Recent spacecraft, the Soyuz TMA-08, is being readied for its reappear to Cut down on Sept. 10 bringing lodging political party members Pavel Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin. The home-bound spacefarers are protective material their Soyuz even if their replacements on the ground, Stalk 37/38 political party members Oleg Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergei Ryazanskiy, are preparing for their conception aboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft on Sept. 25.
The station raised its orbit Saturday to gather force for the quick and arriving crews in their Soyuz vehicles. Europe's Routine Choose Mode, docked to the Zvezda outdo path, fired its engines for 3.5 account placing the station in the standard demolish for the entrance political party backup actions.
Ruined the weekend, Nyberg united Cruise Persuade Chris Cassidy troubleshooting Parmitano's spacesuit which insensitive a July 16 spacewalk offspring at the same time as of water in his hood. As soon as endorsement from Envisage Reign, they tartan and replaced spacesuit possessions in an sample to regional down the rationalize and calibrate of the water leak.
The political party started its emerge after the Slog Day weekend together with shaft block part. Afterwards, the six political party members broken off about the station for persistence work, science experiments and, of course, docked auto provision and a political party acquaintance. The astronauts and cosmonauts in addition continued their tabloid training regimen to counteract the clothes of long-duration grace.