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<\/a>The Expedition 66<\/a> crew is wrapping up the work week continuing its Russian spacewalk preparations while packing a U.S. resupply ship for departure next week. The orbital residents also had time set aside for eye checks and science hardware work.<\/p>\n The SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle is due to complete its mission at the International Space Station<\/a> on Jan. 21 after 30 days docked to the Harmony module<\/a>\u2019s space-facing port. NASA Flight Engineers Raja Chari<\/a> and Thomas Marshburn<\/a> began Friday loading up the Dragon with a variety of cargo that will be returned to Earth one day after the vehicle\u2019s undocking. ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer<\/a> assisted the duo in the afternoon organizing and securing the cargo inside the U.S. commercial cargo craft.<\/p>\n Chari and Maurer also led a pair of eye checks aboard the orbiting lab on Friday afternoon with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei<\/a> as the subject. Maurer started the first exam scanning Vande Hei\u2019s eye with the Ultrasound 2<\/a> device. Following that, Chari looked at the veteran astronaut\u2019s retinas using standard medical imaging gear, optical coherence tomography, that can be found inside a doctor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n NASA Flight Engineer Kayla Barron<\/a> spent Friday working on experiment hardware throughout the space station\u2019s U.S. segment. She started the morning retrieving research components exposed to the harsh environment of space from inside the Kibo laboratory module<\/a>\u2019s airlock. During the afternoon, Barron began setting up and photographing science gear in several station modules to prepare for upcoming research.<\/p>\n Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov<\/a> and Pyotr Dubrov<\/a> spent the last day of the week trying on their Russian Orlan spacesuits, checking for pressure leaks and testing their communication systems. They will exit the Poisk module<\/a> on Jan. 19 for a seven hour spacewalk to outfit and configure the Prichal<\/a> and Nauka<\/a> modules.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog<\/a>, @space_station<\/a> and @ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook<\/a> and ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at: http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Heidi Lavelle <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Expedition 66 crew is wrapping up the work week continuing its Russian spacewalk preparations while packing a U.S. resupply ship for departure next week. The orbital residents also had time set aside for eye checks and science hardware work. The SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle is due to complete its mission at the International Space \u2026 Continue reading
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