On the International Space Station (ISS), the four new Expedition 68 crew members are getting used to life in space while four other crewmates are preparing to go home this month. In addition, today’s research included replacing fuel bottles in the Combustion Integrated Rack and collecting samples f
Flight engineers Frank Rubio ofand Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos removed the rack and replaced it with a new high-percentage oxygen bottle. The Combustion Integration Rack is used to perform combustion investigations in microgravity, and results could improve understanding of early fire growth behavior and help determine the best fire suppression techniques, improving crew safety in future space facilities.experiment.
Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, during his second spacewalk on February 2, 2023. He and fellow spacewalker Nicole Mann of NASA installed a modification kit on the International Space Station’s starboard truss structure that will enable the future installation of the orbiting lab’s next roll-out solar array. Credit: NASAexperiment.
The new Endeavour crew is continuing to adjust to life in orbit, while the Endurance Crew is preparing for its return to earth by cleaning, completing stowage and inventory tasks, and preparing personal items for return.. Teams conducted a weather briefing overnight and decided to waive off the initial undocking opportunity for early Thursday, March 9, due to high winds at the splashdown sites. Teams currently target undocking for no earlier than Thursday evening, pending weather.
The space station is orbiting slightly higher today after the docked ISS Progress 83 cargo craft fired its engines for five minutes and 17 seconds this afternoon. The new orbital altitude readies the unoccupied
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