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ЦитироватьЦУП. ЭКИПАЖ КОРАБЛЯ «СОЮЗ МС-07» ПЕРЕШЕЛ НА БОРТ МКС
19.12.2017 14:05

Экипаж транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-07» – Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ, Скотт ТИНГЛ и Норишиге КАНАИ перешли 19 декабря 2017 года в 13:55 мск на борт Международной космической станции (МКС).

С этого момента космонавты РОСКОСМОСА Александр МИСУРКИН, Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ, астронавты NASA Джозеф АКАБА, Марк ВАНДЕ ХАЙ, Скотт ТИНГЛ и астронавт JAXA Норишиге КАНАИ приступили к работе на борту МКС в полном составе экспедиции МКС-54.
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В программе полета научно-прикладные исследования и эксперименты, работа российских космонавтов в открытом космосе, проведение регламентных работ по поддержанию работоспособности станции, пополнение фото- и видеохроники событий на МКС, участие в сеансах связи образовательного и информационного характера.

Ракета-носитель «Союз-ФГ» с ТПК «Союз МС-07» стартовала 17 декабря 2017 года в 10:21 мск с площадки 1 («Гагаринский старт») космодрома БАЙКОНУР. Стыковка транспортного корабля со станцией состоялась в автоматическом режиме 19 декабря в 11:39 мск.
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ЦитироватьTimelapse of SpaceX Dragon CRS-13 Arriving at Space Station

Space Videos

Опубликовано: 17 дек. 2017 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlh1Ls6_oWEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlh1Ls6_oWE (2:26)

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Текущая конфигурация МКС (по состоянию на 2017-12-19)

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/12/18/iss-daily-summary-report-12182017/
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Posted on December 18, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18/2017

Lighting Effects:
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Upon wakeup, the 52S subject provided a daily sleep log entry to track his sleep patterns and wakefulness. This entry supports a two week long sleep shift session that began GMT 340 and ends tomorrow. The Lighting Effects investigation studies the impact of the change from fluorescent light bulbs to solid-state light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with adjustable intensity and color and aims to determine if the new lights can improve crew circadian rhythms, sleep, and cognitive performance. Results from this investigation also have major implications for people on Earth who use electric lights.
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Zebrafish Muscle 2 Operations:
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Following the successful arrival of SpaceX-13, the crew performed the first day of Zebrafish activities by retrieving six Zebrafish experiment units (EUs) from the Zebrafish transport bags and dividing them into 3 groups (A, B, and C). Each group contains two Zebrafish EUs. The crew then conducted the fixation for the EUs of Group A and placed them into Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). The EUs for Group B were then stowed in the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) 1G centrifuge and Group C was stowed in the CBEF Micro-G centrifuge. The results from today and next three days of Zebrafish Muscle 2 operations will help to determine whether atrophy of muscles under microgravity also occurs in zebrafish, and why that muscle atrophy occurs in microgravity. Physical exercise and control of posture are important for maintaining muscle mass and strength. In microgravity conditions, the postural, known as anti-gravity muscles, undergo atrophy because of prominent decrease in their gravity-dependent activity.
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TangoLab-1 and 2 Payload Card Placement:
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The crew performed several payload card placements into both of the TangoLab-1 & 2 facilities. The crew placed two of the payload cards that arrived on SpaceX-13 into slots 2 and 3 of the TangoLab-1. The payload in slot 6 of TangoLab-2 will be moved to slot 1 of TangoLab-1. The TangoLab-1 and TangoLab-2 lockers are reconfigurable general research facilities designed for microgravity research and development (R&D) and pilot manufacturing aboard the International Space Station (ISS). TangoLab-2 is similar to TangoLab-1 with the primary difference being an upgraded fan system which allows for a greater heat rejection capability. This upgrade enables payloads with greater power draw and lower temperature requirements to use the facility.
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Cell Science Validation Locker (Bioculture System) Installation:
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The Bioculture System was removed from the SpX-13 vehicle and installed into EXPRESS Rack 7 of the ISS by the crew. The Bioculture System is a space biological science incubator for use on the International Space Station (ISS), with the capability of transporting active and stored experiments to ISS. This incubator supports a wide diversity of tissue, cell, and microbiological cultures and experiment methods to meet any space flight research experiment goals and objectives. The facility enables variable duration and long-duration cellular and microbiological experiments on ISS to meet the scientific needs of academic and biotechnology interests.
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Dragon Cargo Transfers:
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The crew continued with cargo transfers from the Dragon Center Stack.  In addition, the Double Coldbags were retrieved and unpacked. Eight Double Coldbags were unpacked into Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory (SABL), MELFI, JAXA Freezer-Refrigerator Of STirling cycle 2 (J-FROST2), General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator (Glacier) and ambient locations. After the science was removed from the Double Coldbags, the Ice Bricks and Double Coldbags were temp stowed to dry out.
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ЦитироватьВидео-поздравление с борта МКС участникам "Звездной эстафеты" от космонавта Александра Мисуркина

Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю.А.Гагарина

Опубликовано: 19 дек. 2017 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzZVRS7wPNshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzZVRS7wPNs (1:58 )

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ЦитироватьISS Expedition 54-55 Docking, Hatch Opening and Welcome Activities

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 19 дек. 2017 г.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQAgtGEZ7-Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQAgtGEZ7-A (26:05)

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ЦитироватьSequencing the Unknown

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 19 дек. 2017 г.

Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space exploration, and the Genes in Space-3 team turned that possibility into a reality this year when it completed the first-ever sample-to-sequence process entirely aboard the space station. This advance could aid in the ability to diagnose and treat astronaut ailments in real time, as well as assisting in the identification of DNA-based life on other planets. It could also benefit other experiments aboard the orbiting laboratory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG7qtlZNTsIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG7qtlZNTsI (3:29)

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/18/station-astronauts-begin-unpacking-refurbished-spacex-cargo-craft/
ЦитироватьStation astronauts begin unpacking refurbished SpaceX cargo craft
December 18, 2017 Stephen Clark


The Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the space station's Harmony module Sunday, a few hours after its capture by the robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now

A SpaceX-owned supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday with 2.4 tons of cargo, including space debris and solar energy monitors mounted in the Dragon spacecraft's external payload bay and more than 3,400 pounds of gear inside its reused pressurized module.

Guided by laser rangefinders and automated rendezvous algorithms, the capsule flew in range of the space station's robotic arm, and astronaut Mark Vande Hei unlimbered the Canadian-built robot to capture the Dragon cargo craft at 5:57 a.m. EST (1057 GMT) as the research outpost soared 252 miles above Earth between Papua New Guinea and Australia.
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A few hours later, ground controllers maneuvered the robot arm to place the Dragon capsule on the Earth-facing port of the station's Harmony module for a planned month-long stay. Astronauts opened the hatches leading to Dragon's pressurized cargo module later Sunday to begin unpacking experiments, spare parts, food and a spacesuit stowed inside.

"It's a beautiful spacecraft, and we're looking forward to digging into it and getting some science on-board," Vande Hei radioed mission control. "Congratulations to the entire ground team for making this such a smooth vehicle."

The unpiloted cargo carrier arrived at the station two days after its blastoff from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The successful supply delivery marked the second time a refurbished Dragon capsule made the trip to the space station. The same capsule first flew to the station and back in April and May of 2015 on SpaceX's sixth cargo mission to the complex.

The launch Friday from Florida's Space Coast was also the first commercial flight with a previously-flown first stage booster to loft NASA cargo, using the same vehicle that sent a previous Dragon supply ship to the station in June. SpaceX flew three reused first stages earlier this year with commercial communications satellites.

Sunday's arrival was the 12th time SpaceX has delivered supplies to the space station in 13 tries under the auspices of a multibillion-dollar contract with NASA.

Payloads packed inside Dragon's internal cabin included 1,080 pounds (490 kilograms) of crew supplies such as food, clothing and care packages, 1,568 pounds (711 kilograms) of experiments and research equipment, 417 pounds (189 kilograms) of space parts and vehicle hardware, 364 pounds (165 kilograms) of spacewalking gear, including a spacesuit and a spacewalking jetpack, and 11 pounds of computer resources.

"SpaceX-13 is big on biology," said Kirt Costello, NASA's deputy chief scientist for the International Space Station program. "Plant growth, one of the areas that we do research into on the space station, has eight investigations flying on the SpaceX Dragon, and they spread out over multiple different facilities."

One experiment will investigate how plants grow in partial gravity for the first time. The results could help scientists predict how plants could develop in habitats on the moon or Mars.

Another payload delivered to the station Sunday will test out a bio-culture system that could grow cells and small tissues for research in orbit. Other experiments will look at examining the performance of a blood glucose meter and a bone adhesive in microgravity.

