Crew Observes Earth’s Nighttime Ambiance, Conducts Station Upkeep – House Station

The Expedition 71 and Boeing Crew Flight Check crews had a light-weight obligation day on Wednesday, specializing in Earth observations and station repairs.

Whereas hovering 250 miles above our residence planet, the International Space Station passes into orbital nighttime roughly each 45 minutes. Throughout these night time durations, crew members can observe occasions in Earth’s ambiance which are in any other case tough to seize throughout daylight. Within the morning, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps entered the cupola to arrange tools for the Thor-Davis investigation. She then used the high-speed Davis Digital camera to look at and seize thunderstorms in Earth’s higher ambiance. The digicam, specifically designed to trace electrical exercise at as much as 100,000 frames per second, might be used throughout future missions to report processes in extreme electrical storms.

Within the Japanese Experiment Module, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson spent many of the morning relocating the Internal Ball Camera earlier than reactivating the {hardware} at its new docking station. Afterward, she audited emergency medical kits and {hardware}.

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick spent many of the day within the Tranquility module to take away and substitute a air flow fan, whereas his crewmate, Mike Barratt, labored within the Columbus module to filter out {hardware} and stowage in preparation for the long run set up of latest train tools.

Starliner Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams teamed up on Wednesday to proceed work on the wastewater processing system, eradicating and changing a failed strain management pump motor.

Within the Roscosmos phase, Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub started the day prepping and donning a watch that can report their motion, bodily exercise, and sleep over the following 36 hours. The duo then prepped for some routine flight simulation coaching whereas their crewmate, Alexander Grebenkin, noticed Earth’s nighttime ambiance in near-ultraviolet.

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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