SD Education and Outreach team members Kristyn Damadeo and Sarah Crecelius staffed two Earth science booths at the 2015 STEM Community Day held May 30, 2015, sponsored by Christopher Newport University, Newport News Public Schools, and the Governor’s Youth Development Academy. SD Education and Outreach collaborated with the LaRC Office of Education to provide a […]
Roscosmos Announces New Soyuz/Progress Launch Dates
Station managers from Roscosmos have announced new Soyuz and Progress spacecraft launch dates through the end of the year. Meanwhile, the six member Expedition 43 crew on orbit has a packed schedule of homecoming preparations, science and maintenance. Three Soyuz crew missions to the International Space Station have been given new launch dates. The next …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/08/15
Predetermined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM): The ISS performed a PDAM, using 58 Progress (58P) thrusters, due to a repeating conjunction. The PDAM executed nominally and the close approach with the object is no longer a concern. Rodent Research-2 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (RR-2 CASIS): Kelly performed a fixative flush and swap …
Controllers Steer Station Clear of Space Debris
Playing it conservatively, International Space Station flight controllers conducted a pre-determined avoidance maneuver (PDAM) today to steer the station well clear of a fragment of a spent Minotaur rocket body launched in 2013. Having tracked the object throughout the weekend and today, U.S. and Russian flight controllers executed a 5 minute, 22 second firing of …
Station Controllers Eye Space Debris as Crew Trains for Departure
A fragment from a spent Minotaur rocket body is being monitored today as flight controllers decide whether or not there will be a conjunction with the International Space Station. A docked ISS Progress 58 cargo craft would fire its engines should the space station need to get out of the way of the space debris. …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/07/15
Rodent Research-2 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (RR-2 CASIS): Kelly and Virts successfully completed the final of four sample collection sessions today. Kelly was the primary operator while Virts assisted, placing samples in containment then in MELFI. The primary objective of this research is to monitor the effects of the space environment …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/05/2015
Defining the Relationship Between Biomarkers of Oxidative and Inflammatory Stress and the Risk for Atherosclerosis in Astronauts During and After Long-duration Spaceflight (Cardio Ox): Cristoforetti performed her Return – 15 day (R-15) Cardio Ox ultrasound, with Virts assisting as the on-orbit operator. Following ultrasound scans of brachial and carotid arteries and of the heart, blood …
Station Managers Choose June 11 for Expedition 43 Homecoming
Expedition 43 crew members Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha Cristoforetti will return to Earth June 11 at 9:43 a.m. EDT. The trio from the U.S., Russia and Italy will enter the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft, undock from the Rassvet module and land in Kazakhstan after 6-1/2 months in space. NASA Television will provide live coverage …
Parsing the Details of the New Warming “Hiatus” Study
The first thing to know about the new study authored by NOAA scientists about the global warming “slowdown” or “hiatus” over the past decade is that the new analysis gets pretty deep into the details and will mainly be of interest to specialists who study climate science. In fact, for most casual readers, it doesn’t affect the overall […]
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/04/2015
Fluid Shifts: Today was the final day for the Fluid Shift operations in the Russian Service Module (SM) for Flight Day (FD) 45 sessions. Kornienko donned the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP/Chibis) device while Padalka, with ground support in Moscow, assisted in the medical monitoring. While Kornienko was subjected to the negative pressure (pulling the …