Heart Scans, Hearing Tests Wrap Week as Station Gears Up for Crew Swap
The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left) mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), pose for a picture during training in February.SpaceX The week ended aboard the International Space Station with more biomedical checks to keep astronauts fit and healthy on long-term missions in microgravity. The Expedition 73 residents are also preparing to split up in a couple of weeks while keeping up cargo and maintenance duties aboard the orbital outpost. Heart scans and hearing tests were the main research tasks on Friday with doctors on the ground reviewing the downlinked health data to ensure the crew is safely adapting to living and working in weightlessness. NASA Flight Engineers Jonny Kim and Anne McClain began their day with human research activities in the Columbus laboratory module. The duo first set...