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Space Station Crew Conducts Science Experiments
Space Station Crew Conducts Science Experiments
The Expedition 10 crew worked with several experiments aboard the International Space Station. Commander Leroy Chiao conducted the second part of the Binary Colloid Alloy Test 3, which is studying the long-term behavior of colloids -- a system of fine particles suspended in a fluid -- in a microgravity environment, where the effects of sedimentation and convection are removed. Crewmembers will even out the samples, photograph the growth and formations of the colloids, and downlink the images for analysis. Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov completed his first session with the the Effect of Prolonged Space Flight on Human Skeletal Muscle (Biopsy). This biomedical study seeks to establish the basis for reductions in limb muscle size, force and power at the cellular level that are induced by microgravity. The crewmembers also deployed noise meters in the ISS and conducted their daily exercise routine. On the ground, Expedition 9 is in Star City, Russia, for several weeks of post-flight debriefings and medical exams before returning to Houston in mid-November. Tuesday also marked the fourth anniversary of the Expedition 1's arrival to the International Space Station. Since then, nine more crews have maintained permanent human habitation of the orbital outpost. -- --------------------------- Jacques :-) www.spacepatches.info |
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