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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/08/07/iss-daily-summary-report-8072018/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/07/2018

Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Moderate Temperature Loop (MTL) Leak Update:

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The JEM MTL leak continues with the rate of 20 mL/day. On Friday, the crew completed a visual inspection of the Gas Trap Bypass Valve in the JEM Thermal Control System (TCS)2 rack but were unable to find evidence of a leak. They also isolated the Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR)1 and MSPR2 racks from the JEM MTL line. The leak continued over the weekend, however, exonerating those racks as the leak source. Today the crew isolate EXPRESS Rack #5 as teams continue to search for the source of the leak.

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Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME):

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The crew replaced the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) manifold bottles today to support the second part of the Coflow Laminar Diffusion (CLD) Flames investigation that began during the previous increment pair. The ACME experiment series being performed in the CIR includes five independent studies of gaseous flames. CLD Flames is one of the five independent studies with an overall goal to improve our understanding of the physical and chemical processes controlling diffusion flame structure and lifting phenomena and to provide for rigorous testing of numerical models, including thermal radiation, soot formation, and detailed chemical kinetics. Such understanding allows for detailed computational predictions of pollutant formation and enables the improvement of combustion efficiency and reduction of pollutant emission in practical terrestrial combustion. The primary goals of ACME are to improve fuel efficiency and reduce pollutant production in routine fuel combustion activities on Earth. Its secondary goal is to improve spacecraft fire prevention through innovative research focused on materials flammability.

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Fluid Shifts:

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To prepare for tomorrow's Fluid Shifts Imaging Measurement test, today the crew setup the Cerebral and Cochlear Fluid Pressure (CCFP) analyzer hardware and performed a CCFP functional checkout and data transfer. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Baseline Imaging with Chibis (Lower Body Negative Pressure). The Fluid Shifts experiment investigates the causes for severe and lasting physical changes to astronaut's eyes. Because the head ward fluid shift is a hypothesized contributor to these changes, reversing this fluid shift with a lower body negative pressure device is being evaluated as a possible intervention. Results from this study may help to develop preventative measures against lasting changes in vision and to prevention of eye damage.

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Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) 13:

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Today the crew removed and stowed the CO2 incubator and meter from the Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory (SABL) and completed a hard drive swap to prepare the facility for CASIS PCG 13 activities next week. CASIS PCG 13 seeks to enhance the way crystals are grown in a microgravity environment by allowing crew members to observe imperfections within a crystal and make real-time adjustments to follow-up experiments, rather than returning a sample to Earth and relaunching to try again. This dramatically reduces the time it takes to conduct an experiment aboard the space station and creates a timely, realistic and more cost-effective solution for prospective researchers.

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AngieX Cancer Therapy:

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In conclusion of last week's AngieX Cancer Therapy activities, today the crew removed and stowed the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) life science hardware used to conduct the investigation. The AngieX investigation examines whether endothelial cells cultured in microgravity represent a valid in vitro model to test effects of vascular-targeted agents on normal blood vessels. AngieX has developed a treatment that targets both tumor cells and vasculature, but needs a better model on which to test it. This study may facilitate development of a cost-effective method that does not require animal testing and which may help develop safer and more effective vascular-targeted drugs.

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MagVector 3D:

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The crew performed two sample exchanges for ESA's MagVector 3D sample yesterday. Twelve different samples will be processed on the ISS. MagVector supports a study of 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 is expected to help improve future ISS experiments and electrical experiments, and could offer insights into how magnetic fields influence electrical conductors in general.

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Barrios Protein Crystal Growth (PCG):

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Yesterday the crew retrieved a Barrios PCG microplate from a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) and ins erted the samples into the Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory (SABL). Barrios PCG focuses on the successful transfer and mixing of different solutions into commercial off-the-shelf multiwell plates. Video of the growth of the protein crystals in the multiwell plates will be downlinked for evaluation.

