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    Week Begins on Station with Science Hardware Work

    ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer swaps samples inside the Materials Science Laboratory, a physics research device.

    The seven-member Expedition 66 crew started the last day of January working on a wide variety of research gear supporting biology, physics, and Earth science. Spacewalk tool work and vision tests were also on Monday’s schedule aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshburn kicked off Monday servicing science components, flight …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/28/2022

    Payloads: Metabolic Space: A crewmember performed a CEVIS exercise session with Metabolic Space protocols and hardware. The aim of the Metabolic Space experiment is to perform a technology demonstration of cardio-pulmonary diagnosis in space during physical activities of astronauts living aboard the ISS, while maintaining unrestricted mobility. This is achieved with a wearable measurement system …

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    Crew Works Spine Scans, Heart and Breathing Checks on Friday

    Russian spacewalkers Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov work on the Prichal module during a spacewalk on Jan. 19, 2022.

    Spinal scans and cardiopulmonary measurements were the key research operations taking place aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The Expedition 66 crew also serviced spacesuits, life support gear, and a Russian science module. Human research is fundamental to understanding how the body adapts to weightlessness with doctors seeking to keep astronauts healthy during long-term …

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    HERMES Mission Passes Key Milestone, Moves Toward Launch

    NASA’s HERMES mission – a four-instrument suite to be mounted outside NASA’s Moon-orbiting Gateway – passed a critical mission review on Jan. 27, 2022. The review, Key Decision Point C, evaluated the mission’s preliminary design and program plan to achieve launch by its target launch readiness date no earlier than November 2024. With the …

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    The Webb Team Looks Back on Successful Deployments

    The big news for Webb this week was the final insertion into orbit around the second Lagrange point. The team also turned on the High-Gain Antenna, enabling downlink to Earth through the Deep Space Network using the Ka radio band. The Ka-band provides a much higher data rate than the S-band that Webb has been …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/27/2022

    Payloads: Biological Experiment Laboratory (BioLab): A crew member cleaned the Biolab Temperature Controlled Units (TCUs) and exchanged the Silica Gel Bags. The BioLab is a multiuser research facility located in the European Columbus laboratory. The facility is used to perform space biology experiments on microorganisms, cells, tissue cultures, small plants, and small invertebrates. BioLab allows …

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    NOAA’s GOES-T ‘Starting to Come Together’

    By Jim Cawley NASA’s Kennedy Space Center An activity completed at Astrotech’s Space Operations facility in Titusville today brings NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) mission one significant step closer to its March 1, 2022, liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in just over a month. On Jan. 27, 2022, the …

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    Plants, Bioprinting and Orbital Plumbing Fill Crew’s Thursday Schedule

    The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship and the Prichal docking module attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module are pictured during an orbital sunset.

    The Expedition 66 crew split its research schedule between space botany and life science aboard the International Space Station today. NASA Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn started Thursday watering plants growing for the Veggie PONDS study that explores ways to reliably grow vegetables in microgravity. Afterward, the three-time space station visitor verified the operability of the …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/26/2022

    Payloads: Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF-L):  CBEF-L internal equipment and junction box and were removed. Gas sensors, stirring fan and vent fans were reconfigured and the centrifuge was re-inserted.  CBEF-L is a new Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) subrack facility, which is an upgraded facility of the original CBEF currently aboard the ISS.  CBEF-L provides …

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    Station Agriculture Teaching How to Sustain Space Crews

    The waning gibbous Moon is pictured above the Earth's horizon from the International Space Station.

    Space agriculture dominated the research schedule aboard the International Space Station today to learn how to sustain long-term crews far beyond low-Earth orbit. The Expedition 66 crew also had time set aside for ongoing life science work to help keep astronauts and Earthlings healthy. NASA Flight Engineers Raja Chari and Kayla Barron spent Wednesday afternoon …

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