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To the moon and beyond apply online to become a NASA astronaut in the Artemis program – News 5 Cleveland

Posted: February 27, 2020 at 1:19 am

Looking for a career with some serious upward mobility? NASA is hiring astronauts for the agencys Artemis program, which will send humans back to the moon in 2024 and establish sustainable lunar exploration by 2028 in preparation for sending the first humans to Mars in the mid-2030s.

NASA is accepting applications from March 2 to 31 for the next class of Artemis Generation astronauts, according to a news release from the space agency.

Since the 1960s, NASA has chosen 350 people to train as astronaut candidates, 25 of whom have called Ohio home, making our state the fourth-largest producer of U.S. astronauts, according to Ohio.org. Astronauts from Ohio include Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, John Glenn, the first man to orbit Earth, and Cleveland native Jim Lovell, the first astronaut to make four space flights.

There are 48 astronauts in NASAs active corps, and they will need more crew members for multiple destinations as part of the Artemis missions and beyond, the release states.

Were celebrating our 20th year of continuous presence aboard the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit this year, and were on the verge of sending the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024, said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. For the handful of highly talented women and men we will hire to join our diverse astronaut corps, its an incredible time in human spaceflight to be an astronaut. Were asking all eligible Americans if they have what it to takes to apply beginning March 2.

Basic requirements to become a NASA astronaut include:

Candidates must also have either:

Applicants can apply to be an astronaut here.

First-time applications will be required to take an online assessment that will take up to two hours to complete.

After being selected as a candidate and completing training, new astronauts could launch on American rockets and spacecraft to live and work aboard the International Space Station, where they will take part in experiments and prepare the U.S. for further exploration of the solar system.

NASA expects to select the next class of astronaut candidates in mid-2021 to begin training.

For more information and details on the requirements to become a candidate, click here.

NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, and the Plum Brook Research Center nearby in Sandusky, are playing pivotal roles in the Artemis program.

NASA Glenn researches things like solar electric propulsion, which will be key to a small station that will circle around the moon known as "Gateway," to nuclear power on the surface of the moon.

RELATED: NASA Glenn playing pivotal role in USA's lunar return, including station orbiting the moon

Last November, the Orion spacecraft, the exploration vehicle that will land the first woman and the next man on the moon in 2024, was delivered to Plum Brook Station for environmental testing.

RELATED: The Orion spacecraft makes its way to Plum Brook Station in Sandusky

Learn more about the Artemis program on NASA.gov here.

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Middle Township Army recruits receive oath of office from space – Press of Atlantic City

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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Two Middle Township High School students and one of their coaches made history Wednesday when they participated in the first oath of military enlistment from space.

Seniors Dylan Hoffman and Anthony Anderson, as well as coach and substitute teacher Donald Justin Rhinesmith, recited the oath from the high school library as spoken by U.S. Army Col. Andrew Morgan, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

Its a one-time opportunity, but it will also be in conjunction with the Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. military, said Army Staff Sgt. Derek D. Olson, a recruiter in Atlantic and Cape May counties.

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Four Cumberland County residents were arrested Sunday night after police s

Olson said there are three Army astronauts currently, including Morgan.

The enlistment ceremony was broadcast via Facebook Live from Space Center Houston to more than 1,000 future service members from 150 locations throughout the country.

Olson said that each year, his office enlists about 60 new recruits for the Army.

The Middle Township High School Navy National Defense Cadet Corps joined the recruits for the ceremony Wednesday.

Hoffman, 17, of Cape May Court House, said its always been his dream to enlist in the Army.

My grandfather was in the Army. When I was a kid, he would pull out the uniforms and my grandmother said my eyes would light up, he said.

He said he wants to be in the infantry.

A man from the Villas section of Lower Township was charged after authorities last month fou

Anderson, 18, of Rio Grande, said he decided to enlist because he likes working with his hands, particularly auto mechanics. He said he became interested in the Army when the recruiters visited the school his sophomore year.

Its a pretty amazing experience, Anderson said of the ceremony.

Hoffman said he was honored to be able to participate.

Rhinesmith, 27, of Cape May Court House, a Middle Township High School graduate, hopes to become an officer.

