Throughout out the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) the team at Axiom Space will be providing updates about the crew’s activity aboard the International Space Station.
Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi are doing well and getting to work.
Yesterday, the crew arrived at the International Space Station and were welcomed by the Expedition 69 crew.
Now on flight day three, the Ax-2 crew jumped right into their tasks and activities for today. They completed the handover activities with the USOS crew early and finished transferring equipment and cargo out of Dragon. Ali and Ray started setting up the Nanoracks Liquid Fireworks payload and performed a test run in preparation for an event with the students later in the week. This STEAM demonstration will show differences in fluid behavior on Earth and space through a visual experiment that students will recreate on the ground. The Ax-2 crew also reviewed ISS emergency roles and responsibilities, and received on-board training to make sure all 11 crew members on the space station can execute emergency procedures as a team.
Tomorrow, John Shoffner will be participating in two STEAM outreach events with students from Oporto British School in Portugal and Rathmore National School in Ireland. The Oporto British School STEAM event will occur at 6:30 a.m. CT and the Rathmore National School event will follow at 7:30 a.m. CT. You can watch both events live on Axiom Space’s YouTube channel.
Watch the full mission update.