{"id":325940,"date":"2023-05-25T17:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=325940"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:51:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:51:28","slug":"station-welcomes-axiom-astronauts-preps-for-next-cargo-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/station-welcomes-axiom-astronauts-preps-for-next-cargo-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Station Welcomes Axiom Astronauts, Preps for Next Cargo Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eleven crew members are living aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a> with four spaceships now docked to the orbiting lab. A fifth spaceship launched the morning of May 24 and was scheduled to arrive a few hours later with cargo to replenish the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/expeditions\/expedition69\/index.html\">Expedition 69<\/a> crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two SpaceX Dragon crew ships are docked adjacent to each other on the station\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/structure\/elements\/harmony\">Harmony module<\/a>\u00a0after the arrival of Axiom Mission-2 (Ax-2) aboard Dragon Freedom on May 22. The four private astronauts from Axiom Space opened Freedom\u2019s hatch and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2023\/05\/22\/four-axiom-mission-2-private-astronauts-enter-station\/\" rel=\"noopener\">entered<\/a>\u00a0the station beginning eight days of docked operations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-exp69-crews-052223.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-exp69-crews-052223.jpg?w=900\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The four Axiom Mission-2 crew members join the seven-member Expedition 69 crew aboard the station and gather for a crew greeting ceremony.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-exp69-crews-052223.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-exp69-crews-052223.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-exp69-crews-052223.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-exp69-crews-052223.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-exp69-crews-052223.jpg?resize=600,337 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The four Axiom Mission-2 crew members join the seven-member Expedition 69 crew aboard the station and gather for a crew greeting ceremony.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA TV<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The private quartet consisting of commander Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner, and mission specialists Al Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi spent May 23 getting familiar with station operations. They practiced preparing food and drinks, conducting hygiene practices, performing safety procedures, and operating lab equipment while getting used to living in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day, the foursome joined the seven-member Expedition 69 crew and reviewed roles and responsibilities in the unlikely event of an emergency. The international crew of 11 located safety gear such as fire extinguishers and portable breathing gear, followed escape routes, and coordinated communications with mission controllers in response to fire, ammonia leak, or pressure leak events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the middle of the new crew adaptation activities, there was still time for ongoing space science and lab maintenance activities. NASA flight engineer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/frank-rubio\">Frank Rubio<\/a>\u00a0serviced a variety of components and swapped samples inside a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Facility.html?#id=1536\">research furnace<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Facility.html?#id=7428\">fluorescence microscope<\/a>. NASA flight engineer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/warren-hoburg\">Woody Hoburg<\/a>\u00a0configured gear supporting a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=7383\">pharmaceutical study<\/a>, while UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.ae\/team\/sultan_saif\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sultan Alneyadi<\/a>\u00a0set up the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8884\">Stellar Stem Cells<\/a>\u00a0experiment, an Ax-2 investigation, that will explore regenerative medicine therapies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg?w=900\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The SpaceX Dragon crew ship launches four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts to the space station from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center on May 21.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg?resize=600,337 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The SpaceX Dragon crew ship launches four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts to the space station from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center on May 21.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: SpaceX<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA flight engineer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/stephen-g-bowen\">Stephen Bowen<\/a> spent his day with the Ax-2 crew and joined Commander Whitson transferring emergency gear and configuring safety hardware between Dragon Freedom and the space station. Bowen and former NASA astronaut Whitson are both Dragon crew ship commanders, with Bowen leading the SpaceX Crew-6 mission aboard the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 84 launched at 7:56 a.m. CDT on May 24 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the space station. Progress will deliver about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about station activities by following the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">space station blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/space_station\" rel=\"noopener\">@space_station<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" rel=\"noopener\">@ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven crew members are living aboard the International Space Station with four spaceships now docked to the orbiting lab. A fifth spaceship launched the morning of May 24 and was scheduled to arrive a few hours later with cargo to replenish the Expedition 69 crew. Two SpaceX Dragon crew ships are docked adjacent to each other on the station\u2019s\u00a0Harmony [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":325944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2864],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[10816],"coauthors":[8379],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Station Welcomes Axiom Astronauts, Preps for Next Cargo Mission","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/station-welcomes-axiom-astronauts-preps-for-next-cargo-mission\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/station-welcomes-axiom-astronauts-preps-for-next-cargo-mission\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg"},"articleSection":"NASA Centers & Facilities","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Beth Ridgeway"}],"creator":["Beth Ridgeway"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","Marshall Space Flight Center"],"dateCreated":"2023-05-25T21:11:34Z","datePublished":"2023-05-25T21:11:34Z","dateModified":"2023-05-31T17:51:28Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Station Welcomes Axiom Astronauts, Preps for Next Cargo Mission\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/station-welcomes-axiom-astronauts-preps-for-next-cargo-mission\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2023-05-25T21:11:34Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,Marshall Space Flight Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Beth Ridgeway\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"time_ago":"1 year","featured_image":{"id":325944,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/blog-ax2-launch-052123.jpg","title":"blog-ax2-launch-052123","alt":"The SpaceX Dragon crew ship launches four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts to the space station from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center on May 21.","caption":"The SpaceX Dragon crew ship launches four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts to the space station from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center on May 21.\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325952,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325940\/revisions\/325952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325940"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=325940"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=325940"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=325940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}