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<\/a>The Expedition 67<\/a> crew wrapped up its workweek today with a host of advanced space science work while also beginning preparations for next month\u2019s crew departure activities on the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s research topics looked at human cognition and perception, space botany, and Earth observations. The microgravity investigations take place inside and outside the orbital lab helping scientists and engineers develop solutions benefitting the Earth and space economies.<\/p>\n NASA Flight Engineers Bob Hines<\/a> and Jessica Watkins<\/a> were back in the Columbus laboratory module<\/a> on Friday morning exploring how cognition and perception is affected when living in space long-term. The duo took turns lying horizontally inside Columbus while gripping and maneuvering a specialized device in response to pre-programmed stimuli. Observations may provide insights helping astronauts adapt to the differing gravitational environments of deep space travel, planets, moons, and asteroids.<\/p>\n Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti<\/a> from ESA (European Space Agency) nourished and checked on vegetables growing for the non-soil XROOTS<\/a> space agricultural study. The experiment explores hydroponic and aeroponic methods as a way to grow larger scale crops during missions beyond low-Earth. NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren<\/a> removed a small satellite deployer from inside the Kibo laboratory module<\/a>\u2019s airlock in the morning after it completed its latest CubeSat deployment mission.<\/p>\n Lindgren and Hines also joined each other on Friday afternoon and practiced on a computer the procedures they would use to return to Earth inside the Crew Dragon Freedom spaceship. Freedom Commander Lindgren and Pilot Hines, along with Dragon Mission Specialists Watkins and Cristoforetti, are targeting undocking from the space station next month and ending their mission which began on April 27<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lindgren, Hines and Watkins received a call from Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> on Friday morning when she visited the Mission Control Center at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center (JSC). The Vice President is in Houston with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for a meeting of the National Space Council and a tour of JSC\u2019s facilities.<\/p>\n Roscosmos Commander Oleg Artemyev<\/a> and Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov<\/a> partnered together in the afternoon for an Earth observation study in the station\u2019s Russian segment. The duo filmed their activities for educational purposes as they photographed landmark\u2019s on the ground using powerful cameras and ultrasonic techniques. Artemyev had earlier checked seat components inside the Soyuz MS-21<\/a> crew ship while Korsakov trained to operate the European robotic arm. Flight Engineer Denis Matveev<\/a> spent his day on Russian life support maintenance and payload operations.<\/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 67 crew wrapped up its workweek today with a host of advanced space science work while also beginning preparations for next month\u2019s crew departure activities on the International Space Station. Friday\u2019s research topics looked at human cognition and perception, space botany, and Earth observations. The microgravity investigations take place inside and outside the \u2026 Continue reading
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