QuoteNASA to Provide Briefing, Coverage of Spacewalks for Station UpgradesThe seventh and eighth IROSAs will be installed on future spacewalks. Each new IROSA will produce more than 20 kilowatts of electricity, and once all eight are installed, will enable a 30% increase in power production over the station’s current arrays.
NASA to Provide Briefing, Coverage of Spacewalks for Station UpgradesThe seventh and eighth IROSAs will be installed on future spacewalks. Each new IROSA will produce more than 20 kilowatts of electricity, and once all eight are installed, will enable a 30% increase in power production over the station’s current arrays.
Belarusian female astronaut to go ISS in March 2024 — RoscosmosAccording to the space corporation plans, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and a female cosmonaut from Belarus will make a short flight and return to Earth on the Soyuz MS-24MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. The crew of the 21st visiting expedition, which includes a citizen of Belarus, will go to the International Space Station (ISS) in March 2024 on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, Roscosmos’ press service told the media on Monday."The main crew of the 21st visiting expedition includes Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, a citizen of the Republic of Belarus and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson. They are to fly to the ISS in March 2024 on the Soyuz MS-25, Roscosmos said.According to Roscosmos plans, Novitsky and a female cosmonaut from Belarus will make a short flight and return to Earth on the Soyuz MS-24. The NASA astronaut's mission will last until September 2024, after which Dyson will return to Earth with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolay Chub on the Soyuz MS-25.According to the website of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya will go to the ISS from Belarus. Her colleague Anastasia Lenkova is on standby. Vasilevskaya is a flight attendant with Belavia airlines and Lenkova, a pediatric surgeon at the Republican Scientific-Practical Center of Pediatric Surgery.
Ok now... Here it says there's a possible option for 7th and 8th.So maybe NASA has decided to use that option now?https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/irosa-eva-dec-3/This leaves two iROSAs to be installed under the original contract for six iROSAs between NASA and Boeing — both of which will launch together in summer 2023. The option to add a seventh and eighth iROSA exists should NASA decide to exercise the option.
SpaceX, Axiom Space, and NASA are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, May 30 at 11:05 a.m. ET for Dragon to depart from the International Space Station. After performing a series of burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison its trunk, and re-enter Earth's atmosphere, landing off the coast of Florida twelve hours later at approximately 11:09 p.m. ET...
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsAx-2: Undocking confirmed, at 11:05am EDT (1505 UTC); the Crew Dragon is pulling straight up and away from the Harmony module's zenith port
SpaceX, Axiom Space, and NASA are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, May 30 at 11:05 a.m. ET for Dragon to depart from the International Space Station. After performing a series of burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison its trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, landing off the coast of Florida twelve hours later at approximately 11:04 p.m. ET....All Times Approximate and in Eastern Daylight TimeTuesday, May 30 Event9:20 a.m. Dragon Hatch Closure11:05 a.m. Dragon Autonomously Undocks from the International Space Station11:05 a.m. Departure Burn 011:10 a.m. Departure Burn 111:58 a.m. Departure Burn 212:44 p.m. Departure Burn 310:09 p.m. Trunk Jettison10:13 p.m. Deorbit Burn10:29 p.m. Nosecone Closed11:00 p.m. Drogue Parachutes Deploy11:01 p.m. Main Parachutes Deploy11:04 p.m. Dragon Splashdown
Monday, June 54 a.m. – Docking coverage of SpaceX CRS-28 to the International Space Station. Docking is scheduled for 5:36 a.m....Friday, June 97:45 a.m. – Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 87 to install an ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the starboard truss of the International Space Station. Spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approx. 9:15 a.m. ...Thursday, June 157:45 a.m. – Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 87 to install an ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the starboard truss of the International Space Station. Spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approx. 9:20 a.m.
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsAx-2: The crew is gearing up for the deorbit burn at 10:14pm EDT (0214 UTC); the planned 12-minute 20-second burn will slow the Crew Dragon just enough to drop it out of orbit and put it on course for splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico south of Panama City, FL, at 11:04pm
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsAx-2: Deorbit ignition confirmed; this is a planned 12-minute 20-second burn, intended to slow the ship by 87 meters/second, or about 194 mph, just enough to drop it out of orbit for splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico at 11:04pm
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsAx-2: Splashdown confirmed! At 11:04pm EDT (0304 UTC), closing out a 9-day 5-hour commercial research mission
Thursday, June 229:45 a.m. – Coverage of ISS Expedition 69 Russian Spacewalk 59 to remove experiment hardware and install new data transmission hardware. Spacewalk is scheduled to begin approx. 10:20 a.m. and will last seven hours.
