ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, performs plumbing maintenance inside the International Space Station’s Tranquility module. Wearing protective goggles, gloves and a mask, Sophie works on the station’s life-support systems, which recycle air and water to sustain crew members during long-duration missions in orbit.
Routine maintenance of these complex systems is essential to keeping the International Space Station operating safely and efficiently. From scientific research to everyday housekeeping tasks, astronauts regularly combine high-tech operations with hands-on engineering work in microgravity.
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[Image description: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot floats inside the International Space Station’s Tranquility module while wearing safety goggles, gloves and a face mask. She reaches into an open equipment rack to carry out plumbing maintenance on life-support systems, surrounded by cables, tools and onboard hardware in microgravity.]