Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:
** Science Launching on Northrop Grumman’s 15th Resupply Mission – NASA
Experiments using worms to study muscle weakening, examining how astronauts sleep, and testing high-powered computers in space will be launching, along with more scientific experiments and supplies, to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft. This Cygnus is named the S.S. Katherine Johnson, after the NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of our early human spaceflight missions. The vehicle launches no earlier than Feb. 20 from our Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Many of the experiments launching on this spacecraft build on previous studies conducted during the more than 20 years of continuous human habitation of the International Space Station, helping us explore farther in to space, and benefiting humans back on Earth. Learn more about the research being conducted on station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-scienceFollow
** Spacewalk to Finish Battery Upgrades & Install Cameras on the International Space Station – NASA
Watch two spacewalkers at work outside the International Space Station! NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will exit the orbiting lab’s Quest airlock at about 7 a.m. EST [Feb.1.2021], to complete tasks including battery maintenance and installing high definition cameras. Live coverage on NASA Television begins at 5:30 a.m.. The spacewalk will officially begin once the duo set their spacesuits to battery power, and is scheduled to last approximately six-and-a-half hours.
** Expedition 64 Astronauts Speak with National Science Foundation – February 3, 2021 –NASA Video
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Kate Rubins and Victor Glover of NASA discussed research and other aspects of life in space during an in-flight conversation Feb. 3 with members of the National Science Foundation. Rubins, who is an epidemiologist, arrived on the station last October aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, while Glover flew to the station last November aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Resilience” vehicle.
** Some recent ISS postings:
- Robotics, Emergency Training and Cargo Mission Preps on Station – Space Station/NASA
- Crew Looks to U.S. Space Record and Super Bowl Flyover – Space Station/NASA
- Science Gear Work and Spacesuit Cleaning Follow Harvest – Space Station/NASA
- Spacewalkers Wrap Up Battery Work and Camera Installations – Space Station/NASA
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