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The Expedition 73 crew briefly increased to 11 members last Saturday (August 2), but then quickly retreated to seven and left the SpaceX four-person crew-10 mission Friday (August 8). Most of this week was missed by introducing new arrivals to their homes for the next six to eight months and preparing for the withdrawal of endurance, the Crew-10 dragon capsule.
Observation of orbit
“Want to go to the moon or even Mars? I’m doing!”
It was a feeling expressed by Mike Fincke, who came to the International SpaceX crew-11 mission last Saturday (August 2). Space traveler veteran is the fourth time ISS – Fincke quickly settled in his orbit home and started preparing for the day when he and others can go away from the ground.
“I contributed to science to help people flourish in the solar system. Today was my first blood pickup!” In Fincke, on Thursday (August 7), he wrote in social media, writing down this photo in which he holds his contribution. “Samples are now frozen and will be tested on earth. There are more samples in the future.”
Expedition 73 Airline engineer Mike Fincke of NASA sees his first blood sample since returning to the international space station, his contribution to the ongoing astronauts’ health tests. | Credit: NASA/Mike Fincke
The status of science
Among the research this week has been conducted by the Expedition 73 crew at the Space Station:
Muscle stimulation – Before leaving home, Nichole Ayers airline flight engineer took another turn using electrical impulses to stimulate the leg muscles, trying to find a way to support the daily exercise as protection against bone and muscle loss. Colleague NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim helped Ayers send signals and collect the returned data.
Set the brain 2.0 – Newly arriving air airline Mike Fincke of NASA and Kimiya Yui from Jaxa chose where previous crew members came out, now becoming an experiment to measure how blood flows from the heart to her brain in micro -program. Both astronauts wore electrodes on the neck and chests to collect data on their body changes due to blood connection when approaching their heads.
Cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky also examined their blood circulation, focusing on flow from their heart to hand and hands. Their data will help doctors better understand their understanding and create better responsibilities from the stress that is experienced by a vascular system during long -term space flight.
Station storage
Most of the Expedition 73 crews time this week was dedicated to the recent arrival of the SpaceX crew-11 astronauts and astronauts and the withdrawal of Crew-10 members.
Fiber optics -Crew-10 commander Anne McClain worked with Crew 11 Commander Zena Cardman European Space Agency (ESA) in the Columbus Laboratory to determine the equipment needed to make the optical fiber. The quality of the cable produced in microgravitis exceeds what can be produced on Earth.
Actronauts’ activities
Before they left the space station, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Jaxa Astronauts Takuya Oony and Roscosmos Cosmonauts Kirill Peskov-Keturi SpaceX crew-10 members Farewell on Tuesday (August 5). They also handed over the Expedition 73 leadership from Oonyhi to Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos.
“You’re in good hands, so I’m sure the other side of the Expedition 73 will be even better,” said Oony, addressing SpaceX crew-11, Zena Cardman and NASA FINKKE, Jaxa’s Kimiya Yui and Olego Platoonov from Roscosmos. “Crew 10 is going out now, but science will continue here because this place is an impetus for people to improve our technology and further explore.”
By numbers
Since Friday (August 8) is 7 people International Space Station: Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, Commander of Expedition 73; Fellow astronauts Alexey Zubritsky and Oleg Platonov; Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke of NASA; And Kimiya Yui of Jaxa, all flight engineers.
Is Two dock crew spacecraft: SpaceX Dragon Endeavour, attached to the Harmony Module Zenith port and Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27, attached to the Earth’s Dichal Node.
Is Two dock cargo area: Rosposma progress MS-30 (91p) attached to the posterior port of the Zvezda service module, and progresses MS-31 (92p) attached to a space-facing POCK module port.
Since Friday, the space station has been constantly crew 24 years and 9 months and 6 days.