{"id":7078,"date":"2021-09-20T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/crew-kicks-off-week-with-space-biology-and-robotics\/"},"modified":"2021-09-20T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:14:08","slug":"crew-kicks-off-week-with-space-biology-and-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/crew-kicks-off-week-with-space-biology-and-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew Kicks off Week With Space Biology and Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crew Kicks off Week With Space Biology and Robotics<\/h2>\n

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The prominent city lights of Europe from Amsterdam to Paris and London across the English Channel are pictured from the space station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Expedition 65<\/a> is kicking off the week with a host of space biology and robotics activities aboard the International Space Station<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

Five astronauts out of the seven crewmates who comprise the space station crew joined each other today for a review of upcoming research operations with rodents. The quintet reviewed roles and procedures for the study to learn how microgravity affects normal skin and healing functions. The astronauts will take turns transferring the mice from the Mouse Habitat Unit<\/a> to the Life Science Glovebox<\/a> for observation.<\/p>\n

Full-fledged operations for the Rodent Research-1 Demonstration<\/a> will begin Tuesday and continue before the SpaceX Cargo Dragon<\/a> returns to Earth with the rodents on Sept. 30. NASA Flight Engineers Megan McArthur<\/a> and Shane Kimbrough<\/a> will trade shifts on Tuesday with Commander Akihiko Hoshide<\/a> of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet<\/a> of ESA (European Space Agency). NASA Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei<\/a> will also contribute to the experiment later in the week.<\/p>\n

Kimbrough started Monday checking out and activating the toaster-sized Astrobee<\/a> robotic fee-flyers in cooperation with engineers on the ground. Hoshide began his day extracting DNA from microbe samples for sequencing to understand the microbial environment<\/a> of the station. McArthur replaced fuel bottles inside the Combustion Integrated Rack<\/a>. Pesquet set up student-controlled Earth observation hardware<\/a> then cleaned up debris to support the Plant Habitat-04<\/a> space crop experiment.<\/p>\n

Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy<\/a> and Pyotr Dubrov<\/a> are continuing to set up hardware, including cables and laptop computers, inside the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module<\/a>. The new gear will enable the crew to control the European Robotic Arm from both inside and outside the station. The duo then split up Monday afternoon for Russian communications work and life support maintenance.<\/p>\n

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Expedition 65 is kicking off the week with a host of space biology and robotics activities aboard the International Space Station today. Five astronauts out of the seven crewmates who comprise the space station crew joined each other today for a review of upcoming research operations with rodents. The quintet reviewed roles and procedures for \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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