Crew Status
Today, Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) Commander Michael López-Alegría, Pilot Walter Villadei, Mission Specialist Alper Gezeravcı, and Mission Specialist Marcus Wandt completed their eighth full day (flight day 11) on the International Space Station (ISS).
Highlights of the Day
The Ax-3 crew remained busy conducting research, media events, and outreach engagements.
Research
MLA, Villadei, and Gezeravcı provided audio samples for the Vokalkordexperiment, which uses an artificial intelligence system to detect over 70 types of disease by analyzing respiratory, speaking, and cough sounds. Testing the tool in microgravity will allow researchers to continue validating the system as an easy-to-use telemedicine option that could be used in the future to monitor the health of astronauts on future missions.
Villadei continued conducting technology demonstrations with the Smart Flight Suit 2 (SFS2) to test the comfort and behavior of the suit's fabrics in space, function of the inbuilt sensors, and utility of the suit in microgravity.
Villadei also completed microscope imaging of cancer cell cultures for the Cancer in LEO project, which studies tumor organoids in microgravity with the goal to identify early warning signs of cancer for prediction and prevention of disease.
Gezeravcı continued his daily documentation of plant samples for the Extremophyte Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) project and took photographs of algae samples for the Algalspacestudy.
Wandt activated an artificial intelligence powered, free-flying companion, called CIMON, which can fly independently through the ISS to support crew as they perform tasks and can respond to verbal commands.
Outreach
MLA participated in an outreach event with Star Trek actress Melissa Navia to discuss the importance of space travel and developments in commercial space. Watch the event, here.
Gezeravcı participated in an interview with Türkiye’s global news agency, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation/Anadolu Agency.
Tomorrow, MLA will reunite and speak with his Ax-1 crewmates Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy.
Villadei will conduct an outreach event with children and doctors from a pediatric hospital in Italy. He will discuss life on the ISS and answer questions from the children.
Media
Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. CT, the Ax-3 crew will participate in an on-orbit science briefing with Axiom Space Chief Scientist Dr. Lucie Low. The crew will provide an update on the microgravity research, science experiments, and technology demonstrations they have been conducting while on the space station. Watch the event live, here.