Well being analysis and closing spacewalk closeouts wrapped up the week for the Expedition 74 crew members aboard the Worldwide House Station as they gear as much as obtain a cargo supply subsequent week.
Understanding how the human physique reacts to house is essential to make sure crews thrive on future longer-duration missions. Residents aboard the orbital advanced usually acquire organic samples for floor groups to investigate, serving to pinpoint microgravity-induced adjustments within the human physique. To facilitate this work, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir collected and analyzed blood samples within the morning for the Venous Circulation experiment, which examines how spaceflight impacts blood circulation. Afterward, Hathaway guided an ultrasound scan on Meir to look at her cardiovascular system.
In a while, the duo was joined by NASA astronaut Chris Williams and European House Company (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot to assessment procedures for a future spacewalk and meet with floor groups as soon as extra for one more debrief following the conclusion of Wednesday’s seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk.
Williams labored in a while to energy on the station’s free-flying robots, Astrobee, for future operations earlier than transferring onto spacesuit work, charging the batteries and configuring them for stowage. Adenot eliminated the impression shields on the fits and accomplished an array of different duties all through the day, together with hatch seal inspections and pc battery swaps.
Within the Roscosmos section, flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev loved a time off. His colleagues, Commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and flight engineer Sergei Mikaev carried out upkeep and swapped batteries on a couple of testing devices that monitor supplies for cracks and corrosion. Afterward, Mikaev moved into the Zvezda Service Module to conduct inspections with the devices after which accomplished a spherical of pc software program updates. Kud-Sverchkov moved all through the orbital advanced in the course of the day to {photograph} and video his crewmates working to doc life aboard the house station.
On Sunday, March 22, the unpiloted Progress 94 cargo spacecraft, loaded with practically three tons of meals, gasoline, and provides, will carry off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:59 a.m. EDT. After a two-day journey, Progress will dock to the Poisk module’s space-facing port round 9:34 a.m. Tuesday, March 24. NASA will present dwell protection of each launch and docking NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the company’s YouTube channel.
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