ISS038-E-015223 (11 Dec. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works with a video camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Wakata works with video camera
ISS038-E-042754 (5 Feb. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works on the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. This research rack, which includes an optics bench, combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer control and five different cameras, allows a variety of combustion experiments to be performed safely aboard the station.
Wakata working on the CIR
ISS038-E-040139 (31 Jan. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, uses the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) to refill Internal Thermal Control System (ITCS) loops with fresh coolant in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Hopkins during ITCS PWR Retrieval
ISS038-E-040111 (31 Jan. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, uses the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) to refill Internal Thermal Control System (ITCS) loops with fresh coolant in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Hopkins using FSS to refill ITCS
ISS038-E-015235 (11 Dec. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works with a video camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Hopkins works with video camera
ISS038-E-009255 (26 Nov. 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares to install and activate the Selectable Optics Diagnostic Instrument (SODI) cell array two in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) for the Selectable Optics Diagnostic Instrument-Diffusion Coefficient in Mixtures 2 (SODI-DCMIX 2) experiment. SODI-DCMIX 2 is supporting research to determine diffusion coefficients in different petroleum field samples and refine petroleum reservoir models to help lead to more efficient extraction of oil resources.
Hopkins during SODI-DCMIX 2 Experiment
ISS038-E-042758 (5 Feb. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works on the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. This research rack, which includes an optics bench, combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer control and five different cameras, allows a variety of combustion experiments to be performed safely aboard the station.
Wakata working on the CIR
ISS038-E-024145 (30 Dec. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on combustion research hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Hopkins replaced a Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) fuel reservoir inside the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR).
Hopkins works with the MDCA hardware replacement, and CIR maintenance
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember
ISS038-E-009253 (26 Nov. 2013) --- In the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares to install and activate the Selectable Optics Diagnostic Instrument (SODI) cell array two in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) for the Selectable Optics Diagnostic Instrument-Diffusion Coefficient in Mixtures 2 (SODI-DCMIX 2) experiment. SODI-DCMIX 2 is supporting research to determine diffusion coefficients in different petroleum field samples and refine petroleum reservoir models to help lead to more efficient extraction of oil resources.
Hopkins during SODI-DCMIX 2 Experiment
ISS038-E-042747 (5 Feb. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works on the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. This research rack, which includes an optics bench, combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer control and five different cameras, allows a variety of combustion experiments to be performed safely aboard the station.
Wakata working on the CIR
ISS038-E-040140 (31 Jan. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, uses the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) to refill Internal Thermal Control System (ITCS) loops with fresh coolant in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Hopkins during ITCS PWR Retrieval
ISS038-E-015224 (11 Dec. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, floats freely while holding a video camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Wakata works with video camera
View of Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer (FE), during remove and replace (R&R) of Hard Upper Torso (HUT) of Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), in the airlock (A/L) during preparation for EVA-24. Photo was taken during Expedition 38. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.
Hopkins in the A/L
ISS038-E-015225 (11 Dec. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, floats freely while holding a video camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Wakata works with video camera
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember
ISS038-E-009300 (28 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, poses for a photo with his Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
Hopkins during Thanksgiving Meal
ISS038e014408 (10 Dec. 2013) --- What at first glance might appear to be a piece of modern art is actually a nadir perspective of part of the Amazon River system in South America, as photographed by one of the Expedition 38 crew members aboard the International Space Station. The astronaut used an 800mm lens to record the image on Dec. 10, 2013.
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember
Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew.
Earth observation taken during the Expedition 37 flight
ISS037-E-026274 (4 Nov. 2013) --- A two-day old sunflower sprout is being closely monitored in its temporary home inside a plastic bag by the Expedition 37 crew members onboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station.
Close-up view of Sunflower Seeds
ISS038-E-009304 (28 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (mostly out of frame), Expedition 38 flight engineer, offers a close-up view of his Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
Thanksgiving Meal
ISS038-E-031400 (14 Jan. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, accesses the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus-2 (CGBA-2) while working with the Vaccine-21 Group Activation Pack (GAP) experiment in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. This experiment also referred to as Antibiotic Effectiveness in Space-1 (AES-1) tests the hypothesis that antibiotics used to treat bacterial grown in space will exhibit reduced efficacy and will be associated with specific changes in bacterial gene expression that correlate with cell survival.
Hopkins works with the Vaccine-21 GAP