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Crew 8 returns from International Space Station. Immunity and Heart Studies top schedule

Life science was back on the schedule with the Expedition 72 crew members studying how microgravity affects the space immunity, the circulatory system, and more on Wednesday. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is now targeted to depart the International Space Station no earlier than Sunday pending weather.

Hague also joined Flight Engineer Mike Barratt transferring cargo in and out of the Cygnus space freighter attached to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port. Williams downlinked research data to scientists on the ground and labeled science freezers while Wilmore checked on life support gear and analyzed station water samples for microbes. In the Roscosmos segment of the orbiting lab, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov wore a sensor-packed cap recording his reactions as he practiced futuristic spacecraft and robotic piloting techniques on a computer.

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