The Expedition 70 crew has turned its consideration to an upcoming cargo mission and ongoing human analysis following a pair of spacewalks on the International Space Station. The orbital residents additionally continued their customary lab upkeep duties whereas working in a pair of docked resupply ships.
NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli partnered collectively on the finish of the week coaching for the upcoming arrival of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. The duo first reviewed Dragon’s method and rendezvous procedures. Subsequent, they practiced on a pc the methods they are going to use whereas monitoring Dragon’s automated arrival and docking.
Dragon is focused to launch at 8:28 p.m. EST on Nov. 9 carrying science experiments, meals, crew provides, and {hardware} to the orbiting lab. The industrial cargo craft is deliberate to dock to the Harmony module’s ahead port at 5:20 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. NASA TV, on the company’s app and web site, will broadcast each the launch and docking of SpaceX’s 29th industrial resupply mission.
Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa started his day within the Kibo laboratory module servicing a science freezer and importing software program for an Astrobee docking demonstration. Afterward, he stowed biology analysis {hardware} and serviced life help gear. Furukawa, from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company), joined O’Hara on the finish of the day for an eye fixed examination. He imaged her eyes and retinas utilizing customary medical gear present in an optometrist’s workplace on Earth.
Commander Andreas Mogensen spent his morning within the Destiny laboratory module accumulating water samples and changing parts inside an oxygen generator. Moghbeli assisted Mogensen, from ESA (European Area Company), putting in a new hydrogen sensor on the oxygen generator whereas he was ending the upkeep job. Mogensen additionally labored within the afternoon contained in the Columbus laboratory module finding out how microgravity impacts cellular immune functions.
Within the Roscosmos section of the orbiting lab, veteran cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko continued finding out 3D printing that will assist crews turn out to be much less depending on cargo missions from Earth. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub packed the Progress 84 cargo craft with trash and out of date gear prematurely of its departure later this month. Lastly, Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov labored on orbital plumbing duties transferring fluids into the Progress 85 cargo craft.
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