{"id":13708,"date":"2025-05-14T06:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/crew-kicks-off-the-week-with-cargo-stowage-health-research-and-maintenance-and-agricultural-work\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T06:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:10:51","slug":"crew-kicks-off-the-week-with-cargo-stowage-health-research-and-maintenance-and-agricultural-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/crew-kicks-off-the-week-with-cargo-stowage-health-research-and-maintenance-and-agricultural-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew Kicks off the Week with Cargo Stowage, Health Research, and Maintenance and Agricultural Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crew Kicks off the Week with Cargo Stowage, Health Research, and Maintenance and Agricultural Work<\/h2>\n

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iss072e941773 (April 9, 2025) \u2014 NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim installs experimental hydrogen sensors to test the advanced life support gear for longer calibration life and improved reliability aboard the International Space Station\u2019s Destiny laboratory module.<\/div>\n
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This week begins with a focus on cargo stowage inside SpaceX\u2019s Dragon cargo spacecraft and health research aboard the International Space Station<\/a>. The Expedition 73<\/a> crew members also scheduled in time for maintenance and agricultural work.<\/p>\n

The morning consisted of NASA Flight Engineer (or astronaut) Anne McClain<\/a> setting up the CIPHER<\/a> Falcon Goggles hardware for Vestibular Exams that she and fellow NASA Flight Engineer (or astronaut) Jonny Kim<\/a> later performed. They were aided by an operator and remote guide on the ground. The CIPHER investigation, or the Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research, is one of many ongoing health-focused studies in microgravity that looks at how various systems in the body\u2014the heart, muscles, bones, and eyes\u2014adapt to longer missions. <\/p>\n

Work later began with the Life Sciences Glovebox<\/a> by Kim as he worked to support the DNA Nano Therapeutics Mission 2<\/a> which produces a special type of molecule formed by DNA-inspired, customizable building blocks known as Janus base nanomaterials. It also evaluates how well the materials reduce joint inflammation and whether they can help regenerate cartilage lost due to arthritis. He moved on to work on ADSEP-4<\/a>, which is Advanced Space Experiment Processor where he replaced and removed the Crystallizer in the Advanced Space Experiment Processor Industrial Crystallization Cassette.<\/p>\n

NASA Flight Engineer (or astronaut) Nichole Ayers<\/a>, McClain, and station commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) then spent a portion of their day transferring cargo from the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft onto the International Space Station. Ayers and Onishi also continued some spacewalk<\/a> clean-up as they stowed tools used from preparing the space station for the ISS Roll Out Solar Array (IROSA).<\/p>\n

Photography consumed parts of McClain\u2019s day on station as she recorded the progress of tomato plants\u00a0as part of a space agricultural study<\/a>. She later closed out her tasks documenting Kim\u2019s work on the ADSEP-4 as he was holding the Advanced Space Experiment Processor Industrial Crystallization Cassette.<\/p>\n

Onishi carried out several station maintenance tasks starting with the setting up, analyzing, and recording data from water samples taken from the Water Processor Assembly using the TOCA<\/a> (Total Organic Carbon Analyzer) Water Sample Hose. TOCA helps ensure reclaimed water is safe to drink by providing capabilities to measure total organic carbon, total inorganic carbon, total carbon, pH and conductivity in water.\u00a0 He later moved on to maintenance for the 4-Bed CO2 Scrubber<\/a>, which is an integral part of crew life support through the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

In the Roscosmos segment, the station\u2019s three cosmonauts\u00a0Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy, and Kirill Peskov spent much of their day working on space station maintenance. Peskov worked with potable water with the Water Process Assembly, while Ryzhikov was ensuring the maintenance of coolant. Both he and Zubritskiy also oversaw finding an adaptor cable.<\/p>\n

Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on X as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts. Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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