Fluid Shifts: Fluid Shift operations continued today in the Russian Service Module (SM). Kelly was the first to don the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP/Chibis) device while Kornienko, with ground support in Moscow, assisted with medical monitoring. While Kelly was subjected to the negative pressure (pulling the fluid toward the feet), Padalka, with remote guidance …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/01/15
Study of the Impact of Long-Term Space Travel on the Astronauts’ Microbiome (Microbiome): Cristoforetti performed her Return-14 (R-14) Microbiome session. She collected body swab samples, a potable water sample, surface sample, and a perspiration sample following exercise. All samples were inserted into MELFI. The Microbiome experiment investigates the impact of space travel on both the …