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Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Zero Robotics:

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Today the crew se t up cameras for the SPHERES Zero Robotics investigation and completed a dry run session. The SPHERES-Zero-Robotics investigation establishes an opportunity for high school students to design research for the ISS. As part of a competition, students write algorithms for the SPHERES satellites to accomplish tasks relevant to future space missions. The algorithms are tested by the SPHERES team and the best designs are sel ected for the competition to operate the SPHERES satellites on board the ISS.

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Microbial Tracking-2 (MT-2):

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Today the crew collected saliva and body samples for the Microbial Tracking-2 investigation and placed them inside a MELFI. MT-2 monitors the different types of microbes that are present on ISS over a 1-year period. After the samples are returned to Earth, a molecular analysis of the RNA and DNA will be conducted to identify the specific microbes that are present on ISS in order to understand the microbial flora diversity on the ISS and how it changes over time.

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Sextant Navigation:

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Today the crew calibrated the sextant and then performed the second session for the Sextant Navigation investigation. This session will emphasize position stabilization and sighting. Following data collection, the crew will record the results and stow the equipment. The Sextant Navigation investigation focuses on stability and star sighting opportunities in microgravity. Astronauts onboard the ISS test a hand-held sextant that is intended for use on future Orion exploration missions. The results from this investigation can aid in the development of emergency navigation methods for future manned spacecraft. Historically, Gemini missions in 1965-66 were the first to exercise sextant sightings from a spacecraft. A sextant was built into Apollo vehicles as a navigation backup in case of lost communications.

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Preparation for H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-7 Rack Relocations:

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This week the crew will execute a series of activities in order to prepare ISS for the installation of new racks arriving on HTV-7. Today the crew reviewed procedures, cleared stowage from rack fronts in the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) and reorganize stowage in the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module – Pressurized Section (JLP) and Japanese Logistic Module (JPM). These activities, coupled with tomorrow's continued disassembly of the decommissioned Muscle Atrophy Resistive Exercise System (MARES) rack in the PMM, will enable the crew to transfer five racks within ISS on Thursday.

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Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations:

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Overnight, robotics ground controllers used the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to survey cable configurations in the S0 Bay 1 area for ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA) planning. Once complete, specialists executed a walk-off from the Node 2 Power Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF) to Mobile Base System (MBS) PDGF 4, translated the Mobile Transporter (MT) fr om Worksite (WS)6 to WS7, and unstowed Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM). SSRMS remains in a park position in preparation for tonight's activity to break torque on Channel 2A battery bolts in preparation for the upcoming HTV-7 Battery R&R EVAs.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/08/08/health-physics-research-during-preps-for-spacewalk-and-japan-cargo-mission/

Health, Physics Research During Preps for Spacewalk and Japan Cargo Mission

Mark Garcia
Posted Aug 8, 2018 at 12:55 pm


Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev (left) and Sergey Prokopyev will conduct a six-hour, 10-minute spacewalk on Aug. 15, 2018.

The Expedition 56 crew members explored how human health and physical processes are affected off the Earth today. The orbital residents are also configuring the International Space Station for a Russian spacewalk next week and a Japanese cargo craft mission in September.

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A long-running human research study is helping doctors understand the impacts of microgravity shifting fluids upward in an astronaut's body. Two astronauts, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA, joined forces today for that study using an ultrasound device for eye scans with assistance from specialists on Earth. The experiment aims to help researchers prevent the upward fluid shifts that put pressure on an astronaut's eyes potentially affecting vision in space and back on Earth after a mission.

The orbital complex enables research into a variety of space physics including the observation of atoms nearly frozen still when exposed to the coldest temperatures in the universe. The Cold Atom Lab (CAL), which chills atoms to about one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero, had its fiber cables inspected by NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold today during troubleshooting operations. CAL was delivered to the station in May aboard the Cygnus space freighter then installed in the Columbus laboratory module shortly after.

