NASA will host 4 astronauts at 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Jan. 29, for a media alternative on the company’s Marshall Area Flight Middle in Huntsville, Alabama.
NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson served as a part of Expedition 71 and can focus on their latest missions to the Worldwide Area Station.
Dominick, Barratt, and Epps launched aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission in March 2024 and returned to Earth in October 2024 after spending almost eight months aboard the orbiting complicated. Dyson launched aboard a Roscosmos Soyuz spacecraft additionally in March 2024 and returned in September 2024 after finishing a six-month analysis mission aboard the house station.
Media are invited to attend the occasion and go to with the astronauts as they focus on their science missions aboard the microgravity laboratory and different mission highlights. Media inquisitive about collaborating should verify their attendance by 12 p.m., Monday, Jan. 27, to each Lance D. Davis – lance.d.davis@nasa.gov – and Joel Wallace – joel.w.wallace@nasa.gov – in Marshall’s Workplace of Communications.
Media should arrive by 8 a.m., Wednesday, to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Customer Management Middle Gate 9 parking zone, situated on the Interstate 565 interchange on Analysis Park Boulevard. The occasion will happen within the NASA Marshall Actions Constructing 4316. Autos are topic to a safety search on the gate, so please permit additional time. All members of the media and drivers will want picture identification. Drivers will want proof of insurance coverage if requested.
The Expedition 71 crew carried out lots of of know-how demonstrations and science experiments, together with the bioprinting of human tissues. These higher-quality tissues printed in microgravity may assist advance the manufacturing of organs and tissues for transplant and enhance 3D printing of meals and medicines on future long-duration house missions. The crew additionally checked out neurological organoids, created with stem cells from sufferers to check neuroinflammation, a standard characteristic of neurodegenerative circumstances akin to Parkinson’s illness. The organoids supplied a platform to check these illnesses and their therapies and will assist tackle how prolonged spaceflight impacts the mind.
As a part of Crew-8, Dominick served as commander, Barratt served as pilot, and Epps served as a mission specialist. Dyson launched aboard a Soyuz house as a part of a global crew and served as a flight engineer on a six-month analysis mission. The expedition to the house station was the primary spaceflight for Dominick, third for Barratt, first for Epps, and third for Dyson.
The Worldwide Area Station is a convergence of science, know-how, and human innovation that allows analysis not potential on Earth. For greater than 24 years, NASA has supported a steady human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory, by which astronauts have discovered to stay and work in house for prolonged durations of time. The house station is a springboard for growing a low Earth financial system and NASA’s subsequent nice leaps in exploration, together with missions to the Moon below Artemis and, finally, human
Be taught extra concerning the Worldwide Area Station, its analysis, and its crew, at:
Lance D. Davis
Marshall Area Flight Middle, Huntsville, Ala.
256-640-9065
lance.d.davis@nasa.gov
Joel Wallace
Marshall Area Flight Middle, Huntsville, Ala.
256-786-0117
joel.w.wallace@nasa.gov
