The four Axiom Mission 3 astronauts (front row) and the 7 Expedition 70 team members wave to the camera following a team welcoming event on January 20, 2024. Credit: NASA TVThe Expedition 70 team spent Tuesday on a host of research study activities and spacesuit maintenance while assisting their Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) visitors. The four Ax-3 team members had their hands full as they explored cancer research, area botany, and robotics for Earth and area benefits.Astronauts Andreas Mogensen, Loral OHara, and Satoshi Furukawa devoted part of their schedule on Tuesday to the Ax-3 mission. The trio assisted the 4 personal astronauts get up to speed with life on orbit as well as conduct advanced microgravity science.In the Andes Mountain Range, Laguna del Maule (left) and Laguna Fea (best) lie within a volcanic field situated in Chile. The International Space Station orbited 267 miles above as this photograph was taken. Credit: NASAMogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) invested a number of hours making sure the Ax-3 crewmates are familiarized with systems throughout the orbital lab. OHara from NASA set up the Life Science Glovebox (LSG) for an Ax-3 area botany investigation while Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration) triggered a microscope to look at cell samples for an Ax-3 cancer study.Ax-3 Commander Michael López-Alegría and Mission Specialist Alper Gezeravcı operated in the Kibo laboratory modules LSG and checked the hereditary editing of space-grown plants. Outcomes may enable genetic modifications enabling plants to adapt to weightlessness and promote crew health. Ax-3 Pilot Walter Villadei peered at cell samples inside the Kermit microscope to discover how to avoid and predict cancer both on Earth and in space.Argentinas Valdes Peninsula, in between the Golfo San Matias and the Golfo Nuevo and occupied by a wide array of marine and land wildlife, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Argentine Sea. Credit: NASAAx-3 Mission Specialist Marcus Wandt tested the capability to remotely control robotics on Earth from the spaceport station. Operating in the Columbus lab module, Wandt used a notebook computer to command a group of Earth-bound robots replicating a robotic exploration mission on another world controlled from a spacecraft.Mogensen would go on to organize food packs, charge virtual reality hardware for a mental health study, and after that video an area physics presentation for junior high school students. Furukawa serviced science freezers and combustion research study gear before cleaning up vents inside the Unity module. Furukawa wrapped up his day with eye talk to NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli. OHara ran the medical imaging gear analyzing the optic nerve, retina, and cornea of both astronauts. Moghbeli earlier installed and evaluated a camera and lights on a spacesuit helmet.The orbiting labs 3 cosmonauts from Roscosmos focused on operations in their segment of the International Space Station. Veteran Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko spent his day examining the Zvezda service module and maintenance interaction and computer systems in the Nauka science module. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub photographed the condition of Zvezdas windows and then studied how microgravity conditions such as magnetic and electrical fields affect fluid physics. Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov shut down Earth observation gear, downloaded vibration information the station experiences while orbiting Earth, then worked on orbital plumbing tasks.
The four Ax-3 team members had their hands full as they checked out cancer research study, area botany, and robotics for Earth and space benefits.Astronauts Andreas Mogensen, Loral OHara, and Satoshi Furukawa dedicated part of their schedule on Tuesday to the Ax-3 objective. OHara from NASA set up the Life Science Glovebox (LSG) for an Ax-3 space botany examination while Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration) activated a microscope to look at cell samples for an Ax-3 cancer study.Ax-3 Commander Michael López-Alegría and Mission Specialist Alper Gezeravcı worked in the Kibo lab modules LSG and tested the genetic modifying of space-grown plants. Ax-3 Pilot Walter Villadei peered at cell samples inside the Kermit microscopic lense to learn how to anticipate and prevent cancer both on Earth and in space.Argentinas Valdes Peninsula, in between the Golfo San Matias and the Golfo Nuevo and occupied by a large variety of marine and land wildlife, is envisioned from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Argentine Sea.