A spacewalk is scheduled for Aug. 15 when cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev will work outside the station's Russian segment for about 6 hours of science and maintenance tasks. The duo spent Wednesday afternoon checking their Orlan spacesuits in a pressurized configuration. They also installed U.S. lights and video cameras on the suits ahead of next week's excursion.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning a Sept. 10 launch of its H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) for capture and installation to the space station. HTV will be carrying cargo and new lithium ion batteries for installation on the station's Port-4 truss power system. Commander Drew Feustel partnered with Gerst and Arnold throughout the day readying JAXA's Kibo laboratory module for the upcoming delivery mission.

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Ricky Arnold‏Подлинная учетная запись @astro_ricky 3 ч. назад

Our first time in our #Soyuz since we docked to @Space_Station in March. There was evidently some confusion over what qualifies as a spacesuit.

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Alexander Gerst‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro_Alex 2 ч. назад

Doing maintenance work on the ISS CO2 removal system to keep us from suffocating. Critical for life on the @Space_Station, and the best way to learn how to build a life support system for a spaceship to the #Moon and #Mars.

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ИКАРУС на орбите

Пресс-Центр РКК Энергия

Опубликовано: 9 авг. 2018 г.

ICARUS (International Coorarion for Animal Research Using Space - Международное сотрудничество в области научных исследований животных с использованием космических технологий.
Старт эксперимента запланирован на 15 августа, когда космонавты установят аппаратуру на внешней поверхности станции во время выхода в открытый космос. Специальное оборудование будет отслеживать с орбиты Земли перемещение птиц по всей планете. Об этом и многом другом в репортаже Пресс-центра РКК "Энергия". Авторы: Наталья Бурцева, Михаил Куцкий и Александр Кузнецов.

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https://ria.ru/space/20180809/1526236751.html

Космонавты на МКС могут доработать напильником детали, полученные с Земли

13:23 09.08.2018

МОСКВА, 9 авг — РИА Новости. У экипажей международной космической станции есть мастерская со всем необходимым оборудованием для доработки деталей, которые могли бы попасть на станцию в неполном комплекте или с немного другими свойствами, чем это планировалось изначально, сообщил заместитель начальника отдела внекорабельной деятельности Ракетно-космической корпорации (РКК) "Энергия" Сергей Киреевичев.

"Мы доставляем им (космонавтам на станции) режущие материалы, у них есть ножовки, у них есть шуруповерты, в конце концов, даже лобзик электрический, который, действительно, если кто-то на Земле чего-то забыл, или в процессе выведения что-то потерялось, может экипаж проявить инициативу и на станции доработать это", — сказал Киреевичев в видеоролике, посвященном предстоящему выходу российских космонавтов в открытый космос.

По его словам, как на орбитальной станции "МИР" (проработавшей на орбите с 1986 по 2001 годы), так и сейчас на МКС, экипажи воспринимают станцию как свой дом, "а в доме должно быть все". Помимо вышеперечисленных инструментов, на борту есть гайки, болты, кронштейны и даже паяльник, работе с которым обучают отправляющихся на станцию.

Российские космонавты Олег Артемьев и Сергей Прокопьев должны будут выйти в открытый космос в 19.05 мск 15 августа. Большая часть времени работы за бортом (больше шести часов) будет потрачена на установку аппаратуры российско-германского эксперимента по мониторингу миграций животных и птиц ICARUS. Кроме этого космонавты запустят на орбиту разработанные воспитанниками образовательного центра "Сириус" наноспутники SiriusSat №1 и №2, спутники "Танюша" курского Юго-Западного университета, а также аппараты Самарского университета SamSat.

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В видеоролике показано, как при поддержке наземной команды в Центре управления полетами (ЦУП), космонавты проводят тренировки на борту МКС. Также показаны тренировки в гидролаборатории Центра подготовки космонавтов (ЦПК) имени Гагарина в Звездном городке. Лаборатория сейчас находится на реконструкции, поэтому Артемьев с Прокопьевым отрабатывают выход не в скафандрах "Орлан", а в водолазных костюмах.

