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<\/a>SpaceX CRS-22 undocking is planned for Thursday, July 8 at 10:35 a.m. EDT, with NASA TV<\/a> coverage scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. NASA and SpaceX flight control teams continue to monitor the weather and splashdown locations. Certain parameters like wind speeds and wave heights must be within certain limits to ensure the safety of the recovery teams, the science, and the spacecraft. Additional opportunities are available on July 9 and 10. The space freighter\u2019s departure had been scheduled for earlier this week but was postponed due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Expedition 65<\/a> crew members stayed focused on a variety of science activities including human health, robotics and physics.<\/p>\n Flight Engineers Shane Kimbrough<\/a> and Thomas Pesquet<\/a> took turns working out on an exercise cycle Wednesday for a fitness test. The veteran astronauts attached sensors to their chests and pedaled for an hour on the device more formally known as the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization, or CEVIS<\/a>. The test took place in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module<\/a> and measures how microgravity affects the duo\u2019s physical exertion, or aerobic capacity<\/a>.<\/p>\n NASA Flight Engineer Megan McArthur<\/a> focused on electronics maintenance and robotics research throughout Wednesday. The two-time space visitor powered up a cube-shaped AstroBee<\/a> robotic helper and tested new technology that monitors the acoustic environment of the station. SoundSee<\/a> seeks to demonstrate that \u201clistening\u201d to station components can help detect anomalies in spacecraft systems that need servicing.<\/p>\n Space manufacturing using colloids is being investigated for the ability to harness nanoparticles to fabricate new and advanced materials. Station commander Akihiko Hoshide<\/a> conducted three runs inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox<\/a> of the InSPACE-4 study<\/a> today that could improve the strength and safety of Earth and space systems.<\/p>\n The trio that launched to the station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 crew ship<\/a> practiced an emergency evacuation drill during the morning. NASA Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei<\/a> joined cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy<\/a> and Pyotr Dubrov<\/a> and reviewed procedures such as donning gas masks, quickly entering the Soyuz spacecraft, undocking and reentering the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n Vande Hei later assisted McArthur with cable management work inside the Tranquility module<\/a>. Novitskiy and Dubrov wrapped up the day disconnecting antenna cables inside their Soyuz vehicle.<\/p>\n NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Wednesday, July 21, for Crew Dragon Endeavour\u2019s International Space Station port relocation operation. Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide Pesquet will suit up in their launch and entry spacesuits for Crew Dragon\u2019s automated relocation maneuver from the forward to the space-facing port of the station\u2019s Harmony module. The maneuver frees up the forward port to prepare for the arrival of NASA\u2019s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission at the microgravity laboratory at the end of July.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@Space_Station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter as well as the\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SpaceX CRS-22 undocking is planned for Thursday, July 8 at 10:35 a.m. EDT, with NASA TV coverage scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. NASA and SpaceX flight control teams continue to monitor the weather and splashdown locations. Certain parameters like wind speeds and wave heights must be within certain limits to ensure the safety of \u2026 Continue reading