Journée très chargée à bord de la Station spatiale internationale avec les préparatifs de la recherche scientifique et des sorties dans l’espace

Journée très chargée à bord de la Station spatiale internationale avec les préparatifs de la recherche scientifique et des sorties dans l'espace
Sortie dans l'espace du cosmonaute russe Oleg Artemyev

Le cosmonaute russe Oleg Artemyev, ingénieur de vol de l’expédition 40, vêtu d’une combinaison spatiale russe Orlan, participe à une session d’activité extravéhiculaire (EVA) en soutien à la science et à la maintenance sur la Station spatiale internationale en 2014.  Oleg Artemyev et Denis Matveev sont actuellement programmés pour des sorties dans l’espace les 18 et 28 avril 2022. Crédit : NASA

Ce fut une journée très chargée à bord de la Station spatiale internationale le mercredi 13 avril 2022, alors que l’équipage de 11 personnes s’est concentré sur les expériences de recherche humaine et les préparatifs des sorties dans l’espace. De retour sur Terre, quatre astronautes de l’équipage commercial sont en quarantaine avant leur lancement prévu vers le laboratoire orbital dans moins de deux semaines.

Le commandant de l’expédition 67 Tom Marshburn de ;” data-gt-translate-attributes=”[{” attribute=””>NASA began his day continuing to explore how living in space affects cellular aging and cardiac cells. Afterward, he moved on and assisted the four Axiom Mission 1 astronauts with their packed schedule of microgravity research. Flight Engineers Kayla Barron of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) collected and stowed their blood samples in the morning for an ongoing muscle biochemical properties study.

Expedition 67 Commander Thomas Marshburn Combustion Experiment

Expedition 67 Commander Thomas Marshburn configures hardware for material flammability and fire safety experiment. Credit: NASA

Next, Barron serviced a diverse array of research hardware throughout the day including the Life Science Glovebox, a mixed-reality headset, and finally a science freezer. Maurer set up acoustic monitoring hardware before powering up the CIMON mobile artificial intelligence companion for a technology demonstration.

NASA Flight Engineer Raja Chari configured a commercial microscope that can be operated on the station and remotely from the ground to streamline imaging and analysis for a variety of space research. Chari then turned his attention to departure preparations for he and his SpaceX Crew-3 crewmates at the end of the month before wrapping up the day with orbital plumbing activities.

Two spacewalks with cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are currently scheduled for April 18 and 28. Today, the duo was joined by fellow cosmonaut Sergey Korsakov and reviewed the procedures the spacewalkers will use during both excursions to ready the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for the European Robotic Arm (ERA).

The four Axiom Mission 1 astronauts had a full day of space science and commercial and private activities. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria resumed his cancer research while Pilot Larry Connor continued testing a miniature antenna. Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy were back exploring brain dynamics and transmitting 3D images of humans to space.

The next Commercial Crew mission to the orbiting lab, SpaceX Crew-4, is now targeted to launch on April 23 at 5:26 a.m. EDT. The mission’s four astronauts, including Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Robert Hines, and Mission Specialists Jessica Watkins and Samantha Cristoforetti, have entered their quarantine period to ensure their health and protect the crew aboard the orbiting lab.

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