Space to Ground: Calling Space Station: Nov. 15, 2024

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 Sandra Jones. As we near the holiday season many of us may have package deliveries on our mind but for the crew aboard the International Space Station they too will have an upcoming delivery of food, fuel and supplies. While some food is grown on board space station, much of it is sent on cargo deliveries. These deliveries also carry critical hardware and important science research and equipment to make good use of the unique microgravity environment of the space station. The next cargo delivery will be the unpiloted Progress 90 spacecraft which is scheduled to launch at 7:22 a.

m. eastern or 5:22 p. m. in Baikonur on November 2st on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On board is nearly 3 tons of supplies packed inside.

After a 2-day in-orbit journey to the space station, the spacecraft will autonomously dock to the space-facing port of the Poisk module at 8:35 a. m. on Saturday November 23rd. The spacecraft will remain docked at the space station for approximately 6 months before departing for a re-entry into Earth's atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew. And earlier this month another cargo spacecraft, NASA's SpaceX 31st commercial resupply mission arrived to the space station following its launch on November 5th.

The crew on board has been busy with the science that arrived on this spacecraft ever since. On Wednesday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore worked to replace samples in the combustion rack for the Resident Time Driven Flames Spread Experiment, which examines solid fuel flame spread in microgravity. Theoretical modeling predicts that this flame spread is affected by fuel thickness and ambient pressure, and the investigation varies those two parameters to gain insight into the mechanisms involved. Results could provide data useful in achieving fire safety goals for future crewed missions. Understanding the behavior of flame spread in microgravity has direct implications to fire safety in spacecraft.

This investigation could help to enhance flame extinguishment predictions and provide new insights for flames spreading in microgravity. Results from different conditions could also aid in the development of computational tools that predict fire safety of different materials. Since November 2000, crew members aboard space station have used ham radio to communicate with people on Earth through this educational program, also known as Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS. So far there have been more than 1,700 events directly engaging students and listeners from 49 U. S.

states, 63 countries and all seven continents. Students study the space station radio waves amateur radio technology and related topics before their call from space which encourages interest in science technology engineering and math. Now through November 17th ARISS is accepting applications from formal and informal education institutions and organizations that want to host events in summer or fall of 2025, so if you're interested now's your chance to apply. You can follow more exciting developments and updates on the International Space Station by visiting blogs. nasa.

gov/station. And that's Space to Ground for this week. Thanks so much for watching.

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