10 crew members now occupy the Worldwide House Station following the arrival of NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft on Tuesday. The expanded Expedition 74 crew will keep that approach till the tip of the month when one other three crewmates depart the orbital outpost after an eight-month house analysis mission.
First-time house flyer Menon went to sleep on time Tuesday with NASA flight engineers Chris Williams, Jack Hathaway, and Jessica Meir, and ESA (European House Company) flight engineer Sophie Adenot following a normal new crew security briefing with all 10 crewmates. Menon kicked off Wednesday, his first full day in house, unpacking his private objects and familiarizing himself with station programs and {hardware}. Subsequent, he assisted Williams and Hathaway with a repeatedly scheduled inspection to doc the situation of lab security gear, together with respiration masks and hearth extinguishers.
Williams swapped cargo out and in of the Cygnus XL spacecraft then packed his private objects for stowage contained in the Soyuz MS-28 crew spacecraft to organize for his upcoming return to Earth. Hathaway spent his shift on inspection duties guaranteeing the performance and good situation of security {hardware}. Meir labored within the Kibo laboratory module and demonstrated making saline resolution in microgravity utilizing the station’s water provide.
New flight engineers Dubrov and Kikina slept in on Wednesday with fellow cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev, and Andrey Fedyaev. The brand new arrivals stayed up late Tuesday unpacking cargo and deactivating the Soyuz MS-29 docked to the Prichal module. The veteran cosmonauts turned their late-shift consideration to the upcoming crew departure, lab upkeep, and stock duties.
The cosmonauts had a brief day on Wednesday with Dubrov and Kikina getting up to the mark with life in weightlessness, unpacking Soyuz cargo, and photographing docking {hardware}. Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, who’re set to return to Earth on the finish of July with Williams, continued testing the decrease physique unfavorable strain swimsuit which will assist ease their adjustment to Earth’s gravity after their long-term spaceflight. Fedyaev arrange analysis {hardware} to reveal how microalgae might assist a hybrid, self‑sustaining life‑assist system in a spacecraft.
On the finish of Wednesday’s shift aboard the orbital outpost, all 10 members gathered collectively and reviewed their emergency roles and duties. The orbital residents examined escape paths to docked spacecraft for secure haven, mentioned communication protocols with mission controllers, and situated private protecting gear.
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