Payloads: Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research on Varying Mission...
Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research on Varying Mission Durations: The crew performed the doff and closeout of the Blood Pressure 13-hour data collection sequence and stowed the hardware.
Conducting the same research over missions of different durations allows scientists to extrapolate the data to multi-year missions, such as a potential three-year round-trip to Mars.
Since the earliest ISS expeditions, ISS Ham Radio has allowed groups of students in schools, camps, museums, and planetariums to hold a conversation with the people living in space.
As the ISS passes overhead, students have about nine minutes to ask crew members 10 to 20 questions.
NASA research centers use MISSE missions to test new materials and material configurations.
Following the setup, the ground performed the tank drain using the UTS. Once the ground specialists completed the transfer, the crew verified the recycle tank was empty, terminated the drain, repositioned the fill/drain valve to force fill the recycle tank using UTS, and configured for nominal processing operations.
The crew also swapped the EDV in the offload EDV spot of the UTS. During this activity, the new USOS Crew member was trained in this task.
Transfer Cargo Dragon Cargo Operations: Today, the crew transferred cargo from the SpX-30 cargo vehicle to the ISS. The SpX-30 Dragon vehicle arrived to the ISS on Saturday, March 23rd at 6:32 AM CDT and is scheduled to remain at the ISS until the end of April, before undocking to return cargo and payloads to the ground.
Handover of Increment 71S Crew: After the new 71S US crew member went through a small adaptation period, the ISS crew helped familiarize them with living and working on the ISS. Today, the crew began discussing hygiene operations, food preparation, tips and tricks for maneuvering around the ISS, the use of crew dosimeters, and how various tones and alarms sound differently on-orbit rather than in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility.
All of these discussions are vital for the oncoming crew to properly adjust to life on the ISS and to learn from the experiences of the crew before them.