A duo of Expedition 51 crew members aboard the International Space Station is preparing for the departure this week in advance of the arrival of SpaceX Dragon. Expedition 52 will begin Friday morning when two Expedition 51 crew members depart the station inside the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. A space station duo, Cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and… Continue reading STATION DUO READY TO DEPART ISS
Month: May 2017
CUBESATS EJECTED BEFORE NEXT MISSION
Three Cubesats were ejected from a small satellite deployment device from the Kibo Lab Module, today. This comes ahead of the next crew and cargo missions from and to the International Space Station. More CubeSats were ejected from the International Space Station this week to explore the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Meanwhile, the Expedition 51 crew… Continue reading CUBESATS EJECTED BEFORE NEXT MISSION
DRAGON RESUPPLY TRAINING
The International Space Station is repleat of resupply and material innovation without the SpaceX program. Until private enterprises can continue the arduous projects, at hand, it seems that private enterprises are winning. The bottom line is the United States space projects can be free of other international burdens in the space programs, at hand. The… Continue reading DRAGON RESUPPLY TRAINING
DATA RELAY REPLACED ON ISS
This NASA article covers a 3-day management and crew research procedure from ground control to crew activity to complete replacement of a faulty data relay (MDM) and installation of new wireless antennas while on a short, planned spacewalk. Please follow the time-stamped threads below. Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of… Continue reading DATA RELAY REPLACED ON ISS