<div class="" data-article-body="true"><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.</i></p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt=" A lights from cities along the coast of a peninsula are seen at night from space. " loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/vYq1dNvsWD6_slhildFcbA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/86e548d7b48fa07c36d11cf80e04347a"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">Lights are seen shining across the Florida peninsula, including the Space Coast, as captured by JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, an Expedition 73 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, on Dec. 1, 2025. | Credit: NASA/JAXA/Kimiya Yui</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The newly arrived and soon-to-depart crew members of Expedition 73 prepared for what is to come next during this, their final week all together aboard the International Space Station, Dec. 1-5, 2025.</p><h3 class="mb-4 text-lg font-bold"><span>Orbital observation</span></h3><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><a href="https://www.space.com/22672-japan-aerospace-exploration-agency.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:JAXA;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>JAXA</u></a> astronaut Kimiya Yui is fond of photographing his home nation of Japan from his vantage point aboard the <a href="https://www.space.com/16748-international-space-station.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:International Space Station;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>International Space Station</u></a>. Thursday (Dec. 4) was no different.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">"Last night, I went to bed early and woke up once in the middle of the night to film a video of the Japanese archipelago," Yui <a href="https://x.com/Astro_Kimiya/status/1996691922702754094" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:posted to social media;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>posted to social media</u></a>. "Even from space, it looked very cold."</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">"There were many areas where it seemed to be snowing or places where it had snowed afterward, and while it looked beautiful from space, I became a little worried when I thought about all of you," he wrote.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">In the foreground are Northrop Grumman's <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/northrop-grummans-biggest-ever-cargo-141603821.html" data-ylk="slk:Cygnus XL cargo ship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>Cygnus XL cargo ship</u></a>, the S.S. William C. "Willie" McCool (at right) and the newly docked <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-russian-soyuz-crew-launches-125813469.html" data-ylk="slk:Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft</u></a>.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="land is seen peaking through the cloud cover over a mostly blue Earth as a berthed spaceship extends into the frame from a space station" loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/JLqq1w_nwY6tF5OTxxnxbA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/ab106016119a6a3676f57af0e0e61e2c"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">Expedition 73 flight engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) captured this photograph of the Japanese archipelago from the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. | Credit: NASA/JAXA/Kimiya Yui</div></figcaption></figure><h3 class="mb-4 text-lg font-bold"><span>Science status</span></h3><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Among the research that was conducted by the Expedition 73 crew aboard the space station this week was:</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><strong>CIPHER</strong> — Zena Cardman and Jonny Kim of NASA collected samples of Cardman's blood, tested her cognition and measured her exercise, all as activities under the CIPHER human research study tracking astronauts' health before, during and after a spaceflight. Afterward, Cardman used a centrifuge to prepare them for being placed inside a science freezer for future analysis.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><strong>Astrobee</strong> — Scientists on <a href="https://www.space.com/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Earth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Earth</u></a>, working with astronauts on the space station like Kim, assessed robotic free-flying assistants called "<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-astrobee-robot-honey-flies-130002352.html" data-ylk="slk:Astrobee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>Astrobee</u></a>" to enable astronauts to conduct more research.</p><h3 class="mb-4 text-lg font-bold"><span>Station keeping</span></h3><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The Expedition 73 crew also devoted time to maintaining the space station's systems, including:</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><strong>New Crew Member Orientation</strong> — Having just arrived at the space station the week before, NASA astronaut Chris Williams attended an orientation session, of sorts, as fellow NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and Kimiya Yui of JAXA took turns bringing Williams up to speed about life on orbit. Fincke and Yui familiarized Williams with space station hardware, operations and systems.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><strong>'Closet' inventory </strong>— Oleg Platonov, a flight engineer with the Russian space agency <a href="https://www.space.com/22724-roscosmos.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Roscosmos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Roscosmos</u></a>, spent the first part of his shift documenting the location and amount of clothing and towels remaining in the Russian segment of the space station.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><strong>Zero Boil-Off Tank Noncondensables</strong> — Flight Engineer Mike Fincke changed out the cameras inside a microgravity science glovebox to photograph how cryogenic fluids behave in <a href="https://www.space.com/23017-weightlessness.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:microgravity;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>microgravity</u></a> to improve the design of spacecraft fuel tanks.</p><h3 class="mb-4 text-lg font-bold"><span>Astronaut activity</span></h3><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="two men, both in blue short sleeve shirts and one wearing silicone gloves and a head lamp, work together to install equipment aboard a space station " loading="lazy" width="960" height="640" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/rkG0zx0EAUZIqy.tPdGCcg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/c8f2ac80458526cc0ef2641f31a3010b"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">NASA astronauts Jonny Kim (foreground) and Chris Williams inspect and clean the Enhanced European Exploration Exercise Device (E4D) inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. | Credit: NASA</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">As part of their work maintaining the systems aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Jonny Kim and Chris Williams spent this week cleaning and inspecting the European Exploration Exercise Device (E4D) after its installation in the <a href="https://www.space.com/22562-european-space-agency.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:European Space Agency;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>European Space Agency</u></a>'s (ESA) Columbus laboratory.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">According to NASA, the E4D is being tested for its ability to provide bicycling, rowing and resistance exercises to protect crew members' muscles, bones and heart health in microgravity.</p><h3 class="mb-4 text-lg font-bold"><span>By the numbers</span></h3><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">As of Friday (Dec. 5), there are <strong>10 people</strong> aboard the International Space Station: Expedition 73 commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Oleg Platonov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikaev and Alexey Zubritsky of <a href="https://www.space.com/22724-roscosmos.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Roscosmos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Roscosmos</u></a>; NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Jonny Kim and Chris Williams and JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, all flight engineers.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">There are <strong>three docked crew spacecraft</strong>: <a href="https://www.space.com/18853-spacex.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:SpaceX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>SpaceX</u></a>'s Dragon "Endeavour" attached to the space-facing port of the Harmony module, Roscosmos' Soyuz MS-27 attached to the Earth-facing port of the Prichal node and Soyuz MS-28 attached to the Earth-facing port of the Rassvet module.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">There are <strong>four cargo spacecraft</strong>: Roscosmos' Progress MS-31 (92P) docked to the space-facing port of the Poisk module, Progress MS-32 (93P) attached to the aft port of the Zvezda service module, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL, the S.S. William C. "Willie" McCool, berthed to the Earth-facing common berthing mechanism (CBM) on the Unity node and Japan's <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/watch-japans-1st-htv-x-100000475.html" data-ylk="slk:HTV-X1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>HTV-X1</u></a> attached to the Earth-facing CBM on the Harmony node.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">As of Friday, the space station has been continuously crewed for <strong>25 years, 1 month and 3 days</strong>.</p></div>

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