When it comes to a visit to crews who have not been delayed, the act of science and maintenance of International Space Station Continue to fill out the expedition 73 week of crew, with time for land observations and an interview for a podcast.
Observing orbital
A green Aurora with pink stripes, or a white aurora with green stripes? That is, apparently the question of international space station, at least for the expedition 73 fly engineer and Astronaut Anne Mcclain.
“So, when I took this Aurora (video), I was originally thinking my settings weren’t right because my thoughts were white lenses, or I put the wrong lust. Update Social Media from orbit.
As McClain knows, Aurora’s color depends on many different reasons, including molecular hitting Atmosphere on the groundThe nature of self-impact, the density of atmosphere at the point that the collision occurred and the high impact.
“Green is the most common color of Aurora, and it happens when electrons are hit by oxygen molecules between 60-150 kilometers) length,” McClain wrote. “If solar particles hit oxygen but at higher elevation, more than 150 miles (240 kilometers), the color is red. It’s just the case Solar storm activity due to low atomic oxygen density at higher elevations. “
And as McClain discovers, the Aurora he has recorded “more than pink-gued!”
SCIENCE RIGHT
Among the research made by Space Station this week:
KINGDOM – Expedition 73 flight engineer and in astronaut Jonny Kim Installed tags around the space station as part of the RFID-Autonomous logistics semonstration of management. Realm uses a free-flying robot named tagged equipment and cargo, it is possible to make it easier and easy to find the things they need.
Bio-Monitor – Kim also spent two days this week continues to a test of a Canadian-built authorizing data collection regarding the physiological status, and blood pressure, and body temperature. Kim checks the comfort in the closet within 48 hours he wears it.
Ring Drop Drop – Nichole Ayers’ astronaut and flight engineer continued his work from last week to heal proteins without proteins without proteins without proteins without contains
Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, flying engineers with the Russian Space Agency RoscosmosUses acoustic sensors attached to their neck as part of a respiratory study based on the sounds they make in breathing.
Press the station
The crew also devoted time to maintain system space station, including:
Window inspections – Works within the US Laboratory “fate,” McClelain checked and documented the condition of each module window. Later, he did the same inside the cupola station, evaluated each of its seven windows.
Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onhiba also worked in windows, but inside JaxaS (Japan Aerospace Explorence Agency) Kiboh Module, including glasses of electrostatic electrostatic ovens, used in suspended samples at high temperatures.
Cranks, handling and seals – Onhidaugh spent part of this week cleaning the seals between each of the US operating modules, as well as removing dirt and dust from the hips of each of the hatchles.
Meetings – Onhidi, McClain, Ayers and Kim talking to Joe Acaba, NASA’s Astricition Director’s chief to go to their future activists and plans for the station.
Ryzhikov and Zubritskiy also searched the Zvezda service module for further stowage space. With Kirill Peskov, the three Russian cosmonies also work in cleaning and care of two orlan spacesuits available in the future Spacewalks.
Astronaut activity
On Tuesday (June 17), ayers share a podcast interview for the US Air Force, Academy Association of graduates. A newly highlighted Lieutenant Kolonel in the Air Force, shown by ayers who saw WORLD for the first time in space.
“It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve seen,” he said. “And then seeing the ground from the window and the lab in the lab, you can’t see the country’s lines.
Ayers said he saw our planet “more dangerous.”
“I made that I want to take care of the world and me when I got home, I wanted to do a little more step,” says Ayers.
Waylaid visitors
A second week ago with no expected and now delayed arrival at Axiom SpaceThe fourth visit to the crew to visit.
Every last update from NASA on Thursday (June 19), a new target date of launch for AX-4 crew is expected “in the coming days.” NASA takes extra time to analyze a Healing well in the Russian side of the Space Station.
Axiom Space’s AX-4 Commander Peggy WhitonA retired of astronaut, remains ready to launch ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Astronaut Shukla, ESA (European Space Agency) Project Astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski in Poland and Tibor Kapuu in Hungary.
By numbers
As Friday (June 20), have 7 people onboard the International Space Station: Commander Takuya Onhia in Jaxa, Anne McClain, Nichole Kim in NASA and Kirill Peskov, Sergey Rubritsky of Roscosmos.
there Two docked crew spacecraft: ExcokeThe dragon “safety” attached to the Port of Harmony Module, and Roscosmos’ Soyuz MS-27 included in the Port of land in Prochal Node.
There is also Two docked cargo spacecraft: Proscosmos’ TanSess MS-29 (90p) attached to the Poisk-facing port port in Poisk Module and MS-30 (91p) enhancement attached to the Aft Port of Zvezda Service Module.
Up to Friday, the Space Station continues to be attached 24 years, 7 months and 19 days.
