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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 5 ч. назад

Going to stop complaining about the high cost of parking at this conference after seeing the fees charged for private astronauts at the ISS.

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https://ria.ru/20190607/1555387890.html

НАСА запускает программу частных пилотируемых полетов на МКС
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МОСКВА, 7 июн - РИА Новости. Представители НАСА заявили об открытии Международной космической станции для любых коммерческих проектов. По их словам, в следующем году на МКС полетят как минимум два "коммерческих" астронавта на борту двух частных пилотируемых кораблей.

"Пока мы планируем только два полета в год. В зависимости от того, как этой возможностью будут распоряжаться наши партнеры-частники, на борту МКС смогут побывать от двух до дюжины коммерческих астронавтов. Мы не планируем самостоятельно продавать места на борту кораблей, этим будут заниматься те компании, которые будут осуществлять доставку людей на станцию", -- пояснила Робин Гейтенс (Robyn Gatens), заместитель директора американской части МКС.

Текущая администрация Белого дома, как неоднократно заявляли президент Дональд Трамп, вице-президент Майк Пенс и Джим Бриденстин (Jim Bridenstine), глава НАСА, планирует передать МКС в частные руки после завершения официального срока работы станции в конце 2024 года или 2030 года для стимулирования коммерческого освоения космоса.

Другой важной причиной этого считается то, что НАСА, "Роскосмос", JAXA и ЕКА планируют сконцентрировать свои усилия на постройке первой окололунной космической станции, Deep Space Gateway, а также на изучении и освоении дальнего космоса. Позже американская сторона переименовала проект, назвав его Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G).

Год назад, как отметила Гейтенс на пресс-конференции на бирже Nasdaq в Нью-Йорке, руководство НАСА обратилось за помощью к дюжине ведущих космических стартапов и крупных корпораций и предложило им подумать о том, как они могли бы использовать доступ к МКС в своем бизнесе.

Результатом этих обсуждений стал запуск коммерческой пилотируемой программы НАСА и публикация директивы, в рамках которой руководство космического агентства детально изложило свои представления о том, как МКС может быть использована этими компаниями.

В соответствии с этим документом, НАСА планирует выделить определенную долю ресурсов, доставляемых или доступных на МКС, для любых коммерческих целей. Ими могут воспользоваться как "космические туристы", так и компании, нуждающиеся в уникальных условиях на борту станции для проведения научных экспериментов, производства различных товаров и решения других бизнес-задач.

Первоначально, объем этих ресурсов будет достаточно скромным - коммерческие компании получат возможность доставить около 175 килограммов груза на борт станции, вернуть около 125 килограмм назад на Землю, воспользоваться 90 часами работы астронавтов НАСА и прожить на борту станции около 30 дней.

В ближайшее время НАСА объявит несколько конкурсов, в рамках которых эти ресурсы будут поделены между компаниями, которые предложат наиболее интересные идеи для реализации на борту станции.

Победители этих конкурсов, по словам Гейтенс, должны будут самостоятельно обеспечить доставку своих грузов или астронавтов на МКС - этими вещами, по ее словам, будут заниматься частные партнеры НАСА, такие как SpaceX или Boeing, а не само агентство.

Как добавил Уильям Герстенмайер (William Gerstenmeier), руководитель Дирекции пилотируемых полетов в НАСА, агентство пока не планирует обучать частных космонавтов тому набору навыков, который необходим для обслуживания станции и выходов в открытый космос. С другой стороны, он не исключил того, что это может произойти в будущем, если коммерческие партнеры проявят большой интерес.

По словам Джеффа ДеВита (Jeff DeWit), финансового директора НАСА, полет на МКС обойдется космическим туристам и "бизнесменам" в такую же сумму, которую правительство США расходует на отправку астронавтов на орбиту и их жизнь на борту МКС. Иными словами, сам полет оценивается примерно в 90 миллионов долларов, а каждые сутки жизни на станции будут стоить около 40 тысяч долларов США.

Деньги, полученные от частных компаний, как надеются в НАСА, помогут США сократить расходы на поддержание МКС и ускорят постройку лунной станции и осуществление первого полета на Марс.

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Очередная днюха на орбите

Christina H Koch‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro_Christina 2 мин. назад

Happy Birthday to my crewmate and friend, @AstroAnnimal! From supporting each other through Astronaut Candidate training on Earth to working together every day on the @Space_Station in space, I have continuously admired your leadership, heart, and perseverance.

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Rowing in space

Canadian Space Agency

Опубликовано: 7 июн. 2019 г.

