The 11 locals working together aboard the International Space Station (ISS) also continued their continuous biomedical science and laboratory upkeep activities.Northrop Grummans Cygnus space freighter is sitting atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket counting down to a lift off no earlier than 12:07 p.m. EST on Tuesday. Amongst the new science experiments being provided are the Metal 3D Printer which tests the 3D printing of little metal parts in area and the Robotic Surgery Tech Demo which evaluates remotely controlled surgical techniques.NASAs Northrop Grumman 20th business resupply mission will carry more than 8,200 pounds (3,720 kilograms) of cargo to the International Space Station. Furukawa later assisted Ax-3 crewmates Michael López-Alegría and Alper Gezeravcı as they studied how to utilize the CRISPR method to genetically modify plants promoting space farming and sustainable life assistance systems.Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa works out on the Advanced Resisitive Exercise Device situated (ARED) in the International Space Stations Tranquility module.
Northrop Grummans Cygnus freight craft is pictured minutes after it was captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm managed by NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg from inside the International Space Station on August 4, 2023. Credit: NASACargo mission preparations and space research kept the Expedition 70 and Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crews busy at the start of the week. The 11 citizens working together aboard the International Space Station (ISS) also continued their ongoing biomedical science and laboratory upkeep activities.Northrop Grummans Cygnus space truck is sitting atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket counting down to a lift off no earlier than 12:07 p.m. EST on Tuesday. Cygnus is packed with more than 8,200 pounds of science and supplies scheduled for shipment to the orbital outpost on Thursday, February 1. Among the brand-new science experiments being provided are the Metal 3D Printer which tests the 3D printing of small metal parts in space and the Robotic Surgery Tech Demo which evaluates remotely managed surgical techniques.NASAs Northrop Grumman 20th business resupply objective will bring more than 8,200 pounds (3,720 kgs) of cargo to the International Space Station. Credit: NASANASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral OHara trained on a computer Monday afternoon for Cygnus arrival. Moghbeli will be at the robotics workstation on Thursday commanding the Canadarm 2 robotic arm to record Cygnus at 4:20 a.m. OHara will also be on task monitoring Cygnus automated method and rendezvous early Thursday.The duo along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa began the day with urine, blood, and saliva sample collections. The samples were processed first then stowed in a science freezer for later analysis to understand how living in weightlessness impacts the body. Furukawa later on helped Ax-3 crewmates Michael López-Alegría and Alper Gezeravcı as they studied how to utilize the CRISPR approach to genetically modify plants promoting space farming and sustainable life assistance systems.Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa works out on the Advanced Resisitive Exercise Device situated (ARED) in the International Space Stations Tranquility module. When lifting complimentary weights on Earth, the ARED is developed to simulate the inertial forces produced. Credit: NASAStation Commander Andreas Mogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) started his day with a cognition test measuring his spatial orientation, visual tracking, and decision-making capabilities in microgravity. Later, he supported the Ax-3 team throughout the day, prepared the station for Cygnus freight transfers, and recorded video messages for European students.Ax-3 Pilot Walter Villadei recorded his meals on Monday and answered a few questions about his dining experience. Villadei then videotaped an easy area physics experiment using a yo-yo and then recorded a video message for future Italian pilots. Mission Specialist Marcus Wandt from ESA likewise recorded a video message using 360-degree virtual truth gear to promote science for Swedish audiences. He later recorded his sleep experiences, took a cognition test, then uninstalled a high-speed video camera that photographed Earths thunderstorms.Four primary parts on the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station are envisioned as the orbital station skyrocketed 265 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean. From top to bottom, are the Nauka multipurpose lab module, the European robotic arm connected to Nauka, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship. Credit: NASAOver in the orbiting laboratorys Roscosmos segment, veteran cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko repressurized thermal control system components and then switched batteries inside hardware developed to inspect difficult-to-reach areas on the station. Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub spent his day inventorying tools and equipment inside the Poisk module and photographing windows on the Zvezda service module. Cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov started his day disconnecting a student-controlled Earth observation electronic camera and after that serviced ventilation systems in Zvezda and the Nauka science module.The spaceport station is orbiting a few miles higher after the Roscosmos Progress 85 freight craft fired its engines for over 13 minutes on Saturday. The orbital reboost raised the station to the right altitude for an upcoming Progress freight launch in February and the next Soyuz team swap prepared for early spring.
