Videos: “Space to Ground” + Other ISS reports – Jan.22.2021

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

** Expedition 64 U S Spacewalks 69 and 70 Preview Briefing – January 22, 2021 – NASA

The Expedition 64 Spacewalk Briefing took place at 3 p.m. EDT Friday, January 22, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The briefing participants were; Kenneth Todd, International Space Station Deputy Program Manager, Flight Director Rick Henfling, spacewalk officer Sarah Korona, Flight Director Vincent Lacourt, and spacewalk officer Sandy Fletcher. EVA 69 (extravehicular activity) and EVA 70 are scheduled to install the final lithium-ion battery adapter plate to the station, complete cable routing and antenna rigging on the Bartolomeo science payload platform, configure a Ka-band terminal to enable high-bandwidth communications to European ground stations, and prepare the station for our future power system upgrades. Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover will be the spacewalking crew members, with Hopkins serving as EV1 and wearing red stripes on his suit. These will be his 3rd and 4th spacewalks. Glover will serve as EV2, on his first and second spacewalks and wearing no stripes.

** Expedition 64 – US Spacewalk 69 Animation – January 21, 2021 – NASA

NASA Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover, who flew to the space station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft, will conduct two spacewalks, which will be the 233rd and 234th in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. The Jan. 27 spacewalk will focus on completing cable and antenna rigging for the “Bartolomeo” science payloads platform outside the ESA (European Space Agency) Columbus module. The duo also will configure a Ka-band terminal that will enable an independent, high-bandwidth communication link to European ground stations. After completing the upgrades on the Columbus module, Hopkins and Glover will remove a grapple fixture bracket on the far port (left) truss in preparation for future power system upgrades. Hopkins will be extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1) for both spacewalks, wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, and Glover will be extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2), wearing a spacesuit with no stripes. These will be the third and fourth spacewalks in Hopkins’ career, and the first and second for Glover.

** Expedition 64 – US Spacewalk 70 Animation – January 21, 2021 – NASA

NASA Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover, who flew to the space station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft, will conduct two spacewalks, which will be the 233rd and 234th in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. The Feb. 1 spacewalk will address a variety of tasks, including installation of a final lithium-ion battery adapter plate on the port 4 (P4) truss that will wrap up battery replacement work begun in January 2017. Hopkins and Glover will remove another grapple fixture bracket on the same truss segment, replace an external camera on the starboard truss, install a new high-definition camera on the Destiny laboratory, and replace components for the Japanese robotic arm’s camera system outside the Kibo module. Hopkins will be extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1) for both spacewalks, wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, and Glover will be extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2), wearing a spacesuit with no stripes. These will be the third and fourth spacewalks in Hopkins’ career, and the first and second for Glover.

** International Space Station – ISS – SWL Elsie D – MØYKS – Ham Radio

20:05 Zulu 19-1-21 ISS Reception Over N.W Europe

** Tracking The International Space Station ISS (ZARYA) with Dobsonian Telescope 8″ Dob and ZWO 290mm  – AstroNebula

Here is the tracking of the International Space Station ISS (ZARYA) Flyby with my Zhumell Dobsonian Z8 8″ Dob and ZWO 290mm Planetary Camera. The ISS peaked at 53 Degrees. This video is about 2.800 images of the ISS put together with PIPP and exported as an AVI @17 FPS. The .ser file had 27,500 total images, so I was able to capture about 10%. PIPP eliminated any empty frame. You can also see Space X Dragona Attached to it. To follow the ISS, I locked on to it with my TELRAD, then quickly nudged my head over to my Apertura 10×50 RACI illuminated Rectile Eyepiece Finderscope. To see the final image go to my website which is my AstroNebula Dot com. I would of added it to the end of this footage but I didn’t get around to it yet.

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