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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 2 ч. назад

.@Astro_Paolo flies the robotic arm like a rock star and grapples the newest member of @Space_Station Expedition 53 – S.S. Gene Cernan #Cygnus #OA8!

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http://spaceflight101.com/cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-installed-on-iss-for-critical-supplies-delivery/

Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Installed on ISS for Critical Supplies Delivery
November 14, 2017


Photo: NASA

The Cygnus S.S. Gene Cernan arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday for a robotic capture and berthing to become a temporary part of the orbiting laboratory for the delivery of over three metric tons of supplies, maintenance gear and research. Cygnus enjoyed a particularly smooth flight after Sunday's liftoff from Virginia's Eastern Shore, arriving at the Station's doorstep for a straight-up approach to the capture position to mark the start of a three-week stay at ISS highlighted by cargo transfers and a planned end-of-mission test to collect data for future Commercial Crew missions.

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Cygnus took flight at 12:19:55 UTC on Sunday when its Antares launch vehicle lifted off from Pad 0A at the Wallops Flight Facility. Flying in its upgraded configuration for the second time, Antares fired its twin RD-181 engines for three and a half minutes, shed its payload fairing during a brief passive flight phase and burned its solid-fueled second stage for two minutes and 40 seconds to send Cygnus into orbit. Performance by the upgraded launch vehicle again surpassed the intentionally conservative simulations and placed Cygnus into a slightly higher orbit than planned.


Photo: NASA

The 6,200-Kilogram Cygnus spacecraft started out in an orbit of 300 by 331 Kilometers at the expected inclination of 51.63 degrees. Solar array deployment occurred after the vehicle made its first lap around the planet and Mission Controllers in Dulles, Virginia were able to give Cygnus a clean bill of health after initial checkouts in orbit. Within a few hours of launch, Cygnus completed its first large orbit-raising maneuver with its BT-4 main engine, lifting the apogee to 360 Kilometers.

More burns were performed on Sunday and Monday as Cygnus approached the Space Station from behind and below for initiation of the rendezvous when Cygnus was in an orbit four Kilometers below the Space Station's 401 x 408-Kilometer orbit. When reaching a range of 28 Kilometers, Cygnus entered the relative navigation phase of the rendezvous, beginning to receive GPS data from the Space Station through a space-to-space communications link in order to compare it against its own GPS readings to obtain a more precise relative position fix.


Photo: NASA TV

Joint operations between Dulles and NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston began before Cygnus was given clearance for its first Approach Delta-V Burn and a coelliptic maneuver that positioned the craft 1.5 Kilometers below ISS. Next was the Approach Initiation Maneuver that put the spacecraft on a path to intercept the Station's R-Bar to arrive at a position around 350 meters straight below ISS.

Aboard the Station, ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli served as the robotics operator on Tuesday while Expedition 53 commander Randy Bresnik handled communications with the ground and commanding of Cygnus through the Hardware Command Panel. At a range of 250 meters, Cygnus hit the brakes to enter a planned hold dedicated to the transition from Relative GPS navigation to the craft's Proximity Navigation System featuring a laser-based 3D sensor that captures 3D data of the target vehicle that is then compared with a computer model of the known shape of the target to deliver relative position, range and range rate measurements to guide the spacecraft to an on-target arrival.


Paolo Nespoli's Reflection in one of the Robotics Workstation displays as Capture was about to begin – Photo: NASA

The 250-meter hold was extended slightly, causing the rendezvous to drift around ten minutes behind schedule before the spacecraft was commanded into Approach Mode to advance to 30 meters. While Cygnus again held position, teams on the ground configured the spacecraft for final approach and the crew in orbit went through their procedure review before providing clearance for final approach. Gently firing its thrusters, Cygnus slowly covered the final 18 meters to the capture position, taking around 15 minutes.

Arriving within reach of Canadarm2, Cygnus automatically reduced relative rates to hold perfectly still while the crew reconfigured cameras and took the brakes off the robotic arm in preparation for capture. Mission Control provided a GO and Paolo Nespoli began driving the arm into position over the grappling pin of the craft's Power & Video Grapple Fixture with Cygnus moving into Free Drift just before capture. A good capture was confirmed at 10:04 UTC followed by engaging latches within the arm's Latching End Effector to form a power and video bridge to Cygnus.


