4 Worldwide Area Station residents had a light-duty day Thursday as they loved a while off and labored on shut out procedures following the conclusion of yesterday’s spacewalk. The three different Expedition 74 crew members spent the day inspecting varied modules of the orbital advanced, cleansing, and stowing cargo.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams concluded a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk yesterday at 3:54 p.m. EDT, finishing their major targets which included getting ready the 2A energy channel for the long run set up of roll-out photo voltaic arrays. It was Meir’s fourth spacewalk and Williams’ first.
The spacewalkers, together with NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway and European Area Company (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot, loved the morning off. Hathaway and Adenot, who monitored yesterday’s spacewalk and assisted Meir and Williams with donning and doffing their fits, joined the duo within the afternoon for a post-spacewalk debrief with floor groups.
Later within the night, Williams accomplished some spacesuit work, carried out a water recharge and reset a torque wrench. Meir additionally labored in a while for well being analysis, gathering organic samples for evaluation, routine work that helps scientists take a more in-depth have a look at the results of spaceflight on the human physique.
Within the Roscosmos section, the three cosmonauts spent the day exercising, inspecting modules, cleansing, and stowing cargo. Within the morning, flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev exercised on the station’s treadmill earlier than transferring all through the station to gather radiation sensors. As soon as gathered, he logged radiation measurements for evaluation.
Within the Zarya module, flight engineer Sergei Mikaev inspected and photographed lighting items for documentation, then vacuumed the area. He later moved into the Nauka module to document air flow fan operations for attainable repairs sooner or later. In the meantime, Commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov carried out varied inspections within the Zvezda Service Module earlier than teaming up with Mikaev to assemble and cargo cargo objects into the Progress 93 cargo spacecraft for future disposal.
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