iss068e018681 (Oct. 25, 2022) --- View of tomatoes growing in the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS) facility. The tomatoes were grown without soil using hydroponic and aeroponic nourishing techniques to demonstrate space agricultural methods to sustain crews on long term space flights farther away from Earth where resupply missions become impossible.
XROOTS Status check
iss069e036839 (July 25, 2023) -- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio works on thinning Arabidopsis seedlings in Plant Habitat-03 aboard the International Space Station. Rubio is thinning the sprouts to retain a singular healthy plant per unit as the crew continues ongoing investigations of assessing whether adaptations in one generation of plants grown in space can transfer to the next.
Plant Habitat-03B MWA Preparation
iss069e036842 (July 25, 2023) -- Arabidopsis seedlings grow in Plant Habitat-03, an investigation aboard the International Space Station that assesses if gene adaptations in one generation of plants grown in space can transfer to another.
Plant Habitat-03B
iss069e025743 (June 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen installs the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer into the Kibo laboratory module's airlock.
Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer Installation
iss069e017995 (June 5, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio performs maintenance on the International Space Station's treadmill located in the Tranquility module.
T2 Annual and Six-Month Maintenance Part 1
iss069e025742 (June 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen with CubeSats to be deployed from the space station for the 26th NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD-26) mission. The satellites included Nanoracks-RADSAT-SK, which tests a radiation detection system; Nanoracks-SC-ODIN that captures data on dust in storms in Argentina and Namibia; Nanoracks-ESSENCE, to monitor solar storms, arctic ice, permafrost thaw, and forests in the Canadian Arctic region; Nanoracks-Iris, an observation of space weathering of geological samples; and Nanoracks-Ukpik-1, which uses a VR camera to capture 360-degree images and video of Northern Canada.
Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer Installation