Starliner astronauts tested their SpaceX spacesuits and conducted emergency drills in preparation for the return to Earth in the Dragon spacecraft. The astronauts conducted scientific experiments and began packing items for their return to Earth, including testing equipment to mitigate the effects of weightlessness.
In this photo from the International Space Station, aurora lights loom over the Earth's horizon as the ISS is orbiting 265 miles over the cloudy Pacific Ocean southeast of the Kuril Islands. Image credit: NASA of United States
Expedition 72 commander Suni Williams and flight engineer Butch Wilmore, both NASA astronauts United States, tried on the SpaceX Dragon pressure suit for the first time on Tuesday, Oct. 1, with the assistance of new NASA crew member Nick Hague of the United States. The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) trio inspected their compression suits, tested their audio configurations, and conducted seat fit checks inside the Dragon Liberty spacecraft while wearing them.
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying United States NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russia space agency astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov approaches the ISS. Source: NASA of United States
The three cosmonauts, together with Aleksandr Gorbunov, a flight engineer at the Russia Space Agency, then conducted an emergency drill inside the Dragon spacecraft docked at the front port of the Harmony module. Williams and Wilmore, who traveled to the ISS aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft in June, will return to Earth aboard the Dragon spacecraft with Haig and Gorbunov in February.
At the same time, the other four crew members of Expedition 72 are also coming to the end of their space research mission, which began on March 5. United States NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick will take command of SpaceX's Endeavour Dragon spacecraft, which will return pilot Mike Barratt, mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin to Earth on a date to be determined by NASA and SpaceX United States The task manager of the company determines. The SpaceX crew-8 quartet returning home packed their personal belongings and other space station cargo inside Endeavour and prepared to go home. Greben also tested lower body negative pressure suits designed by Russia's space agency, which may help ease adaptation to Earth's gravity and counteract symptoms caused by space.
Photograph of Hurricane Helene orbiting over the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi for 257 minutes, taken from the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA of United States
United States flight engineer Don Pettit, who has been working at the orbital outpost since Sept. 11, and Russia space agency flight engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner conducted various physical and biological studies on Tuesday. Petit tests advanced life support hardware inside a microgravity science glove box that could be used in future space missions working in different gravity environments. While practicing future planetary and robotic driving techniques on the computer, Ovchinen put on a sensor hat and measured his reactions. Wagner assists Greben in trying on a special spacesuit that can be used to offset the serious impact of his life.
At the end of Tuesday's crew shift, all 11 space station crew members gathered to review their roles and responsibilities in case of an emergency. The track crew, in coordination with mission control personnel from all over the world, is familiar with the use of personal protective equipment and fire extinguishers. Astronauts and astronauts also reviewed the necessary actions and evacuation procedures in the event of a fire, chemical spill, or pressure leak.
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