Morgan told the recruits he was only able to become an astronaut because of the opportunities he had in the Army.

All things that are worth doing are hard, said Morgan. Im so proud of you and your decision to serve.

Mainland Regional High School plays Middle Township in the first round of the CAL girls basketball tournament, in Linwood, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (VERNON OGRODNEK / For The Press)

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The Pentagon Is Working on a Nuclear Thermal Rocket – Popular Mechanics

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The Pentagon is working on a nuclear thermal propulsion engine with the goal to be able to drive satellites around in space, The Daily Beast reports. This seems to be a multi-motivated effort to thwart other countries space progress, better mine resources from the moon, and also serve as a weapon. Like a well-rounded athlete or entertainer, the nuclear thermal propulsion system aspires to be a triple threatliterally.

If this sounds somewhat sinister, youre not wrong, although its not any more or less villainous than any other defense thing. But that name...

DARPAs budget request for 2021, which the agency released in early February, asks for $21 million for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, or DRACO, The Daily Beast says. Cislunar refers to the area between Earth and the moon. Draco has strong malevolent Malfoy energy, but also just means dragon in Latin.

The technology involves a small nuclear reactor mounted on a rocket, where the reactor produces thrust by pushing hot or burning material out of a rear opening. Current satellites have very small thrusters that serve almost exclusively to adjust altitude, and these are often electric, because satellites can gather solar energy for much of the year. Even so, the bursts are typically budgeted rigidly because of the opportunity cost of spending fuel at all.

A highly mobile and powerful satellite thrust system is something new, at least if it gets to the execution phase. Being able to navigate in orbit has been a moonshot goal for all the global powers for a long time; so many ideas exist at many levels of development. There are inherent limitations to vehicles that are meant to stay in orbit and interact with Earths surface. And although the moon obviously orbits Earth and stays in a predictable patternour original satellite!that orbit is hundreds of thousands of miles further away than most of the satellites in orbit.

NASAs IBEX satellite is exceptionally high and near the moon at about 200,000 miles. Most of Earths communications satellites are in an orbit about 22,000 miles up, which is called geostationary orbit because of how these satellites appear to stay with the Earth as it spins. The area between 22,000 and about 239,000 miles is pretty empty, and this is where the U.S. and Chinese militaries and space services imagine their nuclear-thrust cislunar vehicles.

The Daily Beast says the vision for these nuclear reactors includes being assembled, in the Johnny Cash tradition, one piece at a time. This spreads the heavy payload over many rocket launches, but requires the reactor to be put together while in space. The human-occupied International Space Station orbits at around just 250 miles up, and assembly of a nuclear satellite engine would take place far, far above that, so wed need some kind of autonomous or remote assembly.

Today, NASA and the military believe this technology is a good complement to our plans to return to the moon by 2024, for example, and the increase in global government and civilian rocket launches. Its not hard to imagine a future where companies have mines on the moon that are regulated by some kind of cislunar police force. Of course, just because its easy to imagine, that doesnt mean its a good or feasible idea.

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Fort Leonard Wood to live stream International Space Station Oath of Enlistment Ceremony – The Rolla Daily News

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St. Robert Recruiting Station, in partnership with NASA and Space Center Houston, will host the first ever, nationwide live oath of enlistment ceremony from space.

FORT LEONARD WOOD Six future Soldiers will raise their hands in an oath of enlistment ceremony with U.S. Army Col. and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan at Waynesville High School at 11:40 a.m.

A live stream of this ceremony can be found on the Fort Leonard Wood Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/fortleonardwoodmissouri/and on the U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/USAREC/.

St. Robert Recruiting Station, in partnership with NASA and Space Center Houston, will host the first ever, nationwide live oath of enlistment ceremony from space. More than 850 Future Soldiers will participate at more than 130 locations across the country.

At the completion of the ceremony, Morgan will conduct a question-and-answer session with the new enlistees at Space Center Houston and participating venues from across the country.

Only 29 percent of youth meet the minimum qualifications to serve as a Soldier.

Those who meet the requirements and are selected to serve receive top-notch technical training and education in more than 150 career fields, with almost a third of those in STEM-related fields.

