Салют,
Ежедневная американская хроника полета МКС, доступная до октября 2006 г. на http://www.spaceref.com , а после этого -- в закрытом разделе L2 форума http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ , с 30 октября 2007 г. выкладывается в открытом доступе на http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/iss_reports/index.htm .
Чтобы не загромождать английским текстом тему "Новости МКС" ( http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2964 ), я решил завести отдельную тему под эту хронику, ее разбор и комментарии к ней.
ISS On-Orbit Status 11/26/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani. Underway: Week 6 of Increment 16.
Having passed the Day 30 mark in her flight, CDR-16 Whitson began her second session with the NASA/JSC experiment NUTRITION w/Repository, for which she had to forego exercising and food intake for eight hours. [After collecting an initial urine sample, Whitson, assisted by Dan Tani, followed it with phlebotomy, i.e., drawing blood samples (from an arm vein) which she first allowed to coagulate in the Repository, then spun in the HRF RC (Human Research Facility/Refrigerated Centrifuge) and finally placed in MELFI (Minus-Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS). The RC was later powered off after a temperature reset to limit wear on the compressor, and cleaned (see RC troubleshooting, below). The equipment was then stowed. NUTRITION activities today included the required 24-hour data urine collection by Whitson, by securing samples during the day, all stored immediately in MELFI. The Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile currently required on all U.S. Astronauts collects blood and urine samples preflight and postflight. NUTRITION expands this protocol by also capturing inflight samples and an additional postflight sample. Furthermore, additional measurements are included for samples from all sessions, including additional markers of bone metabolism, vitamin status, and hormone and oxidative stressor tests. The results will be used to better understand the impact of countermeasures (exercise and pharmaceuticals) on nutritional status and nutrient requirements. The Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile (MR016L), first started on two Mir crewmembers and then on all ISS US crews, nominally consists of two pre-flight and one post-flight analysis of nutritional status, as well as an in-flight assessment of dietary intake using the FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire). The current NUTRITION project expands MR016L testing in three ways: Addition of in-flight blood & urine collection (made possible by MELFI), normative markers of nutritional assessment, and a return session plus 30-day (R+30) session to allow evaluation of post-flight nutrition and implications for rehabilitation.]
FE-1 Malenchenko performed troubleshooting on the Russian RS1 laptop, spending about an hour with specialist tagup-supported tests of battery and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) performance as well as a checkout of display parameters using the temporarily connected external AGAT monitor.
For today's Voluntary Weekend Science program, FE-2 Tani had selected two optional activities: EPO (Education Payload Operations) demonstrating Newton's Laws (Three Laws of Motion & Conservation of Angular Momentum); and HRF RC (Human Research Facility Refrigerated Centrifuge) troubleshooting, i.e., determining why the RC is not cooling and or supplying H&S (Health & Status) data. [For the first activity, Dan reviewed the EPO protocol, then set up the camcorder for video recording his subsequent demos which provide a simple visual explanation of Newton's Three Laws of Motion (EPO supports national science education standards, and the video will be used in museum and science center student and educator programs). For the second activity, Dan configured the RC, then conducted cooling and "ping" tests, after which the centrifuge was to be deconfigured, depending on the outcome of previous steps, and cleaned.]
Later, Dan Tani set up and prepared the equipment for the second session with the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment, starting by supporting the ground-commanded activation of the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox), extending the WV (Work Volume) as required, starting and reprogramming the ECU (Electronic Control Unit), attaching the D/L Adapter and activating CSLM-2. [Afterwards, Tani disconnected the CSLM-2 D/L Adapter, retracted & secured MSG WV and powered down the MSG.]
To allow troubleshooting of the UIA (Umbilical Interface Assembly)'s O2 (oxygen) supply line in the U.S. Airlock (A/L), Peggy Whitson set up and mated the PHA (Prebreathe Hose Assembly) "Tee" connector to one of the PHA QDs (Quick Disconnects).
Later, the CDR terminated the discharge cycle on the first batch of EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) batteries, and initiated it on the second batch, controlled by an automated SSC (Station Support Computer)-based DOS application. Peggy also finished up with the current regeneration of METOX (Metal Oxide) CO2 filter canisters in the A/L bakeout oven.
Yuri Malenchenko completed the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM (Service Module), including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Whitson transferred the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Working off his voluntary "time permitting" task list, the FE-1 used the Nikon D1X digital camera (with SIGMA 300-800mm telephoto lens) to make observations and take aerial KPT-3 photography of environmental conditions for Russia's Environmental Safety Agency (ECON). [KPT-3 photography has been a frequent earth observing experiment for ECON.]
A second job item on Malenchenko's discretionary list for today was another session of the Russian "Uragan" (hurricane) earth-imaging program, using the Nikon D1X with 400 & 800 mm focal length lenses to take pictures of the impact of global warming on the planet's ice cover. [Photo targets were the Patagonia Southern Ice Field Glaciers, icebergs in the Drake Passage and Scotia Sea, and South Georgia Island Glaciers.]
The CDR and FE-2 each had a PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop), Peggy at ~7:25am EST, Dan at ~10:15am.
No CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:26am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.7 km
Apogee height -- 340.5 km
Perigee height -- 338.9 km
Period -- 91.33 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001175
Solar Beta Angle -- 28.7 deg (magnitude increasing, to peak on 11/28 at 30.2 deg)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 116 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51638
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible):
11/28/07 -- ISS Reboost (SDMS taking data)
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST, or
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~11:27am EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A -- SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS (NET)
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
МКС на орбите Статус 11/26/07
Все системы МКС продолжают функционировать номинально, за исключением тех отмечалось ранее или ниже. Внедорожник мощности день Уайтсон CDR, FE - 1 Маленченко и FE - 2 Tani. Стадии: Неделя 6 от прироста 16.
После прошел День 30 след в ее полета, КЗР - 16 Уайтсон начал ее второй сессии с НАСА / ЗАО эксперимента ПИТАНИЯ Вт / хранится, для чего ей пришлось отказаться осуществлять и питания в течение восьми часов. [После первоначального сбора образца мочи, Уайтсон с помощью Дан Tani, а затем с phlebotomy, то есть, опираясь крови (от руки ключе), в котором она первая возможность coagulate в хранилище, а затем spun в HRF RC (Права исследований Фонд / Транспортные Centrifuge) и, наконец, в MELFI (Minus - Восемьдесят Лаборатория замораживанием, для МКС). В RC позднее энергии покинуть после переустановки температуры ограничить износ компрессора, и очищены (см. RC проблем, ниже). Оборудование затем был уложен. ПИТАНИЕ деятельности сегодня включает требуется 24 часов данных мочи сбор Уайтсон, путем обеспечения образцов в течение дня, все хранится непосредственно в MELFI. В клинической оценке питания профиля в настоящее время по всем США космонавтов сбор крови и мочи preflight и postflight. ПИТАНИЕ расширяет протокола также захватить inflight образцов и дополнительной postflight образца. Кроме того, дополнительные измерения включены образцы из всех сессий, включая дополнительные маркеры костного обмена веществ, витамина статуса, и гормональные и окислительного stressor испытаний. Полученные результаты будут использованы для лучшего понимания воздействия контрмеры (мероприятия и фармацевтика) о питании и питательных потребностей. В клинической оценке питания профиля (MR016L), впервые начал на двух членов экипажа станции "Мир", а затем все экипажи МКС США, номинально состоит из двух до полета и после полета анализ питания, а также в полете оценке питания приема, используя FFQ (Продовольственная Частота Анкета). Нынешний ПИТАНИЯ проект расширяет MR016L испытания тремя способами: Добавление в полете крови и мочи сбора (что стало возможным благодаря MELFI), нормативных маркеры питания оценки, и возвращение сессии плюс 30 дней (R +30) сессию, с тем чтобы оценка после полета питания и последствия реабилитации.]
FE - 1 Маленченко осуществляется по устранению неполадок на российской RS1 ноутбук, расходуя около часа со специалистом tagup поддержке испытания батарей и HDD (жесткого диска Drive) деятельности, а также ознакомления отображения параметров использования временно связаны внешней AGAT монитора.
На сегодняшний день добровольного Выходные Наука программу, FE - 2 Tani выбрала два факультативных мероприятий: ЭПО (Образование Грузопод операции), демонстрируя в законах Ньютона (трех законов движения и сохранению темпов углу) и HRF RC (Права исследований фонда Транспортные Центрифуги) проблем, то есть определения, почему не RC охлаждения и / или поставки H и S (здравоохранения и статуса) данных. [Для первым мероприятием, Дан обзор ЕПВ протокол, а затем создать camcorder по видеозаписи его последующих ролики, которые обеспечивают простой визуальный объяснение Ньютона в трех законов движения (ЕПБ поддерживает национальную науку стандартов образования, и видео будет использоваться в Музей и центр студенческой науки и педагога программ). Для второго деятельности, Дан настройках РС, а затем провели охлаждения и "проверить" испытания, после чего центрифуги должна была deconfigured, в зависимости от результатов предыдущих шагов, и очищен.]
Позднее Дэн Tani создан и подготовлен оборудования для второй сессии с CSLM - 2 (Coarsening в Твердое - Жидкое Смеси 2) эксперимент, начав с поддержки наземных командовал включения MSG (микрогравитации Наука Glovebox) о продлении ВП (Объем работы), как это требуется, начиная и перепрограммирования ЭКЮ (электронный блок), Крепление D / L адаптера и активации CSLM - 2. [После Tani отключили CSLM - 2 D / L адаптера отказался и обеспеченных MSG ВП и отключены на MSG.]
Для устранения неполадок в МСА (Умбиликал интерфейса Ассамблеи) "ы O2 (кислород) питающего трубопровода в США Airlock (A / L), Пегги Уайтсон создан и mated в PHA (Prebreathe Шланг Ассамблеи)" Tee "разъем к одному из PHA QDs (быстрая Disconnects).
Позднее ЦХД прекратил выполнять цикл по первой партии ЕВС (Extravehicular Мобильность группы) батареи, и она начала на второй партии, контролируемые автоматизированной НРК (станция Поддержка Computer) на базе DOS приложения. Пегги также закончил с нынешнего возрождения METOX (окислов металла) CO 2 фильтра канистрами в А / L bakeout печи.
Юрий Маленченко завершила повседневное обслуживание в СОЖ системы (контроля окружающей среды и системы жизнеобеспечения, ECLSS) в SM (Модуль услуг), включая ASU туалета системы / replaceables. [регулярного ежедневного обслуживания СОЖ состоит, среди прочего, на замену в НОТК и KBO твердых отходов контейнеры и замена EDV - SV сточных вод и EDV - U мочи контейнеров.]
В экипажа завершили очередной 2,5 - час. физическая нагрузка программы (около половины, которая используется для установки и после осуществления личной гигиены) о CEVIS цикла ergometer (CDR, FE - 2), TVIS treadmill (ИП - 1), КРАСНЫЙ резистивных гимнастика (CDR, FE - 2) и VELO велосипедов с bungee мозга нагрузка преподавателя (ИП - 1).
Затем Уайтсон осуществления переданных данных файл на МЭТ (Медицинское оборудование Computer) для ноутбуков вниз, в том числе ежедневные манжетами HRM (Сердце Rate Monitor) данные по тренингам по RED, а затем их стирание на HRM хранения среднего (совершено в шесть раз в неделю).
Рабочая покинуть его добровольных "времени" целевой список, FE - 1 используется Nikon D1X цифровой камеры (с СИГМА 300 - 800mm телефотолинзы линзы) делать замечания и принимать воздушные KPT - 3 фотографии экологических условий для вступления России в экологической безопасности агентства (ECON ). [KPT - 3 фотографии был частым наблюдения Земли эксперимент по ECON.]
Вторая работа пункта Маленченко дискреционное список на сегодня является еще одной сессии в России "Uragan" (ураган) земли - изображения программа, с помощью Nikon D1X с 400 и 800 мм фокусное расстояние линзы принимать фотографии последствий глобального потепления по планеты ледяного покрова. [Фото цели в южной Патагонии Зимний полевой ледники, айсберги в пролив Дрейка и моря Скоша и острова Южная Георгия ледники.]
В СРВ и FE - 2 каждый имеет ПФУ (Частный семьи конференции) через S-band/audio и Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting применения (которая отображает наземной линии связи "вверх" видео по НРК - 9 портативных компьютеров), Пегги на ~ 7: 25 утра EST, Дан на ~ 10:15 утра.
Нет ЦОО (экипажа по наблюдению Земли) изображение цели линии связи "вверх" на сегодня.
:P
Цитировать12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
02/06/08 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
Не понял, это как: новый Прогресс стыкуется к СО1, который ещё не освободил предыдущий?
ЦитироватьМКС на орбите Статус 11/26/07
Все системы МКС продолжают функционировать номинально, за исключением тех отмечалось ранее или ниже. Внедорожник мощности день Уайтсон CDR, FE - 1 Маленченко и FE - 2 Tani. Стадии: Неделя 6 от прироста 16.
Не, я не понял, а отредактировать влом было?
Это юмор такой, подстрочный перевод. :)
ЦитироватьНе понял, это как: новый Прогресс стыкуется к СО1, который ещё не освободил предыдущий?
Ну не успевают они за частыми переменами в программе!... :)
Стыковка "Прогресса М-62" сначала намечалась к СО, затем к СМ, а теперь снова к СО... В общем, запутались они... :)
А текущий план пока такой:
22 декабря - расстыковка "Прогресса М-61" от СО
23 декабря - запуск "Прогресса М-62"
26 декабря - стыковка "Прогресса М-62" к СО
конец января - затопление "Прогресса М-61"
6 февраля - расстыковка "Прогресса М-62" от СО
7 февраля - запуск "Прогресса М-63"
9 февраля - стыковка "Прогресса М-63" к СО
ЦитироватьЭто юмор такой, подстрочный перевод. :)
Это гугл-переводчик. :(
ISS On-Orbit Status 11/27/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
Before breakfast, Dr. Whitson completed the last day of her 2nd session with the NASA/JSC experiment NUTRITION w/Repository (Peggy's third session will be on her Flight Day 60). Today she collected another urine sample for storage in the MELFI (Minus-Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS). The sampling kit was then stowed away. [The current NUTRITION project expands the previous Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile (MR016L) testing in three ways: Addition of in-flight blood & urine collection (made possible by MELFI), normative markers of nutritional assessment, and a return session plus 30-day (R+30) session to allow evaluation of post-flight nutrition and implications for rehabilitation.]
FE-1 Malenchenko worked several hours on the Service Module (SM)'s fire warning system, removing and replacing all ten SIGNAL-VM DS-7A smoke detectors, which were expired. The SIGNAL-VM system was deactivated from the ground beforehand and later turned on again. [The ten DS-7A units were replaced last by Mikhail Tyurin and Mike Lopez-Alegria on 12/28/06 on Expedition 14.]
Later, Malenchenko performed outfitting on the Elektron O2 (Oxygen) generator to improve its performance, by installing a new device -- an interference filter (FPP ST-64) -- between the Elektron Liquid Unit (BZh) and the associated Common Power Switching Unit (BSK) of the SUBA (Onboard Equipment Control System). [SUBA controls, monitors, and diagnoses SM systems status. It operates using sensor output signals and command radio link SM functional outputs, onboard computer system (BVS) units, SM control panels, and system relay outputs. Its software resides in the SM central computer (TsVM) and terminal computer (TVM). The BSKs are used to switch electrical power and protect electrical circuits with fuses against overloads.]
A third maintenance task for Yuri in the Russian Segment (RS) was to check out the cable of an air filter (A-2) in the FGB's Fire Detection & Suppression System (SPOPT).
Dan Tani continued his servicing of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment on its second session. [In Step 1, the FE-2 configured the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, closed the vacuum vent, checked for acceptable humidity levels, and opened the SPU (Sample Processing Unit) water valve to initiate unattended vacuum preparation. Later, in Step 2, he reset MSG, closed the water valve, again checked for acceptable humidity levels in the sample chamber, then opened the vent & vacuum valves to initiate the required vacuum draw on the sample chamber.]
Since the CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) was deactivated overnight by the ground (9:25pm-2:25am) and LTL temperature setpoint raised to nominal, with cooling is no longer required, Peggy Whitson today disconnected the LTL (Low Temperature Loop) jumper of the ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System) from the CDRA rack. [Cabin temperature in Node-2 was set to 21 degC.]
The CDR and FE-2 continued their interior outfitting of Node-2. With Harmony's aft NPRV (Negative Pressure Relief Valve) already replaced (on 10/28) with an IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) valve, Tani today first subjected the Node's IMV to a checkout, in particular the correct function of its aft port & starboard IMV valves and caution annunciations.
Afterwards, Peggy & Dan performed "plumbing" work on the "vestibule" space connecting Lab and Node-2 by installing O2 and N2 (Nitrogen) transfer jumpers. Later, the CDR set up the Node-2/Lab vestibule for depressurization and leak checking, uncapping both PPRVs (Positive Pressure Relief Valves). [Starting the outfitting with connecting the high-pressure O2 jumper at the vestibule's Node-2 side (to be followed later on 1E by the Lab-side connection plus purging and leak checking), the crewmembers then installed and connected the low-pressure O2 & N2 jumpers, finally purging the hoses. The purge-and-leak check activity on the O2 lines was conducted remotely from MCC-H, first commanding the low-pressure O2 supply valve closed to vent down the lines, then purging the vestibule O2 jumpers, followed by a fine leak check, and concluding with reopening of the supply valve. The O2 PBA (Portable Breathing Apparatus) ports were not available during that time.]
The FE-2 had 2 hrs. reserved for working in Node-2 to complete the task of connecting its ISL (Integrated Station LAN) Router, which he had started on 11/2 prior to Harmony's relocation to the Lab front end. [The Payloads LAN connection is at the base of AV-3 (Avionics Rack 3, LAB1D2) where Clay Anderson on 9/12 had prepositioned two connectors. ISL is an upgraded onboard LAN (Local Area Network) utilizing Ethernet connectivity over the Router via cable or WAP (Wireless Access Point). JSL is the designation for the overall network, including IP (International Partner) hardware and integration, while ISL refers to specifically US hardware. JSL/ISL integrates all ISS "user" devices, eventually including RS docking video distribution, payload comm & downlink (from IP modules, e.g., Columbus or Kibo), crew operations, procedures viewing, email, IP phone, etc. JSL/ISL eliminates drag-through cables in hatches, will be up to ten times faster than the current OpsLAN, and has provisions for future modules.]
After the installation, Dan Tani printed out uplinked ISL port mapping labels, then used tape and a protective transparency to affix the sheet on a Node-2 rack cover next to the Lab ISL Interface Panel.
Whitson meanwhile set up the Node-2/Lab vestibule for depressurization & leak checking, uncapping both PPRVs (Positive Pressure Relief Valves).
The CDR spent 2.5 hrs in the Joint Airlock (A/L) gathering U.S. EVA tools in preparation for use during the 1E spacewalks by Walheim, Schlegel and Love. [Tool locations and stowage places of unused tools were uplinked in a matrix table listing stowage places of deployed and unused tools, a staging bag and an IV (Intravehicular) bag in the A/L CL (Crewlock), a tether staging area, and other A/L locations. The work included configuring a mesh bag for EVA-2 containing a round scoop, plus another mesh bag for EVA-3 with two handrails. EVA-1 preps were been done earlier.]
Peggy also continued the four-day troubleshooting of the leaking UIA (Umbilical Interface Assembly)'s O2 supply line in the A/L by mating PHA (Prebreathe Hose Assembly) "Tee" connectors to one PHA port at a time, in order to determine which of them is leaking as well as what type of leakage that PHA port is experiencing. [Each setup takes about 5 min, followed by several hours of unattended test.]
Additionally, Whitson terminated the discharge cycle on the second batch of EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) batteries, controlled by an automated SSC (Station Support Computer)-based DOS application.
FE-2 Dan Tani conducted the periodic (every two weeks) inspection of the RED (Resistive Exercise Device) canister cords and accessory straps as well as the canister bolts for re-tightening if required.
The CDR performed the regular monthly maintenance of the TVIS (Treadmill with Vibration Isolation & Stabilization), inspecting the condition of harnesses, belt slats, corner bracket ropes, IRBAs (Isolation Restorative Bungee Assemblies) and gyroscope wire ropes for any damage or defects, lubricating as required plus recording time & date values.
Peggy Whitson also configured the video equipment in the SM for filming Yuri's and her own subsequent TVIS workout, for biomechanical assessment of the hardware status by ground engineers. [Dan Tani's TVIS video session is scheduled tomorrow. The footage from the three sessions will then be transferred from camcorder to VTR (Video Tape Recorder) for subsequent downlink to the ground when Ku-band is available.]
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Tani transferred the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Malenchenko completed the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM (Service Module), including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
The FE-1 also conducted the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance again as a voluntary task from his "time permitting" discretionary task list, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were Heard Island (Heard Island is a bleak, uninhabited, and mountainous island located in the Southern Ocean; about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. Its mountains are covered in glaciers and dominated by Mawson Peak, a 9,006 ft high complex volcano which forms part of the Big Ben massif. A long thin spit named "Elephant Spit" extends from the east of the island. ISS pass was just before midday with weather satellite imagery suggesting clearing from the west. Looking well right of track and using the long lens for details), and Acraman Impact Crater (this 590 million year old impact is located in the north central part of the Eyre Peninsula of southern Australia. It is approximately 90km in diameter and its basin includes several dry to partially dry lakes. Station pass was in late afternoon so the crew was to try for a short lens, nadir mapping strip over the target area).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:46am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.6 km
Apogee height -- 340.3 km
Perigee height -- 338.8 km
Period -- 91.33 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001119
Solar Beta Angle -- 29.7 deg (magnitude increasing, to peak on 11/28 at 30.2 deg)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 115 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51654
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible):
11/28/07 -- ISS Reboost (SDMS taking data)
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A -- SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS (NET)
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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Image Above: Astronaut Peggy Whitson works next to the Harmony node in its new position in front of the Destiny laboratory during Saturday's spacewalk. Image credit: NASA
ISS On-Orbit Status 11/28/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
FE-2 Dan Tani continued servicing the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment on its second session. [The FE-2 configured the hardware to allow the ground to perform ground commanding to the MLC (Microgravity Science Glovebox Laptop Computer) for diagnostic testing and to develop recovery steps for the ECU (Electronic Control Unit) to be reprogrammed correctly.]
FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko performed a thorough 2-hr. troubleshooting inspection & verification of the connections of the Russian segment's Onboard Cabling System (BKS) to the FGB's Thermal Control System (SOTR). [Using the Nikon D200 digital camera, Yuri documented the SOTR layout behind panel 215 and checked connector pins for dirt or misalignment.]
Later, Malenchenko prepared for the upcoming activation of the Russian/ESA BIO-3 experiment payload by conducting a search for a suitable PCMCIA (Portable Computer Memory Card International Adapter) storage card. [A new PCMCIA card is required for BIO-3 due to the loss of an earlier PCMCIA with BIOKIN, AT-Space and P-KINASE data. BIO-3, delivered on Soyuz 15S, is the latest in a series of ESA's BIO payload system which makes use of the KUBIK incubator facility, currently the "facility of choice" for this program. BIO-1, delivered on 12S (March 2006) comprised six experiments that gave almost 100% of expected output. BIO-2 followed in the second half of 2006 as part of the ESA Astrolab mission aboard ISS, with the three experiments LEUKIN-2, BASE-A, and YING-A. In support of LEUKIN, new payload deliveries included the PGB (Portable Glovebox) for containment. The new BIO-3 will include three separate experiments. Development of BIO-4 is underway.]
After the overnight fine leak check of the Lab/Node-2 vestibule and Node-2 aft hatch interface, CDR Whitson spent about 20 min. on terminating the check, repressurizing the vestibule and ingressing the Node-2. [The leak check indicated slight leakage, i.e., an observed pressure decay of 95.8 mmHg over 15 hrs 16 min, which is above the 30 mmHg criterion over an 8-hour period. This equates to ~0.7 lbs of air per day at 3.3 psi, and ~3.1 lbs per day at 14.7 psi.]
Continuing Node-2 interior outfitting, Whitson then installed the IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) valve jumper in the vestibule, opened Harmony's starboard hatch latches to their hardstop position to test the mechanism (hatch remaining safely closed due to pressure differential), and deployed two new SSCs (Station Support Computer) laptops in Node-2 (SSC-11 & SSC-12).
Also in Node-2, FE-2 Tani installed and checked out the CBCS (Centerline Berthing Camera System) at the starboard hatch in preparation for Columbus' berthing during 1E, after rerouting the necessary power line from UOP-3 (Utility Outlet Panel 3) in Node-2 to a Y-cable disconnected from the failed UOP-1. [The electronics extension cable from the CBCS was then disconnected to avoid its hatch dragthrough for safety.]
Peggy meanwhile worked in the Joint Airlock (A/L) on preparations for the 1E spacewalks, by –
Removing LiOH (Lithium Hydroxide) CO2 absorber cans #2016 & #2023 from EMUs (Extravehicular Mobility Units) #3018 & 3006,
Plugging vent ports in the EMUs and capping the LiOH openings,
Prepacking the used LiOH cans for return to Earth,
Resizing EMU #3018 for Stan Love (EV3 on 1E),
Continuing gathering EVA tools required during the spacewalks, and
Checking out three PGTs (Pistol Grip Tools), replacing batteries as necessary.
Yuri Malenchenko inspected the KOV de-ionized water container (EDV), used for supplying water to the Elektron oxygen (O2) generator for electrolysis, for bubbles and possible need for filling up with U.S. condensate from a CWC (Contingency Water Container). [Air bubbles larger than ~10 mm in the water must be prevented from getting into the BZh Liquid Unit where they could cause Elektron shutdown.]
Afterwards, Yuri supported the ground's reactivation of the Elektron O2 generator at 32 amps by monitoring the external temperature of its secondary purification unit (BD) for the first 10 minutes of operations to ensure that there was no overheating. Yesterday, the FE-1 had installed an EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference) filter on the Elektron's current stabilizer (FPP ST-64). [During nominal operations a gas analyzer is utilized to detect hydrogen (H2) in the O2 line (which could cause overheating) but is not included in the control algorithm until 10 minutes after Elektron startup.]
