Barron later collected root and shoot samples from Arabidopsis plants grown on petri plates readying them for stowage and analysis back on the ground. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei worked on another area botany examination as he gathered and photographed cotton cultures grown on the station to comprehend how weightlessness impacts plant genetics.
NASA Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn spent Tuesday on several human research study and area biology tasks. He wrapped up blood pressure measurements for the Vascular Aging study, set up the Life Science Glovebox for an upcoming experiment, then took a robotics test for a behavioral examination. Astronaut Matthias Maurer from ESA (European Space Agency) likewise dealt with life science as he collected microorganism samples for analysis, switched particle samples inside the Mochii electron-scanning microscopic lense, then took a cognition test.
2 cosmonauts, station Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov, continue preparing for a spacewalk on January19. Today, they set up a set of Russian Orlan spacesuits that will be worn in the vacuum of area when they configure the stations two newest modules, Nauka and Prichal.
The station is envisioned from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour throughout a fly around that occurred on November 8, 2021. Credit: NASA
The International Space Station is tailoring up for the departure of a U.S. resupply ship and a Russian spacewalk next week. The Expedition 66 crew is maintaining its speed of research study checking out how microgravity impacts a range of biological phenomena.
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle has actually been docked to the Harmony modules space-facing docking port because December 22 when it delivered over 6,500 pounds of brand-new science experiments, crew materials, and station hardware. It is now being readied for departure on January 21 its go back to Earth a day later packed with finished area research and old lab equipment for analysis and examination.
NASA Flight Engineers Kayla Barron and Raja Chari took turns Tuesday morning loading and organizing equipment inside the Cargo Dragon. Chari then invested the afternoon swapping out science freezer components inside Dragon that will soon house research samples for assessment by researchers on Earth.