Photo: NASA

The crew then handed robotics off to controllers on the ground for the berthing operation which has become close to routine by this point. Moving swiftly through their procedures, ROBO controllers maneuvered Cygnus into its pre-berthing position on the Earth-facing Common Berthing Mechanism of the Unity Module. With the help of the Centerline Berthing Camera System, Cygnus was positioned with millimeter accuracy before capture latches were closed to establish first stage capture.

Four sets of four bolts were then driven to firmly pull Cygnus in and form a pressure seal between the Unity module and the spacecraft with second stage capture marked at 12:15 UTC. After final bolt-loading, the crew will be cleared to press into leak checks and outfitting of the vestibule between the two spacecraft before Cygnus can be opened for business with plenty of cargo transfers ahead for the four U.S. Segment crew members over the course of the next three weeks.


Photo: NASA TV

Cygnus OA-8 is the fifth U.S. resupply craft reaching ISS this year, coming after the OA-7 mission that launched on Atlas V and three science-heavy Dragon missions. In contrast to recent Dragons, cargo on the Cygnus is primarily comprised of supplies and systems hardware to ensure ISS can remain in a comfortable consumables situation. With the OA-8 cargo on board, ISS is looking good for supplies until June 2018 with food being the limiting consumable which is usually the case per standard ISS supply management.

Cygnus OA-8 is loaded with 3,229 Kilograms of pressurized cargo comprising 1,240 Kilograms of crew supplies including food provisions and clothing, 851kg of vehicle hardware, 740kg of utilization hardware including new experiments and materials for ongoing studies, and 166kg of spacewalk equipment and computer resources. Two powered polar freezers are installed aboard Cygnus, holding cold stowage items for biological experiments as well as fresh fruit and vegetables plus ice cream for the crew.

>> Cygnus OA-8 Cargo Overview


Photo: NASA TV


Photo: NASA TV

Hardware aboard the Cygnus includes replacement gas bottles for the Combustion Integrated Rack for upcoming research into combustion dynamics in microgravity, a Rodent Habitat to provide a home for the next Rodent Research mission flying on SpaceX, and parts for the Station's 3D printer. Space Tango's TangoLab module is set for a unique demonstration during this mission, taking up temporary residence aboard the Cygnus spacecraft to prove the feasibility of using the cargo module as an extension to the scientific modules of the Space Station.

Cygnus is also carrying a series of CubeSats – two are to be transferred to the Kibo module for installation in a NanoRacks deployer to be released via the Station's Japanese Robotic Arm while Cygnus itself hosts a CubeSat deployer holding 14 satellites for deployment into an orbit around 100 Kilometers above ISS after Cygnus departs the Station.

Cygnus is booked for a short stay of just under three weeks, making for a fairly packed timeline for unloading the spacecraft and re-loading it with trash and no-longer-needed hardware. Unberthing is planned for December 3rd to position Cygnus for an overnight session of radio and GPS testing to verify Commercial Crew vehicles arriving and departing the Harmony module can do so without radio interference. Released on December 4th, Cygnus will be guided into the CubeSat deployment orbit above ISS and then conduct maneuvers toward a destructive re-entry over the Pacific to close out its mission.

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Orbital ATK's Cygnus Rendzevous and Installation to the International Space Station

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Опубликовано: 14 нояб. 2017 г.

Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Nov. 14 after a two-day journey following its launch Nov. 12 on the company's Antares rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Dubbed the "SS Gene Cernan" after the late Gemini and Apollo astronaut who was the last man to walk on the moon, Cygnus was captured by Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (the European Space Agency) and Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/11/13/iss-daily-summary-report-11132017/

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Posted on November 13, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/13/2017

Orbital-ATK 8 (OA-8 )

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Launch:Following a 24 hour delay, OA-8 launched successfully from Wallops Island, Virginia atop an Antares rocket on Sunday at 6:19 AM CST. Capture and berthing to Node 1 Nadir is planned for Tuesday, November 14th starting at 3:50 AM CST. The spacecraft will deliver ~3300 kgs of payloads and supplies to the ISS.