The commercial company Made in Space also sent up a privately-funded technological experiment to study how optical fiber could be produced in orbit — perhaps with better quality than the silica-based fiber optic cables manufactured on Earth.

Also on-board: A habitat containing 40 mice to be used as research subjects for scientists investigating the efficacy of a drug delivery system for patients on Earth with muscle atrophy, and two commercial investigations from Budweiser that will study how the microgravity environment on the space station affects barley.

Later this month, engineers at the station's mission control center in Houston will send commands for the robotic arm to pull two experiment packages from Dragon's aft cargo bay for placement outside the research complex.

The NASA-funded Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor, or TSIS-1, hosts two instruments to monitor the sun's energy output, a key driver of Earth's climate.

Developed by the Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics at the University of Colorado – Boulder, the TSIS-1 instrument will be pulled from the Dragon spacecraft's trunk Dec. 28 and installed two days later on Express Logistics Carrier 3, a mounting platform on the station's port-side truss.


Artist's illustration of the TSIS-1 instrument's operating location on the International Space Station's port-side truss. Credit: NASA/LASP

TSIS-1 was originally built for NOAA's next generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites, which was canceled in 2010 and replaced by a scaled-down program called the Joint Polar Satellite System. The solar energy monitor was then assigned to a launch on a standalone "free flyer" before it was also canceled, leaving the nearly-completed instrument without a ride.

NASA managers decided in 2014 to launch TSIS-1 to the space station, requiring the design of a previously-unplanned pointing system to keep the instrument tracking the sun as the research complex orbits the Earth roughly every 90 minutes.

"When it's on the space station, TSIS will be able to look at the sun from the perspective of the top of the atmosphere, and it operates pretty much like a sunflower," said Candace Carlisle, NASA's TSIS-1 project manager at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. "It follows the sun from sunrise to sunset, and then during the dark period, it kind of rewinds back and recalibrates."

The TSIS-1 instrument will measure total solar irradiance, the sum of the sun's energy output that reaches the Earth. The measurement is crucial to help scientists sort out the natural and human-caused drivers of climate change, and TSIS-1 will extend a data record collected by nine satellites dating back to 1978.

"Total solar irrandiacne is a measure of all of the radiant energy, or light energy, that Earth receives," said Peter Pilewskie, TSIS-1's lead scientist from the University of Colorado – Boulder. "This is larger than any other external source of energy to Earth and its amtosphere, and by a large amount. It's several thousand times greater than all of the other combined sources of energy."

TSIS-1 will collect data in two ways. One part of the experiment will monitor the total solar energy that reaches Earth, and another will break it down into its spectral components — infrared, visible and ultraviolet light — to track the atmosphere's response to each.

Different kinds of solar radiation have varying impacts on Earth's climate, Pilewskie said. For example, ultraviolet radiation from the sun is absorbed by the ozone layer.

"Trying to understand climate without understanding the sun is like trying to balance your checkbook without knowing your income," Pilewskie said.

TSIS-1 is a follow-on to total solar irradiance measurements collected by NASA's aging SORCE satellite, which launched in 2003 and is operating well beyond its design lifetime. A similar solar energy sensor was lost on NASA's Glory satellite on a rocket failure in 2011, prompting the launch of a spare sensor originally developed for the SORCE mission on a U.S. Air Force satellite in 2013, which has served as a stopgap until TSIS-1 could be sent to the space station for a planned five-year mission.

Scientists expect TSIS-1 will begin collecting solar data by April after a three-month calibration period.

NASA's Space Debris Sensor will also be removed from the Dragon capsule's trunk and attached to the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory module Jan. 1.

The Space Debris Sensor will register impacts with tiny pieces of space junk for at least two years, helping engineers and scientists better understand the population of untracked objects orbiting at the same altitude as the space station.


Joe Hamilton, lead scientist on the Space Debris Sensor, holds a model of the instrument's collection array during a presentation to reporters before its launch. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Composed of two thin resistive grid layers and a backstop covering 10 square feet (1 square meter), the Space Debris Sensor will detect microscopic objects as small as a grain of sand as they strike at velocities higher than 20,000 mph (32,000 kilometers per hour). The impacts will trip acoustic sensors and break resistive grid lines inside the instrument, telling scientists about the speed, direction and density of the object.

"We're trying to detect small debris, so things smaller than 1 millimeter," said Joe Hamilton, the Space Debris Sensor's principal investigator. "The idea is that we want to not just know that we got hit, but know how fast was the object, what direction did it come from, how big was it, and if possible ... how dense was the object? Was it dense like steel, or was it very light like plastic, or possibly in between like aluminum?"

