Human research continued Monday as NASA Flight Engineers Raja Chari and Kayla Barron studied how the central anxious system adapts to microgravity. The astronauts took turns using a virtual reality headset while seated inside the Columbus laboratory module for the GRASP experiment. The study observes a crew member grabbing virtual objects to compare hand-eye coordination and vestibular modifications prior to, during, and after a spaceflight mission.
NASA Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei worked on a pair of area physics experiments throughout Monday. Vande Hei first serviced samples inside the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace which enables the safe research study of thermophysical homes of heat products in weightlessness. Next, he opened the Microgravity Science Glovebox and uninstalled hardware supporting research study that observes processes included in semiconductor crystal growth.
Flight Engineers Thomas Marshburn and Matthias Maurer worked throughout the day on a range of robotics and maintenance activities. Marshburn dealt with orbital plumbing jobs, gathered station water samples for analysis, and took a robotics test for the Behavioral Core Measures research study. Maurer partnered up with Chari practicing Canadarm2 robotic arm maneuvers prepared for a spacewalk scheduled for November 30th.
By NASA
November 23, 2021
Russias newest docking port, the Prichal module, sits atop a rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan counting down to a launch on Wednesday at 8:06 a.m. EST. It will show up at the station on Friday where it will instantly dock to the Nauka multipurpose lab module at 10:26 a.m.
Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov started Monday morning training for Prichals arrival. The duo from Roscosmos simulated the Russian docking ports method, rendezvous and docking on the tele-robotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU.
The Russian rocket with the Prichal docking module atop stands vertical at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos
The International Space Station is tailoring up for a brand-new Russian docking module due to get here on Friday. In the meantime, the Expedition 66 homeowners focused on a range of human research study and space physics aboard the orbital lab today.
Russias latest docking port, the Prichal module, sits atop a rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan counting down to a launch on Wednesday at 8:06 a.m. EST. It will get here at the station on Friday where it will automatically dock to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module at 10:26 a.m.
Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov started Monday morning early morning for Prichals arrival.