Как отмечает в видеоролике сотрудник РКК "Энергия" постановщик эксперимента Михаил Беляев, сначала на станцию был доставлен так называемый внутренний блок – компьютер со всеми необходимыми для проведения эксперимента программами. Космонавты уже подключили его к бортовым системам МКС.

По словам Беляева, на станции работу аппаратуры проверят и отработают, чтобы потом устанавливать на автоматические спутники. "Только на станцию можно довезти аппаратуру с помощью "Прогресса" (грузового корабля — ред.), смонтировать эту антенну можно тоже только силами космонавтов, роботы пока это не умеют делать. Если что-то пойдет не так, можно доставить ЗИП – запасные какие-то части. Космонавты могут провести модификацию и мелкий ремонт", — добавил постановщик эксперимента.

"Наземная" аппаратура ICARUS включает в себя модули, которые разместят на диких птицах. Масса одного такого модуля, в который входят приемник ГЛОНАСС/GPS, радиоприемник и радиопередатчик, аккумулятор, солнечная батарея, а также датчики температуры и ускорения, составляет всего пять граммов.

Датчики будут передавать информацию на антенну, которую установят космонавты, а уже с МКС данные будут отправляться в ЦУП Москвы и передаваться в центры обработки данных участникам эксперимента. "Таким образом, ученые смогут определять влияние различных факторов окружающей среды на поведение животных, отслеживать экологическую ситуацию на маршрутах миграции и предупреждать потенциально опасные и катастрофические явления на Планете", — говорится в видеоролике РКК "Энергия".

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Завтра вечером 10 августа (по JST) из «Кибо» будет осуществлён запуск малых спутников. Смотрите в прямом эфире интернет-трансляцию запуска!

JAXAきぼうフライトディレクタ（J-FLIGHT）‏ @JAXA_JFLIGHT 3 ч. назад

皆さん、こんばんは。 明日8/10の夜に「きぼう」から小型衛星放出が行われます。 インターネット生放送もありますので是非ご覧ください！ 写真は、「きぼう」のエアロックから船外へ搬出する前の小型衛星放出機構です。 （国旗は船外搬出前に取り外されているため、明日の中継では見えませんが...）

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https://ria.ru/space/20180809/1526261390.html

Экипаж МКС ищет течь в японском модуле станции

16:49 09.08.2018 (обновлено: 16:50 09.08.2018)

МОСКВА, 9 авг — РИА Новости. Члены экипажа американского сегмента Международной космической станции ищут течь, через которую в японский модуль станции попадает жидкость, говорится в ежедневном отчете о полете станции на сайте НАСА.

Согласно отчету, утечка жидкости составляет до 20 миллилитров в сутки.

"Команда продолжает искать место утечки", — говорится в сообщении. Как уточняется в отчете, астронавты осмотрели клапан термостата, прикрыли от возможного попадания влаги стойки с научной аппаратурой, но так пока не выявили, откуда поступает жидкость. Предположительно утечка вызвана неисправностью системы терморегуляции модуля.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/08/08/iss-daily-summary-report-8082018/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/08/2018

Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Moderate Temperature Loop (MTL) Leak Update:

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Express Rack (ER)5 was isolated yesterday as part of the on-going search for the JEM MTL leak. While Space Station Integration and Promotion Center (SSIPC) continues to monitor total JEM MTL fluid volume, the slow low leak rate takes approximately 24 hours to manifest in telemetry and additional time is needed to verify the impacts of the isolation.

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Fluid Shifts:

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With operator assistance, a 55S crewmember performed their Fluid Shifts Baseline Imaging Measurements activities today. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Baseline Imaging with Chibis (Lower Body Negative Pressure). The Fluid Shifts experiment investigates the causes for severe and lasting physical changes to astronaut's eyes. Because the head ward fluid shift is a hypothesized contributor to these changes, reversing this fluid shift with a lower body negative pressure device is being evaluated as a possible intervention. Results fr om this study may help to develop preventative measures against lasting changes in vision and to prevention of eye damage.

