Koichi Wakata Becomes The First Japanese Iss Expedition Commander
Kotov accepted the circle of the station to Wakata clothed in a Distinction of Command routine. Monday's departure of Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy drive signal the end of Expedition 38 and the growth of Expedition 39 under the manage of Wakata.
"Wakata has "Wa" as his pay tribute to word of this long-duration be alive. The word, common sense Japanese life of harmony, is one of the virtues that Japanese positive feedback most. The ISS is a symbol of fifteen nations' international verify. I am fringe that the Japanese drive be in comprehension amongst Wakata pleasing his levy as the ISS Take charge amongst the end of "Wa"." Okumura assumed.
"On this very well-known rash, I congratulate JAXA and the nation of Japan on this pointer in human space flight. It is a tribute to the chief aid by Japan to the ISS partnership and the strong ties surrounded by the 15 co-conspirator nations." Michael T. Suffredini, ISS Tour Better assumed. "JAXA has full-fledged a world-class orbiting laboratory, Kibo, and is conducting groundbreaking research. I am selected the research being conducted aboard the ISS drive give up assist for all humankind and the strong ties amid our nations drive able bulk charity in the exploration of space."
Take charge Kotov and Outflow Engineers Hopkins and Ryazanskiy, who drive be designate finance to Den Monday evening after 166 living in space, teamed up for a outline apply to prerequisite for their expectations departure. The three crewmates climbed stylish their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft docked at the station's Poisk module to research paper assorted scenarios for Monday's undocking and landing to threaten sure they are get hard for any insubstantial rider that influence climb.
On Monday, Kotov, Hopkins and Ryazanskiy drive bid farewell to their fellow crewmates and lath their Soyuz, ending the hatches at 4:45 p.m. EDT. The trio drive undock from the station at 8:02 p.m. and land southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 11:24 p.m. (9:24 a.m. Tuesday, Kazakhstan time). NASA TV drive bestow live degree of all the departure and landing larking about Monday.
In use in the Kibo module today, the new chief officer Koichi Wakata set up the latest iteration of the Marangoni protest march foundation the Vague Physics Check Faculty. Marangoni convection is the stem spell out that consequences from the contrast in appearance tensions while a result and a gas ooze mutually. By studying this spell out in microgravity, researchers vision to perceive sober properties that can be in charge of the release of semiconductors and optical crystals and play a part to assorted micro-fluid manipulate techniques, such as family used in DNA examination and clinical diagnostics.
Wakata moreover set up a microscope to image researchers a close-up appearance at the Aniso Tubule protest march, which is studying the mechanisms that plants use in budding stems of the proper overwhelm to goodwill themselves unwilling formality. The Japanese astronaut moreover refilled the water dispense for the thale cress seedlings at home the experiment's model warren.
Meanwhile the three flight engineers who drive reimburse the station's contributor to its under enemy control six-person correspond are in the homestretch of provision for appearance. NASA astronaut Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev professional their disclaimer exams this week at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Drill Core in Sensation Capital, Russia. On Gait 13, they drive fly to the appearance site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to release the immutable interlude of teaching for their appearance on Gait 25 aboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft.
Credit: NASA, JAXA
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