NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 11 December, 2020 Status Report - Source: SpaceRef
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 11 December, 2020.
Today: Payloads - JAXA Low Temp PCG: The crew retrieved the Low Temp PCG Sample from cold stowage and initiated protein crystal growth with historical documentation of the sample condition.
The PCG Sample was re-inserted back into cold stowage. The objective of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Low Temperature Protein Crystallization Growth (JAXA Low Temp PCG) investigation is to grow high quality protein crystals in microgravity. The crystals are returned to Earth to determine protein structures in detail; the structures are used to develop pharmaceutical drugs, and to explore the mystery of our lives. The protein samples are launched to the International Space Station (ISS) by a SpaceX Dragon Cargo Vehicle, and crystallized at 4℃ using the counter-diffusion method.
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 8 December 2020 - Unpacking the Dragon Status Report - Source: SpaceRef
The upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle approaches the International Space Station.
Six spaceships, three U.S. and three Russian, are parked at the International Space Station after Monday s arrival of the upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle.
The Expedition 64 crew will spend the rest of December focusing on science as 2021 shapes up to be a busy year on the orbital lab.
Two Dragon spaceships, one cargo craft and one crew ship, are docked to the station s Harmony module for the first time ever. The Cargo Dragon docked Monday afternoon to Harmony s space-facing port where it will stay for one month. The Crew Dragon has been docked to Harmony s forward port since Nov. 16 and will return four astronauts back to Earth in the spring.
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 9 December 2020 - New Space Biology Experiments Status Report - Source: SpaceRef
Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins checks on biological samples.
The Expedition 64 crew kicked off an array of new space biology experiments delivered this week aboard the SpaceX Cargo Dragon.
The International Space Station residents will be gaining unique insights about the human heart, muscles and stem cells that only microgravity can provide.
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins started looking at cardiovascular cells inside the Life Science Glovebox today for the Cardinal Heart study. She serviced samples to help scientists understand the aging and weakening of heart muscles to provide new treatments for humans on Earth and astronauts in space.