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Space cookies and the future of pizza pockets beyond Earth – Boing Boing

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Last month, the first cookies baked in space returned to Earth. This test of a new oven designed for microgravity aboard the International Space Station was not only a delightful experiment but also an important one. After all, this was the first time astronauts cooked raw ingredients in space. And yes, the ISS did smell of fresh-baked cookies. From Space.com's interview with NASA astronaut Mike Massimino who consulted on the experiment back on Earth:

Further investigation and analysis of the experiment's results will also continue to answer questions, such as why the cookies took much longer to bake in space and why they weren't "poofy...."

"This is a big step in that direction for the future of exploration where we're gonna be off the planet for longer periods of time," Massimino said. He continued, adding that within the very near future we may be starting to build settlements on off-Earth location like the moon, and we will need to use specialized tech to ensure that the humans living off-Earth have access to good, nutritious (and delicious) food.

As far as what might be next for baking or cooking in space, Massimino had a couple of suggestions.

So what does Massimino want to see next? "The next thing would definitely be a pizza of some sort," he said. "Bagel bites or hot pockets of some sort." He added that it would also be nice for astronauts to have something they could "bite into something big like a big cheeseburger or a big sandwich."

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The ISS Is Getting An Extension – Which Might Detach And Form Its Own Commercial Space Station – Forbes

Posted: January 29, 2020 at 1:41 am

Axiom is planning three modules, one with large windows to observe Earth.

NASA has selected a private company to deliver up to three new modules to the International Space Station (ISS), which may form their own commercial space station when the ISS is retired.

Axiom Space from Houston, Texas has been awarded a contract by the US space agency to launch its first module in late 2024, a central node module, with two more to follow. While beginning life attached to the station, the company says these modules could later detach and form a "replacement" for the ISS.

The two additional modules will comprise a habitat for the crew and a research and manufacturing module, which will contain a large window similar to the stations current Cupola module. This will give the astronauts on board extra room to live and work in, and potentially provide new destinations for commercial astronauts.

"We appreciate the bold decision on the part of NASA to open up a commercial future in Low Earth Orbit," Axiom CEO Michael Suffredini said in a statement.

"This selection is a recognition of the uniquely qualified nature of the Axiom team and our commercial plan to create and support a thriving, sustainable, and American-led LEO [low Earth orbit] ecosystem.

The company has previously announced that it plans to build an orbiting space station, called the Axiom Space Station, which could be visited by paying customers. According to NASASpaceFlight.com, the company already has one space tourist signed up to the tune of $55 million. And these new ISS modules could be the start of that venture.

When the ISS is deorbited, expected some time in the next decade having been continuously occupied since November 2000, Axiom says its modules could be detached to continue as a free-flying, internationally available commercial space station.

This station will have been built at a fraction of the cost of ISS, the elimination of whose operating costs will enable NASA to dive headlong into a new era of exploration, they added.

The ISS has been continously occupied since November 2000.

Details on Axioms ISS modules, however, including their size and cost, have yet to be revealed. NASA noted in its own statement that some of these issues would be ironed out in the coming years.

NASA and Axiom next will begin negotiations on the terms and price of a firm-fixed-price contract with a five-year base performance period and a two-year option, they noted.

Axiom would become the second commercial company to attach a module to the ISS, after Houston-based Bigelow Aerospace attached its Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) in 2016. The former was selected after NASA took proposals for new modules as part of its Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP).

NASA noted that commercial destinations like this in Earth orbit were one of its goals to open the ISS to private companies. The others include funding private spacecraft such as SpaceXs Crew Dragon capsule and Boeings CST-100 capsule, both of which are expected to launch humans this year.

The agency also said that it would be looking to work with a private company to develop a free-flying, independent commercial destination in Earth orbit. Several other companies have previously expressed an interest in having orbiting space hotels or research destinations.

Axioms work to develop a commercial destination in space is a critical step for NASA to meet its long-term needs for astronaut training, scientific research, and technology demonstrations in low-Earth orbit, said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

We are transforming the way NASA works with industry to benefit the global economy and advance space exploration.

