NASA astronaut Josh Cassada friends by one of many seven home windows within the cupola, the house station’s “window to the world.” Credit: NASA
Four Expedition 68 astronauts are halfway by their bone analysis actions this week serving to medical doctors enhance remedy for bone circumstances on and off the Earth. The three cosmonauts residing aboard the International Space Station saved up their physics analysis, examined spacecraft communications gear, and carried out eye exams.
Weightlessness reveals phenomena which can be troublesome or unattainable to review in Earth’s gravity setting. Scientists on the bottom use the house station’s analysis amenities to review and observe these distinctive phenomena and supply superior options benefiting a bunch of house and Earth-bound industries.
Four astronauts aboard the orbiting lab are in the midst of an experiment that’s finding out a bone graft adhesive that will reverse the results of weightlessness on stem cells and bone tissue. Doctors have realized that microgravity inhibits bone tissue regeneration and are exploring methods to advertise bone restore whereas residing in house. Results could enhance restoration from bone accidents throughout house missions and profit therapies for circumstances on Earth similar to osteoporosis.
Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, and Frank Rubio from NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency were in their second of three days of research operations for the Osteopromotive Bone Adhesive study. The quartet once again spent all day working in the Kibo laboratory module studying biological specimens inside the Life Science Glovebox. The samples are returned to Earth for evaluation and analysis and are compared to control samples on the ground maintained under similar conditions.
Commander Sergey Prokopyev continued his space physics research on Tuesday studying how clouds of highly charged particles, or plasma crystals, behave in a specialized chamber. This fundamental experiment may lead to more advanced research methods and improve practical knowledge for Earth and space industries.
Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin spent Tuesday morning collecting station air samples for analysis from the Zvezda, Zarya, Nauka, and Destiny modules. Petelin later joined Prokopyev and tested the station’s tele-robotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU, in coordination with the ISS Progress 81 cargo craft docked to Zvezda.
Flight Engineer Anna Kikina began her day by working on an oxygen generator and other life support components. Afterward, she joined Petelin for eye checks using medical imaging hardware to understand how living in space affects vision.