A high-speed collision between a satellite and a small chunk of space junk can wreak havoc and end a mission. While robotic satellites are often more prone to debris strikes, the space station itself is shielded against impacts with objects smaller than about an inch (2.5 centimeters), according to Kirk Shireman, NASA's space station program manager.

The U.S. military Space Surveillance Network's optical telescopes and radars can track objects bigger than a softball, or 4 inches (10 centimeters), and the space station can maneuver out of the way of a potential collision with debris of that size. Items in between 1 and 4 inches pose the greatest concern for the space station, Shireman said.

Hamilton said the Space Debris Sensor will gather statistics that scientists will put into computer models that predict the overall size and altitude distribution of objects in low Earth orbit, helping satellite owners and station officials better understand the risk posed by space junk.

The Dragon spacecraft will depart the station in mid-January to return to Earth to a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with several tons of research specimens and hardware. The ship's disposable trunk section will burn up in the atmosphere with NASA's RapidScat instrument, which measured winds over the world's oceans to aid hurricane and typhoon forecasts until it failed in 2016.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/12/19/iss-daily-summary-report-12192017/
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Posted on December 19, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/19/2017

53S Docking:
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53 Soyuz launched on Sunday, December 17th, and arrived at the ISS early this morning. The Soyuz brought Anton Shkaplerov, Scott Tingle, and Norishige Kanai, and docked at 2:39 AM CST with hatch opening at 4:55 AM CST. This begins the 54-6 stage, and returns the ISS crew to its nominal complement of 6. Following the docking, the crew conducted an ISS Safety Briefing where they reviewed emergency response for each of the Soyuz crews and then reviewed the emergency equipment locations.
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Lighting Effects:
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Upon wakeup, the 52S subject completed the two-week long sleep shift session that began on GMT 340, by providing daily sleep log entries to track his sleep patterns and wakefulness. The Lighting Effects investigation studies the impact of the change from fluorescent light bulbs to solid-state light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with adjustable intensity and color and aims to determine if the new lights can improve crew circadian rhythms, sleep, and cognitive performance. Results from this investigation also have major implications for people on Earth who use electric lights.
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Rodent Research 6 (RR-6):
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Today the rodent transporters were moved from the SpaceX-13 vehicle to the US Lab to transfer the rodents to the habitats. The crew prepared the habitats by removing the lixit caps and checking the water flow to each side of all four habitats, before installing the rodent huts and food bars. The animals from both transporters were transferred 10 at a time from the transporter to the habitats, after the crew performed health checks on the rodents. The Rodent Research-6 (RR-6) mission uses mice flown aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and maintained on Earth to test drug delivery systems for combatting muscular breakdown in space or during disuse conditions. RR-6 includes several groups of mice selectively treated with a placebo or implanted with a nanochannel drug delivery chip that administers compounds meant to maintain muscle in low gravity/disuse conditions.
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Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems (STaARS) BioScience-2 Experiment Container Installation:
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The crew installed the BioScience-2 experiment containers into the STaARS facility and then powered on the facility in EXPRESS Rack 6. BioScience-2 encompasses two experiments, Experiment Grimm and Experiment Ulrich, which is performed by three investigation teams, all utilizing the same hardware, but processing different biological samples. The principle aim of Experiment Grimm is to investigate how thyroid carcinoma cells react, when they are exposed to real microgravity. The expected information may help to improve in vitro cancer studies such as antitumor drug or trans-endothelial migration tests. Experiment Ulrich will investigate microgravity-associated long-term alterations in primary human macrophages, the most important effector cells of the immune system, which are responsible for attacking and killing bacteria and other foreign and pathogenic intruders in the human body. The aim of the experiment is to analyze surface molecules, which are required for recognition of bacteria and cell-cell-communication, and to investigate the cytoskeletal architecture after several days in microgravity.
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Space Headaches:
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Two 53S crewmembers completed the third day of a week-long ESA Space Headache session which started onboard Soyuz prior to docking. The Space Headaches investigation requests crewmembers to respond to a questionnaire that may help in the development of methods to alleviate associated symptoms and improvement in the well-being and performance of crewmembers in space. Headaches during space flight can negatively affect mental and physical capacities of crewmembers that can influence performance during a space mission.
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#15609
Публичная эмблема и ряд внутренних эмблем миссии Dragon SpX-13
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Публичная эмблема миссии Dragon SpX-13

http://spacexpatchlist.space/patches/nasa_spx13_spl.png


Внутренние эмблемы доставленных на МКС экспериментов:

