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<\/a>Equipment installs and station maintenance topped the in-orbit schedule aboard the International Space Station<\/a> on Tuesday. The Expedition 70<\/a> crew members expanded on work that began yesterday while completing some maintenance around station as they await the arrival of an upcoming cargo craft.<\/p>\n The Progress 87 cargo craft is scheduled to\u00a0launch<\/a>\u00a0from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:25 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 14.\u00a0Loaded with nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies, Progress will dock to the station around 1:12 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17.<\/p>\n As one cargo resupply ship readies for launch, two cosmonauts\u2014Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub\u2014were on duty last night, Feb. 12, to monitor the departure of the Progress 85 cargo craft. Progress undocked from the orbital lab at 9:09 p.m. before it reentered Earth\u2019s atmosphere three hours later and harmlessly burned up over the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n Kononenko and Chub had a light duty day afterward, focusing on cargo audits and preparations for future experiments.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, ESA (European Space Agency) Commander Andreas Mogensen<\/a> spent the bulk of his day working in the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock. He installed the Nanoracks-GITAI S2<\/a> modular robotic arm, which demonstrates the design, build, and operations of extravehicular robotic systems. This tech demonstration aims to aid in the development of robots for in-space assembly and manufacturing, supporting future commercial lunar missions.<\/p>\n NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli<\/a> spent her day on a few different tasks, collecting blood pressure data for the Vascular Aging<\/a> investigation, stowing the Bio-Monitor<\/a> garment and headband she donned yesterday, and collecting atmosphere samples throughout the station.<\/p>\n NASA astronaut Loral O\u2019Hara<\/a> assisted Mogensen with the Nanoracks-GITAI S2 install before photographing Plant-Microbe Interactions in Space<\/a> (APEX-10) petri plates, which launched aboard Northrop Grumman\u2019s 20th<\/sup> commercial resupply mission<\/a> to the station. The new investigation examines whether beneficial microbes can mitigate some of the negative effects the space environment can have on plant growth and development.<\/p>\n In the Kibo Laboratory<\/a>, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa<\/a> spent his day recording space demonstrations suggested by students for JAXA\u2019s Try Zero-Gravity<\/a> educational activity. Students can vote for and suggest tasks for JAXA astronauts to carry out on station, such as putting in eye drops, performing push-ups on the ceiling, and more, to allow the youth to interact with station residents and learn about living and working in microgravity.<\/p>\n In the Roscosmos segment, Flight Engineer Konstantin Borisov completed some orbital maintenance tasks and ran a distillation cycle on the Roscosmos water management system.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog<\/a>, @space_station<\/a> and @ISS_Research<\/a> on X, as well as the ISS Facebook<\/a> and ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at: https:\/\/roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Abby Graf <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Equipment installs and station maintenance topped the in-orbit schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 70 crew members expanded on work that began yesterday while completing some maintenance around station as they await the arrival of an upcoming cargo craft. The Progress 87 cargo craft is scheduled to\u00a0launch\u00a0from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in \u2026 Continue reading
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