Expedition 74 began the week coaching for the arrival of the following U.S. cargo mission and persevering with to scrub up after final week’s spacewalk. The orbital residents additionally practiced medical emergency procedures, unloaded provides from a brand new Roscosmos resupply ship, and ensured the Worldwide House Station stays in tip-top form.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft is the following mission focused to launch to the orbital outpost no sooner than Wednesday, April 8 at 8:49 a.m. EDT. NASA flight engineers Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway joined one another on Monday and reviewed the upcoming Cygnus XL mission, skilled for its rendezvous procedures, and familiarized themselves with the tools they are going to use to watch Cygnus’ arrival. Cygnus shall be delivering superior microgravity analysis gear to check quantum physics, check stem cell therapies, promote astronaut well being, and extra.
NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir spent Monday servicing a pair of spacesuits that she and Williams wore throughout a seven-hour and two-minute spacewalk on March 18. She first cleaned and flushed the go well with’s water-cooling loops that regulate an astronaut’s physique temperature within the excessive surroundings of house. Subsequent, she emptied and refilled the go well with’s water system to take away fuel bubbles and contaminants conserving its life‑help system wholesome and dependable.
Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European House Company) targeted on a range scientific experiments all through Monday that discover totally different microgravity phenomena. Adenot first collected knowledge and powered down {hardware} from an investigation that’s learning methods to shortly obtain massive quantities of knowledge from house. Subsequent, she swapped analysis samples inside a science freezer then inventoried and trashed used biomedical gear that examined the crew’s cardiovascular well being. Adenot lastly recorded a video message for college students on Earth describing why conducting science in house is vital.
All 4 astronauts additionally joined Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev for a mid-afternoon emergency drill reviewing the way to use and the place to find medical {hardware}. The 5 crewmates additionally practiced CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and mentioned particular person roles and tasks within the occasion of a medical state of affairs in low Earth orbit.
Fedyaev started his shift changing smoke detectors and fuel masks contained in the Nauka science module. The 2-time station customer wrapped up his duties within the orbital outpost’s Roscosmos phase and checked the standard of consuming water.
Station commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov serviced electrical elements and checked the operation of the Elektron oxygen generator contained in the Zvezda service module. Afterward, Kud-Sverchkov studied utilizing synthetic intelligence instruments to enhance crew operations and communications with mission controllers. Roscosmos flight engineer Sergei Mikaev spent his day offloading a few of the three tons of meals, gas, and provides packed contained in the Progress 94 resupply ship that docked to the Poisk module on March 24.
Be taught 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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