Cell Science Validation
http://spacexpatchlist.space/patches/nasa_spx13_cell_science_validation_graphic.png


Global Barley Research Anheuser Busch
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Ещё внутренние эмблемы доставленных на МКС экспериментов:
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/12/20/iss-daily-summary-report-12202017/
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Posted on December 20, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/20/2017

Zebrafish Muscle 2:
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Following the fixation and stowing of experiment units (EUs) fr om Group A earlier this week, today the crew performed fixation on the EUs fr om Groups B and C and then stowed them in the refrigerator of the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). The results from Zebrafish Muscle 2 operations will help to determine whether atrophy of muscles under microgravity also occurs in zebrafish, and why that muscle atrophy occurs in microgravity. Physical exercise and control of posture are important for maintaining muscle mass and strength. In microgravity conditions, the postural, known as anti-gravity muscles, undergo atrophy because of prominent decrease in their gravity-dependent activity.
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APEX-05 Operations:
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APEX-05 petri plates were installed into the VEGGIE facility to begin the growth process of the plants. When plants are grown in the confines of the International Space Station (ISS), they do not seem to get enough air and as a result, exhibit a stress response in their genes and proteins. The Spaceflight-induced Hypoxic/ROS Signaling (APEX-05) experiment grows different wild and mutant varieties of Arabidopsis thaliana, in order to understand how their genetic and molecular stress response systems work in space. The plants grow from seeds in the Veggie plant growth facility aboard the ISS, are frozen, and returned to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
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Synthetic Bone BioCell Operations:
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During today's scheduled microscope operations for BioCell Habitats A and B, microscope issues inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) prevented ground teams from viewing video footage of the growing bone cells from the BioCells. With the deferment of today's fixation of BioCell Habitat A, the crew was able to accelerate one of tomorrow's media exchanges to today. Ground teams will continue to resolve the issue with the microscopy video downlink and are rescheduling tomorrow's activities.  Synthetic Bone uses BioCell habitats A, B, and C. The BioCell habitats will be used to test the functionality and effectiveness of new material that can assist in recovery from bone injuries or dental work during long-term space travel. Determining how well Tetranite integrates with bone cell cultures can also inform general strategies for addressing bone loss in space. Synthetic Bone examines the cellular response to a new type of bone adhesive in the microgravity environment of space. This experiment uses facilities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to grow bone cells in the presence of a commercially available bone adhesive, and a new product called Tetranite. Sets of bone cell cultures grow with the different adhesives for 20 days and are then fixed, frozen, and returned to Earth for detailed analysis in a fully equipped biological laboratory.
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Arthrospira-B (Batch Culture) Assembly:
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Four Arthrospira experiment containers were retrieved from a Glacier and transferred to the Columbus module wh ere they were assembled and installed into the Biolab Incubator. The Arthrospira B experiment is an important step in making improvements in the area of closed regenerative life support systems in space which will help in making future human exploration missions beyond low Earth orbit become a reality. The cyanobacterium Arthrospira sp. strain PCC8005 is a candidate for use in spacecraft biological life support systems, for CO2 and nitrate removal, and oxygen and biomass production. However, to ensure the reliability of such a biological life support system it is necessary to characterize the response of Arthrospira sp. PCC8005 to in situ spaceflight conditions.
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JAXA Low Temperature (LT) Protein Crystal Growth (PCG):
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PCG samples were retrieved from the Freezer-Refrigerator Of STirling cycle (FROST) and then the crew initiated the crystallization of the samples before inserting them back into the FROST wh ere crystallization is continuing at a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius. The samples will remain in the FROST until they are returned on SpX-13 for evaluation by ground teams. The goal of the JAXA LT PCG experiment is to make high quality protein crystals in a microgravity environment at a low temperature.
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Dose Distribution Inside the ISS – 3D (DOSIS 3D):
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Passive radiation detectors were installed in the Columbus module in support of European Space Agency's (ESA's) DOSIS 3D investigation. This experiment uses several active and passive detectors to determine the radiation doses inside the ISS and provides documentation of the actual nature and distribution of the radiation fields. A concise three dimensional (3D) dose distribution map of all the segments of the ISS will be developed based on this data and data from JAXA and NASA monitoring devices.
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Japanese Experiment Module Airlock (JEM A/L) Depress:
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The crew depressurized the JEM A/L and vented the remaining air in preparation for upcoming NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) activities.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/12/21/crew-heads-into-holidays-with-bone-and-muscle-research/
ЦитироватьMark Garcia
Posted on December 21, 2017

Crew Heads into Holidays with Bone and Muscle Research


Expedition 54-55 Flight Engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is inside the International Space Station's seven-windowed cupola as the Earth passes 250 miles below.

