NASA’s ISS Research Summary: Week of January 15, 2018
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai works on the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Tether Slosh experiment, that uses two SPHERES robots tethered to a fluid-filled container covered in sensors to test strategies for safely steering spacecraft such as dead satellites that might still have fuel in the tank.
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Astronauts living and working on the International Space Station continue research in the fields of human research, education and plant biology. Highlights from this week include a the ISSInternational Space Station National Lab-sponsored investigation on plant growth that could benefit future space missions, enabling crews to use plants for food and oxygen, and also give a deeper understanding of how plants may survive on Earth in extreme conditions like drought.