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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #500 on: 12/10/2024 03:36 am »
J-SSOD deployer is heading back inside the JEM airlock.

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #501 on: 12/10/2024 08:05 am »
Suni is moving EMU 3013 into the airlock, forward mount, and EMU 3015 is being moved into the crew lock.
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #502 on: 12/10/2024 08:47 am »
Suni is moving EMU 3013 into the airlock, forward mount, and EMU 3015 is being moved into the crew lock.

3009 is on the aft ETA (mount)
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #503 on: 12/10/2024 02:13 pm »
Third and final deployment occurred around 9:17 am US/Eastern, 1417 UTC - ONGLAISAT, a 6U cubesat. Info on this satellite from the JAXA website:
 

Thanks for capturing the deployment times, much appreciated!!
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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #504 on: 12/10/2024 02:44 pm »
Third and final deployment occurred around 9:17 am US/Eastern, 1417 UTC - ONGLAISAT, a 6U cubesat. Info on this satellite from the JAXA website:
 

Thanks for capturing the deployment times, much appreciated!!

You're welcome! I'd throw a minute or two of error bar on those - I didn't get them in real time, I just watched the playback and did the math of "okay, they said the livestream was starting at 2300 JST, live coverage started about 15 minutes into this video, deployment occurred about 32 minutes in...", etc.

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #505 on: 12/10/2024 06:03 pm »
Katya Pavlushchenko
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Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner will perform an EVA #VKD63 on December 19. They will egress the Poisk module at 15:10 UTC, the EVA is scheduled to take 6 hours 40 minutes. The main task is to install the SPIN-X1-MVN X-ray spectrometer outside the Zvezda module. ⤵️

The other tasks are to remove the "Test" and "Endurance" experiments, move the external control panel for the ERA manipulator to another location and discard the stacking with old boards using the manipulator.

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1866515641991323939

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #506 on: 12/10/2024 06:27 pm »
Spacesuits and Space Biology Fill Day Aboard Space Station

Mark Garcia Posted on December 10, 2024

Spacesuits and space biology were the main focus on Tuesday as the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station gets ready for a spacewalk and keeps up critical research.

Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner from Roscosmos worked throughout the day inside the Poisk module where they are getting ready for the year’s final spacewalk. Vagner first conducted leak checks on Poisk’s airlock hatch where the cosmonauts will exit into the vacuum of space at 10:10 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 19. Next, the duo paired up activating and inspecting their individual Orlan spacesuits, installing batteries, and removing excess gasses and liquids from the suits they will wear during the spacewalk. The cosmonauts are expected to spend about six hours and 40 minutes removing external science experiments and relocating European robotic arm hardware.

Station Commander Suni Williams was back inside the Quest airlock on Tuesday checking out and replacing components on a U.S. spacesuit. Afterward, she joined NASA Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore for eye exams with the Ultrasound 2 device. The duo took turns scanning each other’s eyes as doctors on the ground monitored in real-time the condition of each astronaut’s cornea, lens, and optic nerve. Wilmore also transferred cargo between the Kibo and Columbus laboratory modules then installed air quality sensors inside Quest.

NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit started his day reconfiguring and cleaning a pair of research incubators, one of which can generate artificial gravity, inside the Kibo lab module. He later joined Wilmore who scanned Pettit’s eyes with the Ultrasound 2 then assisted him with the cargo transfers between Kibo and Columbus. Pettit also reviewed procedures for an upcoming cancer and disease detection study.

Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA explored the potential of micro-algae as a way to remove carbon dioxide, produce oxygen, and grow food on spacecraft. Hague processed sample containers for installation inside the BioLab research facility to understand the effects of radiation and microgravity on the micro-algae and learn how to sustain crews on missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Hague, who is also the commander of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission, joined his crewmates Williams, Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov inside the Dragon crew spacecraft for a departure training session at the end of the day. Hague and Gorbunov launched together on Dragon to the orbital outpost on Sept. 28. They will return to Earth in the spring with Williams and Wilmore.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/12/10/spacesuits-and-space-biology-fill-day-aboard-space-station/

Astronaut Suni Williams displays science hardware housing bacteria and yeast samples for a biomanufacturing experiment that may enable the production of food and medicine in space.

