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<\/a>The Expedition 66<\/a> crew is continuing its preparations for a pair of spacewalks at the International Space Station<\/a> scheduled for later this month. The seven orbital residents also pursued ongoing life science while maintaining operations at the orbital lab.<\/p>\n Three NASA astronauts and an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut participated in a fit check for a pair of U.S. spacesuits on Friday. Flight Engineers Raja Chari<\/a> of NASA and Matthias Maurer<\/a> of ESA started the work by readying spacesuits and tools inside the U.S. Quest airlock<\/a>. In the afternoon, NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei<\/a> and Tom Marshburn<\/a> assisted the two astronauts as they verified the correct sizing of the suits ahead of a pair of spacewalks planned for March 15 and 23.<\/p>\n Vande Hei and Marshburn started their day pairing up inside the Kibo laboratory module<\/a> researching how microgravity affects eye structure and visual function<\/a>. The experiment that takes place in Kibo\u2019s Life Science Glovebox<\/a> and examines changes in the vascular system of the retina and tissue remodeling.<\/p>\n NASA Flight Engineer Kayla Barron<\/a> took a break from today\u2019s spacewalk preparations and installed computer hardware on combustion research gear located in the Kibo module. She also helped Vande Hei and Marshburn stow science gear after they wrapped up a half-a-day of visual function research.<\/p>\n Commander Anton Shkaplerov<\/a> of Roscosmos kept up this week\u2019s maintenance in the station\u2019s Russian segment as he replaced life support gear before checking on a space biology experiment. Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov<\/a> focused on support work for a variety of electronics components and computer gear throughout the day.<\/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 Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Expedition 66 crew is continuing its preparations for a pair of spacewalks at the International Space Station scheduled for later this month. The seven orbital residents also pursued ongoing life science while maintaining operations at the orbital lab. Three NASA astronauts and an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut participated in a fit check for \u2026 Continue reading
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