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<\/a><\/figure>Four Expedition 74<\/a> astronauts had a ship-to-ship call with the four Artemis II<\/a> astronauts on Tuesday after they flew around the Moon in a historic first for NASA and its international partners. The International Space Station<\/a> residents also continued their ongoing biomedical research, trained to capture a U.S. cargo craft, and installed a small experimental robotic arm.<\/p>\n The station crewmates called to the Artemis II crew, NASA Commander Reid Wiseman<\/a>, NASA Pilot Victor Glover<\/a>, and \u00a0Mission Specialists Christina Koch<\/a> of NASA and Jeremy Hansen of CSA (Canadian Space Agency), who are returning to Earth aboard the spacecraft Integrity for a short conversation. The station crew expressed their curiosity about the difference between the two spacecraft, while the Artemis II crewmates shared their experience seeing the Moon up close. Koch, who performed a pair of station spacewalks<\/a> with Meir in January of 2020, remarked, \u201cEvery single thing that we learned on ISS is up here.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, scientific operations remained the focus aboard the space station as the orbital lab residents studied how to keep astronauts healthy on long-term space missions. NASA astronauts Chris Williams<\/a>, Jack Hathaway<\/a>, and Jessica Meir<\/a>, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev joined each other on Tuesday for a series of vein scans using the Ultrasound 3<\/a> biomedical device as doctors on the ground monitored in real-time. Doctors were looking for signs of potential space-caused blood clots that can form in leg veins and travel to the lungs. Knowledge gained from research aboard the space station is also informing the Artemis II mission<\/a> including future space missions.<\/p>\n Earlier in their shift, Williams and Hathway kept up their cargo mission training as they simulated capturing the Cygnus XL resupply ship with the Canadarm2 robotic arm<\/a> using a computer. Mission managers now are targeting\u00a0no earlier than\u00a08:03 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 10<\/a>,\u00a0for the launch of Cygnus XL atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to resupply the Expedition 74 crew.<\/p>\n Meir began her shift collecting her saliva and hair samples for the RelaxPro<\/a> investigation sponsored by ESA. Doctors will analyze the samples back on Earth for stress-related hormones and immune markers to measure space-associated stress and immunity levels. The ESA relaxation study explores using mindfulness and meditation techniques to improve sleep quality and manage stress during a long-term spaceflight.<\/p>\n Adenot was back inside the Kibo laboratory module<\/a> setting up a small experimental robotic arm for the TUSK technology demonstration<\/a>. The TUSK robotic arm is being tested for precise, sub-millimeter motion in weightlessness. Afterward, Adenot joined fellow astronauts Williams, Hathaway, and Meir and practiced their responses on a computer for a simulated emergency then reviewed emergency tools and procedures.<\/p>\n Station commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, both Roscosmos cosmonauts, joined each other for a pair of crew health studies exploring team psychology and exercise on Tuesday. The duo first participated in a study that provided progressively harder computer tasks that required cooperation. Researchers were recording how crews adapt to working together in the unique conditions of space. Results may inform crew training techniques for future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Next, Kud-Sverchkov pedaled on an exercise cycle while attached to electrodes and a blood pressure cuff for a fitness test as Mikaev assisted and operated the health monitoring gear.<\/p>\n Fedyaev continued training to use the European robotic arm (ERA) from inside the Nauka science module<\/a>. Fedyaev tested the ERA in primary and backup modes and practiced maneuvering the ERA while engaging all of its joints.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the <\/em>space station blog<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>@space_station<\/em><\/a> on X, as well as the <\/em>ISS Facebook<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>ISS Instagram<\/em><\/a> accounts.<\/em><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. <\/em>Subscribe here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark A. Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four Expedition 74 astronauts had a ship-to-ship call with the four Artemis II astronauts on Tuesday after they flew around the Moon in a historic first for NASA and its international partners. The International Space Station residents also continued their ongoing biomedical research, trained to capture a U.S. cargo craft, and installed a small experimental robotic arm. Continue reading