The Expedition 74 crew wrapped up the week with cardiac and respiratory research and conducting area train analysis to maintain astronauts wholesome off the Earth. The Worldwide Area Station residents additionally packed a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft earlier than its return to Earth and maintained science and life assist {hardware}.
NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway partnered collectively within the Columbus laboratory module originally of their shift on Friday and processed their blood samples for evaluation. Afterward, Meir operated the Ultrasound 3 gadget and scanned the neck, shoulder, and leg veins of Hathaway. Docs are monitoring the astronaut’s blood markers to guard blood circulation and stop space-caused blood clots to advertise wholesome crews and guarantee mission success.
ESA (European Area Company) Flight Engineer Sophie Adenot labored out on the superior resistive train gadget, that mimics free weights on Earth, whereas 4 specialised cameras put in within the Tranquility module noticed her musculoskeletal system in movement. Docs are exploring the forces an astronaut’s muscle mass and bones expertise when exercising in weightlessness to keep up health and well being throughout a long-term spaceflight.
NASA Flight Engineer Chris Williams spent the primary half of his shift persevering with to load science experiments and station {hardware} inside a SpaceX Dragon docked to the Concord module’s ahead port and scheduled to quickly depart the station and return to Earth. Meir helped out with the Dragon cargo packing after her biomedical duties. Williams additionally joined Hathaway for a day vein scan session as soon as once more utilizing the brand new Ultrasound 3 gadget delivered on September aboard the Cygnus XL spacecraft.
Roscosmos Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev labored on a pair of human analysis experiments, the primary one exploring how microgravity impacts the respiratory system. He wore an acoustic sensor round his neck that recorded his fast exhalation for the long-running Compelled Expiration respiratory research. Subsequent, he wore electrodes on his chest and measured his blood strain utilizing arm, wrist, and thumb cuffs. Docs will use the cardiac information to evaluate microgravity’s impact on blood circulation regulation, clot prevention, and irritation responses.
Flight Engineer Sergei Mikaev kicked off his shift inspecting modules all through the station’s Roscosmos phase to find out areas that want rearranging for extra environment friendly cargo stowage. Afterward, he assisted Fedyaev together with his station familiarization actions then helped Meir stow meals packs on the finish of their shift.
Station Commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos began his shift updating information information on pill computer systems contained in the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module. The 2-time station resident completed his shift photographing exterior station {hardware} then trying to find {hardware} to replace the orbital outpost’s stock system.
Be taught extra about station actions by following the area station weblog, @space_station on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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