Optical Fiber and Laboratory Maintenance
Commander Andreas Mogensen operated in the Destiny lab module on fiber optics research setting up experiment hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox. The advanced physics research study might benefit Earth and space-based applications such as laser surgical treatment, remote-sensing, climatic monitoring, and optical data interactions. Mogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) concluded his day cleaning orbital plumbing hardware.
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen gets ready for the Christmas season and postures for an enjoyable portrait using a Santa Claus hat. Credit: NASA
Life Science Experiments and Space Botany
NASA Flight Engineer Loral OHara from NASA started her day inside the Columbus laboratory module removing electronic components from life science hardware. Later, she spent the rest of the day inside Kibo supporting more space biology work.
In the orbital outposts Roscosmos sector, veteran cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko serviced a carbon dioxide elimination gadget and then rearranged eggs in an incubator for a new biology experiment. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub worked on freight and water transfers from the freshly docked Progress 86 cargo craft. Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov dealt with an oxygen generator, cleaned up ventilation systems, and then watered and photographed plants growing for a Roscosmos area botany study.
Celebrating a Milestone in Space
At 12:25 p.m. EST on Wednesday, all 7 space station team members will gather in the Harmony module for a live television conference celebrating 25 years of area station assembly. The orbital septet will receive a call from NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana and International Space Station Program Manager Joel Montalbano talking about the stations development and its effect on Earth and area industries. Cabana commanded the space shuttle Endeavour throughout the STS-88 objective on December 6, 1998, when the Zarya and Unity modules were mated. The shuttle buss Canadarm robotic arm grappled Zarya and mated it to Unity stowed in Endeavours payload bay.
The International Space Station orbited 260 miles above as this picture was taken. Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov worked on an oxygen generator, cleaned ventilation systems, and then watered and photographed plants growing for a Roscosmos area botany research study.
At 12:25 p.m. EST on Wednesday, all 7 area station team members will gather in the Harmony module for a live tv conference celebrating 25 years of area station assembly. The orbital septet will receive a call from NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana and International Space Station Program Manager Joel Montalbano going over the stations advancement and its effect on Earth and area industries. Cabana commanded the space shuttle Endeavour during the STS-88 mission on December 6, 1998, when the Zarya and Unity modules were mated.
The suns glint beams in between a cloudy stretch of the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. Credit: NASA
Research study to promote health and advance production were the top science activities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, December 5. The Expedition 70 team will also honor 25 years because the very first two station modules were linked on orbit.
Neurodegenerative Research in Space
NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli began her day in the Kibo laboratory module dealing with the Cerebral Aging research study that is checking out neurodegenerative processes. She processed brain cell-like samples inside Kibos Life Science Glovebox to comprehend the effects of microgravity at a molecular and cellular level. Results might advance research study strategies, minimize drug development costs, and improve health on Earth and in space.
In the caldera of Nemrut, an inactive volcano in Turkey, is Lake Nemrut. Fed by warm springs, the freshwater lake sits at an elevation of approximately 7,300 feet (~ 2,200 meters). Near the bottom of the image is the alkaline Lake Van, the largest in the nation. The International Space Station orbited 260 miles above as this picture was taken. Credit: NASA
International Collaboration and Robotics
Moghbeli later signed up with astronaut Satoshi Furukawa on Wednesday afternoon transferring freight in and out of the SpaceX Dragon freight spacecraft. Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) completed his day examining the efficiency of a round robot cam that can operate remotely or autonomously inside Kibo.