2019-06-07 - CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques tests a prototype of a space rowing machine and encourages elite rowers preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA)

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The water cycle presented by David Saint-Jacques

Canadian Space Agency

Опубликовано: 7 июн. 2019 г.

2019-06-07 - CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques talks about the importance of the water cycle on Earth and explains how this system is replicated on the International Space Station. (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA)

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Expedition 59 Inflight Interview with Westwood One Radio Network June 7, 2019

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 7 июн. 2019 г.

SPACE STATION CREW DISCUSSES THE LEGACY OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM WITH WESTWOOD ONE RADIO

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 59 Flight Engineers Anne McClain, Christina Koch and Nick Hague of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency shared their thoughts on the impact of the Apollo lunar landing program and future endeavors in pushing forward to a return to the moon by 2024 in an in-flight interview June 7 with the Westwood One Radio Network. Hague and Koch will be aboard the station for the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon on July 20, one month after McClain and Saint-Jacques return to Earth to complete a six-and-a-half month mission.

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Официальная запись отстыковки Дракона SpX-17

SpaceX CRS-17 Dragon Release June 3, 2019

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 6 июн. 2019 г.

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NASA Opens International Space Station to Commercial Opportunities

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 7 июн. 2019 г.

During a June 7 news conference at Nasdaq in New York City, NASA announced that the International Space Station is now open for commercial business. A new policy provides the opportunity for up to two short-duration private astronaut missions to the space station beginning as early as 2020, if the market supports it. The policy also, for the first time, includes prices for use of U.S. government resources to pursue commercial and marketing activities aboard the station. The agency's goal is to foster a robust ecosystem in low-Earth orbit through which it can purchase services as one of many customers. This will allow NASA to focus resources on its Artemis missions to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.

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David Saint-Jacques‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro_DavidS 6 ч. назад

Sunrise over the sacred Uluru, a.k.a. Ayers Rock of central #Australia. I was impressed how easy it was to spot from space.
#DareToExplore #ExploringEarth #EarthObservation

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/25915/#p25986

Расстыковка грузового корабля Dragon SpX-17 03.06.2019. Фото: Олег Кононенко / Роскосмос

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https://ria.ru/20190609/1555413266.html

Еще один грузовой корабль "Прогресс" покинет МКС 29 июля
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МОСКВА, 9 июн - РИА Новости. Российский грузовой корабль "Прогресс МС-11" отчалит от Международной космической станции (МКС) в конце июля, сообщило Национальное управления США по исследованиям космоса (НАСА).

Во вторник корабль "Прогресс МС-10" отстыковался от станции и был сведен с околоземной орбиты.

В презентации консультативного совета НАСА, размещенной на сайте агентства, говорится, что корабль "Прогресс МС-11" покинет МКС 29 июля. Его место на станции займет корабль "Прогресс МС-12", запуск которого намечен на 31 июля.

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В настоящее время на борту МКС находится экипаж из россиян Олега Кононенко и Алексея Овчинина, американцев Энн Макклейн, Ника Хейга и Кристины Кук, а также канадца Давида Сен-Жака.

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Gabriella I.‏ @speragire 7 июн.

ISS: Expedition 61 @astro_luca , Aleksandr Skvortsov , @AstroDrewMorgan , @Astro_Christina , Oleg Skripochka , @Astro_Jessica #MissionBeyond
Credit http://spacefacts.de 

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Christina H Koch‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro_Christina 1 ч. назад

Years ago at the South Pole, I looked up to the aurora for inspiration through the 6-month winter night. Now I know they're just as awe inspiring from above. #nofilter

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Если станция летит через северное сияние это значит энергичные электроны бомбардируют станцию?

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/06/10/station-trio-prepping-for-june-24-homecoming/

Station Trio Prepping for June 24 Homecoming

Mark Garcia
Posted Jun 10, 2019 at 1:08 pm


The six-member Expedition 59 crew poses for a portrait inside Northrop Grumman's Cygnus commercial space freighter dubbed the S.S. Roger B. Chaffee. Clockwise from bottom are cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Kononenko; NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague; Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA astronaut Anne McClain.

Three Expedition 59 crewmembers are getting ready to end their stay at the International Space Station after six and a half months in space. Meanwhile, mission scientists continue exploring how microgravity impacts the human body.

Flight Engineers Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques will flank Commander Oleg Kononenko inside the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft when they return to Earth on June 24. McClain videotaped herself in virtual reality talking about her first space mission today using a 360-degree camera in Japan's Kibo laboratory module. The trio have been in space since Dec. 3.

