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    Immunity, Botany Studies Wrap Week Before Cargo Mission Arrives Saturday

    The Progress 88 resupply ship approaches the space station on June 1, 2024, packed with about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew.

    The Expedition 72 crew members continued studying how the human immune system responds to weightlessness while also setting up space botany and exercise hardware at the end of the week. Meanwhile, a cargo craft is on its way to resupply the International Space Station on Saturday. Three NASA astronauts worked throughout Friday processing cell samples …

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    Space Delivery on its Way to Station, Crew Keeps Up Advanced Research

    Astronaut Suni Williams checks out the Astrobee robotic free-flyer outfitted with tentacle-like arms containing gecko-like adhesive pads to demonstrate satellite capture techniques.

    The Progress 90 cargo craft is orbiting Earth and on its way to resupply the International Space Station after its launch Thursday morning. In the meantime, the Expedition 72 crew continued exploring space immunity and a host of other research topics while servicing spacesuits on Thursday. The Progress lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at …

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    Progress Cargo Spacecraft Launches; Headed for a Saturday Docking

    The Progress 90 spacecraft is pictured moments before launching on Nov. 21, 2024, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA

    The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 90 spacecraft is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following a launch at 7:22 a.m. EST (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, Nov. 21, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the …

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    Progress Cargo Spacecraft Launching to Station Live on NASA+

    A Progress spacecraft is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 257 miles above a cloudy pacific ocean.

    NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The unpiloted Progress 90 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 7:22 a.m. EST (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, Nov. 21, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. …

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    NASA Stacks First Artemis II Segment on Mobile Launcher

    Engineers and technicians with the Exploration Ground Systems Program stack the first Moon rocket segment – the left aft assembly for the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket booster onto mobile launcher 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

    Engineers and technicians inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida stacked the first segment of the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket boosters onto mobile launcher 1. Comprising 10 segments total – five segments for each booster – the SLS solid rocket boosters arrived via train to NASA …

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    Astronaut Health Studies Fill Crew Day Before Thursday’s Cargo Launch

    Astronaut Suni Williams (left) and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov pose for a portrait wearing personal protective equipment before entering the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.

    Keeping astronauts healthy on long term space missions is a key research topic this week aboard the International Space Station. Back on the ground, a cargo craft is counting down to its launch to resupply the Expedition 72 crew. NASA Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Nick Hague worked together all day Wednesday exploring how living …

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    Space Biology, Student Robotics Top Day as Cargo Craft Departs

    Nov. 19, 2024: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon Freedom, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply ship, the Soyuz MS-26 crew ship, and the Progress 89 resupply ship.

    Space biology to improve health and robotics to promote education were the primary research topics aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 72 crew members also saw the departure of a cargo craft as another one prepares for launch. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit continued nourishing research samples and servicing an artificial gravity-generating …

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    Space Station Raises Orbit Avoiding Orbital Debris

    This mosaic depicts the space station pictured from the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft on Nov. 8, 2021.

    The Progress 89 thrusters were fired at 2:09 p.m. CST today for 5 minutes, 31 seconds, to raise the orbit of the International Space Station to provide an extra margin of distance from a piece of orbital debris from a defunct defense meteorological satellite that broke up in 2015. The Pre-determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) …

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