NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli, who arrived to the station a month ago, spent her morning in the Columbus Laboratory Module performing maintenance and testing the connectivity functions of power outlets. An ongoing activity for the first-time station resident this week, Moghbeli checked cable televisions and ports to tailor up for tomorrows completion of changing elements of the payload. The patch for Expedition 70, developed by ESA graphic designers Hugo Simões and Hugo Dias, is based on yin yang, the popular philosophical sign of balance in between 2 complementary forces– yin and yang– that make up all aspects and phenomena of life. In this depiction, the red and orange tones in the lower half of the patch represent science and the dark blue represents space expedition in the upper half. NASA Flight Engineer Loral OHara, who got here to the station 2 weeks earlier, started her day with ISAFE eye exams, as part of a brand-new suite of experiments, called CIPHER.
The International Space Station is visualized from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly-around of the orbiting laboratory that happened following its undocking from the Harmony modules space-facing port on November 8, 2021. Credit: NASA
Exploration 70 is well underway aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after yesterdays departure of 3 long-serving station citizens, consisting of NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who went back to Houston this morning. The seven team members who are still living and working in microgravity finished a variety of maintenance activities today.
NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbelis Activities
NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli, who arrived to the station a month earlier, spent her early morning in the Columbus Laboratory Module carrying out upkeep and evaluating the connectivity functions of power outlets. After lunch, she changed gears, dealing with the Cold Atom Lab. An ongoing activity for the novice station citizen today, Moghbeli examined cable televisions and ports to prepare for tomorrows conclusion of changing components of the payload. In the night, she began training for upcoming spacewalks, reviewing spacesuit operations and procedures.
The spot for Expedition 70, designed by ESA graphic designers Hugo Simões and Hugo Dias, is based upon yin yang, the popular philosophical symbol of balance in between two complementary forces– yin and yang– that comprise all elements and phenomena of life. In this depiction, the red and orange tones in the lower half of the spot represent science and the dark blue represents space exploration in the upper half. Credit: ESA
NASA Flight Engineer Loral OHaras Experiments and Training
NASA Flight Engineer Loral OHara, who arrived to the station 2 weeks back, began her day with ISAFE eye examinations, as part of a brand-new suite of experiments, called CIPHER. Eye exams of this kind take a look at changes in an astronauts eyes and brain due to fluid shifts in microgravity. CIPHER is a comprehensive, full-body technique that investigates how multiple systems of the body respond to spaceflight before, during, and after an objective. OHara is the very first of approximately 30 astronauts to take part.
Following eye exams, OHara trained for spacewalk emergency situations in the not likely event they would happen utilizing SAFER, the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue. Before bed, she reconfigured the Microgravity Science Glovebox.
Animation of Astrobees on the space station. Credit: NASA
Activities of Other Expedition Members
Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) invested his day finishing some training with Astrobee, the stations free-flying robotics that assist astronauts carry out day-to-day responsibilities. Afterward, he repaired the docking station the cube-shaped robots use for charging.
Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) operated in the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, most of the day. In the stations very first expandable habitat, Furukawa stowed hardware and reconfigured sensors.
The 3 Roscosmos Flight Engineers– Konstantin Borisov, Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub– had a light-duty day, finishing their needed two hours of exercise that helps combat the effects of bone and muscle loss in microgravity.