Cygnus leci do ISS 03.10. o 01:16:14 z Wallops wystrzelona została RN Antares-230+, która wyniosła w T+8' 38" na orbitę statek
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Cygnus NG-14 (SS Kalpana Chawla). Jego uchwycenie wykonane zostało 05.10.2020 o 09:32, a przyłączenie do ISS o 12:01.
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Cygnus NG-14 na ISS BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 7 PAŹDZIERNIKA 2020
Przez następne dwa dni Cygnus “gonił” ISS. W pobliże Stacji Cygnus dotarł w godzinach porannych 5 października. Przez kolejne godziny następowało zbliżanie Cygnusa, aż wreszcie o godzinie 11:32 CEST pojazd został przechwycony przez ramię robotyczne Stacji (SSRMS). O 14:01 CEST Cygnus NG-14 został przyłączony do Stacji.
Na pokładzie tego egzemplarza pojazdu Cygnus zainstalowano 3551 kg ładunku, w tym eksperymentów, części zamiennych, żywności oraz nowego sprzętu dla astronautów. Jednym z najciekawszych elementów dowiezionych przez tego Cygnusa jest nowa (tytanowa!) “kosmiczna toaleta”.
Opis ładunku misji Cygnus NG-14 / Credits – NASA
Cygnus NG-14 otrzymał imię “S.S. Kalpana Chawla”. To imię wybrano na cześć astronautki NASA – Kaplany Chawly, która zginęła w tragicznym końcu misji STS-107 promu Columbia.
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https://kosmonauta.net/2020/10/cygnus-ng-14-na-iss/Photos: Antares blasts off from VirginiaOctober 8, 2020 Stephen Clark
Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Nowhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/08/photos-antares-blasts-off-from-virginia/Antares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space stationby Jeff Foust — October 2, 2020
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lifts off Oct. 2 carrying a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS. Credit: NASA Wallops/Patrick Black(...) Northrop also made changes in how it handles mission operations. Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager of tactical space at Northrop, said that some spacecraft controllers can work from home using remote networking tools. Those systems were used for the NG-13 Cygnus mission, which launched in February but remained on the station until May.
Controllers will be present in the control center for major events, including launch and berthing. “When we do have the team together in the mission operations center, we take extra precautions,” he said. (...)
https://spacenews.com/antares-launches-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-to-space-station/Cygnus supply ship reaches space station with titanium toiletOctober 5, 2020 Stephen Clark
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship is grappled by the Canadian-built robotic arm at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now(...) The S.S. Kalpana Chawla is packed with 7,829 pounds (3,551 kilograms) of supplies and experiments heading to the International Space Station. Here’s a breakdown of the cargo manifest provided by NASA:
2,712 pounds (1,230 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
2,683 pounds (1,217 kilograms) of scientific investigations
1,874 pounds (850 kilograms) of crew supplies
333 pounds (151 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
156 pounds (71 kilograms) of computer resources
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Among clothing and other crew provisions, the Cygnus mission will deliver an upgraded toilet to the space station, allowing astronauts to test its functionality before a similar commode flies on the Orion crew capsule to the moon.
The new toilet, or Universal Waste Management System in NASA-speak, is roughly the size of a camper commode. It’s about 65 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter than the toilet currently on the space station, according to Melissa McKinley, logistics reduction manager for the agency’s advanced exploration systems division.
NASA partnered with Collins Aerospace to develop the new toilet, which officials said is better suited for female crew members than the existing commode on the space station. Engineers made parts of the toilet out of titanium to withstand acid used to pre-treat urine before the fluid is recycled back into drinking water for the astronauts, said Jim Fuller, the toilet’s project manager at Collins Aerospace.
“On Earth, we have gravity that helps pull the feces and urine away from our body and into the toilet,” Fuller said. “In space, where we have microgravity, we don’t have that luxury. The dual fan separator actually creates the motive force by creating a strong airflow that helps pull the urine and feces away from the body.
“When the astronauts have to ‘go,’ we want to allow them to boldly go,” Fuller said.
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, in blue, receives a briefing on the new space station toilet earlier this year. Credit: NASADesigners wanted the new toilet to be easier to use for women flying on the space station,
“The funnel design was was completely re-contoured to better accommodate the female anatomy,” McKinley said. “And particularly, this is a concern when the crew members are trying to do ‘dual ops,’ when they’re they’re doing both defecation and urination at the same time, just the alignment of all of that at once … Trying to make that more appropriate for female use was a big driver.”
There’s also a virtual reality camera flying to the space station that will capture imagery of a future spacewalk. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/05/cygnus-supply-ship-reaches-space-station-with-titanium-toilet/NG-14 Cygnus Arrives at Space Station, Ahead of Expedition 64 Launch Next WeekBy Ben Evans, on October 5th, 2020
File photo of a Cygnus spacecraft, as seen through the windows of the cupola. Photo Credit: NASA(...) From his perch inside the multi-windowed cupola, Cassidy extended the robotic arm to grapple Cygnus. He positioned the Latching End Effector (LEE) over the cargo ship’s grapple pin, thereby setting the final pieces in place for a perfect capture at 5:32 a.m. EDT, as the station and Cygnus flew 261 miles (420 km) above Egypt.
“Houston, Station, Cygnus capture is complete,” radioed Cassidy. “Go for Cygnus post-capture reconfiguration.”
Then he paused for a moment. Although two honorees from Columbia’s tragic final crew have now flown to the ISS aboard Cygnus missions, the person of Chawla—an accomplished aerospace engineer, astronaut and the first woman of Indian descent to voyage into space—is particularly poignant. Having flown a troubled mission on STS-87 in the fall of 1997, she went on to serve as flight engineer on STS-107, which ended on 1 February 2003 with Columbia’s untimely destruction a mere 16 minutes before landing. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2020/10/05/ng-14-cygnus-arrives-at-space-station-ahead-of-expedition-64-launch-next-week/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/10/kalpana-chawla-cygnus-launch-to-station/Cygnus CRS-14 (NG 14, S. S. Kalpana Chawla)
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