Three new astronauts and one cosmonaut, who started their station mission on Sunday, are getting up to speed with a broad array of station systems and treatments. They invested about half the day learning how to run life assistance systems, maneuver throughout the modules, configure their team quarters, and utilize the waste and health compartment, likewise known as the stations restroom.
Another station crew that has actually been on orbit considering that March 2 is arranged to return to Earth no earlier than September 2. The stations longest-serving team will soon exceed a year in area.
Another station team that has actually been on orbit since March 2 is scheduled to return to Earth no earlier than September 2. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will respectively command and pilot the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft throughout its ride back into Earths environment and parachute-assisted splash down off the coast of Florida. Flanking the duo during the flight home will be UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
Research and Operations
While the homebound flight engineers hand over their obligations and swap roles with the latest team mates, they are likewise continuing space research and maintaining lab operations. Alneyadi set up new hardware inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox to validate brand-new research study abilities in area.
Longest Serving Crews Endeavors
The stations longest-serving crew will soon exceed a year in area. The trio is expected to finish its station objective at the end of September.
Cyclone Idalia was envisioned from the International Space Station as it orbited above the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Credit: NASA TELEVISION
The four latest crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are adapting to life in weightlessness while stepping up orbital upkeep tasks. The 7 other Expedition 69 team mates continued their space research study and health activities before September sees the orbital locals broke up.
Three new astronauts and one cosmonaut, who began their station mission on Sunday, are getting up to speed with a large variety of station systems and treatments. The quartet is familiarizing itself with interactions gear, computer system equipment, emergency situation hardware, and more. They spent about half the day discovering how to operate life assistance systems, maneuver throughout the modules, configure their team quarters, and utilize the waste and health compartment, also known as the stations bathroom.
SpaceX Crew-7 Mission and Subsequent Activities
Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency), and Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, introduced to the station on August 26 as the SpaceX Crew-7 objective. They docked to the orbital laboratory and entered on August 27 becoming Expedition 69 Flight Engineers and beginning a six-month space research study mission.