Ten’s a Crowd: Life and Science Aboard the Bustling Space Station

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Ten people are currently living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) following Friday’s arrival of three crewmates aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft. However, at the end of the month, another trio of orbital lab residents will return to Earth after a year in space. NASA astronaut Loral O’

. However, at the end of the month, another trio of orbital lab residents will return to Earth after a year in space.cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko. O’Hara and Chub are getting used to life in space for the first time as they familiarize themselves with station operations and systems.

Meanwhile, NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is nearing a year in space with his crewmates Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, both from Roscosmos. The trio is now turning its attention to parachuting back to Earth inside thecrew ship on September 27. The threesome joined each other midday on Monday and checked out the Sokol launch and entry suits they will wear inside the Soyuz during the ride home.

Tropical storm Jova is pictured in Pacific Ocean from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above on September 9, 2023. Credit: NASAThe station’s other four Expedition 69 flight engineers are in their fourth week aboard the orbital lab having arrived onDragon Endurance spacecraft. The foursome has completed its familiarization and orientation activities and is working full-time on space research and lab maintenance.

 

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