Expedition 53 is gearing up for three maintenance spacewalks set to take place in October over a period of two weeks. Meanwhile, the six-member crew continued researching today how their long-term missions in space affect their bodies.Commander Randy Bresnik began unpacking spacewalking gear today ahead of the first of three spacewalks set to begin Oct. 5. He will lead all three spacewalks with NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba. Vande Hei will join him on the first two and Acaba will participate in the final spacewalk. The trio will replace one of the two end effectors on the Canadarm2 robotic arm, lubricate the new component and replace cameras at two locations on the station’s truss.
Monday, October 2 - ISS Expedition 53 Spacewalk Preview Briefing
Tuesday, October 10 - Coverage of ISS Expedition 53 U.S. Spacewalk #44 (time is TBD; Bresnik and Vande Hei)
Thursday, October 12 - Coverage of the Docking of the ISS Progress 68 Cargo Ship to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (Docking is scheduled at 8:56 a.m. ET)
Dragon SpaceX (SpX)-12 Unberth: Over the weekend, the crew packed critical items and egressed the vehicle in preparation for Dragon departure. Dragon was unberthed from the ISS via ground commanding on Saturday at approximately 5:06 PM CDT. Ground teams then maneuvered the Dragon to an overnight park position. Early Sunday morning at 03:41 AM CDT, Dragon was released, with splashdown occurring roughly five and a half hours later.
Thursday, October 5 - Coverage of ISS Expedition 53 U.S. Spacewalk #44 (Spacewalk begins at 8:05 a.m. EDT, expected to last 6 ½ hours; Bresnik and Vande Hei)
Tuesday, October 10 - Coverage of ISS Expedition 53 U.S. Spacewalk #45 (Spacewalk begins at 8:05 a.m. EDT, expected to last 6 ½ hours; Bresnik and Vande Hei)
Wednesday, October 18 - Coverage of ISS Expedition 53 U.S. Spacewalk #46 (Spacewalk begins at 8:05 a.m. EDT, expected to last 6 ½ hours; Bresnik and Acaba)
Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWebNEW (not yet official) launch date for #MLM/#Nauka module is February 2019. DETAILS: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss-fgb2-mlm-2017.html#0921 …
ПРОВЕДЕНА ПЛАНОВАЯ КОРРЕКЦИЯ ОРБИТЫ МКС
Astronauts to make quickest trip ever to ISS in Decemberhttp://tass.com/science/967087QuoteThe first launch of a Soyuz spacecraft on a new two-orbit flight scheme in which it will orbit Earth two times en route to the ISS, is scheduled for December 2017, a source from the aerospace sector told TASS on Friday.QuotePrior to that, the new scheme will be tested on a Progress cargo craft, the source said. The Roscosmos Space Corporation said "the decision on the launch of a Soyuz manned spacecraft will be made only after the flight of a Progress under a shortened scheme has been analyzed".Under the new scheme, the spacecraft will make two circumnavigations of the globe, which will take three hours. Currently, spacecraft get to the ISS after four orbits, the flight taking six hours.From NASA TV ScheduleOctober 12 - Progress 68 Launch time is scheduled at 5:32 a.m. ET October 12 - Docking is scheduled at 8:56 a.m. ETIt takes 3 hours 24 min
The first launch of a Soyuz spacecraft on a new two-orbit flight scheme in which it will orbit Earth two times en route to the ISS, is scheduled for December 2017, a source from the aerospace sector told TASS on Friday.
Prior to that, the new scheme will be tested on a Progress cargo craft, the source said. The Roscosmos Space Corporation said "the decision on the launch of a Soyuz manned spacecraft will be made only after the flight of a Progress under a shortened scheme has been analyzed".Under the new scheme, the spacecraft will make two circumnavigations of the globe, which will take three hours. Currently, spacecraft get to the ISS after four orbits, the flight taking six hours.
Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2017October 12 09:32 / 12:56 - Progress MS-07 launch and docking (to Pirs)Changes on September 19thChanges on September 20th
New two-orbit rendezvous procedure to be tested by Progress MS-07, already noted in this thread.Quote from: Fuji on 09/27/2017 02:08 pmAstronauts to make quickest trip ever to ISS in Decemberhttp://tass.com/science/967087QuoteThe first launch of a Soyuz spacecraft on a new two-orbit flight scheme in which it will orbit Earth two times en route to the ISS, is scheduled for December 2017, a source from the aerospace sector told TASS on Friday.QuotePrior to that, the new scheme will be tested on a Progress cargo craft, the source said. The Roscosmos Space Corporation said "the decision on the launch of a Soyuz manned spacecraft will be made only after the flight of a Progress under a shortened scheme has been analyzed".Under the new scheme, the spacecraft will make two circumnavigations of the globe, which will take three hours. Currently, spacecraft get to the ISS after four orbits, the flight taking six hours.From NASA TV ScheduleOctober 12 - Progress 68 Launch time is scheduled at 5:32 a.m. ET October 12 - Docking is scheduled at 8:56 a.m. ETIt takes 3 hours 24 min Quote from: Salo on 09/19/2017 06:22 amCurrent schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2017October 12 09:32 / 12:56 - Progress MS-07 launch and docking (to Pirs)Changes on September 19thChanges on September 20th***I suppose that pending a successful test, there will be an announcement of a two-orbit rendezvous for Soyuz MS-07.
This maneuver was the first of three burns to set up the proper conditions for the 51S landing (12/14/17) and the 53S launch and docking (12/17/17). The second burn is expected to occur on 11/02/17 and the third is expected to occur on 11/22/17.
ISS Expedition 57 and 58 crew patch art.
and LEE-B, which remains functional, targeting replacement in January 2018.
NASA ASAP notes:Schedule: SpaceX April 2018 uncrewed, August 2018 crewed. Boeing August 2018 uncrewed, November 2018 crewed.
If I'm not mistaken, ACLS is on the cargo manifest for HTV-7, that is planned to be launched march 2018.
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43303.msg1733359#msg1733359QuoteIf I'm not mistaken, ACLS is on the cargo manifest for HTV-7, that is planned to be launched march 2018.
ELaNa 25Date: NET October 1, 2018Mission: ISS Deployment.9 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployedCIRiS – Utah State University, LoganTechEdSat-8 – NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett, CaliforniaCAPSat – University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignSASSI2 – University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignCySat-1 – Iowa State University, AmesSPACE HAUC – University of Massachusetts, LowellSOCRATES – University of Minnesota, MinneapolisTJREVERB – Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VirginiaVirginia CubeSat Constellation – Old Dominion Research Foundation, Norfolk
The U.S. Army’s experimental Kestrel Eye is scheduled to deploy Oct. 24 from the International Space Station to begin a two-year mission