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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 09/1/15

    44 Soyuz (44S) Launch: 44S is scheduled to launch from Baikonur tonight at 11:37pm CDT carrying Aidyn Aimbetov, Andreas Mogensen and Sergey Volkov to the ISS which will increase the crew complement to 9 members.  Docking is scheduled for this Friday, September 4 at 2:42am CDT.   Human Research Program (HRP) Operations: Fluid Shifts Flight …

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    Additional Firn Aquifer Measurements

    Our entire team left Greenland in the last week or so and I am writing this blog post from a warm place. In this post, I will describe the additional measurements taken by the team and show a few photos to illustrate how these data were taken. As reminder, the seismic data collection was explained […]

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    Next Soyuz Crew Ready for Launch

    Soyuz crew (left to right) Aidyn Aimbetov, Sergey Volkov and Andreas Mogensen are set to launch at 12:37 a.m. Sept 2.

    An international crew of three is  ready for a two-day ride to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket that will lift them to space is set to launch tonight from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:37 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 2. Watch tonight’s launch LIVE on NASA TV Veteran cosmonaut Sergey Volkov will …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 08/31/15

    ISS Reboost: This morning the ISS performed a reboost using 60 Progress (60P) thrusters. Delta-V was 0.55 meters/second, burn duration was 8 min 15 sec. This reboost was to set up for 42S landing in the primary landing zone on September 12.  A second reboost is planned for September 7 to finalize setup for 42S landing opportunities and to set …

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    Soyuz Rocket Rolls Out Before Sept. 2 Crew Launch

    The Soyuz TMA-18M Rocket

    An international crew of three is getting ready for a two-day ride to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket that will lift them to space rolled out to its launch pad today at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Veteran cosmonaut Sergei Volkov will command the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft that will launch Sept. 2 at …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 08/28/15

    42 Soyuz (42S) Relocation: Overnight, 42S was successfully relocated from Mini Research Module (MRM) 2 Zenith to Service Module Aft. The relocation was performed in preparation for 44S scheduled docking to MRM 2 Zenith on September 4.  42S return to Earth is currently planned for September 11. The 42S crew continued sleep shifting, going to …

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    To Pluto and Beyond: Animating New Horizons’ Flight Through the Pluto System

    An exhilarating, pioneering journey came to fruition on July 14, 2015, as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its successful flight through the Pluto system, recording 60 gigabits of data that it is beginning to send to Earth. I’m Stuart Robbins, a research scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. While I only came onto …

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    Completed Soyuz Relocation Sets Stage for New Crew

    Aug. 28, 2015 International Space Station Configuration

    International Space Station Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos docked their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft to the orbiting laboratory’s Zvezda service module at 3:30 a.m. EDT. The crew members undocked from the Poisk module at 3:12 a.m. The …

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    Watch Soyuz Relocation on NASA TV Now

    Expedition 44 crew members

    NASA Television is providing live coverage of the relocation of a Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another on the International Space Station. The relocation is scheduled to begin at 3:11 a.m. EDT and last about 25 minutes. Watch the relocation live on NASA Television or at https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv. The Russian Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft, with Expedition …

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    Watch Live NASA TV Coverage of Soyuz Spacecraft Relocation

    Soyuz Spacecraft Relocates

    Half the residents of the International Space Station will take a spin around their orbital neighborhood in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft in the early hours of Friday, Aug. 28. NASA Television coverage will begin at 2:45 a.m. EDT. Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Scott Kelly …

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