Author Topic: Expedition 67 Thread (Read 222444 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #700 on:** 05/13/2022 05:00 pm »

Here we come! Just before it was time to strap into my seat for docking, I caught a glimpse of the @Space_Station. This quick tablet photo doesn’t do it justice. It was beautiful. Like an intricate, sophisticated piece of jewellery shining in the black of space.

https://twitter.com/AstroSamantha/status/1525114299156398083

Rondaz · « **Reply #701 on:** 05/13/2022 05:02 pm »

We’ve been up here 2 weeks already… hard to believe! We’ve been super busy… I need to catch up with photos. Will do that soon – I promise 😊 But for now, a few more of my favourite moments from our launch on Crew Dragon Freedom! #missionminerva #Crew3..

https://twitter.com/AstroSamantha/status/1525114249898500100

Rondaz · « **Reply #702 on:** 05/13/2022 05:05 pm »

The Exp 67 crew trains for the @BoeingSpace #Starliner mission arrival next week and works on human research and robotics today.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1525157767497011201

Rondaz · « **Reply #703 on:** 05/13/2022 05:15 pm »

Expedition 67 - Astronaut Jessica Watkins Talks with AccuWeather, KMGH-TV in Colorado- May 13, 2022

Rondaz · « **Reply #704 on:** 05/13/2022 06:58 pm »

This week on #SpaceToGround, space biofilm samples return to Earth with the Crew-3 astronauts as a new vehicle prepares to visit the space station.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1525175290627956736

Rondaz · « **Reply #705 on:** 05/13/2022 09:17 pm »

Impact Story: Roll-Out Solar Arrays

Rondaz · « **Reply #706 on:** 05/13/2022 09:29 pm »

The @Space_Station crew has been busy conducting research! This past week they’ve tested the effects of spaceflight on hearing, monitored blood flow in the brain, and demonstrated the function of a medical diagnostic device in space.

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1525206813532209159

Rondaz · « **Reply #707 on:** 05/14/2022 01:00 am »

3 Questions with @ariel_ekblaw: The director of @ExploreSpace_ML talks to MIT News about her TESSERAE project, a self-assembling space architecture prototype that was tested on the @Space_Station during the recent Axiom Space AX-1 mission.

https://twitter.com/medialab/status/1524499593182031876

Rondaz · « **Reply #708 on:** 05/14/2022 10:22 am »

NASA complained about "difficulties" due to anti-Russian sanctions.

NASA advisers: astronauts faced difficulties in work due to anti-Russian sanctions.

11:33 05/14/2022 (updated: 13:05 05/14/2022)

MOSCOW, May 14 - RIA Novosti. Western sanctions against Russia have begun to affect the work of NASA astronauts, the SpaceNews portal writes , citing US security advisers.

As noted at the meeting of the Aerospace Security Advisory Group, the partnership between the United States and Russia in the space industry is experiencing the effects of economic restrictions.

"The geopolitical sanctions that have been imposed on Russia and that we have seen over the past few months have created an environment in which some administrative difficulties are becoming apparent," said group member Susan Helms, a former astronaut.

Helms complained that foreign airlines are reducing or even canceling flights to Moscow , credit cards are not working due to the suspension of operations of foreign banks in Russia, and Microsoft has stopped selling its goods and providing services in the country.

But both sides are doing their best to maintain ties, Helms said. NASA , she said, "strongly" supports the idea of "cross-over flights" so that NASA astronauts fly on Soyuz spacecraft and Russian cosmonauts fly to the ISS on private Crew Dragons .

"The work, education and training in Moscow that is happening and always has been going on without any major interruption," said a member of the Advisory Group.

Anti-Russian sanctions

Western countries stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow after the start of a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine . First of all, restrictive measures affected the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products.

In Europe , calls to reduce dependence on Russian energy sources have become louder, and many brands have announced their withdrawal from Russia. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, the likes of which have not yet been, but stressed that they were ready for such a development of events.

https://ria.ru/20220514/nasa-1788500207.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #709 on:** 05/14/2022 10:25 am »

Roskosmos plans to send a ship to the ISS using an even shorter scheme.

Roskosmos plans to send the Progress spacecraft to the ISS in the autumn according to a shorter scheme.

12:14 14.05.2022

MOSCOW, May 14 - RIA Novosti. Roskosmos is going to send the Progress cargo spacecraft for the first time on the shortest possible single-orbit flight pattern to the International Space Station in the fall of 2022, Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, said.

"We will try to achieve a single-orbit flight pattern this fall," he said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel .

He specified that the scheme would first be tested on the Progress MS cargo ship.

In 2022, three Progress trucks will be launched to the ISS . The first has already arrived at the station on February 15, the second is due to leave on June 3. The third launch is scheduled for 26 October.

The two-day scheme is traditional, when the ship makes 34 revolutions around the Earth . A four-turn circuit is also used, which lasts about six hours. So far, several Progress MS cargo ships and two manned Soyuz have flown under the two-orbit (three-hour) scheme. The flight speed record was set by Soyuz MS-17 on October 14, 2020 - 3 hours 3 minutes.

Short flight patterns allow cosmonauts to fly to the ISS faster, and therefore more comfortable, given the small volume of the Soyuz spacecraft. In addition, doctors found that after 6-7 turns (9-10.5 hours) acute negative consequences of weightlessness begin - nausea, motion sickness. Reducing the flight time allows you to meet these features of space on a large station, and not in a small ship.

