Every week of science and station maintenance continued on Friday aboard the International Space Station. Forward of their off-duty weekend, the seven Expedition 70 crew members accomplished an array of duties to wrap up upkeep actions and resume microgravity analysis investigations.
On Tuesday, NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli kicked off a multi-day-long research investigating the effectivity of an antimicrobial coating in area. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa took over this work on Friday, persevering with the investigation to assist researchers higher perceive how the coating holds up over time.
Furukawa and Moghbeli then teamed as much as examine and alter out cartridges in masks which might be used within the unlikely occasion an emergency had been to happen on station. In a while, Furukawa transferred knowledge collected earlier this week throughout his and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara’s acoustic monitoring periods. On the finish of the day, O’Hara configured the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) for an ongoing fiber optics investigation.
Station Commander Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Area Company) spent Friday wrapping up duties performed earlier this week—stowing spacesuit {hardware} and charging the VR Mental Care battery. Within the night, Mogensen carried out a VR for Exercise session, which focuses on the usage of a digital actuality surroundings for biking aboard the orbiting laboratory. Not solely does this mitigate bone and muscle loss that happens in low-Earth orbit, however can enhance motivation for each day train and enhance morale.
The Roscosmos trio cut up up their duties Friday, finishing up ongoing duties from the week. Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko eliminated and changed {hardware} within the Zvezda service module, whereas Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub accomplished some orbital plumbing. In the meantime, Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov carried out an experiment that research the glow of Earth’s nighttime environment in near-ultraviolet.
Be taught extra about station actions by following the area station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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