Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore, each NASA astronauts, tried on their SpaceX Dragon strain fits for the primary time on Tuesday with help from new crewmate Nick Hague of NASA. The NASA trio checked out their pressurized fits, examined the fits’ audio configurations, and performed seat match checks contained in the Dragon Freedom spacecraft whereas sporting the fits.
The three astronauts later joined Roscosmos Flight Engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov and practiced emergency drills contained in the Dragon docked to the Harmony module’s ahead port. Williams and Wilmore, who rode the Boeing Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station in June, will return to Earth with Hague and Gorbunov aboard the Dragon spacecraft in February.
Within the meantime, 4 different Expedition 72 crewmates are nearing the tip of their area analysis mission that started on March 5. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick will command the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft main Pilot Mike Barratt and Mission Specialists Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin again to Earth on a date quickly to be set by NASA and SpaceX mission managers. The homebound SpaceX Crew-8 quartet has been packing private objects and different station cargo inside Endeavour for the experience house. Grebenkin additionally examined the Roscosmos-designed decrease physique damaging strain go well with that will assist ease the adjustment to Earth’s gravity and offset space-caused signs.
NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and Roscosmos Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, who’ve been aboard the orbital outpost since Sept. 11, spent Tuesday engaged on quite a lot of physics and biology investigations. Pettit labored contained in the Microgravity Science Glovebox testing advanced life support hardware which may be used on future area missions working in several gravity environments. Ovchinin strapped on a sensor-packed cap that measured his responses whereas practising futuristic planetary and robotic piloting strategies on a pc. Vagner assisted Grebenkin as he tried on the specialised go well with that will counteract the consequences of dwelling in weightlessness.
On the finish of the crew shift on Tuesday, all 11 area station crew residents gathered collectively and reviewed their roles and obligations within the unlikely occasion of an emergency. The orbital crew coordinated with mission controllers from around the globe familiarizing themselves with utilizing private protecting tools and fireplace extinguishers. The astronauts and cosmonauts additionally reviewed the required actions and evacuation procedures in case of a fireplace, a chemical leak, or a strain leak.
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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