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Probiotics Operations:

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Over the weekend, a crewmember initiated the second of four sampling phases of the JAXA Probiotic investigation by collecting fecal samples and immediately stowing the samples into the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). This sampling phases include fecal and saliva sample collections, a questionnaire, and a Probiotic capsule intake. The saliva sample collection, questionnaire, and capsule intake for this phase will be conducted on GMT day 319. Some species of harmful bacteria such as Salmonella grow stronger and more virulent in the microgravity environment of space. At the same time, the human immune system is weaker in space, leading to increased health risks. The objective of the Probiotics investigation is to study the impact of continuous consumption of probiotics on immune function and intestinal microbiota in astronauts under closed microgravity environment This investigation studies the effects of beneficial bacteria (Probiotics) to improve crew members' intestinal microbiota as well as their immune function on long-duration space missions.

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Lighting Effects:

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Over the weekend, the 52S subject collected urine samples and provided sleep log entries to track his daily sleep patterns and wakefulness. Today's sleep log entry concludes the two-week sleep study session that began on GMT 304. 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.

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Earth Imagery from ISS Target Operations:

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On Saturday, the crew captured video footage of Southern California at night, the Gulf of Thailand, and the southern tip of India. Today the crew will capture footage of California and the Baja Peninsula. The Earth Imagery from ISS investigation creates a series of videos, showcasing Earth from space. These videos will be taken with cameras on the International Space Station in 6K hi-resolution, then integrated into videos for screensavers for public enjoyment, exploration, and engagement.

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Human Research Program (HRP) Collections (Biochemical Profile, Repository):

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A 51S crewmember completed Flight Day (FD) 120 blood and urine sample collections to support the Biochemical Profile and Repository experiments. The samples were placed in MELFI.

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• Repository is a storage bank used to maintain biological specimens over extended periods of time and under well-controlled conditions. This repository supports scientific discovery that contributes to our fundamental knowledge in the area of human physiological changes and adaptation to a microgravity environment and provides unique opportunities to study longitudinal changes in human physiology spanning many missions.
  

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VEG-03 Science Harvest:

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The crew cut several of the larger leaves from each plant for consumption. The remainder of the plants were left to grow and sprout new leaves. The Veg-03 investigation uses the Veggie plant growth facility to cultivate a type of cabbage, lettuce and mizuna, which are harvested on-orbit with samples returned to Earth for testing. 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, so understanding how plants respond to microgravity is an important step toward that goal.

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Augmented Reality Application for Maintenance, Inventory and Stowage (ARAMIS) Maintenance Session:

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The crew setup the camcorder, connected to an iPad, and ran maintenance sequences. The ARAMIS investigation demonstrates use of augmented reality technology to improve efficiency of operations aboard the space station. Crew time is a precious resource in space and this frees up more time for scientific research. The demonstration uses a single portable device to run preventive maintenance and stowage management or hardware searches.

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Solid State Lighting Assembly (SSLA) Installation:

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Today, the crew installed SSLAs into the Lab and Node 3. The SSLAs were designed to replace General Luminaire Assemblies (GLAs) to improve visual acuity and to provide a crew health countermeasure for circadian rhythms, sleep, alertness and performance. To accomplish these goals, SSLAs are designed to operate in 3 modes with 3 distinct spectrum. The different spectrum provide control of the blue portion of the light which impacts melatonin production in humans which impacts sleep.

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Sidekick Familiarization:

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Today the crew performed a self familiarization session with the Sidekick (aka HoloLens) device in preparation for future use. A procedure and familiarization video, along with the in-device training provided an overview of the Sidekick device and how to use gestures to interact with the Sidekick software.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/14/cygnus-arrives-at-space-station-with-food-experiments-and-cache-of-cubesats/

Cygnus arrives at space station with food, experiments and cache of CubeSats
November 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

A commercial cargo craft owned and operated by Orbital ATK wrapped up a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Tuesday, delivering ice cream and pizza for the lab's six-person crew and hardware for a slew of research experiments, including CubeSats slated for orbital deployments in the coming weeks.