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #507 on: 12/10/2024 08:08 pm »
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Nice catch, Astrobee! 🐝🤖

@Astro_Suni supervises Astrobee’s new tentacle-like attachments, REACCH. This demonstrates REACCH's ability to catch floating items, a capability that could help recover orbiting objects. http://go.nasa.gov/3V2w9Jt

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1866595050869887188
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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #508 on: 12/11/2024 05:35 pm »
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New and old;  @Space_Station  solar panels in low angle sunlight.  The old (designed in mid-1980’s), left, have a blue “abalone” reflection while the new (2015 era), right, have an iridescence similar to butterfly wings.  Both are a sight to see.

https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1866741101027000693

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #509 on: 12/11/2024 07:37 pm »
Crew Works Biomedical, Robotics Research and Waits for Dragon Departure

Mark Garcia Posted on December 11, 2024

Disease detection, cellular immunity, and free-flying robotics were the top advanced research topics aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Expedition 72 crew members wait to send off a U.S. cargo spacecraft while preparing for the year’s final spacewalk.

Scientists on the ground are using the orbital outpost’s microgravity environment to learn how to detect genetic mutations and viruses that can cause illnesses, such as cancer and other diseases, on Earth and in space. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit processed samples of RNA, a nucleic acid, in the Harmony module’s maintenance work area for visualization in a handheld fluorescence viewer. Results may enable the quick identification of genetic sequences that can affect human health to better protect astronauts on missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

NASA Flight Engineer Nick Hague began his day collecting his blood and saliva samples. He processed the specimens and stowed some of the samples in a science freezer and placed others inside the Kubik research incubator for later analysis. Doctors will study the samples to understand and prevent space-caused cellular stress and tissue damage. Hague also took off the Bio-Monitor headband and vest and downloaded the health data collected over two days from the biomedical wearables.

Working in the Kibo laboratory module, NASA Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore outfitted the toaster-sized Astrobee robotic free-flyer with a small docking mechanism for the Clingers technology demonstration. Engineers on the ground monitored the Astrobee as it tested autonomous navigation, docking, and undocking techniques using the Clingers device. Insights may boost space industry standardization of in-space refueling, repair, and manufacturing operations.

Station Commander Suni Williams from NASA opened up the Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) inside the Columbus laboratory module troubleshooting its components. The MSL enables safe, high-temperature observations of materials such as metals, polymers, semiconductors, and more in weightlessness to discover new applications and create new materials.

Mission managers waved off the planned return of a Dragon resupply spacecraft on Thursday, Dec. 12, due to forecasted unfavorable weather conditions at the splashdown site off the coast of Florida. NASA and SpaceX now are targeting Saturday, Dec. 14, for the next undocking opportunity of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services spacecraft.

NASA’s live coverage of Dragon’s undocking and departure begins at 10:50 a.m. EST on NASA+ as the spacecraft autonomously undocks from the Harmony module’s forward port around 11:05 a.m. on Saturday. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

Roscosmos Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner continued their spacewalk preparations on Wednesday. The duo checked their suits for leaks, tested communications and medical hardware, and installed spacewalking gear inside the Poisk module. The cosmonauts will exit Poisk into the vacuum of space at 10:10 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 19, and spend about six hours and 40 minutes removing science experiments and relocating robotic hardware.

Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov began his day working on video and computer hardware throughout the station’s Roscosmos segment. Afterward, he entered the Nauka science module activating the European robotic arm (ERA) and verifying mission data uploaded to the ERA.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/12/11/crew-works-biomedical-robotics-research-and-waits-for-dragon-departure/

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #510 on: 12/12/2024 02:41 am »
Nick Hague
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If you want to do research, this is an amazing place to be! I love connecting with students worldwide and sharing what it’s like to live, work, and explore science in space. Thank you, Stuttgart Elementary, for the great questions!

https://twitter.com/AstroHague/status/1866992301840482394

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #511 on: 12/12/2024 05:34 pm »
Nick Hague
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Kwaj is a special home in the Pacific. I look forward to joining the Kwajalein School System's Space Week and talking STEM with all the students and my friend and crewmate @AstroDrewMorgan!

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasa-astronaut-nick-hague-answers-kwajalein-school-student-questions/

https://twitter.com/AstroHague/status/1867244187487220165

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #512 on: 12/12/2024 06:30 pm »
Crew Packs Science for Exposure, Studies Immune System, and Preps for Spacewalk

Mark Garcia Posted on December 12, 2024

The Expedition 72 crew prepared a science experiment for placement outside the International Space Station and studied space-caused cellular stress and tissue damage on Thursday. Spacewalk preparations are also ongoing to remove and relocate hardware on the orbital outpost next week.

