Videos: Space habitat reports – Jan.29.2024

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:

** Expedition 70 Astronaut Loral O’Hara Answers Boston Student Questions – Jan. 23, 2024 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara discussed living and working in space during an in-flight event Jan. 23 with students attending Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Charlestown, Massachusetts. O’Hara is in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

**Earth views from Cupola by Marcus Wandt – European Space Agency, ESA

Join ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world”.

The ESA – European Space Agency-built Cupola is the favourite place of many astronauts on the International Space Station. It serves not only as a unique photo spot, but also for observing robotic activities of the Canadian Space Agency’s robotic arm Canadarm2, arriving spacecraft and spacewalks.

Marcus was launched to the International Space Station on the Dragon spacecraft as part of Axiom Mission 3 on 18 January 2024. His two-week mission on board is known as Muninn.

Credits: ESA–M. Wandt

https://youtube.com/shorts/-XEy2D6AE1Q

** Ax-3 Mission Update #1 – Axiom Space

Join us for a #Ax3 mission update. Hear from Alper Gezeravcı and Michael López-Alegría as they talk about settling on the International Space Station and what they brought with them from home on their mission.

** Ax-3 Mission Update #2 – Axiom Space

Hear from Michael López-Alegría and Walter Villadei as they discuss how they prepare meals in zero gravity.

Axiom Space news:

** Gravitics demonstrates the large scale of the StarMax habitat module: Building Bigger: 54 Humans in One 8-meter Gravitics Module | Gravitics – Jan.25.2024

Gravitics, Inc., an aerospace manufacturing company, demonstrated that it can fit 54 people, with room to spare, inside its 8-meter “StarMax” module mockup. The exhibit, a 1:1 scale space station module cutaway, is a tangible example of Gravitics’ vision for large and efficient space environments. The 8-meter mockup enables engineers, businesses, and researchers to plan for and visualize new opportunities for valuable activity in space.

A single Gravitics 8-meter module provides roughly half of the entire usable volume of the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS spans 109-meters and is currently operating with 16 pressurized modules that can support a crew of up to 7 astronauts for long-duration missions. The Gravitics 8-meter module illustrates why it will become a key building block for the next generation of space stations, holding 54 people within its hull only using “ground floor” volume.

Largest interior volume in a standalone spacecraft, ever. Human shown for scale, plus 53 more pic.twitter.com/f9GXjkqZwN

— Gravitics (@GraviticsInc) January 25, 2024

** Tiangong space station crew moves cargo from newly arrived Tianzhou-7 spacecraft – VideoFromSpace

The Shenzhou-17 astronauts crew aboard the Tiangong space station moved cargo out of the Tianzhou-7 spacecraft after it arrived.

** Other news and articles:

* Interview with Dr. Peter Hague | The Space Show – Jan.28.2024

Peter was back with us to discuss several of his Substack blog posts, especially the one that focused on the business case for civilization and large projects such as space settlement. Peter also talked about his petition to the UK government for Starship to launch from the UK plus other topics. Read the full summary of the program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, January 28, 2024.

** Highlight: Egypt – Farming – Jan 27, 2024 – 10:38 UTC – ISS Above

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

** Highlight: Baton Rouge LA – MS – Birmingham AL – Jan 29, 2024 – 12:23 CST – 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