Guided by GPS and laser navigation sensors, the Cygnus supply ship approached the space station fr om below, pausing at several pre-planned hold points for astronauts and ground controllers to check the progress of the rendezvous.

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The Cygnus supply ship on final approach to the International Space Station on Tuesday. Credit: NASA/Randy Bresnik

After it reached a final hold point around 30 feet, or 10 meters, fr om the orbiting complex, astronaut Paolo Nespoli took control of the station's 58-foot-long (17-meter) Canadian-built robotic arm to grapple the Cygnus spaceship at 5:04 a.m. EST (1004 GMT) as the vehicles sailed 260 miles (418 kilometers) over the southeastern Indian Ocean.

Ground controllers commanded the robotic arm to place the Cygnus supply carrier on the Unity module's Earth-facing berthing mechanism a few hours later. Sixteen bolts drove closed in four steps to firmly connect the newly-arrived cargo craft with the space station.

The automated arrival came two days after the Cygnus resupply vessel lifted off Sunday from a launch pad on Virginia's Eastern Shore, riding an Orbital ATK Antares rocket into orbit to kick off its orbital pursuit of the space station.

Astronauts opened hatches leading into the Cygnus' pressurized cargo module later Tuesday, a day earlier than planned.

Crew members will unload 7,118 pounds (3,229 kilograms) of cargo from the Cygnus spacecraft's pressurized module beginning Wednesday. The supply shipment includes:

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• 2,734 pounds (1,240 kilograms) of crew supplies
• 1,631 pounds (740 kilograms) of science investigations
• 291 pounds (132 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
• 1,875 pounds (851 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
• 75 pounds (34 kilograms) of computer resources
  

Fresh fruit and vegetables are among the goodies riding inside a refrigerator on Cygnus spacecraft.

"The crew is going to get some treats when they open up the hatch," said Dan Hartman, NASA's deputy space station program manager, before the launch.


The Cygnus supply ship approaches the International Space Station on Tuesday. Credit: NASA/Randy Bresnik

The station's four astronauts living and working in the U.S. segment of the outpost will get to work on experiments carried in the Cygnus. For the first time, they will also relocate some research hardware already on the station into a rack inside the Cygnus cargo module, using the facility as a temporary research base.

Among the scientific supplies delivered to the station Tuesday were gas bottles to support an advanced combustion microgravity experiment, a habitat for research rodents launching on a future mission, and items for a 3D printer aboard the orbiting laboratory, according to Camille Alleyne, associate space station program scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Two CubeSats will be transferred inside the space station to join three others for release into orbit through the Japanese lab module's airlock.

One of the CubeSats is named the E. Coli Antimicrobial Satellite, or EcAMSat, is about the size of a small briefcase. Developed by engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center and scientists at Stanford University, EcAMSat will study the antibiotic resistance in space of E. coli, a bacterial pathogen responsible for urinary tract infection in humans and animals.

EcAMSat's mission is expected to last more than a year, and two types of E. coli cells — a wild and a mutant strain — contained in 48 microfluidic wells inside the CubeSat's miniature laboratory will be activated, grown and tested once the 23-pound (10-kilogram) satellite is ejected from the station's Japanese robotic arm, according to Stevan Spremo, EcAMSat's project manager.

"With this, we believe that we'll learn more about antibiotic resistance in the microgravity environment, wh ere E. coli are known to grow more virulently in space," Spremo said.

The results could help protect astronauts on future space missions and develop countermeasures that may be useful for humans on Earth, he said.

The other small spacecraft carried on the OA-8 mission and destined for deployment through the Kibo airlock is TechEdSat 6, another experimental CubeSat from the Ames Research Center in partnership with San Jose State University and the University of Idaho.


