Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew continues to assist the ISS crew with maintenance and stowage activities. Today the CFT crew finished configuring the failed Pressure Control and Pump Assembly (PCPA) for return and completed a Waste Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Piping and Hose Remove and Replace (R&R). Payloads: Actiwatch Plus (AWP): The …
NASA’s Space Weather CubeSat Rides on Ariane 6 Rocket
NASA will provide the CURIE (CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment) as a rideshare payload on the ESA (European Space Agency) inaugural flight of the Arianespace Ariane 6 rocket to provide a glimpse into the primary drivers of space weather. Launch is targeted for July 9 from Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, in French …
Crew Observes Earth’s Nighttime Atmosphere, Conducts Station Maintenance
The Expedition 71 and Boeing Crew Flight Test crews had a light duty day on Wednesday, focusing on Earth observations and station upkeep. While soaring 250 miles above our home planet, the International Space Station passes into orbital nighttime roughly every 45 minutes. During these night periods, crew members can observe events in Earth’s atmosphere …
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 20th Close Approach to the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 20th close approach to the Sun on June 30, 2024.
Crew Flight Test Astronauts Contribute to Station Science, Research
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, continue contributing to International Space Station research and activities since their arrival on June 6 to the orbiting laboratory. Wilmore and Williams have completed half of all hands-on research time conducted aboard the station as the expedition crew prepares for …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/02/2024
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew continued assisting the ISS crew in cargo transfer and stowage cleanup activities. The CFT crew also tested the air flow of the Plant Habitat Air Pump-Filter and performed a bi-weekly housekeeping inspection. Payloads: B Complex: A crewmember consolidated the contents of the partially filled supplement bottle …
NASA’s ICESat-2 Resumes Data Collection After Solar Storms
NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite returned to science mode on June 21 UTC, after solar storms in May caused its height-measuring instrument to go into a safe hold. The ICESat-2 team restarted the mission’s instrument, a lidar called the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), which is once again collecting precise data on the height of Earth’s …
Routine Health Assessments and Cargo Ops Top Tuesday’s Schedule
Hearing assessments, eye exams, and cargo ops topped Tuesday’s schedule aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 71 and Boeing Crew Flight Test crews also scheduled in some time to connect with students back on Earth and prepare for upcoming mission activities. As part of regularly scheduled exams in low Earth orbit, NASA astronauts Matthew …
Firefly Aerospace Reschedules CubeSat Launch After Scrub
An issue with ground equipment caused a launch scrub at the last second for eight small satellite missions on a rideshare to space. NASA and Firefly Aerospace now are targeting 9:03 p.m. PDT, July 2 (12:03 a.m. EDT, July 3) for the launch of the CubeSats as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative’s (CSLI) ELaNa (Educational …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/01/2024
Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) Jettison: Over the weekend, ground operators prepared ILLUMA-T for jettison by grappling the lasercom experiment with the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). The payload was released from the station at 11:18 AM on Saturday, June 29th. After release, the …