9 astronauts and cosmonauts live aboard the International Space Station following the arrival of two crewmates aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for the primary time on Thursday. The Expedition 71 crewmates slept in on Friday then cut up up their day on spacewalk preparations, human analysis, and Starliner configurations.
Starliner crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, each veteran NASA astronauts, boarded the orbital outpost after docking the spacecraft to the Harmony module’s ahead port at 1:34 p.m. EDT on Thursday. The duo will spend a weeklong mission on the outpost trying out the brand new spacecraft’s programs and conducting microgravity analysis.
Wilmore and Williams slept in on Friday earlier than starting their first full day on the station transferring cargo and emergency gear out and in of Starliner. The Starliner crew will go into the weekend trying out the brand new automobile’s docked capabilities and programs.
In the meantime, a trio of spacewalks are deliberate this month for science and upkeep on the orbital lab. NASA Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson labored all through Friday reviewing spacewalk procedures and configuring spacewalk instruments contained in the Quest airlock with help from fellow flight engineers Mike Barratt and Jeanette Epps.
Mission managers will focus on the upcoming spacewalks on NASA TV at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 11. Watch dwell on the NASA+ streaming service by way of the web or the NASA app. Mission protection additionally will air dwell on NASA Tv, YouTube, and on the company’s website. Discover ways to stream NASA TV by way of a wide range of platforms together with social media.
Barratt additionally helped the Starliner astronauts unpack new station cargo earlier than servicing life help tools within the Destiny, Tranquility, and Concord modules. Epps spent the remainder of her day processing blood and saliva samples for the Immunity Assay investigation that’s exploring how microgravity impacts mobile immunity. NASA Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick assisted the Starliner crew with emergency {hardware} then wrapped up his day in Tranquility changing orbital plumbing parts.
Roscosmos station Commander Oleg Kononenko began his day getting accustomed to the Plasma Crystal-4 house physics experiment that explores low-temperature fuel mixtures. Subsequent, he examined a 3D printer’s potential to fabricate {hardware} in house. Flight Engineers Nikolai Chub and Alexander Grebenkin took turns scanning one another’s stomachs after breakfast to watch how the digestion system adapts to long-term weightlessness. The duo cut up up afterward and labored the remainder of Friday on a wide range of life help upkeep all through the house station’s Roscosmos section.
Study extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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