Biomedical Research, CubeSat Deployments Top Crew Schedule - NASA

Biomedical research to keep crews healthy and CubeSat deployments for educational research topped the science schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, while the crew also worked on cargo swaps and life support maintenance. NASA Flight Engineer Chris Williams processed body samples for the long-running CIPHER astronaut health study, collecting and stowing urine samples in a science freezer to preserve them for later analysis.

The investigation examines physiological and psychological parameters before, during, and after spaceflight to understand how the human body adapts to weightlessness and help keep crews healthy on longer missions. Williams recorded CubeSat deployments outside the Kibo laboratory as students from Mexico, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan conducted Earth observations and technology demonstrations.

He also reviewed procedures to monitor the approach and rendezvous of the SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon, targeted to launch no earlier than Feb.

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