President Donald J. Trump awarded the Congressional Area Medal of Honor on Friday at NASA’s Johnson Area Heart in Houston to the 4‑member Artemis II crew that flew across the Moon in April. Through the occasion, the president additionally signed an govt order establishing the nation’s first U.S. Area Academy, which might be led by NASA.
Following the ceremony, the president stopped by the Mission Management Heart at Johnson and spoke with the Expedition 75 crew aboard the Worldwide Area Station as they took a brief break from science and train analysis and preparations for subsequent week’s spacewalk.
Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Area Company) and station commander Jessica Meir of NASA organized the instruments they are going to use throughout a spacewalk starting at 7:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Adenot and Meir additionally inspected spacesuit parts and tethers contained in the Quest airlock. NASA flight engineers Anil Menon and Jack Hathaway cleaned the spacesuit cooling loops that hold the fits thermally conditioned and astronauts snug throughout a spacewalk.
Earlier, Adenot pedaled on an train cycle whereas carrying a sensor-packed packed vest and headband measuring her coronary heart fee, respiration fee, and blood strain. Menon and Hathaway relocated a pattern processor and a science freezer as a part of scientific upkeep. Meir reviewed her upcoming spacewalking duties on a pc utilizing 3D animation software program.
Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina took turns pedaling on the station’s train cycle whereas connected to electrodes and respiration gear for a routine bodily health check. Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev synchronized station cameras to Greenwich Imply Time then photographed and videotaped his crewmates as they labored throughout their shift on Friday.
Study extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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