New Delhi:
Indian original NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (Suna), who has been dubbed as a “trapped astronaut” on his stay in space since June last year, has done some “amazing experiments” and is involved in more than 900 hours of research.
For three different missions, after spending more than 600 days in space so far, the 59 year old also performed a spacewalk for 62 hours and nine minutes, leading to the female astronaut leading to spending maximum time on core activity.
Ms. Williams and her fellow astronaut Barry (Buch) Wilmore have been at the International Space Station (ISS) for several months. The two rode in the Starlineer spacecraft of Boeing on 5 June last year for their first crew flight, and reached the space station on 6 June – which was considered an eight -day mission, which eventually increased.
However, he faced a technical glitter on the delay, the dangers of the space debris, the helium leaks and the Starlineer spacecraft, on which he traveled.
Ms. Williams is likely to return to Earth over the next few weeks.
So what is it that Ms. Williams is doing about 400 kilometers upwards, revolving around the earth?
On the way to the ISS, the astronaut helped develop the Boeing Starlineer, and cost NASA $ 4.2 billion. He, along with Mr. Wilmore, departed Starlineer from the ISS and on 7 September on Earth reserved from the ground. She also became the first female astronaut to test a space capsule.
At ISS, Ms. Williams helped with maintenance and cleanliness of the football field -shaped space station. He and his colleague helped change many old equipment on ISS and send a lot of waste back to Earth.
According to NASA, Ms. Williams, Sri Wilmor and another astronaut, Nick Hague, “completed a research of more than 900 hours between more than 150 unique scientific experiments and technology performances during his stay in the orbiting laboratory.”
As Ms. William’s stay extended from weeks to months, the three-space flight veteran was then promoted to the role of ISS commander, a rare difference that put the security and security of the ISS on her shoulders. ISS are probably unique engineering experiments performed by humans. It has been continuously settled by humans for the last 25 years.
Ms. Williams had to adjust the extensive load training in space to keep her body fit and shape in space, in her schedule, as she floated near zero gravity in space. At one point, “rumors” about her health were moving, until she issued an explanation, saying that she weighs the same way she reached the ISS. Her “wild hair” also attracted attention around the world, US President Donald Trump said: “I see a woman with wild hair, good, solid head that she has got. There is no joke, there is no game with her hair.”
The astronaut has also taken a long spacewalk, also called an additional vehicle activity (Eva), and has completed 62 hours and nine minutes on activity.
On her last space walk on 30 January, Ms. Williams spent five hours and 26 minutes on Eva in an attempt to upgrade ISS. Before a fortnight, on 16 January, he performed a six -hour spacewalk.
He has also done some tests and experiments on his own physiology, so that the body can get a response to the space environment. On earlier travel, she ran a marathon in space.
As part of her outreach activities, Ms. Williams sent Diwali, Christmas and New Year Happy Humans to humans and even held a session with students of a school named after her. He even wished the participants of the 2024 Paris Olympics from space.
In other activities, the astronaut helped with some horticulture in the space by giving water to and by giving them water and studying them, which according to NASA, “This can show how minimal-and-different situations affect the growth of the plant and help scientists to produce safe and nutritious food for crew members on future space visits”.
Ms. Williams also used how to fix water in ISS described as bed reactors packed through NASA, referring to the system that “pack” materials such as pellets or beads to increase contact between any fluid and ges inside a structure.
He installed hardware for the packed bed reactor experiment: Water Recovery Series (PBRE-WRS) check, to check how these systems are affected in ISS. Results can help scientists designing better reactors for water recovery, thermal management, fuel cells and other applications.
While Mr. Wilmore swabs the exterior of the ISS, discovered life inside the space station, his colleague used other microbes. According to NASA, Ms. Williams posed with bacteria and yeast samples for Rhodium Bineemonufacturing 03, which is part of the ongoing examination of microgravity’s effects on bio-manufacturing engineer bacteria and ISS riding yeast.
NASA states that microgravity causes changes in microbial cell growth, cell structure and metabolic activity that can affect bio-manufacturing processes. This probe can explain the range of these effects and further the use of germs to create food, pharmaceuticals and other products in space, reducing the cost of launching equipment and consumable materials from the Earth.
Ms. Williams also examined the bionutrients, which demonstrated technology to produce nutrients during long -term space missions using engineer germs such as yeast. Long -term stored foods can lose vitamins and other nutrients, and this technique can provide a way to supple on demand. He prepared specially designed development packets for investigation in ISS.
Once she returns to Earth, Ms. Williams will make another record for four separate space capsules – Space Shuttle, Soyuz, Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Incidentally, during his prolonged stay in the ISS, there was a seismic change in politics and governance in the US, and he became an inappropriate companion in the war between Democrats and Republican. He did not enter the battle of words to focus and focus on his unique job as an astronaut.
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