Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Expedition 67 Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Answers Georgia Student Questions – Sept. 15, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren answered pre-recorded questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Sept. 15 with students at Franklin Country High School in Carnesville, GA. Lindgren is in the midst of a 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.

** Expedition 67 Space Station Crew Answers Chicago-Area Student Questions – Sept. 13, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti answered pre-recorded questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Sept. 13 with members of the Junior Achievement Club of Chicago in Illinois. Hines and Cristoforetti are in the midst of a 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.

** ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti in-flight call with President Metsola – European Space Agency, ESA on Youtube

On 15 September 2022, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti conducted an in-flight call with the European Parliament from the International Space Station. In conversation with President Metsola and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, she provided insights into the importance Europe’s presence in space, as well as the scientific and technological progress enabled by its activities. The three also touched on Samantha’s upcoming commandership, life on the Station, and the pressing issue of space debris.

** Ax-1 Mission Highlights – Axiom Space

Where it started. #Ax1

** China’s Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Preparing for Second Round of Extravehicular Activities – CCTV Video News Agency

Three astronauts of China’s crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14 including Chendong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe are stepping up preparations as they gear for the second round of extravehicular activities (EVAs).

** Update: China’s Shenzhou-14 Crew Completes Second Extravehicular Activities – CCTV Video News Agency

China’s Shenzhou-14 crew successfully completed the second extravehicular activities (EVAs) and returned to the space station lab module Wentian at 17:47 Beijing time (0947 GMT) on Saturday, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced.

** CMSA Releases Panoramic Camera Footage of Earth, Space Station – CCTV Video News Agency

The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Sept 13 released a video showing spectacular scenery of the earth and the solar panels of the Tiangong space station, which was filmed by the panoramic camera recently installed on the Wentian lab module.

** ISS Live video stream – IBM/ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment

Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera. After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!

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Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Expedition 67 Astronaut Jessica Watkins Talks with Stanford Magazine – Sept. 7, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight event September 7 with the Stanford University alumni magazine. Watkins is in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory. The goal of the mission is 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.

** NRCSD#23 Deployments from the ISS – Nanoracks

Deployments of five CubeSats from the Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer onboard the International Space Station. This is Nanoracks’ 23rd CubeSat deployment mission from the ISS. Deployment order:

9:10 UTC – CapSat-1 (The Weiss School), D3 (University of Florida), & JAGSAT (University of South Alabama)
9:20 UTC – BeaverCube (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) & CLICK A (NASA Ames)

** How the ISS Would Look if Russia Pulled Out  – Wall Street Journal

Amid tensions between Moscow and the West over the Ukraine war, the Russian space agency said the country would quit the International Space Station after 2024. WSJ breaks down the design of the spacecraft to see whether it could function without Russian parts.

** Shenzhou-14 Taikonauts Use New Methods to Lift Panoramic Camera During Extravehicular Activities – CCTV Video News Agency

China’s Shenzhou-14 taikonauts used new methods to lift the panoramic camera of the Wentian lab module during their extravehicular activities (EVAs), which significantly improved the work efficiency compared to previous missions.

** CMSA Video Shows Shenzhou-14 Crew Routine Operation Before, After Extravehicular Activities – CCTV Video News Agency

China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday released a video showing what three Shenzhou-14 astronauts did before and after they carried out their extravehicular activities.

** Aurora from ISS – FOX59 News – YouTube

This time-lapse video shows an orbital pass above an aurora-draped Indian Ocean all the way to a moonlit Coral Sea east of Australia.

** ISS Live video stream – IBM/ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment

Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera. After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!

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Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Expedition 67Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Answers Indiana Student Questions – Aug. 30, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren answered pre-recorded questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event August 30 with students at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana. Lindgren is in the midst of a 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.

** Watch Russian spacewalkers extend cargo crane outside space station – VideoFromSpace

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev extended the Strela cargo crane during a spacewalk on Sept. 2, 2022.

** Expedition 68 Space Station Crew Undergoes Final Training  – NASA Video

Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio, along with Crew-5 crew member Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, conducted final qualification training Aug. 30 and 31 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, for their upcoming International Space Station mission. Their backups, cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and astronaut Loral O’Hara of NASA, joined them for the training sessions. Prokopyev, Petelin, and Rubio are scheduled to launch Wednesday, Sept. 21, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

** CCP Mission Highlights – NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completed several milestones with partners SpaceX and Boeing. SpaceX launched astronauts aboard Crew Dragons to the International Space Station, and Boeing completed a successful Orbital Flight Test-2, docking its uncrewed Starliner spacecraft to the space station.

** Watch China’s Shenzhou-14 crew begin first spacewalk – VideoFromSpace

China’s Shenzhou-14 astronauts Chen Dong and Liu Yang began a spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station on Sept. 1, 2022 to install “protective cables, setting up the expansion pumps, raising the panoramic cameras, and assembling the extravehicular toolbox,” according to China Central Television.

** Every Space Station Size Comparison | The Evolution of Space Station – REAL SPACE – YouTube

This video is the size comparison of all space stations including the future planned ones. Made with Blender.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Early Salyuts
00:38 Skylab
00:48 Salyut 3&4
01:03 Apollo-Soyuz
01:17 Salyut 5-7 01:42 Mir
02:00 International Space Station (ISS)
02:22 Tiangong Program
03:12 Axiom Station
03:24 Lunar Gateway
03:36 ROSS
03:46 Pioneer Station
03:57 Starlab
04:09 Orbital Reef
04:25 Voyager Station

** ISS Live video stream – IBM/ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment

Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera. After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!

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