Short schemes can also be used when assembling a manned complex for flying to the Moon and in lunar orbit.

https://ria.ru/20220514/korabl-1788505045.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #710 on:** 05/14/2022 10:27 am »

Roskosmos will not put its cosmonaut in the American spacecraft Starliner.

The head of Roskosmos, Rogozin, said that the corporation will not put its cosmonaut in Starliner.

12:20 14.05.2022

MOSCOW, May 14 - RIA Novosti. Russian cosmonauts will not fly on American Boeing Starliner spacecraft, even if they manage to negotiate cross-flights with NASA, Dmitry Rogozin, director general of the Roscosmos state corporation, said.

“He crashed for the first time. The second time he couldn’t fly at all. Now they will try to launch it, but we definitely won’t put any of our cosmonauts on it. We can’t risk their lives,” he said in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel " .

Rogozin specified that the initiative on the issue of cross-flights comes from NASA , as the Americans do not want to "lose their flight skills on Russian ships."

According to him, the discussion of the possibility of cross-flights to the ISS , that is, for one member of the crew of the Russian Soyuz MS to be an American astronaut in exchange for one Russian flying on the American Crew Dragon , began last year, when "the situation changed dramatically ".

"Some of our federal executive authorities reasonably believe that it is premature now to make a decision about these cross flights. This is one side of the matter. The second side of the matter is that we are confident in our ships ... on the ship (of the American entrepreneur Elon - ed.) Mask, big troubles happen, including the failure of the sewer system ... this is a life support system, this is not a joke, if these failures continue, it is difficult for us to make a decision on a cross flight, to send our girl to their ship," Rogozin added.

The first Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS on the American SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Mask may be the only woman in the Russian cosmonaut corps Anna Kikina .

https://ria.ru/20220514/kosmos-1788505726.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #711 on:** 05/14/2022 10:32 am »

Another amazing picture: fog along the river... Nature is the most unsurpassed and amazing artist, don't you agree?

https://twitter.com/Space_Dahlia/status/1525366833074917376

Rondaz · « **Reply #712 on:** 05/14/2022 10:35 am »

Can you spot Crew Dragon Freedom on the launch pad in this image of @NASAKennedy? I took it as we waited for #Crew4 to be launched. If you haven't already, follow @astrosamantha for some great highlights from their launch..

https://twitter.com/astro_matthias/status/1525125705624915968

Rondaz · « **Reply #713 on:** 05/15/2022 02:17 am »

The four SpaceX #Crew3 astronauts are back home now, but here is a look back at some of their activities during their stay on the station.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1525504899726946304

Rondaz · « **Reply #714 on:** 05/15/2022 02:19 am »

The ISS orbit was raised by 1.9 kilometers before the arrival of Progress MS-20.

Roscosmos: the ISS orbit was raised by 1.9 kilometers before the arrival of Progress MS-20.

05/14/2022 21:37 (updated: 05/14/2022 21:59)

MOSCOW, May 14 - RIA Novosti. The orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) was raised by 1.9 kilometers on May 14 before the launch of the Progress MS-20 transport cargo ship to the station, Roskosmos reports .

"A few minutes ago, the height of the orbit of the International Space Station was adjusted before the launch of the Progress MS-20 spacecraft," the state corporation's Telegram channel said.

The planned correction of the orbit height of the International Space Station was carried out to form ballistic conditions before launching the Progress MS-20 transport cargo vehicle into orbit.

The engines of the Progress MS-18 cargo ship at 21.05 Moscow time turned on for 659 seconds and gave an impulse of 1.1 m/s. After the corrective maneuver, the average height of the station's orbit increased by 1.9 km and amounted to 418.22 km.

The launch of the Progress MS-20 truck to the ISS is scheduled for June 3, 2022 from Baikonur . The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with a cargo ship will be dedicated to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics . The flags of the DPR , LPR and the image of a brave Ukrainian grandmother, who, with the flag of the USSR, refused to accept food from the Ukrainian military, will be applied to the nose fairing of the rocket. The inscription "Donbass" will be applied to the second stage of the launch vehicle.

The head of the Roscosmos state corporation, Dmitry Rogozin , also stated that he would invite children from Donbass to this launch .

https://ria.ru/20220514/orbita-1788600041.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #715 on:** 05/15/2022 10:44 am »

Yesterday we celebrated Jessica's birthday in the American segment. We made an impromptu cake with the products that were on board. @serg_korsakov..

https://twitter.com/Space_Dahlia/status/1525729261939728384

Rondaz · « **Reply #716 on:** 05/15/2022 10:48 am »

Music & spaceflight – yes! It sets the mood for launch, motivates us in our space gym, helps us relax in our free time & connects us with our crew mates. Excited to share the @Eurovision spirit from space. Thanks Turin!

https://twitter.com/AstroSamantha/status/1525718939828879360

Rondaz · « **Reply #717 on:** 05/15/2022 02:55 pm »

And as a gift - a cool T-shirt, a pendant and a "bouquet" of materials that have been in outer space. @serg_korsakov..

https://twitter.com/Space_Dahlia/status/1525817427577167872

Rondaz · « **Reply #718 on:** 05/16/2022 09:35 am »

Looks like winter is still going on here at the International Space Station. These are the frosty patterns found on the windows❄
@serg_korsakov..

https://twitter.com/Space_Dahlia/status/1526098119896600577

Rondaz · « **Reply #719 on:** 05/16/2022 12:48 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1525873857919188993