Eleven Expedition 72 crew members pose for portraits inside the Harmony Module. Front row (from left): Butch Wilmore, Nick Haig, Matthew Dominic, Alexander Gorbunov, Suni Williams. Behind her are Janet Epps, Alexander Grebenkin, Mike Barratt, Ivan Wagner, Don Pettit and Alexei Ovchinin.
Expedition 72 crew members continued working Friday inside two SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. The orbiting residents also continued stem cell research, maintained spacesuits, and maintained life support systems on weekends.
Three NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos astronaut representing NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 are nearing the end of their seven-month mission, with NASA and SpaceX planning a return date and time to Earth, depending on the weather. Waiting for the time to be announced. Dragon Endeavor’s captain, Matthew Dominick, is ready to take pilot Mike Barratt, along with mission specialists Janet Epps and Alexander Grebenkin, back to Earth aboard the Dragon after splashdown off the coast of Florida. The foursome spent several days packing their belongings and belongings into the spacecraft, and spent the end of Friday reviewing their emergency equipment.
The space station’s two newest crew members, NASA astronaut Nick Haig and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, will be onboard Dragon Freedom with Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore. I trained people to use dragons. Hague also worked with Barratt and NASA flight engineer Don Pettit aboard Freedom to configure seating for docking operations.
This week, stem cell research is being conducted at an orbiting outpost to learn how to harness the microgravity environment to create advanced cell-based therapies and treat certain blood diseases and cancers. . Williams and Epps worked together to process the stem cell samples and view them under a microscope. Researchers are studying how weightlessness allows stem cells to produce blood and immune cells with better properties than those produced on Earth.
Wilmore spent the day servicing his American spacesuit in the Quest’s airlock. Veteran NASA astronauts replaced components and cleaned cooling loops within the suit as part of routine maintenance.
Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner have been in the orbital laboratory with Pettit since September 11, spending the day performing computer maintenance and life support activities. They also joined Gorbunov to record a video for educators and students around the globe. Grebenkin took inventory of medical equipment and tested the power system in the Nauka science module.
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