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ddspaceman · « **Reply #80 on:** 04/19/2020 03:29 pm »

https://twitter.com/Carbon_Flight/status/1251861322825957378

https://twitter.com/Carbon_Flight/status/1251876039401377796

Rondaz · « **Reply #81 on:** 04/19/2020 05:24 pm »

ISS made an orbit adjustment with the Zvezda module engines at 0509 UTC. The 58 s burn lowered the ISS apogee by 4 km to adjust orbital phasing for the next cargo ship rendezvous (Progress MS-14 due for launch Apr 25).

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1251920575330758656

ddspaceman · « **Reply #82 on:** 04/19/2020 10:39 pm »

https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1251939954701348867

ddspaceman · « **Reply #83 on:** 04/20/2020 01:14 am »

https://twitter.com/ivan_mks63/status/1251813546142437377

Rondaz · « **Reply #84 on:** 04/20/2020 08:46 pm »

Expedition 63 Starts Science, Readies for Cargo and Commercial Crew

Mark Garcia Posted on April 20, 2020

The three-member Expedition 63 crew is beginning its first full workweek and kicking off science aboard the International Space Station. More space traffic continues this week, as Russia gets ready to launch its next Progress resupply ship late Friday.

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is on his third spaceflight and is in command of the orbiting lab. His two crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, will be with Cassidy until October.

Cassidy worked Monday on physics research checking out the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace in the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. The experiment facility heats samples to ultra-high temperatures to observe thermophysical properties difficult to measure in Earth’s gravity.

Ivanishin and Vagner are getting ready for the arrival of a new space shipment due to arrive on Saturday at 1:23 a.m. EDT aboard the Progress 75 (75P) resupply ship. The 75P will launch Friday at 9:51 p.m. and take two orbits around the Earth before automatically docking to the rear port of the Zvezda service module. The duo tested a device on Monday that can remotely maneuver the 75P to a docking if necessary.

The two cosmonauts also collaborated on a variety of Russian space research throughout Monday. The pair looked at microgravity’s effect on pain sensitivity and bone tissue. During the afternoon, they explored how future space travelers may pilot spacecraft on planetary missions.

NASA and SpaceX announced May 27 for the first launch of humans from the United States since 2011. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley will lift off at 4:23 p.m. from Florida aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft and test its systems. They will join the Expedition 63 crew a day later after docking to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/04/20/expedition-63-starts-science-readies-for-cargo-and-commercial-crew/

Rondaz · « **Reply #85 on:** 04/20/2020 09:19 pm »

The Exp 63 crew kicked off the week with science and is prepping for a Russian cargo craft and the first U.S.
@Commercial_Crew.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1252307623845736448

centaurinasa · « **Reply #86 on:** 04/21/2020 09:22 am »

Working on JEM Airlock Slide Table (ST) right now…

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/iss_ustream.html

centaurinasa · « **Reply #87 on:** 04/21/2020 09:28 am »

Cross-post

Quote from: Olaf on 04/21/2020 08:06 am

https://twitter.com/JAXA_JFLIGHT/status/1252394116190789632

Google translation
Quote
Introduction of Flight Director on April 21
It is Shimamura Flight Director who continues to control the operation control team in the control room today.
Tonight, the preparation work for the Small Satellite Ejection Mechanism (#JSSOD) is planned, and Kibo Airlock will be used.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #88 on:** 04/21/2020 09:31 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #89 on:** 04/21/2020 10:35 am »

Chris Cassidy "Task complete !"

Rondaz · « **Reply #90 on:** 04/21/2020 02:01 pm »

ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/20/2020

ELF (Electro-static Levitation Furnace): The crew performed a cartridge sample #3 chamber swap and then opened the Air Gas bottle unit in preparation for the next sample run. ELF is an experimental facility designed to levitate, melt and solidify materials by containerless processing techniques using the electrostatic levitation method. With this facility, thermophysical properties of high temperature melts can be measured and solidification from deeply undercooled melts can be achieved.

VEGGIE PONDS (Veggie Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System): The crew performed photography on the Veggie Ponds modules. Organisms grow differently in space, from single-celled bacteria to plants and humans. Future long-duration space missions will require crew members to grow their own food. Therefore, understanding how plants respond to microgravity and demonstrating the reliable vegetable production on orbit are important steps toward that goal. Veggie PONDS uses a newly developed passive nutrient delivery system and the Veggie plant growth facility aboard the ISS to cultivate lettuce and mizuna greens which are to be harvested on-orbit, and consumed, with samples returned to Earth for analysis.

Systems

Systems Operations Data File (SODF) Update: Today, the crew performed an update to the Emergency Response book to incorporate changes to the ammonia response procedure. The updates to the procedure account for the Soyuz configuration following 61S departure.