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Cold Atom Lab (CAL):

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Today the crew inspected and reseated multiple fiber optic connections in order to troubleshoot poor signal quality on two of the CAL signal paths. The CAL contains two different systems in the instrument, one system observes Rubidium and the other observes Potassium. The troubleshooting activity was conducted to correct a poor signal on the Potassium side, and these issues have not been resolved. However, the Rubidium side is functional and investigators have already used it to produce Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC)s from atoms of rubidium. Ground teams are assessing a forward plan to correct the CAL signal path issues. CAL produces clouds of atoms that are chilled to about one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero, much colder than the average temperature of deep space. At these low temperatures, atoms have almost no motion, allowing scientists to study fundamental behaviors and quantum characteristics that are difficult or impossible to probe at higher temperatures. In microgravity, researchers may be able to achieve even colder temperatures than what is possible on the ground, and observe these cold atom clouds for longer periods of time.

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Sextant Navigation:

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The crew calibrated the sextant and then performed a session for the Sextant Navigation investigation. This session will emphasize position stabilization and sighting. Following data collection, the crew will record the results and stow the equipment. The Sextant Navigation investigation focuses on stability and star sighting opportunities in microgravity. Astronauts onboard the ISS test a hand-held sextant that is intended for use on future Orion exploration missions. The results from this investigation can aid in the development of emergency navigation methods for future manned spacecraft. Historically, Gemini missions in 1965-66 were the first to exercise sextant sightings from a spacecraft. A sextant was built into Apollo vehicles as a navigation backup in case of lost communications.

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European Space Agency (ESA) Education Payloads Operations (EPO):

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Earlier today, Gerst recorded a message to promote the Überflieger competition wh ere students at German universities design and build their own ISS experiment.

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Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) 13:

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To support CASIS PCG 13 activities next week, the crew continued to prepare the Space Automated Bio-product Laboratory (SABL) by configuring the microscope and camera before performing checkout activities. CASIS PCG 13 seeks to enhance the way crystals are grown in a microgravity environment by allowing crewmembers to observe imperfections within a crystal and make real-time adjustments to follow-up experiments, rather than returning a sample to Earth and relaunching to try again. This dramatically reduces the time it takes to conduct an experiment aboard the space station and creates a timely, realistic and more cost-effective solution for prospective researchers.

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HTV Rack Relocation Prep:

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This week the crew will execute a series of activities in order to prepare ISS for the installation of new racks arriving on HTV-7. After relocating and consolidating stowage from rack fronts yesterday, today the crew removed remaining hardware in PMM1O4 and PMM1D4 RSRs, completed the JLP stowage removal, and reconfigured the Muscle Atrophy Resistive Exercise System (MARES) rack for stowage by removing the VIF brackets on the front of the rack and a rear stowage plate from the rack.

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Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations:

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Overnight, robotics ground controllers used the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) to unfasten five H1 (secondary) fixtures and break torque on three H2 (primary) fixtures across five Channel 2A Integrated Equipment Assembly (IEA) batteries. Due to time constraints, controllers were unable to break torque on two of the H2 bolts. Later tonight, controllers will complete the same task on the six robotically accessible Channel 4A IEA batteries. These operations will reduce the ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA) time needed to install the new Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries launching on HTV-7 in September. The two remaining 2A H2 bolts will be removed during nominal robotics operations during the HTV-7 mission.

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Horizons science – upgrading the Fluid Science Laboratory

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 9 авг. 2018 г.

Housed within the European Columbus Laboratory aboard the International Space Station, the Fluid Science Laboratory is a multi-user facility designed to investigate how fluids and granules behave in space.

In July 2018, the Fluid Science Laboratory received an upgrade. The new video management unit, installed by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst in this clip, enables even more precise recording so researchers on Earth can better analyse results.

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Expedition 56 Education Interview with McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center - August 9, 2018

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 9 авг. 2018 г.

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