NASA astronaut Anne McClain begins depressurizing the Japanese Kibo laboratory module’s airlock that contains the Materials ISS Experiment-Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) gear.
iss059e034463 (April 23, 2019) — NASA astronaut Anne McClain begins depressurizing the Japanese Kibo laboratory module’s airlock that contains the Materials ISS Experiment-Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) gear. MISSE-FF contains new materials exposure experiments ready for deployment outside Kibo. The study will help scientists understand how radiation, the vacuum of space and micrometeoroids affect a variety of materials.