Three NASA astronauts including Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Butch Wilmore opened up the hatch to the NanoRacks Bishop airlock and readied the removable module for the loading of the Euro Materials Aging (EMA) experiment. On Monday, the Canadarm2 robotic arm will detach Bishop with the EMA inside from the Tranquility module and maneuver it toward the Columbus laboratory module. Next, the EMA will be robotically installed on the Bartolomeo research platform attached to the outside of Columbus.

EMA will expose a variety of materials to the space environment to learn how to improve the development of space hardware and applications for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The external investigation will operate outside Columbus for about a year.


NASA Flight Engineer Nick Hague continued his cellular immunity research processing blood samples in the Harmony module. He removed the samples from the Kubik research incubator after overnight stowage and spun them inside the Human Research Facility’s centrifuge. Afterward, Hague stowed the blood specimens inside a science freezer then powered down and uninstalled Kubik. Doctors on the ground will analyze the samples to understand the effects of living in space on the human immune system.

All four NASA astronauts relaxed and took a half-a-day off at the end of their shifts on Thursday. The quartet will have a busy day on Friday as they prepare the Bishop airlock and the Euro Materials Aging experiment for their robotic move next week.

Roscosmos Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner continued their preparations for a spacewalk planned to begin at 10:10 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 19, for science and robotics hardware transfers. The duo wore their pressurized Orlan spacesuits and practiced maneuvering to the Poisk airlock where they will exit into the vacuum of space. Fellow cosmonaut and flight engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov joined the duo afterward and reviewed procedures to depressurize and repressurize the airlock when the spacewalkers exit and enter the station.

Ovchinin and Vagner also had time for a cardiac study wearing electrodes and arm cuffs measuring their heart activity and blood pressure. Gorbunov focused on orbital plumbing tasks before the spacewalk reviews. At the end of his shift, he joined his cosmonaut crewmates for a test to learn how international crews and mission controllers from around the world can communicate better.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/12/12/crew-packs-science-for-exposure-studies-immune-system-and-preps-for-spacewalk/

A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the space station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.
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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #513 on: 12/12/2024 07:44 pm »
A few photo's from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/54194078845/in/photostream/

Astronaut Suni Williams between the SpaceX Dragon and the Harmony module

iss072e282112 (Nov. 29, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams is pictured inside the vestibule between the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module.

Astronaut Don Pettit processes bacteria samples

iss072e310952 (Dec. 3, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit processes bacteria samples in the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glove to understand why some pathogens are more potent in the microgravity environment. Those samples were also packed inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft for return and analysis back on Earth. The space biology investigation uses genetic analysis techniques to identify the antibiotic resistant organisms and help researchers protect crew health on long-term space missions.

Astronaut Don Pettit points a camera outside a window for a sun photography session

iss072e350812 (Dec. 7, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit points a camera outside a window on the International Space Station's Poisk module for a sun photography session.

Astronaut Don Pettit points a camera outside a window for a sun photography session

iss072e350819 (Dec. 7, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit points a camera outside a window on the International Space Station's Poisk module for a sun photography session with assistance from Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner.

Astronaut Don Pettit points a camera outside a window for a sun photography session

iss072e350835 (Dec. 7, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit points a camera outside a window on the International Space Station's Poisk module for a sun photography session.

Expedition 72 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Ivan Vagner

iss072e350829 (Dec. 7, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit points a camera outside a window on the International Space Station's Poisk module for a sun photography session with assistance from Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner.

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #514 on: 12/13/2024 05:56 am »
Don Pettit
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Large Magellanic Cloud visible in the southern hemisphere with the upper “red-orange” part of our atmosphere (called the f-region) seen in the lower part of the photograph. This is a time exposure using my homemade tracker that compensates for @space_station motion, thus allowing longish(so far up to 30 seconds) time exposures where the stars are not streak.