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NASA clears Axiom Space to put commercial habitat on space station, with Boeing on the team – GeekWire

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Artwork shows the Axiom Segment connected to the International Space Station. (Axiom Space Illustration)

Houston-based Axiom Space has won NASAs nod to attach a commercial habitation module to the International Space Station by as early as 2024.

The Axiom Segment of the space station is designed to connect to the stations Harmony node and provide a crew habitat, a research and manufacturing facility and a large-windowed Earth observatory. When the International Space Station reaches retirement, Axiom plans to add a power platform and turn its hardware into a free-flying commercial space station.

Axioms team also include Boeing, Thales Alenia Space Italy, Intuitive Machines and Maxar Technologies.

NASA said it will now begin negotiations with Axiom on the terms and price of a firm-fixed-price contract with a five-year base performance period and a two-year extension option.

Axioms founders are space entrepreneur Kam Ghaffarian and Michael Suffredini, who served as NASAs space station program manager from 2005 to 2015. Ghaffarian is also the founder of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, which provided engineering and training services for NASA and was acquired by KBR for $355 million in 2018. KBR has joined the Axiom team as a subcontractor.

We appreciate the bold decision on the part of NASA to open up a commercial future in low Earth orbit, Suffredini, who serves as Axiom Spaces CEO and president, said today in a news release. This selection is a recognition of the uniquely qualified nature of the Axiom team and our commercial plan to create and support a thriving, sustainable and American-led LEO ecosystem.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Axioms commercial platform represents a critical step for NASA to meet its long-term needs for astronaut training, scientific research and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.

The space agency said it selected Axiom from proposals that were submitted in response to a solicitation under the umbrella of NextSTEP-2s Appendix I, which offers private industry the use of the International Space Stations utilities and a port for attaching commercial facilities.

Therell be a separate opportunity for commercial partners to propose deals aimed at developing free-flying space destinations in low Earth orbit. Boeing and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Blue Origin space venture were among the companies laying out concepts for such outposts last year.

NASA doesnt envision being the only customer for services on commercial space stations, and neither does Axiom.

Axioms platform could also be used for zero-G additive manufacturing, fiber optic fabrication, protein crystal production for pharmaceutical applications, or other industrial applications of the sorts that space entrepreneurs have talked about for years. And then theres space tourism: In 2018, Axiom Space laid out a plan to offer 10-day stays on its space station facilities for a price of $55 million.

A commercial platform in Earth orbit is an opportunity to mark a shift in our society similar to that which astronauts undergo when they see the planet from above, said Ghaffarian, who is Axioms executive chairman.

Axioms plan calls for sending crewed missions to the International Space Station, and later to the free-flying orbital complex, at a rate of two or three flights per year. Shortly before the ISS is retired, perhaps in the 2030 time frame, Axiom would launch a platform to give the free-flier its own power and cooling capability.

Axiom says its agnostic on its choice of launch vehicles, but considering its array of partners, crewed transportation services could conceivably be provided by Boeings CST-100 Starliner space taxis, which could be sent to orbit atop United Launch Alliances rockets. Maxar Technologies has already been signed up to provide power and propulsion capability for NASAs moon-orbiting Gateway outpost, and theres a chance it could provide Axioms power platform as well.

Axiom isnt the only company aiming to create a commercial space outpost: Nevada-based Bigelow Aerospace has its own grand plan for a habitation facility that could be attached to the International Space Station or operate as a standalone station.

Texas-based NanoRacks, meanwhile, is working on a commercial air lock for the ISS as well as a concept for free-flying orbital outposts. NanoRacks partners in the outpost effort include Seattle-based Olis Robotics and Stratolaunch.

Today NanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber offered his congratulations to Axiom and said he was looking forward to future business opportunities. Eager to see NASA offering on free-flyer, which is overdue, Manber tweeted.

Update for 10:40 a.m. PT Jan. 28: Weve corrected a reference to the corporate relationships involving Axiom, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies and KBR.

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Nasa to add hotel capsule to International Space Station as part of commercial plans – The Independent

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Nasa has selected a company to build a private hotel on board the International Space Station.

