From NASA on April 22, 2022
The International Space Station was photographed by SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor during a flight around the orbital lab after it was unloaded from the Harmony-facing port in space on November 8, 2021. The orbital complex flew 263 miles over the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. when this photo was taken. Credit: NASA
The crew of Expedition 67 is preparing for the first private mission of the astronauts and the next spacewalk of the International Space Station. There was still time on Friday aboard the Orbital Laboratory for Biomedical Science to learn more about how the human body adapts to microgravity.
NASA Station Commander Tom Marshburn spent some time Friday helping the four departing members of the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew. The first private space quartet is preparing to end a two-week stay at the station this weekend. Ax-1 Commander Michael Lopez-Allegria will board the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor with pilot Larry Connor and mission specialists Mark Patti and Eitan Stibe and close the hatch at 4.30pm EDT on Saturday. The four Ax-1 astronauts will then disembark at 6:35 p.m. from the space-facing Harmony port for landing off the coast of Florida on Sunday.
The full moon is pictured by the International Space Station as it orbits 261 miles above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on April 9, 2022. Credit: NASA
The next mission event planned at the station is the fifth spacewalk of the year for more maintenance and improvements to the station. Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev and Denis Matveev will partner again on April 28 to continue activating the European Robotic Arm (ERA) attached to the multifunctional laboratory module Science.
The duo joined fellow cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov on Friday morning and reviewed the tasks planned for the upcoming spacewalk. This tour will see the ERA’s first move to tune the manipulator for future robotic activities in the Russian segment of the station. The trio then spent the rest of Friday in various inspection and maintenance tasks.
NASA flight engineer Kayla Barron and ESA (European Space Agency) flight engineer Matthias Maurer processed blood and urine samples in the morning for later analysis. NASA flight engineer Raja Chari is working on life support equipment, then joined Marshburn for activities before leaving for the Dragon Endurance crew.
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