4 Astronauts From US, Japan And Russia Efficiently Dock At Area Station: NASA
Known as Crew 11, the crew includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
The crew from NASA, JAXA, and Roscosmos “arrived on the Worldwide Area Station because the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbiting advanced at 2:27 a.m. EDT (11:57 am IST) on Saturday”, NASA shared in a publish on the social media platform X.
The crew lifted off at 11:43 a.m. Jap Time (9.13 pm IST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart in Florida on Friday.
The crew-11 joined NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, and Jonny Kim, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky, who had been already on board the ISS.
Throughout their keep aboard the orbiting laboratory, the astronauts are anticipated to hold out a spread of scientific analysis and know-how demonstrations.
Their duties embody simulating lunar landings, testing imaginative and prescient safety methods, and conducting research to enhance human well being and efficiency in area.
The crew will even examine plant cell division and microgravity’s results on bacteria-killing viruses, and carry out experiments to supply the next quantity of human stem cells and generate on-demand vitamins, in line with NASA.
The crew-11 will spend at the very least six months on the orbiting lab, swapping locations with colleagues up there from March. SpaceX will deliver these 4 again as early as Wednesday.
“NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 will depart the area station after the arrival of Crew-11 and a handover interval. Forward of Crew-10’s return, mission groups will evaluate climate circumstances on the splashdown websites off the coast of California previous to departure from station,” the area company mentioned.
