Advanced Research, Spacewalk Preps End Week as NASA Announces Artemis Status
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The Expedition 75 crew worked on a 3D bioprinter and a levitation furnace at the end of the week to advance health and high-temperature physics. Two astronauts are also preparing for a spacewalk at the International Space Station as NASA announces the status of upcoming Moon missions. The post Advanced Research, Spacewalk Preps End Week as NASA Announces Artemis Status appeared first on NASA Science .
The Expedition 75 crew worked on a 3D bioprinter and a levitation furnace at the end of the week to advance health and high-temperature physics. Two astronauts are also preparing for a spacewalk at the International Space Station as NASA announces the status of upcoming Moon missions.
NASA flight engineers Luke Delaney and Anil Menon were back on bioprinting duty continuing to convert vascular cell samples into newly printed blood vessels . Delaney set up the BioFabrication Facility for printing and Menon processed the engineered human tissues for nourishing and cultivation.
Flight engineer Joshua Kutryk of CSA (Canadian Space Agency) swapped sample hardware inside a specialized research furnace that levitates samples with an electric field and heats them with lasers. NASA flight engineer Jessica Watkins tested the operations of backup water quality-testing hardware and a gas-flow controller.
All four astronauts gathered together after lunchtime for a spacewalk procedures conference with engineers on the ground. Menon and Kutryk will exit the Quest airlock on Thursday, Oct. 29, to install a roll-out solar array on the station’s truss structure. Watkins and Delaney also trained to operate the Canadarm2 robotic arm to assist the spacewalkers next week.
The cosmonaut trio from Roscosmos with Pyotr Dubrov, Anna Kikina, and Sergey Teterytatnikov, completed a plasma crystal study that explored the interaction of highly charged gases and microscopic particles. The trio also serviced radiation detection gear, explored super intelligence tools, and collected blood pressure measurements on Friday.
The orbital outpost is critical in preparing for missions to the Moon and eventually, Mars. Now the agency is accelerating its effort to return crews to the lunar surface by 2028 . Tune in to NASA+ at 2 p.m. EDT today for the status of upcoming crewed Moon missions.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog , @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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