The Soyuz MS-23 team ship approaches the International Space Stations Prichal docking module after undocking and moving earlier from the Poisk module on April 6, 2023. Aboard the MS-23 throughout the 37-minute moving maneuver were, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. Credit: NASA
On September 25, the 10 locals living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had a loaded Monday as three Expedition 69 team members finished their final tasks before departure and others accomplished an array of health examinations and repairs to orbital payloads.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio began his day changing clogged up pumps on the BioFabrication Facility. After lunch, he proceeded to collecting biological samples for the Food Physiology investigation, which examines if an enhanced diet assists astronauts much better adapt to spaceflight. Near completion of the day, Rubio continued departure preparation ahead of his journey back home to Earth.
Rubio, along with Roscosmos Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, will undock from the stations Prichal module at 3:55 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 27. The 3 long-serving crew members will take a short trip home, landing in Kazakhstan at 7:17 a.m. the very same day. Following more than a year-long mission, Rubio is now the record-holder for the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut. He, together with Prokopyev and Petelin, will return after 371 days in space.
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen is among the International Space Stations most recent crew members having been aboard the orbital lab for just 2 days when this photo was taken. Mogensen is imagined inside the Columbus laboratory module familiarizing himself with its research centers. Credit: NASA
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen spent his early morning on the stations bike, CEVIS, partaking in the CARDIOBREATH examination– a study that evaluates the combined results of breathing and cardiovascular adaptions on blood pressure during spaceflight. Connected to the spacesuits, the device enables astronauts to securely return to the station if they were to end up being untethered.
NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli completed a suite of health activities today. In the early morning, she took a cognition test for the ongoing Standard Measures examination. She was later joined by NASA astronaut Loral OHara and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa for ultrasound scans of arteries in the neck, clavicle, shoulder, and behind the knees, which helps medical professionals in the world study how astronauts adjust to microcavity.
Moghbeli likewise spent some time midafternoon to start the uninstallation of the Cold Atom Lab science instrument in preparation for future repairs. OHara carried out microbial research study, analyzing surface area and air samples that were gathered last week, while Furukawa worked in the Kibo Laboratory Module continuing solid combustion research study.
The other three cosmonauts aboard the orbiting laboratory divided up tasks as Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov ran the Pilot-T experiment to practice piloting methods and was later signed up with by Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko to gather microbial samples around different Russian modules. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub invested part of his day inventorying cargo then moved on to team orientation activities.
Aboard the MS-23 throughout the 37-minute relocation maneuver were, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio started his day changing clogged pumps on the BioFabrication Facility. ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen is one of the International Space Stations latest crew members having actually been aboard the orbital lab for just two days when this photograph was taken. She was later joined by NASA astronaut Loral OHara and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa for ultrasound scans of arteries in the neck, clavicle, shoulder, and behind the knees, which helps doctors on Earth study how astronauts adapt to microcavity.