outside the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Astronauts on spacewalks outside the space station would be exposed to wide temperature variations if not for the protection from their spacesuits. Those variations become more extreme as we explore the lunar surface. Spacesuits must insulate crew members from the significant changes outside while regulating any heat generated by the astronaut and equipment inside the suit. NASA's next generation spacesuit, the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU), will use evaporation of water to remove heat from astronauts and maintain appropriate temperatures. The xEMU's Spacesuit Water Membrane Evaporator is designed to remove the heat in the form of water that evaporates into the vacuum of space. The components of this thermal control loop have been reconfigured into a single package to be tested in the Spacesuit Evaporation Rejection Flight Experiment (SERFE) on station.

SERFE will enable engineers to determine how microgravity affects the thermal loop performance and evaluate how well the garment and technology responds after hundreds of hours of use in microgravity. SERFE will be subjected to 25 simulated eight-hour spacewalks. Once the test campaign is complete, it will return to the ground and be disassembled for material science and water-quality evaluations. The experiment will be conducted during Crew-1's mission.

Last Updated: Nov. 10, 2020
Editor: Michael Johnson

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/11/09/iss-daily-summary-report-11-09-2020/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/09/2020

Round Robin:

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The crew performed a Sample Holder Exchange #2 for the Round Robin Experiment in preparation for a planned return on SpaceX-21 after a 30-day run time. The Round Robin – Thermophysical Property Measurement investigation provides researchers with a better understanding of how to measure liquid metal properties to revolutionize how process modeling can support design, flight qualification and production of advanced spaceflight systems.

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Standard Measures:

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The crew performed the Saliva collection setup in support of the Flight Day30 sample collections for the Standard Measures Experiment. The aim of the investigation is to ensure consistent capture of an optimized, minimal set of measures from crewmembers until the end of the ISS Program in order to characterize the adaptive responses to and risks of living in space. Among other things, the ground teams perform analyses for metabolic and chemistry panels, immune function, microbiome, etc.  These measures populate a data repository to enable high-level monitoring of countermeasure effectiveness and meaningful interpretation of health and performance outcomes, and support future research on planetary missions.

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Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) Quarterly Maintenance:

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The crew completed this regularly scheduled maintenance to inspect X-Rotation Dashpots, cycle Main Arm through full range of motion, and grease ARED VIS Rails and Rollers and Upper Stop.

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Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles (C2V2) Activation and Checkout:

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The Ground Team powered both C2V2 units in order to complete telemetry and command checkouts in preparation for the upcoming Space-X Crew-1 Mission. The C2V2 Comm Units are two fully redundant radios (C2V2 A and C2V2 B) that are used to communicate with visiting vehicles to the ISS. The Space-X Crew-1 Mission is currently scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center on November 14^th and dock to the ISS on November 15^th.

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Food Intake Tracker (FIT) Updates:

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Over the weekend, updates were made to the FIT database in order to correct an on-going issue with crew experiencing trouble accessing the app. Teams determined that the FIT database was corrupt due to issues within the data tables of old data. Ground teams uplinked a new blank database, and in turn were able to restore the FIT app access. Previous entries were provided to grounds teams. Crew is GO to use the FIT app under the new database.

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Broken Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) Water Dispense Volume Knob:

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Crew reported a broken Water Dispense Volume Knob on the PWD. This knob is used to adjust the amount of water dispensed from PWD with each use. PWD can continue to function with this knob broken, but will only be able to dispense the amount of water the knob was last set to. Crew developed a temporary workaround, while the Ground Team is currently working on a long term solution.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/11/10/crew-dragon-rolls-out-station-crew-works-research-and-comm-gear/

Crew Dragon Rolls Out, Station Crew Works Research and Comm Gear

Mark Garcia
Posted Nov 10, 2020 at 11:57 am


The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft atop is seen at its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top rolled out to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center overnight. Meanwhile aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 64 crew was busy setting up a variety of research and communications gear today.

Four Commercial Crew astronauts from the United States and Japan are in Florida in quarantine and getting ready for their launch to the space station. Their Dragon crew ship is standing vertical at Launch Complex 39A counting down to a Nov. 14 lift off.

Commander Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialists Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi will blast off on Saturday at 7:49 p.m. EST. Eight hours and 30 minutes later the quartet will dock to the Harmony module's forward-facing international docking adapter. They are scheduled for a five-and-a-half-month research mission aboard the station.

Back in space, NASA Flight Engineer Kate Rubins spent Tuesday morning setting up a specialized microscope that uses fluorescence to study biological processes in microgravity. During the afternoon, she installed wireless instrumentation gear in the Zvezda service module and handed over radiation detectors to cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.

