Three Expedition 74 crew members are nearing the top of their keep aboard the Worldwide House Station handing over mission duties and packing up cargo for return to Earth. Science {hardware}, lab upkeep, and spacesuits saved the remainder of the crew busy aboard the orbital outpost.
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will trip again to Earth contained in the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to land in Kazakhstan at 6:26 a.m. (3:26 p.m. native time) on Sunday, July 26, finishing an eight-month house analysis mission. They’re spending the remainder of the week packing cargo contained in the Soyuz whereas serving to their replacements stand up to hurry with house station operations and methods. The Expedition 74 mission will finish and Expedition 75 will formally start when the homebound trio undocks from the Rassvet module inside their Soyuz spacecraft at 3:02 a.m. on Sunday.
NASA flight engineer Anil Menon and Roscosmos flight engineers Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina are within the second week of their deliberate eight-and-a-half-month mission. They’re utilizing their new expertise to conduct house analysis whereas nonetheless familiarizing themselves with residing and dealing in house. Menon arrange a pair of analysis incubators and related them to the Columbus laboratory module’s energy provide. Dubrov and Kikina collected and processed their blood samples, then stowed the specimens inside a Roscosmos science freezer for later evaluation.
Flight engineers Jack Hathaway of NASA and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European House Company) partnered collectively on the finish of their shift on Wednesday and checked out procedures and spacesuits within the Quest airlock. Hathaway additionally changed orbital plumbing elements within the Tranquility module. Adenot videotaped herself understanding on the brand new European Enhanced Exploration Train System to tell future exercise methods on missions to the Moon, Mars, and past.
NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir inspected crew quarters acoustic blankets, organized meals packages stowed contained in the Unity module, and examined the operation of plumbing {hardware}. Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev strapped a collection of cuffs round his arm, wrist, and fingers to measure how blood flows by way of his microcirculatory system in microgravity then labored on life assist upkeep the remainder of his shift.
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