Three veteran International Space Station crew members and three first-time astronauts will spend Christmas and New Year's Eve orbiting Earth. They are continuing to research how living in space affects the human body and maintaining the orbital laboratory.

Veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov is spending his third holiday season in space having served on two previous Expeditions. He recently arrived Dec. 19 with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai. Greeting the new crew were Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei. Misurkin and Acaba are in the middle of their second station mission and this is Vande Hei's first mission.

Today, the station residents explored why bone and muscle atrophy occur in space and ways to prevent that loss to keep astronauts healthy.

Kanai collected and stored his breath and blood samples for the Marrow study to understand what is happening to his bone marrow and blood cells during spaceflight. Kanai later joined Acaba peering at synthetic bone cells through a microscope. The synthetic material is being incubated and then integrated with real bone cells potentially benefitting bone health on Earth and in space.

Vande Hei studied zebrafish today observing how their muscles adapt to the microgravity environment. The experiment seeks to identify chemical, protein and cellular activity taking place during muscle atrophy that may lead to new drugs and treatments.

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https://energia.ru/ru/news/news-2017/news_12-21.html
ЦитироватьВ «Энергии» состоится «Космический урок»
21.12.2017

22 декабря в РКК «Энергия» состоится «Космический урок» на тему «Электромагнитная среда обитания: Космическая связь», в котором примут участие школьники Королёва, Томска и Сочи.
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Организаторами «Космического урока» выступили РКК «Энергия», Томский государственный педагогический университет и филиал ВГТРК - ГТРК «Томск».

Урок пройдет в музее Корпорации, где соберутся ученики аэрокосмического класса королёвской гимназии № 11 и приглашённые эксперты. На прямой видеосвязи с ними будет сочинский Образовательный центр для одаренных детей «Сириус» и Центр дополнительного образования Томского государственного педагогического университета (ТГПУ).

В качестве экспертов на «Космическом уроке» выступят лётчик-космонавт Александр КАЛЕРИ, главный специалист РКК «Энергия» Виктор БЛАГОВ, заслуженный конструктор РФ Александр ЧЕРНЯВСКИЙ.
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Во время урока состоится получасовой сеанс прямой связи с Российским сегментом МКС. Задать свои вопросы космонавтам – командиру экипажа МКС-54 Александру МИСУРКИНУ и бортинженеру Антону ШКАПЛЕРОВУ – смогут не только участники «Космического урока», но и любой пользователь Интернета, следящий за трансляцией в сети и имеющий аккаунт в Гугл.

Прямую трансляцию «Космического урока» можно будет увидеть на сайте tvtomsk.ru, YouTube-канале ГТРК «Томск», в официальных группах VK и Facebook.

Место проведения «Космического урока»: музей РКК «Энергия». Время начала «Космического урока»: пятница, 22 декабря 2017 г., 11:00 – 12:20 мск.

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ЦитироватьChristmas on the International Space Station

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 21 дек. 2017 г.

This month is the eighteenth December in a row that men and women from Earth have been on board the International Space Station during the Christmas holidays. As the Expedition 54 crew members prepare to celebrate in 2017, here's a quick peek at some of the Christmases past spent on board mankind's outpost orbiting 250 miles above the planet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlwMWYMDnghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlwMWYMDng (1:14)

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5-й космический урок
 

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ЦитироватьПятый "Космический урок": онлайн-трансляция

ГТРК Томск

Трансляция началась 2 часа назад
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi8QA7Ou4lshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi8QA7Ou4ls (1:47:05)

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24503/
ЦитироватьРКК «ЭНЕРГИЯ». В МУЗЕЕ КОРПОРАЦИИ СОСТОЯЛСЯ «КОСМИЧЕСКИЙ УРОК»
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Сегодня, 22 декабря, в РКК «Энергия» прошел «Космический урок» на тему «Электромагнитная среда обитания: Космическая связь», в котором приняли участие школьники Королёва, Томска и Сочи.
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Организаторами «Космического урока» стали РКК «Энергия», администрация Томской области, Томский государственный педагогический университет и филиал ВГТРК - ГТРК «Томск».

Урок прошел в музее Корпорации, где собрались ученики аэрокосмического класса королёвской гимназии № 11 и приглашённые эксперты. На прямой видеосвязи с ними был сочинский Образовательный центр для одаренных детей «Сириус» и Центр дополнительного образования Томского государственного педагогического университета (ТГПУ). Прямая трансляция события велась в сети Интернет.

В качестве экспертов на «Космическом уроке» выступили лётчик-космонавт Александр КАЛЕРИ; главный специалист РКК «Энергия» Виктор БЛАГОВ; заслуженный конструктор РФ Александр ЧЕРНЯВСКИЙ. Провёл урок выпускник физико-математического факультета ТГПУ Рустам КОНОНЕНКО.

Виктор БЛАГОВ рассказал школьникам об истоках и развитии технологий космической связи. Участник многих космических проектов, в числе которых полёт ГАГАРИНА и советско-американская экспедиция «Союз-Аполлон», Виктор Дмитриевич отметил, что глобальной космической связи в «Энергии» уделялось огромное внимание: еще с начала работы станции «Мир» в 1986 году специалисты ЦУП получили возможность круглосуточного наблюдения за станцией.

- На пути к связи будущего, когда абонент сможет передавать все возможные виды информации в любую точку Земли и за ее пределы, сделано много, и я вижу, что есть кому осуществить задуманное, - завершил лекцию БЛАГОВ.

Затем участники «Космического урока» представили свои проекты на космическую тематику. Будущие инженеры предложили свои решения по созданию планетохода с шагающей системой передвижения для Луны и Марса, исследовательской станции для изучения Южного полюса Луны, адаптации скафандра «Орлан-МКС» к планетарной деятельности.

Ученик аэрокосмического класса гимназии № 11 (г. Королёв) Алексей СОЛОМАТИН обсудил свои идеи по увеличению угла обзора и улучшению сцепления скафандра с поверхностью непосредственно с командиром экипажа МКС-54 Александром МИСУРКИНЫМ и бортинженером Антоном ШКАПЛЕРОВЫМ. Наши космонавты заинтересовались предложениями Алексея и пообещали обдумать их уже во время ближайшего выхода в открытый космос, который намечен на февраль.
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Во время получасового сеанса прямой связи с Российским сегментом МКС задать свои вопросы могли не только участники «Космического урока», но и любой пользователь Интернета, следящий за трансляцией в сети и имеющий аккаунт в Гугл. Участники экспедиции МКС-54 пожелали ребятам достичь всех поставленных целей и не останавливаться на полпути.

В завершение урока Александр ЧЕРНЯВСКИЙ дал школьникам домашнее задание: подготовить к окончанию новогодних каникул свои предложения по проведению научных экспериментов на МКС.

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https://lenta.ru/news/2017/12/22/iss/
Цитировать[size=14]Раскрыты подробности превращения МКС в отель[/size]

«Роскосмос» рассматривает возможность открыть отель на Международной космической станции (МКС). Детали бизнес-плана опубликовал журнал Popular Mechanics.

Под гостиницу предполагается переработать конструкцию научно-энергетического модуля массой 20 тонн, длиной 15,5 метра и объемом 92 кубических метров. Делать это будут в рамках государственно-частного партнерства.

В распоряжении туриста окажется спальная каюта объемом два кубических метра с иллюминатором диаметром 228 миллиметра, а также средства личной гигиены, тренажеры и доступ к Wi-Fi. Планируется возможность выхода в открытый космос в сопровождении профессионального космонавта.

Всего внутри блока можно оборудовать четыре спальных каюты, две медицинские комнаты объемом по два кубических метра и зону отдыха с иллюминатором диаметром 426 миллиметра.

Билет на МКС для одного человека, предполагающий нахождение на околоземной орбите в течение одной-двух недель, обойдется в 40 миллионов долларов. Продлить путешествие на две-три недели можно будет за дополнительные 20 миллионов долларов.

Стоимость работ по созданию туристического блока МКС оценивается в 279-446 миллионов долларов. Разработчиком модуля выступает корпорация «Энергия», которая в настоящее время ищет средства для создания блока. На создание блока отводится пять лет, а его запуск произойдет не ранее 2021 года. В «Роскосмосе» полагают, что проект окупит себя через семь лет работы.

