NASA’s SunRISE mission — short for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment — passed a mission review on Sept. 8, 2021, moving the mission into its next phase. “SunRISE will detect and study eruptions of radio waves from the Sun that often precede major solar events containing high energy particle radiation,” said Justin Kasper, SunRISE …
Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos began a spacewalk to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for operations in space when they opened the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock of the International Space Station at 10:51 a.m. EDT. Novitskiy, designated extravehicular crew member …
NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos is now underway and is also available on the NASA app and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 65 are preparing to exit the International Space Station‘s Poisk module on the space-facing side of …
Payloads Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME): A crewmember removed and replaced the ACME Igniter Tip #2. The ACME project is a set of six independent studies of gaseous flames to be conducted in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR). ACME’s primary and secondary goals are to (1) improve fuel efficiency and reduce pollutant production in …
Two Expedition 65 cosmonauts are ready for their second spacewalk to continue outfitting Russia’s new science module on Thursday. Meanwhile, another spacewalk is due to take place on Sunday to modify the International Space Station’s power system. Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov wrapped up their spacewalk reviews and Orlan spacesuit checks just before lunchtime …
Payloads: Four Bed CO2 Scrubber: The crew routed the MSG Aux Power Cable from LAB1O5 UIP to LAB1P4 UIP to provide power to Four Bed CO2 Scrubber. Four Bed CO2 Scrubber demonstrates a technology for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere on a spacecraft. The technology is based on the current system in use …
Two Expedition 65 cosmonauts will soon exit the International Space Station for the second spacewalk in less than week to continue configuring a Russian science module. Meanwhile, two astronauts are gearing up for another spacewalk, while the rest of the crew conducts space research and lab maintenance. Russia’s new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module (MLM) saw …
Payloads Genes in Space-8: The crew performed the setup of the Fluorescence Viewer and mini-PCR and performed Freeze and Fly Ops #3 to demonstrate the heating and fluorescent visualization functions of the Genes in Space experiment. Some pharmaceuticals used to maintain astronaut health do not work as well in space, which may be linked to …
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk at 6:35 p.m. EDT after 7 hours and 54 minutes. It is the first of up to 11 spacewalks to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for operations in space. Novitskiy and Dubrov completed the major objective for today to connect power cables …
Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #49: Today, FE-4 Oleg Novitskiy (EV1) and FE-5 Petr Dubrov (EV2) egressed the Mini-Research Module (MRM)-2 airlock and completed the following tasks during today’s 7 hour and 54 minute EVA: Retrieve, route, and mate Power Cable Bundles #1 & #2 from MRM2 to MLM (eight Russian Connectors total) Mate …
