NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn turned over command of the International Space Station to Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev in a conventional Change of Command event today ahead of Crew-3s departure tonight. Credit: NASA TELEVISION.
NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn turned over command of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev in a traditional Change of Command ceremony which started at 2:35 p.m. EDT (11:35 a.m. PDT) today. Artemyev, a veteran of three spaceflights to the space station, will lead the Expedition 67 crew till the end of summertime.
Marshburn and his Crew-3 crewmates Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer have been living aboard the orbital lab because November 11, 2021, and are set to depart tonight. Watch live on NASA TELEVISION, the firms website, and the app.
Expedition 65 backup team member Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during an interview, Thursday, April 8, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Exploration 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy are set up to release to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Crew-3 astronauts worked on final Dragon cargo operations and setting up Dragon for departure, final egress, and hatch closure, as well as moving emergency hardware from Dragon to the spaceport station prior to departure. The Endurance team closed out research study operations that included transferring and loading frozen samples and ice bricks from the Minus Eighty (Degrees Celsius) Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) into coldbags in preparation for the return to Earth. MELFI supplies the space station storage and fast-freezing of life science and biological samples. The Crew-3 astronauts likewise eliminated and stowed their Actiwatches, small, light-weight, wrist-worn devices that all at once spot body motion and light intensity. If area travel has an effect on the sleep-wake patterns of crewmembers, they are used to examine sleep-wake adjustment and circadian cycle and figure out.
Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy are arranged to introduce to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. The Crew-3 astronauts worked on final Dragon freight operations and configuring Dragon for departure, last egress, and hatch closure, as well as transferring emergency situation hardware from Dragon to the area station prior to departure. MELFI supplies the area station storage and fast-freezing of life science and biological samples.
The stations 4 most recent astronauts, Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti, had a light-duty day carrying out some life science, lab upkeep, and inventory jobs. The foursome and their three Russian crewmates are due to have an off-duty day following the departure of the SpaceX Crew-3 objective.
In the stations Russian sector, Artemyev and Flight Engineers Sergey Korsakov and Denis Matveev performed monthly upkeep examine laptops and video devices, in addition to physical training, and a robotic piloting experiment.