Artist's concept of the TechEdSat 6 spacecraft. Credit: NASA

TechEdSat 6 is the latest in a series of CubeSats testing an "exo-brake" de-orbit system, a drag device that uses aerodynamic forces — and not propulsion — to re-enter the atmosphere. The technology could eventually allow some space station research samples to return to Earth sooner, and at less expense.

Station astronauts will repack the Cygnus spacecraft's Italian-built logistics module with trash before closing hatches and detaching the supply ship from the Unity module with the robotic arm Dec. 3.

Mission control will maneuver the Cygnus a few feet from another berthing port on the station's Harmony module, wh ere crew capsules from Boeing and SpaceX are expected to dock once they are ready to begin flying astronauts into orbit.

Engineers will use the Cygnus spacecraft to simulate the presence of a commercial crew craft at Harmony's space-facing port and check to ensure it does not block GPS navigation signals from reaching the space station.

Once those tests are finished, the robotic arm will release Cygnus on Dec. 4, and Orbital ATK's ground team will send commands to raise the ship's orbit to an altitude of around 300 miles (500 kilometers).

In that orbit, Cygnus will deploy 14 more CubeSats — ranging in size from a Rubik's Cube to a loaf of bread — from an external device provided by NanoRacks, a Houston-based company that offers small satellite deployments on space station cargo flights.

"OA-8 is yet another unique mission for NanoRacks," said Henry Martin, NanoRacks' senior mission manager. "We're thrilled to have a full external Cygnus deployer, displaying its maximum capability. This mission also brings new customers from outside the industry into space while continuing partnerships with existing customers like Spire for their ongoing satellite constellation. Notably, this mission will also deploy our first-ever propulsive satellite from the Cygnus spacecraft."


One of Spire's Lemur satellites. Credit: Spaceflight

Eight of the CubeSats will join Spire Global's commercial weather satellite network, which derives humidity and temperature profiles by measuring GPS navigation signals passing through Earth's atmosphere.

Two AeroCube satellites assembled by the Aerospace Corp. for NASA's Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration, or OCSD, mission will test high-speed laser communications and an innovative water-based propulsion system to maneuver in close proximity to one another.

"Our primary mission for OCSD is to demonstrate laser communications by using a laser on the spacecraft to downlink data to our optical ground station on Mt. Wilson in California," said Richard Welle, Aerospace senior scientist and one of the principal investigators for OCSD. "This is the first CubeSat laser communications system that will demonstrate an optical downlink. This compact laser package with its potential for much higher rates proves a promising future for CubeSat-scale laser communications."

The ISARA CubeSat developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will study the performance of an integrated solar array and radio antenna and a compact suite of three visible and infrared cameras that could be employed on future weather satellites.

The Naval Postgraduate School's PropCube 2 CubeSat is also slated for deployment from Cygnus in December to measure disturbances in the ionosphere, an upper layer of Earth's atmosphere.

The Cost-effective High E-Frequency Satellite, or CHEFSat, from the Naval Research Laboratory will help engineers gauge the performance of a consumer-grade radio frequency device in space.

The first satellite for Asgardia, an organization that aims to become the first nation state in space, was also launched Sunday. The group was created by Igor Ashurbeyli, a Russian scientist, and the Asgardia 1 satellite hosts a 500-gigabyte solid state drive containing files and data uploaded by the organization's supporters, or citizens.

The Cygnus spacecraft will fall out of orbit in December after wrapping up the CubeSat deployments and burn up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean, discarding the space station's trash and other unneeded items tagged for disposal by NASA.

Orbital ATK is one of two NASA contractors with operational resupply vehicles for the space station.

The space agency awarded contracts to Orbital ATK and SpaceX in 2008 to ferry cargo to the research lab after the retirement of the space shuttle. Orbital originally received a $1.9 billion contract for eight missions, a deal that was later extended to 11 flights.

The current mission, known as OA-8, is the eighth flight in Orbital ATK's cargo resupply contract. NASA awarded Orbital ATK, SpaceX and newcomer Sierra Nevada Corp. a new round resupply contracts in 2016, guaranteeing each company a minimum of six more cargo missions from 2019 through 2024.

