A pair of Expedition 44 crew members are training for next week’s arrival of SpaceX CRS-7. Another crew member is practicing for the rendezvous of an upcoming Russian resupply mission. Meanwhile, science is ongoing aboard the International Space Station.
One-Year crew member Scott Kelly and station Commander Gennady Padalka partnered up for another session of robotics training. Kelly, with assistance from Padalka, will guide the 57.7 foot long Canadarm2 to capture the SpaceX Dragon about 7 a.m. EDT on June 30. Dragon’s launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket is planned for Sunday at 10:21 a.m.
Kelly’s fellow One-Year crew member Mikhail Kornienko practiced using the telerobotically-operated rendezvous system which would be used to manually dock an approaching Progress cargo craft in case of an emergency. The next Russian resupply mission, ISS Progress 60, is due for launch early July 3rd and dock to the Pirs docking compartment two days later.
The crew was right back at work again today on the Microbiome study researching microgravity’s effect on an astronaut’s immune system. For the Motocard experiment the crew explored astronaut motion in space to potentially improve physical training. The crew also researched acoustic methods to locate micrometeoroid impacts on the station for the Proboy study.
i am surprised that acoustic location identification of impacts has not been used to date. I would also recommend ESD or electro static discharge, to locate partials that impact and impart a charge to the surface impacted. I would expect that we would be able to triangulate the electronic discharge with more accuracy.
Best Regards,
Joe
There may be tremendous energy at the dividing line between gravity and zerogravity..!
Minus gravity world that is
wholely different dimension like a black hole ..,And it may connects to outer universe?
My 4-year-old son is fascinated with this blog, and you give him plenty of things to imagine (thanks, by the way!). Yesterday we played “Training for Space.” 🙂
Keep up the awesome blog posts… my kid (and I) thank you!
is nasa hiring? if so…who do i talk to?
You can check here for NASA jobs info…
http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/
How can I find the results of microbiome studies. The link only show the goal of the mission. I want to learn the results too.
Here are some links that may be helpful…
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/results_category
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/iss_utilization_statistics_final_2_0.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1btgFAR0IE
Thanks. I will look at them 🙂