The new additions to the ISS will include acrew habitat that will serve as a home for future space tourists.

It will also have aresearch andmanufacturing facility and large-windowed Earth observatory, according to Axiom, the Texas-based company that is building the extension.

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Axiom hopes the segment could one day serve as a self-contained space station that could replace the ISS when it is decommissioned.

It hopes to launch the new commercial hub in 2024, it said.

Mystic Mountain, a pillar of gas and dust standing at three-light-years tall, bursting with jets of gas flom fledgling stars buried within, was captured by Nasa's Hubble Space Telelscope in February 2010

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The first ever selfie taken on an alien planet, captured by Nasa's Curiosity Rover in the early days of its mission to explore Mars in 2012

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Death of a star: This image from Nasa's Chandra X-ray telescope shows the supernova of Tycho, a star in our Milky Way galaxy

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Arrokoth, the most distant object ever explored, pictured here on 1 January 2019 by a camera on Nasa's New Horizons spaceraft at a distance of 4.1 billion miles from Earth

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The first ever image of a black hole, captured by the Event Horizon telescope, as part of a global collaboration involving Nasa, and released on 10 April 2019. The image reveals the black hole at the centre of Messier 87, a massive galaxy in the nearby Virgo galaxy cluster. This black hole resides about 54 million light-years from Earth

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Pluto, as pictured by Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft as it flew over the dwarf planet for the first time ever in July 2015

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A coronal mass ejection as seen by the Chandra Observatory in 2019. This is the first time that Chandra has detected this phenomenon from a star other than the Sun

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Dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks running downhill on the surface Mars were believed to be evidence of contemporary flowing water. It has since been suggested that they may instead be formed by flowing sand

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Morning Aurora: Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photograph of the green lights of the aurora from the International Space Station in October 2015

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The first ever selfie taken on an alien planet, captured by Nasa's Curiosity Rover in the early days of its mission to explore Mars in 2012

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Death of a star: This image from Nasa's Chandra X-ray telescope shows the supernova of Tycho, a star in our Milky Way galaxy

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Arrokoth, the most distant object ever explored, pictured here on 1 January 2019 by a camera on Nasa's New Horizons spaceraft at a distance of 4.1 billion miles from Earth

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Pluto, as pictured by Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft as it flew over the dwarf planet for the first time ever in July 2015

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A coronal mass ejection as seen by the Chandra Observatory in 2019. This is the first time that Chandra has detected this phenomenon from a star other than the Sun

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Morning Aurora: Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photograph of the green lights of the aurora from the International Space Station in October 2015

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Nasaannounced last year that it would allow space tourists onto the ISS, as part of a broader effort to encourage commercial companies to become involved in US space exploration. Those first visitors were expected to arrive later this year.

Adding new segments to the ISS could allow more people to travel to the station by increasing the volume, Axiom said, as well as leaving space for new kinds of research "such as isolation studies and Earth observation".

Over time, Axiom hopes that the work currently being done on the International Space Station is gradually transferred to its new private segment, allowing for it to continue without interruption when the ISSis retired.

At that point it will be able to detach and serve as a self-contained space station. At that point, Nasa will no longer have to pay for the cost of running the ISS or launching a replacement, Axiom suggested.

In 2018, Axiom commissioned designer Philippe Starck to create interiors for the habitation module of a possible space station. He described the result as a "comfortable and friendly egg".

(Axiom/Philippe Starck)

"Starcks vision was to create a nest, a comfortable and friendly egg, which would feature materials and colors stemmed from a fetal universe," a press release at the time said. "The walls are sprinkled with hundreds of nano-Leds with changing colors as a continuation to the view on the universe through the large windows.

"Just as all the shades of lights and colors of day and night, the egg will also live to the mood and biorhythm of its osmotic inhabitant."

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Take a tour of the space station from the comfort of your own sofa – Digital Trends

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Astronauts from both the American and European space agencies have teamed up to offer us earthlings a unique tour of the International Space Station (ISS).

Shot in one take, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Drew Morgan spend just over an hour showing us around pretty much the entirety of the orbiting outpost.

The tour (below), which was shot around the New Year, begins just inside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft before moving into the main part of the space station.

