<ul><li>Four Expedition 72 astronauts took a well-deserved break on Monday following last week’s busy period of crew swap activities and advanced microgravity research.</li><li>NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are in their second week aboard the orbiting lab.</li><li>The four crewmates continue getting up to speed with living in weightlessness and the numerous space station systems they will use every day.</li><li>Peskov stayed busy on Monday along with his fellow cosmonauts station Commander Alexey Ovchinin and Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner.</li></ul>

Expedition 72 Astronauts Relax as Cosmonauts Keep Up Research, Maintenance

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