The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour throughout a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony modules space-facing port on November 8, 2021. Credit: NASA
NASAs station Commander Tom Marshburn spent some time on Friday assisting the 4 outgoing Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew members.
The duo joined their fellow cosmonaut Sergey Korsakov on Friday morning and examined the tasks prepared for the upcoming spacewalk. That trip will see the ERAs first motion establishing the manipulator for future robotic activities on the stations Russian section. The trio then invested the rest of Friday on a range of inspection and maintenance tasks.
Flight Engineers Kayla Barron of NASA and Flight Engineer Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) processed blood and urine samples during the morning for later analysis. NASA Flight Engineer Raja Chari worked on life assistance equipment then signed up with Marshburn for pre-departure activities inside the Dragon Endurance team ship.
The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that occurred following its undocking from the Harmony modules space-facing port on November 8, 2021. When this picture was taken, the orbital complex was flying 263 miles above the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA
The Expedition 67 team is preparing for the first personal astronaut objectives departure and another spacewalk at the International Space Station. On Friday, there was still time onboard the orbiting laboratory for biomedical science to read more about how the human body adapts to microgravity.
NASAs station Commander Tom Marshburn spent some time on Friday helping the 4 outgoing Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) team members. The first private space quartet is getting all set to end a two-week stay at the station this weekend.
The Full Quarter Moon is envisioned from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on April 9, 2022. Credit: NASA
The next objective event prepared at the station is the fifth spacewalk of the year for more upkeep and upgrades at the station. Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev will partner up when again on April 28 to continue activating the European robotic arm (ERA) connected to the Nauka multipurpose lab module.
By NASA
April 22, 2022