At the time of recording, three supply vehicles were docked the Russian Progress MS-13, Space-Xs Dragon-19, and Northrup Grummans Cygnus-12 as well as two astronaut vehicles, namely the Soyuz MS-15 and Soyuz MS-13.

Along the way, Parmitano and Morgan bump into other crew members, among them Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Skripochka. The journey through the space station takes us to the Cupola (an observatory module on the ISS), SpaceXs Dragon capsule, the treadmill, and no comprehensive tour of the ISS would be complete without it the bathroom.

A moving red dot on a graphic of the ISS that is overlaid at the bottom left of the screen lets you see the cameras location inside the space station as the tour proceeds, but take note, it erroneously shows the future Nauka module instead of Pirs. The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module Nauka is planned for launch in the future and will replace Pirs, but its already showing on the map.

If you dont have time to sit through the entire video, youll find a handy breakdown of the different places visited during the tour on the videos YouTube page, with a link beside each one that takes you straight to that particular spot.

Described as the first tour of the International Space Station with two astronauts presenting and the first done in a single take, the 65-minute video offers a fascinating insight into what its like to spend time aboard the space station, which orbits Earth at an average altitude of 250 miles (402 km).

For a more cinematic look at the ISS, take a look at this gorgeously shot 18-minute piece, complete with a soothing soundtrack, that also takes us through the entire satellite.

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SCORPIO-V’s Mobile SpaceLab to Study Human Biology on International Space Station (ISS) – Business Wire

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KAHULUI, Hawaii--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Mobile SpaceLab, a fully automated, microfluidic and imaging platform will perform biological experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). SCORPIO-V, the biological sciences division of HNu Photonics, designed the tissue and cell culturing facility, which can perform biology experiments in space without the need for crew operations for as long as a month. SCORPIO-Vs team of scientists will design and execute experiments to test the effects of microgravity on neurons and will control and monitor the experiments from Earth.

On Sunday, February 9, 2020, Northrop Grumman's 13th commercial resupply mission for NASA, a Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket, is scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and carry the Mobile SpaceLab to the ISS.

As the U.S. and other nations and organizations around the world expand space exploration, it has become imperative to better understand what life in space does to the human body in order to mitigate potential health risks, SCORPIO-V Principal Investigator Caitlin O'Connell, Ph.D. remarked. Furthermore, the neuron studies performed on the ISS with the Mobile SpaceLab hope to lend additional insights into our understanding of earth-bound age-related cognition and decline.

Dr. O'Connell and SCORPIO-V Chief Biologist Devin Ridgley, Ph.D. will discuss the Mobile SpaceLab and mission in a NASA media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 29. Members of the media who wish to join the teleconference may request dial-in information. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/live.

In 2019, HNu Photonics was the first instrument builder to successfully be awarded a grant from NASAs Space Biology Program to use the Mobile SpaceLab for its own biological experimentation during a roundtrip mission to the ISS. HNu Photonics was also previously awarded a grant from NASA to include its instrument on a Blue Origin launch and have a Space Act agreement with NASA.

About SCORPIO-V

SCORPIO-V is a division of space technology company HNu Photonics and based in Kahului, Hawaii.

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To the moon and beyond apply online to become a NASA astronaut in the Artemis program – News 5 Cleveland

Middle Township Army recruits receive oath of office from space – Press of Atlantic City

The Pentagon Is Working on a Nuclear Thermal Rocket – Popular Mechanics

Fort Leonard Wood to live stream International Space Station Oath of Enlistment Ceremony – The Rolla Daily News

Space cookies and the future of pizza pockets beyond Earth – Boing Boing

The ISS Is Getting An Extension – Which Might Detach And Form Its Own Commercial Space Station – Forbes

NASA clears Axiom Space to put commercial habitat on space station, with Boeing on the team – GeekWire

Nasa to add hotel capsule to International Space Station as part of commercial plans – The Independent

Take a tour of the space station from the comfort of your own sofa – Digital Trends

SCORPIO-V’s Mobile SpaceLab to Study Human Biology on International Space Station (ISS) – Business Wire

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