The Soyuz MS-22 team ship is visualized docked to the Rassvet module. In the background, the Prichal docking module is connected to the Nauka multipurpose lab module. Credit: NASA
The uncrewed Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft made an automated, parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan at 7:46 a.m. EDT (5:46 p.m. Kazakhstan time) on Tuesday after undocking as arranged from the International Space Station at 5:57 a.m.
Remaining aboard the station is the seven-person crew of Expedition 69 with Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg, and Frank Rubio, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Andrey Fedyaev and Dmitri Petelin.
March 28, 2023: International Space Station Configuration. Five spacecraft are parked at the area station including the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour and Cargo Dragon cars, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter, and Russias Soyuz MS-23 team ship and Progress 83 resupply ship. Credit: NASA
The other day, with the uncrewed Soyuz crew ship arranged to depart the International Space Station (ISS) the next early morning, the seven-member Expedition 68 team focused on new science experiments and hardware recently delivered aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo lorry.
3 spaceport station homeowners who got to the orbiting laboratory on September 21 in 2015 aboard the Soyuz MS-22 team ship will continue their remain in area after their spacecrafts departure. The passengerless lorry parachuted to a landing in Kazakhstan less than two hours after departure finishing a six-month mission docked to the Rassvet module.
Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev with Roscosmos Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin and NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio are extending their stay in area for a yearlong mission. The trio is because of return to Earth in September inside the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship, which arrived empty in February.
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft is seen approaching the Poisk module of the space station prior to docking at 7:58 p.m. EST as the spaceport station was flying 260 miles above northern Mongolia. Credit: NASA TV
The stations crew members have actually begun activating brand-new science experiments and servicing spacesuit gear provided aboard the SpaceX Cargo Dragon automobile on March 16.
NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen worked in the Kibo lab module establishing biology hardware that will house samples exposed to artificial gravity to potentially treat muscle and bone issues on Earth and in space. Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg processed samples for a study exploring methods to produce brand-new pharmaceuticals in space and isolated places in the world. UAE (United Arab Emirates) Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi unpacked a new spacesuit, or Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), inside the recently-arrived Cargo Dragon area truck.
Rubio inspected on components inside the Fluid Science Laboratory situated in the Columbus lab module prior to continuing to dump a few of the 6,200 pounds of freight packed inside the Cargo Dragon. Prokopyev readied the MS-22 for its undocking early Tuesday while his fellow cosmonauts Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev dealt with typical orbital pipes and laboratory maintenance tasks.
In the background, the Prichal docking module is connected to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. 5 spacecraft are parked at the space station consisting of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour and Cargo Dragon cars, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus area truck, and Russias Soyuz MS-23 crew ship and Progress 83 resupply ship. NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen worked in the Kibo laboratory module setting up biology hardware that will house samples exposed to synthetic gravity to possibly deal with muscle and bone issues on Earth and in area.