Boeing Statement on Starliner CFT StatusJune 1, 2023Boeing’s priority for Starliner’s Crew Flight Test is the safe launch, docking and return of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. For that reason, we have recommended to NASA that we reevaluate our launch window to allow for closing out the remaining technical and certification items.We were notified by the parachute supplier of an issue, identified through testing, that reduced our safety margin. Our engineering team provided additional analysis and given that, we determined the safest course of action was to stand down for the July launch opportunity.We are now determining when we will be ready to launch, but anticipate additional parachute testing. We are committed to the Starliner program and are working closely with NASA to identify a new launch date.
COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT SpX-28 Launch 154:16:35:21.000 0.0 424.1 406.2COMMENT (0.0) (229.0) (219.3)COMMENT COMMENT SpX-28 Docking 156:09:36:00.000 0.0 424.0 406.0COMMENT (0.0) (228.9) (219.2)COMMENT COMMENT =============================================================================
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 4 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-28) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 12:12 p.m. ET (16:12 UTC) and a backup launch opportunity is available on Monday, June 5 at 11:47 a.m. ET (15:47 UTC) pending range approval.This is the fifth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I-6 F2, and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.CRS-28 is the fourth flight for this Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-21, CRS-23, and CRS-25 to the space station. After an approximate 42-hour flight, Dragon will autonomously dock with the orbiting laboratory on Tuesday, June 6 at approximately 6:15 a.m. ET (10:15 UTC).
Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 06/02/2023 09:54 pmCargo Highlightshttps://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-spacex-crs-28-mission-overviewPDF of the Mission Overview page.
Cargo Highlightshttps://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-spacex-crs-28-mission-overview
Mission 26 for the station’s Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) includes Educational Space Science and Engineering CubeSat Experiment Mission (ESSENCE), sponsored by the ISS National Lab and developed by universities in Canada and Australia. It carries a wide-angle camera to monitor thawing of ice and permafrost in the Canadian Arctic, which could provide a better understanding of the effects on Earth's climate and support better local infrastructure planning. The satellite also carries a solar energetic proton detector to collect data on periods of solar activity that emit highly energized radioactive protons that can damage the structure and electronic components of spacecraft. Understanding these effects could help make future CubeSats more resistant to radiation. In addition, the investigation demonstrates a novel method to recover control of a satellite’s attitude, or orientation, if a control mechanism fails. ESSENCE is part of the Canadian CubeSat Project, led by the CSA (Canadian Space Agency)Watching Cosmic WeatheringIris, sponsored by the ISS National Lab, observes weathering of geological samples exposed to direct solar and background cosmic radiation and determines whether changes are visually detectable. The investigation also demonstrates experimental sun sensors, torque rods (which provide attitude control and detumbling for satellites), and a battery heater. A collaboration between graduate, undergraduate, and middle school students in Canada, the project provides hands-on experience that promotes interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics studies and careers.Results also could provide insight into weathering processes on planetary bodies and, when combined with data from asteroid sampling missions, improve understanding of the origins of asteroids. Iris is part of the Canadian CubeSat Project, led by the CSA.
SpaceX is targeting Monday, June 5 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-28) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 11:47 a.m. ET (15:47 UTC) and a backup launch opportunity is available on Wednesday, June 7 at 11:01 a.m. ET (15:01 UTC) pending range approval.This is the fifth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I-6 F2, and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.CRS-28 is the fourth flight for this Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-21, CRS-23, and CRS-25 to the space station. After an approximate 18-hour flight, Dragon will autonomously dock with the orbiting laboratory on Tuesday, June 6 at approximately 5:50 a.m. ET (9:50 UTC).
5 cubesats selected by the Canadian Space Agency will also be part of this mission:https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/1663888961041752067
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/CRYCRY28: LIFTOFF! At 11:47am EDT (1547 UTC)