That puts Orbital ATK's backlog at at least nine more Cygnus resupply flights in the next seven years, most of which are expected to launch on the company's own Antares booster from Virginia. Orbital ATK also has the option to launch Cygnus missions using United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets.

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Paolo Nespoli‏Подлинная учетная запись @astro_paolo 18 ч. назад

ISS Exp-53: a month to go... Grateful to get to share this extra-terrestrial adventure with such an amazing crew! #VITAmission

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/11/14/iss-daily-summary-report-11142017/

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Posted on November 14, 2017

ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/14/2017

Orbital 8 (OA-8 ) Capture/Berthing:

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Monday night, Robotics Ground Controllers maneuvered the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to inspect the Node 1 Nadir Active Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM). They then maneuvered the SSRMS to the Cygnus high hover position in preparation for Cygnus capture.

Early this morning, the crew monitored the Cygnus approach from the Cupola Robotic Workstation and at approximately 10:05 GMT they captured Cygnus. Robotics Ground Controllers then maneuvered Cygnus into position to support an inspection of its Passive CBM. Following completion of the inspection, they maneuvered and installed it to the Node 1 Nadir Active CBM. The crew ingressed the vehicle at 17:23 GMT and will begin transferring cargo tomorrow.

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Human Research Program (HRP) Collections (Biochemical Profile, Repository):

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A 51S crewmember completed Flight Day (FD) 120 urine sample collections to support the Biochemical Profile and Repository experiments. The samples were placed in the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI).

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• Repository is a storage bank used to maintain biological specimens over extended periods of time and under well-controlled conditions. This repository supports scientific discovery that contributes to our fundamental knowledge in the area of human physiological changes and adaptation to a microgravity environment and provides unique opportunities to study longitudinal changes in human physiology spanning many missions.
  

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Simulation of Geophysical Fluid Flow under Microgravity – 2 (Geoflow-2) Experiment Container De-installation:

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The GeoFlow-2 experiment container was removed by the crew from the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) rack and stowed for disposal. The Geoflow-2 experiment studies heat and fluid flow currents within the Earth's mantle. Geoflow-2 aims to improve computational methods that scientists and engineers use to understand and predict the processes in the Earth's mantle that lead to volcanic eruptions, plate tectonics and earthquakes.

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Augmented Reality Application for Maintenance, Inventory and Stowage (ARAMIS) Stowage Session:

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The crew set up a camcorder, connected to an iPad, and ran stowage sequences in the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM). The ARAMIS investigation demonstrates use of augmented reality technology to improve efficiency of operations aboard the space station. Crew time is a precious resource in space and this frees up more time for scientific research. The demonstration uses a single portable device to run preventive maintenance and stowage management or hardware searches.

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Earth Imagery from ISS Target Operations:

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Using the Red camera, the crew captured video footage of Australia at sunset. The Earth Imagery from ISS investigation creates a series of videos, showcasing Earth from space. These videos will be taken with cameras on the International Space Station in 6K hi-resolution, then integrated into videos for screensavers for public enjoyment, exploration, and engagement.

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Spare Latching End Effector (LEE)/Utility Transfer Assembly (UTA) Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism (FRAM) Swap:

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Today, Robotics Ground Controllers maneuvered the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) and picked up the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) in preparation for tomorrow's LEE/FRAM swap activities. Tomorrow, they will remove the UTA from External Stowage Platform (ESP)-2 and translate the Mobile Transporter (MT) from Work Site (WS)-4 to WS-7. They then remove the LEE and install the UTA on ELC-1. The MT will then be translated back to WS-7 from WS-4 and the LEE will be installed on ESP-2. These activities are in preparation for EVAs planned next January.

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Node 1 High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter Cleaning:

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The crew performed a deep cleaning of the Node 1 HEPA plenum. Recent imagery showed that the HEPA plenum area in Node 1 is collecting excessive dust and debris on the surface of the plenum as well as crevices around the filters.

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МКС поздравляет с "Победой"

ROSCOSMOS Media Store

Опубликовано: 15 нояб. 2017 г.

