Thursday’s scientific goals aboard the Worldwide House Station included exploring methods to counter the results of weightlessness on the human physique and understanding how microgravity impacts high-temperature physics. The 2 orbital crews additionally labored on analysis {hardware}, cargo transfers, family duties, and extra all through the workday.
Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Jeanette Epps and Matthew Dominick from NASA spent their shift collectively on Thursday testing a thigh cuff which will reverse the space-caused move of physique fluids towards an astronaut’s head. Dominick wore the thigh cuff which will change how fluids move within the physique as sensors recorded his physiological information. Epps scanned his veins with the Ultrasound 2 system, measured his blood strain, and peered into Dominick’s eyes utilizing customary medical imaging gear. Docs on the bottom remotely monitored the biomedical actions to find out the effectiveness of the thigh cuff. Outcomes might counter the headward fluid shifts and forestall adjustments to eye construction and imaginative and prescient which will happen throughout long-term area missions.
Working within the Kibo laboratory module, NASA Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson stowed gear in Kibo’s logistics module to create space for an upcoming cargo supply on the following Cygnus mission from Northrop Grumman. Afterward, Dyson cleaned the within of Kibo’s Electrostatic Levitation Furnace and swapped samples contained in the analysis facility that safely explores the thermophysical properties of supplies uncovered to temperatures as excessive as 2,000 levels Celsius or extra.
NASA Flight Engineer Mike Barratt centered primarily on family duties all through Thursday. He first changed lithium-ion batteries in radiation detectors and lab {hardware} earlier than swapping out orbital plumbing gear contained in the Tranquility module.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams of Boeing’s Crew Flight Take a look at began their day servicing a wide range of analysis {hardware}. Wilmore put in science gear contained in the Microgravity Science Glovebox establishing a physics examine that may observe how microparticles react to {an electrical} area. Williams disconnected cables and flash drives from a microscope forward of troubleshooting actions. Within the afternoon, the duo entered the Starliner spacecraft and performed proficiency coaching contained in the automobile docked to the Concord module’s ahead port.
Station Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub, each from Roscosmos, partnered collectively loading the Progress 87 resupply ship with trash and out of date gear forward if its departure deliberate for mid-August. Flight Engineer Alexander Grebenkin examined Roscosmos laptop computer computer systems and recharged their batteries.
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