ISS - Expedition 58 Mission patch.
January 4, 2019
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is in its final week attached to the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Meanwhile, robotics experts on the ground and the crew aboard the lab are working a wide variety of science activities today.
Image above: The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station almost 257 miles above Quebec on New Year’s Eve. Image Credit: NASA.
The Dragon space freighter has nearly completed its cargo mission to replenish the orbital laboratory after delivering over 5,600 pounds of science and supplies Dec. 8. Dragon will return to Earth Jan. 10 for retrieval in the Pacific Ocean loaded with completed science experiments and used hardware for analysis.
Image above: Flying over Austral Ocean, seen by EarthCam on ISS, speed: 27'577 Km/h, altitude: 419,72 Km, image captured by Roland Berga (on Earth in Switzerland) from International Space Station (ISS) using ISS-HD Live application with EarthCam's from ISS on January 4, 2019 at 14:25 UTC. Image Credits: Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
New space exposure experiments are being remotely installed outside the station today using a specialized robotic hand known as Dextre. Also, astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques collected biological samples today for stowage and later analysis. The duo then split up for more science work including testing crew brain function and removing science hardware that explores stem cells and other biological processes.
Related links:
Expedition 58: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition58/index.html
SpaceX Dragon: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/spacex.html
Dextre: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/special-purpose-dextrous-manipulator
New space exposure experiments: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7929
Brain function: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=979
Stem cells: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7503
Biological processes: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=1660
Space Station Research and Technology: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Images (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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