Crew Works Spacecraft Configurations and Eye Checks on Wednesday – Area Station

Dragon spacecraft configurations topped Wednesday’s job listing aboard the International Space Station because the orbital residents put together for crew swap actions in September and October. Human analysis duties and lab upkeep duties rounded out the day for the 9 crewmates dwelling and dealing on the orbital outpost.

Six astronauts labored all through the day configuring the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft’s emergency techniques and updating the automobile’s emergency procedures. The NASA astronauts break up up the daylong duties as Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Butch Wilmore labored contained in the spacecraft configuring its emergency techniques and laptop tablets because it nears an October return to Earth with 4 SpaceX Crew-8 members.

NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Jeanette Epps, and Suni Williams targeted on updating emergency procedures together with responses to unlikely occasions reminiscent of a depressurization, hearth, or ammonia leak aboard Dragon. The trio additionally documented particular person roles and obligations for the astronauts within the occasion of a contingency aboard Dragon after it departs the orbital outpost.

The astronauts nonetheless had time for gentle science duties and lab maintenance whereas making certain Dragon is ready for its upcoming departure. Epps watered two types of grasses rising contained in the Columbus laboratory module’s Veggie area botany facility. The grasses are being studied to look at space-caused modifications to photosynthesis and plant metabolism and probably inform bioregenerative life help techniques on future spacecraft. Epps additionally drained resupply tanks and serviced orbital plumbing techniques within the Tranquility module.

Within the afternoon, Dominick examined Dyson’s eyes utilizing commonplace medical imaging {hardware} within the Harmony module. Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub additionally participated within the commonly scheduled eye exams. Docs on the bottom remotely monitored each classes to know how dwelling in weightlessness impacts a crew member’s cornea, lens, and retina.

Kononenko and Chub kicked off their day with a cardiac research as Kononenko assisted Chub who hooked up sensors to himself that measured his coronary heart fee whereas enjoyable. The duo would then break up up and work on a wide range of electronics and life help techniques within the station’s Roscosmos phase. Flight Engineer Alexander Grebenkin labored on orbital plumbing duties within the Nauka science module through the morning earlier than spending the afternoon accumulating station air samples for evaluation.

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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