It was an off-duty day on the finish of the week for a lot of the crew members aboard the International Space Station. The astronauts and cosmonauts relaxed most of Friday with time put aside for his or her every day exercises, mild family duties, and public affairs actions.
Two cosmonauts representing Expedition 71, Commander Oleg Kononenko and Struggle Engineer Nikolai Chub, had a busy day nevertheless, packing a cargo craft, transferring fluids, and inspecting lab {hardware}. Kononenko, who’s on his fifth area station mission, continued loading the Progress 87 resupply ship with trash and discarded gear forward of the spacecraft’s departure in mid-August. He additionally inspected surfaces contained in the vestibule within the aft finish of the Zvezda service module the place the Progress 87 is docked. Chub additionally carried out inspection work within the aft finish of Zvezda then labored on orbital plumbing duties transferring fluids from the Roscosmos section of the station into the Progress 87 car.
Starliner Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams, each NASA astronauts representing Boeing’s Crew Flight Take a look at, spent a number of moments contained in the spacecraft docked to the Harmony module’s ahead port. The duo entered Starliner within the afternoon, turned on its lights and shows to entry pill computer systems, then powered them down after recharging in a single day.
The remainder of the Expedition 71 crew, together with NASA Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, together with Roscosmos Flight Engineer Alexander Grebenkin, took a break from their every day analysis and upkeep actions. The quintet used their break day for private time with calls to household, recreation, trying on the Earth beneath, and extra. The crewmates additionally continued their every day exercises on the treadmill, the exercise cycle, and advanced resistive exercise device to keep up muscle and bone well being in microgravity.
Study extra about station actions by following the area station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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