Portable Pulmonary Function System (PPFS) Bottle Troubleshooting: The crew replaced a depleted PPFS gas bottle with a bottle from the Human Research Facility (HRF) Gas Delivery System (GDS). The PPFS previously failed calibration checks during an exercise exam late last year. The swap-out of the gas canisters today will allow the crew to perform tests to isolate the source of the leak.

Completed Task List Activities:

Transfer 62S USOS unpack
Reconfigure CEVIS control panel network connection
NH3 cleanup kit trash
Increment handover self-study
Photo TV lens bumper ring install
Reposition cables protruding into ARED Keep-Out Zone
Reconfigure EMUs on EDDAs
Cygnus Cargo Ops (ongoing)
Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) hardware locate (ongoing)

Today’s Ground Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

ATS PPL Update
Daily File Downlinks
Comm Configuration for TORY Test

Rondaz · « **Reply #91 on:** 04/21/2020 02:04 pm »

I had a conversation yesterday with @OlegMKS, and he told me about the #Klyuchevskaya Volcano eruption on the Kamchatka Peninsula. When we flew over it, I managed to take a couple of photos.

It looks unbelievably fascinating and at the same time scary when seen!

https://twitter.com/ivan_mks63/status/1252539068728184834

Rondaz · « **Reply #92 on:** 04/21/2020 02:09 pm »

Did you know? The @Space_Station is the THIRD brightest object in the night sky? You can track when it’s above you at http://spotthestation.nasa.gov.

Keep an eye out for our #SGN ISS correspondents when you look up

https://twitter.com/somegoodnews/status/1252342705222373379

Rondaz · « **Reply #93 on:** 04/21/2020 02:11 pm »

ECOSTRESS, an instrument mounted on the @Space_Station, is helping us better understand how drought affected vegetation in Costa Rica. See how ECOSTRESS studies how waterDropletavailability impacts plantDeciduous treelife:

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1252588582402957312

Rondaz · « **Reply #94 on:** 04/21/2020 05:27 pm »

Advanced Space Research Ahead of Weekend Cargo Mission

Mark Garcia Posted on April 21, 2020

Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA continued working on a variety of science hardware throughout the International Space Station today. His two crewmates worked in the orbiting lab’s Russian segment on their complement of science and maintenance.

Cassidy started Tuesday in the Japanese Kibo laboratory module setting up a small satellite deployer. CubeSats are installed into the device, which is then loaded into Kibo’s airlock. Then the deployer is positioned in the vacuum of space to eject the tiny shoebox-sized satellites into Earth orbit.

In the afternoon, Cassidy moved over to the U.S. Destiny laboratory module and swapped computer parts inside the Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF). The FCF consists of two refrigerator-sized research racks enabling safe observations of the behavior of fluids and flames in microgravity. Scientists use the data to design advanced fuel transfer systems and increase fire safety.

Russian Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner logged their meals today to understand how spaceflight affects a crewmember’s nutrition and metabolism. The duo then worked throughout the day on life support maintenance while continuing to get used to life onboard the station.

Russia’s next cargo craft to resupply the station is completing final processing and assembly at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Progress 75 (75P) space freighter packed with several tons of food, fuel and supplies is due to launch on Friday at 9:51 p.m. EDT. The 75P will make a two-orbit, three-and-a-half hour trip and automatically dock to the aft port of the Zvezda service module.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/04/21/advanced-space-research-ahead-of-weekend-cargo-mission/

Rondaz · « **Reply #95 on:** 04/21/2020 05:34 pm »

The Exp 63 crew is working on a variety of advanced space science today while getting ready for a weekend cargo mission.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1252643398248431621

Rondaz · « **Reply #96 on:** 04/21/2020 10:55 pm »

Aaron Curry talks about the importance of food safety in crop production, which is especially important on board
@Space_Station.

https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1252713302754504705

centaurinasa · « **Reply #97 on:** 04/22/2020 12:37 pm »

Wednesday, 4/22 (GMT 113):
JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer(SSOD-13) part 2&3 install (JAXA)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #98 on:** 04/22/2020 12:48 pm »

Quetzal 1(Guatesat 1) release from J-SSOD#13 scheduled on April 28 at 15:20 UTC.

https://www.nanosats.eu/sat/quetzal-1

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/guatesat-1.htm

https://twitter.com/quetzal1_uvg/status/1252429396104736770

centaurinasa · « **Reply #99 on:** 04/22/2020 12:59 pm »

Tokyo 2020 "G-SATELLITE

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/g-satellite.htm

http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__78571/Title__Construction-of-Tokyo-2020-G-SATELLITE-Completed/292/Articles