Nathan Varn, Program Director Orion Productions for Lockheed Martin, left, and Scott Wilson, NASA’s Division Chief, Orion Production Operations Office, right, lead a tour of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, for Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Masahito Moriyama on Friday, April 12, 2024. Moriyama’s visit included viewing the Orion crew modules for upcoming Artemis missions, which will land the first woman, first person of color, and NASA’s first international partner astronaut on the Moon. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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iss071e037626 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson services components and cleans hardware inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor, a research device that can host a variety of space biology experiments, located in the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory.
iss071e019819 (April 22, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt processes brain organoid samples inside the Life Science Glovebox for a neurodegenerative disorder study. Doctors will use the results from the investigation to learn how protect a crew member’s central nervous system and provide treatments for neurodegenerative conditions on Earth.
iss071e013805 (April 22, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick checks procedures on a computer tablet while loading cargo for return to Earth inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
iss071e013949 (April 20, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick (center) poses for a portrait with Expedition 71 Commander Oleg Kononenko (left) and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub (right), both Roscosmos cosmonauts. Dominick was inside the Poisk module assisting Kononenko and Chub as they prepared their Orlan spacesuits for a spacewalk to configure hardware and install experiments on the International Space Station.