The space station was imagined from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour throughout its departure on November 8, 2021. Credit: NASA Johnson
The International Space Station is orbiting a little greater today positioning it in position for a team swap occurring in March. Meanwhile, the seven-member Expedition 66 crew took part in life science and physics research study and a variety of robotics activities.
Russias ISS Progress 79 freight craft, docked to the aft end of the Zvezda service module, fired its engines early Tuesday morning for 2 minutes and 22 seconds. The orbital maneuver boosted the stations orbit by six-tenths of a mile in preparation for the Soyuz MS-20 team ship getting here in mid-March along with the Soyuz MS-19 trio departing on March 30. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will be returning to Earth inside the Soyuz MS-19 team ship finishing a NASA single spaceflight record-breaking mission of 355 days.
Todays science schedule aboard the orbiting lab covered a variety of subjects checking out phenomena benefitting astronauts in space and humans in the world.
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will be returning to Earth inside the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship completing a NASA single spaceflight record-breaking objective of 355 days.
NASA Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn set up the Combustion Integrated Rack to begin operations for a set of research studies checking out fire growth in microgravity. NASA astronaut Kayla Barron set up an Astrobee robotic assistant to collect visual information and produce a localization map inside the Harmony module.
NASA Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn configured the Combustion Integrated Rack to begin operations for a set of research studies exploring fire growth in microgravity. Marshburn also took a robotics test for the Behavioral Core Measures investigating how living in space impacts crew efficiency, behavior, and stress. ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer watered and photographed plants growing for the Veggie PONDS area farming study.
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron set up an Astrobee robotic assistant to collect visual data and produce a localization map inside the Harmony module. She also signed up with fellow NASA Flight Engineer Raja Chari and evaluated spacewalk obligations and configured spacewalk tools. Vande Hei switched samples and cleaned up the inside the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace, a research study device that allows the observation of thermophysical residential or commercial properties at high temperatures.
In the stations Russian segment, Commander Anton Shkaplerov joined Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov and studied how the heart and flow system adapt to weightlessness. The duo from Roscosmos also partnered together on cargo activities and air repressurization activities inside the Progress 79 car.
By NASA
February 9, 2022
