{"id":643089,"date":"2024-04-09T14:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T18:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=643089"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T18:03:20","slug":"nasa-astronaut-loral-ohara-to-discuss-space-station-mission","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-loral-ohara-to-discuss-space-station-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Loral O\u2019Hara to Discuss Space Station Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png?w=973\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 54% 67%; object-position: 54% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png 973w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png?resize=768,506 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png?resize=400,264 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png?resize=600,395 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/loralohara.png?resize=900,593 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara is pictured inside the cupola aboard the International Space Station.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O\u2019Hara will participate in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Monday, April 15, at the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news conference will air live on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/loral-ohara-post-flight-crew-news-conference\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/apps\/\">NASA app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NASA\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">website<\/a>. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/how-to-stream-nasa-tv\/\">stream NASA TV<\/a> through a variety of platforms including social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media interested in participating in person must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. Friday, April 12, by calling 281-483-5111 or emailing: <a href=\"mailto:jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov\">jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media wishing to participate virtually must contact the newsroom no later than two hours before the start of the event. NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/nasa-agencywide-media-accreditation-policy\/\">media accreditation policy<\/a> is available online. Questions may also be submitted on social media by using #AskNASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Hara launched Sept. 15, 2023, alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, and returned to Earth April 6 with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus. Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya launched with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson to the station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on March 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Hara completed 204 days in space, 3,264 orbits of the Earth, and 86.5 million miles during her first spaceflight. She witnessed the arrival of eight visiting spacecraft and the departure of seven visiting spacecraft, including both crewed and cargo missions. O\u2019Hara also completed one spacewalk totaling six hours, 42 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While aboard the orbiting lab, O’Hara <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/iss-research\/nasa-astronaut-loral-ohara-expedition-70-science-highlights\/\">conducted dozens of science and technology<\/a> activities to benefit future exploration in space and life back on Earth. O’Hara is among the first astronauts to participate in CIPHER, or the Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research program, an investigation that studies the psychological and physiological changes humans experience during spaceflight. Collecting data from astronauts on missions of different durations supports the development of ways to protect crew health on long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O’Hara conducted experiments bioprinting cardiac tissues in microgravity which could advance technology for creating replacement organs and tissues for transplant on Earth. 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spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O\u2019Hara will participate in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Monday, April 15, at the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston. 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