Commander Sergey Ryzhikov checked out communications systems and biomedical sensors inside a pair of Russian Orlan spacesuits this morning with assistance from Kud-Sverchkov. The cosmonaut duo then spent the rest of the day servicing life support hardware and re-pressurizing the station's atmosphere with air from the Progress 76 resupply ship.

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 Chris G - NSF @ChrisG_NSF 1 ч. назад

Oh!  The @Space_Station will be 506 km east-northeast of the Kennedy Space Center at the moment of #Crew1's launch on Saturday.  Hope @Astro_Kate7 is ready with launch video and photos from the Station. #SpaceX #NASA

Image: GoISSWatch app

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https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=541530&lang=RU

Орбиту МКС скорректируют в рамках подготовки к прибытию следующей экспедиции
12.11.2020 0:00:05

Москва. 12 ноября. ИНТЕРФАКС - Коррекцию орбиты Международной космической станции (МКС) в рамках начальной подготовки к прилету следующего экипажа проведут в четверг вечером.

По данным "Роскосмоса", двигатели пристыкованного к МКС грузового корабля "Прогресс МС-14" будут активированы в 22:50 мск на 363,5 секунды, в результате чего средняя высота орбиты станции увеличится на 1,2 км и составит около 419,4 км над поверхностью Земли.

Маневр создаст начальные баллистические условия перед запуском и стыковкой транспортного пилотируемого корабля "Союз МС-18", которые запланированы на апрель 2021 года.
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https://tass.ru/kosmos/9980103

МОСКВА, 12 ноября. /ТАСС/. Орбита Международной космической станции (МКС) будет скорректирована в четверг при помощи двигателей грузового корабля "Прогресс МС-14". Об этом сообщили ТАСС в пресс-службе Роскосмоса.

"На 12 ноября 2020 года запланирована очередная коррекция орбиты Международной космической станции", - рассказали в госкорпорации.

Как уточнили в Роскосмосе, маневр будет выполнен при помощи двигателей транспортного грузового корабля "Прогресс МС-14", пристыкованного к агрегатному отсеку модуля "Звезда". Они будут включены в 22:50 мск и проработают 363,5 с. В результате средняя высота орбиты станции должна увеличиться примерно на 1,2 км и составит 419,4 км над поверхностью Земли.

Как уточнили в пресс-службе, маневр необходим для начального формирования баллистических условий перед запуском и стыковкой транспортного пилотируемого корабля "Союз МС-18", запланированных на весну 2021 года.

Предыдущая коррекция орбиты МКС проводилась 7 октября. Тогда двигатели транспортного грузового корабля "Прогресс МС-14" проработали 412,9 с, средняя высота орбиты станции уменьшилась на 1,3 км и составила примерно 418,6 км над поверхностью Земли.
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https://ria.ru/20201112/mks-1584248424.html

Экипаж МКС оценит влияние коррекции орбиты станции на трещину в модуле
11:58 12.11.2020 (обновлено: 13:14 12.11.2020)

МОСКВА, 12 ноя - РИА Новости. Экипаж Международной космической станции после коррекции ее орбиты, планирующейся в четверг вечером, проведет фотографирование трещины в российском модуле "Звезда", следует из переговоров космонавтов с Землей, транслируемых НАСА.

Ранее представитель пресс-службы "Роскосмоса" сообщил РИА Новости, что на 12 ноября в 22.50 мск намечается коррекция орбиты МКС с помощью двигателей грузового корабля "Прогресс МС-14", пристыкованного к модулю "Звезда". Ожидается, что в результате коррекции средняя высота орбиты станции увеличится на 1,2 километра.

Специалист подмосковного центра управления полетами сказал космонавту Сергею Рыжикову, что экипаж должен будет сфотографировать трещину в промежуточной камере модуля "Звезда", ставшую причиной утечки воздуха, чтобы оценить, как повлияла на нее коррекция орбиты МКС.

"Работа начинается в 19.30 (22.30 мск - ред.) по плану. В это время в течение получаса - подготовка... Начинают работать корректирующие двигатели, они заканчивают работу... Ты переходишь в ПрК (промежуточная камера - ред.), выполняешь освобождение трещины от пленки и фотографирование", - сказал он Рыжикову.

Во вторник астронавт Кэтлин Рубинс установила беспроводные датчики в "протекающем" отсеке модуля "Звезда", которые позволят измерить нагрузки на его конструкцию, возникающие при выполнении коррекции орбиты МКС.

