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<\/a><\/figure>The Expedition 75<\/a> crew members are coming off a busy period that saw four spacewalks take place in one month outside of the International Space Station<\/a>. The orbital septet cleaned spacesuits, conducted cargo operations, and relaxed throughout Wednesday.<\/p>\n Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jessica Meir<\/a> of NASA completed the last of four spacewalks during a monthlong period on Tuesday, Sept. 1<\/a>. Adenot and Meir spent six hours and 49 minutes installing a spacecraft navigation aid, swabbing the station\u2019s exterior for microorganisms<\/a>, and preparing a cosmic particle detector<\/a> for future upgrades. The duo spent Wednesday mostly relaxing taking time out for exercise and joining NASA flight engineers Anil Menon<\/a> and Jack Hathaway<\/a> for a post-spacewalk conference with mission controllers on the ground.<\/p>\n Menon worked throughout Wednesday refilling spacesuit tanks with water, photographing suit gloves for inspection, and downlinking video captured from cameras attached to the spacewalkers\u2019 helmets. He also transferred cargo in and out of the Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft berthed to the Unity module<\/a> since April 13<\/a>. Hathaway swapped out orbital plumbing components in the Tranquility module<\/a> and uninstalled gear from inside a research incubator<\/a>. The duo also spent a portion of Wednesday relaxing following their daylong support of Tuesday\u2019s spacewalking activities.<\/p>\n During August, three spacewalks were performed with the first taking place on Aug. 6<\/a> when Meir and Menon installed a modification kit on the station\u2019s starboard truss structure preparing it for a future roll-out solar array. The next two spacewalks saw Menon and Adenot disconnect a failed space-to-ground antenna from the Z1 truss segment on Aug. 18<\/a>, then install a spare antenna on Z1 on Aug. 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n The station\u2019s three cosmonauts from Roscosmos stayed busy throughout Wednesday with a variety of research, cargo, and inspection duties. Flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev turned off a camera that automatically photographed wildfires on Earth in multiple wavelengths during the crew\u2019s sleep shift. Next, he photographed the condition of light fixtures in the Zarya module<\/a> for analysis. Flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov packed items for disposal inside the Progress 94 resupply ship<\/a> then photographed the condition of windows inside the Zvezda<\/a> and Nauka<\/a> modules. Flight engineer Anna Kikina checked the operation of scientific equipment, deployed carbon dioxide monitoring hardware, then cleaned Roscosmos ventilation systems.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-13 mission now is targeted to launch no earlier than late September to the International Space Station. A new target launch date will be shared once confirmed.<\/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":" The Expedition 75 crew members are coming off a busy period that saw four spacewalks take place in one month outside of the International Space Station. The orbital septet cleaned spacesuits, conducted cargo operations, and relaxed throughout Wednesday. Continue reading