We’ll also be watching the launch of NASA’s hurricane-sniffing TROPICS satellites.
Using microwave radiometers, the cubesats will measure temperature, humidity, and precipitation, in addition to monitoring clouds. The TROPICS constellation will assist with the tracking
of natural disasters—hurricanes especially. Rocket Lab’s small-lift Electron rocket has been recruited for the task, with liftoff from the company’s New Zealand launch padThis extravehicular activity was delayed from last week, but Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin are set to give it another go on Wednesday. The duo will exit the cozy confines of the International Space Station at 4:05 p.m.
starting a few minutes earlier. During their spacewalk, Prokopyev and Petelin will use Canadarm2 and Europe’s new robotic arm to transfer an airlock to the Nauka module. The spacewalk is expected to last for six hours.A SpaceX Crew Dragon docked to the harmony module, February 27, 2021.On Saturday, the ISS crew is scheduled to relocate SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft from the zenith port of the Harmony module to Harmony’s forward port. The spacecraft will undock at 7:15 a.m.
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