Malenchenko set up the hardware and took a "refresher" course of the onboard "Profilaktika" (MBI-8, "Countermeasures") preventive health maintenance fitness test, scheduled to start tomorrow and running through Friday. [Test procedure for MBI-8, which requires workouts on the VELO and TVIS, is identical to the Russian MO-5 assessment, but in addition to the nominal procedure it uses the TEEM-100M gas analyzer with breathing mask, a blood lactate test with the ACCUSPORT analyzer and REFLOTRON-4 accessories, and a subjective evaluation of physical exertion levels during the test (using the Borg Perceived Exertion Scale, viz., 10 steps from very light over hard and very hard to maximum). Results are entered on a log sheet. TEEM and ECG (electrocardiograph) data are transferred to the RSE-Med Laptop, also on a tape cassette (Cardiocassette-2000), and prepared for later downlink via Regul-Packet comm. Results are also called down to specialists standing by at TsUP.]
As part of his regular physical fitness evaluation, the FE-1 undertook the Russian MO-5 MedOps protocol of cardiovascular assessment during graded physical load on the VELO cycle ergometer, his first, assisted by his CDR as CMO (Crew Medical Officer). [The assessment uses the Gamma-1 ECG equipment with biomed harness, skin electrodes and a blood pressure and rheoplethysmograph cuff wired to the cycle ergometer's instrumentation panels. For the graded-load exercise, the subject works the pedals after a prescribed program at load settings of 125, 150, and 175 watts for three minutes each. Data output involves a kinetocardiogram, rheoplethysmogram, rheoencephalogram and a temporal pulsogram.]
Dan Tani sampled the Node-2 atmosphere by collecting air samples with the MAS (Microbial Air Sampler) kit at mid-module and later also by using the SSK (Surface Sample Kit) for sampling at locations near air diffusers. [Bacterial and fungal air samples are usually taken at two locations in the module being checked. The colony growth on the MAS sampling slides is analyzed after five days of incubation in four Petri dishes. For onboard visual analysis of media slides from SSK (Surface Sampling Kit), the crew has a procedure for visual inspection of samples for bacterial and fungal colony growths after appropriate incubation periods.]
Yuri performed the periodic activation of the gas analyzer in the Soyuz TMA-11/15S, docked to the FGB Nadir port.
Dan ran the periodic check of active U.S. payloads, i.e., cleaning the ANITA (Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air) inlet plus inspecting and filter cleaning of the CGBA-5 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5) incubator payload. [The incubator is controlled from the ground with automatic video downlinked to Earth.]
At ~1:05pm EST, Peggy and Yuri tagged up with ground specialists to discuss the downlinked imagery from their recent RPM (R-Bar Pitch Maneuver) photo/video operations.
Later today, at sleeptime, Malenchenko will start another data take with the new Russian MBI-12 SONOKARD (Sonocard) experiment, his fourth. [During sleep, Yuri will wear a shirt with the special SONOKARD device in the shirt pocket. The objectives of the experiment are stated to (1) study the feasibility of obtaining the maximum of data through computer processing of records obtained overnight, (2) systematically record the crewmember's physiological functions during sleep, (3) study the feasibility of obtaining real-time crew health data. Investigators believe that contactless acquisition of cardiorespiratory data over the night period could serve as a basis for developing efficient criteria for evaluating and predicting adaptive capability of human body in long-duration space flight.]
The FE-1 completed the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM (Service Module), including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Yuri also conducted the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance again as a voluntary task from his "time permitting" discretionary task list, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Dan Tani's treadmill workout was recorded by video camcorder for biomechanical assessment of the hardware status by ground engineers. Peggy and Yuri had their video sessions yesterday. Afterwards, the CDR transferred the footage from camcorder to VTR (Video Tape Recorder) for subsequent downlink to the ground via Ku-band.
Dan also copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~1:35pm, the FE-2 supported two live "crew choice" PAO TV interview exchanges with two stations in Chicago, WFLD-TV (Patrick Elwood) and WLS Radio (Jerry Agar).
Array Deflection Test: At ~1:08pm, MCC-H conducted a remote-commanded deflection test on U.S. solar arrays due to thermal dynamics during insolation & eclipse (orbital day & night). The Channel 1A array was parked for about 30 min., and video of the array motion was captured by MSS (Mobile Service System) cameras. No exercise was allowed during this time.
Voluntary Weekend Science: Five optional activities for the voluntary "Saturday Science" program for next weekend (12/2) were suggested to Peggy and Dan for their choice. Selection is required ASAP. [The five choices are: (1) SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites), flying two & three satellites, requiring 2 video camcorders & 2 VTRs; (2) EPO (Educational Payload Operation) ISS Tour/Living Area Demo; (3) HRF 1 RIC (Human Research Facility 1 Rack Interface Controller) software load; (4) BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) Magnet Unstick, using the CGBA-4 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus-4), powered up 12 hrs before to initiate cooling; and (5) CGBA/CSI-02 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus Science Insert 2), sowing PDA (Plant Development Habitat) with new seeds]
Node-2 ISL Router Installation: "Ping" tests onboard and now also from the ground have shown that Dan Tani's completion of ISL (Integrated Station LAN) installation in Node-2 yesterday was a success.
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were Heard Island (Heard Island is a bleak, uninhabited, and mountainous island located in the Southern Ocean; about two-thirds of the way from /Madagascar to Antarctica. Its mountains are covered in glaciers and dominated by Mawson Peak, a 9,006 ft high complex volcano which forms part of the Big Ben massif. A long thin spit named "Elephant Spit" extends from the east of the island. ISS pass was just before midday with weather satellite imagery suggesting clearing from the west. Looking well right of track and using the long lens for details), Kerguelen (this glaciated and volcanic archipelago is located in the far south Indian Ocean nearly 2,000 miles SE of the island of Madagascar. Of primary interest is photography for monitoring of the rarely photographed ice field and glaciers located on the western end of the main island. ISS had a nadir pass approaching from the west in mid-afternoon light. Trying for a mapping pass of the western ice field), and S. Georgia/S. Sandwich (the South Georgia Island is an arching, mountainous and glaciated island that lies about 860 miles east-southeast of the Falkland Islands. The South Sandwich Islands form a separate island group and are to the SE. Weather was marginal, but the crew was to try for detailed views of the glaciers on the north coast of South Georgia. ISS pass was in late morning, and the crew was to shoot well right of track).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:08am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.4 km
Apogee height -- 340.2 km
Perigee height -- 338.7 km
Period -- 91.32 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.000106
Solar Beta Angle -- 30.2 deg (magnitude peaking)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 106 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51670
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A -- SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS (NET)
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 11/29/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
Upon wakeup, FE-1 Malenchenko terminated his third MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. [SONOKARD objectives are stated to (1) study the feasibility of obtaining the maximum of data through computer processing of records obtained overnight, (2) systematically record the crewmember's physiological functions during sleep, (3) study the feasibility of obtaining real-time crew health data. Investigators believe that contactless acquisition of cardiorespiratory data over the night period could serve as a basis for developing efficient criteria for evaluating and predicting adaptive capability of human body in long-duration space flight.]
Before breakfast, CDR Whitson, Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani performed the periodic Russian biomedical routine assessments PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement and PZEh-MO-8/Body Mass Measurement (3rd for CDR & FE-1, 2nd for FE-2), using the IM mass measurement device which Malenchenko afterwards broke down for stowage. [Calf measurements (left leg only) are taken with the IZOG device, a custom-sewn fabric cuff that fits over the calf, using the knee and lower foot as fixed reference pints, to provide a rough index of deconditioning in zero-G and effectiveness of countermeasures. For determining body mass in zero-G, where things are weightless but not massless, the Russian IM "scales" measure the inertial forces that arise during the oscillatory motion of a mass driven by two helical metering springs with known spring constants. By measuring the time period of each oscillation of the unknown mass (the crewmember) and comparing it to the period of a known mass, the crewmember's mass is calculated by the computer and displayed.]
Yuri also completed a 2-hr session of Part 1 of his first onboard "Profilaktika" (MBI-8, "Countermeasures") series of preventive health maintenance fitness testing, starting with the VELO stationary cycle ergometer. [Tomorrow (11/30), Yuri will do the second part of the test on the TVIS treadmill. Test procedure for MBI-8 is identical to the Russian MO-5 assessment, but in addition to the nominal protocol it uses the TEEM-100M gas analyzer with breathing mask, a blood lactate test with the ACCUSPORT analyzer and REFLOTRON-4 accessories, and a subjective evaluation of physical exertion levels during the test (using the Borg Perceived Exertion Scale, viz., 10 steps from very light over hard and very hard to maximum). Results are entered on a log sheet. TEEM and ECG (electrocardiograph) data are transferred to the RSE-Med Laptop, also on a tape cassette (Cardiocassette-2000), and prepared for later downlink via Regul-Packet comm. Results were also called down to specialists standing by at TsUP.]
Peggy Whitson continued the daily servicing of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment on its second session, which yesterday included successful ground-commanded reprogramming of the ECU (Electronic Control Unit). [Today, the CDR reset the MSG WV (Microgravity Science Glovebox Work Volume) to its nominal configuration and opened the vent & vacuum valves to initiate the required vacuum draw on the sample chamber.]
The crew worked through the regular Fire OBT (on-board training), a mandatory periodic one-hour drill with the primary goal of providing the station residents with the most realistic emergency training possible, supported by ground specialist tagup. The drill is always conducted with the support of both MCCs in close coordination. [OBT objectives are to (a) practice fire response procedures (FRPs) and all incorporated actions for the case of a software-detected fire to locate, extinguish, and verify extinguishing attempts; (b) browse through RS laptop and the Signal-VM fire detection system displays as well as the automated software (algorithms) response to the fire event; (c) practice interaction/communication among the crew and with MCC necessary to perform emergency FRPs; and (d) update the locations of support hardware (CSA-CP compound specific analyzer-combustion products, PBA portable breathing apparatus, IPK-1M gas masks and OKR-1 fire extinguishers. Emergency procedures are documented in the EMER-1 and EMER-2 books. These exercises do not actually use any fire equipment but simulate such actions to the maximum extent possible. The OBT concluded with a 15-min. debrief with Russian/U.S. ground specialists via S-band at ~12:10pm EST.]
Afterwards, the crew also performed the mandatory 90-min. New Module Delta Emergency Procedure drill, intended to familiarize the station residents with the changes associated with the arrival of a new module, to be conducted not later than 7-10 days after berthing. [The OBT focused, among else, on identifying and memorizing the location of emergency equipment in Node-2 including hatches and passageways, and with changes to the emergency procedures associated with the new module. Equipment and locations reviewed include PBAs and PBA O2 ports, PFEs (portable fire extinguishers), valves for positive & negative pressure relief, manual pressure equalization, and IMV (Intermodular Ventilation). With the arrival of Node-2 (and Columbus next week), more volume is available in the decision-making process regarding the use of the U.S. segment (USOS) atmosphere for Russian segment (RS) leaks (EMER-1).]
FE-2 Tani reconfigured the Lab THC CCAA (Temperature & Humidity Control Common Cabin Air Assembly) air conditioner, swapping it from its portside channel to the alternate system on the starboard side of the Lab, then switching the ITCS LTL (Internal Thermal Control System/Low Temperature Loop) accordingly, i.e., from port to starboard. [The CCAA is a network of ducting that draws in the air through filters, delivers it for conditioning, and returns it to the modules. The swap-over between the CCAA channels is generally done by the crew once a month, with ground support, to dry out the heat exchanger of the deactivated side. MCC-H commands the required systems configurations for the dryout via S-band.]
After reviewing the video tape of their last (Thanksgiving Day) training session for the Shuttle RPM (R-bar Pitch Maneuver) picture-taking, Whitson and Malenchenko conducted another standard 30-min RPM imaging skill training, Peggy's fourth, Yuri's fifth, using DCS-760 digital still cameras in the Service Module (SM) to take photos of an Orbiter cut-out for practice, using the 400mm & 800mm telephoto lenses. [The skill training prepares crewmembers for the bottomside mapping of the Orbiter at the arrival of STS-122/1E next week. During the RPM at ~600 ft from the station, the ISS crew will have only ~90 seconds for taking high-resolution digital photographs of all tile areas and door seals on the Atlantis from SM windows 6 & 8, to be downlinked for launch debris assessment. Thus, time available for the shooting will be very limited, requiring great coordination between the two headset-equipped photographers and the Shuttle.]
Afterwards, Whitson worked with the DCS-760 still cameras, taking blank and white images with each camera to "clean" and calibrate the CCDs (Charge-Coupled Devices). The test photos were stored on a 1GB Microdrive PCMCIA and downlinked to MCC-Houston for determining which cameras will be used for the actual RPM activities.
In the Joint Airlock (A/L), the CDR continued the daily troubleshooting of the leaking UIA (Umbilical Interface Assembly)'s O2 supply line by mating PHA (Prebreathe Hose Assembly) "Tee" connectors to one PHA port at a time, in order to determine which of them is leaking as well as what type of leakage that PHA port is experiencing. [Each setup takes about 5 min, followed by ~24 hours of unattended test.]
Dan Tani performed his fifth ICEPAC insertion in the MELFI (Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS), retrieving two more -32 degC ICEPAC belts from stowage and placing them in Dewar 2/Tray C/Section 4 & Tray D/Section 4. [The reason the crew is currently performing several ICEPAC insertions is because the amount of warm mass that can be placed in a dewar at one time is limited by the allowable temperature rise. These activities are in preparation for the next Cold Bag packing, planned for STS-122/1E.]
Peggy Whitson conducted the weekly 10-min. CWC (Contingency Water Container) audit as part of on-going WDS (Water Delivery System) assessment of onboard water supplies. [Updated "cue cards" based on the crew's water calldowns are sent up every other week. The current cue card, to be updated with today's data, lists 26 CWCs ~1093 liters total) for the four types of water identified on board: technical water (793.6 l, for Elektron, flushing, hygiene), potable water (221.3 l), condensate water (51.5 l), waste/EMU dump and other (26.6 l). Two CWCs (#1004 & #1081, ~89 l ) with potable water have been put off limits due to the Wautersia bacteria found in sample analysis, the source of which is still not understood. Impact of losing this potable CWC is negligible since there are sufficient drinking water supplies onboard. Also currently not to be used are nine CWCs with technical water (~389 l).]
Malenchenko conducted the second recharging of the Motorola Iridium-9505A satellite phone brought up on Soyuz 15S, a monthly routine job. [After retrieving it from its location in the TMA-11/15S descent module (BO) at ~3:35am EST, Yuri initiated the recharging of its lithium-ion battery, monitoring the process every 10-15 minutes as it took place. Upon completion at ~5:00am, the phone was returned inside its SSSP Iridium kit and stowed it back in the BO's operational data files (ODF) container. The satphone accompanies returning ISS crews on Soyuz reentry & landing for contingency communications with SAR (Search-and-Rescue) personnel after touchdown (e.g., after an "undershoot" ballistic reentry). The Russian-developed procedure for the monthly recharging has been approved jointly by safety officials. During the procedure, the phone is left in its fire-protective fluoroplastic bag with open flap.]
The FE-1 completed the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM (Service Module), including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Yuri also conducted the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (CDR), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1/MBI-8).
Later, Peggy copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
The FE-2 transferred the video footage of yesterday's TVIS workout from camcorder to VTR (Video Tape Recorder) for subsequent downlink to the ground via Ku-band, swapped tapes between VTR1 & VTR2 and then disassembled and stowed the video equipment.
In preparation for the upcoming EVAs during the STS-122 docked period, the CDR spent time in the A/L with her camcorder to record a video tour of the interior layout, for review by the 1E spacewalkers for their familiarization with current equipment locations, etc.
At ~3:50am, Yuri linked up with TsUP stowage specialists via S-band to conduct the weekly IMS tagup, discussing stowage issues and equipment locations. [Issues of discussion today included the stowage location of Elektron water samples collected on 11/23 and any vacant stowage spots in the FGB for cargo to be delivered on the next Progress (M-62/27P).]
At ~1:40pm, the crew will participate via S-band/audio phone patch in the traditional official plaque hanging in ISS Mission Control/Houston for the Mission 10A Plaque.
Afterwards, ~2:25pm, Peggy, Dan and Yuri will conduct their standard bi-weekly teleconference with the JSC Astronaut Office (Steve Lindsey), via S-band S/G audio.
PMA-2 Leak Test: The PMA-2 (Pressurized Mating Adapter 2), now that it has been berthed to Node-2 Forward, was pressurized yesterday by the crew to 5 psia for a leak check and is currently still in the required 24-hour hold.
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were S. Georgia/S. Sandwich (South Georgia Island is an arching, mountainous and glaciated island that lies about 860 miles ESE of the Falkland Islands. The South Sandwich Islands form a separate island group and are to the SE. Weather satellite imagery suggested a clearing trend from the west by the time of this ISS pass, late in the morning. The crew was asked to try for detailed views of the glaciers on the north coast of South Georgia, right of track), and Patagonian Glaciers (ISS pass was near-nadir over the northern part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the larger of two icefields in the southern Andes Mountains of Chile and Argentina. As the station approached the coast from the SW in late morning light, the crew was to look for views and details of the less-photographed glaciers on the northwestern and northern flanks of the ice field).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:16am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.3 km
Apogee height -- 340.0 km
Perigee height -- 338.7 km
Period -- 91.32 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000952
Solar Beta Angle -- 30.1 deg (magnitude peaking)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 102 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51686
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
ISS On-Orbit Status 11/30/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
As is standard for new Expeditions, the two Flight Engineers, Malenchenko & Tani, performed the periodic 3-hr. routine health checkout on the RS (Russian segment)'s STTS telephone/telegraph subsystem, including inspection and audio function checks of all comm panels (PA) in and between the Service Module (SM), FGB and Docking Compartment (DC1), VHF receiver tests, and an audit of headsets. [The "Voskhod-M" STTS enables telephone communications between the SM, FGB, DC1 and U.S. segment (USOS), and also with users on the ground over VHF channels selected by an operator at an SM comm panel, via STTS antennas on the SM's outside. There are six comm panels in the SM with pushbuttons for accessing any of three audio channels, plus an intercom channel. Other modes of the STTS include telegraphy (teletype), EVA voice, emergency alarms, Packet/Email, and TORU docking support. Last time done 4/15/07 by Yurchikhin & Kotov.]
Malenchenko also completed the 2-hr Part 2 of his first onboard "Profilaktika" (MBI-8, "Countermeasures") series of preventive health maintenance fitness testing, including ECG (Electrocardiogram), blood test and subjective rating. [Today's fitness test was performed on the TVIS treadmill in unmotorized (idle) mode, with free choice of speeds within the range permitted. The test investigates the action mechanism and efficiency of various countermeasures (currently VELO and TVIS) aimed at preventing locomotor system disorders in weightlessness. The test differs from the normal TVIS session by the use of the TEEM-100 gas analyzer (via a mask equipped with a pneumotachometer sensor), measurement of blood lactate level and subjective evaluation of physical exertion levels during the test. The lactate blood samples were taken twice at the end of the session, using the ACCUSPORT analyzer and REFLOTRON-4 accessories. Results were entered on a log sheet. TEEM and ECG (electrocardiograph) data were transferred to the RSE-Med laptop, also on a tape cassette (Cardiocassette-2000), and prepared for later downlink via Regul-Packet comm. Results were also called down via S-band to specialists standing by at TsUP-Moscow.]
Yuri made preparations for another run of the Russian/German TEKh-20 Plasma Crystal-3 Plus (PK-3+) experiment payload by unstowing the hardware, installing it in the SM for operation and photographing the setup. The images were downlinked to TsUP via OCA for inspection, and the FE-1 performed the initial leak check of the PK-3 Electronics Box. More work to come tomorrow. [The experiment is performed on plasma, i.e., fine particles charged and excited by HF (high frequency) radio power inside an evacuated work chamber. Main objective is to obtain a homogeneous plasma dust cloud at various pressures and particle quantities with or without superimposition of an LF (low frequency) harmonic electrical field. The experiment is conducted in automated mode. PK-3+ has more advanced hardware and software than the previously used Russian PKE-Nefedov payload.]
In the Joint Airlock, the CDR started the recharge cycle on the first batch of EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) batteries in the BSA (Battery Stowage Assembly) following their discharge.
Dan Tani continued the daily servicing of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment on its second session. [Today, FE-2 terminated the second vacuum draw on the sample chamber and began the final vacuum draw for Sample #2. This draw will run over the weekend, and sample processing will then begin on Monday.]
In the Soyuz TMA-11/15S, docked to the FGB Nadir port, the FE-1 deactivated the gas analyzer that was running since 11/28.
After partially pressurizing the PMA-2 (Pressurized Mating Adapter 2) to 5 psia on 11/28, CDR Whitson today performed a leak check on the adapter using the installed test equipment (ISA/Internal Sampling Adapter, VAJ/Vacuum Access Jumper, Multimeter and ISA Scopemeter Pressure Probe), then initiated the depressurization of PMA-2 to vacuum until its planned repressurization on 12/7 for 1E docking. The equipment was torn down and stowed.
Peggy Whitson completed late-added preparations for a second overnight Fine Leak Check on the Lab-to-Node-2 vestibule, temporarily removing the IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) supply-&-return jumpers, two ducts and four O-rings, then initiating the vestibule depress. [The test repetition was requested by ground specialists because of inconclusive results of the first 15-hour leak check on the Lab/Node-2 vestibule on 3/27, which appeared to indicate a leak to space of ~3-4 lbs/day but could not be confirmed by a Coarse Leak check or by Whitson with the ULD (Ultrasonic Leak Detector) on 11/28 and may have been a false alarm.]
Due to the late-added vestibule leak check, the scheduled monthly (Week 6) potable water sampling for inflight & post-flight chemical analysis for the CDR was moved to her discretionary "job jar" task list. [Water samples are collected using jointly approved Russian sampling procedures with the U.S. WS&A (Water Sampler & Archiver) kit for collection. Samples are taken in the SM at the potable water SRV-K hot port and SRV-K warm port and from CWCs (Contingency Water Containers) for the SVO-ZV water supply system.]
Yuri Malenchenko made preparations and set up equipment for tomorrow's scheduled semi-annual inspection and photo-documentation of Service Module (SM) windows, tagging up with ground specialists. To check for new defects, photographs of the window panes will be recorded, along with text files, on the RSK1 laptop for subsequent downlink via U.S. OCA assets. [Objective of the inspection, using digital still camera (Nikon D1X w/SB-28DX flash), voice recorder and a flaw log, is to assess the pane surfaces on SM windows 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 for any changes (new cavities, scratches, new or expanded old stains or discolorations affecting transparency properties) since the last inspection, performed by Oleg Kotov on 6/26/07. The new assessment will be compared to the earlier observations.]
Dan Tani performed his 6th ICEPAC insertion in the MELFI (Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS), retrieving one -32 degC ICEPAC belt from stowage and placing it in Dewar 1/Tray B/Section 4. [The reason the crew is currently performing several ICEPAC insertions is because the amount of warm mass that can be placed in a dewar at one time is limited by the allowable temperature rise. These activities are in preparation for the next Cold Bag packing, planned for STS-122/1E.]
The FE-2 filled out the regular FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire), his 4th, on the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer). [By means of these FFQs, U.S. astronauts keep a personalized log of their nutritional intake over time on special MEC software. Recorded are the amounts consumed during the past week of such food items as beverages, cereals, grains, eggs, breads, snacks, sweets, fruit, beans, soup, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, chicken, sauces & spreads, and vitamins. At TsUP/Moscow, food specialists are currently preparing the Russian food "menu" for delivery by Progress M-63/28P next February. 28P will carry "bonus food" for Peggy and Yuri, plus about 15 kg of fresh food items (apples, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, garlic) in two containers.]
In preparation for 1E, Peggy & Dan performed the usual one-hour review of new uplinked DOUG (Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics) software for tomorrow's standard pre-launch SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) checkout activities. [As part of tomorrow's checkout, the SSRMS will be maneuvered to the position required for 1E by "walking off" the Lab PDGF (Power & Data Grapple Fixture), grappling the Node-2 PDGF for base change, releasing the Lab PDGF and its joints then moved by JOCAS (Joint Operator Commanded Auto Sequence) through two "waypoints" to the 1E start position. DOUG is a periodically updated software program on the MSS (Mobile Service System) laptops that provides a birdseye-view graphical image of the external station configuration and the SSRMS arm, showing its real-time location and configuration on a laptop during its operation.]]
The crew prepared for STS-122/Atlantis arrival next week by conducting a joint review of cargo transfer requirements (resupply deliveries & return cargo) by going through uplinked draft material on transfer choreography ("who transfers what on which Flight Day") and transfer items.
Dan Tani handled the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM, including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
The daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance was conducted today by Yuri Malenchenko again as a task item from his voluntary "time permitting" job list, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1/MBI-8, FE-2), and RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2).
Later, Peggy Whitson copied the exercise data file to the MEC laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~8:40am EST, the crew held the regular (nominally weekly) tagup with the Russian Flight Control Team (GOGU), including Shift Flight Director (SRP), at TsUP via S-band/audio, phone-patched from Houston and Moscow.
At ~10:55am, the FE-2 had his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
At ~2:45pm, the crew is scheduled for their 4th weekly tagup with the Lead Flight Director at JSC/MCC-H via S-band/audio [S/G-2 (Space-to-Ground 2) phone patch via SSC-10 (Station Support Computer 10)].
SARJ Issue Update: Deliberate investigation and strategic planning continue on the ground on the ramifications of the observed damage on the starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) bearing. Work in progress includes consideration of possibly manifesting 12 new TBAs (Trundle Bearing Assemblies) on STS-123/1J/A next February, removing, but not immediately replacing, one TBA on one of the 1E EVAs (i.e., operating SARJ in directed position on only 11 of the 12 TBAs), and much more.
