Video and pictures operations stuffed the Expedition 73 crew’s schedule on Wednesday serving to mission controllers monitor robotic actions, practice future crews, and confirm lab inventories. In the meantime, extra train analysis and spacesuit checks rounded out the crew’s day aboard the Worldwide Area Station.
Station Commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) activated the Inner Ball Digicam 2 contained in the Kibo laboratory module in the beginning of his shift. Onishi arrange a digital camera downlinking video in actual time of the ball digital camera’s free-flying actions. Floor engineers have been analyzing the ball digital camera because it carried out a number of duties to proceed bettering the accuracy of its automated maneuvers. The small, spherical digital camera is demonstrating the flexibility to autonomously take images and movies of the crew performing analysis and upkeep actions.
Afterward, Onishi joined NASA Flight Engineer Jonny Kim to configure and stage high-definition video cameras all through the orbital outpost, recording the duo as they participated in a wide range of day by day duties. Every took turns recording themselves performing duties resembling analysis operations, life assist upkeep, and biomedical actions. Onishi and Kim narrated their work then downloaded the movies to coach future crews getting ready for upcoming missions to the house station.
Kim started his day reconfiguring the sensor-packed Bio-Monitor vest and headband and reapplying sensors that he wore throughout his sleep shift measuring his well being knowledge. Subsequent, whereas carrying the identical biomedical gadget he exercised for 2 hours. First, on the superior resistive train gadget after which on the COLBERT treadmill. Kim is carrying the health-monitoring {hardware} for a 48-hour session, testing its consolation whereas docs evaluation the downlinked knowledge that features coronary heart price, blood strain, physique temperature, and extra.
NASA Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers additionally targeted on visible media as they videotaped and photographed cargo packed in crew switch luggage. The NASA duo documented the cargo, in search of to establish out of date {hardware} for disposal and misplaced or unknown objects for identification. Ayers additionally maneuvered all through the station’s U.S. phase whereas filming the spacecraft’s inside configuration together with science racks, life assist {hardware}, and security gear for mission controllers’ evaluation.
Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey Ryzhikov was again on spacesuit operations contained in the Poisk module on Wednesday. He first checked the oxygen strain in Poisk the place spacewalks in Roscosmos Orlan spacesuits are staged. Subsequent, he inspected the fits’ life assist parts. Flight Engineer Kirill Peskov monitored Ryzhikov’s upkeep work as soon as once more persevering with to familiarize himself with spacesuit operations.
Ryzhikov later pointed a digital camera towards Earth focusing on mountains, lakes, and forests in several wavelengths for evaluation. Peskov organized cargo house contained in the Zarya module and looked for small electronics gear. Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritskiy additionally participated in the usual cargo work contained in the Rassvet module. He additionally serviced the Zvezda service module’s oxygen generator filling its condensate water tanks.
Study extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Fb and ISS Instagram accounts.
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