Beyond Earth: Jet Pack Testing On The ISS, Quantum Cooling, Immunity, And Aging

life science and space physics research on the International Space Station (ISS) continued with the goal of improving human health and expanding fundamental knowledge. In addition, the Expedition 69 crew members performed work on ongoing cargo operations and the upkeep of spacesuits.

Biological Studies in Space Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa and Andreas Mogensen focused their research on space biology to learn how immunity and aging are affected by weightlessness in humans. Mogensen, who works for the European Space Agency (ESA), spent his third day this week preparing blood samples for incubation and processing them to learn how the immune system of astronauts is affected by space. Furukawa from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency took a hearing test, sampled water from the water recovery system of the Kibo laboratory module, and then switched out commercial research equipment.

Ensuring the Quality of the Water and Quantum Research NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio took samples from the dispenser of potable water and analyzed them to look for microbes and figure out how good the water was. A while later, Rubio concluded the equipment substitution work inside the Cool Molecule Lab setting up the quantum research gadget, that chills iotas to approach outright zero, for testing and tasks.

Spacesuit Maintenance and Medical Inventory NASA Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli took pictures of the medical supplies inside the Human Research Facility so that specialists on the ground could examine them. She then tested the components of a spacesuit jet pack and checked for leaks. The spacesuits that astronauts wear during spacewalks are attached to the jet pack, which is also known as Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER). The More secure gives controls permitting a spacewalker to get back to the station in the improbable occasion they became untethered from the circling lab.

Preparations by Roscosmos Flight Engineers Roscosmos Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin and Konstantin Borisov tested the body negative pressure suit together on Thursday morning. This suit may assist crew members in adjusting to Earth's gravity. Additionally, Petelin gathered water samples for testing from an Orlan spacesuit cooling system. Borisov installed docking hardware on the aft port of the Zvezda service module, where the Roscosmos Progress 85 resupply ship is docked, in collaboration with Commander Sergey Prokopyev.