ISS - Expedition 60 Mission patch.
June 27, 2019
Virtual reality filming, space gardening and biomedical research were on the timeline for two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station today, while a cosmonaut took care of computer hardware and life support maintenance.
Flight Engineer Christina Koch tended to plants today growing inside Europe’s Columbus laboratory module for the Veg-04 botany study. She later relocated a pair of tiny research facilities in the EXPRESS-6 science rack. The two devices, TangoLab-2 and STaARS-1, enable advanced investigations into a variety of biological processes, such as cell cultures and tissue engineering.
Image above: The atmospheric glow and a wispy aurora australis, also known as the “southern lights,” frame a cloud-covered Earth. Image Credit: NASA.
Astronaut Nick Hague took a turn today recording himself with a 360-degree camera for a virtual reality experience targeted to audiences on Earth. In the afternoon, he collected and stowed his urine samples in a science freezer for later analysis.
Expedition 60 Commander Alexey Ovchinin worked on Russian computer hardware in the Zvezda service module. In the evening, he picked up a high-powered camera for a photographic survey of catastrophes on Earth and their natural consequences.
International Space Station (ISS). Image Credit: NASA
The next crew to launch to the space station is in Star City, Russia for final qualification exams to certify to fly aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spaceship. Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov will lead NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano in the Soyuz when they blast off June 20 for a six-hour ride to their new home in space. This will be Morgan’s first space mission, Parmitano’s second and Skvortsov’s third visit to the station.
Related links:
Expedition 59 Crewmates Return from Space Station Mission
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2019/06/expedition-59-crewmates-return-from.html
Columbus laboratory module: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/europe-columbus-laboratory
Veg-04: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/search.html?#q=veg-04&i=&p=&c=&g=&s=
EXPRESS-6: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=598
TangoLab-2: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7519
STaARS-1: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7389
360-degree camera: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7877
Zvezda service module: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/zvezda-service-module.html
Images (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia.
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