ISS - Expedition 67 Mission patch.
July 25, 2022
The Expedition 67 crew members kicked off their work week setting up for experiments later in the week and completing orbital plumbing duties.
NASA Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti supported the Rodent Research-22 experiment. The space biology experiment observes how microgravity affects tissue regeneration.
Image above: The sun’s glint beams off the Caspian Sea in this photograph from the International Space Station as it was orbiting on a southwest to northeast trek 262 miles above Turkey near the Black Sea coast on June 24, 2022. Image Credit: NASA.
In the morning, NASA Flight Engineer Bob Hines removed samples of the final Fiber Optic Production-2 space manufacturing study and packed up the hardware. And, in the evening, Hines set up hardware for the new Space Fibers-3 space manufacturing study.
Station Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos worked on the Cardiovector study. Cardiac research is also a space research priority as doctors learn to keep astronauts safe and healthy during long-term exploration missions. Along with Cosmonaut Denis Matveev, Artemyev also stowed the hardware and tools from Thursday’s spacewalk. Cosmonaut Sergey Korsakov checked the brakes on the European Robotic Arm.
International Space Station (ISS). Animation Credit: ESA
NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren was on plumbing duty, servicing the station’s bathroom. He checked drain valves and replaced the recycle tanks. Located in the Tranquility module, the Waste and Hygiene Compartment also recycles urine into drinking water.
Related links:
Expedition 67: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition67/index.html
Rodent Research-22: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8227
Fiber Optic Production-2: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8214
Space Fibers-3: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7375
Cardiac research: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/search.html?#q=cardiac&i=&p=&c=&g=&s=
Tranquility module: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/tranquility/
Space Station Research and Technology: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Image (mentioned), Animation (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Heidi Lavelle.
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