Saint-Jacques and Kononenko began gathering items to take back home inside their Soyuz crew ship. The duo collected personal items such as shoes and clothes as well as tools and trash that will be soon be stowed aboard the Soyuz for the ride to Earth.

Saint-Jacques also researched ways to supplement crew nutrition during future long-term space missions, such as missions to the Moon and Mars. Food stowed for long periods can lose nutritional value. The BioNutrients-1 study is exploring manufacturing nutritional compounds in space to maintain healthy crews for successful missions.

NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague started Monday morning by drawing blood samples and spinning them in a centrifuge before stowing them in science freezer. Doctors on the ground will analyze the samples to detect critical changes to a crewmember's physiology while living in space. The pair also participated in visual acuity tests using an eye chart in the afternoon.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/06/10/iss-daily-summary-report-6102019/

ISS Daily Summary Report - 6/10/2019

BioNutrients:

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The crew performed a hydration and agitation for the BioNutrients experiment and started the 48 hour incubation at 30 deg C. BioNutrients demonstrates a technology that enables on-demand production of human nutrients during long-duration space missions. The process uses engineered microbes, like yeast, to generate carotenoids from an edible media to supplement potential vitamin losses from food that is stored for very long periods. Specially designed storage/growth packets are intermittently activated by astronauts over a 5-year period, then frozen and returned to Earth for examination.

Capillary Structures:

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The crew performed a water refill and camera/flash battery exchange for the ongoing Capillary Structures Evaporation Science run. Current life-support systems on the ISS require special equipment to separate liquids and gases, including rotating or moving devices that could cause contamination if they break or fail. The Capillary Structures investigation studies a new method using structures of specific shapes to manage fluid and gas mixtures. The investigation studies water recycling and carbon dioxide removal systems, benefiting future efforts to design lightweight, more reliable life support systems for future space missions.

Standard Measures:

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The crew performed blood and saliva collections in support of the Standard Measures investigation. 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.

ISS Experience:

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The crew continued the experiment with the performance of two Astronaut logs. During the log, the crew discussed their time in space, the most significant personal thing learned, Veggie/Veg-04A and the importance of growing food in space. The ISS Experience creates a virtual reality film documenting daily life aboard the ISS. The 8 to 10 minute videos created from footage taken during the six-month investigation cover different aspects of crew life, execution of science aboard the station, and the international partnerships involved. The ISS Experience uses a Z-CAM V1 Pro Cinematic Virtual Reality (VR) 360-degree camera with nine 190° fisheye lenses.

Life Support Rack (LSR):

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An air outlet visual inspection and power cable EMI ring removal were performed as a continuation of the LSR troubleshooting. LSR is a Technology Demonstrator for Closed Loop Air Revitalization. It captures carbon dioxide from cabin air and recovers 50% of its oxygen for use by the astronauts. LSR is intended to operate for a minimum of one year on the ISS to demonstrate the robustness of the technology for future Exploration Missions.

Story Time from Space:

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Over the weekend the crew performed a "singing" from the book Hey Ho, to Mars We Go. Today the crew performed a reading from the book Ada Lace, Take Me to Your Leader (chapters 4-8). Story Time From Space combines science literacy outreach with simple demonstrations recorded aboard the ISS. Crewmembers read five science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related children's books in orbit, and complete simple science concept experiments. Crewmembers videotape themselves reading the books and completing demonstrations. Video and data collected during the demonstrations are downlinked to the ground and posted in a video library with accompanying educational materials.

Water Storage System (WSS):

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The crew completed final hardware installation for the WSS. The system will add new capabilities to the existing Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) Water Recovery and Management System (WRM) by providing an additional 75 liters of iodinated water storage as well as new methods of transporting water in the potable water bus.

USOS Hatch Seal Inspection:

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The crew performed this regularly scheduled preventive maintenance to clean and inspect USOS hatch seals, hatch plate sealing surface and hatch handle mechanisms for foreign object debris or damage. The crew inspected Node 2, Node 3, PMM, Columbus and JEM hatches.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/06/11/health-checkups-station-gardening-and-space-science-fill-tuesday/

Health Checkups, Station Gardening and Space Science Fill Tuesday

Mark Garcia
Posted Jun 11, 2019 at 12:23 pm


(From bottom to top) The Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter, the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship and the Progress 72 cargo craft are pictured attached to the International Space Station as the orbiting complex flew 258 miles above the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Four Expedition 59 astronauts underwent periodic health checkups and regularly scheduled eye scans today. The International Space Station residents also had time set aside for space gardening, furnace work, crew ship packing and radiation checks.

Astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch started Tuesday morning checking each other's vital signs including temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rate. They were followed shortly afterward by Flight Engineers Nick Hague and David Saint-Jacques.

