Thrusters on the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fire immediately while changing the cars sluggish, methodical approach towards the International Space Station for a docking to the Harmony modules forward port. Credit: NASAThe Expedition 70 team is loading a U.S. cargo craft ahead of its planned Wednesday departure. The 7 citizens aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are also maintaining their regularly arranged research study and upkeep activities.NASA astronauts Loral OHara and Jasmin Moghbeli worked together on Tuesday early morning to remove biological specimens from the Destiny lab module, stowing them in transporters, then installing the science freight inside the SpaceX Dragon freight spacecraft. Later, OHara concluded her day with a vision test reading characters off a standard eye chart discovered in a medical professionals office on Earth. Moghbeli treated brain cell-like samples to understand neurodegenerative procedures at a molecular and cellular level.Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral OHara, both from NASA, position for a picture inside the Destiny laboratory module following the successful docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Credit: NASAAstronauts Andreas Mogensen and Satoshi Furukawa continued the cargo transfers throughout the afternoon packing and securing a range of hardware inside Dragon for analysis and retrieval on Earth. Mogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) earlier serviced various science components including charging virtual reality hardware, loading software application on a fluorescence microscope, and setting up the Life Science Glovebox for Moghbelis sampling work. Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) set up new gas bottles on combustion research study equipment located inside the Kibo lab module.Working in the Roscosmos section of the orbital outpost, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko triggered a 3D printer to check out printing tools and supplies in microgravity. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub tested a radio interactions antenna and then studied methods area crews and ground controllers from worldwide can communicate better. Flight Engineer Konstantin invested his early morning on orbital plumbing tasks then worked throughout the afternoon inspecting windows in the Zvezda service module and sanitizing surfaces inside the Nauka science module.The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is visualized departing the station in September of 2021 during a previous freight objective. Credit: NASAFollowing a weather condition evaluation about 24 hours prior to undocking, NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 9:05 p.m. EST Wednesday, December 20, for the undocking of the companys 29th Dragon business resupply services mission from the International Space Station.Coverage of Dragons departure Wednesday will begin at 8:45 p.m. on the NASA+ streaming service through the web or the NASA app. Coverage likewise will air reside on NASA Television, YouTube, and on the companys site. Find out how to stream NASA TV through a range of platforms including social media.Additional undock and return opportunities are continuing to be considered as joint groups work to recognize the best autonomous undocking and return weather condition conditions as a cold front passes through the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida. More updates will be made following the next weather condition evaluation about 12 hours prior to Dragon undocking from the area station.After re-entering Earths atmosphere, the spacecraft will sprinkle down off the coast of Florida, which will not be relayed on NASA TV.In the foreground, the golden cymbal-shaped solar variety of Northrop Grummans Cygnus spacecraft is partly brightened by the Sun and shadowed by other exterior station hardware. Listed below it, the teal waters of the Bahamas create a contrasting backdrop. The International Space Station was orbiting 259 miles above as this image was taken. Credit: NASAWith the modifications to Dragons area station operations, NASA and Northrop Grumman now are targeting a Friday, December 22, for the departure of the Cygnus spacecraft from the orbital complex.Coverage of Cygnus departure Friday will start at 7:45 a.m. ahead of the robotic release of the spacecraft at 8:05 a.m. on the NASA+ streaming service through the web or the NASA app. Protection also will air live on NASA Television, YouTube, and on the firms website.Cygnus will conduct secondary payload operations following unberthing and finish a safe and harmless re-entry into the Earths atmosphere where it will harmlessly burn up over the Pacific Ocean.
Moghbeli dealt with brain cell-like samples to comprehend neurodegenerative procedures at a molecular and cellular level.Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral OHara, both from NASA, posture for a portrait inside the Destiny lab module following the effective docking of the SpaceX Dragon freight spacecraft to the International Space Station. Credit: NASAFollowing a weather condition review about 24 hours prior to undocking, NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 9:05 p.m. EST Wednesday, December 20, for the undocking of the companys 29th Dragon business resupply services mission from the International Space Station.Coverage of Dragons departure Wednesday will begin at 8:45 p.m. on the NASA+ streaming service by means of the web or the NASA app. More updates will be made following the next weather review about 12 hours prior to Dragon undocking from the space station.After returning to Earths atmosphere, the spacecraft will sprinkle down off the coast of Florida, which will not be relayed on NASA TV.In the foreground, the golden cymbal-shaped solar array of Northrop Grummans Cygnus spacecraft is partly brightened by the Sun and watched by other outside station hardware.