Экипаж Международной космической станции обратился со словами приветствия ко всем участникам акции "Скафандр" в помощь детям с онкологическими заболеваниями.

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24344/

РОСКОСМОС. ЭКИПАЖ МКС ПОЗДРАВИЛ С «ПОБЕДОЙ»
15.11.2017 17:01

Летом 2017 года в рамках арт-проекта «Скафандр» дети и взрослые из онкологических центров Москвы, Ярославля, Липецка и Хьюстона (США) нарисовали свои мечты на отрезках ткани, из которых был сшит чехол для настоящего космического скафандра.

Так появился скафандр «Победа», и для всех участников проекта «Победа» стала не просто скафандром, но символом веры, надежды, исполнений желаний, и, самое главное, символом победы над болезнью. А помогали детям в этом проекте космонавты из отряда РОСКОСМОСА - Юрий ГИДЗЕНКО, Андрей БАБКИН и Николай ТИХОНОВ.

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14 октября 2017 года космический грузовик «Прогресс МС-07» доставил «Победу» на Международную космическую станцию. А сегодня мы рады представить обращение всех членов экипажа экспедиции №53 на Международную космическую станцию в поддержку этому проекту. К участникам проекта обратились космонавты РОСКОСМОСА Сергей РЯЗАНСКИЙ и Александр МИСУРКИН, астронавты NASA Рэндолф БРЕЗНИК, Марк ВАНДЕ ХАЙ и Джозеф АКАБА, астронавт ESA Паоло НЕСПОЛИ.

Мы все верим в «Победу» - ведь мечта, нарисованная яркими красками и доставленная прямо к звездам, обязательно исполнится!



«Победа» - это пятый чехол для скафандра, сшитый в рамках арт-проекта «Скафандр» и первый, работа над которым была инициирована российской стороной. Арт-проект «Скафандр» - это серия мастер-классов по арт-терапии, во время которых пациенты онкологических центров рисовали свои мечты на отрезках ткани, из которых впоследствии были сшиты копии настоящих скафандров, получившие имена «Надежда», «Мужество», «Единство» и «Исследование космоса». Инициатором и организатором проекта в России выступило общественное движение «UNITY». В России проект получил поддержку РОСКОСМОСА, научно-производственного предприятия «Звезда» и ведущего российского ракетно-космического предприятия РКК «Энергия».

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 1 ч. назад

Captain, US Navy, Arriving! SS Gene Cernan joined our crew @Space_Station and greeted us when we opened the hatch. #Cygnus #OA8

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24336/

РАДИО МАЯК. ПРОЕКТ МКС: ПРИРОДНЫЕ ТАЙНЫ ОКОЛОЗЕМНОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА

Космический вакуум не такой уж и пустой — он наполнен космической пылью. Главный специалист ФГУП ЦНИИмаш - Елена Владимировна ШУБРАЛОВА и доктор технических наук, главный научный сотрудник РКК «Энергия» им. С.П. Королева - Олег Семёнович ЦЫГАНКОВ рассказали об изучении космической пыли, и как она влияет на Международную космическую станцию

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/11/15/cygnus-open-for-business-crew-unloading-new-bacteria-plant-and-tech-studies/

Mark Garcia
Posted on November 15, 2017

Cygnus Open for Business; Crew Unloading New Bacteria, Plant and Tech Studies


The Cygnus spacecraft is pictured after it had been grappled with the Canadarm2 robotic arm by astronauts Paolo Nespoli and Randy Bresnik on Nov. 14, 2017.

The Expedition 53 astronauts are continuing to unload several thousand pounds of space cargo from the new Cygnus resupply ship that arrived Tuesday morning. Some of the new science cargo contains harmful bacteria for observation and CubeSats that will be deployed in Earth orbit.

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The Cygnus is now installed on the Unity module and open for business. The astronauts entered the cargo craft Tuesday and started replenishing the station with almost 7,400 pounds of crew supplies, science experiments, spacewalk gear, station hardware and computer parts.

