Progress will deliver practically 3 heaps of food, fuel, and supplies to the ISS.
The Progress 82 freight craft is seen on the launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos/ NASA TELEVISION
The four astronauts and 3 cosmonauts aboard the station spent the day today focused on numerous advanced science experiments benefiting people both in space and on Earth. Varying from area botany, human research, and microgravity physics, the research study helps team members get used to long-term missions in weightlessness and supply developments enhancing services and products in the world.
Frank Rubio, NASA Flight Engineer, spent Tuesday morning nourishing and monitoring veggies growing inside the Columbus laboratory module. The XROOTS investigation checks out soilless methods, or aeroponic and hydroponic strategies, to grow crops in area and sustain crews living off the Earth.
Rubio also joined his fellow flight engineers, Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, both from NASA, and Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for eye scans using the Human Research Facilitys ultrasound gadget. The optic tests give scientists insight into how microgravity impacts the eyes shape, vision, retinas, and pressure.
The Progress 82 freight craft stands atop its rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan throughout pre-launch processing. Credit: RSC/Energia
Mann, who likewise cleaned up and checked U.S. module hatch seals, signed up with Wakata and pointed their cams outside the station photographing the condition of solar array parts. In addition, Wakata turned on an Astrobee robotic free-flyer to demonstrate its usage of cordless technology, or radio frequency recognition, to manage freight inventory on the area station. Cassada worked inside the Zarya module to optimize storage space.
Commander Sergey Prokopyev configured research study hardware in the Columbus module to check out plasma crystals, or highly-charged microparticles, to acquire basic area physics understanding and perhaps enhance the style of future spacecraft. Cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Anna Kikina took turns studying future planetary spacecraft and robotic piloting strategies. Petelin then went on and checked out how the digestion system adjusts to microgravity, while Kikina observed Earths nighttime atmospheric radiance in the near-ultraviolet wavelength.
Mann, who likewise examined and cleaned up U.S. module hatch seals, signed up with Wakata and pointed their electronic cameras outside the station photographing the condition of solar variety parts. In addition, Wakata turned on an Astrobee robotic free-flyer to demonstrate its usage of cordless innovation, or radio frequency recognition, to handle cargo inventory on the area station. Cassada worked inside the Zarya module to take full advantage of storage area.
Commander Sergey Prokopyev set up research hardware in the Columbus module to explore plasma crystals, or highly-charged microparticles, to acquire fundamental area physics understanding and potentially enhance the design of future spacecraft.
The Progress 82 cargo craft took off at 8:20 p.m. EDT on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos/NASA TV
At 8:20 p.m. EDT (5:20 a.m. Baikonur time) on Tuesday, October 25, the uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 released on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It is now securely in orbit and headed for the International Space Station (ISS).
On its method to satisfy up with the orbiting lab and its Expedition 68 team members, the resupply ship reached initial orbit and released its solar ranges and navigational antennas as planned.
Progress will dock to the space-facing side of the Poisk module two days from now, on Thursday, October 27, at 10:49 p.m. EDT (7:49 p.m. PDT). Live protection on NASA TV of rendezvous and docking will begin at 10:15 p.m. EDT.
