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NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission Launches New Research to StationMelissa L. Gaskill Apr 10, 2025
Atomic clocks in space
An ESA (European Space Agency) investigation, Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), examines fundamental physics concepts such as Einstein’s theory of relativity using two next-generation atomic clocks operated in microgravity. Results have applications to scientific measurement studies, the search for dark matter, and fundamental physics research that relies on highly accurate atomic clocks in space. The experiment also tests a technology for synchronizing clocks worldwide using global navigation satellite networks.
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nasas-spacex-32nd-resupply-mission-launches-new-research-to-station/Science Launching on SpaceX's 32nd Cargo Resupply Mission to the Space Station2)
Astronauts Prep for May Spacewalk Amid Human Research and Crew DepartureApril 15, 2025
Two NASA astronauts are preparing their spacesuits for a spacewalk planned for the beginning of May to ready the International Space Station for a new rollout solar array. In the meantime, the rest of the Expedition 72 crew on Tuesday kept up its ongoing vision, respiratory, and circulatory system research ahead of this weekend’s crew departure.
Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers have been assigned by mission managers to exit the orbital outpost’s Quest airlock on May 1 for a spacewalk and work six-and-half hours in the vacuum of space. The NASA duo will install a modification kit on the port side of the station’s truss structure enabling the future installation of the orbiting lab’s seventh rollout solar array. They will also relocate an antenna that communicates with approaching and departing commercial crew and cargo spacecraft. McClain will be going on her third spacewalk and Ayers will be conducting her first spacewalk.
McClain and Ayers spent Tuesday inside Quest adjusting the spacesuits ensuring the helmets, boots, and arm and leg assemblies they will wear fit together. Next, the pair powered up and checked the functionality of suit components such as glove heaters, data recorders, cameras, and helmet lights. Finally, McClain and Ayers began collecting and configuring the tools they will use during the upcoming maintenance spacewalk. (...)
Kim also took turns with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and trained for the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft next week. The duo reviewed the different approach and rendezvous profiles Dragon may use based on the station’s position in space and the techniques used to monitor the spacecraft before it docks to the orbital outpost.
Dragon is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 4:15 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 21, and dock to the station’s space-facing port on the Harmony module at 8:20 a.m. the next day. (...)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner continue preparing for their
return to Earth planned for 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 19 (6:20 a.m. on Sunday, May 20, Kazakh time). The trio is cleaning crew quarters, packing personal items, and handing over responsibilities to the crewmates staying behind. Ovchinin will also turn his station command over to Onishi the day before he leaves.
Expedition 72 will end and Expedition 73 will officially begin when Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner undock from the Rassvet module inside the Soyuz MS-26 crew ship at 5:57 p.m. on Saturday.https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2025/04/15/astronauts-prep-for-may-spacewalk-amid-human-research-and-crew-departure/
Wątek: ISS - Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna (2025) (Przeczytany 29249 razy)