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were Lawn Hill Impact Crater (this impact site is estimated to be 515 million years old and has been heavily weathered to where what is visible is a very subtle 18-km in diameter feature. It is located just inland from the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia. ISS approach was from the SW in late afternoon sun which may have helped to accentuate the remaining features of the impact in the near-nadir view. Because this feature is so indistinct, it may not actually be visible to the crew, but they simply were to try for a contextual mapping swath over this area, with ground observers then trying to locate it), S. Georgia/S. Sandwich (South Georgia Island is an arching, mountainous and glaciated island that lies about 860 miles ESE of the Falkland Islands. The South Sandwich Islands form a separate island group and are to the SE. Weather is marginal with the islands near the NW edge of an extensive cloud field. The crew was to try for detailed views of the glaciers on the north coast of South Georgia), and Patagonian Glaciers (ISS pass was near nadir over the central part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field; the larger of two icefields in the southern Andes Mountains of Chile and Argentina. A strong cold front is moving through the region today and clearing from the W is expected tomorrow. As the station approached the coast from the SW just after midday, the crew was to shoot views and details of the less-photographed glaciers on the western flanks of the ice field).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:37am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.2 km
Apogee height -- 339.8 km
Perigee height -- 338.7 km
Period -- 91.32 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000804
Solar Beta Angle -- 29.5 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 102 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51702
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS 04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
ISS On-Orbit Status 12/01/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday.
FE-1 Malenchenko continued preparations for operating the Russian/German TEKh-20 Plasma Crystal-3 Plus (PK-3+) experiment payload. [After yesterday's hardware setup, leak checking of the electronics box and evacuation of the vacuum work chamber (ZB) with the turbopump, the CDR conducted more testing and calibration, uploaded new software from a USB stick to the payload laptop, checked out the software installation and verified the readiness of the experiment. After additional leak checking on the work chamber during the day, Yuri will deactivate the turbopump tonight at ~4:25pm EST. The experiment is performed on plasma, i.e., fine particles charged and excited by HF (high frequency) radio power inside the evacuated work chamber. Main objective is to obtain a homogeneous plasma dust cloud at various pressures and particle quantities with or without superimposition of an LF (low frequency) harmonic electrical field. The experiment is conducted in automated mode. PK-3+ has more advanced hardware and software than the previously used Russian PKE-Nefedov payload.]
CDR Whitson continued final 10A EVA preparations in the Joint Airlock (A/L) by setting up and starting the periodic scrubbing process on the cooling water loops of EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) #3006 & #3018, afterwards initiating their ionic and particulate filtration, one at a time, with the ion and 3-micron filter. [Purpose of the scrubbing, including iodination of the LCVGs (Liquid Cooling & Ventilation Garments) for biocidal maintenance, is the elimination of any biomass (organic) and particulate matter that may have accumulated in the loops.]
The CDR then terminated the recharging on the first set of EMU helmet light and PGT (Pistol Grip Tool) batteries, started yesterday, and initiated the process on the second set. [The recharged helmet light batteries were then installed in the #3006 & #3018 EMUs, the PGT batteries in PGTs #1001, #1005, #1004 & #1008. Remaining charged batteries were stowed.]
FE-2 Dan Tani (who will return to Earth with STS-122/Atlantis in two weeks) performed the standard inspection and degassing of A/L PWRs (Payload Water Reservoirs, #1012, #1013). [The de-gassing manually removes any air bubbles from the PWR water to minimize the amount of air introduced into the EMU feedwater tanks.]
While waiting for the EMU scrubbing to complete, Peggy Whitson terminated the Fine Leak check conducted overnight on the Lab/Node-2 vestibule, then repressurized the vestibule, restowed the measuring equipment and re-installed the IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) supply-&-return jumpers, two ducts and four O-rings.
The FE-2 meanwhile took two water samples from the EDV water container associated with the hygiene station in the FGB for return on 1E, one from flush water, the other for post-flight microbial analysis.
Peggy & Dan conducted the standard pre-launch SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) checkout activities. The SSRMS was then maneuvered by the ground via S-band to the position required for 1E: first a base change (~7:50-8:50am EST) by "walking off" the Lab PDGF (Power & Data Grapple Fixture), i.e., grappling the Node-2 PDGF and releasing the Lab PDGF, then moving its joints by JOCAS (Joint Operator Commanded Auto Sequence) through two "waypoints" to the 1E start position.
Yuri Malenchenko performed the semi-annual inspection and photo-documentation of Service Module (SM) windows, tagging up with ground specialists. To check for new defects, photographs of the window panes will be recorded, along with text files, on the RSK1 laptop for subsequent downlink via U.S. OCA assets. [Objective of the inspection, using digital still camera (Nikon D1X w/SB-28DX flash), voice recorder and a flaw log, is to assess the pane surfaces on SM windows 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 for any changes (new cavities, scratches, new or expanded old stains or discolorations affecting transparency properties) since the last inspection, performed by Oleg Kotov on 6/26/07. The new assessment will be compared to the earlier observations.]
Later, Peggy connected the regular ITCS LTL (Internal Thermal Control System/Low Temperature Loop) coolant jumper to the LAB1D6 rack, to support the ground-commanded activation of the U.S. CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) at ~3:00pm in support of tomorrow's SPHERES experiment by Dan. [The experiment's floating "satellite" spheres use CO2 as propellant.]
The FE-1 completed handled the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM, including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
In the SM, Malenchenko worked on the ESA/Russian KUBIK-3 refrigerator, setting it up, copying data to laptop, switching the data cable, copying data again, for download via BSR-TM payload telemetry channel, then closed out operations and deactivated the refrigerator. Stowage was to be photographed as a task item from the voluntary "time permitting" job list.
As a second discretionary task list item, Yuri was to complete another radiation data monitoring & logging session for flow & dose power data with the Matryoshka-R radiation payload and its LULIN-5 electronics box (accumulated readings were recorded on a log sheet for subsequent downlink to TsUP/Moscow via the BSR-TM payload data channel).
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Later, Dan Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~8:50am EST, the crewmembers held their regular weekly planning conference (WPC) with the ground, discussing next week's "Look-Ahead Plan" (prepared jointly by MCC-H and TsUP/Moscow timeline planners), via S-band/audio, reviewing upcoming activities and any concerns about future on-orbit events.
At ~9:40am, the FE-1 had his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
Weekly Science Update (Expedition Sixteen -- Weeks 5 & 6)
ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS): From Week 5: The ALTEINO instrument has been rotated and re-activated nominally on 11/22. Subsequent downlink of the files has been performed nominally on 11/23. Radiation measurements continue to be performed throughout the Increment 16 in the PIRS module. From Week 6: Radiation measurements continue nominally in the PIRS module.
ANITA: Completed.
BCAT (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test): Reserve.
CARDIOCOG-2: Completed.
CCISS (Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS): "Dan, next week your second and last on-orbit session will be hard scheduled. Thanks for participating and performing your first session as Voluntary Science".
CFE (Capillary Flow Experiment): Reserve.
CSI-2/CGBA (CGBA Science Insert #2/Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus): In progress.
CGBA-2 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 2): Complete.
CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2): The CSLM SPU (Sample Processing Unit) is currently under vacuum and should be ready to process on Monday.
EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students): Complete.
ETD (Eye Tracking Device): In progress.
Integrated Immune: In progress.
LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System): Complete.
MISSE (Materials ISS Experiment): Ongoing.
MTR-2 (Russian radiation measurements): Passive dosimeters measurements in DC1 "Pirs".
MULTIGEN-1: From Week 5: The EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System) Facility has been switched off on 11/15. MULTIGEN-1 samples will be downloaded on STS-122 (1E).
MSG-SAME (Microgravity Science Glovebox): Complete.
NOA-2 (Nitric Oxide Analyzer): Planned.
NUTRITION/REPOSITORY: Dr. Whitson was thanked for completing her Flight Day 30 Nutrition/Repository collections: "We appreciate the crew notes with all of the barcode and hardware information, they were very helpful". Her next session is on FD60.
PMDIS (Perceptual Motor Deficits in Space): Complete.
SAMS/MAMS (Space & Microgravity Acceleration Measurement Systems: Ongoing.
SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight): "Peggy, we have placed an Actiwatch download/initialization session on the task list for next week. This will include downloading and initializing the lost Actiwatch. Thanks for continuing to sleep log. And thanks also to Dan."
SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellite): In progress. To be conducted tomorrow (12/2).
Swab (Characterization of Microorganisms & Allergens in Spacecraft): In progress.
TRAC (Test of Reaction & Adaptation Capabilities): Planned.
CEO (Crew Earth Observations): Through 11/28 the ground has received a total of 4,017 CEO frames for review and cataloging for Increment 16. "That includes nearly 1,000 frames in the past week alone! We are focusing our efforts on 14 sessions in which you acquired imagery with camera times corresponding to our target request times: Acraman Impact Crater, Australia; Afar Rift Zone, Ethiopia (confirmed); Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana; Gulf of Fonseca (confirmed), Central America; Heard Island, Southern Ocean; Honolulu, HI (confirmed); Kingman Reef & Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific (confirmed); Mississippi Delta Region (confirmed); Mount Nyiragongo, central Africa; Patagonian Glaciers (confirmed); Pilcomayo River dynamics, Argentina; Santa Barbara Coast, CA (confirmed); and Volcan Colima, Mexico (confirmed). This is an incredible response to our target requests! We have also noted with interest your views of cities at night (PAO has inquired about your very nice views of Chicago). We'd also like to acknowledge the striking views of Australia and New Zealand acquired on your time. Thank you for your energetic and enthusiastic support of our payload!"
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Heard Island (Heard Island is a bleak, uninhabited, and mountainous island located in the Southern Ocean; about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. Its mountains are covered in glaciers and dominated by Mawson Peak, a 9,006 ft high complex volcano which forms part of the Big Ben massif. A long thin spit named "Elephant Spit" extends from the east of the island. As was the case yesterday, this pass was just after midday, however weather is marginal. Looking well right of track and using the long lens for details), Goat Paddock Impact Crater (this small, young impact site is located in northwestern Australia. It lies just north of the Great Sandy Desert and near where the Margaret River breaks out of the Kimberly Plateau. Although Goat Paddock is only 5.1-km in diameter it is less than 50 million years old and is a fairly distinct feature. ISS approach was from the SW in mid-afternoon light. Looking just left of track with the long lens), and Patagonian Glaciers (ISS pass was near nadir over the southern part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field; the larger of two icefields in the southern Andes Mountains of Chile and Argentina. The crew had several passes over Patagonia today, but the weather looked to be best for a late morning pass. As the station approached the coast from the west, the crew was to look for views and details of the less-photographed glaciers on the western and southern flanks of the ice field).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:25am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.2 km
Apogee height -- 339.6 km
Perigee height -- 338.7 km
Period -- 91.32 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000711
Solar Beta Angle -- 28.3 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 91 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51717
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
Я так понимаю, Верн будет ждать, пока шаттл сядет? Не логичней сместить старт?
Я думаю тут ошибка, они после посадки STS-123 полетят и после Прогресса-63. Выглядит это очень странно 22 суток ждать стыковки.
А причины очевидны - жадные европейцы не хотят свою долю топлива и воды возить. Они лучше подождут и рэками для Колумбуса загрузятся.
ЦитироватьЯ думаю тут ошибка, они после посадки STS-123 полетят и после Прогресса-63. Выглядит это очень странно 22 суток ждать стыковки.
А причины очевидны - жадные европейцы не хотят свою долю топлива и воды возить. Они лучше подождут и рэками для Колумбуса загрузятся.
В принципе, возможны автономные испытания. И есть опыт стыковок Модулей и ТКС, которые неспешно приближались к ОС. Наши могли поделиться опытом.
Вообще-то, на стыковку ему надо три дня, с 300х300км, куда его выведет Ариан-5, надо перейти на 350-400км к МКС с 2-3 кило тяги. Все эти 22 дня выглядят подозрительно.
ЦитироватьA typical ATV mission will begin when the craft is launched into a 300-km orbit atop an Ariane-5 from the French Guiana equatorial launch site. Under the responsibility of the European control centre in Toulouse (France), the ATV separates from Ariane and navigation systems are activated. Thrusters are fired to boost the ATV into the transfer orbit to the ISS.
After three days of orbit adjustments, the ATV will come in sight of the ISS and will start relative navigation from about 30 km behind and 5 km below the Station. The cargo ship's computers begin final approach manoeuvres over the next two orbits, closing with ISS at walking pace.
ЦитироватьВообще-то, на стыковку ему надо три дня, с 300х300км, куда его выведет Ариан-5, надо перейти на 350-400км к МКС с 2-3 кило тяги. Все эти 22 дня выглядят подозрительно.
Вообще по здравому смыслу эта птичка должна доказать свою безотказность, прежде чем мы дадим ей разрешение на подход и причаливание. То есть тщательное тестирование системы управления, ДУ, генеральная репетиция с имитацией сближения со станцией просто обязательны. А это не три дня, отнюдь.
ЦитироватьЦитироватьВообще-то, на стыковку ему надо три дня, с 300х300км, куда его выведет Ариан-5, надо перейти на 350-400км к МКС с 2-3 кило тяги. Все эти 22 дня выглядят подозрительно.
Вообще по здравому смыслу эта птичка должна доказать свою безотказность, прежде чем мы дадим ей разрешение на подход и причаливание. То есть тщательное тестирование системы управления, ДУ, генеральная репетиция с имитацией сближения со станцией просто обязательны. А это не три дня, отнюдь.
Но зачем пускать ATV и шаттл в один день?
А если он СБ не раскроет, а остальное будет ОК? Потеря 7 тонн груза?
За 3 дня они и на аккумуляторах бы причалили. Я бы не так сделал, выход на орбиту МКС, имитация стыковки, сближение к МКС, стыковка - выгрузка, отстыковка, 2 недели усиленных тестов - стыковка обратно или "бульк". Иначе может выйти, что замучают зверушку, до того как она свою задачу выполнит.
ЦитироватьА если он СБ не раскроет, а остально будет ОК? Потеря 7тонн груза?
За 3 дня они и на аккумуляторах бы причалили
С другой стороны, всегда можно будет организовать спасательную миссию с помощью шаттла. :wink:
А Шаттл вернуть пустой ATV с орбиты может?
ЦитироватьА Шаттл вернуть пустой ATV с орбиты может?
Не думаю, что у него складываются СБ.
СБ - отпилить-открутить, вопрос: можно ли его закрепить там?
ЦитироватьСБ - отпилить-открутить, вопрос: можно ли его закрепить там?
Если будет ложемент - можно. Но ведь его не будет?
ISS On-Orbit Status 12/02/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani. Ahead: Week 7 of Increment 16.
FE-1 Malenchenko supported his first experiment session with the Russian TEKh-20 Plasma Crystal-3+ (Plazmennyi-Kristall/PK-3+) payload by activating the turbopump in the Service Module (SM)'s Transfer Compartment (PkhO) for keeping the vacuum chamber (ZB) in the SM Work Compartment (RO) evacuated. The turbopump will be deactivated tonight at ~4:25pm EST. [Main objective of PK-3 is to study dust plasma wave propagation and dispersion ratio at a specified power of HF discharge, pressure, and a varied number of particles.]
The crew conducted the regular weekly three-hour task of thorough station cleaning. ["Uborka", normally done on Saturdays, includes removal of food waste products, cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, damp cleaning of the Service Module (SM) dining table, other frequently touched surfaces and surfaces where trash is collected, as well as the FE's sleep station with a standard cleaning solution; also, fan screens and grilles are cleaned to avoid temperature rises. Special cleaning is also done every 90 days on the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) bacteria filters in the Lab.]
As part of the house cleaning, Yuri Malenchenko performed preventive maintenance cleaning on the V3, FS5 & FS6 fan screens in the DC1 (Docking Compartment) and on the VPkhO, VdPrK, VPrK & TsV2 fan grilles in the FGB (Funktsionalnyi-Grusovoi Blok).
Peggy Whitson & Dan Tani both spent several hours of their own time with their selected "Voluntary Weekend Science" activities:
The CDR started out with software replacement for the HRF-1 RIC (Human Research Facility 1 Rack Interface Controller), first replacing the HRF-1 laptop's Ultrabay Adapter, then uploading the RIC software (EXPRESS Load 5) and rebooting the computer. Later, Peggy also serviced the CGBA/CSI-02 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus Science Insert 2), sowing its PDA (Plant Development Habitat) with new seeds and then restowing the hardware.
The FE-2 performed another session with the SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) experiment, flying two & three satellites, requiring 2 video camcorders & 2 VTRs. Afterwards, Dan conducted an EPO (Educational Payload Operation) demo, recording a narrated tour of the ISS living area on a camcorder. As all EPO videos, the DVD will be used by the Educational Community for school classes.
The FE-1 meanwhile performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers. Weekly SOZh reports (on Sundays) to TsUP/Moscow deal with number & dates of water and urine containers, counter readings of water consumption & urine collection, and total operating time of the POTOK air filtration system.]
The FE-1 completed the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM, including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
In the Joint Airlock, the CDR terminated the recharging on the second set of EVA batteries.
Working off his "time permitting" discretionary task list, Yuri conducted his third run of the Russian "Diatomeya" ocean observations program, using the NIKON-F5 still camera and SONY PD-150 camcorder to obtain high-contrast fields in ocean water color, wakes of turbulent water, and cloud cover pattern anomaly along the flight path. [Special target zone was the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.]
At ~7:30am EST, Malenchenko participated in an event set up for him in Moscow to cast his ballot in the Elections to the 5th State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly, formally authorizing his proxy agent Dmitry Alexandrovich Zhukov to fill out the ballot for him, with the required confidentiality being observed. [Yuri]
At ~9:05am, the crew held a teleconference with crewmembers of the upcoming STS-122/1E mission via S- & Ku-band.
At ~10:35am, the FE-1 followed up on his earlier balloting with a downlink to an event arranged by Russia's Central Election Committee (Moscow) which today elects deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly. Present at the event were Election Committee Chairman Vladimir Evgenyevich Churov and Yuri Malenchenko's family, Ekaterina Victorovna Malenchenko and daughter Camilla. ["We are happy to welcome here the ISS crew consisting of Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, and Flight Engineer Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko, the 78th cosmonaut of Russia and the 308th cosmonaut of the world. Specialists believe that your international crew has the most difficult and challenging mission in the entire station history because the science program involves many experiments some of which have never been staged before on the ISS..."]
At ~2:30pm, the CDR had her weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
No CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:46am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.1 km
Apogee height -- 339.5 km
Perigee height -- 338.6 km
Period -- 91.32 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000612
Solar Beta Angle -- 26.6 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 93 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51733
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
ЦитироватьЯ думаю тут ошибка, они после посадки STS-123 полетят и после Прогресса-63. Выглядит это очень странно 22 суток ждать стыковки.
А причины очевидны - жадные европейцы не хотят свою долю топлива и воды возить. Они лучше подождут и рэками для Колумбуса загрузятся.
Вы забываете, что этот полет (ATV1) демонстрационный. Перед стыковкой будут проводиться орбитальные испытания. Даже само сближение с МКС будет проводиться не один раз, так как будут испытываться различные методы обеспечения безопасности сближения и стыковки. Так что Ваше "предположение" о жадности и все, что из этого "следует", не выдерживает никакой критики :wink:
Я не настаиваю, можете заменить "жадность" на "оптимизацию затрат" :), но чем дольше он будет испытываться, тем выше вероятность отказа систем и не выполнение основной функции - доставки грузов.
ЦитироватьА Шаттл вернуть пустой ATV с орбиты может?
Блин, вообще это было бы классно! :roll:
ЦитироватьЯ не настаиваю, можете заменить "жадность" на "оптимизацию затрат" :), но чем дольше он будет испытываться, тем выше вероятность отказа систем и не выполнение основной функции - доставки грузов.
Основная задача первого полёта ATV - демонстрация
всех заложенных в проект возможностей корабля. Доставка грузов и топлива - лишь одна из таких возможностей.
Отделяемая от МКС лаборатория?
ЦитироватьОтделяемая от МКС лаборатория?
Вы мыслите слишком глобально :-)
В реальности задачи стоят попроще. А именно: возможность выполнения различных видов маневров, точность решения задач навигации, в т.ч. и взаимной навигации, возможности по обеспечению безопасности при сближении и стыковке, возможности по получению электроэнергии и т.д., и т.п. Существует список критериев, при выполнении которых полет будет признан успешным. Он довольно длинный. И скучный :wink:
Вставить таблицу оказалось очень нетривиальной задачей, но попробуем таки...
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/plan_sl.htm
[table color=#333333:7623ce5dfc]
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Дата
[col]Наименование и проводимые работы
[col]Исполнитель и время
[col]Примечание
[mrow]
[col]1
[col]2
[col]3
[col]4
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Мероприятия по поддержанию здоровья экипажа
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]08.12 сб
[col]Замена индивидуального снаряжения и переустановка ложемента для БИ2 в СА ТК «Союз ТМА-11»
[col]БИ1 – 2 час
[col]БИ2 МКС16 –30 мин
[row]
[col]09.12 вс
[col]Проверка герметичности, сушка скафандра «Сокол» и перчаток; укладка на хранение
[col]БИ1 – 1 час 05 мин
[col]БИ2 МКС16 – 30 мин
[row]
[col]09.12 вс
[col]Укладка удаляемого оборудования в ТКГ «Прогресс М-61» с отметкой в системе инвентаризации
[col]БИ1 – 2 час
[col]-
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Медицинские обследования и мероприятия по поддержанию здоровья экипажа
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]Определение гематокритного числа
[col]БИ1 – 10 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]Приватная медицинская конференции через АС из ЦУП-Х
[col]БИ1 – 15 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]07.12 пт
[col]Приватная беседа с семьей
[col]БИ1 – 20 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]07.12 пт
[col]Забор проб воздуха пробозаборниками АК-1М в СМ и ФГБ, в т.ч на фреон в СМ и ИПД на СО в СМ
[col]БИ1 – 50 мин
[col]-
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Тестирование систем
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]03.12 пн
[col]Проверка работоспособности аппаратуры «Уролюкс»
[col]БИ1 – 30 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]04, 05, 06.12
[col]Самопроверка устройства программно-логического
управления системы управления бортовым комплексом ФГБ
[col]ЦУП
[col]-
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]Тестирование кодера MPEG-2 после сборки схемы для передачи ТВ с передачей изображения в ЦУП-М
[col]БИ1,БИ2 – 1 час
[col]-
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Техническое обслуживание систем
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]Ежедн.
[col]Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения жизнедеятельности : замена по рекомендации с Земли одного из блоков СОЖ, переработка конденсата АС; 05.12 – контроль положения индикаторов потока ИП-1; 09.12 – сброс информации со счетчиков систем водообеспечения и санитарно-гигиенического обеспечения и устройства обеззараживания воздуха «Поток»
[col]БИ1 – 40 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]03.12 пн
[col]Техническое обслуживание системы вентиляции: профилактика средств вентиляции СМ, группа В
[col]БИ1–4 ч 40 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]Техническое обслуживание системы водообеспечения: заправка контейнера очищенной воды для системы «Электрон»
[col]БИ1 – 40 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]04, 05, 07, 09.12
[col]Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения газового состава
[col]-
[col]-
[row]
[col]04, 05.12
[col]регенерация поглотительных патронов Ф1 и Ф2 блока очистки атмосферы от микропримесей
[col]Суммарно:
БИ1 – 1 час
[col]Длительность 11-12 час
[row]
[col]07.12
[col]технологическое закрытие аварийных вакуумных клапанов системы очистки атмосферы «Воздух»; калибровка и снятие показаний анализатора оперативного контроля вредных примесей; измерение вредных примесей в СМ с помощью пробоотборника CMS
[col]БИ1 – 1 час 20 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]09.12
[col]замена блока фильтров СО2 газоанализатора ИК0501
[col]БИ1 – 15 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]07.12 пт
[col]Замена М-приемника урины и фильтр-вставки в АСУ
[col]БИ1 – 30 мин
[col]-
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Прочие работы
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]Ежедн.
[col]Сброс файлов c научной и служебной информацией через бортовую информационно-телеметрическую систему и блок сопряжения с системой «Регул»
[col]ЦУП
[col]На всех видимых витках
[row]
[col]03-05, 09.12
[col]Работы по инвентаризации:
[row]
[col]03-05, 09.12
[col]ред актирование данных системы инвентаризации
[col]БИ1 – 20 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]09.12
[col]инвентаризация вкладышей АСУ
[col]БИ1 – 1 час
[col]-
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]ТВ-сброс «Поздравление с юбилеем летчика-космонавта Шаталова В.А.»
