The service structure is raised into position around the Soyuz rocket, Sunday, September 18, 2022, at website 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Exploration 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos are set up to release aboard their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on September 21. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The International Space Station (ISS) is tailoring up for the arrival of 3 brand-new crew members due to start their objective today, Wednesday, September 21. On the orbiting laboratory, the Expedition 67 astronauts continue examining a broad range of microgravity phenomena to benefit people on and off the Earth.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will release on the Soyuz MS-22 rocket for their journey to the area station. The trio is scheduled to liftoff inside the Soyuz crew ship at 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 a.m. PDT) on Wednesday and dock to the Rassvet module less than three-and-a-half hours later.
The Soyuz rocket is raised vertical after having rolled out by train to the launch pad, Sunday, September 18, 2022, at website 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos are arranged to release aboard their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on September 21. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Three cosmonauts who have actually been living in area because March 18 are arranged to board their Soyuz MS-21 team ship and go back to Earth simply over a week later. The Soyuz lorry, with station Commander Oleg Artemyev and Flight Engineers Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov within, will undock from the Prichal module and descend through Earths environment. Lastly, it will parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan, bringing the threesomes six-month-long orbital journey to an end. In addition to conditioning their bodies for the go back to Earths gravity on Tuesday, the trio likewise invested the day loading up freight and personal gear for stowage inside the returning Soyuz.
Throughout the traditional Change of Command ceremony next week, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will take control of as station commander from Artemyev before he leaves. The management change will be seen live on NASA TELEVISION, the agencys app, and its site at 9:35 a.m. on September 28.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti points at the Dragon spacecraft she simply grappled on April 17, 2015, with the 16m-long International Space Station robotic arm. Credit: ESA/NASA
Research study operations aboard the orbiting outpost are always ongoing whether the astronauts run the experiments themselves or researchers from another location conduct the research studies from nerve center on the ground. Tuesdays space science schedule saw the astronauts hectic throughout the day exploring biology, botany, physics, and robotics.
Humans and plants are considerable topics of research study in area as scientists discover to sustain teams in area for longer missions and farther away from Earth. Jessica Watkins, NASA Flight Engineer, scanned her arteries with an ultrasound device and determined her blood pressure on Tuesday to comprehend the dangers of space radiation on the cardiovascular system. NASA astronaut Bob Hines planted vegetables for the soilless XROOTS botany research study that explores utilizing hydroponic and aeroponic strategies to grow crops in area.
This would enable astronauts to focus more on science activities and end up being less reliant on ground controllers. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tested utilizing a mobile phone gadget to guide and control Astrobee robotic free-flyers while helping crews with scientific operations.
Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos are set up to introduce aboard their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on September 21. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will launch on the Soyuz MS-22 rocket for their journey to the area station. The Soyuz rocket is raised vertical after having rolled out by train to the launch pad, Sunday, September 18, 2022, at website 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on September 21. Three cosmonauts who have actually been living in space because March 18 are set up to board their Soyuz MS-21 crew ship and return to Earth just over a week later on.