Worldwide Area Station. Credit score: NASA
The Expedition 67 crew was again to regular on Friday following the departure of 4 business crew astronauts early Thursday morning. The seven Worldwide Area Station astronauts and cosmonauts will dwell and work in area collectively till late summer season.
The SpaceX Crew-3 mission ended at 12:43 a.m. EDT on Friday when the Dragon Endurance crew ship splashed down off the coast of Tampa, Florida. Almost 24 hours earlier, Crew-3 Commander Raja Chari with Pilot Tom Marshburn and Mission Specialists Kayla Barron and Matthias Maurer undocked from the Concord module’s ahead port inside Dragon.
After saying farewell to the Crew-3 astronauts early Thursday, the orbiting lab’s 4 latest astronauts, who arrived the week earlier than aboard the Dragon Freedom spaceship, closed the station’s hatches, went to mattress about two hours later, and took the remainder of the break day.
From left to proper, ESA (European Area Company) astronaut Matthais Maurer, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, are seen contained in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon restoration ship shortly after having landed within the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Friday, Might 6, 2022. Maurer, Marshburn, Chari, and Barron are returning after 177 days in area as a part of Expeditions 66 and 67 aboard the Worldwide Area Station. Credit score: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
On Friday, NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren, who's one week into his second spaceflight, stowed emergency gear and checked out hydroponic hardware for the XROOTS area botany research. ESA (European Area Company) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, who can also be on her second mission, spent her day sustaining orbital plumbing techniques.
First time space-flyers Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins partnered as soon as once more within the Columbus laboratory module learning how the central nervous system adapts to weightlessness. Hines and Watkins had been each chosen as members of the 2017 class of astronaut candidates in August of the identical yr.
The station’s new commander, Oleg Artemyev, began his day putting in video gear earlier than persevering with his weeklong analysis on methods to maximise the effectiveness of an area exercise. Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov additionally participated on the area train research earlier than engaged on networking tools. Roscosmos Flight Engineer Denis Matveev checked out techniques contained in the Rassvet and Zarya modules earlier than performing Russian orbital upkeep duties.
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