Space to Ground (18 April 2025)

Space to Ground (S2G) (18 April 2025) - Presented by Jaden Jennings - Video credit: NASA JSC - Readout by Frederic Eger: NASA is set to launch SpaceX's 30-second resupply mission to the International Space Station, carrying science investigations to advance future deep space exploration and life on Earth. The Smartphone Video Guidance Sensor 2 uses the Astrobee robots to demonstrate using a vision-based sensor developed by NASA to control a formation flight of small satellites. This investigation aims to refine the maneuvers of multiple robots and integrate the information with spacecraft systems, potentially improving accuracy and reliability of guidance, navigation, and control systems. A European Space Agency investigation will examine fundamental physics concepts such as Einstein's theory of relativity. The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) experiment will use two next-generation atomic clocks operated in microgravity from outside of the Columbus module. Results have applications to scientific measurement studies, the search for dark matter, and fundamental physics research that relies on highly accurate atomic clocks in space. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with two Roscosmos cosmonauts, will depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft and return to Earth on April 19. The crew will undock from the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module at 5.57 p.m. ET, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 9.20 p.m. Saturday night in the U.S., which will be 6.20 a.m. Sunday morning in Kazakhstan. NASA's live coverage of return and related activities will stream on NASA+. Another first-time flyer, NASA astronaut Chris Williams, will launch to the space station aboard the Roscosmos-Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft in November. Williams graduated with the 23rd astronaut class in 2024 and began training for his flight assignment immediately after completing initial astronaut candidate training. NASA flight engineers Anne McClain and Nicole Ayres will perform a spacewalk next month in preparation for the installment of the next ISS Rollout Solar Array, which augments the space station's eight main solar arrays and produces more than 20 kilowatts of electricity. - More about research being operated on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science ; https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation; https://x.com/Space_Station; http://facebook.com/iss; http://instagram.com/iss Read More

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