Nikon Z9, 50mm f1.2 lens, 20 sec, f1.2, ISO 12800, tracker set to 0.064 degrees/sec, adjusted with Photoshop, levels, color, contrast.

https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1867460568098971956

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #515 on: 12/13/2024 03:36 pm »
Sounds like Jonny Kim is pulling a CAPCOM shift or visiting MCC-H.  He traded "you need to get up here/I'll be there soon" quips with Don Pettit.
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #516 on: 12/13/2024 04:30 pm »
SSRMS has grappled one of the fixtures on the Bishop Airlock in preparation for deploying the Euro Material Ageing experiment.

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #517 on: 12/13/2024 06:51 pm »
Crew Studies Physics and Biology, Preps for Spacewalk, Dragon Undocking Adjusted

Mark Garcia Posted on December 13, 2024

A space exposure experiment, a micro-algae study, and eye exams topped the research schedule for the Expedition 72 crew members at the end of the week. The orbital residents also continue to gear up for a spacewalk planned for next week at the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and station Commander Suni Williams spent most of her day inside the Tranquility module working on the Nanoracks Bishop airlock. She was joined at the beginning of her shift by NASA Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore who helped her prepare the Euro Materials Aging (EMA) experiment for installation inside Bishop. Afterward, she inspected one portion of the EMA study that will observe organic molecules and how they adapt to the external space environment.

NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit looked at another segment of the EMA hardware that will expose a variety of materials to outer space to monitor how they age over time. Finally, NASA Flight Engineer Nick Hague inspected the Bishop airlock with the EMA experiment inside, closed its hatch, and prepared the airlock for its upcoming depressurization.

On Monday, the Canadarm2 robotic arm will detach Bishop with the EMA inside from Tranquility and maneuver it toward the Columbus laboratory module. Next, the EMA will be robotically installed on the Bartolomeo research platform attached to the outside of Columbus. The external investigation will operate outside Columbus for about a year.

Hague at the beginning of his shift on Friday, swapped samples of micro-algae inside the BioLab incubator located in Columbus. Researchers are exploring the potential of micro-algae as a way to remove carbon dioxide, produce oxygen, and grow food on spacecraft. At the end of the day, Williams partnered with Pettit and Wilmore for eye exams using standard medical imaging hardware found in a doctor’s office on Earth. The trio were joined by ground doctors monitoring in real-time who want to understand how living in weightlessness affects vision and the human eye.

Two cosmonauts continue their preparations for a spacewalk on Thursday, Dec. 19, to remove external science experiments and relocate European robotic arm hardware. Roscosmos Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner began Friday installing components on their Orlan spacesuits. Next, the duo pedaled on an exercise bicycle for a pre-spacewalk fitness assessment. Finally, the cosmonauts wrapped up the day’s suit work installing lights, batteries, and video cameras they will wear on their spacesuits during the planned six-hour and 40-minute spacewalk next week.

Roscosmos Flight Engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov trained to use the European robotic arm reviewing the laptop computers that support the robotic arm attached to the Nauka science module. Following that work, the first-time space flyer swapped out life support hardware then installed Earth observation gear to view the effects of natural and human-caused catastrophes in different wavelengths.

Mission managers waved off the planned return of a Dragon resupply spacecraft on Saturday, Dec. 13, due to forecasted unfavorable weather conditions at the splashdown sites off the coast of Florida. NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Sunday, Dec. 15, for the next undocking opportunity of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services spacecraft.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/12/13/crew-studies-physics-and-biology-preps-for-spacewalk-dragon-undocking-adjusted/

An orbital sunrise crowns Earth’s horizon in thus photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Brazil.
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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #518 on: 12/13/2024 07:26 pm »
International Space Station
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The space station crew approaches the holidays waiting for the departure of the @SpaceX #Dragon cargo spacecraft, testing free-flying robots, and deploying the first ever wooden satellite. #SpaceToGround

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1867667089525551563

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Re: Expedition 72 thread
« Reply #519 on: 12/13/2024 09:14 pm »
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Wood you look at that!🌲
LignoSat recently deployed from @Space_Station. The wooden @JAXA satellite investigates how wood survives in the space environment and transmits data. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to conventional satellites. http://go.nasa.gov/3OQptuK

Previous experiments helped researchers choose the wood species. The final design used 10 cm long wood panels fitted using a Japanese wood-joinery method that does not rely on glue or metal fittings.

Researchers will measure the wood's reaction and resistance to temperature, atomic oxygen, and radiation. Aside from wood's potential resilience in space, it does not block radio waves, making two-way communication with amateur radio operators possible.

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1867681438067249238

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1867681569961586973
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