The work week kicked off with drug remedy analysis and DNA evaluation aboard the International Space Station to advertise well being on Earth and in area. The seven Expedition 70 crew members additionally had time for superior expertise research together with robotics, fiber optics, and future piloting strategies.
NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara explored methods to optimize treatment methods for breathing conditions on Earth. She handled samples contained in the Harmony module for the investigation that will advance well being therapies and forestall tubing contamination for liquid flows. NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli extracted DNA to identify bacteria collected from station water samples. Moghbeli’s work is demonstrating {hardware} that may analyze microbes to guard crew well being and spacecraft life assist techniques on future missions.
O’Hara and Moghbeli teamed up Tuesday morning for an Instagram Live event with NASA and ESPN. The duo mentioned life in area and the flexibility to observe dwell sports activities on the orbital outpost.
ESA (European Area Company) Commander Andreas Mogensen noticed an Astrobee robotic free flyer because it maneuvered all through the Kibo laboratory module. Scientists on the bottom additionally monitored because the toaster-sized system used a perching arm to grapple handrails and transfer contained in the station slightly than use propellant. Mogensen additionally labored on virtual reality hardware supporting an experiment to beat isolation and confinement on long-term area missions.
Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) wrapped up an experiment that Mogensen had began earlier within the day to check the flexibility to fabricate superior fiber optic cables in microgravity. Furukawa additionally labored all through Monday servicing train gear, life assist {hardware}, and pill computer systems.
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko strapped on a sensor-packed helmet and practiced futuristic piloting strategies on a pc in the course of the morning. The five-time station astronaut then spent the afternoon inventorying cargo within the station’s Roscosmos section.
Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub labored on inside panels contained in the Zvezda service module earlier than conducting fluid physics analysis. Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov downloaded information from a physics experiment to a laptop computer pc, labored on drill batteries, then stuffed an oxygen generator tank.
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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