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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/06/2024

    Payloads: Bacterial Adhesion and Corrosion (BAC): The BAC BioCell Habitat was removed from its Space Automated Laboratory Incubator (SALI) location and packed for return on the Crew-7 Dragon. Polymicrobial Biofilm Growth and Control during Spaceflight (Bacterial Adhesion and Corrosion) explores the formation under microgravity conditions of multi-species biofilms, which may behave differently from single-species biofilms. …

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    Crew Swap Underway Amid Advanced Space Science

    The SpaceX Crew-8 members are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after the hatch opened to the station. From left are, Alexander Grebenkin, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Matthew Dominick.

    Four new flight engineers are adapting to life aboard the International Space Station as a quartet of Expedition 70 crew members nears the end of its mission. Meanwhile, the expanded crew still found time for a variety of biology and physics studies while maintaining the upkeep of the orbital outpost. First time space-flyers Matthew Dominick, …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/05/2024

    Crew-8 Dock: SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, successfully docked to the ISS at 1:28 AM CST. The ISS crew welcomed aboard NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Grebenkin. The ISS crew complement has officially increased from 7 to 11. Payloads: Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research …

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    Expedition 70 Welcomes Four New Crewmates, Quickly Gets to Work

    The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, with the Crew-8 quartet aboard, is pictured approaching the International Space Station as it orbited 268 miles above the Indian Ocean.

    11 crew members now reside aboard the International Space Station following the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission early Tuesday morning. The four new Crew-8 members will spend the next few days getting used to life on orbit as four Expedition 70 crewmates pack up for their return to Earth. The SpaceX Dragon “Endeavour“ spacecraft …

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    Four Crew-8 Members Enter Station for Six-Month Mission

    The four SpaceX Crew-8 members (front row) join the Expedition 70 crew (back row) for welcome remarks shortly after docking and entering the space station. Credit: NASA TV

    NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin aboard the SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, have arrived at the International Space Station. Crew-8 joins the space station’s Expedition 70 crew of NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace …

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    SpaceX Dragon with Crew-8 Aboard Docks to Station

    NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station, as the SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, docked to the complex at 2:28 a.m. EST while the station was 260 statute miles over Newfoundland. Following Dragon’s link up to the Harmony module, the astronauts …

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    SpaceX Dragon with Crew-8 Aboard Docks to Station

    March 5, 2024: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft Endurance and Endeavour, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter, the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship, and the Progress 86 and 87 resupply ships.

    NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station, as the SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, docked to the complex at 2:28 a.m. EST while the station was 260 statute miles over Newfoundland. Following Dragon’s link up to the Harmony module, the astronauts …

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    SpaceX Crew-8 Approaching Station Live on NASA TV

    The crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station poses for a photo during their Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

    NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website are continuing to provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission carrying NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, is scheduled to dock about 2:30 a.m. EST …

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    SpaceX Crew-8 Approaching Station Live on NASA TV

    The crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station poses for a photo during their Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

    NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website are continuing to provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission carrying NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, is scheduled to dock about 2:30 a.m. EST …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/04/2024

    Crew-8 Launch: On Sunday, March 3rd, at 9:53 PM CST, SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour lifted off from Launch Complex-39A at Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket. Crew Dragon Endeavour carries NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Crew-8 is expected to dock to the ISS …

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