[col]3 чел – 5 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]08.12 пт
[col]Включение системы «Электрон» и контроль температуры на блоке дожигания
[col]БИ1 – 30 мин
[col]После стыковки с ОК
[row]
[col]09.12 сб
[col]Контроль установки датчиков потока
[col]БИ1 – 15 мин
[col]-
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Совместные работы по программе Американского Сегмента
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]Мероприятие по связям с общественностью
[col]3 чел–20 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]Отработка навыков ответственного за медицинские операции
[col]БИ1,КЭ – 30 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]06.12 чт
[col]Конференция экипажа с руководителем полета
[col]3 чел – 20 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]08.12 пт
[col]Калибровка показаний датчика CSA-CP в системе экологической медицины
[col]БИ1 – 25 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]23-28.10
[col]Адаптация и ознакомление БИ1 со станцией
[col]?БИ1 – 5 час
[col]-
[row]
[col]08,09.12
[col]Перенос данных с тренажеров TVIS /RED/CVIS в MEC
[col]БИ1 – 5 мин
[col]-
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Работы по программам полета ОК «Атлантис» (STS-122, полет 1 E ) и АС МКС
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]-
[col]Работы по подготовке к прибытию ОК «Атлантис»:
[col]-
[col]-
[row]
[col]03.12 пн
[col]Подготовка к работам с робототехникой во время совместного полета; переговоры по робототехнике;
*переговоры по фото/ видеосъемке ОК при проведении RPM-маневра
[col]КЭ,БИ2 – 1час 30 мин
[col]*КЭ,БИ1–15 мин
[row]
[col]03,04.12
[col]подготовка оборудования для возвращения на ОК
[col]КЭ – 3час 10 мин
[col]БИ2–3 час
[row]
[col]04.12 вт
[col]рассмотрение циклограммы ВКД и *конференция по циклограмме
[col]КЭ,БИ2 – 1час
[col]*3 чел –30 мин
[row]
[col]05.12 ср
[col]рассмотрение процедур ВКД и конференция по вопросам ВКД
[col]КЭ,БИ2 – 2час
[col]-
[row]
[col]
[col]рассмотрение циклограммы полета 1 E и конференция по циклограмме
[col]3 чел – 2 ч30 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]06.12 чт
[col]подготовка скафандров EMU
[col]КЭ,БИ2 – 30 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]07.12 чт
[col]Старт ОК «Атлантис»
[col]в ~ 00 час 32 мин
[row]
[col]07.12 чт
[col]Подготовка к стыковке , в т.ч. наддув PMA 2, конфигурация средств связи; подготовка и проверка видео- и фотоаппаратуры
[col]БИ1, БИ2 – 40 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]08.12 пт
[col]Фото- и видеосъемка разворота ОК по тангажу на 360 0 вдоль вектора скорости (RPM-маневр), сброс снимков по причаливанию ОК «Атлантис»
[col]БИ1, БИ2 – 15 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]08.12 сб
[col]Стыковка ОК «Атлантис» с МКС
[col]в ~ 21 час 15 мин
[col]
[row]
[col]-
[col]Проверка герметичности люков после стыковки ОК
[col]1 чел – 30 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]-
[col]Открытие люка МКС – ОК
[col]КЭ, БИ2 ~ 30 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]-
[col]Забор проб воздуха пробозаборником АК-1М в ОК (до прокладки воздуховодов)
[col]БИ1 – 15 мин
[col]по программе РС
[row]
[col]-
[col]Совместный брифинг по вопросам безопасности;
[col]10 чел – 25 мин
[col]МКС16, ОК
[row]
[col]08,09.12
[col]Перенос грузов с/на ОК
[col]MS 1, MS 4
[col]-
[row]
[col]09.12 вс
[col]Ознакомление БИ2 МКС16 со станцией
[col]БИ2 МКС16 – 2 час 30 мин
[col]-
[row]
[col]09.12 вс
[col]Заполнение и перенос на МКС контейнеров с водой
[col]CDR/PLT
[col]-
[row]
[col]09.12 вс
[col]Наддув и проверка герметичности вестибюля Node2/Columbus, детальная проверка герметичности кислородной системы МКС
[col]КЭ,БИ2
[col]-
[mrow color=darkblue:7623ce5dfc]
[col]Внекорабельная деятельность на АС МКС
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]08,09.12
[col]Подготовка и проверка скафандров EMU ; подготовка оборудования, отсека экипажа A / L , *рассмотрение процедур ВКД
[col]*МКС16, ОК –1 час
[col]МКС16, экипаж ОК
[row]
[col]09.12 вс
[col]ВКД1 (1Е).1) Рассоединение кабелей нагревателя низкотемпературного контура Columbus. 2) Снятие такелажного уза ( PDGF ) с перемещающего устройства боковой стенки и установка на Columbus. 3) Извлечение Columbus из отсека ПН с помощью SSRMS и установка на правый стыковочный узел CBM NODE -2. 4) Подготовка к демонтажу азотного баллона в сборке (NTA) с P1.
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]
[col]Работы в открытом космосе – MS2, MS3.
Продолжительность ~ 6 час 30 мин. Выход из А/L в ~ 19 час 30 мин
[col]
[col]
[row]
[col]09.12 вс
[col]Заключительные операции после ВКД, сброс фото по ВКД
[col]МКС16, ОК
[col]-
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[row]
[col color=darkblue:6f0d2c818c]
ISS On-Orbit Status 12/03/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 7 of Increment 16.
[row]
[col color=#333333:6f0d2c818c]
FE-1 Malenchenko continued his support of his first experiment session with the Russian TEKh-20 Plasma Crystal-3+ (Plazmennyi-Kristall/PK-3+) payload by activating the turbopump in the Service Module (SM)'s Transfer Compartment (PkhO) for keeping the vacuum chamber (ZB) in the SM Work Compartment (RO) evacuated. The turbopump will be deactivated tonight at ~4:25pm EST. [Main objective of PK-3 is to study dust plasma wave propagation and dispersion ratio at a specified power of HF discharge, pressure, and a varied number of particles.]
CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani assisted the ground in deactivating the CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) at 2:25am-3:25am EST, used to support yesterday's SPHERES experiment. With cooling no longer required, the crew also disconnected the LTL (Low Temperature Loop) jumper of the ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System) from the CDRA rack.
At ~3:05am, in support of HDTV (High Definition TV) playback & downlink by ground commanding, FE-2 activated the Photo/TV MPC (Multi-Purpose Converter). [MPC was turned off again by Tani at ~1:20pm.]
Dan then also set up the Ku-band for downlinking analog video signals (streaming video) via U.S. OCA from the Russian TVS television system in a test of the relatively new KL-211 MPEG-2 TV Encoder in the new JSL (Joint Station LAN).
The CDR prepared the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures-2) experiment for operation, turned on the SAMS ICU (Space Acceleration Measurement System/Interim Control Unit) in LAP2 Rack, and started CSLM-2 by activating heating of the sample.
Peggy and Dan spent time in the Joint Airlock to continue EVA preparations, today verifying and configuring tools for the SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) inspection on 1E EVA-2, then performing the regular checkout and test of the SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) units to be used for the spacewalks by Walheim, Schlegel and Love (#1006 & #1007).
Later, the crew conducted a joint review of uplinked STS-122/1E spacewalk procedures and will link up with EVA personnel at MCC-Houston at ~4:00pm via Ku- & S-band to discuss details.
Peggy and Dan each had ~90 min set aside to prepack cargo items for transfer to STS-122/Atlantis for return to Earth. The FE-2 used an additional 15 min for prepacking the failed IVCPDS (Intravehicular Charged Particle Directional Spectrometer) hardware for return. [The IVCPDS, found to be hard failed on 10/30, was a secondary radiation detection measurement tool; the primary radiation measurement tool is the TEPC (Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter).]
The CDR conducted the microbial (bacterial & fungal) "T+5 Day" analysis of air samples collected on 11/28 by Dan Tani with the MAS (Microbial Air Sampler) kit in Lab, Node and SM. [The sampling analysis is performed once per month for the first three months, and once every three months thereafter. Bacterial and fungal air samples are taken at two locations in each module. The colony growth on the sampling slides is analyzed after five days of incubation in four Petri dishes. For onboard visual analysis of media slides from SSK (Surface Sampling Kit), MCDs (microbial capture devices) from WMK (Water Monitoring Kit), coliform detection bags from MWAK (Microbial Water Analysis Kit), and Petri dishes from MAS, the crew has a procedure for visual inspection of samples for bacterial and fungal colony growths after appropriate incubation periods.]
Continuing the current round of monthly preventive maintenance of RS (Russian Segment) ventilation systems, FE-1 Malenchenko inspected and cleaned the "Group B" (B1 & B2) fan grills in the SM, followed later by reporting to TsUP-Moscow on equipment status and any presence of moisture in work areas.
Yuri also performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Dan handled the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
Malenchenko set up the "Urolux" equipment, hooked it up to the Power Supply Center (BP Tsentr) and ran the periodic functional health test and calibration on it, then deactivating the hardware.
Later, the FE-1 unstowed and installed the equipment for the periodic Russian PZE-MO-10 "Hematokrit" testing that is scheduled tomorrow for him. [MO-10 measures the hematocrit (red blood cell mass) value of the blood (it is a well-known phenomenon of space flight that red blood cell mass {normal range: 30-45%} tends to go down over time).]
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR), TVIS treadmill (FE-1, FE-2), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Dan Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~1:05pm, Peggy and Yuri had a 15-min teleconference with ground specialists to discuss the images downlinked from their recent (11/29) Shuttle RPM (R-bar Pitch Maneuver) skill training. [The skill training prepares the crew for the bottom side mapping of the Orbiter at the arrival of STS-122/1E. During the RPM at ~600 ft from the station, the ISS crew will have only ~90 seconds for taking high-resolution digital photographs of all tile areas and door seals on the Orbiter, to be downlinked for launch debris assessment. Thus, time available for the shooting will be very limited, requiring great coordination between the two headset-equipped photographers and the Shuttle.]
At ~9:35am, Whitson and Tani participated in two live PAO TV interviews with media in Chicago, one with WGN Radio (Spike O'Dell), the other with WJMK Radio (Steve Dahl).
At 2:30pm, Dan is scheduled for a CDC (Crew Discretionary Conference).
Lab/Node-2 Vestibule Leak Check Update: The second Fine Leak check on the Lab/Node-2 vestibule conducted by Peggy Whitson on 12/1 has passed. The indicated pressure drop of ~9 mmHg in 7 hours is equivalent to a loss of 0.13 pound-mass of air at 14.7 psia. This is far below the limit criterion used, resulting in the conclusion that there is no leak. The vestibule was completely repressurized by equalization with the ISS stack and is ready for 1E.
SSRMS Pre-launch Checkout Update: The regular pre-launch checkout of the Canadian SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) went without issue. The robotarm is now properly positioned for 1E, having "walked off" the Lab PDGF (Power & Data Grapple Fixture) and changed its base to the Node-2 PDGF.
No CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:08am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 339.0 km
Apogee height -- 339.3 km
Perigee height -- 338.6 km
Period -- 91.31 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000554
Solar Beta Angle -- 24.4 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 93 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98 ) -- 51749
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/04/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
FE-1 Malenchenko supported the Russian TEKh-20 Plazmennyi-Kristall/PK-3+ (Plasma Crystal-3+) experiment on its fifth day, first activating the turbopump in the Service Module (SM)'s Transfer Compartment (PkhO) for keeping the vacuum chamber (ZB) in the SM Work Compartment (RO) evacuated, then starting the experiment, terminating it later and performing close-down ops. The turbopump will be deactivated tonight at ~4:25pm EST. [Main objective of PK-3 is to study dust plasma wave propagation and dispersion ratio at a specified power of an alternating electric field, pressure, and a varied number of particles, controlled by the experimenter. Afterwards, Yuri copied the data to USB stick for subsequent downlinking via OCA, and turned off the hardware.]
Before breakfast and exercise, Malenchenko completed his first session with the periodic Russian MedOps test "Hematokrit" (MO-10), measuring red cell count of the blood. [The blood samples were drawn from a finger with a perforator lancet, then centrifuged in two microcapillary tubes in the M-1100 kit's minicentrifuge, and its hematocrit value was read off the tubes with a magnifying glass. It is a well-known phenomenon of space flight that red blood cell count (normal range: 30-45%) tends to go down over time. After the exam, the data were saved in the IFEP software (In-Flight Examination Program) on the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer), and Oleg Kotov stowed the equipment.]
Afterwards, the FE-1 serviced the Russian BMP (Harmful Impurities Removal System), starting the "bake-out" cycle to vacuum on absorbent bed #1 of the regenerable dual-channel filtration system. The regen process will be terminated before sleeptime, at ~2:05pm EST. Regeneration of bed #2 follows tomorrow. [Regeneration of each of the two cartridges takes about 12 hours and is conducted only during crew awake periods.]
CDR Whitson activated the A31p laptop in the FGB for Russian segment (RS) to US segment (USOS) video transmission, after which Malenchenko and Tani conducted the downlink end-to-end testing of streaming video (analog signals) from the Russian TVS television system's KL-211 MPEG-2 TV Encoder via the new JSL (Joint Station LAN) and then to the ground by U.S. OCA.
FE-2 Tani completed his second (and last) on-orbit session with the CCISS (Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS) experiment, with Peggy Whitson acting as operator, by setting up and donning the Holter Monitor, donning the CBPD (Continuous Blood Pressure Device), performing the Baro Study, doffing the CBPD, and starting the 24-hr passive heart rate data collection. Data are recorded on a PCMCIA memory card, with the HRF (Human Research Facility) rack laptop for control. Data download and equipment stowage is scheduled tomorrow (~7:10am EST) after the 24-hr period. [CCISS studies the effects of long-duration spaceflight on crewmembers' heart functions and their blood vessels that supply the brain (="cerebrovascular"). Learning more about the changes in cardiovascular & cerebrovascular systems in zero-G could lead to specific countermeasures that might better protect future space travelers. For the Baro study of CCIS, heart rate and blood pressure are being recorded for resting and timed breathing for 5 min, with no caffeine or food (water is acceptable) allowed two hours before the start of the Baro Study and no exercise prior to the Baro Study.]
The CDR worked in the Airlock (A/L) to replace one of the two smoke detectors (SDs), which had shown erratic behavior in its data readouts, with a spare. The removed unit was temporarily stowed for later troubleshooting by the crew. [Problems with tool access prevented two of the four fasteners from being installed to the designated torque value. Whitson tightened the two fasteners by hand. The fasteners are captive and no further action is required at this time. The smoke detector is now functioning nominally. During EVA Campout operations, the A/L duct SD is not available. If the A/L cabin SD continued this behavior during campout operations, there would have been the risk of a false fire alarm.]
Also in the A/L, Peggy & Dan conducted the first part of troubleshooting tasks on the ATU-6 (Audio Terminal Unit 6). [This first step was to verify there were no sticky keys on the ATU by pressing the all keys on the ATU keypad while a BIT (built-in test) was running. The test was completed successfully and no anomalies were reported. Troubleshooting will continue tomorrow. The ATU was reported locked up ("frozen") on 10/17and could not be reconfigured or set to Transmit. After cycling the unit out & back into Public Calls mode, the ATU functioned only intermittently.]
The FE-2 meanwhile retrieved a PBA (Portable Breathing Apparatus) from Node-1 and installed it with its bottle (#1027) and mask (#1032) in the Node-2 aft emergency locker.
Peggy and Yuri each performed the CHeCS CMO (Crew Health Care Systems/Crew Medical Officer) on-board training drill, a 30-min. video & audio refresher course, taken individually, to hone the CMO's acuity in emergency medical operations. [The proficiency drill focuses on re-familiarization with skills and techniques required in procedures related to medical issues arising on board and concludes with a self-assessment questionnaire. The HMS (Health Maintenance Systems) hardware, which includes ACLS (Advanced Cardio Life Support) equipment, may be used in contingency situations where crew life is at risk. To maintain proficiency, crewmembers spend one hour per month reviewing HMS and ACLS equipment and procedures via the HMS CBT (computer-based training) and the ACLS CBT.]
In the A/L, Dan Tani continued prior EVA systems preparations for the 1E spacewalks.
Malenchenko inspected the Russian de-ionized water container (KOV/EDV), used for supplying water to the Elektron electrolytic oxygen (O2) generator, for bubbles and for filling it up, as necessary, with U.S. condensate from a CWC (Contingency Water Container). [Air bubbles larger than ~10 mm in the water must be prevented from getting into the BZh Liquid Unit where they could cause Elektron shutdown.]
Yuri also performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, the FE-1 handled the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The CDR and FE-2 had 30 min. reserved for a joint review of MSS (Mobile Service System)/Robotics operations planned for the STS-122/1E docked period.
Yuri performed the periodic collection & deletion of readings on the MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor) radiation sensor reader/display of the RBO-3-2 Matryoshka-R antroph-amorphous (human torso) "phantoms" located inside the station for sophisticated radiation studies, collecting radiation measurements every 15 minutes around the clock.
At the HRF1 (Human Research Facility 1) rack, Whitson deactivated the MedOps cardiac defibrillator and conducted its periodic checkout, which was to be recorded on video and later dumped to the ground (Last time done: 10/16). [This routine maintenance task is scheduled as soon as possible from Expedition start and every 60 days thereafter. For the checkout, the defib is connected to the 120V outlet, equipped with its battery (today #1020) and then allowed to charge, for about five seconds, to a preset energy level (e.g., 100 joules). After the button-triggered discharge, a console indicator signals success or failure of the test. The pacing signal is downlinked via S-band for 1 min. The HRF was powered down afterwards.]
Peggy had another ~130 min set aside to prepack cargo items for transfer to STS-122/Atlantis for return to Earth.
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the CDR copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Later, the crew conducted a joint review of uplinked STS-122/1E spacewalk procedures and will link up with EVA personnel at MCC-Houston at ~4:00pm via Ku- & S-band to discuss details.
At ~11:25am EST, the crew participated in a live PAO TV interview with the Chicago Sun Times (Andrew Herrmann). In the second part of the comm window, the crew downlinked a deferred release message of greetings to the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival. [The Festival, to be held for the 15th year, this time in Los Angeles instead of Paris, honors the "Father of Science Fiction" whose name is carried by the first European ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle).]
At ~11:45am, the crew downlinked best wishes and congratulations to Lt. Gen. Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov on the occasion of his 80th birthday next Saturday (12/8). [Shatalov, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, is a veteran Pilot-Cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10, making the first Russian space docking. Later, he served as Commander of GCTC (Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center) from 1971-1987.]
Node-2 CAA: Twelve of the 20 required liters of condensate have been collected in the Node-2 CCAA (Common Cabin Air Assembly) air conditioner. Node-2 is currently running cold. Moscow has turned off the Russian SKV air conditioner to help in the condensate collection.
Progress 26P Purge: Tomorrow (12/5), TsUP/Moscow will perform a purge of the 26P fuel systems. Enough reserve fuel will be left in 26P for it to support roll control as planned for 1E.
Latest STS-122 Launch Advisory: The launch countdown is going well and there are no significant issues being worked. The launch window opens on Thursday, 12/6, at 4:26pm EST and closes at 4:36pm. The in-plane (optimal) launch time is 4:31pm and provides for a Flight Day 3 rendezvous and docking with the ISS. On 12/6, there is a 0% chance of weather prohibiting tanking and a 10% chance of weather prohibiting launch due to low cloud ceilings. If there is a 24-hour launch delay, the probability of KSC weather prohibiting launch increase to 40% due to low cloud ceilings and a chance of rain showers.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Betsiboka River Delta, Madagascar (Dynamic Event. The estuary of this river has filled with sediment just since WWII, and continues to change rapidly. Deforestation inland in Madagascar appears to be the main cause. Looking left for this coastal target which has been obscured by cloud for weeks), Nairobi, Kenya (Nadir pass over Kenya's capital city. The gray speckled cityscape contrasts with the more uniform national park immediately to the south. A prominent straight border separates the two. The city is one of several whose rapid growth CEO observers are monitoring), and Patagonian Glaciers (weather may have been clear enough to shoot the often obscured glaciers on the cloudy, Pacific side of the Andes. Looking left and right of track for the smaller glaciers).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 6:55am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.9 km
Apogee height -- 339.2 km
Perigee height -- 338.5 km
Period -- 91.31 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000555
Solar Beta Angle -- 21.8 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 98 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51764
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/05/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
FE-1 Malenchenko supported the Russian TEKh-20 Plazmennyi-Kristall/PK-3+ (Plasma Crystal-3+) experiment on its sixth day, first activating the turbopump in the Service Module (SM)'s Transfer Compartment (PkhO) for keeping the vacuum chamber (ZB) in the SM Work Compartment (RO) evacuated, then starting the experiment, terminating it later and performing close-down ops. The turbopump will be deactivated tonight at ~4:25pm EST. [Main objective of PK-3 is to study dust plasma wave propagation and dispersion ratio at a specified power of an alternating electric field, pressure, and a varied number of particles, controlled by the experimenter. Afterwards, Yuri copied the data to USB stick for subsequent downlinking via OCA, and turned off the hardware. This experiment was performed with 3.42-micron particles. The main goal is to study behavior of structures affected by permanent electrical field of varying amplitude and to compare their behavior to that when being exposed to low-frequency AC field. This experiment is conducted in a semi-automatic mode, to generate a homogeneous plasma dust cloud with a small void in the center by incrementally stepping down RF generator power output. Like yesterday, Yuri made four attempts during the experiment.]
Malenchenko also serviced the Russian BMP (Harmful Impurities Removal System), starting the "bake-out" cycle to vacuum on absorbent bed #2 of the regenerable dual-channel filtration system. The regen process will be terminated at ~3:55pm EST. [Regeneration of each of the two cartridges takes about 12 hours and is conducted only during crew awake periods. Filter bed 1 was regenerated yesterday.]
CDR Peggy Whitson worked in Node-2, making preparations for the later deployment of an SSC (Station Support Computer) for COL (Columbus). [For this Get-ahead task for Flight Day 6 of the 1E mission, Whitson registered the new laptop as SSC-13 and stowed it with its supplies and cables.]
FE-2 Tani set up and tested a PCS (Portable Computer System) A31p laptop in Node-2, including its UOP (Utility Outlet Panel). [The PCS was powered down once verification was complete.]
Later, Dan downloaded the collected data from his final CCISS(Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS) session on 12/4 and stowed the equipment. [CCISS studies the effects of long-duration spaceflight on crewmembers' heart functions and their blood vessels that supply the brain (="cerebrovascular"). Learning more about the changes in cardiovascular & cerebrovascular systems in zero-G could lead to specific countermeasures that might better protect future space travelers.]
FE-2 Tani had about an hour set aside for more hardware packing for return on STS-122/Atlantis.
The CDR meanwhile serviced the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures-2) payload, initiating data transfer from its SPU2 (Sample Processing Unit 2) hard drive to the MSG MLC (Microgravity Science Glovebox Laptop Computer). [Afterwards, Peggy verified the data transfer, powered down CSLM-2, removed and stowed SPU2 and inserted SPU3 instead. Later, she also deactivated the MSG via its A31p laptop.]
In Node-1 "Unity" Whitson installed IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) equipment, replacing the starboard IMV Flange Saver with a new unit. [The new Flange Saver will slow the equalization rate between the Airlock and the ISS in the event of an emergency triggered equalization during EVA campout, to prevent possible ear damage due to the rapid pressure increase in the airlock.]
The crew joined in a 90-min. review of the latest timeline for the 1E missions, then, at ~10:25am EST, conducted a teleconference with ground specialists to discuss timeline particulars.
Peggy initiated charging an additional EMU battery in the A/L BSA (Airlock Battery Stowage Assembly) to support 1E. [The logistics team decided that this battery is needed in order to stretch the remaining EMU batteries out until new ones can be manufactured.]
Peggy and Dan conducted another 1E EVA procedures review and later tagged up with spacewalk specialists at MCC-Houston via S- & Ku-band.
The CDR also ran the periodic check of active U.S. payloads, i.e., cleaning the ANITA (Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air) inlet plus inspecting and filter cleaning of the CGBA-5 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5) incubator payload. [The incubator is controlled from the ground with automatic video downlinked to Earth.]
Yuri Malenchenko completed the daily routine maintenance of the SM's SOZh environment control & life support system, with the regular replacements in its toilet system (ASU), plus the periodic checkout/verification of IP-1 airflow sensors in the various Russian Segment hatchways, including the SM-to-DC1 (22P) tunnel, and the FGB-to-Node and FGB-to-Soyuz passageways.
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the FE-2 copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Progress Prop Line Purge: At ~11:25am EST, station attitude control was handed over from USOS (U.S. segment) momentum management to the RS MCS (Russian Segment Motion Control System) thrusters for the subsequent propellant line purge conducted by TsUP-Moscow on Progress 26P, docked at the DC1 Docking Compartment. For the purge operation, Dan Tani closed the protective Lab science window shutter. [The fuel lines were purged at 11:38am for the regular ~ 9 minutes, the oxidizer lines at 1:29pm, also for 9 min. Attitude authority returned to USOS at 1:40pm. The purge will prevent any further transfer of propellant with 26P which was left with sufficient propellant to support the 1E mission where it will be used for roll control.]
ATU-6 Update: Troubleshooting for the Airlock ATU-6 (Audio Terminal Unit #6) continued today. Audio engineers are reviewing the data dumps from the test.
Latest STS-122 Launch Advisory: The launch countdown is proceeding smoothly and there are no significant issues being worked. The launch window opens on Thursday, 12/6, at 4:26pm EST and closes at 4:36pm. The in-plane (optimal) launch time is 4:31pm and provides for a Flight Day 3 rendezvous and docking with the ISS. On 12/6, the weather forecast calls for a 90 percent chance of acceptable conditions at launch time.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Nile floodplains, S Sudan (Dynamic Event. ISS pass crossed the Nile where it forms a vast swampland with a complex pattern of channels on either side of the Nile. River channels here shift continuously. The present window between the rainy season [clouds] and the beginning of the fire season [smoke and fire scars obscuring patterns] is the best time to document changes in river course. This is part of ongoing research with interesting analogs for Mars. Images taken at nadir and a touch left—following the Nile in a mapping swath for ~2 mins—were requested), and Galapagos Islands (Dynamic Event. The present extra-dry La Nina phase should have caused a die-down of the little vegetation that exists. Documenting these extreme conditions was requested during this nadir pass.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:16am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.8 km
Apogee height -- 339.2 km
Perigee height -- 338.4 km
Period -- 91.31 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000571
Solar Beta Angle -- 18.8 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 93 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51780
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/06/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~4:31pm EST
12/08/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking, ~1:15pm
12/09 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/09 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/10 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/11 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/13 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/15/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/06/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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Today's launch of STS-122/Atlantis on Mission ISS-1E was postponed due to failure indications of two (of four) engine cut-off sensors in the Liquid Hydrogen tank during early-morning tanking operations. The next liftoff opportunity is tomorrow, Friday, at 4:09pm EST.
Aboard the space station, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software after wakeup and before breakfast, for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
FE-1 Malenchenko supported the Russian TEKh-20 Plazmennyi-Kristall/PK-3+ (Plasma Crystal-3+) experiment on its sixth day, first activating the turbopump in the Service Module (SM)'s Transfer Compartment (PkhO) for keeping the vacuum chamber (ZB) in the SM Work Compartment (RO) evacuated, then starting the experiment, terminating it later and performing close-down ops. Yuri copied the data to USB stick for subsequent downlinking via OCA, deactivated all the hardware, and disassembled and stowed it. [Main objective of PK-3 is to study non-linear dust plasma wave propagation and dispersion ratio at a specified power of an alternating electric field, pressure, and a varied number of particles, controlled by the experimenter Today's experiment session was performed with 6.81- and 9.2-micron particles in Argon at different pressure and HF generator power output.]
The FE-1 conducted a search in the RS (Russian Segment) for a "lost" back-up feeder cable for the Kurs-P systems, to be installed later for using the KURS-P antenna for long-range rendezvous control.
