The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above eastern France at the time of this photo. The seven locals living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) also checked out virtual reality while servicing a range of science and life support hardware.NASA and SpaceX are delaying the Sunday, December 17, undocking of a SpaceX Dragon freight resupply spacecraft from the International Space Station due to undesirable weather conditions as a cold front passes through the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida.Joint groups continue to examine weather condition conditions to determine the finest opportunity for Dragon to autonomously undock from the area station with the next offered chance no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST Monday, December 18. Furukawa reconnected a power and interactions system inside combustion research study hardware located in the Kibo laboratory module.Palm Jumeirah, the palm tree-shaped synthetic island, is a highlight in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai in this nighttime picture from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Persian Gulf.
This nighttime view of southern Europe looks northwest to southeast from Milan, Italy (bottom right), and throughout the Adriatic Sea to Split, Croatia. The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above eastern France at the time of this photo. Credit: NASAThe Expedition 70 crew is continuing to pack a U.S. cargo spacecraft preparing for its departure early next week. The 7 homeowners living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) likewise checked out virtual reality while servicing a variety of science and life support hardware.NASA and SpaceX are postponing the Sunday, December 17, undocking of a SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft from the International Space Station due to unfavorable weather conditions as a cold front passes through the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida.Joint teams continue to assess weather to determine the best opportunity for Dragon to autonomously undock from the area station with the next available chance no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST Monday, December 18. The dynamic city lights of Tokyo were visualized from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above. Credit: NASAWeather allowing for the Monday undocking, protection of Dragons departure will start at 4:45 p.m. on the NASA+ streaming service via the web or the NASA app. Protection likewise will air reside on NASA Television, YouTube, and on the agencys website. After returning to Earths environment, the spacecraft will sprinkle down off the coast of Florida, which will not be broadcast on NASA TV.Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA and Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) resumed moving science-packed freight freezers from the stations EXPRESS racks and into Dragon. The duo activated and configured the science freezers inside Dragon securing the maintained biological samples for retrieval and analysis on Earth.Earlier, Moghbeli switched out hardware inside the Solution Crystallization Observation Facility, a research study device that examines the morphology and growth of crystals. She also shook mix tubes containing seed samples for a space botany study. Furukawa reconnected a power and interactions system inside combustion research study hardware located in the Kibo laboratory module.Palm Jumeirah, the palm tree-shaped artificial island, is a highlight in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai in this nighttime photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Persian Gulf. Credit: NASACommander Andreas Mogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) began his day on an experiment that aims to reinforce computer programming skills and promote STEM careers for students in the world. Mogensen later on used virtual truth safety glasses and watched a 360-degree motion picture to understand its supporting impact on the nervous system for the VR Mental Care experiment.NASA Flight Engineer Loral OHara of NASA invested her day dealing with lab maintenance throughout the orbital outpost. She replaced orbital pipes components and deployed a portable fan inside the Tranquility module then swapped out a damaged wireless antenna in the Unity module.The space stations three cosmonauts remained focused on their contingent of science activities and orbital systems maintenance. Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub when again scanned their stomachs with an ultrasound device after breakfast for a Roscosmos area food digestion study. Kononenko then rearranged eggs inside an incubator for a biology experiment while Chub moved dismantled life assistance equipment from the Zarya module and into Unity. Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov spent his early morning on orbital pipes jobs then completed the day photographing and inspecting windows on the Zvezda service module.
