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    Crew Gearing Up for Cygnus Capture and Cargo Operations

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter sits atop the Antares rocket at the Wallops Flight Facility launch pad in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Patrick BLack

    The Expedition 64 crew is getting ready for next week’s arrival of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply ship following its launch on Saturday. The orbital residents are also maintaining science operations and unpacking a new Russian spacecraft at the International Space Station. The Antares rocket with the Cygnus space freighter atop rolled out to its …

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    Russian Cargo Craft Arrives, U.S. Space Freighter Launches Saturday

    The International Space Station

    Russia’s ISS Progress 77 resupply ship delivered over a ton of nitrogen, propellant and oxygen early Wednesday morning to the International Space Station. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter is up next as it counts down to this weekend’s launch from Virginia to the orbiting lab. The Progress 77 docked to the Pirs docking compartment on …

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    Russian Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station

    Feb. 17, 2021: International Space Station Configuration. Four spaceships are docked at the space station including the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Russia's Progress 75 and 77 resupply ships and the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship.

    An uncrewed Russian Progress 77 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Pirs docking compartment on the station’s Russian segment at 1:27 a.m. EST, two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sunday, Feb. 14 at 11:45 p.m. EST (9:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, Baikonur time). The spacecraft were flying over Argentina …

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    Russian Cargo Craft In Orbit to Station

    An uncrewed Russian Progress 77 carrying just over one ton of nitrogen, water and propellant to the International Space Station launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:45 p.m. EST (9:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, Baikonur time). The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned for …

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    Watch NASA TV for Progress Spacecraft Launch

    Beginning at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The uncrewed Russian Progress 77 is scheduled to lift off on a Soyuz rocket at 11:45 p.m. (9:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in …

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    Resupply Rocket Rolls Out to Pad, Crew Keeps up Space Studies

    Russia's ISS Progress 77 space freighter stands at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos

    The next rocket to launch a resupply ship to the International Space Station rolled out to its launch pad on the other side of the world this morning. Back on the orbiting lab, the seven-member Expedition 64 crew kept up its space studies while servicing U.S. spacesuits. Russia’s ISS Progress 77 cargo craft is standing …

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    Crew Preps New Airlock and Studies Variety of Space Phenomena

    Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins works on hydroponics components for the Plant Water Management study.

    The Expedition 64 crew continued setting up a new science and cargo airlock for operations today since its installation last year on the International Space Station. The orbital residents also researched how microgravity affects humans, plants and physics. The station’s Tranquility module was expanded in December with the addition of the new NanoRacks Bishop airlock. …

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    Nervous System, Exercise Research Fills Science Schedule Wednesday

    Expedition 64 Flight Engineers (from left) Kate Rubins and Shannon Walker called down to the Centers for Disease Control and talked about science on the space station. Credit: NASA TV

    Human research was the main science focus aboard the International Space Station today. The Expedition 64 crew members also worked on spacesuit maintenance. The space-exposed human nervous system may impact how an astronaut grips and manipulates objects during a mission. NASA Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover participated in the GRIP study today that …

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    Two Cargo Ships Near Launch as Crew Conducts Space Research

    Feb. 8, 2021: International Space Station Configuration. Three spaceships are docked at the space station including the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Russia's Progress 75 resupply ship and Soyuz MS-17 crew ship.

    A Russian resupply ship departed the International Space Station overnight as two more cargo missions get ready for their launch. Meanwhile, the Expedition 64 crew has been focusing on space research exploring botany and biology. Russia’s uncrewed ISS Progress 76 space freighter undocked from the station’s Pirs docking compartment early Tuesday packed with trash and …

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    Crew Gets Ready for Cargo Missions, Opens New Airlock

    Earth's atmospheric glow and the aurora blanket the horizon as the space station orbited above the North Atlantic.

    Two cargo rockets on opposite sides of the world are nearing their launch to resupply the Expedition 64 crew this month. A new science and cargo airlock installed late last year on the International Space Station is now open for business. Russia’s Progress 76 (76P) cargo craft, packed with trash and discarded hardware, will depart …

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