NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has lived in space continuously for 300 days given that introducing and docking to the orbiting lab on April 9, 2021. Vande Hei will return to Earth on March 30 with a NASA astronaut record-breaking 355 consecutive days in Earth orbit.
Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) joined each other Wednesday afternoon for a visual function study inside the Kibo lab module. NASA Flight Engineer Kayla Barron participated in another vision research study checking out how an astronaut aesthetically analyzes movement, orientation, and range in area.
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei research studies cotton genes for the Plant Habitat-5 space farming experiment. (January 6, 2022) Credit: NASA
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has actually resided in area continually for 300 days considering that introducing and docking to the orbiting lab on April 9, 2021. He is on his method to going beyond Christina Kochs 328-day objective on March 3 and Scott Kellys 340 days on March 15. Vande Hei will return to Earth on March 30 with a NASA astronaut record-breaking 355 successive days in Earth orbit.
CAPCOM Woody Hobaugh from Mission Control in Houston congratulated both Vande Hei and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov on reaching their 300-day turning point today. Listen to the audio downlink.
Vande Hei arrived at the station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 crew ship with Dubrov and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy. Novitskiy returned to Earth on October 17, 2021, with spaceflight individuals Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko. Dubrov will remain onboard the station with Vande Hei and parachute to a landing with station Commander Anton Shkaplerov in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-19 team ship at the end of March.
Aboard the International Space Station the other day (February 3, 2022) the Expedition 66 crew continued its space biology and human research activities. Scientists will utilize the information to learn how to improve health in area and Earth.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei is visualized during a spacewalk to service components on the Canadarm2 robotic arm during a spacewalk with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame). (October 10, 2017) Credit: NASA
Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) joined each other Wednesday afternoon for a visual function study inside the Kibo laboratory module. The investigation checks out how microgravity impacts the vascular function and tissue remodeling in the eye. NASA Flight Engineer Kayla Barron took part in another vision research study checking out how an astronaut aesthetically interprets motion, orientation, and distance in area.
Chari then examined the eyes of NASA Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn using medical imaging equipment, or optical coherence tomography. Maurer helped the pair in the afternoon, but began his day establishing virtual reality equipment for a training session in the Columbus lab module.
Shkaplerov spent Thursday servicing video gear, transferring cargo from inside the Prichal docking module, and establishing Earth observation hardware. Dubrov and Vande Hei partnered together and set up internal wireless equipment in the stations Russian segment throughout the afternoon.