Introduced by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 26, the Dragon resupply ship is now docked to the International Space Station (ISS) and open for company. NASA Flight Engineer Josh Cassada opened Dragons hatch and went into the spacecraft less than 2 hours after the private area truck docked at 7:39 a.m. EST (4:39 a.m. PST) on Sunday, November 27. SpaceXs 26th industrial resupply objective (CRS) introduced to the International Space Station from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 26. The Dragon spacecraft brings clinical experiments and innovation demonstrations that check out growing plants in area, developing nutrients on-demand, in-space building and construction, and more.
Brand-new experiments are getting underway as the team set up the advanced equipment to check out the efficiency of skin and bone recovery in space on Monday. Wakata started the day stowing newly-arrived bone cell samples inside the Kubik incubator and skin samples in the BioLab research study center. The first research study will explore how bone cells react to microgravity while the second will observe how sutured injuries heal in weightlessness.
Also on Monday, Mann and Rubio partnered together to establish advanced biology hardware and transfer research samples provided aboard Dragon into station centers. The astronauts will soon look into how microgravity affects the regeneration of skeletal stem cells potentially improving recovery from bone conditions on Earth and in area.
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
In addition to the science experiments and products, Dragon also provided a pair of brand-new roll-out solar selections that were transferred inside its unpressurized trunk section. Robotic controllers on the ground today will command the Canadarm2 robotic arm to remove the solar varieties and position them on accessory points found on the stations truss structure. NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio are due to set up the new solar selections on a pair of spacewalks targeted to occur before completion of the year.
Roscosmos Commander Sergey Prokopyev had a look at a computer-controlled 3D printer on Monday prior to dealing with orbital plumbing jobs. Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin dealt with electronic devices maintenance early in the day and then later on explored how electrical and magnetic fields affect fluid physics in microgravity. Flight Engineer Anna Kikina collected air samples for analysis from the Zvezda, Zarya, Nauka, and Rassvet modules.
The SpaceX Dragon area freighter, rollovering 7,700 pounds of cargo, is envisioned approaching the area station for docking on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Credit: NASA TELEVISION
Introduced by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 26, the Dragon resupply ship is now docked to the International Space Station (ISS) and open for company. The Expedition 68 team has actually already begun unpacking numerous thousand pounds of freight. Packed inside Dragon are brand-new science experiments checking out biology, botany, and physics, and new hardware to enhance the ISSs power generation system.
NASA Flight Engineer Josh Cassada opened Dragons hatch and went into the spacecraft less than 2 hours after the personal area truck docked at 7:39 a.m. EST (4:39 a.m. PST) on Sunday, November 27. He was joined by fellow flight engineers Nicole Mann and Frank Rubio of NASA, and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shortly afterward. The four astronauts then invested the rest of Sunday dumping critical science experiments and research samples for stowage aboard the orbiting lab.
SpaceXs 26th business resupply mission (CRS) launched to the International Space Station from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 26. The Dragon spacecraft carries clinical experiments and innovation demonstrations that check out growing plants in space, creating nutrients on-demand, in-space construction, and more. Credit: NASA
