Life science to profit people on Earth and in house was the highest analysis precedence aboard the International Space Station on Monday. The Expedition 69 crew additionally labored on housekeeping duties and cargo craft duties to begin the workweek.
Analysis in microgravity reveals new phenomena that may be inconceivable to find or observe in Earth’s gravity atmosphere. The distinctive insights assist scientists and docs promote improvements and develop superior therapies benefitting people residing on and off the Earth.
Two astronauts partnered collectively on Monday investigating the right way to produce stem cells in house utilizing the Life Science Glovebox contained in the Kibo laboratory module. Flight Engineers Frank Rubio of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) labored within the glovebox servicing stem cell samples that give rise to blood and immune cells with the potential to enhance blood illness and most cancers therapies on Earth. The StemCellEX-H Pathfinder biotechnology examine might broaden business and analysis alternatives in house in addition to affected person treatments on Earth.
NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen wore a specialised vest and headband that monitored his cardiac exercise and blood strain whereas pedaling on an train cycle. The Bio-Monitor wearable sensors are being examined for his or her means document astronaut well being information with out impeding regular actions. Bowen wore the biomedical gear as he exercised for the Cardiobreath cardiovascular and respiratory experiment that seeks to enhance crew well being.
NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg spent his day totally on upkeep work with a while put aside for an area manufacturing examine. He labored all through the day unpacking {hardware} stowed within the Quest airlock so he might put together it for the set up of a brand new overhead stowage platform. After lunchtime, Hoburg swapped graphene aerogel samples within the Microgravity Science Glovebox to discover ways to manufacture a superior, extra uniform construction in weightlessness. The SUBSA-μgGA physics examine seeks to profit Earth and house industries for higher energy storage, environmental safety, and chemical sensing.
Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin examined {hardware} that may remotely management an approaching or departing spacecraft from the Zvezda service module. The duo activated the telerobotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU, and evaluated its operation with the docked ISS Progress 83 (83P) cargo craft. The 83P is because of finish its six-month keep on the orbital lab on Sunday. Will probably be changed on Aug. 24 when the ISS Progress 85 resupply ship docks to Zvezda’s rear port two days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Roscosmos Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev had the break day on Monday spending time on private actions and his day by day two-hour exercise. After lunch, Fedyaev spent a couple of half-hour checking life assist gear within the Nauka science module.
Be taught extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
Get weekly video highlights at:
Get the newest from NASA delivered each week. Subscribe right here: www.nasa.gov/subscribe
