Space habitat reports – Feb.28.2024 | Space-for-All at HobbySpace

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 Andreas Mogensen Talks with Technical University of Denmark – Feb. 23, 2024 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 70 commander Andy Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) discussed living and working in space with the Danish Technical University and Danish TV2 on Feb. 23. Mogensen is in the midst of a long-duration mission on the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions.

** NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts and cosmonaut arrive in Florida ahead of launch – VideoFromSpace

Commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Aleksandr Grebenkin arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 25, 2024. They are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on March 1.

** Expedition 70 71 Interviews With Flight Engineer Tracy Dyson 240226 – NASA Video

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson participated in live virtual interviews on Monday, Feb. 26, ahead of her launch to the International Space Station. Dyson is scheduled to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft Thursday, March 21, and will spend approximately six months aboard the space station. She will travel to the station with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, both of whom will spend approximately 12 days aboard the orbital complex. During her expedition, Dyson will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations that help prepare humans for future space missions and benefit people on Earth. Among some of the hundreds of experiments ongoing during her mission, Dyson will continue to study how fire spreads and behaves in space with the Combustion Integrated Rack, as well as contribute to the long-running Crew Earth Observations study by photographing Earth to better understand how our planet is changing over time. After completing her expedition, Dyson will return to Earth this fall with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft.

** Ax-3 Mission Recap – Axiom Space – Youtube

Relive the excitement of the #Ax3 mission.

** Axiom Space Welcomes NASA Leadership – Axiom Space – Youtube

NASA leadership paid a visit to Axiom Space‘s suits lab to see firsthand the progress being made on the Artemis III lunar spacesuit.

** Gravitics

A new fuel system called Smart Tanks for Space (SMARTTS) is set to be tested on the International Space Station! Developed by Hampshire-based firm Atout Process, this technology aims to solve the challenges of accurately measuring fuel in propellant tanks in zero gravity.… pic.twitter.com/s22xyJP1MU

— Gravitics (@GraviticsInc) February 25, 2024

**Sierra Space

Phil McAlister, director of our Commercial Spaceflight Division, recently visited @SierraSpaceCo to see work on the Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) habitat. Sierra Space is collaborating with @NASA as part of the Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2… pic.twitter.com/ClGWat3JtV

— NASA Space Operations (@NASASpaceOps) February 23, 2024

** China Names Its Manned Lunar Exploration Vehicles Mengzhou, Lanyue – CCTV Video News Agency

The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) on Feb. 24 unveiled the official names of the new vehicles for its future manned lunar exploration missions.

** China’s First Home-grown Ground Simulation Space StationPpasses Acceptance Review – CCTV Video News Agency

China’s first “ground space station,” the home-grown Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI), passed its acceptance review on Tuesday in Harbin, the capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.

** Other news and articles:

** Highlight: Las Cruses NM / El Paso TX / Juarez Mexico – Feb 23, 2024 – 13:44 CST – ISS Above

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

** Highlight: Egypt – Cairo – Feb 26, 2024 07:40 UTC – ISS Above

** Photographing the International Space Station (ISS) – My First Ever Attempt! – Matt Burns

Follow along as I try to use my telescope to capture a transit of ISS across the Sun. This was several months of waiting for a clear sky with a transit viewable near where I live. I spent several hours the day before doing research to make sure I had the exact time and location correct and doing a dry-run to refine my script so I didn’t miss anything during the event.

** 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