Some of the new research payloads will be looking at the space impacts on microbiology and botany. The advanced space research will explore the effectiveness of antibiotics on astronauts and observe how plants absorb nutrients in microgravity. Some dangerous germs delivered aboard Cygnus have also been safely transferred to the STaARS-1 Bioscience facility for later observation.

A couple of the newest technology experiments will deploy CubeSats to explore laser communications and hybrid solar panels. Scientists will study the ability of small satellites to communicate with each other using lasers and also explore if a combination of antenna and solar cells can speed up communication rates.

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 1 ч. назад

Sharing our work aboard this international collaborative orbiting laboratory is part of our mission and @SergeyISS does it very well.

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Paolo Nespoli‏Подлинная учетная запись @astro_paolo 1 ч. назад

Far volare un #Cygnus nello spazio non è facile... ma nemmeno catturarlo al volo! // Sending a #Cygnus into space is not easy... Nor is capturing one while it flies beneath you!

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DreamUp‏Подлинная учетная запись @DreamUp_Space 48 мин. назад

Thanks @Astro_Sabot for initiating our #XtronautISS microbe growth on @Space_Station. We can't wait to show the @kickstarter backers what's growing on that iPad! #DareToDream


NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 30 мин. назад

We're so excited to be partnering on this special opportunity, and bringing the #XtronautISS program to the @Space_Station!

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A meteoroid as seen from the Space Station... make a wish!

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 16 нояб. 2017 г.

A series of night-time photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on 5 November around GMT, here shown in a time-lapse with a 1-second interval, while the Space Station was flying from the southern Atlantic Ocean over to Kazakhstan.

Paolo was lucky enough to capture a fast fireball falling to Earth over the Atlantic Ocean, off the South Africa west coast -- look closely between 00:07 and 00:08 seconds at upper right in this video.

A fireball is basically a very bright meteoroid -- a small bit of natural "space rock" -- entering Earth's atmosphere and burning brighter than the background stars. This particular meteoroid was moving much faster than typical, with an estimated speed of around 40 km/s, according to experts working on near-Earth objects (NEOs) in ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme.

"This speed is actually quite fast for meteoroids, which typically enter the atmosphere at around 20 km/s," says Rüdiger Jehn, SSA NEO segment co-manager.

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency's long-duration VITA mission.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/11/16/astronauts-take-on-science-plumbing-and-cargo-duties-today/

Mark Garcia
Posted on November 16, 2017

Astronauts Take on Science, Plumbing and Cargo Duties Today


The six-member Expedition 53 crew poses for a portrait inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module with a spacesuit hand painted by cancer patients from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. On the left (from top to bottom) are NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei with cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos. On the right (from top to bottom) are European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA.

Expedition 53 checked out a specialized microscope and worked on the International Space Station's toilet today. More supplies and hardware are also being offloaded from the newly-arrived Cygnus cargo craft.

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Commander Randy Bresnik opened up the Fluids Integrated Rack this morning to take a look at its Light Microscopy Module (LMM), an advanced space microscope. He was troubleshooting the device and swapping out its cables. The LMM provides a facility to examine the microscopic properties of different types of fluids in microgravity.

European Space Agency Paolo Nespoli worked on space plumbing throughout the day in the station's restroom, the Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC). The veteran station resident removed and replaced valves and sensors in the WHC as part regular preventative maintenance.

More crew supplies and research gear are being unloaded from Cygnus today to outfit the crew and continue ongoing space science experiments. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba was unpacking food, batteries and computer gear for stowage throughout the station. The second-time station resident was also removing Genes in Space gear and blood sample kits for upcoming science work.

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 4 ч. назад

.@Astro_Paolo goes for orbital rack diving Gold medal with his dive not behind, but into the rack to repair our carbon dioxide removal system.

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 1 ч. назад

Why stand and work on the floor when you can work on the ceiling? @Astro_Sabot demonstrates the ease of floating to where the work is.

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 48 мин. назад

Home Improvement @Space_Station Style. Installing ducting and fan to use when we have a new @Commercial_Crew vehicle docked. Yes Tim, a Binford 2000.