Now the four Crew-5 members are formally Expedition 68 flight engineers and will spend the next couple of days getting used to life on orbit as they spend time acquainting themselves with area station systems. NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, have a long list of space experiments they will carry out during their stay on the orbital laboratory. NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Frank Rubio worked on a set of different research studies during the afternoon exploring how to grow crops and manufacture products in space.
The 4 crew members from the SpaceX Crew-5 mission join the Expedition 68 crew throughout inviting remarks inside the space stations Harmony module. Credit: NASA TELEVISION
On Friday, the 11 team members now living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had a short day following Thursdays arrival of the SpaceX Crew-5 objective. The eight astronauts and 3 cosmonauts had a long night after the docking of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance crew ship.
Now the 4 Crew-5 members are officially Expedition 68 flight engineers and will invest the next few days getting used to life on orbit as they hang out familiarizing themselves with space station systems. NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, together with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, have a long list of space experiments they will perform throughout their remain on the orbital lab. Among several other types of research study, the industrial crew quartet will study microgravitys results on the cardiorespiratory system, 3D bioprinting of human organs and tissues for implantation, and modeling heart tissue to enhance treatments for spaceflight-caused health concerns.
As the new team members get up to speed with their new house in area, the other seven ISS crewmates continued their typical station science and laboratory maintenance activities for half a day on Friday.
By NASA
October 8, 2022
NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Frank Rubio worked on a set of various research studies throughout the afternoon exploring how to grow crops and manufacture products in area. Watkins looked at veggies growing for the XROOTS space agriculture research study that uses aeroponic and hydroponic nourishing methods. Rubio examined making the most of weightlessness to improve the production and quality of fiber optic cable televisions.
Leader Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) joined NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren in gathering and processing their blood samples. Afterward, Lindgren partnered with Mann and transferred emergency hardware from the station into the newly-arrived Endurance crew ship.
Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin spent their afternoon on their contingent of space research study and life assistance maintenance in the Russian segment of the area station.