The Soyuz MS-18 team ship moves from the Rassvet module to the Nauka multipurpose lab module on September 28,2021 Credit: NASA
The Expedition 65 team concentrated on a range of innovative housekeeping activities today aboard the International SpaceStation There was likewise time for robotics research study, team departure preparations, and filmmaking activities.
Five station astronauts had their hands complete on Friday dealing with whatever from electronic devices, cleansing, pipes, and establishing short-term team quarters. Some of the crewmates likewise had time to continue continuous research study, which is the primary objective of the orbiting laboratory.
NASA Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough set up computer system networking equipment and linked cable televisions inside the Unity module. Over in the Tranquility module, NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Megan McArthur rearranged stowed products to make area for upcoming operations inside the NanoRacks Bishop airlock.
Commander Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) changed parts on the water healing system situated inside the Kibo lab module. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide remained hectic in the Columbus lab module having a look at science computer systems and after that equipping team alternate sleep lodgings.
McArthur likewise switched on an Astrobee robotic free-flyer and evaluated its maneuvering capabilities utilizing a setting down arm. Kimbrough eliminated a science freezer from the Cygnus area truck and installed it in the Kibo laboratory. Vande Hei called down to NASA nutritional experts and discussed his views about the station’s food menu.
The station’s 3 cosmonauts dealt with the docked Soyuz team ships and their enhance of Russian area research study. Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov practiced Earth descent strategies inside the Soyuz MS-18 team ship, and after that tried out the lower body unfavorable pressure match that avoids fluids from pooling towards a team member’s head in microgravity. Veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov examined life assistance and computer system parts inside the Soyuz MS-19
All 3 cosmonauts likewise took part in filmmaking activities in the station’s Russian sector with spaceflight individuals Yulia Peresild and KlimShipenko The 2 spaceport station visitors will go back to Earth onOct 16 with Novitskiy as he leads the set to a parachute landing in Kazakhstan inside the Soyuz MS-18 team ship.
