ISS On-Orbit Status Report

ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/29/2023 (Mo, 29 Mai 2023)
Exposed Experiment Bracket Attached on i-SEEP (ExBAS): The crew removed and stowed the ExBAS system from the payload attachment plate on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Airlock slide table. ExBAS is support hardware that provides a means of exposing a variety of experiments to the space environment. ExBAS attaches to the Small Payload Support Equipment …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/26/2023 (Fri, 26 May 2023)
Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom-2 (Ax-2): Commercial, Outreach, and Payload Activities: Multiple NASA-sponsored and ESA-sponsored PAO events were performed today, including three ICE Cubes Media Set events and two NASA-sponsored PAO events. The PAO events included a live event with students from Middlesboro Middle School in John’s hometown of Middlesboro, Kentucky. Two HAM radio events …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/25/2023 (Thu, 25 May 2023)
AstroPi: The 6mm Camera Lens was removed from the AstroPi Vis unit and the Bumper Legs were removed from both the AstroPi Vis and IR units. This completes the European AstroPi Challenge Mission ‘Life in Space’. Two augmented Raspberry Pi computers (called AstroPis) were flown to the ISS and are both equipped with the mighty …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/24/2023 (Wed, 24 May 2023)
Payloads: Ring Sheared Drop-Interfacial Bioprocessing of Pharmaceuticals (RSD-IBP): The existing syringe and test cell (Sample 24) were removed, and a new syringe and new test cell (Sample 25) were installed into the RSD hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) Work Volume. The ISS’s RSD module is a containerless liquid system that makes it possible …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/23/2023 (Tue, 23 May 2023)
Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom-2 (Ax-2): ISS Familiarization, Emergency Overview, and On-Orbit Adaptation: The Ax-2 crew completed all their on-orbit handover/ISS familiarization activities with the ISS PAM facilitator. Additionally, the Ax-2 crew completed the Emergency Roles and Responsibility review with the full ISS crew and completed the Emergency On-Board Training (OBT). Emergency response hardware was …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/22/2023 (Mon, 22 May 2023)
Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom 2: SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom successfully launched on Sunday, May 21st, at 4:37 PM CST and docked to the ISS on Monday, May 22nd, at 8:25 AM CST. This was the fastest launch to dock time for a Crew Dragon. With the arrival of the four private astronauts, Peggy Whitson, …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/19/2023 (Fri, 19 May 2023)
Payloads: Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM): The crew checked the APM hardware and display, and notified the ground team of the status. Air quality in crewed spacecraft is important for keeping astronauts healthy and comfortable. Although requirements exist for maximum allowable concentrations of particulate matter, currently no measurement capability verifies whether these requirements are met. APM …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/18/2023 (Thu, 18 May 2023)
Payloads: BioServe Centrifuge: The crew assembled the BioServe Centrifuge to allow charging of the internal components, followed by a checkout of the facility. The BioServe Centrifuge facility supports a wide variety of life, physical, and materials science research. It enables separation of substances with differing densities, including cell cultures, DNA, protein, blood, and sedimentation samples. …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/17/2023 (Wed, 17 May 2023)
Payloads: Dose Distribution Inside the International Space Station – 3D (DOSIS-3D): The DOSIS-3D main box was moved to its original location at the European Physiology Module (EPM) rack in the Columbus module.  ISS crewmembers are continually exposed to varying levels of radiation, which can be harmful to their health. DOSIS-3D uses several active and passive …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/16/2023 (Tue, 16 May 2023)
Payloads: Dreams: The crew doffed the Dreams dry-electroencephalogram (EEG) headband, charged it, and then set it up for a later science session. Sleep plays a major role in human health and well-being. Insufficient sleep or sleep disorders can increase the risk of developing medical conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases, and can impair task performance. The …
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Welt der Physik | Aktuelles

Vulkanausbrüche stören GPS-Empfang (Mon, 22 May 2023)
Daten des Tonga-Ausbruchs im Jahr 2022 zeigen: Der Vulkanausbruch war für Störungen von GPS-Satelliten verantwortlich.
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Ein wohltemperierter Planet mit Gezeitenheizung (Wed, 17 May 2023)
Beobachtungen deuten auf Wasser und Vulkanismus auf einem erdgroßen Planeten hin.
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Wie alt sind die Saturnringe? (Fri, 12 May 2023)
Eine neue Analyse von Daten der Raumsonde Cassini zeigt, dass die Ringe des Planeten Saturn höchstens 400 Millionen Jahre alt sind.
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Planetenentstehung um einen nahen Stern (Mon, 08 May 2023)
Neue Aufnahmen des James-Webb-Teleskops zeigen eine hohe Dynamik um den Stern Fomalhaut. Dort kollidieren und entstehen gegenwärtig zahlreiche Bausteine neuer Planeten.
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Wie die ersten Kontinente (nicht) entstanden (Thu, 04 May 2023)
Neue Analysen stellen die bisherige Theorie zur Bildung einer relativ leichten kontinentalen Erdkruste in Frage.
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Warum sich im Champagner Bläschenketten bilden (Wed, 03 May 2023)
Spezielle Proteine verringern die Spannungskräfte zwischen Gasblasen und der umgebenden Flüssigkeit.
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Ende eines Planeten (Wed, 03 May 2023)
Ein Strahlungsausbruch ermöglichte es einem Forschungsteam, erstmals den Fall eines Planeten in seinen Stern zu beobachten.
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Würmer als Vorbild für neue Materie (Thu, 27 Apr 2023)
Die Analyse von Knäueln aus Würmern könnte zur Entwicklung einer neuen Klasse von sich selbst organisierenden Materialien führen.
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Genauer Blick auf das Schwarze Loch in M87 (Wed, 26 Apr 2023)
Astronominnen und Astronomen beobachten erstmals, wie ein gebündelter Materiestrahl in der Umgebung eines supermassereichen Schwarzen Lochs entsteht.
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KI warnt schneller vor Tsunamis (Tue, 25 Apr 2023)
Die automatische Analyse von akustischen Wellen kann Seebeben erkennen – und abschätzen, wie hoch die Gefahr für Menschen an den Küsten ist.
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