After a well-deserved day off yesterday, the Expedition 69 crew aboard the International Space Station is back to work performing a variety of maintenance activities, science experiments, and vision exams. NASA astronaut and Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is on track to set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut later this …
The Expedition 69 crew members took a well-deserved day off after working on past weekends aboard the International Space Station. Looking ahead, August is shaping up to be a busy month with crew and cargo missions. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will be delivering new science investigations—including studies of fire suppression, gene therapy, and atmospheric monitoring—as …
A light-duty day for the Expedition 69 crew is underway following a busy week aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg began his day reconfiguring cable connections on the Multipurpose Experiment Platform. He then moved into completing computer maintenance. Following Monday’s installation of a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer, Hoburg resumed that work in …
Another Genes in Space investigation is underway today on the International Space Station. The Expedition 69 crew members also installed brackets, completed inspections, and observed Earth. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio took a few moments in the morning to activate the Internal Ball Camera—a free-flying system that helps the crew monitor operations—in the Japanese Experiment …
The Expedition 69 crew continues work started yesterday and last week and begins new tasks on the International Space Station today. Following yesterday’s start of installing new hardware to the station’s wastewater processor system, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg spent his day in the Tranquility module completing further tasks to finish out the system upgrade. With …
Four Expedition 69 crew members aboard the International Space Station primarily worked in conjunction on Tuesday as they completed clean-up tasks and performed ultrasound scans. After donning the Dreams headband overnight for sleep monitoring, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi started his day concluding the recording and filling out a questionnaire. Alneyadi, along …
A week of station upgrades and science has kicked off on the International Space Station. The Expedition 69 crew is keeping busy today with hardware updates, science tech installs, Earth observations and training. NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen began his morning preparing for an upcoming water refill and science install of Plant Habitat-03B, an investigation that …
The Expedition 69 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station are wrapping up their week with a continuation of science activities and station upgrades. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio started his morning continuing to collect samples for the Food Physiology investigation. Later, he spent the afternoon completing upgrades to the Japanese Experiment Module Water Recovery System, …
Another busy day of Food Physiology science and station upgrades is underway today for the Expedition 69 crew on the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio spent most of his day continuing work for the Food Physiology investigation, collecting various samples and stowing them for future space and ground-based analysis, as well as …
Three Expedition 69 crew members spent their day on the International Space Station performing work in the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, while other crew members completed a variety of Food Physiology experiments and hearing assessments. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi performed maintenance …
