The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission spoke at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 20, 2023.
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The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 83 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module at 7:50 p.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 20.
Loaded with trash, Progress will be deorbited by RSC-Energia flight controllers over the Pacific Ocean after spending six months at the station.
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The Expedition 69 crew began its day with health checks before moving on to biology and physics research at the end of the week. The International Space Station residents also kept up their maintenance activities while preparing for next week’s cargo and crew missions.
NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen started his morning setting up a periodic health evaluation for himself and fellow astronauts Woody Hoburg of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates). The trio attached sensors to themselves connected to a tablet computer measuring vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiratory rate.
Bowen later worked in the Kibo laboratory module and installed the Multi-use Variable-g Platform Cell-02 hardware to explore the evolution of microbes in space. Hoburg spent a few moments servicing seeds for the Plant Habitat-03 study before testing the ability to use Sidekick augmented reality goggles for maintenance on the COLBERT treadmill.
Alneyadi once again swapped graphene aerogel samples, with Bowen’s assistance, in the Microgravity Science Glovebox for a space manufacturing study. After replacing orbital plumbing gear, the UAE astronaut filmed short videos depicting space communication activities for junior high school students.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio took the day off on Friday spending time on personal activities and his daily exercise regimen. On Sept. 11, Rubio is due to break NASA’s single spaceflight record of 355 days set previously by astronaut Mark Vande Hei on March 30, 2022. Rubio arrived at the station on Sept.21, 2022, with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. The trio is due to return to Earth at the end of September.
Prokopyev ended his week testing a 3D printer then exploring piloting and robotic techniques that may be used on future planetary missions. Petelin took an inventory of gear located throughout the station’s Roscosmos segment then tested ways international crews and mission controllers can improve communications.
Roscosmos Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev spent Friday morning repairing a water regeneration system. He then spent the rest of the afternoon inspecting and cleaning laptop computers.
The ISS Progress 83 cargo craft will end its six-month stay at the orbital lab on Sunday when it undocks from the Zvezda service module’s aft port at 7:48 p.m. EDT. The ISS Progress 85 cargo craft will replace it on Thursday Aug. 24, when it docks to the same Zvezda port two days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Just four hours after the Progress 85 arrives, four crew members aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft will launch from the Kennedy Space Center to the orbital outpost. The SpaceX Crew-7 mission will dock to the Harmony module’s space-facing just one day after its liftoff and the four crew mates will enter the orbiting lab to begin a six-month space research mission.
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The massive cluster Abell 3322 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in which the galaxy 2MASX J05101744-4519179 basks in the center.
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The Expedition 69 crew pointed its research program toward cancer therapies, vein scans, and space manufacturing on Thursday. The International Space Station will also see a Roscosmos cargo craft and a SpaceX crew spacecraft arrive next week.
Science on the orbital outpost can help doctors develop innovative treatments for a variety of health conditions on Earth. The weightless environment can reveal new phenomena offering unique insights impossible to discover in laboratories on Earth.
Flight Engineers Frank Rubio of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates), working out of the Microgravity Science Glovebox, serviced stem cell samples to learn how to increase their production in space. Scientists will use the research data to understand the potential of these space-grown stem cells for developing improved blood disease and cancer treatments.
Rubio later joined NASA Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg for vein scans using the Ultrasound 2 device in the Columbus laboratory module. The duo imaged their neck, shoulder, and knee areas looking for potential space-caused blood clots with real-time assistance from flight surgeons on the ground.
Hoburg earlier in the day assisted NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen as he swapped graphene aerogel samples for a space manufacturing study. The physics investigation seeks to produce a superior, uniform material structure benefitting power storage, environmental protection, and chemical sensing.
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Andrey Fedyaev once again tried on a specialized suit on Thursday testing its ability to help them adapt to Earth’s gravity. The cosmonauts are evaluating the lower body negative pressure suit for its potential to redistribute fluids that have pooled in the upper body due to microgravity toward the lower body.
Roscosmos Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin tested piloting and robotic techniques that may be used on future planetary missions. He also worked throughout the day on Earth photography and science hardware maintenance.
The ISS Progress 83 cargo craft is due to end it six-month stay at the orbital lab on Sunday when it undocks from the Zvezda service module’s aft port at 7:48 p.m. EDT. It will be replaced on Thursday Aug. 24, when the ISS Progress 85 cargo craft docks to the same port on Zvezda two days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Just four hours after the Progress 85 arrives, four crew members aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft will launch from the Kennedy Space Center to the space station. The SpaceX Crew-7 mission will dock to the Harmony module’s space-facing just one day after its liftoff and the four crew mates will enter the orbiting lab to begin a six-month space research mission.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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