A pair of spacesuits inside the Quest airlock had their cooling loops scrubbed today by station Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency). The suit maintenance comes ahead of a pair of spacewalks being planned to connect new lithium-ion batteries on the space station’s port truss structure.
1850-EX-ST-2018QuoteThis STA is necessary to authorize radio transmission of data to and from the ThinSat satellites. This STA is necessary to replace STA 1063-EX-ST-2018, because the launch has been slipped from NG-10 to NG-11, as part of the rescheduling of launches due to the recent Soyuz launch failure. All orbit and lifetime parameters remain the same as for the original STA, but the launch date will be NET March 1 2019, current expected date April 17, 2019.
This STA is necessary to authorize radio transmission of data to and from the ThinSat satellites. This STA is necessary to replace STA 1063-EX-ST-2018, because the launch has been slipped from NG-10 to NG-11, as part of the rescheduling of launches due to the recent Soyuz launch failure. All orbit and lifetime parameters remain the same as for the original STA, but the launch date will be NET March 1 2019, current expected date April 17, 2019.
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… for the targeted Dec. 4 SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida to deliver supplies, equipment and science investigations to the International Space Station.A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is planned to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket at 1:38 p.m. EST on the company’s 16th Commercial Resupply Services contract mission.
H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7)departure from the ISS and re-entry to the atmosphereNovember 1, 2018 (JST)National Research and Development AgencyJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Schedules of departure from the International Space Station (ISS) and re-entry to the atmosphere of the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7) are determined as follows.Departure from the ISS: November 8, 2018 / 1:50a.m. (Japanese Standard Time, JST) *1Re-entry to the atmosphere: *2 Southward re-entryNovember 11, 2018 / 06:30a.m.(JST) *1Northward re-entryNovember 10, 2018 / 08:50p.m.(JST) *1*1 The time may vary according to the actual operation.*2 The direction of re-entry to the atmosphere will be determined based on weather condition of the HTV Small Re-entry Capsule(HSRC) recovery ocean area on November 6th.We will announce on website when determined.Reference link: For more details, please refer to the following website: http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-7
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2018/11/20181101_kounotori7.htmlQuoteH-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7)departure from the ISS and re-entry to the atmosphereNovember 1, 2018 (JST)National Research and Development AgencyJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Schedules of departure from the International Space Station (ISS) and re-entry to the atmosphere of the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7) are determined as follows.Departure from the ISS: November 8, 2018 / 1:50a.m. (Japanese Standard Time, JST) *1Re-entry to the atmosphere: *2 Southward re-entryNovember 11, 2018 / 06:30a.m.(JST) *1Northward re-entryNovember 10, 2018 / 08:50p.m.(JST) *1*1 The time may vary according to the actual operation.*2 The direction of re-entry to the atmosphere will be determined based on weather condition of the HTV Small Re-entry Capsule(HSRC) recovery ocean area on November 6th.We will announce on website when determined.Reference link: For more details, please refer to the following website: http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-7
November 18, Sunday3 a.m. – Coverage of the Rendezvous and Capture of the Northrup Grumman “SS John Young” Cygnus CRS-10 Cargo Craft at the International Space Station; Capture scheduled at 4:35 a.m. EST (All Channels)6:15 a.m. – Coverage of the Installation of the Northrup Grumman “SS John Young” Cygnus CRS-10 Cargo Craft to the International Space Station (All Channels)1:45 p.m. – Coverage of the Rendezvous and Docking of the Progress 71 Cargo Craft to the International Space Station; Docking scheduled at 2:29 p.m. EST via Korolev, Russia (All Channels)...December 3, Monday5:30 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 58/Soyuz MS-11 Launch Coverage, includes video B-roll of the crew’s launch day pre-launch