Ждём модулей "Бордель" и "Казино" :{}

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/12/21/iss-daily-summary-report-12212017/
ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 12/21/2017
Posted Dec 21, 2017 at 4:00 pm on ISS

Marrow:
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Upon wakeup a 53S crewmember collected breath and ambient air samples. With operator assistance, the subject collected blood samples to support the Marrow investigation. The blood samples were processed in the centrifuge and placed in the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). The Marrow investigation looks at the effect of microgravity on bone marrow. It is believed that microgravity, like long-duration bed rest on Earth, has a negative effect on the bone marrow and the blood cells that are produced in the bone marrow.
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Synthetic Bone BioCell Operations:
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During yesterday's scheduled microscope operations for BioCell Habitats A and B, microscope issues inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) prevented ground teams from viewing video footage of the growing bone cells from the BioCells. With the deferment of the fixation of BioCell Habitat A, the crew was able to complete one of today's media exchanges during yesterday's operations. Ground teams worked to resolve the issue with the microscopy video downlink and rescheduled today's activities. This morning, using the MSG laptop screen as a workaround for the non-functional video monitor, the crew successfully completed the first microscopy of four Synthetic Bone Biocells, two each from Habitats A and B. Additionally, fixation of both Biocells from Habitat A was completed. The two Biocells from Habitat B were re-inserted into SABL for continued incubation and growth. The crew later continued Synthetic Bone operations by performing a media change for Habitat B.  Synthetic Bone uses BioCell habitats A, B, and C. The BioCell habitats will be used to test the functionality and effectiveness of new material that can assist in recovery from bone injuries or dental work during long-term space travel. Determining how well Tetranite integrates with bone cell cultures can also inform general strategies for addressing bone loss in space. Synthetic Bone examines the cellular response to a new type of bone adhesive in the microgravity environment of space. This experiment uses facilities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to grow bone cells in the presence of a commercially available bone adhesive, and a new product called Tetranite. Sets of bone cell cultures grow with the different adhesives for 20 days and are then fixed, frozen, and returned to Earth for detailed analysis in a fully equipped biological laboratory.
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MagVector:
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Today the crew performed setup activities and began the 7-day MagVector #15 experiment run. The European Space Agency (ESA) MagVector investigation studies how Earth's magnetic field interacts with an electrical conductor. Using extremely sensitive magnetic sensors placed around and above a conductor, researchers can gain insight into ways that the magnetic field influences how conductors work. This research not only helps improve future International Space Station experiments and electrical experiments, but it could offer insights into how magnetic fields influence electrical conductors in general, the backbone of our technology.
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Zebrafish Muscle 2:
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After completing yesterday's fixation operations for the experiment units (EUs) from Groups B and C, today the crew transferred the EUs from the refrigerator to the freezer of the MELFI. The EUs will remain in the MELFI freezer until they are returned on SpaceX-13. The results from Zebrafish Muscle 2 operations will help to determine whether atrophy of muscles under microgravity also occurs in zebrafish, and why that muscle atrophy occurs in microgravity. Physical exercise and control of posture are important for maintaining muscle mass and strength. In microgravity conditions, the postural, known as anti-gravity muscles, undergo atrophy because of prominent decrease in their gravity-dependent activity.
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APEX-05 Operations:
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Following yesterday's installation of twenty APEX-05 petri plates into the VEGGIE facility to initiate the growth process, today the crew photographed the four spare petri plates that are secured to the Advanced Biology Research Facility (ABRS) photo grid on the maintenance work area.  When plants are grown in the confines of the International Space Station (ISS), they do not seem to get enough air and as a result, exhibit a stress response in their genes and proteins. The Spaceflight-induced Hypoxic/ROS Signaling (APEX-05) experiment grows different wild and mutant varieties of Arabidopsis thaliana in order to understand how their genetic and molecular stress response systems work in space. The plants grow from seeds in the Veggie plant growth facility aboard the ISS, are frozen, and returned to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
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NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) transfer to JEM Airlock (JEM A/L):
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Overnight, JAXA ground teams removed NREP from JEM External Facility (JEM EF) Exposed Facility Unit (EFU) site 4 to the JEM A/L. In early January, the crew will remove NREP from the JEM A/L, exchange samples on the platform, and then work with ground controllers to return NREP to EFU #4.
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SSRMS Latching End Effector (LEE) Survey:
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After some anomalous data was observed during last weekend's Dragon capture, Robotics ground controllers and the crew worked together to inspect the LEE for any potential damage induced. Later in the day, ground controllers maneuvered the SSRMS to grapple the fixture on the PMM to gather loads data for further analysis. Results are pending.
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