Designed to analyze airborne dust to see how it might affect climate, the EMIT mission launches to the International Space Station on Thursday, July 14.
difficult for scientists to collect soil and dust samples over these vast areas by hand
In the wake of recent success with air-to-air schlieren photography using the speckled desert floor as a background, researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, are now looking to the heavens for backgrounds upon which to capture images of supersonic shock waves using ground-based cameras.
The pilots had to hand fly the airplane to hit a specific point in the sky to within
H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-7 Launch Delay: Due to an unfavorable weather forecast for tomorrow’s HTV launch attempt, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has delayed the HTV-7 launch to Friday, 14 September at 20:59 GMT (15:59 CT) with capture on Tuesday, 18 September at 11:25 GMT (06:25 CT). Rodent Research-7 (RR-7): The crew completed the first of …
bubble detectors from deployed locations inside the Japanese module (JPM1D5) and hand
Payloads Anti-Atrophy: A crewmember performed a medium exchange for Anti-Atrophy samples. Muscle atrophy that occurs in microgravity affects the quality of life of astronauts. Research on Inhibitory Effects of Novel Concept Biomaterials, an HSP Inducer and Ubiquitin Ligase Inhibitor, on Microgravity-induced Muscle Atrophy (Anti-Atrophy) tests the ability of these biomaterials to inhibit muscle atrophy in …
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TangoLab-2 (Space Tango MultiLab Locker): The crew successfully performed troubleshooting steps to recover commanding capability for Tangolab-2 card 14. TangoLab-2 is a reconfigurable general research facilities designed for microgravity research and development and pilot manufacturing in the ISS. Capillary Driven Microfluidics: The crew performed a plate changeout in order to begin the 4th cartridge run. …
The activity consisted of deploying the Hand Control Modules (HCM), executing the
Payloads: Fluid Dynamics in Space (FLUIDICS): FLUIDICS hardware was installed and recording system troubleshooting was performed. The troubleshooting efforts were unsuccessful, but will be re-attempted. The measurement of liquid displacement within a sphere in microgravity relates to a given kinematic representation of a spacecraft’s fuel tank. The FLUIDICS investigation evaluates the Center of Mass (CoM) …
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Payloads: Foams and Emulsions: The Foams and Emulsions hardware was setup, and the crew prepared a sample for insertion into the KERMIT microscope. Samples were swapped out per the Experiment 3 protocol to observe emulsions formed with various solutions. Foams (dispersions of bubbles in a liquid) and emulsions (dispersions of droplets in a liquid) appear …
information from different sensations (e.g., sight or hearing) in order to coordinate the hand
Payloads: Crew Earth Observations (CEO): The Crew utilized the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) window to perform CEO Operations. CEO utilizes crewmembers on the ISS to photograph the Earth using digital handheld cameras from their unique point of view located over 250 miles above the surface. Photographs record how the planet is changing over time, …
Node3 Air Revitalization System (ARS) Rack – Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) – Hand
A half-century ago, as the Apollo 11 command module Columbia ripped through Earth’s atmosphere, moments from ending the historic first lunar landing mission,
According to Hansen, while Apollo technology led to the use of joystick hand controllers
Russian Joint Research (RJR) Augmented Microbial Sampling: Shkaplerov collected samples from various locations throughout the ISS that are prone to microbial contamination. Samples will be returned on 40S. The data gathered and monitoring technologies used in Augmented Microbial Sampling are shared between NASA and Roscosmos. The purpose is to provide a scientific basis for decisions …
Change of Command: A change of command ceremony was conducted to hand over command
