December 23, 2024

Space Station Crew Gets Ready for Spacewalk and Dragon Departure

Marshburn, in addition to astronaut Matthias Maurer from ESA (European Space Agency), likewise took part in an exercise session on the workout cycle situated in the U.S. Destiny lab module. The duo took turns pedaling for an hour each using monitors that measured their heart rate for a human research study.
Maurer then signed up with NASA Flight Engineer Kayla Barron for the rest of the day inside the Kibo lab module for a vision investigation. The pair carried out the research operations using the Life Science Glovebox to understand how a long-lasting area objective affects an astronauts visual function and to promote eye health in the world.
Axiom Mission 1, the very first private astronaut objective to the International Space Station, is now targeting to launch March 31 to represent extra spacecraft preparations and area station traffic. Once aboard the orbiting lab, the four-person Axiom Space team will conduct science, outreach, and industrial activities for eight days before their return to Earth.

Cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov is imagined throughout a spacewalk on Sept. 3, 2021, to begin equipping Russias Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Credit: NASA
The Expedition 66 crew is getting prepared for a spacewalk on Wednesday while loading a U.S. resupply ship for its departure on Friday. The International Space Station likewise hosted a set of area biology studies exploring exercise and vision.
Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov settled their preparations today for the very first spacewalk of 2022 set to start at 7 a.m. EST on Wednesday. The duo completed examining the procedures they will use during the seven-hour spacewalk to outfit Russias brand-new Nauka and Prichal modules.