Space habitat reports – Mar.13.2024 | 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 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Farewell Remarks, Station Change of Command March 10, 2024 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Crew-7 which includes NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andy Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov provided farewell remarks on March 10 ahead of their upcoming departure from the space station. Joining Crew-7 for the farewell remarks were NASA astronauts Matthew Dominik, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps, and Loral O’Hara as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. Following the farewell remarks, a change of command ceremony took place in which Mogensen handed over command of the space station to Kononenko as Mogensen prepares to head home with his Crew-7 crewmates. Crew-7 is slated to undock on March TBD and splashdown off the coast of Florida March TBD after completing a six-month mission

** NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Space Station Hatch Closure March 11, 2024 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andy Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov prepared to depart the space station following the closing of the hatch to the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance on March 11 ahead of their undocking from the space station. Crew-7 completed a 6-month science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

** NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 4 Highlights – NASA Video

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov returned to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida at 5:47 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 12, completing their six-month mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

** NASA’s SpaceX CRS-30 Prelaunch Science Webinar – ISS National Lab

On Friday, March 8, 2024, members of the media attended a science-focused prelaunch webinar for NASA’s SpaceX CRS-30 mission to hear from NASA and ISS National Lab officials as well as researchers who discussed a few of the projects flying on this cargo resupply mission.

** Gravitics

Astronauts are now using Virtual Reality headsets to enhance their experience aboard the International Space Station. The integration of VR technology with an updated stationary bike allows the crew to cycle through their favorite routes on Earth while working out in low Earth… pic.twitter.com/YVmoPPfkjn

— Gravitics (@GraviticsInc) March 9, 2024

** Gambit sensor platform relocated on ISS – Starlab – Voyager Space

—- Making Moves: Gambit Payload Relocates on the Bishop Airlock | Voyager Space – Mar.11.2024

It’s one small step for #Gambit, and one giant leap for payload operations. Our self-built payload Gambit’s first transfer on the Bishop Airlock aboard the @Space_Station was completed. Learn more about how we’re making (space) moves: https://t.co/kzHY3tcrPw pic.twitter.com/dMTkgl83c3

— Voyager Space (@voyagerspace_) March 11, 2024

** Other news and articles:

** 40 years since the founding of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program:

—- ARISS Celebration at KSC. Interview with Randy Berger – HAM Radio Fun With KO4PDI

Join us as we celebrate the ARISS 40-year event at Kennedy Space Center, featuring an interview with Randy Berger, the ISS HAM radio developer. Learn about the technology behind ISS HAM radio and the impact it has on communication in space. Don’t miss this exclusive interview at the ARISS 40-year Celebration!
Get a look at the actual radio used on the ISS to make contacts and work as a cross-band repeater. The radio, Antennas, and power supply. Randy Berger talks about what it takes to make the contacts we do on the ISS as HAM operators.

—- A school contact with ISS astronauts: #AlcarazISS – ARISS Contact | Contacto con la Estación Espacial Internacional –
Studio21 Alcaraz

** Highlight: Aotearoa NZ S to N – Mar 11, 2024 – 16:34 NZDT – ISS Above

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

—- Highlight: Buenos Aires Argentina – Mar 6, 2024 – 18:30 ART – 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