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#60 by SMS on 07 Oct, 2020 17:23
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#61 by scr00chy on 07 Oct, 2020 17:47
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Lots more photos from the water survival training on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/sets/72157716167594003/
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#62 by snotis on 07 Oct, 2020 22:04
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Also some photos from back in July that hasn't been linked to here yet: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/albums/72157715470461007/with/50220567123/
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#63 by SMS on 12 Oct, 2020 14:38
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#64 by jacqmans on 13 Oct, 2020 14:18
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Thomas prepares for Time in space
13/10/2020
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet trains for the Time experiment at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA ahead of his Alpha mission to the International Space Station in 2021.
This European experiment on the International Space Station investigates the hypothesis that time subjectively speeds up in microgravity and was first run in space in 2017.
Whether an activity takes seconds or hours depends on your point of view. For astronauts living off-planet and experiencing roughly 16 sunrises and sunsets a day, the concept of time is even more warped. If astronauts float through space, do they also cruise through an altered sense of time?
Since perceptions of time and space are believed to share the same neural processes, and research on depth perception in weightlessness has shown that astronauts often underestimate distance, scientists speculate that for astronauts time also flies in space.
Thomas demonstrates the experiment perfectly in this image, wearing a virtual reality headset to block external visual cues that could influence results. While wearing this headset, astronauts are tasked with gauging how long a visual target appears before them and their reaction times to these prompts are recorded to process speed and attention.
The astronauts run the experiment before flight, on the International Space Station and again when they land to compare results.
Scientists are not only collecting data on the neurological mechanisms at work here. The relativity of time, after all, implies that it is all in your head. As much as we can objectively measure and plot time, how individual humans perceive it is not just neurological but also psychological.
This is an important factor to life both on and off Earth.
As home-like as the Space Station tries to be for its astronaut inhabitants, it still lacks many of the comforts that we know on Earth. Naturally, this can affect mental health and in turn astronauts’ cognitive abilities. Being alert and focused in space is crucial to safety. An astronaut misjudging time can delay reaction and risk the safety and success of crews and missions.
Understanding the neurological and psychological triggers that warp our sense of time means countermeasures can be developed to calibrate our mental clocks.
Bringing these countermeasures down to Earth could improve the lives of those who suffer from isolation or confinement, something of particular relevance during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/10/Thomas_prepares_for_Time_in_space
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#65 by SMS on 13 Oct, 2020 15:34
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#66 by ddspaceman on 21 Oct, 2020 17:52
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#67 by SMS on 31 Oct, 2020 09:48
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30 oct 2020: astro_kimbrough:
Enjoyed some beautiful fall weather and great training with @thom_astro and @astro.megan at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia space nasa iss crew2 crewdragon spacex
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#68 by ddspaceman on 31 Oct, 2020 18:53
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#69 by snotis on 10 Nov, 2020 21:16
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Per NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Mission - Flight Readiness Review Media Telecon (Nov. 10, 2020):
Current planning date for Crew-2 is March 30, 2021 (00:46:36 mark). It will re-use the DM-2 capsule and F9 booster used for Crew-1.
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#70 by Norm38 on 11 Nov, 2020 03:33
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When capsules are reused, does it get a new name by the new crew? Or is it Endeavour forever?
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#71 by russianhalo117 on 11 Nov, 2020 03:37
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When capsules are reused, does it get a new name by the new crew? Or is it Endeavour forever?
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#72 by snotis on 11 Nov, 2020 03:38
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It is my understanding that it will be Endeavour forever.
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#73 by FutureSpaceTourist on 11 Nov, 2020 17:48
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https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/1326596821762924545Quote
Crew-2 also getting ready for their adventure next Spring (L-R: Thomas Pesquet of France/ESA, Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur and Aki Hoshide of Japan)
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#74 by SMS on 11 Nov, 2020 18:40
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#75 by Josh_from_Canada on 11 Nov, 2020 19:51
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As of the current schedule, this mission would launch within days of Soyuz MS-18 meaning there would be 14 crew members on the station for about a week for the turnover between Expedition 64 and Expedition 65.
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#76 by gongora on 11 Nov, 2020 19:55
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The March 30 date is for planned readiness, I really don't expect that to be the launch date.
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#77 by Jansen on 11 Nov, 2020 23:26
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It’s likely to get shifted to mid-April due to the Crew-1 delay. Part of the reason why CRS-22 got delayed to May.
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#78 by SMS on 13 Nov, 2020 18:02
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(From left) Thomas Pesquet of ESA, Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough of NASA, and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA are pictured at SpaceX headquarter in Hawthorne, California. / September 3, 2020
Copyright: SpaceX/JAXA
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#79 by snotis on 13 Nov, 2020 18:32
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https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=103701Quote
This application extends the frequencies in grant 0880-EX-ST-2020. This STA is necessary for Dragon2 capsule telemetry and tracking for the upcoming SpaceX Commercial Crew mission to the International Space Station. The launch and re-entry licensing authority is the FAA. Launch is also to be coordinated with the Eastern Range. On-orbit rendezvous with the ISS is to be coordinated with the NASA.
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