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    • Crew Packs Dragon, Works Neuroscience, and Preps for Spacewalk Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:12:44 +0000
      Payload operations are underway aboard the International Space Station as a U.S. cargo craft prepares for its return to Earth at the end of the week. Meanwhile, the Expedition 71 crew continued researching neuroscience and getting ready for the year’s first spacewalk. The four NASA astronauts in the orbital outpost’s U.S. segment spent the first …
    • NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Mission Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:59:57 +0000
      NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who are set to launch to the International Space Station on Monday, May 6, entered pre-flight quarantine in preparation for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. Flight crew health stabilization is a standard process ahead of any human spaceflight mission to ensure the health and safety of …
    • Neurology Study and Spacewalk Preps Kickoff Week Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:25:43 +0000
      The Expedition 71 crew kicked off a busy schedule on Monday exploring ways to treat neurological diseases while gearing up for a spacewalk planned for Thursday. Cargo operations are also picking up as a U.S. cargo craft gets ready for its departure from the International Space Station. Researchers use the orbital outpost’s weightless environment to …
    • Biomedical Research, Spacewalk Preps Wrap Week on Station Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:57:14 +0000
      Biomedical duties to understand how space affects the human body and develop ways to treat microgravity-induced conditions were the prime research objectives for the Expedition 71 crew on Friday. The orbital residents also continued loading a U.S. cargo craft for its upcoming departure and preparing for a spacewalk at the International Space Station. Living long-term …
    • Advanced Research and Ongoing Spacewalk Preps Pack Schedule Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:55:03 +0000
      The Expedition 71 crew had its hands full on Thursday with a multitude of research activities filling the schedule. The orbital septet also continued gearing up for next week’s spacewalk amidst ongoing cargo operations aboard the International Space Station. Advanced space science is continually taking place aboard the orbital outpost with the experiments being run …
    • Crew Works Cargo, Biomedical Ops, and Spacewalk Preps Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:23:04 +0000
      Cargo operations and spacewalks preparations topped the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 71 crew members also worked on biomedical research and reviewed procedures for a simulated emergency. NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt kicked off their day swapping cargo in and out of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft …
    • Space Science and Spacewalk Preps Keep Crew Busy Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:55:37 +0000
      The Expedition 71 crew members continued ongoing biology and physics research, as well as spacewalk preparations on Tuesday. The seven International Space Station residents also kept up more CubeSat work, cargo operations, and lab maintenance throughout their shifts. Eye checks were on the schedule Tuesday as NASA Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt …
    • NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Begins Stacking Operations Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:39:56 +0000
      NASA teams joined Boeing on April 16 to move the Starliner spacecraft out of the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the launch site. Technicians lifted and connected the spacecraft to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration …
    • NASA Completes Analysis of Recovered Space Object Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:17:46 +0000
      In March 2021, NASA ground controllers used the International Space Station’s robotic arm to release a cargo pallet containing aging nickel hydride batteries from the space station following the delivery and installation of new lithium-ion batteries as part of power upgrades on the orbital outpost. The total mass of the hardware released from space station …
    • Crew Begins Week with Spacesuits, Space Physics, and Human Research Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:46:16 +0000
      Spacesuits and space physics kicked off the work week for the Expedition 71 crew. The International Space Station residents also continued their ongoing human research activities and cargo operations. NASA astronauts Mike Barratt and Matthew Dominick took turns on Monday servicing a pair of U.S. spacesuits. Barratt spent the morning inside the Quest airlock dumping …
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