ISS astronauts are now checking each other's health by conducting some operations, such as spinal scans. Checking the health of all the space experts stationed at the International Space Station is essential to not get any illness.
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They conducted some spinal scans so that they could observe their lower back area and the spinal lumber sections. However, these NASA astronauts did not perform the spinal tests alone. Instead, some doctors stationed on Earth guided them.
Aside from spines, Matthias Maurer, an ESA (European Space Agency) flight engineer, measured his heart rate and breathing using a portable gear that looks like a vest.
Maurer wore the medical monitoring device and conducted an exercise cycle for the Metabolic Space study.
Other Activities at ISS
When Hei, Marshburn, and Maurer, were conducting their health observations, another NASA astronaut, Kayla Barron, a flight engineer, focused her effort on maintaining the hardware of ISS.
She conducted some cooling loop and water line cleaning in the Quest airlock. Meanwhile, NASA Flight Engineer Raja Chari performed some adjustments to the space station's Internal Thermal Control System.
All these activities show that ISS is pretty busy these days. Aside from keeping the health of the active astronauts, Space.Com reported that ISS would soon have a movie studio module, thanks to the collaboration of SEE and Axiom Space.
In other news, 52 SpaceX launches are expected to happen before 2022 ends. Meanwhile, some astronomers discovered a mysterious deep space object.
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Written by: Griffin Davis
