→ L-152: Robotics, POGO, Cardio Ox and Galley support

Today was one of those training days when you quickly jump from one topic to another, as you run from class to class and from building to building at Johnson Space Center.

I started the day at the gym and then I headed to a robotics class with crewmate Scott Kelly, who will join us on ISS in March next year. It was a “track & capture” class: that’s how we call the grappling of a free-flying visiting vehicle with the robotic arm of the Space Station. You can check this older logbook for some more words about that.

After that I had a POGO class. That’s the Partial Gravity Simulator, one of the training environments we have available to prepare for spacewalks. Interested in pros and cons of POGO versus training under water? Here’s an older logbook about that!

In the picture you can see me in the POGO working on fluid lines, particularly on mating and demating the QDs. That stands for Quick Disconnects, but unfortunately they’re not necessarily very quick. Especially the bigger ones have proven quite challenging to operate on orbit during spacewalks, with the fluid lines pressurized, because the hoses become extremely rigid! Since we don’t have actual pressurized hoses under water, we train this in the POGO with the special QD trainer you see in the picture.

Afterwards I had a training class for the experiment Cardio Ox, in which I practiced taking an ultrasound of my brachial artery, my carotid artery and my heart, following the instructions of a specialist sitting in the next room.

Finally, a class called “Galley support”, focused mostly on the nuances of the water dispenser. That’s where we get potable water from, both to drink and to rehydrate food pouches. I tried my luck with a pouch labeled Italian vegetables. Not sure what was specifically Italian about them, but certainly a healthy food choice from the standard ISS menu!

Futura mission website (Italian): Avamposto42
avamposto42.esa.int

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