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| Survival supplies launched on Starfall. Image Credit: USAF. |
International Space Station Activities
Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina (both MS-29, Roscosmos) took blood pressure measurements. Sergey Teteryatnikov (Crew-13, Roscosmos) continued testing AI tools. Anil Menon (MS-29, NASA) and Joshua Kutryk (Crew-13, CSA) continued preparing for the first of their two upcoming spacewalks, scheduled for Thursday. They checked their emergency jetpacks and went over spacewalk procedures with fellow astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney (both Crew-13, NASA), who will be operating the Canadarm2 robotic arm from inside the station to assist the two spacewalkers. Watkins and Menon also worked to transfer cargo in and out of CRS-35, while Delaney performed sleep and stress research and continued working on the blood vessel bio-printing experiment. [Source: NASA]
Supplies Recovered from Starfall
The SpaceX Starfall capsule which launched aboard Bandwagon-5 last Tuesday contained a representative sample of equipment and supplies for the US Air Force Research Lab. Today the supplies were recovered by the Air Force following the capsule's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, demonstrating Starfall's potential for rapid delivery of military supplies via orbit. The concern now is that future deliveries could involve payloads more dangerous than MREs and first aid kits. [Source: Air Force Research Lab]
Other notes
- SpaceX continue to carry out a suite of tests on the flight hardware for the next two flights of Starship. [Source: NSF]
- The launch of USSF-432 aboard a Falcon 9 has been scheduled for no earlier than 2nd November. [Source: SpaceX]
- The launch of NROL-195 aboard a Falcon 9, previously scheduled for 5th November according to Next Spaceflight, has been removed from the schedule for now. [Source: Next Spaceflight]