Yuri also conducted an inspection of the BP1A onboard transmitter of the BITS2-12 onboard telemetry measurement system, located in the SM (Service Module) between panels 309 & 312, for possible malfunction. [The troubleshooting focused on checking how well the device connector is mated to the cabling and whether a bonding strap is present and connected.]
FE-2 Dan Tani performed the periodic deployment of two passive FMK (formaldehyde monitoring kit) sampling assemblies in the Lab (below CEVIS) and SM (most forward handrail) for two days, to catch any atmospheric formaldehyde on a collector substrate for subsequent analysis on the ground.
In the Joint Airlock (A/L), CDR Whitson terminated the charge cycle (after approximately 20 hrs) on the supplementary EMU battery started yesterday in the BSA (Battery Stowage Assembly).
Also in the A/L, Whitson and Tani transferred EMUs for 1E.
The FE-2 had time set aside for troubleshooting the television MPC (Multi-Protocol Converter) downlink, going through a number of progressive steps. [Step 1: check cables; step 2: swap IEEE 1394 Firewire; step: 3: swap the MPC.]
Peggy Whitson supported ongoing troubleshooting testing on the MPEG-2 (Moving Pictures Expert Group 2) encoder, preparing for downlinking of log files of the system which is designed to transmit RS analog video signals (as opposed to digital signals) via Ku-band and MPEG-2 "streaming" packets over the U.S. OpsLAN. [Prior end-to-end video test results were not as expected and the downlinked files need to be analyzed on the ground.]
Dan Tani conducted inflight maintenance on the Node-2 ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System)'s MTL (Moderate Temperature Loop) by adjusting its fluid sampling adapter metering valve and then taking a fluid sample for return to the ground. Afterwards, Dan repeated the sampling process on the LTL (Low Temperature Loop) side of the Node-2 ITCS.
The CDR meanwhile performed the periodic offloading of the Lab CCAA (Common Cabin Air Assembly) dehumidifier's condensate tank, filling CWC (Contingency Water Container) #1062 with the collected water slated for processing, and putting aside two water samples in sample bags for analysis. [Estimated offload time before termination (leaving ~6 kg in the tank): ~20 min. There is currently increased attention on water sampling after the discovery of some contaminated CWCs. The identified contaminant, a common soil bacterium (unicellular organism) called Wautersia after Belgian microbiologist Georges Wauters, is no more critical than what is found often in faucet water on the ground or in farm soil. Wautersia lives off hydrogen & carbon dioxide, oxidizing H2 and producing gaseous oxyhydrogen as energy for itself. Since it can turn sugar into a synthetic biodegradable fuel, it was seen for a short while as a promising long-term solution to the petroleum dependency, until it became clear that this "solution" would require gigantic amounts of expensive sugar.]
Peggy Whitson also conducted the weekly 10-min. CWC audit as part of on-going WDS (Water Delivery System) assessment of onboard water supplies. [Updated "cue cards" based on the crew's water calldowns are sent up every other week.]
The CDR took air samples for the periodic (weekly) atmospheric status check for ppO2 (Partial Pressure Oxygen) and ppCO2 (pp Carbon Dioxide), using the hand-held CSA-O2 (Compound Specific Analyzer-Oxygen sensor) and CDMK (CO2 Monitoring Kit). Batteries are to be replaced if necessary. [Purpose of the 15-min activity is to trend with MCA (Major Constituents Analyzer), i.e., to correlate the hand-held readings with MCA measurements. O2 sensors checks used #1042, #1063, #1052, #1041. CO2 sensors used are #1013, #1058, #1045. CO2 level in Lab and SM was ~0.44%.]
Yuri Malenchenko performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
The FE-1 took photographs behind panel 305 in the SM, to assess the operational temperature environment for the new GTS-2 (Global Timing System 2) experiment.
The FE-2 filled out the regular FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire), his 5th, on the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer). [By means of these FFQs, U.S. astronauts keep a personalized log of their nutritional intake over time on special MEC software. Recorded are the amounts consumed during the past week of such food items as beverages, cereals, grains, eggs, breads, snacks, sweets, fruit, beans, soup, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, chicken, sauces & spreads, and vitamins. At TsUP/Moscow, food specialists are currently preparing the Russian food "menu" for delivery by Progress M-63/28P next February. 28P will carry "bonus food" for Peggy and Yuri, plus about 15 kg of fresh food items (apples, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, garlic) in two containers.]
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1, FE-2), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the CDR copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~10:35am, the FE-2 had his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
At ~11:45am, Yuri Malenchenko downlinked a PAO TV message of greetings, congratulating the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center personnel and Russia's Federal Security Forces on the 90th Anniversary of Russia's State Security Agency and for successfully completing their Baikonur 2007 International Antiterrorist Exercise.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were S. Georgia Island, S. Atlantic (International Polar Year (IPY) Site. Looking right of track for this remote island. Weather during this pass was expected to be marginal, but the crew was to try for detailed views of the glaciers on the north coast of South Georgia. South Georgia Island is mountainous with active glaciers. It has about 20 inhabitants, mainly scientists of the British Antarctic Survey. King Edward Point is the capital town, with fishing and whaling stations scattered along the more protected, leeside coast, to accommodate seasonal fishing boats. Tourism has recently become the largest income generator), and Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya (looking right of track for this peak. Snow-capped peaks can appear visually distinct from cumulus cloud. The ice fields on the summit at 19,000+ feet are melting fast.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 4:44am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.7 km
Apogee height -- 339.1 km
Perigee height -- 338.3 km
Period -- 91.31 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000621
Solar Beta Angle -- 15.5 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 94 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51794
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/XX/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite
12/XX/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
12/XX -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/XX -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2, ~5:30pm
12/XX -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/XX -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), ~11:28am, 6.5h
12/XX -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), ~10:25am, 6.5h
12/XX/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/XX/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
Сообщили, что в апреле полетят Волков и Кононенко. У обоих первых полёт - это с чем связано? Кандидаты по 15 лет дублёрами, старятся постепенно, реального опыта как не было и нет, зато амеров возим и всяких туристов с малайцами и радуемся. Случись что - кто отвечать будет? Тарелкин и другие из последнего набора, когда при таком раскладе полетят? И вообще зачем был нужен тогда тот набор - когда в наборе Волкова ещё половина не летала?
ЦитироватьСлучись что - кто отвечать будет?
Никто.
Коротко и ясно.
ЦитироватьСообщили, что в апреле полетят Волков и Кононенко. У обоих первых полёт - это с чем связано? Кандидаты по 15 лет дублёрами, старятся постепенно, реального опыта как не было и нет, зато амеров возим и всяких туристов с малайцами и радуемся. Случись что - кто отвечать будет?
Тарелкин и другие из последнего набора, когда при таком раскладе полетят? И вообще зачем был нужен тогда тот набор - когда в наборе Волкова ещё половина не летала?
По-моему, первая часть цитаты противоречит второй. В том смысле, что Волков и Кононенко летят именно потому, что иначе -- часть 2.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/07/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After yesterday's launch scrub for STS-122/Atlantis/Mission ISS-1E due to failure indications of two (of four) engine cut-off sensors in the LH2 tank, the Shuttle is now in a 48-hour turnaround to protect for launch no earlier than Saturday, at 3:43pm EST.
Aboard the space station, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software after wakeup and before breakfast, for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Afterwards, Tani started periodic maintenance work on the TVIS (Treadmill with Vibration Isolation & Stabilization) in the Service Module (SM) "pit", first powering the exercise machine off, then one hour later performing the 4-hr job of removing and replacing five Roller Bearing (#6, #7, #8, #9, #10) on the forward left side of the treadmill. Afterwards the TVIS ready for use again.
CDR Peggy Whitson set up the EPO (Educational Payload Operations) camcorder for recording her subsequent EPO Demo of "Sanitation on the Station", discussing "house-cleaning" methods and the importance of good sanitation onboard ISS. [The activities were also downlinked in real-time video/audio via Ku- & S-band.]
FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko spent several hours with the periodic collection of cabin air samples, i.e. by using --
The SKDS CMS (Pressure Control & Atmosphere Monitoring System/Countermeasure System) to take readings of potentially harmful contaminants in the SM. [The CMS, part of the GANK-4M analyses (see below), uses preprogrammed microchips to measure Formaldehyde (H2CO, methanal), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Ammonia (NH3), taking one measurement per microchip. CMS is part of the GANK-4M analysis conducted today;
The GANK-4M Real-Time Harmful Contaminant Gas Analyzer system. [GANK tests for Methane (CH4), Ammonia (NH3), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Formaldehyde (HCHO), Nitrogen Oxides (NO, NO2), Hydrogen Chloride (HCl), Hydrogen Fluoride (HF), and Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN).]; and
The AK-1M adsorber and Draeger tubes to conduct the periodic sampling of cabin air for subsequent analysis on the ground. [Yuri started out by taking air samples in the SM and FGB and to check for leaked-out Freon in the SM, then switched to the IPD-CO Draeger tubes sampler to check for CO (carbon monoxide) in the SM.]
Dan Tani collected air samples also, with a U.S. GSC (Grab Sample Container) at the center of the Lab and SM.
Malenchenko had about 90 minutes set aside for major equipment servicing in the ASU toilet facility, changing out replaceable ASU parts with new components, viz., two receptacles (PR & MP), four hoses, a T-connector, an elbow fitting, an indicator, a filter insert (F-V), the pretreat container (E-K) with its hose. All old parts were discarded as trash. [E-K contains five liters of pre-treat solution, i.e., a mix of H2SO4 (sulfuric acid), CrO3 (chromium oxide, for oxidation and purple color), and H2O (water). The pre-treat liquid is mixed with water in a dispenser (DKiV) and used for toilet flushing.]
Peggy Whitson used the on-board OpsLAN printer to print out Node-2 Leak Pinpoint Procedures. The material was then placed in the ISS Leak Kit for reference.
Having finished the latest session of the German/Russian TEKh-20 Plazmennyi-Kristall/PK-3+ (Plasma Crystal-3+) experiment yesterday, the FE-1 disassembled the payload for subsequent removal and stowage.
Yuri performed the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM, including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, Malenchenko completed the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance by updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
Yuri also performed the periodic (monthly) functional closure test of spare emergency vacuum valves (AVK) for the Vozdukh, in the spare parts kit. [The AVKs are critical because they close the Vozdukh's vacuum access lines in the event of a malfunction in the regular vacuum valves (BVK) or a depressurization in the Vozdukh valve panel (BOA). Access to vacuum is required to vent CO2 during the regeneration of the absorbent cartridges (PP). During nominal operation, the AVK valves remain open.]
At 3:15pm EST, CDR Whitson is scheduled to conduct the periodic VHF1 emergency communications check over NASA's VHF (Very High Frequency) sites at Wallops Island (3:14-3:18pm), talking with Houston/Capcom, MSFC/PAYCOM (Payload Operation & Integration Center Communicator) and Moscow/GLAVNI (TsUP Capcom) in the normal fashion via VHF radio from a handheld microphone and any of the U.S. segment ATUs (audio terminal units). [Purpose of the test is to verify signal reception and link integrity, and to ensure minimum required link margin during emergency (no TDRS) and special events (such as a Soyuz relocation).]
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the FE-2 copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~3:15am, the crew held the regular (nominally weekly) tagup with the Russian Flight Control Team (GOGU), including Shift Flight Director (SRP), at TsUP via S-band/audio, phone-patched from Houston and Moscow.
Job items on Peggy's and Dan's discretionary "job jar" task list today were crew departure preparations for Dan, Photo/TV bag audit/consolidation for both of them, and a session with the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) Magnet Unstick, using the CGBA-4 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus-4).
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Coastal dunes, Namibia (Dynamic event. Small crescent-shaped dunes are driven north along the hyperarid coast of Namibia by very strong southerly winds. Small dunes move fast, many yards per year. Looking immediately left and right of track as ISS crossed the coastline [the driest part of the desert], shooting a few detailed images of the coastal strip where these small dunes occur. There is interest in comparing positions of known dunes through time, both for geological and budgetary reasons—dunes 2-4 feet high often cross roads and other infrastructures. Clearing these dunes
[or slowing them down by spraying with oil] is a major public-works expense around the few coastal towns in Namibia.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 6:25am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.6 km
Apogee height -- 339.0 km
Perigee height -- 338.2 km
Period -- 91.30 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.000059
Solar Beta Angle -- 11.9 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 122 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51811
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/08/07? -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~3:43pm EST
12/10/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
12/11 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel)
12/11 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2
12/12 -- Columbus ingress
12/13 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel)
12/15 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love)
12/17/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking, ~8:22am
12/19/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing ~12:29pm EST
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/08/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani except for housekeeping and voluntary work.
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The delayed launch of STS-122/Atlantis/Mission ISS-1E has tentatively been rescheduled for tomorrow, Sunday (12/9) at 3:21pm EST, assuming no major problems turn up in engineering reviews taking place today. Weather forecast for 12/9 predicts an 80 percent chance of good weather.
Aboard the space station, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software after wakeup and before breakfast, for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
The crew conducted the regular weekly three-hour task of thorough station cleaning. ["Uborka", normally done on Saturdays, includes removal of food waste products, cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, damp cleaning of the Service Module (SM) dining table, other frequently touched surfaces and surfaces where trash is collected, as well as the FE's sleep station with a standard cleaning solution; also, fan screens and grilles are cleaned to avoid temperature rises. Special cleaning is also done every 90 days on the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) bacteria filters in the Lab.]
For today's Voluntary Weekend Science activities, CDR Peggy Whitson started out with software replacement for the HRF-2 RIC (Human Research Facility 2 Rack Interface Controller), first replacing the HRF-2 laptop's Ultrabay Adapter, then uploading the RIC software (EXPRESS Load 5) and rebooting the computer. [This activity was also performed on HRF-1 on 12/2.]
Later, Dr. Whitson also set up the PD-100 camcorder for unattended video of herself performing BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science activities involving mixing magnet unsticking from Samples 3, 5 and 9, followed by returning the sample module from CGBA-4 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 4), deactivating the hardware and leaving CGBA powered off but recabled.
FE-2 Dan Tani retrieved and stowed the two FMKs (Formaldehyde Monitoring Kits) deployed by him on 12/6 in the Lab (below CEVIS cycle) and SM (most forward handrail).
FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko completed the daily routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM, including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
The crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the CDR copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~6:35am, the FE-1 had his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
Weekly Science Update (Expedition Sixteen -- Week 7)
ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS): Radiation measurements continue nominally in the PIRS module. The next memory card replacement activity is currently scheduled on 12/10.
ANITA: Completed.
BCAT (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test): Reserve.
CARDIOCOG-2: Completed.
CCISS (Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS): "Dan, thanks for completing your in-flight portion of the CCISS experiment! Also, thanks for completing the Holter check out procedure off the task list. The PI looks forward to seeing you on landing day!".
CFE (Capillary Flow Experiment): Reserve.
CSI-2/CGBA (CGBA Science Insert #2/Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus): In progress.
CGBA-2 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 2): Complete.
CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2): CSLM-2 SPU #2 operated 12/3-5, currently reviewing down linked files.
EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students): Complete.
EPO (Educational Payload Operations): "Thank you for your excellent EPO Sanitation demo this week. The PD was very happy with the downlinked video and audio."
ETD (Eye Tracking Device): In progress.
Integrated Immune: In progress.
LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System): Complete.
MISSE (Materials ISS Experiment): Ongoing.
MTR-2 (Russian radiation measurements): Passive dosimeters measurements in DC1 "Pirs".
MULTIGEN-1: From Week 5: MULTIGEN-1 samples will be downloaded on STS-122 (1E).
MSG-SAME (Microgravity Science Glovebox): Complete.
NOA-2 (Nitric Oxide Analyzer): Planned.
NUTRITION/REPOSITORY: In progress..
PMDIS (Perceptual Motor Deficits in Space): Complete.
SAMS/MAMS (Space & Microgravity Acceleration Measurement Systems): Ongoing.
SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight): " Peggy, thanks for completing the Sleep Actiwatch download/initialization activity off the task list. You have monthly downloads, doffing the Actiwatch, and two more weeks of required sleep logging. Additional sleep logging is above and beyond and greatly appreciated by the PI. Dan, thanks for participating in the sleep experiment as a reserve subject. Please continue to sleep log until 12/14 to fulfill the three week requirement."
SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellite): In progress. To be conducted tomorrow (12/2).
Swab (Characterization of Microorganisms & Allergens in Spacecraft): In progress.
TRAC (Test of Reaction & Adaptation Capabilities): Planned.
CEO (Crew Earth Observations): Through 12/6 the ground has received a total of 5,003 CEO frames for review and cataloging for Increment 16. "Once again about 1,000 frames in the past week alone! We are focusing our efforts on 5 sessions in which you acquired imagery with camera times corresponding to our target request times: S. Georgia/ S. Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean (2 sessions confirmed); Patagonian Glaciers (confirmed); Nairobi, Kenya; and Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya. We are also pleased to confirm your excellent imagery for Acraman Impact Crater, Australia with a few more clouds than we expected. A portion of your handsome image of the New Zealand capital of Wellington will be published on NASA/GSFC's Earth Observatory website this weekend. Your sharp, long lens view provides great detail for this rarely photographed city."
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Coastal dunes, Namibia (Dynamic event. Small crescent-shaped dunes are driven north along the hyperarid coast of Namibia by very strong southerly winds. Small dunes move fast, many yards per year. Looking immediately left and right of track as ISS crossed the coastline [the driest part of the desert], shooting a few detailed images of the coastal strip where these small dunes occur. There is interest in comparing positions of known dunes through time, both for geological and budgetary reasons—dunes 2-4 feet high often cross roads and other infrastructures. Clearing these dunes
[or slowing them down by spraying with oil] is a major public-works expense around the few coastal towns in Namibia.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 5:12am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.4 km
Apogee height -- 338.8 km
Perigee height -- 338.1 km
Period -- 91.30 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000509
Solar Beta Angle -- 8.1 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 125 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51826
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/09/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite, ~3:21pm EST
12/11/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
12/12 -- EVA-1 (Walheim/Schlegel), 6.5h
12/12 -- Columbus transfer & berthing @ Node-2
12/13 -- Columbus ingress, ~5:08pm
12/14 -- EVA-2 (Walheim/Schlegel), 6.5h
12/16 -- EVA-3 (Walheim/Love), 6.5h
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis undocking
12/20/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis landing
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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Liss, а вам, часом, не нужен в штат человек, который бы эти выпуски ежедневно переводил? ;)
Tiger, на перевод этих сообщений нам никто фонд зарплаты не даст :-(
Нравится мне вступление у них: "Все системы работают нормально за исключением тех которые отказали". Это где ж они такому научились? ;)
ЦитироватьНравится мне вступление у них: "Все системы работают нормально за исключением тех которые отказали". Это где ж они такому научились? ;)
Это давно так. В 2002 г. было всего на одно слово различие, и то непринципиальное: All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except as noted previously or below.
ЦитироватьЭто давно так.
С тех пор как начали работать с нами? ;) :)
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/09/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani. Ahead: Week 8 of Increment 16.
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The launch of STS-122/Atlantis/Mission ISS-1E has now been targeted for not earlier than 1/2/08 for additional troubleshooting of the four LH2 low level cutoff sensors (after the #3 sensor again failed this morning during another tanking attempt).
Aboard the space station, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software after wakeup and before breakfast, for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
The FE-2 later conducted inflight maintenance on the Node-2 ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System)'s MTL (Moderate Temperature Loop) by adjusting its fluid sampling adapter metering valve and then taking another fluid sample for return to the ground and one for OPA (Ortho-Phthalaldehyde) testing.. Afterwards, Dan repeated the sampling process on the LTL (Low Temperature Loop) side of the Node-2 ITCS.
[OPA, an antimicrobial agent, was introduced into the Lab ITCS coolant by the AmiA (Antimicrobial Applicator).]
FE-1 Malenchenko performed monthly maintenance on the Russian IK0501 GA (gas analyzer) of the SOGS Pressure Control & Atmospheric Monitoring System, deactivating the unit and replacing its CO2 filter assembly (BF) with a new unit from FGB stowage (replaced last: 10/29). [After ensuring good seals on the instrument's base and no leaks around the installed filter, Yuri reactivated the GA and stowed the spent BF for disposal. IK0501 is an automated system for measuring CO2, O2, and H2O in the air as well as the flow rate of the gas being analyzed.]
CDR Whitson completed the periodic offloading of the Lab CCAA (Common Cabin Air Assembly) dehumidifier's condensate tank, filling CWC (Contingency Water Container) #1062 with the collected water slated for processing, and putting aside two water samples in sample bags for analysis. [Estimated offload time before termination (leaving ~6 kg in the tank): ~20 min.]
The crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1, FE-2), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Job items on Peggy's and Dan's discretionary "job jar" task list today were –
Removal of panel fasteners in Node-2 to provide temporary access to the AR SDS (Atmosphere Revitalization/Sample Delivery System). [The SDS, along with the MCA (Major Constituents Analyzer), PCA (Pressure Control Assembly), TCCS (Trace Contaminant Control Subassembly) and CVV (Carbon Dioxide Vent Valve assembly), is a subsystem of the Atmosphere Control & Supply System of the Lab's ECLSS (Environment Control & Life Support System)];
Lubrication of TVIS treadmill SPDs (Subject Positioning Devices); and
Monthly battery check and rebooting of the PCS (Portable Computer System) A31p laptops.
No CEO photo targets uplinked for today.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 3:59am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.3 km
Apogee height -- 338.7 km
Perigee height -- 338.0 km
Period -- 91.30 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000524
Solar Beta Angle -- 4.0 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 124 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51841
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/02/08 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite (NET)
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/10/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 8 of Increment 16.
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Aboard the space station, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software after wakeup and before breakfast, for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
CDR Whitson (as Operator) and FE-2 Tani (as Subject) conducted the first scanning session for the Braslet experiment (SDTO/Station Development Test Objective-17011), leading off by a material review by Peggy and followed in the afternoon by the actual ultrasound scanning activity on the FE-2 (who had to abstain from caffeine 12 hrs prior to the scan session, heavy meals 4 hrs before and any food at all 2 hrs prior to the scan, plus no exercise 2 hours before and no liquids 30 mins before). [The SDTO-17011 "Validation of On-Orbit Methodology for the Assessment of Cardiac Function and Changes in the Circulating Volume Using Ultrasound and Braslet-M Occlusion Cuffs (Braslet)" is a collaborative effort between NASA and the Russian FSA (Federal Space Agency), with the goal to establish a valid ultrasound methodology for assessing a number of aspects of central and peripheral hemodynamics and cardiovascular function, specifically in rapid changes in intravascular circulating volume. Braslet uses Braslet-M occlusion cuffs, i.e., the Russian-made operational countermeasure already pre-calibrated and available onboard for each ISS crewmember. Braslet employs multiple modes of ultrasound imaging and measurements, in combination with short-term application of Braslet-M occlusive cuffs and cardiopulmonary maneuvers (Valsalva, Mueller) to demonstrate and to evaluate the degree of changes in the circulating volume on orbit. This will be accomplished by performing echocardiographic examinations in multiple modes (including Tissue Doppler mode), ultrasound measurements of lower extremity venous and arterial vascular responses to Braslet-M device under nominal conditions and also during cardiopulmonary Mueller and Valsalva maneuvers. Identical measurements will be repeated without Braslet-M, with Braslet-M applied, and immediately after releasing the occlusion device.]
FE-1 Malenchenko meanwhile worked on the Russian BRPK Condensate Separation & Pumping Unit, disassembling its DU-6 electromagnetic valve into its two halves, inspecting the membrane inner cavities and cleaning the valve of any deposits that could obstruct flow. The valve was then reassembled, reinstalled and tested.
Later, Malenchenko continued the current round of preventive maintenance on the Russian segment (RS) ventilation system, cleaning the TsV1, SV2 & VT7 ventilation system fans in the FGB and changing out the filters in the PF1-4 dust collector cartridges in the SM (Service Module).
Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani completed a major IFM (Inflight Maintenance) task on the Lab ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System) by refilling both its MTL (Moderate Temperature Loop) and LTL (Low Temperature Loop) lines with coolant fluid, using the FSS (Fluid System Servicer) equipment. [Prior to the refilling activities, Dan Tani had to remove stowage goods temporarily to provide access to the Lab's ITCS rack and clear the way for FSS ops. Crew and Ground activities had to be carefully timed for the loop fills due to the large interaction between the Crew and Ground required in performing this activity. Prior to any Crew action, the Ground configured the system from single loop LT mode to dual loop mode, depressurizing the loops, and configuring software in preparation for ITCS loop fills. Following the loop fills, the Ground returned the ITCS system to its nominal single LT mode, and the ITCS rack was subsequently restowed and put back in action.]
Yuri conducted the regular weekly task of checkout/verification of IP-1 airflow sensors in the various RS hatchways, including the SM- & FGB-to-Soyuz tunnels, and the DC1-to-Progress and FGB-to-Node-1 passageways.
Performing the periodic (generally monthly) service of the ESA/RSC-Energia experiment ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS), the FE-1 removed the PCMCIA memory card #934 from the AST spectrometer's slot and copied the accumulated data for subsequent downlinking via OCA. Card 934 was then bagged for return to Earth and PCMCIA card 940 inserted to continue AST ops.
Using the SKDS CMS (Pressure Control & Atmosphere Monitoring System/Countermeasure System), Malenchenko took readings of potentially harmful contaminants in the SM. The hardware was then returned to initial stowage. [The CMS uses preprogrammed microchips to measure Formaldehyde (H2CO, methanal), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Ammonia (NH3), taking one measurement per microchip.]
The FE-2 checked out the IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) valves on the port & starboard side of the Lab aft
end.
Yuri performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, the FE-1 handled the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the CDR copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~9:10am EST, the crew participated in two PAO TV message/greeting downlinks, the first an improvised Christmas and New Year's greeting from all three, taking turns to talk about the holidays ahead on board, the second addressed to the NASA-sponsored series of "Future Forums" throughout 2008 in observance with the agency's 50th anniversary, showcasing technology and how NASA's Exploration plans tie in to the future. [The Forums are scheduled for Seattle (Jan. 25, 2008), Columbus, Ohio (Feb. 21), New York City (March), Miami (April), Sacramento (May 2), Boston (September) and Chicago (October 2-3).]