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/29545/

Выход в открытый космос 18 ноября
В соответствии с графиком работ на российском сегменте Международной космической станции на 18 ноября 2020 года запланирован 47-й плановый выход в открытый космос (ВКД № 47), который выполнят космонавты Роскосмоса Сергей Рыжиков и Сергей Кудь-Сверчков. Им предстоит выполнить ряд работ по монтажу оборудования на внешней поверхности МКС.
Российский выход в космос впервые будет осуществляться из стыковочного отсека модуля «Поиск» МКС в скафандрах «Орлан-МКС» №№ 4 и 5. Для обоих космонавтов это будет первый опыт работы за пределами Международной космической станции. В это же время астронавты американского сегмента будут осуществлять поддержку на борту МКС.
На Сергее Рыжикове будет надета командирская экипировка с красными лампасами (Орлан-МКС № 5), на Сергее Кудь-Сверчкове — с синими полосками вдоль скафандра (Орлан-МКС № 4).
Открытие выходного люка стыковочного отсека «Поиск» предварительно запланировано в 17:30 по московскому времени. Планируемая продолжительность нахождения космонавтов вне орбитальной станции составит около 5,5 часов.

В отведенное время работы космонавтам предстоит выполнить следующие задачи:
проверка герметичности выходного люка модуля «Поиск» сразу после прямого шлюзования;
замена сменной панели регулятора расхода жидкости на функционально-грузовом блоке «Заря»;
очистка наружных поверхностей остекления иллюминатора № 8 служебного модуля «Звезда»;
переключение антенны «Транзит-Б» с модуля «Пирс» на модуль «Поиск»;
изменение положения датчиков прибора БКДО (блок контроля давления и осаждения), установленного на «Поиске»;
демонтаж планшета № 1 и установка на его место планшета № 2 космического эксперимента «Импакт» на агрегатного отсека служебного модуля «Звезда» (при наличии времени экипажа).
Предыдущие выходы в открытый космос по российской программе проводились из модуля «Пирс», который в настоящее время готовится к расстыковке. В следующем году на его место прибудет новый российский лабораторный модуль «Наука», с которым сейчас работают на космодроме Байконур.
Госкорпорация «Роскосмос» будет транслировать работы космонавтов в открытом космосе на своем официальном сайте в разделе «Прямые трансляции», а также на страницах в социальных сетях с 17:00 мск 18 ноября 2020 года.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/11/10/iss-daily-summary-report-11-10-2020/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/10/2020

Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutrons (RADI-N2):

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The crew retrieved the eight Radi-N2 bubble detectors from the JEM Panel FD3/JPM1F3 location and handed the detectors to the Russian crew for processing and data download. The objective of this Canadian Space Agency investigation is to better characterize the ISS neutron environment, define the risk posed to the crew members' health, and provide the data necessary to develop advanced protective measures for future spaceflight. It's been recognized that neutrons make up a significant fraction (10-30%) of the biologically effective radiation exposure in low-Earth orbit. The bubble detectors used in the investigation are designed detect neutrons and ignore all other radiation.

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Standard Measures:

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The crew performed Saliva collections in support of the Standard Measures study. The aim of the investigation is to ensure consistent capture of an optimized, minimal set of measures from crewmembers until the end of the ISS Program in order to characterize the adaptive responses to and risks of living in space. Among other things, the ground teams perform analyses for metabolic and chemistry panels, immune function, microbiome, etc. These measures populate a data repository to enable high-level monitoring of countermeasure effectiveness and meaningful interpretation of health and performance outcomes, and support future research on planetary missions.

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Space Organogenesis:

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The crew performed a partial setup of the microscope that will be used for experiment samples arriving on SpaceX-21. The Development of Advanced 3D Organ Culture System Utilizing the Microgravity Environment (Space Organogenesis) investigation demonstrates growth of organ buds from human stem cells in three-dimensional (3D) cultures in microgravity. Researchers plan to use these cultures to observe growth of the organ buds and analyze changes in gene expression. Cell culture on Earth needs supportive materials or forces to achieve 3D growth, but in microgravity cell cultures likely can expand into three dimensions without those devices.

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Node 3 Port Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Inspection:

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In preparation for SpaceX-21 and the arrival of the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL), ground teams performed an inspection on the Node 3 Port CBM. There was a very small torque spike noted on one of the latches during both deploy and retract functions. It is not considered an issue going forward, but will be monitored by ground teams during future use. The checkout was considered successful and the Node 3 Port is ready for NRAL installation.

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Install Internal Wireless Instrumentation System Remote Sensor Unit (IWIS RSU) in SM-PRK:

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The Crew installed the IWIS Accelerometer Interface Plate, Accelerometer, and RSU in the PRK and connected the accelerometer and power cables. This sensor unit will be used to monitor structural response changes possibly induced by a crack causing atmosphere leak.

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Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Direct Drive Test:

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Today, ground teams continued to execute a series of commands to complete direct drive testing on the redundant command string for SSRMS wrist joints 1, 2, and 3. The purpose of these direct drive tests is to collect a set of data at regular intervals to trend mechanism health of the SSRMS joints.

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