Expedition 72 Crew Photos: October-November 2024 | International Space Station

Expedition 72 Crew Photos: October-November 2024 | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams displays the Space Tissue Equivalent Dosimeter (SpaceTED) hardware inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. SpaceTED is a technology demonstration that can measure radiation dosages and characterize the radiaton environment in microgravity to protect crew members and spacecraft hardware.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague exercises on the advanced resistive exercise device (ARED) aboard the International Space Station's Tranquility module. The ARED mimics the inertial forces of lifting free weights on Earth to maintain muscle health during long-term space missions. During his exercise session, Hague wore Bio-Monitor, a garment and headband set outfitted with sensors to collect physiological data and minimally interfere with space station life. Hague wore the garment 48 hours as part of Vascular Aging, a study that monitors an astronaut’s cardiovascular health in space.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams replaces particulate filters on the water recovery system, a component of the Tranquility module's waste and hygiene compartment, the International Space Station's bathroom.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams wears a pirate's eye patch in celebration of Halloween while orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station. Williams was also a wearing a thigh cuff on her left leg testing its ability to prevent space-caused fluid shifts toward a crew member's head safeguarding eye health in microgravity.

Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia plays an electronic keyboard aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module.

Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Russia gives a thumbs up inside the Internationla Space Station's Harmony module.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore works in the Harmony module printing and updating International Space Station emergency procedures.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit is pictured setting up one of his "Science of Opportunity" experiments aboard the International Space Station. For this specific experiment, Pettit grew thin wafers of water ice using the orbiting lab's freezer, and photographed them in front of a white, blank computer screen and polarizing filter to display the colorful fragments of ice crystals.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft recently delivered more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory. The resupply mission lifted off Nov. 4, 2024, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and arrived at the International Space Station on Nov. 5. This launch was the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission for the agency.

For more than two decades, the International Space Station has served as a critical testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit. The space station is a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA’s next great leaps in exploration, including missions to the Moon under Artemis and, ultimately, human exploration of Mars.

Expedition 72 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Date: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Image Dates: Oct. 23-Nov. 3, 2024

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