Station Upkeep and Repairs Prime Monday’s Schedule

A full day of orbital repairs and upkeep stored the Expedition 71 crew busy on Monday because the septet continues to organize the International Space Station for the arrival of two astronauts.

Within the Tranquility module, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick kicked off the morning by eradicating the highest and backside port stalls of the orbital lab’s rest room. Eradicating the stalls allowed him and his NASA crewmate, Tracy C. Dyson, to entry the conductivity sensor and pump for repairs. The duo then labored collectively all through the day to switch {hardware} within the station’s lavatory earlier than reinstalling the port stalls and transferring onto different work.

As soon as orbital plumbing duties wrapped, Dominick moved into the cupola, or “window to the world,” to examine and {photograph} the circumstances of the home windows. Dyson assisted NASA astronaut Mike Barratt with a Dragon spacesuit examine to make sure the swimsuit and its elements—such because the ear items, garment shirt, helmet visor, boots, and extra—are nonetheless comfy and dealing correctly.

Barratt additionally performed some upkeep on the station’s treadmill and his NASA crewmate, Jeanette Epps, carried out upkeep on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device, or ARED. Epps changed the cable arm ropes on the system’s pulley system, then realigned the stress plates. Afterward, she additionally accomplished a month-to-month inspection of the orbital outpost’s defibrillator.

Within the Zarya module, Roscosmos Flight Engineer Alexander Grebenkin spent all the day changing totally different sections of sentimental air ducts. His crewmate, Nikolai Chub, did have a while to carry out some science and ran an experiment that assesses the corrosion of varied coatings and supplies in microgravity. Station Commander Oleg Kononenko photographed Chub through the experiment, then moved on to evaluate the situation of surfaces all through the Roscosmos section.

On Earth, preparations proceed for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Take a look at forward of the subsequent launch alternative, which is focused for no sooner than 6:16 p.m. EDT Friday, Could 17. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Houston over the weekend as work progressed on a valve substitute on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Centaur higher stage. For the most recent on the mission, please go to NASA’s weblog.

Study 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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