ISS Reboost: Last night, the ISS performed a reboost using the Aft Progress 83P rendezvous and docking (R&D) thrusters. This reboost was one in a series of reboosts to set up proper phasing conditions for the upcoming 85P 34-orbit rendezvous in August. The burn duration was 12 minutes 39 seconds with a delta-V of 1.2 …
Crew Ends Week Completing Spacewalk, Preparing for Another
The International Space Station residents are going into the weekend following a busy week of spacewalk activities. The Expedition 69 crew members finished one spacewalk this week and are gearing up for another one next week. NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen completed installing the orbital outpost’s sixth roll-out solar array during a spacewalk …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/15/2023
USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #88 ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA) 1B Install: Today, Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen conducted USOS EVA #88 to install and deploy the IROSA 1B. Operators Frank Rubio and Sultan Al Neyadi provided SSRMS M1/M2 support during the EVA. The IROSA will augment power generation for the 1B power channel on …
NASA Spacewalkers Finish Installing Roll-Out Solar Array
Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:17 p.m. EDT after 5 hours and 35 minutes. Hoburg and Bowen completed their major objective to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1B power channel on the station’s starboard truss structure. The …
Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Install Roll-Out Solar Array
Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen of NASA began a spacewalk at 8:42 a.m. EDT to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1B power channel on the station’s starboard truss structure. Hoburg, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), is wearing a suit with red stripes. …
NASA Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalk Live on NASA TV
NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen is now underway and is also available on the NASA app, the space station blog and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 69 are preparing to exit the International Space Station‘s Quest airlock for a spacewalk expected to begin about 8:55 a.m. EDT and …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/14/2023
Systems: ISS Roll Out Solar Array (IROSA) 1B Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Preparation Activities: In preparation for Thursday’s IROSA 1B EVA, the crew completed EVA procedure reviews and prints, robotics procedure reviews, and an EVA procedure conference with the ground. The crew also performed Equipment Lock (E-LK) preparation, EVA tool configuration and audit, Pistol Grip Tool …
Astronauts Ready for Thursday’s Spacewalk
Wednesday was a busy day for the Expedition 69 crew’s astronauts and cosmonauts as they continued preparing for two different spacewalks at the International Space Station. The first spacewalk will see two astronauts install another roll-out solar array on Thursday. The second spacewalk will take place a week later when two cosmonauts replace hardware and …
Scientists Shed Light on the Unusual Origin of a Familiar Meteor Shower
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission is providing new evidence that a violent, catastrophic event created the Geminids.
TEMPO Powers Up
We have power! Two months after launch, following the successful testing of its Maxar built host satellite Intelsat 40e, NASA’s TEMPO (short for Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) air quality instrument has been turned on for the first time. A team at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will now …