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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft - Trans Lunar Injection

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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

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Home is Where the Astronaut Is

The International Space Station serves as home, office and recreation room for astronauts. They share this confined space far above the Earth with crew members from different countries and cultures for as long as six months or more. At the same time, maintaining individual well-being and crew harmony is important for the crew and mission success.

The Culture, Values, and Environmental Adaptation in Space (At Home In Space) investigation, sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency, looks at changes in perceptions about home in space and the ways a unique culture may develop aboard the station during a mission.

Participants answer a series of questionnaires before, during and after flight, enabling researchers to see whether perceptions and the relative importance of values change over the course of a mission. Questions explore individual and culturally related differences, family functioning and relationships, personal values and coping with stress.

To read the full article, click here.

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Simply .. AMAZING

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Training for Dragon Capture

ISS048e028558 (07/18/2016) --- NASA astronauts Jeff Williams (left) and Kate Rubins (right) train inside the Destiny laboratory for the robotic capture of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. Williams was the primary robotic arm operator and Rubins supported from a backup role.

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Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams

iss048e017435 (6/30/2016) --- Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams monitors bowling ball-sized internal satellites known as SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) during a maintenance run in the Japanese Kibo Laboratory Module.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Folds Its Wings

The James Webb Space Telescope is shown with one of its two “wings" folded. Each wing holds three of its primary mirror segments. During this operation in the cleanroom at NASA Goddard, the telescope was also rotated in preparation for the folding back of the other wing. When Webb launches, both wings will be stowed in this position, which enables the mirror to fit into the launch vehicle. For more information on Webb’s launch configuration, see:jwst.nasa.gov/launch.html You can watch how the telescope will deploy after launch in this video: youtu.be/bTxLAGchWnA

Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn

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15 & 30 Hudson Yards - Midtown Manhattan

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Hudson Yards Complex Construction

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3 World Trade Center - Lower Manhattan

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Astronauts Test Orion Docking Hatch For Future Missions

Engineers and astronauts conducted testing in a representative model of the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to gather the crew's feedback on the design of the docking hatch and on post-landing equipment operations. The testing, shown here with astronauts Stephanie Wilson, Karen Nyberg and Rick Mastracchio (L to R), was done to evaluate the equipment used during egress to ensure that a fully suited crew member carrying survival equipment can get out of the spacecraft through the docking hatch if necessary.

While the crew will primarily use the side hatch for entry and exit on Earth and the docking hatch to travel between Orion and a habitation module on long-duration deep space missions, the crew will need to be able to exit out of the docking hatch if wave heights in the Pacific Ocean upon splashdown are too high. The work is being done to help ensure all elements of Orion's design are safe and effective for the crew to use on future missions on the journey to Mars.

Image Credit: NASA

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Spacewalk Preparations

iss048e045351 (07/28/2016) --- Expedition 48 crew members Kate Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams (right) of NASA outfit spacesuits inside of the Quest airlock aboard the International Space Station. Rubins and Williams will conduct a spacewalk in August 2016 to install the first International Docking Adapter, the new docking port that will enable the future arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft.

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Rubins in the US Lab

ISS048e025433 (07/12/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins floats in front of a hatch of the U.S. Destiny laboratory aboard the International Space Station. Rubins launched to the station on July 6, 2016 and arrived two days later. She will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 48/49 and is currently scheduled to return home at the end of October.

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Earth Clouds

Towering cumulonimbus and other clouds are spotted during a pass over the Earth by the Expedition 48 crew aboard the International Space Station. Photographs from the station provides researchers on Earth with key data to understand the planet from the perspective of the ISS. Crew members have been photographing Earth from space since the early Mercury missions beginning in 1961. The images taken from the ISS ensure this record remains unbroken.

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