Space to Ground: Continuous Presence: 11/01/2019

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

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Welcome to space to ground, I’m gary jordan. This week, cargo continuously coming and going as humans continuously inhabit the station, now 19 years strong. The japanese htv-8 cargo vehicle is scheduled to depart the station on november 1st after it’s 34 day stay on the station loaded with trash, including old nickel-hydrogen batteries that were swapped out earlier this year. The cargo vehicle will burn up upon re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere over the pacific ocean. On november 2nd, northrop grumman’s cygnus cargo vehicle will lift off from the wallops flight facility in virginia.

A new record of 8,200 pounds of cargo on cygnus will make its way to station on top of the new anares 230+ rocket, that will give that mass the extra boost. You can watch both of these events on nasa tv or the agency’s website. New cargo making its way to station means more science for the expedition 61 crewmembers to get their hands on. Scientific investigations make up two tons of the cargo aboard cygnus. Investigations range from radiation to space food.

Specialized tools to work on the alpha magnetic spectrometer will be used on upcoming spacewalks to repair this experiment that’s looking for evidence of dark matter and antimatter. A special vest called astrorad may shield astronauts on artemis missions and beyond from certain kinds of radiation, so station astronauts will see how it fits and feels. The zero-g oven will examine the ability to bake food in space, which may provide psychological and physiological benefits for astronauts on lunar and deep space missions. These are just a few experiments that join the thousands that have taken place aboard the international space station since the first crew arrived 19 years ago on november 2nd 2000. We’re counting down to twenty years of continuous human presence in 2020, and throughout the year we’ll be recognizing some of the greatest moments in space station history, releasing new and unique content, and much more.

See more on how you can engage with #spacestation20. Send in your questions on our upcoming broadcasts and here on space to ground using the hashtag “ask nasa. ” we’ll see you next week.

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