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Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station Resupplying Crew

The unpiloted Progress 91 spacecraft arrived at the aft port of the orbiting laboratory’s Zvezda Service module at 6:02 p.m. EST, March 1. The spacecraft launched at 4:24 p.m. EST (2:24 a.m. Baikonur time) Feb. 27, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 

The Roscosmos spacecraft is delivering about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station and will remain docked for approximately six months before departing for a re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew. 

.Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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Crew Studies Space Exercise While Waiting for Saturday Delivery

Exercise research and muscle stimulation were the main research topics aboard the International Space Station on Friday to keep crews fit in weightlessness and in the confinement of a spacecraft. The Expedition 72 crew also prepared for Saturday’s arrival of a cargo mission while working on spacesuit maintenance and housekeeping duties.

Working out every day in space is necessary to counteract the effects of weightlessness including muscle and bone loss. The crew spends two hours seven days a week jogging on a treadmill, pedaling on an exercise cycle, and working out on the advanced resistive exercise device that mimics free weights on Earth.

NASA Flight Engineer Nick Hague spent his day on a pair of experiments investigating how the lack of gravity impacts an exercising astronaut. For his first experiment he wore a sensor-packed vest and headband that recorded his health data as he pedaled on an exercise cycle. Afterward, he downlinked the medical data so doctors on the ground could analyze his heart and breath rate, blood pressure, and more. Hague’s next experiment required him to wear electrodes that stimulated his leg muscles with small electrical signals. Results may improve muscle function, shorten workout sessions, and lead to lighter exercise equipment offsetting space-caused muscle atrophy.

Spacesuit work and lab cleanup filled the last day of the work week for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, and Suni Williams. Wilmore was in the Quest airlock powering up a high-definition camera and swapping life support components on a spacesuit. Pettit switched out an optical cartridge inside the Mochii miniature scanning electron microscope then monitored its ground-controlled operations. Williams began her day collecting body samples for stowage and later analysis. Next, she inspected materials research hardware from the European Space Agency.

Roscosmos’ new Progress 91 cargo craft is orbiting Earth today carrying three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 72 crew following its launch on Thursday. The Progress 91 is scheduled to dock to the Zvezda service module’s aft port at 6:03 p.m. EST on Saturday where it will stay for a six-month cargo mission. NASA+ will begin its live rendezvous and docking coverage at 5:15 p.m.

Cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner will be on duty monitoring Progress 91 and at the controls of the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous unit, ready to remotely control the approaching spacecraft, if necessary, though unlikely. The duo called down to mission controllers on Friday and discussed preparations for Saturday’s automated arrival of the Progress 91. Flight Engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov spent his day in the Nauka science module primarily working on the orbital plumbing system.

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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Progress Cargo Mission Lifts Off to Station for Saturday Arrival

The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 91 spacecraft is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following a launch at 4:24 p.m. EST (2:24 a.m. Baikonur time) Feb. 27, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 

After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the aft port of the orbiting laboratory’s Zvezda Service module at 6:03 p.m., Saturday, March 1. 

NASA’s rendezvous and docking coverage will begin at 5:15 p.m. on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.  The spacecraft will deliver about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the space station. 

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Progress Cargo Craft Counts Down to Launch Today on NASA+

The unpiloted Progress 91 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 4:24 p.m. EST (2:24 a.m. Baikonur time) on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Roscosmos spacecraft will liftoff carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station.

NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. 

After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the aft port of the orbiting laboratory’s Zvezda Service module at 6:03 p.m., Saturday, March 1. NASA’s rendezvous and docking coverage will begin at 5:15 p.m. on NASA+. 

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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Crew Works Eye Checks, Stomach Scans Before Cargo Mission Launches Today

Eye checks and stomach scans dominated the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Thursday ensuring astronauts stay healthy in weightlessness. The Expedition 72 crew is also gearing up for the arrival of a new cargo mission this weekend.

Doctors have diagnosed eye conditions in astronauts who have reported vision issues after living and working in microgravity for months at a time. A variety of eye exams scheduled throughout a mission help researchers track and understand the space-caused optical symptoms and develop treatments to keep crews healthy.

NASA Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore kicked off the first set of eye exams on Wednesday scanning the eyes of NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Nick Hague using the Ultrasound 2 device. The trio was inside the Columbus laboratory module as doctors on the ground monitored the downlinked biomedical data in real time examining the crew’s cornea, lens, and optic nerve.

The second set of eye exams included Williams, Hague, and Roscosmos Flight Engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov who peered into a high-resolution medical imaging device examining their retina. Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, with remote guidance from doctors on Earth, assisted with the eye study to detect and counter eye and vision issues caused during space missions.

At the beginning of his shift, Hague removed blood samples from the Kubik research incubator and spun them in the Human Research Facility’s centrifuge. He then processed the specimens for stowage in a science freezer for later analysis. The samples will be studied on the space station to understand space-caused stress on cells and tissue and how the human immune system adapts to weightlessness.

Gorbunov and Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner were back on space digestion research at the beginning of their shift on Wednesday. The two cosmonauts joined each other for ultrasound scans of their stomachs before and after breakfast for a long-running human research investigation to learn how weightlessness impacts their digestion system.

The Progress 91 cargo craft is counting to its launch to the orbital outpost from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:24 p.m. EST today. Ovchinin and cosmonaut Ivan Vagner will be on duty when Progress 91 and its three tons of food, fuel, and supplies arrives on Saturday and docks to the Zvezda service module’s aft port at 6:03 p.m. Both the launch and docking will be broadcast live on NASA+.

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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