A door is opened on an experiment airlock, connected to the International Space Stations Prichal docking module, that will enable science investigations to be gotten rid of, exposed to the external microgravity environment, then returned inside while being steered with the European robotic arm. Credit: NASA
A variety of research that took location on Thursday, November 16 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is helping NASA and its partners support teams working and living off the Earth. The continuous Expedition 70 investigations are informing methods to improve human health and plan future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Astronauts Loral OHara and Satoshi Furukawa signed up with each other in the Columbus laboratory module for vein scans utilizing the Ultrasound 2 device. Physicians on the ground assisted the duo in keeping track of how weightlessness affects the neck, shoulder, and leg veins, and learning how to keep crews healthy.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral OHara uses a portable glovebag to replace parts on a biological printer, the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), that is checking the printing of organ-like tissues in microgravity. Credit: NASA
Bishop will open its door to space and the platform will be obtained by the Canadarm2 robotic arm for scientific operations outside of the orbital lab. The external research equipment is designed to carry experiments for direct exposure to the vacuum of external area.
Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) collected cell samples from an incubator and put them inside the Confocal Microscope to observe how they pick up microgravity. He likewise swapped a gas bottle inside the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace and then assisted OHara and Moghbeli with the NanoRacks work.
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen changes computer system hardware inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-2 (ADSEP-2) that can house and process samples for a range of physical and biological science experiments. Credit: NASA
Commander Andreas Mogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) began his day with a conference with ESA supervisors, charged portable electronics inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft, and after that established Earth science hardware. The two-time station visitor then supported a student-designed space botany experiment, analyzed station water samples, and serviced spacesuit batteries.
Veteran Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko practiced futuristic piloting strategies that may be used to operate spacecraft and robots on possible planetary objectives. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub checked a 3D printer for its capability to make tools and supplies without help from Earth. Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov worked on orbital pipes duties inside the Nauka science module and then carried out a photographic analysis of the stations Roscosmos modules.
OHara from NASA also teamed up with fellow NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli and worked in the Tranquility module throughout Thursday. Both astronauts were clearing hardware from the Bishop airlock to make space for the NanoRacks External Platform. Bishop will open its door to space and the platform will be retrieved by the Canadarm2 robotic arm for clinical operations outside of the orbital laboratory. The external research study equipment is designed to carry experiments for exposure to the vacuum of external area.
