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    Perseids in the Skies over Marshall Space Flight Center

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    A composite image combines about 120 meteor images taken by the NASA All Sky Fireball Network station at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. on August 13, 2015.  The majority of the meteors are Perseids. Danielle Moser of the Meteoroid Environment Office compiled the composite image.

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 08/13/15

    HRP Operations: Kelly completed his last Journals session for the week.  Yui completed his Flight Day 15 (FD15) VO2 Max Session, and with Kelly’s assistance, stowed the equipment. Journals obtains information on behavioral and human issues that are relevant to the design of equipment and procedures and sustained human performance during extended-duration missions. The Sprint …

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    Pair of International Space Ships Coming and Going This Weekend

    Astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Scott Kelly

    Russia will undock its ISS Progress 58 spacecraft Friday morning for a fiery atmospheric entry over the Pacific Ocean. Japan will launch its fifth “Kounotori” HTV cargo ship (HTV-5) Sunday morning from the Tanegashima Space Center. New astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui trained for next week’s arrival of the HTV-5. They will be in …

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    Perseids Are Already Appearing in the Huntsville Sky

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    This composite image shows the meteors detected by the NASA All Sky Fireball Network station here in Huntsville, Alabama this morning.   The majority of the meteors are Perseids, but a handful belong to the Northern Delta Aquariid, Southern Delta Aquariid, Alpha Capricornid, and Southern Iota Aquariid meteor showers that are also active. This Perseid meteor …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 08/12/15

    Direct Current Switching Unit (DCSU) 4A Power On Reset (POR): Tuesday evening at 6:10 pm CDT DCSU-4A experienced a POR.  Power was lost to 3 downstream Direct Current-to-Direct Current Converter Units (DDCUs) plus the DDCU on the P4 Integrated Equipment Assembly (IEA). Service Module voltage and current stabilizers [CHT]s 23 and 24 also lost power …

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    Station Power Back Up as Crew Trains for Japanese Cargo Mission

    Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kimiya Yui

    The International Space Station experienced a temporary power loss Tuesday night while backup systems maintained power to critical systems. Power was restored quickly and there were no impacts to station operations and the six-member crew was always safe. Astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui are training for the robotic capture next week of Japan’s fifth …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 08/11/15

    Human Research Program (HRP) Operations: Yui completed his Flight Day 15 (FD15) Biochemical Profile Urine collections.  Kelly completed his second of three Journals sessions and his third task observation video for Habitability. The Biochemical Profile experiment tests blood and urine samples obtained from astronauts before, during, and after spaceflight. Specific proteins and chemicals in the …

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