At ~2:00pm, the crew is scheduled for their 5th weekly tagup with the Lead Flight Director at JSC/MCC-H via S-band/audio
[S/G-2 (Space-to-Ground 2) phone patch via SSC-10 (Station Support Computer 10)].
BGA & BCDU Events: On 12/6, BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly) 1A experienced an LOC (Loss of Communications) due to multiple occurrences of an overcurrent trip. Also BCDU 3A1 CP RBI (Battery Charge/Discharge Unit/CP Remote Bus Isolator), a fuse-type switch, tripped open on the first event. The RBI was recovered, and there is no additional impact. On BGA 1A, the secondary power feed, RPC2 (Remote Power Controller 2 of RPCM 3A_A (RPC Module), is closed and the primary feed (RPCM 1A_A RPC 1) is open. In this configuration there is a loss of redundancy. After the initial cleanup activities, work is now underway to assess and remedy the situation (which benefits from the 1E mission scrub).
No CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:30am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.2 km
Apogee height -- 338.6 km
Perigee height -- 337.7 km
Period -- 91.30 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000611
Solar Beta Angle -- -0.2 deg (magnitude bottoming out)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 124 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51868
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/02/08 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite (NET). Launch period opens
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/20/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM(P), LMC
10/01/08 -- (NET) STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/11/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software after wakeup and before breakfast, for data logging, completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko underwent the periodic (generally monthly) health test with the cardiological experiment PZEh MO-1 ("Study of the Bioelectric Activity of the Heart at Rest") on the TVIS (Treadmill with Vibration Isolation System). [During the 45-min. test, the FE-1 tagged up with ground specialists on a Russian ground site (RGS) pass via VHF (~4:32am EST) and downlinked data from the Gamma-1M ECG (electrocardiograph) for about 5-6 minutes.]
Later, Malenchenko also conducted a run with the Russian MBI-21 PNEVMOKARD experiment, his second on-orbit session (which forbids moving or talking during data recording). The experiment is controlled from the RSE-Med A31p laptop, equipped with new software, and uses the TENZOPLUS sphygmomanometer to measure arterial blood pressure. [PNEVMOKARD (Pneumocard) is an attempt to obtain new scientific information to refine the understanding about the mechanisms used by the cardiorespiratory system and the whole body organism to spaceflight conditions. By recording (on PCMCIA cards) the crewmember's electrocardiogram, impedance cardiogram, low-frequency phonocardiogram (seismocardiogram), pneumotachogram (using nose temperature sensors), and finger photoplethismogram, the experiment supports integrated studies of (1) the cardiovascular system and its adaptation mechanisms in various phases of a long-duration mission, (2) the synchronization of heart activity and breathing factors, as well as the cardiorespiratory system control processes based on the variability rate of physiological parameters, and (3) the interconnection between the cardiorespiratory system during a long-duration mission and the tolerance of orthostatic & physical activities at the beginning of readaptation for predicting possible reactions of the crewmembers organism during the their return to ground.]
In the Lab, after inspecting, activating and configuring the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, FE-2 Tani initiated amother vacuum draw on the sample chamber (by opening the vent and vacuum valves) for subsequent CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment ops for its third run. [Ground analysis of the downlinked data for SPU-2 (Sample Processing Unit #2), which ran from 12/3-12/5, indicated excellent science results (samples to be are returned to Earth), boding well for SPU-3 which the ground started today.]
Using a printout of the IMS PiP (Inventory Management System/Plug-in Plan) tool, CDR Peggy Whitson spent about 3 hrs on the periodic PiP audit, focusing on Lab, Node-1 and Airlock. [Node-2 not required. The PiP is a tabular compilation listing locations where on-board electrical equipment is plugged in.]
Yuri Malenchenko had several hours reserved for maintenance work on the ATV PCE (Automated Transfer Vehicle/Proximity Communications Equipment; Russian: MBRL) in the Service Module (SM), installing and connecting its antenna switching control box (BUAP) to the onboard cabling system (BKS) for ground-commanded testing. [The MBRL components are the space-to-space radio "monoblock" (PCE Z0000), the antenna switching control box (BUAP), and the ATV control panel (PU) which Valery Tokarev dismantled last year (March 2006) after (reportedly successful) three-day end-to-end testing.]
The FE-2 conducted more inflight coolant sampling on the Node-2 ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System)'s MTL (Moderate Temperature Loop) by adjusting its fluid sampling adapter metering valve and then taking another periodic fluid sample for OPA (Ortho-Phthalaldehyde) testing (with test strips). The sampling process for OPA was then repeated on the LTL (Low Temperature Loop) side of the Node-2 ITCS and subsequently also on the MTL loop of the Lab ITCS.
[OPA, an antimicrobial agent, was introduced into the Lab ITCS coolant by the AmiA (Antimicrobial Applicator), before the AmiA was removed again on 11/2 by Clay Anderson for Earth return.]
Peggy Whitson checked out IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) performance between the US (USOS) and Russian segment (RS) by first using the Velocicalc meter to take airflow measurements at fan sites, then cleaning the inlet flow straighteners at the Node-1 & Lab aft port ventilators and finally again measuring their airflow rates. [After FOD (Foreign Object Debris) removal by Peggy, flow rate increased from 75 cfm (cubic feet /minute) to 106 cfm (i.e., nominal). There is no direct measurement of airflow except as reflected by differences in atmosphere partial pressures measured between the RS and USOS. ppCO2 (CO2 partial pressure) is a good yardstick since an increasing ppCO2 in the Lab not reflected in the SM indicates that Vozdukh is not receiving the air from the Lab at an efficient rate. Periodic air flow degradation checks support establishing a most effective fan cleaning schedule.]
Dan Tani and Peggy (from "job jar" task list) had 75 min set aside for replacing a failed PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), used for updating the IMS, with a new PDA. [PDA #1010 (with failed display) was replaced by PDA #1004; the latter was then equipped with the battery from #1010 and reloaded with uplinked BCR (Barcode Reader) software to recover BCR functionality for the IMS.]
Dan also set up the EPO (Educational Payload Operations) PD-100 camcorder for downlinking his subsequent EPO Demo of "Living on the Station", taking the viewersx through the living area of the ISS and explaining its utilization by the crew. [The activities were downlinked in real-time video/audio via Ku- & S-band and taped on the ground. Peggy's EPO demo of "Sanitation on the Station" of 12/7, discussing "house-cleaning" methods and the importance of good sanitation onboard ISS, received great kudos by ground specialists for its excellence.]
Yuri performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, the FE-1 handled the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
On the RED (Resistive Exercise Device), the FE-2 performed the periodic (every two weeks) inspection of the canister cords and accessories. The maintenance today also included tightening the RED hardmount plate bolts on the Node-1 "ceiling", done once every 6 months.
The crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1/MO-1), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~11:50am EST, Dan had his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
Stage EVA Planning: Because of the Mission 1E stand-down till early January (based on solar Beta angle restrictions, not on anticipated time for resolving ECO/Engine Cut-off sensor issues), teams are currently assessing a possible Stage-10A EVA (on or around 12/18) for in-situ inspection & photography of the damaged starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) and also the 1A BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly) on the S4 truss, particularly its BMRRM (Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module). [Background]
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were Ganges River Delta (ISS flew over the easternmost portion of the Ganges Delta, near the border region of India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. The crew was to shoot to the left of track for the Delta. Overlapping mapping frames along-track were requested to document stream channel and coastal morphology), South Tibesti Megafans (ISS orbit track was to the SE of a series of large fanlike spreads of sediment, hundreds of km long and wide, that extend southward from the Tibesti Mts into central Chad. A discontinuous overlapping pattern of former stream channels, large and small, suggests that the entire surface of the megafans was formed by the action of rivers shifting across the surface when the regional climate was wetter. This megafan structure also serves as a potential analog for channel structures on Mars. Looking to the left of track for the channel pattern; oblique imagery will aid geolocation of higher resolution nadir imagery), Oasis Impact Crater, Libya (Libya contains several recognized impact structures of various ages and sizes. ISS passed over two of these craters; the first encounter was with the Oasis Crater. This crater appears as a circular structure of dark rocks contrasting sharply with the surround desert. Overlapping mapping frames, along-track and begun as the station approached the target coordinates, were suggested to ensure capturing imagery of the crater), and B.P. Structure, Libya (looking slightly to the left of track after passing over the previous Oasis Crater target. The B.P. Structure is roughly one-quarter the size of the Oasis Crater, and has less contrast with the surrounding desert. As with the previous target, overlapping mapping frames provide the best chance of capturing imagery of the impact structure).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this noon, 12:12pm EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 338.0 km
Apogee height -- 338.5 km
Perigee height -- 337.5 km
Period -- 91.29 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.000072
Solar Beta Angle -- -4.6 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 130 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51878
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/02/08 -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite (NET). Launch period opens.
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/29/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/12/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
After his original troubleshooting (12/6) of the VDS MPC (Video Distribution System/Multi-Purpose Converter) with its four downlinks, the FE-2 activated the MPC to allow the ground to conduct HDTV (high-definition TV) playback and downlink operations. Later today (~2:00pm EST), the MPC was powered off again.
Also in the Lab, Dan Tani continued his work on the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, terminating the second vacuum draw on the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment, initiating the third draw, then terminating it after six hours and kicking off the final (fourth) overnight vacuum draw. After that, the ground will be ready for sample processing. [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko performed his second session of the ETD (Eye Tracking Device) experiment in the DC-1 Docking Module, first installing the target board, measuring distances and making hardware connections, then calibrating the setup and making the audio recordings of his eye tracking exercises from three different distances (60 cm, 100 cm, 150 cm).
After yesterday's temporary installation of the BUAP (antenna switching control box), Yuri continued the ATV PCE (Automated Transfer Vehicle/Proximity Communications Equipment; Russian: MBRL) testing in the Service Module (SM) by checking the AFU (antenna feeder unit) circuit lines and connections for continuity and RF (radio frequency) performance with a "Standing Wave Coefficient" (KSV) test using an FSH3 spectrum analyzer from the GTS (Global Timing System). The FHS3 measurements were then transferred to the TP2 laptop and prepared for downlink to the ground.
After the testing, Malenchenko deinstalled and removed the BUAP from the onboard cabling system (BKS) and stowed it in the FGB at its original location. [The PCE/MBRL components for ATV prox ops are the space-to-space radio "monoblock" (PCE Z0000), the antenna switching control box (BUAP), and the ATV control panel (PU) which Valery Tokarev dismantled last year (March 2006) after (reportedly successful) three-day end-to-end testing.]
Later, the FE-1 transferred application software log files from the Russian RS3 laptop to a CD-ROM disk for subsequent downlink.
CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani had ~2 hrs reserved for stowing discarded U.S. cargo on Progress 26P, currently docked at the DC-1 nadir port, for disposal later this month (12/22).
After reviewing today's EPO (Educational Payload Operation) session and setting up the PD-100 camcorder, Dan Tani and Peggy Whitson performed and narrated a demo of Newton's 1st Law of Motion. Afterwards, the EPO hardware was put back in stowage. [The activities were downlinked in real-time video/audio via Ku- & S-band and taped on the ground. Today's activities were a repetition of a demo earlier this month which was out of camera focus.]
The CDR completed the PiP (Inventory Management System/Plug-in Plan) audit in the US Segment (USOS) started yesterday, listing Node-1 and Airlock UOPs (Utility Outlet Panels) and providing connectivity information including power supplies, cabling, and equipment updates to the IMS (Inventory Management System). [The audit allows IMS to accurately reflect the parent-child relationship for how equipment is plugged in on ISS.]
Tani meanwhile arranged for a better protected stowage place for a spare Ku-band Forward Link Receiver unit behind a closeout panel of the Node-2 DDCU (DC-to-DC Converter Unit) rack.
Dan also stowed a number of MLI (Multi-Layer Insulation) cover pieces in "Harmony", which were retrieved and brought in from the recent external Node-2 outfitting work, such as the PDGF (Power & Data Grapple Fixture) mounting ring MLI.
Peggy serviced the EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System) in ER3 (EXPRESS Rack 3) by removing the water reservoirs from both rotors and replacing them with new reservoirs (#FM005 on Rotor A, #FM006 on Rotor B). The old H2O tanks were stowed. [The 298-kg EMCS, delivered on ULF1.1, is a multi-purpose combination centrifuge/growth chamber with eight small research containers that allows plant growth experiments to be carried out in controlled partial and microgravity conditions and under controlled pressure, light, temperature and humidity. The goal of these experiments is to enable growing plants in space that could serve as a basic nutrition source for astronauts on future long-duration missions to the Moon or Mars.]
Later, the CDR performed troubleshooting on the Node-2 ATU-15 (Audio Terminal Unit 15) on the port side, after verifying that the Node-2 starboard ATU-7 is functioning separately from ATU-15. [Troubleshooting of the failed ATU-15 was to include checking for debris in the ATU's headset/PMIC (Portable Microphone) connector, for a stuck control button, etc.]
The FE-2 undertook the monthly FDS PEP (Fire Detection & Suppression/Portable Emergency Provisions) safety inspection/audit. [The IMS-supported inspection involves verification that PFEs (portable fire extinguishers), PBAs (portable breathing apparatus), QDMAs (quick-don mask assemblies) and EHTKs (extension hose/tee kits) are free of damage to ensure their functionality, and to track shelf life/life cycles on the hardware (QDMA harness inspection was not required this time). In the USOS, there are a total of 5 PFEs and 7 PBAs, plus 7 QDMAs and 4 EHTKs.]
Whitson ran the periodic check of active U.S. payloads, i.e., cleaning the ANITA (Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air) inlet plus inspecting and filter cleaning of the CGBA-5 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5) incubator payload. [The CGBA incubator is controlled from the ground, with automatic video downlinked to Earth. ANITA continues to collect data every six seconds and downlinks the data daily to the ground team. ANITA monitors low levels of potential gaseous contaminants in the ISS cabin atmosphere with a capability of simultaneously monitoring 32 gaseous contaminants. The experiment is testing the accuracy and reliability of this technology as a potential next-generation atmosphere trace-gas monitoring system for ISS and future spacecraft. This is a cooperative investigation with the European Space Agency.]
Yuri performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, the FE-1 handled the daily IMS maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR), TVIS treadmill (FE-1, FE-2), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana (the crew had a nadir pass over this 10.5 km diameter impact structure. The crater is filled with a lake; cloud cover was expected to be minimal so the crew was asked to look for this distinctive feature. Ground recommendation was to start taking overlapping nadir frames along-track as ISS approached the African coastline as a good strategy to capture the crater), Lake Poopo, Bolivia (weather was predicted to be clear over Lake Poopo. Imagery of the shoreline of the Lake is requested for monitoring of water levels. Water levels respond quickly to changes in regional precipitation, making the Lake a useful indicator of regional climate change. Looking the left of track for the Lake, and for large white salars [salt pans] to the south), and Caracas, Venezuela (orbit track brought the ISS over the western urban-rural fringe of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. The city is located in a valley of the northern Coastal Range of Venezuela. Overlapping, nadir mapping frames of the western metropolitan area, taken along-track, are requested).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 3:29am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 337.8 km
Apogee height -- 338.2 km
Perigee height -- 337.5 km
Period -- 91.29 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000538
Solar Beta Angle -- -9.2 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 130 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51888
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/18/07 -- Stage 10A EVA (Whitson/Tani) -- Stbd SARJ, 1A BGA BMRRM
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis ET tanking test (7:00am)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/02/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite. Launch period opens.
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/29/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/13/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani (whose tenure aboard the station has now been extended) again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Also before breakfast, CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani performed the periodic Russian biomedical routine assessments PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement and PZEh-MO-8/Body Mass Measurement (4th for CDR & FE-1, 3rd for FE-2), using the IM mass measurement device which Malenchenko afterwards broke down for stowage. [Calf measurements (left leg only) are taken with the IZOG device, a custom-sewn fabric cuff that fits over the calf, using the knee and lower foot as fixed reference pints, to provide a rough index of deconditioning in zero-G and effectiveness of countermeasures. For determining body mass in zero-G, where things are weightless but not massless, the Russian IM "scales" measure the inertial forces that arise during the oscillatory motion of a mass driven by two helical metering springs with known spring constants. By measuring the time period of each oscillation of the unknown mass (the crewmember) and comparing it to the period of a known mass, the crewmember's mass is calculated by the computer and displayed.]
Malenchenko and Whitson, assisting each other in turn, conducted a session with the biomedical protocol KARDIO-ODNT (MBI-5) in the "Chibis" garment, an extensive cardiovascular test of human pericardium (heart muscle) activity as well as of primary parameters of central and regional blood circulation at rest and under the effect of lower body negative pressure (LBNP, Russian: ODNT). [The Chibis provides gravity-simulating stress to the body's cardiovascular/circulatory system for evaluation of Yuri's & Peggy's orthostatic tolerance (e.g., the Gauer-Henry reflex) after 7 weeks in zero-G. The MBI-5 protocol again consisted of first imbibing 150-200 milliliters of water or juice, followed by a sequence of progressive regimes of reduced ("negative") pressure, set at -25, -30, -35 and -40 mmHg for five minutes each, while shifting from foot to foot at 10-12 steps per minute. The body's circulatory system interprets the pressure differential between upper and lower body as a gravity-like force pulling the blood and body fluids "down". MBI-5 data output include blood pressure readings with the Tenzoplus Sphygmomanometer, today without telemetry data monitoring but reporting of heart rate and blood pressure to TsUP-Moscow.]
Later today, at sleeptime, Malenchenko will start another data take with the new Russian MBI-12 SONOKARD (Sonocard) experiment, his fifth. [During sleep, Yuri will wear a shirt with the special SONOKARD device in the shirt pocket. The objectives of the experiment are stated to (1) study the feasibility of obtaining the maximum of data through computer processing of records obtained overnight, (2) systematically record the crewmember's physiological functions during sleep, (3) study the feasibility of obtaining real-time crew health data. Investigators believe that contactless acquisition of cardiorespiratory data over the night period could serve as a basis for developing efficient criteria for evaluating and predicting adaptive capability of human body in long-duration space flight.]
After familiarizing himself with the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, Dan Tani supported another session by setting up the MWA WSA (Maintenance Work Area/Work Surface Area) in Node-2 for BCAT Sample 3 operations, including arranging a digital still camera run by an A31p SSC (Station Support Computer) with EarthKAM software for automatically taking flash photography of the sample every two hours over the next several days.
[On crew recommendation, the ground approved moving the payload to Node-2. Thus, BCAT-3 becomes the first science experiment conducted in the new Harmony node!]
Later, Dan also continued his work on the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, terminating the final (fourth) vacuum draw on the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment and initiating sample processing, to be run by the ground for the next 36 hrs. Dan's next intervention will be on 12/15. [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
CDR Whitson contributed to the current round of the monthly preventive maintenance of Russian segment (RS) ventilation systems, working in the FGB (Funktsionalnyi-Grusovoi Blok) to clean the detachable VT7 fan screens 1, 2, and 3 of the three SOTR (Thermal Control System) gas-liquid heat exchangers (GZhT4).
Yuri Malenchenko continued the extended leak checking of the spare BZh Liquid Unit (#056) for the Elektron O2 generator by checking the unit's pressure and charging it once again with pressurized N2 from the BPA-M Nitrogen Purge Unit (# 23) to 1 atm (1 kg/cm2). The last test pressurization was on 11/12. [During Elektron operation, the inert gas locked up in the BZh has the purpose to prevent dangerous O2/H2 mixing. A leaking BZh cannot be used.]
Dan Tani serviced the CSA-CP (Compound Specific Analyzer-Combustion Products) primary unit (#1051) by changing out its battery after turning it off first.
The FE-2 also filled out the regular FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire), his 6th, on the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer). [By means of these FFQs, U.S. astronauts keep a personalized log of their nutritional intake over time on special MEC software. Recorded are the amounts consumed during the past week of such food items as beverages, cereals, grains, eggs, breads, snacks, sweets, fruit, beans, soup, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, chicken, sauces & spreads, and vitamins. At TsUP/Moscow, food specialists are currently preparing the Russian food "menu" for delivery by Progress M-63/28P next February. 28P will carry "bonus food" for Peggy and Yuri, plus about 15 kg of fresh food items (apples, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, garlic) in two containers.]
Peggy Whitson conducted the weekly 10-min. CWC (Contingency Water Container) audit as part of on-going WDS (Water Delivery System) assessment of onboard water supplies. [Updated "cue cards" based on the crew's water calldowns are sent up every other week. The current cue card (16-0018J), to be updated with today's data, lists 24 CWCs; ~1041 liters total) for the four types of water identified on board: technical water (793.6 l, for Elektron, flushing, hygiene), potable water (221.3 l), condensate water (0 l), waste/EMU dump and other (26.6 l). Two CWCs (#1004 & #1081, ~89 l) with potable water are off limits due to the Wautersia bacteria found in sample analysis, the source of which is still not understood. Impact of losing this potable CWC is negligible since there are sufficient drinking water supplies onboard. Also currently not to be used are nine CWCs with technical water (~389 l).]
Yuri performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, the FE-1 handled the daily IMS maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
Yuri and Dan had another 2 hrs reserved for stowing discarded U.S. cargo on Progress 26P, currently docked at the DC-1 nadir port, for disposal later this month (12/22). [Discarded hardware, as specified on an uplinked list, includes such items as food containers, food waste bags, Penguin-3 suits, socks, coveralls, wipes & wet towels, medical kits, used & expired alkaline batteries, 35-mm film cassettes, hoses & adapters, cartridge belts with tools, etc.]
The crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Peggy copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~10:10am EST, Peggy, Yuri and Dan supported a 20-min joint crew news conference conducted with U.S. media at NASA centers and NASA Headquarters. [Media clients tape the event for use within their respective media outlets.]
At ~11:30am EST, the crew conducted their standard bi-weekly teleconference with the JSC Astronaut Office (Steve Lindsey), via S-band S/G-2 audio & phone patch.
US EVA-13 Update: Planning is going ahead on the spacewalk scheduled for Whitson & Tani next Tuesday (12/18) for comprehensive in-situ inspection & photography of (1) the damaged starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) and (2) the 1A BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly) on the S4 truss, particularly its BMRRM (Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module, sometimes pronounced "broom"). [Background]
ATU-15 Recovery Update: Troubleshooting of the portside ATU-15 (Audio Terminal Unit 15) in Node-2 by CDR Whitson on 12/12 succeeded in restoring the unit to function. The fault was found to be a sticky PTT (Push-to-talk) button. [The ATU will be left in standby and available for use as desired. Ground work is underway to correct the sticking action.]
MT Translation: Due to the 1E launch slip, Robotics engineers will translate the MT (Mobile Transporter) tomorrow (12/14; 11:41am-1:41pm) from WS7 (Worksite 7) to WS4, in order to protect the MT TUS (Trailing Umbilical System) cable from MMOD (micrometeoroid/orbital debris) damage. The rail cart will be returned to WS4 on or about 1/2/08 in time for 1E arrival. [Before the translation, the rail path will be surveyed with the SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) vidcams for obstructions. RS thrusters will be disabled for the duration of the MT translation.]
STS-122 Tanking Test: The comprehensive ECO (Engine Cut-Off) sensor system test being prepared for 12/18 (7:00am EST), will take the External Tank (ET) through a nominal thermal/cryo cycle, i.e., LH2 tanking/detanking. Background: Employing the real-time TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry) method commonly used for locating faults in very long cable lines (e.g., twisted wire pairs, coaxial cables for telecommunications, surveillance [e.g., checking for wire taps], microcircuits, optical fibers, etc.), an electronic instrument sends out a fast-rise-time electrical pulse which either will be absorbed at the other end if there is no break in resistance (impedance), or reflected back in various ways depending on the discontinuity (break) in resistance encountered. From the known travel time of the pulse-and-echo, the location of the fault can be located to within centimeters. The breakpoints in the cabling for introducing the TDR pulse are being set up inside the MLP (Mobile Launch Platform) on the pad without any changes to any connectors, feedthroughs, cabling trays etc. in the ET and Orbiter from their nominal state.
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were Arkenu 1 and Arkenu 2 Impact Craters (ISS had a nadir pass over the paired Arkenu 1 [7 km diameter] and 2 [10 km diameter] impact craters. Both craters formed approximately 140 million years ago during impact of the same meteor. Looking for the circular crater structure formed by dark rocks - contrast is high with the surrounding desert. Nadir, overlapping mapping frames taken along-track were recommended), Tin Bider Impact Crater (this approximately 70 million year old impact structure is located in a range of mountains to the south and west of two major North African dune fields. The crater is 6 km in diameter, and the concentric ring structure of disturbed rock layers should be clearly visible with the long lens. Overlapping, nadir mapping frames taken along track were recommended), and Pilcomayo River Dynamics, Northern Argentina (weather was predicted to be clear over the inland delta [aka megafan] of the Pilcomayo River. Of particular interest are the branching channels and wetlands of the Pilcomayo megafan. Nadir mapping frames along track are requested to capture imagery of the current channel configuration).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 3:49am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 337.6 km
Apogee height -- 338.0 km
Perigee height -- 337.1 km
Period -- 91.28 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000718
Solar Beta Angle -- -13.8 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 265 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51904
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/18/07 -- Stage 10A EVA (Whitson/Tani) -- Stbd SARJ, 1A BGA BMRRM
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis ET tanking test (7:00am)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/02/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite. Launch period opens.
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/29/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/14/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Also upon wakeup, FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko terminated his fourth MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. [SONOKARD objectives are stated to (1) study the feasibility of obtaining the maximum of data through computer processing of records obtained overnight, (2) systematically record the crewmember's physiological functions during sleep, (3) study the feasibility of obtaining real-time crew health data. Investigators believe that contactless acquisition of cardiorespiratory data over the night period could serve as a basis for developing efficient criteria for evaluating and predicting adaptive capability of human body in long-duration space flight.]
