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houston station on space to ground

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welcome to space to ground your weekly

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look at what's happening on board the

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international space station i'm dan

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hewitt the station got a makeover this

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week with some robotic rearranging

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flight controllers in canada and in

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mission control houston relocated the

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permanent multi-purpose module which is

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used to store extra cargo on the station

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it was moved from the unity node to the

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tranquility node to free up a docking

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port on unity this activity was the

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latest step in preparing the station for

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the installation of two new docking

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adapters for use by future u.s

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commercial crew vehicles

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astronauts are called on to perform a

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lot of precise tasks and one study is

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making sure microgravity doesn't get in

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the way

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the fine motor skills study is looking

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at how spending a long time in space

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affects an astronaut's ability to

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interact with experiments computers and

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robotics controls all tasks that require

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a crew member to be good with their

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hands the tests developed for this study

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use a tablet computer and knowing

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microgravity's impacts will help us

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develop necessary countermeasures for

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space travelers these tests could also

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be used by patients undergoing

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rehabilitation down here on earth

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this week edie asked where the center of

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mass is on the iss seems simple but our

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flight controllers will tell you that's

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actually a really important question

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the space station's center of mass is

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located right around an area known as

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the s-zero truss which is a section of

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the large backbone structure of the

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complex the location does move around

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slightly as vehicles come and go or with

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activities like this week's pmm

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relocation tracking the center of mass

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is absolutely essential for planning and

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executing activities like attitude

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control robotic operations even

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spacewalks

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make sure to keep sending your questions