Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Expedition 67 – Space Station Crew Answers Arizona Student Questions – May 27, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti discussed living and working in space during an in-flight interview with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Senator Mark Kelly Friday, May 27, as part of an education event with the Tarwater Elementary School in Chandler, Arizona. Watkins and Cristoforetti are in the midst of a science expedition mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

** Boeing Starliner Vehicle Docks to Orbiting Outpost – NASA Video

The unpiloted Boeing Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on May 20 following a launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on May 19. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) will remain at the station to complete a series of test objectives before departing the complex on May 25 where it will land at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico. This test flight comes as a precursor to a future crewed Starliner test flight.

** NASA-Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 Farewell Remarks – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, the unpiloted Boeing Starliner spacecraft hatch was closed and farewell remarks were given by NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti May 24. Starliner is slated to undock from the space station on May 25 after completing a series of test objectives. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) will land at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico. This test flight comes as a precursor to a future crewed Starliner test flight.

** Boeing CST-100 Starliner Undocks from the International Space Station – May 25, 2022 – NASA Video

The uncrewed Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday, May 25, following a series of planned test objectives while docked to the forward port of the Harmony module of the orbiting outpost. Following undocking, Starliner landed at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico.

** Expedition 67 Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Talks with World Economic Forum – May 25, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) discussed living and working in space during an in-flight interview as part of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Wednesday, May 25. Cristoforetti launched in April on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom for a science expedition mission to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions.

** ISS Live video stream – IBM/ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment

Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera. After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!

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Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Watch rendezvous and docking of the Boeing Starliner vehicle with the ISS. Docking set for 7:10 pm EDT – Boeing Starliner Proceeding Toward Station Today – Space Station/NASA

[ Update: The docking was successful. Here is a video of highlights of the approach and docking:

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** Blastoff! Boeing Starliner OFT-2 mission launches to space station – VideoFromSpace

An uncrewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft launched the to International Space Station atop an United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 19, 2022. The Orbital Flight Test-2 mission lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

** Astronauts Discuss Life Aboard The Space Station with KDVR-TV/KWGN-TV and NBC News – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins discussed living and working in space during an in-flight interview May 17 with KDVR-TV/KWGN-TV out of Denver, Colorado and NBC. Lindgren and Watkins are in the midst of a long duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

** NASA Astronaut Thomas Marshburn Reads “Goodnight Moon” in Space and Mark Vande Hei Answers Questions – NASA

Watch as astronaut Thomas Marshburn reads out loud from the children’s book “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown while floating in microgravity aboard the International Space Station. Also, Astronaut Mark Vande Hei joins Thomas to answer questions sent to them. This video was featured as a part of the Crayola and Harper Kids “Read Along, Draw Along” event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the book’s publication. Astronauts will return to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Artemis I will be an important step in NASA’s goal to land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, and establish long-term lunar exploration. This mission will be the first flight test of the integrated Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.

** Impact Story: Roll-Out Solar Arrays – NASA Video

Rolling Out a Path to Future Space Travel. Standard solar arrays in space can be expensive, heavy, and often very complex to operate. Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) are an alternative to existing solar array technologies. These arrays are a compact design, more affordable, and offer autonomous capabilities that can enhance a wide spectrum of scientific and commercial missions, from low-Earth orbit all the way to interplanetary travel.

** Can Robots Take Care of Spacecraft? – NASA’s Ames Research Center

NASA’s Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking, or ISAAC, is advancing new technology for robots to take care of spacecraft. Researchers recently demonstrated the tech aboard the International Space Station using Astrobee, NASA’s free-flying robotic assistants.

• What is Astrobee? | NASA
• Meet ISAAC, Integrating Robots with the Space Stations of the Future | NASA
• NASA’s New Flying Robots: Bee-ing in Space for the First Time | NASA

** Axiom Mission 1 – The first all-private mission to the ISS – Axiom Space

** China Releases Video Showing Tianzhou-4 Moving Toward Tianhe for Docking – CCTV Video News Agency

The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Sunday released a video taken from the view of the camera on China’s space station core module Tianhe, showing the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft was moving toward and docking with the Tianhe core module of the space station.

** ISS Live video stream – IBM/ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment

Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera. After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!

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