From the arrival of 3 new astronauts to discoveries in Earth’s orbit

According to RCO News Agency, The International Space Station has had busy days as usual.

According to Spacey, In recent days, the International Space Station hosted new members and various activities were carried out in it.

Orbital exploration

JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui loves photographing her native Japan from her vantage point on the International Space Station. December 4th was no exception.

Yui posted on social media and wrote: I went to bed early last night and woke up once in the middle of the night to film the Japanese archipelago. It looked very cold even from space. There were a lot of areas that looked like it was snowing or where it had snowed before, and while it looked beautiful from space, I was a little concerned when I thought of all of you.

In the foreground of the photo, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on the right and the newly docked Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft can be seen.

Scientific researches

Among the research conducted this week by the crew of the “Expedition 73” mission in the space station, the following can be mentioned.

1. “Cipher” project (CIPHER). NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Jonny Kim collected samples of Cardman’s blood, examined his cognitive ability, and measured his exercise. All of these activities were carried out under the Cipher Human Research Project, which tracks the health of astronauts before, during and after spaceflight. Afterward, Cardman used a centrifuge to prepare the samples for placement in a scientific freezer for future analysis.

2. Astrobee. Scientists on Earth who work with astronauts like Kim on the International Space Station have evaluated free-flying robotic assistants called strobes to enable astronauts to do more research.

Maintenance of the station

The Expedition 73 crew also spent time maintaining the International Space Station’s systems, including the following:

1. New crew briefing. NASA astronaut Chris Williams, who arrived at the space station last week, participated in a briefing. During that meeting, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and Yui took turns introducing Williams to life in orbit. They also introduced Williams to the hardware, operations and systems of the space station.

2. Closet inventory. Oleg Platonov, a flight engineer for the Russian space agency, spent the first part of his shift sorting out the location and amount of remaining clothes and towels in the Russian section of the space station.

3. Fuel tank without boiling. Mike Fink modified the cameras inside a special microgravity chamber to take pictures of how cryogenic fluids behave in the microgravity environment and help improve the design of the spacecraft’s fuel tanks.

Astronaut activity

As part of systems maintenance work on the ISS, Johnny Kim and Chris Williams spent last week cleaning and inspecting the European Discovery Exerciser (E4D) after it was installed at the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory.

According to NASA, the E4D is testing its ability to deliver cycling, sailing and resistance training to protect the crew’s muscles, bones and heart health in weightlessness.

As of December 5th, 10 people have been on the International Space Station, including Expedition 73 Commander Sergei Ryzhikov and Oleg Platonov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikaev, and Alexey Zubritsky from the Russian Space Agency, Zina Cardman. NASA astronauts Mike Fink, Johnny Kim and Chris Williams and Japanese astronaut Kimia Yui.

Three manned spacecraft are connected to the International Space Station, including a Dragon capsule called Endeavor of SpaceX, which is connected to the space-facing port of the Harmony module, the Russian Soyuz MS-27, which is connected to the Earth-facing port of the Prichal capsule, and the Soyuz MS-28, which is connected to the International Space Station. The port facing the ground of the Rasot module is connected.

Four cargo spacecraft are attached to the International Space Station, including the Russian Progress MS-31 spacecraft, which is attached to the space-facing port of the Poisk module, the Progress MS-32 spacecraft, which is attached to the rear port of the Zvezda service module, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, which is temporarily It is attached to Canadarm 2’s robotic arm, but will soon be reattached to the ground-facing joint mechanism on the Unity airlock and Japan’s HTV-X1 spacecraft, which is attached to the ground-facing port of the Harmony module.

As of Friday, the International Space Station has been continuously manned for 25 years, one month and three days.

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