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    L-72 Forecast: 80% Favorable for Antares Launch

    Close up of the Antares rocket on its side with a white water tower in the background. The rocket is all white with Northrop Grumman's logo and Antares written vertically down one side. Behind the the sky is a light blue.

    The Wallops Range forecast issued today for the Tuesday, Aug. 1, launch of Northrop Grumman’s 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station puts weather at 80% favorable. A weak area of high pressure will move off the coast Sunday evening, as a weak upper-level disturbance tracks toward the Wallops region with a slight chance …

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    Northrop Grumman CRS-19 Mission Prepares for Launch

    A large, white rocket lifts off from a launch pad against a bright blue sky. White flame and exhaust streams out from its base with billowing clouds of exhaust on the launch pad. A tall water tower stands next to the launch pad. In the foreground, tall green grasses behind a fence line.

    The next resupply mission to the International Space Station from commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is preparing for launch during a window that opens Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 8:31 p.m. EDT at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.  Loaded with more than 8,200 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft will …

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    Payload Maintenance and Relocation, Robotics Session to End Week

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen installs student-made hardware next to the Destiny laboratory module's Microgravity Science Glovebox to test a platform that improves the stability of cameras used to track targets on the ground or take images and video inside the International Space Station.

    It’s a jam-packed Friday for the Expedition 69 crew aboard the International Space Station. Ahead of their off-duty weekend, the crew moved payloads and stowage and two astronauts completed a second robotics practice session in preparation for next week’s cargo delivery. NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg started his day collecting additional samples for the Standard Measures …

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    Astrobee Powered On, Safety Drills, and Health Measurements Top Today’s Schedule

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg monitors an Astrobee robotic free-flyer in the Kibo laboratory module testing its operations in conjunction with mission controllers. The robotics work is being done to demonstrate ways to control the free-flyers using student-written code that recognizes multiple gestures.

    Another round of safety training is underway today on the International Space Station. The Expedition 69 crew members were also tasked with robotic activities, ultrasound scans and station maintenance. United Arab Emirates (UAE) Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi powered on the station’s free-flying robots, Astrobee, in the morning. Later in the day, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg …

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    Space Biology, Human Health Research and Robotics Work to Kick off Week

    Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio, both NASA astronauts, are pictured relaxing in the Unity module after an afternoon of orbital plumbing tasks aboard the International Space Station.

    The Expedition 69 crew aboard the International Space Station is keeping busy on Monday with Genes in Space operations, human health research, robotics work, and station maintenance. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio started his day removing hard drives for future return. Following last week’s session, Rubio once again booted up the Surface Avatar laptop computer …

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    Space Biology, Upcoming Mission Training and Eye Checks End Work Week

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen works on life support hardware inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.

    Two Expedition 69 crew members are preparing for the upcoming Northrop Grumman cargo resupply mission. Space biology and another round of eye exams are also underway today aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Woody Hoburg spent most of their morning reviewing procedures and completing training for Northrop Grumman’s 19th commercial resupply …

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    A Third Round of Eye Exams for the Week; Maintenance and Clean-up Activities Underway

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured setting up robotic camera hardware inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.

    Three Expedition 69 crew members completed another round of eye exams today aboard the International Space Station. Various maintenance and clean-up activities were also underway in multiple service modules. NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen collected salvia samples early in the morning then began installation work in the Japanese Experiment Module on a system that provides fluorescent …

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    Crew Members Carry Out More Vision Checks and Station Maintenance Today

    iss069e032151 (July 12, 2023) --- Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from top) Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Woody Hoburg of NASA are pictured inside the Tranquility module working on life support maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station.

    Eye scans and station maintenance continue for the Expedition 69 crew aboard the International Space Station today. NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg started his day observing and taking photos of satellites that were recently deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer in the Japanese Experiment Module. He then moved into the station’s Tranquility module to troubleshoot …

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