Cargo operations, well being investigations, and spacesuit preparations topped Thursday’s schedule aboard the International Space Station because the Expedition 70 septet gears up for one more crew arrival.
The morning kicked off with NASA Flight Engineer Michael Barratt helping Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps, additionally from NASA, with a blood pattern assortment for the Immunity Assay investigation. Afterward, Epps processed the blood samples to observe how spaceflight impacts stressors on mobile immune perform.
Barratt was then joined by NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara to swap cargo out and in of the Cygnus area freighter. Within the afternoon, O’Hara switched gears to finish some spacesuit work that started earlier this week. She put in battery packs, and checked the audio system, energy and knowledge cables, thermal covers, and helmets. O’Hara then powered up the spacesuits to evaluate if all elements have been working correctly.
NASA Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick arrange gear for 2 totally different well being investigations all through the day. He first arrange the Cerebral Autoregulation investigation, which measures blood circulation within the mind earlier than, throughout, and after spaceflight to supply insights into how the mind regulates its blood provide within the microgravity surroundings. He then moved on to prepping ultrasound gear for eye exams earlier than finishing some crew orientation actions.
As soon as the ultrasound gear was arrange, Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos took turns conducting eye exams on each other. Flight Engineer Alexander Grebenkin, additionally from Roscosmos, spent his day working a distillation cycle on the water processor, familiarizing himself with pc programs, and changing condensate strains within the air flow system.
Three crew members—NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, and Flight Engineer Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus—are making ready to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft close to the top of March.
The area station is orbiting barely larger after the ISS Progress 87 thrusters fired for 18 minutes and 17 seconds Thursday morning. The orbital reboost units up the right phasing for the upcoming Soyuz arrival.
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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