Expedition 73 kicked off the week with ultrasound scans for cardiac analysis and unloading new science experiments delivered final week aboard the Cygnus XL cargo craft. Spacesuit work and pc networking upkeep rounded out the day aboard the Worldwide House Station.
NASA Flight Engineers Mike Fincke and Jonny Kim joined one another on Monday within the Columbus laboratory module to proceed studying how dwelling and dealing in house impacts cardiovascular well being. Fincke led the biomedical investigation scanning Kim’s chest with the Ultrasound 2 machine to establish indicators of space-caused plaque buildup or accelerated aging-like signs within the arteries. Kim additionally wore sensors that measured his cardiac exercise through the scans for the CIPHER human analysis investigation. Docs acquire the well being information from astronauts earlier than, throughout, and after a spaceflight and evaluate it to information collected from different astronauts to realize clearer insights into crew well being.
Earlier within the day, the duo partnered with NASA Flight Engineer Zena Cardman unpacking a number of the 11,000 kilos of recent science and provides delivered final week aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL resupply ship. A pair of moveable science freezers containing analysis samples have been faraway from Cygnus and put in in an EXPRESS science rack forward of upcoming experiment work. Cardman additionally put in new cloud computing {hardware} within the Future laboratory module then relocated air displays from Future to the Tranquility module.
Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) spent his shift contained in the Kibo laboratory module putting in new pc networking gear. The ethernet hub upgrades will transmit information faster and extra effectively all through the orbital outpost.
Station Commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos labored on an Orlan spacesuit within the Poisk module forward of spacewalks deliberate for later this 12 months. The three-time lab resident put in quite a lot of elements contained in the go well with together with a battery pack and a backup oxygen tank then carried out leak and strain checks.
Flight Engineers Alexey Zubritsky and Oleg Platonov labored collectively all through Monday unloading a number of the practically three tons of meals, gasoline, and provides delivered aboard the Progress 93 cargo craft on Sept. 13. The duo additionally break up up with Zubritsky engaged on the Roscosmos air flow system and Platonov photographing landmarks within the Caspian Sea and the Amazon Delta.
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