The International Space Station was orbiting 261 miles above the Balearic Sea off the coast of Mallorca at the time of this photograph on July 27, 2023.
The astronauts dedicated their day to assisting one another in diverse area research activities and laboratory maintenance. The Strait of Hormuz connects the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf in this picture from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above on August 14, 2023. At bottom left, is a part of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus area truck and one of its cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar selections.
Rubio wrapped up his day in the Kibo module, stowing and organizing hardware to make space for impending activities coordinated by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
The Strait of Hormuz connects the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf in this picture from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above on August 14, 2023. In the right foreground, is the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship docked to the Prichal docking module. At bottom left, is a part of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus area truck and one of its cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar selections.
Stowage and Equipment Upgrades
Hoburg concluded his day in the Quest airlock installing a brand-new overhead stowage platform. Bowen and Alneyadi began the work initially eliminating and transferring the old stowage platform. The platform replacement work increases the devices stowage volume inside Quest.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio likewise added to the Quests developments previously in the day. He installed a battery charger in addition to brand-new elements that power the spacesuits to sustain astronauts during spacewalks. Rubio finished up his day in the Kibo module, arranging and stowing hardware to make space for impending activities collaborated by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
Health and Earth-Observation Research
Heart research was on the Roscosmos work schedule for Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev as he connected sensing units to himself for a research study determining his cardiac efficiency in microgravity. Commander Sergey Prokopyev set up and set up hardware to image Earths nighttime environment in the ultraviolet wavelength. Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin began his day inspecting for leakages between the ISS Progress 84 cargo craft and the Poisk module. In the afternoon, Petelin swapped freight in between Poisk and the Zarya module to accommodate the next Soyuz team to check out the station in mid-September.
This nighttime photo reveals the Mediterranean Sea ringed by the coastal city lights of Morocco and Algeria on the African side and Spain on the European side. The city lights reaching the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean are also prominent. The International Space Station was orbiting 261 miles above the Balearic Sea off the coast of Mallorca at the time of this photo on July 27, 2023.
The seven-member Expedition 69 crew performed a variety of experimental deal with Tuesday, August 15, including more life science and physics research study and setting up new science hardware. The maintenance duties aboard the International Space Station (ISS) consisted of laboratory stowage work and orbital plumbing jobs.
A Collaborative Day of Research and Maintenance
The astronauts committed their day to assisting one another in varied space research activities and lab maintenance. NASA Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg initiated his tasks by exchanging samples within the Microgravity Science Glovebox. This was provided for an area manufacturing research study, and he got support from UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi.
Subsequently, Hoburg assisted NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen in loading the NanoRacks External Platform inside the Kibo laboratory modules airlock. This enabled science experiments to be exposed to the extreme conditions of deep space. Alneyadi concluded his day in the Tranquility module, where he replaced components in the stations bathroom, which is likewise described as the Waste and Hygiene Compartment.