The Expedition 62 trio aboard the International Space Station spent their Friday on a variety of activities. The crew conducted a hearing test, swapped spacesuit components, and checked out computers, air quality and radiation.
Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan started the day with a hearing test for the Acoustic Diagnostics study. The research measures an astronaut’s hearing before, during and after a mission to understand the impacts of microgravity and the station’s noise levels.
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir worked in the Tranquility module on Friday morning servicing a device that measures the orbiting lab’s atmosphere. The life support gear monitors a variety of major constituents such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapor to ensure a safe breathing environment for the crew. Meir wrapped up her day in the airlock, where she changed out a hard upper torso of one of the U.S. spacesuits with Morgan.
Over in the station’s Russian segment, Commander Oleg Skripochka replacing older laptop computers with new ones. In the afternoon, the veteran cosmonaut sampled the air quality and set up radiation detectors in the station’s Russian modules.
I saw it last night close to the Anacortes ferry terminal. Just the bright lights that seemed so near.
Can you provide any details on the Russian radiation detectors? What other radiation monitors are deployed on the ISS. Are Neutron bubble detectors in use? What type of personal dosimeters are used?
Hi Tim — Here is a selection of various radiation experiments taking place aboard the space station.
https://go.nasa.gov/2GcuT1J
https://go.nasa.gov/3abGJ7C
https://go.nasa.gov/2tu4R1t
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