activities at 5:45 a.m. ET; launch scheduled at 6:31 a.m. ET via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (All Channels)9:30 a.m. - Video File of International Space Station Expedition 58/Soyuz MS-11 Pre-Launch and Launch Video and Post-Launch Interviews via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Media Channel)11:45 a.m. - Coverage of the Expedition 58/Soyuz MS-11 Docking to the International Space Station; docking scheduled at 12:30 p.m. ET (All Channels)2 p.m. - International Space Station Expedition 58/Soyuz MS-11 Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony ; hatch opening scheduled at approximately 2:30 p.m. ET via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (All Channels)
Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2018November 15 09:49 - Cygnus (NG-10) launchNovember 16 18 18:14 - Progress MS-10 (71P) launch November 18 09:35 / ~11:30 - Cygnus (NG-10) capture and berthing (to Unity nadir) by SSRMSNovember 16- 18 19:29 - Progress MS-10 (71P) docking (to Zvezda)Changes on October 26thChanges on November 1st
From someone:“There are no decisions at this time on when or who will conduct the battery EVAs. The only thing we know for certain is that they will not be conducted prior to the arrival of the next crew on Dec. 3. Everything else will be decided as part of a larger replanning effort involving visiting vehicles, etc. The EP with the new batteries will be left on the truss and will not depart with HTV (Nov. 7 at 1650 GMT). 9 of the 12 old batteries will be reinserted into this EP and it will be subsequently jettisoned with no threat or recontact with the station”
Quote from: anik on 11/01/2018 10:48 amFrom someone:“There are no decisions at this time on when or who will conduct the battery EVAs. The only thing we know for certain is that they will not be conducted prior to the arrival of the next crew on Dec. 3. Everything else will be decided as part of a larger replanning effort involving visiting vehicles, etc. The EP with the new batteries will be left on the truss and will not depart with HTV (Nov. 7 at 1650 GMT). 9 of the 12 old batteries will be reinserted into this EP and it will be subsequently jettisoned with no threat or recontact with the station”Wow. That's a 2400 kg piece of space junk they are going to send to uncontrolled reentry. I am pretty sure that's the biggest jettisoned debris to date from ISS
Quote from: jcm on 11/01/2018 11:36 pmQuote from: anik on 11/01/2018 10:48 amFrom someone:“There are no decisions at this time on when or who will conduct the battery EVAs. The only thing we know for certain is that they will not be conducted prior to the arrival of the next crew on Dec. 3. Everything else will be decided as part of a larger replanning effort involving visiting vehicles, etc. The EP with the new batteries will be left on the truss and will not depart with HTV (Nov. 7 at 1650 GMT). 9 of the 12 old batteries will be reinserted into this EP and it will be subsequently jettisoned with no threat or recontact with the station”Wow. That's a 2400 kg piece of space junk they are going to send to uncontrolled reentry. I am pretty sure that's the biggest jettisoned debris to date from ISSWasn't a nitrogen tank jettisoned?
Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), with back-up support from NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, used the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to release a Japanese cargo spacecraft at 11:51 a.m. EST.
HTV Small Re-entry Capsule (HSRC): The crew completed Parts 2 and 3 of the HTV Capsule Assembly. They also completed final closeout of the Capsule Support Plate on the HTV-7 bulkhead prior to vestibule demating. The HSRC is designed to return relatively small payloads to the ground. The HSRC is 840mm in diameter, 190kg in weight, and contains roughly 30L pressurized volume for sample return. Splashdown is scheduled to occur at 4:06 pm (CT) on Saturday, November 10.
Владимир Соловьёв доложил … На весну 2019 года запланирован сеанс ВКД-46 с участием Олега Кононенко и Олега Скрипочки.
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Oleg Kononenko will perform a spacewalk to examine a hole in the hull of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on 11 December, the Russian space agency Roscosmos told Sputnik on Saturday."The extravehicular activity of the Russian cosmonauts is scheduled for Dec. 11," the agency’s spokesman said noting that the specific time and the duration of the spacewalk had not been determined yet.