The FE-2 again activated the VDS MPC (Video Distribution System/Multi-Purpose Converter) with its four downlinks to allow the ground to conduct HDTV (high-definition TV) playback and downlink operations. Later today (~1:40pm EST), the MPC was powered off again.
Tani then assisted the ground in ongoing troubleshooting of the transmission & downlinking of analog (as opposed to digital) video signals from the Russian Segment (RS) via the MPEG-2 (Moving Pictures Expert Group 2) encoder and Ku-band in "streaming video" packets over the U.S. OpsLAN. [Prior end-to-end video test results had not been as expected, and the evaluation of downlinked log files continues. For today's troubleshooting, Tani set up the software application for PAL (Russian)-to-NTSC (US) format conversion on an A31p laptop, connected cables and started the laptop. After the test, the A31p was left on for eventual downlinking of more log files.]
Malenchenko completed the periodic switchover of the Russian STTS telephone/telegraph subsystem to an alternate string, today to the primary string after its operation on the backup string. [The "Voskhod-M" STTS enables telephone communications between the SM, FGB, DC1 and U.S. segment (USOS), and also with users on the ground over VHF channels selected by an operator at an SM comm panel, via STTS antennas on the SM's outside. There are six comm panels in the SM with pushbuttons for accessing any of three audio channels, plus an intercom channel. Other modes of the STTS include telegraphy (teletype), EVA voice, emergency alarms, Packet/Email, and TORU docking support.]
Dan Tani had about 4 hrs scheduled for auditing and consolidating photo/TV items in their CTBs (Cargo Transfer Bags), including a large number of size AA batteries. [This task has up to now been on the U.S. "job jar" task list for Dan and Peggy and was now hard scheduled due to crewtime availability.]
The CDR and FE-2 conducted a one-hour review of an uplinked procedures briefing package for the US EVA-13 next week (12/18), covering topics like egress plan, timeline ordering of tasks, translation/fairleads/tether plan, hazards, and ingress plan. Later (~7:00am EST) Peggy and Dan tagged up with ground specialists to discuss particulars. [The spacewalk of ~6.5 hrs duration has two major objectives: (1) Inspection of 1A BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly) and BMRMM (Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module, "broom"), including assisting fault search by the ground by disconnecting/reconnecting cables and possibly performing an R&R (removal & replacement) of the 1A ECU (Electronic Control Unit) on the S4 truss; (2) inspection and photo documentation of the Stbd SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint), including temporary removal of protective MLI covers (8 double-wide, 12 single-wide, plus 2 DLA/Drive Lock Assembly covers), debris removal, DLA inspection, finally unbolting (3 bolts) & removing TBA-5 (Trundle Bearing Assembly #5) for return to Earth.]
The FE-1 meanwhile worked in the RS on the line 3 BRPK-2 Air/Liquid Condensate Separator of the SRV-K2M Condensate Water Recovery System, removing the mechanical filter cartridge from the separator's transfer unit.
Whitson took air samples for the periodic (weekly) atmospheric status check for ppO2 (Partial Pressure Oxygen) and ppCO2 (pp Carbon Dioxide), using the hand-held CSA-O2 (Compound Specific Analyzer-Oxygen sensor) and CDMK (CO2 Monitoring Kit). Batteries were to be replaced if necessary. [Purpose of the 15-min activity is to trend with MCA (Major Constituents Analyzer), i.e., to correlate the hand-held readings with MCA measurements. O2 sensors checks used #1042, #1063, #1052, #1041. CO2 sensors used are #1013, #1058, #1045. CO2 level in Lab and SM was ~0.44%.]
With the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload running by itself in Node-2 since yesterday, FE-2 Tani began a daily status check on the A31p laptop controlling the EarthKAM digital still camera, verifying on the last image taken that image focus and alignment remain in check. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour for the next few days.]
Yuri handled the daily IMS maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
Peggy and Yuri each had another ~4.5 hrs reserved for stowing U.S. and Russian trash cargo on the Progress 26P cargo ship-turned-trash can, currently docked at the DC-1 nadir port. [Discarded hardware, as specified on uplinked lists, includes such items as Russian food containers (U.S. food containers being recycled on the ground), food waste bags, Penguin-3 suits, TVIS malfunction kit & harnesses, payload containers, one old 760XD laptop, socks, coveralls, wipes & wet towels, medical kits, used & expired alkaline batteries, 35-mm film cassettes, hoses & adapters, cartridge belts with tools, foam pieces, etc.]
Dan conducted the periodic (every two weeks) 10-min inspection of the RED (Resistive Exercise Device) canister cords and accessory straps as well as the canister bolts for re-tightening if required.
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Peggy copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
A new task added to the voluntary "job jar" list for the CDR and FE-2 calls for an audit of rubber gloves on board, to report the quantity of available clean room rubber gloves and Nitrile gloves stowed in a CTB and in the ASU toilet facility.
At ~2:30am EST, the crew held the regular (nominally weekly) tagup with the Russian Flight Control Team (GOGU), including Shift Flight Director (SRP), at TsUP via S-band/audio, phone-patched from Houston and Moscow.
At ~4:00am, Yuri linked up with TsUP stowage specialists via S-band to conduct the weekly IMS tagup, discussing stowage issues and equipment locations.
At ~8:20am, the FE-1 also powered up the SM (Service Module)'s amateur radio equipment (Kenwood VHF transceiver with manual frequency selection, headset, and power supply), to conduct, at 8:25am, a ham radio exchange with students and faculty at Kursk State Polytechnic University who actively participated in amateur sessions from Kursk, radio expeditions from Sochi (Dagomys) and from the peak of Mt. Elbrus with Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin.
At ~2:00pm, the crew conducted their sixth weekly tagup with the Lead Flight Director at JSC/MCC-H via S-band/audio.
[S/G-2 (Space-to-Ground 2) phone patch via SSC-10 (Station Support Computer 10)].
KURS Antenna Test: Yesterday, a ground-commanded test of the KURS system was performed over RGS (Russian Ground Sites) from the DC1 Docking Compartment side in preparation for Progress M-62/27P docking on 12/26. Test results for string 1 of the KURS hardware were nominal, but results for string 2 were off-nominal. Specialists at TsUP-Moscow believe the off-nominal results may be due to a loss of VHF (Very High Frequency)-1 communication and the telemetry stream from RGS 27 (BRL). TsUP will decide if a retest on string 2 is required.
TORU Test: In preparation for 27P arrival, Moscow has scheduled a test of the TORU manual teleoperator control system in the SM for 12/17.
26P Rodnik Tank: Since 9/4, the expulsion bladder in Progress 26P's Rodnik tank 1 has been suspected of a small leak, possibly rendering the tank unfit for the upcoming urine transfer from the SM. TsUP this week learned from the supplier that the bladder is acceptable for urine transfer provided the KN1 valve is closed during the pump-over, currently scheduled for 12/17 (Monday).
MT Translation: At 11:41am-1:41pm the MT (Mobile Transporter) was remotely driven from WS7 (Worksite 7) to WS4, in order to protect the MT TUS (Trailing Umbilical System) cable from MMOD (micrometeoroid/orbital debris) damage. [In pre-configuring the RS systems for the thruster-disabled period duringt the translation (to reduce loads), a software program uplinked was inadvertently executed, configuring the Russian SUDN (Motion Control & Navigation System) such that both it and the U.S. GNC (Guidance, Navigation & Control) systems were briefly in control of ISS attitude. Action to reconfigure into a structurally safe mode was taken immediately. The rail cart will be returned to WS4 shortly before 1E arrival. Before the translation, the rail path was surveyed with the SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) vidcams for obstructions.]
CEO (Crew Earth Observation) photo targets uplinked for today were Somalia Coast, Somalia (weather was predicted to be clear over Somalia for photography of coastal dune and vegetation patterns. Collection of baseline imagery during the current La Nina conditions will be useful for comparison with the next El Nino event. Looking to the right of track as ISS proceeded NE parallel to the coastline; overlapping, along-track frames were recommended), and Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras (scattered clouds were predicted over the Gulf of Fonseca, but there should have been opportunities for mapping photography of the site. Overlapping frames of the coastline were requested. Repeat imagery of the site will allow for assessment of land use and land cover change on the coastal environment over time).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:18am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 337.3 km
Apogee height -- 337.8 km
Perigee height -- 336.8 km
Period -- 91.28 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000731
Solar Beta Angle -- -18.5 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.77
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 180 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51923
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/18/07 -- Stage 10A EVA (Whitson/Tani) -- Stbd SARJ, 1A BGA BMRRM
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis ET tanking test (7:00am)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/10/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/29/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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За прошедшую неделю...
План работ с 10 по 16 декабря 2007 года
ОСНОВНЫЕ СЛУЖЕБНЫЕ ПОЛЕТНЫЕ ОПЕРАЦИИ
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[col]Дата
[col]Наименование и проводимые работы
[col]Исполнитель и время
[col]Примечание
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[col]Мероприятия по поддержанию здоровья экипажа
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12.12 ср
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Приватная медицинская конференции через АС из ЦУП-Х
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БИ1 – 15 мин
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15.12 сб
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Приватная беседа с семьей
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БИ1 – 20 мин
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16.12 вс
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Приватная психологическая конференция
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БИ1 – 15 мин
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[col]Тестирование систем
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13.12 чт
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Тест аппаратуры «Курс» (2 комплекта) со стороны СО1
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ЦУП
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14.12 - резерв
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[col]Техническое обслуживание систем
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Ежедн.
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Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения жизнедеятельности : замена по рекомендации с Земли одного из блоков СОЖ, переработка конденсата АС; 16.12 – сброс информации со счетчиков систем водообеспечения и санитарно-гигиенического обеспечения и устройства обеззараживания воздуха «Поток»
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БИ1 – 40 мин
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10.12.12
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Техническое обслуживание системы водообеспечения:
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10.12 - замена фильтра газо-жидкостной смеси системы регенерации воды из конденсата
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БИ1 – 1 час
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05.12 -заправка контейнера очищенной воды для системы
«Электрон»
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БИ1 – 40 мин
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10, 12.12
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Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения газового состава
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10.12 - корректировка показаний газоанализатора ГА ИК0501 по каналу 02
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БИ1 – 15 мин
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12.12 – измерение уровня содержания вредных примесей в СМ с помощью пробоотборника CMS
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БИ1 – 30 мин
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[row color=darkblue:3fd65d9d76]
[col]Прочие работы
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Ежедн.
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Сброс файлов c научной и служебной информацией через бортовую информационно-телеметрическую систему и блок сопряжения с системой «Регул»
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ЦУП
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На всех видимых витках
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10-14.12
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Работы по инвентаризации:
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10-14.12 - редактирование данных системы
инвентаризации
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БИ1 – 20 мин
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14.12 – инвентаризация вкладышей АСУ
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БИ1 – 1 час
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[col]
10-15.12
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Контроль установки датчиков потока
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БИ1 – 15 мин
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На время совместного полета с ОК
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11, 15.12
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Укладка удаляемого оборудования в ТКГ «Прогресс М-61» с отметкой в системе инвентаризации
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Суммарно: БИ1 – 5 час 25 мин
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[col]
12.12 ср
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Наддув жидкостного блока системы кислородообеспечения «Электрон-ВМ»
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БИ1 – 15 мин
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[row color=#303030:3fd65d9d76]
[col]
15.12 сб
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Переключение средств связи на основной комплект
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БИ1 – 15 мин
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[col]
16.12 вс
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Еженедельная влажная уборка станции
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3 чел – 3 час
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/15/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani except for housekeeping and voluntary work.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
The crew conducted the regular weekly three-hour task of thorough station cleaning. ["Uborka", normally done on Saturdays, includes removal of food waste products, cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, damp cleaning of the Service Module (SM) dining table, other frequently touched surfaces and surfaces where trash is collected, as well as the FE's sleep station with a standard cleaning solution; also, fan screens and grilles are cleaned to avoid temperature rises. Special cleaning is also done every 90 days on the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) bacteria filters in the Lab.]
In the Lab, FE-2 Dan Tani wrapped up his support of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, terminating SPU-3 (Sample Processing Unit #3) processing, transferring its data to the MLC (MSG Laptop Computer) and verifying them, then removing SPU-3, installing a new SPU (#11), and finally turning the payload off. Later, the MSG was also powered off. [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings. By all indications, the CSLM runs were nominal.]
In Node-2, with the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload running by itself since 12/13, the FE-2 performed his daily status check on the A31p laptop controlling the EarthKAM digital still camera, verifying on the last image taken that image focus and alignment remain in check. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour for the next few days. The EarthKAM camera will be required next week for post-EVA EMU glove photography.]
FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
At ~6:35am EST, the FE-1 had his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
At ~9:15am, the crewmembers held their regular weekly planning conference (WPC) with the ground, discussing next week's "Look-Ahead Plan" (prepared jointly by MCC-H and TsUP/Moscow timeline planners) via S-band/audio, reviewing the monthly calendar, upcoming activities, and any concerns about future on-orbit events.
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR), TVIS treadmill (FE-1, FE-2), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Peggy copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
A new task added to the voluntary "job jar" list for CDR and FE-2 calls for finishing up the audit and consolidation of photo/TV items in their CTBs (Cargo Transfer Bags), started by Dan Tani yesterday.
Also in the discretionary "job jar" for Dan for today were departure preparations for his end-of-increment cleanup. [Due to the extension of his station tenure to NET mid-January, the FE-2 will have more leisure in completing this clean-up.]
Working from his own "time permitting" job list, Yuri was to perform the periodic collection & deletion of readings on the MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor) radiation sensor reader/display of the RBO-3-2 Matryoshka-R antroph-amorphous (human torso) "phantoms" located inside the station for sophisticated radiation studies, collecting radiation measurements every 15 minutes around the clock.
A second job item on Malenchenko's discretionary list for today was another KPT-3 session to make observations and take aerial KPT-3 photography of environmental conditions for Russia's Environmental Safety Agency (ECON) using the Nikon D1X digital camera with SIGMA 300-800mm telephoto lens. [KPT-3 photography has been a frequent earth observing experiment for ECON.]
MT Translation: Yesterday's planned MT (Mobile Transporter) translation from WS7 (Worksite 7) to WS4, erroneously reported here as completed, was deferred to no earlier than 12/20 (Thursday) due to a possible obstruction of MLI (Multi-Layered Insulation) on the NTA (Nitrogen Tank Assembly). The translation was to provide added protection of the TUS (Trailing Umbilical System) from MMOD (Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris) between now and Flight 1E. Ground controllers are assessing imagery of the translation path and developing a forward plan.
BGA 1A Update: More testing was performed last night on the failed 1A BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly). During a power switch sequence the BCDU 3A1 CP RBI (Battery Charge/Discharge Unit/CP Remote Bus Isolator), a fuse-type switch, did not trip open, but the RPCs (Remote Power Controllers) of both primary and redundant power feeds to the 1A ECU (Electronics Control Unit) tripped several times. At the conclusion of the test, the RPCs remained closed for about 3 hours, then tripped again. ECU 1A is now unpowered and BGA 1A is locked, with the motor off, i.e. in stable configuration. Engineering analysis of the dumped data continues, but no more troubleshooting is expected before the EVA-13.
Weekly Science Update (Expedition Sixteen -- Week 8)
ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS): Radiation measurements continue nominally in the PIRS module. The next memory card replacement activity is currently scheduled on 12/10.
ANITA: Completed.
BCAT (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test): The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 experiment can now proceed, thanks to Astronauts Dr. Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani. Sample 3, the most critical of the samples (and the one closest to the critical point) was the first to be restarted to allow for the publication of the science data by Harvard University (Dr. David Weitz, PI, and Peter Lu, Doctorate Candidate). Operations (EarthKAM imaging) will continue for 4 days when parts of the BCAT-3 setup is needed for EVA activities. After the EVA BCAT-3 activities will continue for a total of 14 days.
CARDIOCOG-2: Completed.
CCISS (Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS): "Dan: Due to the slip of 1E, we will need to repeat your 2nd session at the appropriate time frame (within R–21 to R–14) to meet the experiment's requirements. This activity will be hard scheduled. Again, thank you for your participation."
CFE (Capillary Flow Experiment): Reserve.
CSI-2/CGBA (CGBA Science Insert #2/Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus): In progress.
CGBA-2 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 2): Complete.
CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2): CSLM-2 SPU-3 34-hr soak is in progress and should be complete by 12/15/07.
EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students): Complete.
EPO (Educational Payload Operations): EPO is very satisfied with the EPO Demos that the crew conducted within the past week including the Sanitation on Station, ISS Tour / Living Space, and Newton's Laws Demo. The videos will be used to enhance existing education resources. "We would like to thank the crew for their efforts in inspiring the next generation of explorers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics."
ETD (Eye Tracking Device): Second session for Yuri Malenchenko was performed nominally on 12/12.
Integrated Immune: In progress.
LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System): Complete.
MISSE (Materials ISS Experiment): Ongoing.
MTR-2 (Russian radiation measurements): Passive dosimeters measurements in DC1 "Pirs".
MULTIGEN-1: MULTIGEN-1 samples will be downloaded on STS-122 (1E). Peggy performed successfully the Water Reservoirs Exchange activity on 12/12. That allows for additional dry-out of the EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System) Facility as preventive measure to the now delayed Clean-Up activities planned during 1E Stage..
MSG-SAME (Microgravity Science Glovebox): Complete.
NOA-2 (Nitric Oxide Analyzer): Planned.
NUTRITION/REPOSITORY: In progress..
PMDIS (Perceptual Motor Deficits in Space): Complete.
SAMS/MAMS (Space & Microgravity Acceleration Measurement Systems): Ongoing.
SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight): "Peggy: The Sleep PI appreciates you going "above and beyond" with your extra sleep logging. Remaining for the Sleep experiment, you have monthly downloads, doffing the Actiwatch, and two more weeks of required sleep logging." "Dan: The Sleep team would appreciate if you could continue to sleep log so that the Sleep experiment's logging requirements (3 weeks during the mission) are met."
SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellite): In progress. To be conducted tomorrow (12/2).
Swab (Characterization of Microorganisms & Allergens in Spacecraft): In progress.
TRAC (Test of Reaction & Adaptation Capabilities): Planned.
CEO (Crew Earth Observation): On-going.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Afar Rift Zone, Ethiopia (looking to the right of track as ISS approached the "elbow" formed by the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden - the area to the west of the elbow is the Afar Rift Zone [also known as the Afar Triangle]. This geologically active region is a junction between the Arabian, Indian, and African tectonic plates - all of which are moving away from each other, producing frequent earthquakes and historically active volcanoes [such as Erta Ale in Ethiopia]. Overlapping frames of the Afar Triangle area will provide a useful record of the rift area, particularly surface expressions of faults and lava flows), and Madrean Sky Islands (this target is located in the northern reaches of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental which boast some of the richest biodiversity anywhere in North America. It is a comprised of cool, moist, higher-altitude pine-oak forested mountain ranges that dot the hot, lower Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of southern Arizona and New Mexico and northwestern Mexico. These climatological islands are situated in remote and rugged areas and are vestiges of cooler, wetter periods during the ice ages. Nadir- or near-nadir imagery of the forested mountaintops was requested).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:04am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 337.2 km
Apogee height -- 337.7 km
Perigee height -- 336.7 km
Period -- 91.28 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000737
Solar Beta Angle -- -23.3 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 165m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51937
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/18/07 -- Stage 10A EVA (Whitson/Tani) -- Stbd SARJ, 1A BGA BMRRM; (~6:00am)
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis ET tanking test (7:00am)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/10/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/29/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (with Soyuz 18S docking)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/16/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday – EVA preparation day 1 for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani. Ahead: Week 9 of Increment 16.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
The crew began preparations for the spacewalk (EVA-13) on 12/18 (Tuesday), starting with FE-2 Dan Tani printing out uplinked EVA procedures/timeline material which was then reviewed jointly by all crewmembers (covering SARJ overview, BGA inspection, updated EVA-13 procedures and the usual EVA crib sheet with contingency actions). [The spacewalk, scheduled to begin at approximately 6:00am and to last ~6.5 hrs, has two major objectives: (1) Inspection of 1A BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly) and BMRMM (Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module, "broom"), including assisting fault search by the ground by disconnecting/reconnecting cables and possibly performing an R&R (removal & replacement) of the 1A ECU (Electronic Control Unit) on the S4 truss; (2) inspection and photo documentation of the Stbd SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint), including temporary removal of protective MLI covers (8 double-wide, 12 single-wide, plus 2 DLA/Drive Lock Assembly covers), debris removal, DLA inspection, finally unbolting (3 bolts) & removing TBA-5 (Trundle Bearing Assembly #5) for return to Earth.]
In Node-2, the FE-2 discontinued picture taking on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload and deinstalled the EarthKAM DCS 760 digital still camera, which will be used for the EVA. The equipment will be returned to BCAT-3 photography on 12/19 after the EVA is complete.
In the course of the day CDR Peggy Whitson and FE-2 Dan Tani worked in the Airlock (A/L) where they -
Initiated (later terminated) recharging the EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) batteries and two batteries for the DCS 760 camera;
Configured the camera for taking outside;
Prepared EVA tools required for the spacewalk activities;
Consolidated the contents of two PWRs (Payload Water Reservoirs, #1023 & #1025) in a third PWR #1024), yielding approximately 9 lbs of water (PWR can contain up to 20 lbs), then
Degassed PWR #1024 and inspected #1005 to degas if necessary (i.e., manually removing gas bubbles to minimize the amount of air introduced into the EMU feedwater tanks);
Checked out the EMU spacesuits (#3006 for Tani, #1005 for Whitson);
Resized the EMU that had been modified for 1E/Love;
Equipped EMU #3006 with its REBA (Rechargeable EVA Battery Assembly) and checked out #1005's already-installed REBA;
Installed and checked out the METOX (Metal Oxide) CO2 absorption canisters in the suits, and
Tagged up with the ground at ~10:05am EST to discuss EVA/timeline particulars.
FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko meanwhile performed a refresh of the cabin atmosphere from Progress M-61/26P section 2 storage tank, to utilize its gas stores prior to its jettisoning on 12/22.
The FE-1 also completed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the Service Module (SM). [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers. Weekly SOZh reports (on Sundays) to TsUP/Moscow deal with number & dates of water and urine containers, counter readings of water consumption & urine collection, and total operating time of the POTOK air filtration system.]
At ~2:30pm, Dan Tani had his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Still on Yuri's "time permitting" job list was the periodic collection & deletion of readings on the MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor) radiation sensor reader/display of the RBO-3-2 Matryoshka-R antroph-amorphous (human torso) "phantoms" located inside the station for sophisticated radiation studies, collecting radiation measurements every 15 minutes around the clock.
A second job item on the FE-1's discretionary list for today was another KPT-3 session to make observations and take aerial KPT-3 photography of environmental conditions for Russia's Environmental Safety Agency (ECON) using the Nikon D1X digital camera with SIGMA 300-800mm telephoto lens. [KPT-3 photography has been a frequent earth observing experiment for ECON.]
Also on the voluntary task list for Yuri was a late-added session of the Russian "Uragan" (hurricane) earth-imaging program, using the Nikon D2X digital camera with 800 mm focal length lenses to take pictures of the Kerch Strait at low sun angle to record an oil spill, the aftermath of a ship wreck in the strait during a recent hurricane. [According to media report an oil spill covering several kilometers was spotted on 12/4. Also a target region for Uragan photography for today were glaciers of northern and southern islands of New Zealand in nadir.]
No CEO photo targets uplinked for today.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:25am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 337.1 km
Apogee height -- 337.7 km
Perigee height -- 336.4 km
Period -- 91.27 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000922
Solar Beta Angle -- -28.2 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 124m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51954
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/18/07 -- Stage 10A EVA (Whitson/Tani) -- Stbd SARJ, 1A BGA BMRRM; (~6:00am)
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis ET tanking test (7:00am)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/10/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/31/08 -- 50-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com/ ]
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/01/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking (DC1) & reentry
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS.
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
07/29/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/11/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/13/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/15/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/29/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- 50th Birthday of NASA
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/16/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
04/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (with Soyuz 18S docking)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/17/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 9 of Increment 16.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
In preparation for Progress M-62/27P arrival on 12/26 at the DC1 Docking Compartment, Malenchenko and Whitson supported a ground-controlled functions test of the SM (Service Module) & Progress TORU telemanipulator system without Progress DPO thrusters firing. [Commands were entered via the RUO (Rotational Hand Controller) and RUD (Translational Hand Controller), during an RGS (Russian Groundsite) comm pass at 3:22am EST. The TORU teleoperator system provides a manual backup mode to the Progress' KURS automated rendezvous radar system. The two crewmembers will be monitoring the approach and docking of Progress M-62 at the DC1 from the TORU station in the SM.]
FE-1 Malenchenko set up the pumping equipment and initiated (later closed out) the periodic transfer of urine from 3 EDV-U containers in the SM to the Rodnik BV1 tanks of Progress M-61/26P, adding ~5 L of disinfectant solution. [Leak checks performed by the crew on 10/8-9 on the membrane (expulsion bladder) of the Progress' Rodnik BV1 tank showed that BV1 appeared unsuitable for liquid waste transfer due to a small leak in the tank's bladder. Last week, TsUP-Moscow learned from the supplier that the bladder is acceptable for urine transfer provided the KN1 bladder expulsion valve is closed during today's pump-over, i.e., no pressure adapter installed on the bladder outlet. Transfers to the BV2 tanks were performed on 10/23 and 11/15.]
For tomorrow's EVA-13, final preparations by FE-2 Dan Tani & CDR Peggy Whitson today included -
Reconfiguring two DCS 760 digital still cameras for the spacewalk (leaving them connected to station power for now to conserve batteries),
Attaching a tie wrap around one camera's flash (to allow visual identification during EVA),
Setting up 4 batteries in the A/L BSA (Airlock Battery Stowage Assembly) for charging during the prebreathe period and to be installed in the EVA flashes prior to egress,
Powering down onboard amateur (ham) radio equipment (Kenwood in SM, Ericsson in FGB) to prevent RF (radio frequency) interference with the EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit)/spacesuits,
Preparing the A/L EL (Airlock Equipment Lock) for the Campout & spacewalk,
Tagging up with ground specialists at ~8:40am EST for reviewing EVA particulars, and
Undergoing the standard pre-EVA PMC (Private Medical Conference) via S- & Ku-band audio/video.