In the afternoon, the Koch and Hague swapped roles as Crew Medical Officer (CMO) and used an ultrasound device to scan each other's eyes. Saint-Jacques then took over as CMO and activated the optical coherence tomography gear to image the retinas of Koch and Hague. The ongoing eye exams help flight surgeons understand how long-term weightlessness affects vision and the shape of the eye.

McClain and Koch spent a few moments in the middle of their eye checks today thinning and watering plants for the Veg-04 botany experiment. The research takes place in a specialized greenhouse and explores the feasibility of a continuous fresh food production system in Europe's Columbus laboratory module.

After the vital sign checks, Hague partnered up with McClain to reconfigure and install an advanced furnace in the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. The Electrostatic Levitation Furnace enables the observation of thermophysical properties and the synthesis of high temperature materials on the station.

Commander Oleg Kononenko continued readying the Soyuz MS-11 crew ship for its departure June 24 carrying him, McClain and Saint-Jacques back to Earth. Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin collected radiation sensors from the station's U.S. side and downloaded measurement readings. The Russian duo also trained to operate a unique suit that counteracts microgravity and draws body fluids towards the feet to minimize head pressure.

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Nick Hague‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroHague 20 ч. назад

Fluid shifts data collection - On Earth vs in space! While these pants look unusual, they may help us understand a potentially serious vision problem that affects some astronauts on long duration spaceflights. Learn more about fluid shifts: https://go.nasa.gov/2F43Za9 

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Роскосмос
18 минут назад

12 июня -- День России!  

Роскосмос и экипаж 59-й экспедиции на Международную космическую станцию поздравляют с Днем России! 

Космонавт Роскосмоса, командир МКС-59 Олег Кононенко отметил: «Мы пролетели по местам расположения российских флагов на борту станции: начали с форпоста российского сегмента - служебного модуля «Звезда». Государственный флаг обязательно должен располагаться на скафандрах «Сокол» и «Орлан», а также в японском модуле «Кибо», где мы чаще всего проводим пресс-подходы».

#ДеньРоссии #12июня

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/06/11/iss-daily-summary-report-6112019/

ISS Daily Summary Report - 6/11/2019

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The crew located the hardware and reviewed the Big Picture Words in preparation for the Airway Monitoring ambient pressure session activities later this week. The primary goals of the experiment is to determine how gravity and microgravity influence the turnover of Nitric Oxide in the lungs. During future manned missions to the Moon and to Mars, airway inflammation due to toxic dust inhalation is a risk factor. Since dust may cause airway inflammation and since such inflammation can be monitored by exhaled Nitric Oxide analysis the present study is highly relevant for astronaut health in future space programs.

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The crew removed the ELF hardware and connected the software upload cable to perform the planned software upgrade which is designed to improve the function of the ELF. JAXA's ELF is an experimental facility designed to levitate, melt and solidify materials by containerless processing techniques using the electrostatic levitation method. With this facility, thermophysical properties of high temperature melts can be measured and solidification from deeply undercooled melts can be achieved. ELF typically processes oxide samples, but is also capable of processing semiconductors, alloys, and metals.

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The crew completed the Food Acceptability questionnaires. 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.

Radi-N2:

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Following the planned week of detector deployment, a USOS crewmember retrieved the detectors and handed them over to a Russian crewmember for processing. 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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The crew performed plant thinning and pillow priming activities. The plant thinning activity removed all but one plant from each pillow, leaving the largest seedling in each plant pillow to continue growing. In order to ensure successful germination of at least one seed, the ground plants multiple seeds in each of the plant pillows. The plant pillow prime activity adds water to support continued hydration of the plants. Veg-04A is a Human Research Program sponsored experiment which will grow Mizuna mustard, a leafy green crop, for 28 days under two different light quality treatments. The Pick-and-Eat Salad-Crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the ISS Food System (Veg-04A, Veg-04B, and Veg-05) investigation is a phased research project to address the need for a continuous fresh-food production system in space.

Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations:

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Yesterday, Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the MSS for the first time using MSS 9.3 software. The Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) was walked off from Node 2 to Mobile Base System (MBS) Power Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF) 1. The SSRMS was maneuvered to the Latching End Effector (LEE) B survey position and performed snare cable surveys as well as LEE checkout and diagnostics. Today and tomorrow, snare cable surveys of LEE A and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) LEE will be performed.

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The crew performed this scheduled maintenance to clean intake and exhaust ducts, fans and airflow sensors. Pre-cleaning photos were taken throughout the procedure to help evaluate the effectiveness of the recently installed inlet screens.