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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/23/2019

    CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility – Left) configuration change: The crew worked on steps to change the CBEF-L configuration from ‘G’ (sample tray and centrifuge) to ‘F’ (large centrifuge), but were not able to accomplish all the tasks within the time allocated.  The ground is working on plan revisions to accommodate the tasks.  CBEF-L is …

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    Christmas Week Starts With Biology Research Aboard Orbiting Lab

    The SpaceX Dragon and Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ships

    The six Expedition 61 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station started Christmas week exploring how weightlessness affects biology. The orbital residents also focused on housekeeping and lab maintenance tasks. NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan tested a specialized anti-gravity suit today that reverses the upward flow of fluids in humans caused by microgravity. Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov attached …

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    Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Touches Down in New Mexico

    The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands

    Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed the first touchdown on land of a human-rated space capsule in U.S. history Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, wrapping up the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner settled gently onto its air bags at 7:58 a.m. EST …

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    U.S. Starliner Spacecraft Fires Engines to Return to Earth

    Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft

    NASA TV and the agency’s website continue to provide live coverage of the landing of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. At 7:23 a.m. EST, the spacecraft began its deorbit burn that puts Starliner on the right path to land at White Sands, New Mexico at 7:57 a.m. The service module has successfully separated from the crew module …

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    NASA TV Broadcasting Live Landing Coverage of Starliner Today

    Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches

    NASA and Boeing will provide live coverage of the landing on Sunday, Dec. 22, of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, on return from its Orbital Flight Test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner will execute a deorbit burn at 7:23 a.m. EST to begin its return to Earth, headed for a parachute-assisted landing at 7:57 a.m. …

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    Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test Update

    Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches

    After a successful launch at 6:36 a.m. EST Friday on the ULA Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in an unplanned, but stable orbit. The team is assessing what test objectives can be achieved before a safe return of the spacecraft to land in …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/19/2019

    Microgravity Crystals: The crew performed the procedure review, pipetted and mixed solutions of varying viscosities onto the crystallization plates. The crystals will be allowed to develop over a period of 10 days in temperature-controlled conditions.  The investigation crystallizes a membrane protein that is integral to tumor growth and cancer survival. Although crystallization of this protein has …

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    Station Preps for New U.S. Crew Ship in Middle of Space Research

    NASA astronauts pose with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft behind them

    Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner crew ship rolled out to its launch pad in Florida today. The Expedition 61 crew is preparing the International Space Station for Starliner’s arrival while continuing advanced space research. The Starliner spacecraft sits atop an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance counting down to a liftoff Friday at 6:36 a.m. …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18/2019

    Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF-L): The crew assisted with the check-out of the Cell Biology Experiment Facility – Left (CBEF-L) Incubation Unit (IU) door sensor and CBEF-L IU2 door lock system. CBEF-L is a new JAXA subrack facility, which is an upgraded facility of the CBEF currently aboard the ISS. CBEF-L provides new capabilities with additional …

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