{"id":800897,"date":"2026-02-27T05:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800897"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:21:28","slug":"orbital-plumbing-maintenance-aboard-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800897","title":{"rendered":"Orbital plumbing maintenance aboard the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, performs plumbing maintenance inside the International Space Station\u2019s Tranquility module. Wearing protective goggles, gloves and a mask, Sophie works on the station\u2019s life-support systems, which recycle air and water to sustain crew members during long-duration missions in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Sophie\u2019s mission on the\u00a0\u03b5psilon\u00a0page and on her social media\u00a0platforms, such as\u00a0X,\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0Instagram,\u00a0LinkedIn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>[Image description:\u00a0ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot floats inside the International Space Station\u2019s 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.]<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2026\/02\/Orbital_plumbing_maintenance_aboard_the_International_Space_Station?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, performs plumbing maintenance inside the International Space Station\u2019s Tranquility module. Wearing protective goggles, gloves and a mask, Sophie works on the station\u2019s life-support systems, which recycle&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":800898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=800897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/800898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}