Videos: Space habitat reports – Jan.13.2024

Here is this week’s selection of videos and news items about space habitats, living in space, and space settlement. Starts with NASA’s latest Space to Ground report for the International Space Station:

** Centrifuge Training – Axiom Space

To prepare for the gravitational forces experienced on the journey to space, the #Ax3 crew had to take a spin in the centrifuge. This training helps ready the crew for the G-forces felt during launch and landing.

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Axiom Space is guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leader in providing space infrastructure as a service, Axiom offers end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while privately developing its successor – a permanent commercial destination in Earth’s orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home. More information about Axiom can be found at www.axiomspace.com.

** Ax-3 Mission | Crew Countdown to Launch – Axiom Space

Axiom Space is building for beyond, guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure, Axiom Space operates end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while developing its successor, Axiom Station – the world’s first commercial space station in low-Earth orbit, which will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home. For more information about Axiom Space, visit www.axiomspace.com..

** China’s Tianzhou-6 Cargo Craft Separates from Space Station Combination – CCTV Video News Agency

The Tianzhou-6 cargo craft, tasked with carrying supplies for China’s space station Tiangong in orbit, separated from the station combination on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

** Meet the students using radio waves to contact the ISS – Today

A high school club in Pennsylvania is making waves — radio waves, that is — by making contact with the International Space Station. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Harry Smith meets some of the students who are becoming licensed amateur radio operators.

** S01E07 “Artificial Gravity and More” – featuring Angie Bukley and Jeff Greason – Above Space

Dr. Angie Bukley, and OAC advisor Jeff Greason join us in this week’s episode. Both have long careers in space and share their insights on artificial gravity and more. …

** A selection of news reports and articles on space habitats and living in space:

** Highlight: NIGHT Rome Italy – Jan 12, 2024 – 20:25 CET – ISS Above

NASA EHDC6 Live views of the Earth from the International Space Station

** Highlight: Night – Visible pass over Miami FL – Jan 12, 2024 – 18:57 EST – ISS Above

** Live Video from the International Space Station (Official NASA Stream) – NASA

Watch live video from the International Space Station, including inside views when the crew aboard the space station is on duty. Views of Earth are also streamed from an external camera located outside of the space station. During periods of signal loss due to handover between communications satellites, a blue screen is displayed.

The space station orbits Earth about 250 miles (425 kilometers) above the surface. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates the station, and it has been continuously occupied since November 2000. It’s a microgravity laboratory where science, research, and human innovation make way for new technologies and research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3CkVtC8

Did you know you can spot the station without a telescope? It looks like a fast-moving star, but you have to know when to look up. Sign up for text messages or email alerts to let you know when (and where) to spot the station and wave to the crew: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov