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Station Science Top News: August 2, 2024
Analyses suggest that microgravity does not significantly alter fundamental biochemical pathways in kidney cells, including metabolism of vitamin D. This finding could help researchers develop strategies to protect crew health on future missions and improve treatment of kidney-related diseases on Earth. Kidney Cells examined the effects of microgravity and other factors of space travel on kidney health. Previous reports suggested that changes in…
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NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission
As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov will join astronauts at the orbiting laboratory no earlier than February 2025. The flight…
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Repair Kit for NASA’s NICER Mission Heading to Space Station
NASA will deliver a patch kit for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, on the agency’s Northrop Grumman 21st commercial resupply mission. Astronauts will conduct a spacewalk to complete the repair. Located near the space station’s starboard solar array, NICER was damaged in May 2023. The mission team delivered the patch kit to NASA’s Johnson…
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NASA Offers Virtual Activities for 21st Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission
NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply services mission for the agency. Mission teams are targeting 11:28 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 3, for the launch of the company’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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Managing Heat
Science in Space: July 2024 This time of year, managing heat is on everyone’s mind. Especially now, as May 2024 marked a full year of record-high monthly temperatures – an unprecedented streak, according to scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. NASA experts analyze data from thousands of land-, sea-, and sky-based instruments to calculate Earth’s global temperature.…
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Press Releases
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE KICKS OFF MONDAY IN BOSTON
The International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC)—the only conference dedicated exclusively to research and development on the International Space Station (ISS) and the growing market in low Earth orbit (LEO)—kicks off Monday, July 29, at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston. The conference agenda includes panel discussions with industry leaders, keynotes addressing topics pertinent to the space community, panels highlighting compelling opportunities…
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NASA, Boeing to Discuss Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground Testing
Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission aboard the International Space Station. Audio of the media teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv Participants include: Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Mark Nappi,…
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NASA’s 21st Northrop Grumman Mission Launches Scientific Studies to Station
NASA and its international partners are sending scientific investigations to the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply services mission. Flying aboard the company’s Cygnus spacecraft are tests of water recovery technology and a process to produce stem cells in microgravity, studies of the effects of spaceflight on microorganism DNA and liver tissue growth, and live science demonstrations for students.…
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NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-9 Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s ninth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is targeted for no earlier than mid-August from Launch Complex…
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15 Years Ago: STS-127 Delivers Japanese External Platform to Space Station
On July 15, 2009, space shuttle Endeavour began its 23rd trip into space, on the 2JA mission to the International Space Station, the 29th shuttle flight to the orbiting lab. During the 16-day mission, the seven-member STS-127 crew, working with Expedition 20, the first six-person crew aboard the station, completed the primary objectives of the mission. The flight marked the first time…
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