Nespoli performs hot-swap of faulty valve on Columbus
Nice update today in the main ESA website on the 27 February in-orbit replacement of a faulty water valve in the Columbus lab’s Thermal Control System, which cools all the equipment and scientific...
View ArticleATV-3 makes first water delivery to ISS
Yesterday, 9 April, the first ATV water delivery to the ISS took place. The crew filled three EDV (Russian water containers; 22 litres each) using a Pump Unit located in the Russian Service Module (to...
View ArticleCatching up with ATV
We’re approximately half-way through the ATV-3 mission, so it’s a good time to provide an update on what’s been happening with Edoardo Amaldi, and what’s planned in the next few months. Overall...
View ArticleMission quiz: Answer 1 – Where does that water come from?
Here’s the correct answer to yesterday’s first question in our Mission Quiz (“Name the two European sources of the two different types of H2O that ATV transports to the ISS“) courtesy of the ATV Cargo...
View ArticleATV-4 hatch open again
After some some quiet time at ATV-CC, today (Friday, 23 Aug) was again a hectic day as the ATV hatch was opened again after being closed prior to two Russian spacewalks. Mission Director Mike Steinkopf...
View ArticleATV-4 mission report 23 August
The ATV hatch was reopened on 23 August after being shut for a week while Albert Einstein was configured for the Russian EVAs on 16 and 22 August. Planned events in the last week of August: Water...
View ArticleUpdate on final water transfer to the ISS
This sent in earlier this afternoon by ESA’s Mike Steinkopf at ATV-CC: Yesterday, in the late afternoon, the last remaining uploaded water was transferred to the ISS. Crew emptied ATV water tank No. 3...
View ArticleQuick overview: ATV-5 cargo
Each ATV carries several types of cargo in varying amounts; the figures below are for ATV-5, whose total cargo upload to the ISS will be 6,561 kg. Thanks to Charlotte Beskow and the ATV team at ESA for...
View ArticleTanking up a thirsty ISS
Today, ATV-5 completed the first water delivery of the mission so far, transferring 88l. Colleen Boggs, ATV Cargo Operations Engineer at ATV-CC, reports. We’ve just completed the first water transfer...
View ArticleWorking on the water tank
In a series of blog posts based on images taken at Thales Alenia Space building facility in Turin, Italy, we will now have a look at the water tanks in Orion’s second European Service Module – the one...
View ArticleSolar wings installed and acoustic testing
Work on the Orion spacecraft continues at full speed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The four Solar Array Wings were connected to the European Service Module with the last installed May...
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