The Expedition 74 crew continues preparing for the next U.S. cargo mission due to visit the International Space Station. The orbital residents also serviced spacesuits, configured scientific hardware, and studied how microgravity affects …
International Space Station
-
-
Education & Innovation
Brain and Eye Studies, Advanced Life Support Tech Top Station Crew’s Day
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe Expedition 74 crew studied how the brain receives signals in space and demonstrated advanced technology to remove humidity from spacecraft on Thursday. Other activities aboard the International Space Station included servicing a metal …
-
Education & Innovation
Medical Tests, Microbiology Top Research Schedule Aboard Station
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauMedical tests and microbiology topped the research schedule for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The seven crewmates also worked on spacesuits, cargo operations, and life support maintenance. NASA …
-
Education & Innovation
Progress Cargo Craft Approaching Station for Docking
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA’s live coverage of rendezvous and docking is now underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media. The Roscosmos Progress 94 spacecraft launched at …
-
Education & Innovation
NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauAs part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and advance American leadership …
-
Education & Innovation
Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station Resupplying Crew
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 94 spacecraft arrived at the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:40 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov manually piloted the spacecraft during docking using …
-
Education & Innovation
Astronauts Install Solar Array Mod Kit, Complete Spacewalk
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:54 p.m. EDT. It was Williams’ first spacewalk and Meir’s fourth. During the approximately seven-hour and two-minute spacewalk, …
-
Education & Innovation
Progress Cargo Craft Launches to Resupply Station Crew
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 94 spacecraft is safely in orbit and headed to the International Space Station following its launch at 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Baikonur time) on a Soyuz rocket …
-
Education & Innovation
Roscosmos Progress Cargo Spacecraft Departs Station
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 92 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 9:24 a.m. EDT Monday, backing away for a deorbit maneuver and a planned destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere …
-
Education & Innovation
Cardiac Research and Spacewalk Preps Before Cygnus XL Spacecraft Departs
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe Expedition 74 crew members spent Wednesday studying the cardiovascular system while preparing for a spacewalk to upgrade the orbital outpost’s power generation system. A U.S. cargo spacecraft is also packed and …