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

** Station Astronauts Discuss Life In Space During ISS Conference – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight event July 26 with the International Space Station Research and Development conference attendees in Washington, D.C. Lindgren and Watkins are in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory. The goal of their mission is 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.

** ISSRDC 2022: Day 1 Morning  – ISS National Lab – YouTube

ISSRDC 2022 [International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) Conference 2022] began with a welcome from Ray Lugo, ISS National Lab CEO, Joel Montalbano, ISS Program Manager, and John Mulholland, Vice President, Boeing, followed by a live downlink from the ISS with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Kjell Lindgren.

Panels:

The Next Decade of Results: A Conversation with NASA and the ISS National Lab Leadership Panelists:
• Ray Lugo, CEO, ISS National Laboratory • Joel Montalbano, ISS Program Manager, NASA • Robyn Gatens, Director of the International Space Station (ISS) in the Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters

Space Policy Panel:
Moderator Paul Stimers, Partner, K&L Gates Panelists: • Pam Whitney, Staff Director, House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology • Joel Graham, Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation • Mary Guenther, Director of Space Policy, Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) • Michael Gold, Executive Vice President for Civil Space and External Affairs at Redwire Space

The Next Decade of Results—A Conversation with the Chief Scientists of the ISS National Lab and NASA’s ISS Program:
Moderator: Katherine Calvin, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor, NASA Panelists • Kirt Costello, Ph.D., ISS Chief Scientist, NASA • Dr. Mike Roberts, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, ISS National Lab

** ISSRDC 2022: Advancing Fundamental Science in Space in Collaboration with the NSF  – ISS National Lab – YouTube

The microgravity environment of the ISS provides a unique window to explore fundamental phenomena in the absence of gravity-dependent physics and introduces new biological stressors to cells and tissues. The ISS National Lab has partnered with the NSF Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Division on two long-standing solicitations to explore these phenomena: The solicitation on transport phenomena is going on its seventh year, and the solicitation on tissue engineering and mechanobiology is going on its fifth year. Research funded through these solicitations enables scientific discoveries not possible on Earth. Join us to hear more about this exciting research and the impact that fundamental science in space can have on life on Earth.

Moderator Stephanie George, Tissue Engineering Program Director, NSF Panelists • Tammy Chang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco • Ngan Huang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Stanford University and Principal Investigator, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System • Ya-Ting T. Liao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University • Eric M. Furst, Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware

** Chinese astronauts enter Tiangong space station’s new lab module after dock – VideoFromSpace

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe made their way into the Wentian lab module shortly after it docked with the Tiangong space station on July 25, 2022.

** Building Gateway! 1st space station in lunar orbit – Animation – VideoFromSpace

Gateway will support NASA missions to the moon as the space station in lunar orbit. See its components come together in this animation. Learn more about Gateway: https://www.space.com/43018-lunar-orb…

** 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:

** Astronaut Discusses Life Aboard Space Station During Farnborough Air Show – 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 for the Farnborough Air Show in England July 22. Cristoforetti launched in April on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Freedom, for a science mission to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions.

** Russian, European Space Agency Spacewalk Animation – NASA Video

Jul 20, 2022 Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of European Space Agency, clad in Russian Orlan spacesuits, will conduct a spacewalk on Thursday, July 21, 2022. The primary objective is to install platforms and workstation adapter hardware near the 37-foot-long manipulator system mounted to the Nauka module. The spacewalkers also will relocate the arm’s external control panel, replace a protective window on the arm’s camera unit, and extend a Strela telescoping boom from Zarya to Poisk to facilitate future spacewalks. The European robotic arm will be used to move payloads and equipment outside the Russian segment of the station, joining the Canadian-built Canadarm2 robotic arm and the Japanese arm already supporting station maintenance, operations, and research. One of the first tasks will see Artemyev and Cristoforetti deploy 10 nanosatellites designed to collect radio electronics data during the spacewalk, which will be the 251st in support of station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. Artemyev will wear a Russian spacesuit with red stripes, while Cristoforetti will wear a Russian suit with blue stripes. This will be the sixth spacewalk for Artemyev and the first for Cristoforetti, who will become the fourth European astronaut to conduct a spacewalk in a Russian spacesuit.

** Spacewalker tosses cubesats away from space station in this amazing view – VideoFromSpace

Watch Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev deployed 4 of 10 cubesats during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on July 21, 2022.

** Cubesat hits space station solar array ‘mildly’ after spacewalker deploys it – VideoFromSpace

A cubesat made ‘mild’ contact with a space station solar array after it was deployed by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on July 21, 2022. “I think it is okay because the first contact was very mild and the second contact was at the frame,” said Artemyev following the hit, which was out of view in the video.

** Expedition 67 SpaceX Dragon CRS-25 Cargo Ship Docks to International Space Station – July 16, 2022 –  NASA Video

Jul 18, 2022 Loaded with scientific experiments and supplies, the unpiloted SpaceX CRS-25 cargo ship automatically docked to the International Space Station July 16. The SpaceX spacecraft linked up to the Harmony module after launching July 14 from Florida with several tons of experiments and hardware.

** 15 Benefits of Space Station Research – NASA Johnson

The first decade of the International Space Station was the decade of construction. The second decade moved from initial studies to fully using the capabilities of the orbiting laboratory. We have now entered the decade of results. With more than 20 years of experiments conducted on station, more breakthroughs are materializing than ever before. Explore 15 of the ways the space station is benefiting humanity: https://go.nasa.gov/3ASkrrD

** International Space Station Benefits for Humanity 2022 – NASA Johnson

The 2022 edition of the International Space Station Benefits for Humanity publication is now available. This updated edition is packed with numerous benefits of the microgravity laboratory highlighting the groundbreaking discoveries helping society, technologies tested for future space exploration, new scientific breakthroughs, and contributions to the growing low-Earth orbit (LEO) economy. View the full Benefits for Humanity 2022 publication here: https://www.nasa.gov/stationbenefits

** How China will Complete its Space Station in 2022 (a Step-by-Step Recap) – Dongfang Hour

Welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour! In this video, we describe step-by-step how the Chinese Space Station will be fully assembled in 2022 and adopt its final T-shape configuration. At the end, we also speculate on what the Space Station could look like in the future if extended If you like what you see, please consider supporting us at patreon.com/dongfanghour !

00:00 Introduction to the Chinese Space Station
01:26 Wentian lab module (July 2022)
03:16 Mengtian lab module (October 2022)
03:54 Final cargo and crewed missions (Nov/Dec 2022)
04:35 Possible future extension?
07:04 Conclusion (and 100th episode!)

** Tianzhou-3 Cargo Craft Undocks from Space Station After Completing Missions – CCTV Video News Agency

Jul 17, 2022 China’s cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 undocked from the combination of the under-construction space station at 10:59 Beijing time Sunday, after completing all its missions, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

** Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Preparing for Arrival of Wentian Lab Module – CCTV Video News Agency

Three Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe stationed in space are preparing for the arrival of Wentian laboratory module, which is set to be launched at the end of July.

** 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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