NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is nearing a year in area with his crewmates Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, both from Roscosmos. The trio is now turning its attention to parachuting back to Earth inside the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship on September 27. The threesome signed up with each other midday on Monday and had a look at the Sokol launch and entry suits they will use inside the Soyuz throughout the trip home. Prokopyev and Petelin likewise evaluated the lower body unfavorable pressure fit that might assist their bodies change quicker to Earths gravity.
Hurricane Jova is pictured in Pacific Ocean from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above on September 9, 2023. Credit: NASA
Exploration 69 Crews Other Activities
The stations other four Expedition 69 flight engineers are in their fourth week aboard the orbital laboratory having actually shown up on August 27 aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft. The foursome has actually finished its orientation and orientation activities and is working full-time on area research study and lab upkeep.
Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) started Monday with life science in the Columbus lab module. Moghbeli set up a pair of Kubik incubators that Mogensen utilized to stow blood samples. The duo later conducted a vision test in the Destiny lab module using similar tools discovered in a physicians workplace.
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa spent Monday on housekeeping jobs tidying up the Harmony module, reorganizing food packs, and transferring cargo in and out of the Cygnus area freighter. Cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov mainly spent his day on electronics upkeep and wiping down surface areas for microorganisms in the Roscosmos segment of the orbiting lab.
The Moons image is refracted due to Earths atmosphere in this picture from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Pacific Ocean south of Alaskas Aleutian islands on August 31, 2023. Credit: NASA
10 people are currently living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) following Fridays arrival of 3 crewmates aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft. However, at the end of the month, another trio of orbital laboratory residents will go back to Earth after a year in area.
NASA astronaut Loral OHara is in her first week aboard the space station together with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko. OHara and Chub are getting utilized to life in space for the first time as they acquaint themselves with station operations and systems. OHara also worked throughout the day on life assistance jobs while Chub set up Earth imaging hardware in the Harmony module.
NASA astronaut Loral OHara prepares to get in a Soyuz spacecraft simulator in her Sokol launch and entry suit for preflight training before beginning her objective to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
Veteran and New Astronaut Activities
Kononenko is beginning his record 5th objective as an area station team member. The skilled cosmonaut invested Monday on a range of activities including charging camera batteries and unloading cargo delivered aboard the brand-new Soyuz crew ship. Kononenko will stay in space for a year with Chub, while OHara will live aboard the station till spring for a six-month objective.
NASA astronaut Loral OHara is in her first week aboard the area station along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko. OHara and Chub are getting utilized to life in space for the very first time as they familiarize themselves with station operations and systems. Kononenko is beginning his record fifth objective as a space station team member. Kononenko will stay in area for a year with Chub, while OHara will live aboard the station until spring for a six-month objective.
Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) kicked off Monday with life science in the Columbus lab module.