Also for the spacewalk, FE-1 Malenchenko prepared three Russian "Pille-MKS" radiation dosimeters, recorded their dosages and equipped each of the two EMUs with a radiation sensor, on the outer surface (A0309/CDR & A0310/FE-2). [A third sensor, A0308, was placed in the SM on the PULT reader for background readings.]
Dan (EV1) and Peggy (EV2) will begin their "campout" in the A/L with hatch closure and depressurization of the CL (Crewlock) from 14.7 to 10.2 psi at ~2:20-2:50pm, followed by mask prebreathe at ~2:50-4:00pm. Sleep time for the ISS crew begins at 4:30pm. [For the Campout, METOX (Metal Oxide) canisters #0017 & #0019) have been installed in the A/L for CO2 control.]
After the usual hygiene break/with mask prebreathe for Whitson & Tani at ~1:30-2:40am tomorrow morning after spending the night on 10.2 psi campout, the A/L hatch will be closed again by Malenchenko for EVA preps in 10.2 psi, followed by EMU purge (~4:20-4:35am) and prebreathe (~4:35-5:25am). Afterwards, with CL depressurization and EV1/EV2 egress, EVA-13 nominally begins at ~6:00am EST. Yuri will support the spacewalk as IV (Intravehicular) crewmember, keeping tabs with the detailed activity steps and crib sheet.
[EVA-13 is expected to last about 6h 30m. Its objectives are: (1) Inspection of 1A BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly) and BMRMM (Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module, "broom"), including assisting fault search by the ground by disconnecting/reconnecting cables and possibly performing an R&R (removal & replacement) of the 1A ECU (Electronic Control Unit) on the S4 truss; (2) inspection and photo documentation of the Stbd SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint), including temporary removal of protective MLI covers (8 double-wide, 12 single-wide, plus 2 DLA/Drive Lock Assembly covers), debris removal, DLA inspection, finally unbolting (3 bolts) & removing TBA-5 (Trundle Bearing Assembly #5) for return to Earth. Note: The A/L repress after crew ingress will use for the first time the new IMV (Intermodular Ventilation) Flange Saver installed by the CDR Whitson in Node-1 on 12/5. The new Flange Saver slows the equalization rate between the A/L and the ISS in the event of an emergency-triggered equalization during EVA campout, protecting the crew from possible ear damage due to the rapid pressure increase in the airlock.]
Malenchenko completed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Working from his discretionary "time permitting" task list, Yuri also handled the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Dan copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
ITCS Transition: At ~11:15am, the Lab ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System) was switched by ground commanding from Single LTL (Low Temperature Loop) to Single MTL (Moderate Temperature Loop) to support offloading of power channel 1A for EVA-13, i.e., provide power balance. Transition back to nominal Single LTL will be on 12/19.
MT Translation: Relocation of the MT (Mobile Transporter) from WS7 (Worksite 7) to WS4, postponed on 12/14 due to a possible obstruction by MLI (Multi-Layered Insulation) on the NTA (Nitrogen Tank Assembly), has now been rescheduled for 12/20 (Thursday). Analysis of the NTA insulation showed that there is sufficient clearance for the roll-over which is intended to provide added protection of the TUS (Trailing Umbilical System) from MMOD (Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris) between now and Flight 1E.
KURS Radar Antenna Test: The pre-docking test (for Progress M-62/27P) of the KURS automated rendezvous & docking system, performed on 12/13 with off-nominal results for the backup string 2, was repeated on 12/14 & 12/16. After an extended warm-up time for the system (1.5 hrs instead of nominal 30 min), results for string 2 were nominal. Both subsets of the KURS system are now considered ready for the docking, but another test is planned for 12/19-20.
SVK-1 Air Conditioner Restoration: As per report by Moscow this morning at the MMT (Mission Management Team), the Russian air conditioner SKV-1, long nonfunctional due to a blocked line 3 of the BRPK's membrane tank, is now back in service.
No CEO photo targets uplinked for today.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 4:35am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 337.0 km
Apogee height -- 337.4 km
Perigee height -- 336.5 km
Period -- 91.27 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000687
Solar Beta Angle -- -33.1 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 100m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51967
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/18/07 -- Stage 10A EVA (Whitson/Tani) -- Stbd SARJ, 1A BGA BMRRM; (~6:00am)
12/18/07 -- STS-122/Atlantis ET tanking test (7:00am)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/22/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) & reentry
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1)
01/10/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
План работ с 17 по 23 декабря 2007 года
ОСНОВНЫЕ СЛУЖЕБНЫЕ ПОЛЕТНЫЕ ОПЕРАЦИИ
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[col]Дата
[col]Наименование и проводимые работы
[col]Исполнитель и время
[col]Примечание
[row color=darkblue:25cf476a36]
[col]Подготовка к расстыковке с ТКГ «Прогресс М-61» и прибытию ТКГ «Прогресс М-62»
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
17-20.12 [col]
Наддув МКС кислородом из средств подачи кислорода ТКГ «Прогресс М-61»
[col]
БИ1 – 10 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
18.12 вт [col]
Перекачка урины из ЕДВ-У в бак для воды БВ1 системы «Родник» ТКГ «Прогресс М-61»»
[col]
БИ1 – 1 час 30 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
19.12 ср [col]
Тест подсистемы телеоператорного режима управления (ТОРУ) СМ и ТКГ без воздействия на ДПО ТКГ (межбортовой)
[col]
КЭ, БИ1 – 40 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
20.12 чт [col]
Тренировка по ТОРУ, переговоры со специалистами
[col]
КЭ, БИ1 – 3 час
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[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
18,21.12 [col]
Укладка удаляемого оборудования в ТКГ «Прогресс М-61» с отметкой в системе инвентаризации; *
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Суммарно: КЭ – 4 час 30 мин, БИ1 – 6 час 05 мин
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[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
21.12 пт [col]
Доклад о завершении укладки
[col]
БИ1 – 10 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
19.12 ср [col]
Подзаряд буферной и резервной батарей ТКГ от СМ
[col]
ЦУП
[col]
20.12 – резерв
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
Демонтаж локального коммутатора температур и программно-запоминающего устройства в ТКГ
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БИ1 – 1 час
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
20.12 чт [col]
Демонтаж контейнера с устройством сопряжения
[col]
БИ1 – 1 час
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
Монтаж стыковочного механизма ТКГ «Прогресс М-61»
[col]
КЭ, БИ1 – 1 час
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
21.12 пт [col]
Расконсервация ТКГ и демонтаж воздуховодов
[col]
БИ1 – 45 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
Снятие состояния быстросъемных винтовых зажимов со стороны СО1
[col]
КЭ, БИ1–20 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
Видеосъемка стыкаСО1-ТКГ и сброс видео на Землю
[col]
КЭ – 10 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
Закрытие переходных люков СО1-ТКГ [col]
КЭ,БИ1 – 20мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
Контроль герметичности люка СО1-СУ и СУ-ТКГ
[col]
КЭ – 1 час
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
22.12 сб [col]
Расстыковка ТКГ «Прогресс М-61» с МКС в 6 час 57 мин [col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
23.12 вс [col]
Старт ТКГ «Прогресс М-62» с МКС в 10 час 12 мин [col]
[col]
[row color=darkblue:25cf476a36]
[col]Мероприятия по поддержанию здоровья экипажа
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
18.12 вт [col]
Приватная медицинская конференции через АС из ЦУП-Х
[col]
БИ1 – 15 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
20.12чт. [col]
Измерение объема голени
[col]
3 чел – 10 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
20.12чт [col]
Измерение массы тела
[col]
3 чел – 15 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
21.12 пт [col]
Снятие показаний дозиметров аппаратуры «Пилле»
[col]
БИ1 – 50 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
22.12 сб [col]
Приватная беседа с семьей
[col]
БИ1 – 20 мин
[col]
[row color=darkblue:25cf476a36]
[col]Техническое обслуживание систем
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
Ежедн. [col]
Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения жизнедеятельности
: замена по рекомендации с Земли одного из блоков СОЖ,
переработка конденсата АС;
21.12 – контроль положения
ИП-1;
23.12 – сброс информации со счетчиков систем
водообеспечения и санитарно-гигиенического обеспечения и устройства обеззараживания воздуха «Поток»
[col]
БИ1 – 40 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
18, 21.12 [col]
Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения газового состава [col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
18.12 - корректировка показаний газоанализатора ГА ИК0501
[col]
БИ1 – 15 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
21.12 – измерение уровня содержания вредных примесей в СМ с помощью пробоотборника CMS
[col]
БИ1 – 30 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
21.12 пт [col]
Техническое обслуживание системы водообеспечения: заправка контейнера очищенной воды для системы «Электрон»
[col]
БИ1 – 40 мин
[col]
[row color=darkblue:25cf476a36]
[col]Прочие работы
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
Ежедн. [col]
Сброс файлов c научной и служебной информацией через бортовую информационно-телеметрическую систему и блок сопряжения с системой «Регул»
[col]
ЦУП
[col]
На всех видимых витках
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
18-21.12 [col]
Работы по инвентаризации: [col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
18-21.12 - редактирование данных системы инвентаризации
[col]
БИ1 – 40 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
[col]
21.12 – телефонные переговоры по инвентаризации
[col]
БИ1 – 15 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
19.12 ср [col]
Копирование данных термостатов КУБИК1 и КУБИК2 на карту памяти, сброс информации на Землю через БСР-ТМ, демонтаж термостатов и укладка на хранение
[col]
БИ1 – 1 час 35 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
21.12 пт [col]
Еженедельная конференция экипажа с руководством ГОГУ
[col]
3 чел – 15 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
22.12 сб [col]
Еженедельная влажная уборка станции
[col]
3 чел – 3 час
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
23.12 вс [col]
Перевод системы «Воздух» в автоматический режим управления
[col]
БИ1 – 20 мин
[col]
[row color=darkblue:25cf476a36]
[col]Совместные работы по программе Американского Сегмента
[col]
[col]
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
17.12 пн [col]
Тренировка по аварийным ситуациям, связанным с прибытием модуля «Колумбус»
[col]
3 чел – 1 час 30 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
17.12 пн [col]
Конференция экипажа с руководством программы
[col]
3 чел – 20 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
21.12 пт [col]
Конференция экипажа с руководителем полета
[col]
3 чел – 20 мин
[col]
[row color=#303030:25cf476a36]
[col]
22.12 сб [col]
Еженедельная конференция по планированию
[col]
3 чел – 30 мин
[col]
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[col color=darkblue:d917ee32ec]
ISS On-Orbit Status 12/18/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
[row]
[col color=#303030:d917ee32ec]
EVA-13 by CDR Peggy Whitson & FE-2 Dan Tani was completed successfully in 6h 56m, accomplishing its objectives.
During the spacewalk, Tani (EV1) & Whitson (EV2), supported by FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko as intravehicular (IV) crewmember, inspected the Stbd (right-side) 1A BGA (Beta Gimbal Assembly) and BMRMM (Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module), followed by a detailed investigation and photo documentation of the Stbd SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint).
Specifically, the spacewalkers –
Found no obvious signs of external damage on cables or hardware of the BGA & BMRMM that might have caused the repeated tripping of circuit breakers (RPCs/Remote Power Controllers), making it more likely that the issue is internal to the hardware or its electrical system;
Entered into the S5 truss to disconnect some wiring to allow the ground to perform diagnostic continuity tests, and later reconnected the cables;
Temporarily removed 22 protective MLI (Multi-Layer Insulation) covers to inspect the SARJ, its two DLAs (Drive Lock Assemblies), and its 12 TBAs (Trundle Bearing Assemblies), reattaching the covers afterwards,
Found most metal shavings around TBA-4 and TBA-5, i.e., metallic, magnetic contamination on the main gear bearing's outboard angled race ring as well as pitting and abrasions on the ring but no obvious damage on the inboard race ring or on the gear teeth themselves. DLA (Drive Lock Assembly) #2 appeared especially "ugly", i.e., filled with contamination, and, according to the spacewalkers, the further away from the DLA, the less contamination was observed;
Took photographs, measured the depth of surface pits with a special probe and collected debris samples; and
Deinstalled and removed TBA-5 from its housing under cover #20, using a PGT (Pistol Grip Tool), then brought it inside in a bag for eventual return to Earth aboard STS-122/Atlantis (SARJ can function OK on only 11 TBAs).
[Official start time of the spacewalk was 4:50am EST, 70 minutes ahead of the timeline, ending at 11:46am. Total EVA duration (PET = Phase Elapsed Time) was 6h 56min. It was the 100th spacewalk for ISS assembly & maintenance and the 72nd from the station (28 from Shuttle, 50 from Quest, 22 from Pirs) totaling 436h 3m, and the 4th for Expedition 16 (totaling 28h 11m. During the spacewalk, her fifth, Peggy Whitson set a new record of aggregated EVA time by a woman (of 32h 36m) when she exceeded the 29h 18m held by Sunita Williams. After today's EVA, a total of 121 spacewalkers (90 NASA astronauts, 21 Russians, and ten astronauts representing Japan-1, Canada-4, France-1, Germany-1 and Sweden-3) have logged a total of 624h 25m outside the station on building, outfitting and servicing. It was also the 122nd spacewalk by U.S. astronauts. The 100th EVA dedicated to ISS assembly & maintenance originally was to have been conducted by Rex Walheim & Hans Schlegel of the delayed STS-122/1E mission.]
Prior to the spacewalk, FE-1 Malenchenko verified closure of the protective Lab window shutter.
Malenchenko also completed the pre-egress reconfiguration of the Russian STTS (onboard telephone/telegraph subsystem) to its EVA settings. After the crew's return, Yuri reconfigured the STTS for nominal ops. [The "Voskhod-M" STTS enables telephone communications between the SM (Service Module), FGB, DC1 Docking Compartment and U.S. segment (USOS), and also with users on the ground over VHF channels selected by an operator at an SM comm panel, via STTS antennas on the SM's outside. There are six comm panels in the SM with pushbuttons for accessing any of three audio channels, plus an intercom channel. Other modes of the STTS include telegraphy (teletype), EVA voice, emergency alarms, Packet/Email, and TORU docking support.]
During the spacewalk, Yuri provided IV support, prepared the DCS 760 camera setup for post-ingress photographing of the EVA gloves and subsequently assisted the spacewalkers in ingressing, CL (Crew Lock) repressurization and post-EVA activities.
The FE-1 also performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM (Service Module). [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
During Campout, after wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
After returning on board from outside, Whitson and Tani doffed the EMUs, after taking photographs of the gloves and overgloves while still pressurized. As part of post-EVA tasks, the spacewalkers also reported on size fit of their EMUs and components.
Later today, CDR Whitson will downlink the EVA imagery to the ground and reconfigure the DCS 760 for regular use (e.g., removing its thermal blanket).
Afterwards, Peggy and Dan are also scheduled for their regular post-EVA PMCs (Private Medical Conferences) with the ground.
CEO photo target uplinked for today was Khartoum, Sudan (Greater Khartoum [population 8.3 million, 2007 est.] includes Khartoum [2.2 million] in the acute angle between the Blue and White Niles, and Omdurman [3+ million] on the west side of the White Nile. Omdurman is the largest city in the Sudan and the fastest growing, partly because of refugees fleeing western Sudan. The growth of cities, especially in the Third Word, is best documented by remote means from the air or space. Looking a touch right for Khartoum and at nadir for Omdurman, shooting city margins).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 2:25am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.9 km
Apogee height -- 337.3 km
Perigee height -- 336.4 km
Period -- 91.27 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000727
Solar Beta Angle -- -38.0 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 129m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 51982
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/21/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) ~10:59pm (to continue free-flying mission)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch; ~2:12am
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
01/10/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/19/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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>>>>Today at ~5:30am EST, the ISS, specifically its FGB module, completed 52,000 orbits of the Earth, having covered a distance of 2.2 billion kilometers (1.37 billion st.miles) in 3316 days. The 19,300 kg (42,600 lbs) Zarya ("Dawn") was launched on a Russian/Khrunichev Proton from Baikonur over nine years ago (11/20/1998) as the first element of the multi-national space station.<<<<
After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
For the subsequent METOX (Metal Oxide) CO2 absorption canister regeneration, the FE-2 connected the regular ITCS LTL (Internal Thermal Control System/Low Temperature Loop) coolant jumper to the LAB1D6 rack, to support the ground-commanded activation of the U.S. CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly), and Houston lowered the temperature setpoint to the regular 9.4 degC. [CDRA activation was performed from 4:30-5:30am.]
As part of post-EVA cleanup activities, FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko recorded the "Pille" radiation readings from the EMU-worn (plus one background) "Pille-MKS" dosimeters in a log table for subsequent downlink to the ground.
Other cleanup activities performed by Dan Tani during the day were –
Disconnecting the UOP DCP (Utility Outlet Panel/Display & Control Panel) bypass power cables at the Lab RWS (Robotics Work Stations), used during the EVA for SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) video coverage,
Powering down the no-longer-needed A31p PCS (Portable Computer System) laptop in the Airlock (A/L), and
Initiating and monitoring regeneration of METOX canisters #0017 & #0019 in the A/L bakeout oven.
At ~8:25am EST, the three crewmembers wrapped up post-EVA activities by discussing the spacewalk in the usual post-EVA debriefing conference with the ground via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplink on the SSC-10 laptop).
In the Lab, after inspecting, activating and configuring the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, CDR Peggy Whitson initiated another series of vacuum draws on the sample chamber containing SPU-11 (Sample Processing Unit #11), by opening the vent and vacuum valves, for subsequent CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment ops on its third run, to be controlled by the ground for the next 36 hrs (until 12/22). [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
In Node-2, the FE-2 restored the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload in the MWA WSA (Maintenance Work Area/Work Surface Area) to nominal operation by setting up Sample 3 and reinstalling the DCS-760 digital still camera, run by an A31p SSC (Station Support Computer) with EarthKAM software for automatically taking flash photography of the sample every two hours over the next several days. Dan checked on correct focus and flash settings, taking manual photos for ground analysis. [The EarthKAM DCS 760 had been temporarily removed on 12/16 for being used for yesterday's EVA.]
FE-1 Malenchenko took the periodic readings of cabin air components with the IK0501 GA (gas analyzer) of the SOGS Pressure Control & Atmospheric Monitoring System in the Service Module (SM), [IK0501 is an automated system for measuring CO2, O2, and H2O in the air as well as the flow rate of the gas being analyzed.]
The FE-1 performed a one-hour O2 (oxygen) refresh of the cabin atmosphere from Progress M-61/26P storage tank, to utilize its gas stores prior to its jettisoning on 12/22.
Also in preparation for 26P undocking, Malenchenko worked an hour in the cargo ship to dismantle and remove the LKT local temperature sensor commutator/switch (TA251MB) of the BITS2-12 onboard telemetry system, along with its PZU-1M ROM (read-only memory) unit, stowing the avionics items on ISS for reuse in a future vehicle.
Yuri and Peggy had two hours each set aside for finishing up stowing discarded equipment and trash in the 26P cargo ship-turned-trash can while keeping track of movements in the IMS (Inventory Management System).
Malenchenko installed and configured the thermostat-controlled science coolers KUBIK-1 & KUBIK-2 in the SM and transferred their stored data via data cable and PCMCIA card to the RSE1 laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground over the BSR-TM payload channel. The KUBIK refrigerators were then deactivated, removed and put back in stowage in the FGB.
Dan Tani today performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Working from his discretionary "time permitting" task list, Yuri Malenchenko conducted the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the FE-2 copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~1:25pm EST, Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani supported two PAO TV interviews of 6 minutes each, one with CBS News (Bill Harwood), the other with ABC News (Victor Ratner). Afterwards, the CDR downlinked a TV message to MCC-H for taping on the occasion of NASA's upcoming Day of Remembrance, to be broadcast on NASA TV and used at other NASA occasions marking those solemn days. [NASA's Day of Remembrance, the final Thursday in January (this time 1/31/08), commemorates and honors the fallen heroes of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia and all of those who have given their lives in the cause of exploration and discovery. In their memory, flags across the agency will fly at half-staff.]
KURS Tests: After the two pre-docking tests for Progress M-62/27P of the KURS automated rendezvous & docking system on 12/14 & 12/16, two additional tests are being performed today and tomorrow to confirm positive test results. [Test results for the previously (12/13) failed KURS String 2 subset were nominal, but only after an extended warm-up time for the system (1.5 hrs instead of nominal 30 min). Today's and tomorrow's testing should provide more assurance of adequate functioning for the docking on 12/26 (~3:25am).]
MT Translation: Relocation of the MT (Mobile Transporter) from WS7 (Worksite 7) to WS4, postponed on 12/14 due to a possible obstruction by MLI (Multi-Layered Insulation) on the NTA (Nitrogen Tank Assembly), will take place tomorrow (12/20) at ~10:55am-12:55pm. [Analysis of the NTA insulation showed that there is sufficient clearance for the roll-over which is intended to provide added protection of the TUS (Trailing Umbilical System) from MMOD (Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris) between now and Flight STSA-122/1E.]
MPEG-2 Testing: The recent end-to-end testing of analog & digital video transmission & downlinking from the Russian Segment (RS) via the MPEG-2 (Moving Pictures Expert Group 2) encoder and Ku-band in "streaming video" packets over the U.S. OpsLAN has to date yielded results that are unacceptable for ATV1 "Jules Verne" docking. To obtain more data, a repeat of the end-to-end test is planned for tomorrow (~2:00pm) with some modifications, preparatory to using the video linkup during the Progress 26P undocking on 12/21 (Friday).
Power Management Update: Yesterday after the EVA-13, DLA-1 (Drive Lock Assembly 1) of the Stbd SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) was re-engaged, moded to Directed Position and moved to safe parking at 45 deg. Between 1:37-2:07pm EST, with the SPS (Secondary Power System) temporarily powered down, ground commanding then transferred power loads on the 1A channel to the 4A channel via the MBSUs (Main Bus Switching Units) by means of the SPCH (Seamless Power Channel Handover) technique. This was necessitated by the limited power generation caused by the combination of Stbd SARJ anomalies, BGA 1A trips and the high Sun Beta angle period just ahead. Channel 1A is now in the so-called "parachute mode" as backup to channel 4A which carries the loads. [SPS was powered up again yesterday at 2:30-2:45pm.]
Onboard Work Look-ahead: The following tasks are being considered for Stage 10A (i.e., between now and 1E): OGS (Oxygen Generation System) activation (from Stage 1E), Regenerative ECLS modification kit, RPCM (Remote Power Controller Module) replacements in cases where RPCs have been open for some time, and R&R (removal & replacement) of ER1 (EXPRESS Rack 1)'s leaky water valve. Over the holidays, the crew will be busy with payloads ops.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Walvis Bay dunes, Namibia (Dynamic event. Viewing conditions improve as winter coastal fog is reduced with the onset of southern spring. Fast-moving dunes [meters per year] on the Namibian coast leave tracks ["footprints"] that are thought to be analogs for hard-to-interpret features seen in many Mars impact craters. A mapping pass on the inshore margin of the small fishing port of Walvis Bay, where these features are known, was requested. Sun angles were ideal), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Addis is seldom clear of cloud cover. The city has a population of more than 3 million. As the capital of Ethiopia and home of the African Union, it has communities representing 80 nationalities. It is growing fast, and CEO observers requested images of the urban fringe where change is focused), and Chari River Basin, Chad (Dynamic event. The imaging window between summer cloud and winter smoke haze in the Sahel allows documentation of the complex landscape south of Lake Chad. Major rivers are depositing sediment in the form of several very large fanlike features, both active and inactive. The active fans change constantly. ISS/CEO imagery helps understand these changes. A mapping pass along track at nadir and a touch left, was requested. Recent research suggests that the huge sediment fans may be a good analog for some rock units on Mars).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:09am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.7 km
Apogee height -- 337.3 km
Perigee height -- 336.1 km
Period -- 91.27 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000896
Solar Beta Angle -- -42.9 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 130 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52001
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/21/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) ~10:59pm (to continue free-flying mission)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch; ~2:12am
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
01/10/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/20/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani again accessed the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and completing questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for later downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
In preparation for the arrival of Progress M-62/27P on 12/26 (~3:25am EST), FE-1 Malenchenko and CDR Whitson successfully conducted the standard 3-hr. training course on the TORU teleoperated control system. [The drill involved a review of procedures and docking/math model data, UHF/S-band tagup with a ground instructor, and onboard training on a special TORU simulation program with video on laptop computer TP2. Flown on the simulator were all phases of rendezvous, flyaround, final approach and docking, plus off-nominal situations like no comm in the SM-to-27P or 27P-to-SM channels, loss of TV feed, display format hang-up on the SM's Simvol-TS screen, and docking failure of TORU before capture. During Kurs-controlled rendezvous, the TORU is in "hot standby" mode, and it would allow Malenchenko to perform necessary guidance functions manually from the SM via two hand controllers in the event of a failure of the "Kurs" automated rendezvous and docking (AR&D) of the Progress. Should the docking attempt fail, the cargo ship's motions would be controlled by the crewmember from a console by viewing the approach to the ISS on the Simvol-TS screen as seen by the Klest-M television camera mounted on the Progress, followed by stationkeeping at 30m. Final approach should then be initiated not earlier than 3:16am (local "night") to ensure RGS coverage, important for situational awareness, although remote TORU control from the ground is not available at this point. Nominal docking will be inside RGS (Russian ground site) coverage.]
To complete preparations for Progress M-61/26P undocking tomorrow night on its own free-flyer mission (~10:59pm), FE-1 Malenchenko installed the StM Docking Mechanism between Progress and the DC1. [StM is the "classic" probe-and-cone type, consisting of an active docking assembly (ASA) with a probe (SSh), which fits into the cone (SK) on the passive docking assembly (PSA) for initial soft dock and subsequent retraction to hard dock. The ASA is mounted on the Progress' cargo module (GrO), while the PSA sits on the docking ports of the SM, FGB and DC1.]
Afterwards, Malenchenko performed the usual dismantling & removal of electronic US-21 matching unit equipment from the cargo ship, to be recycled on another flight. [After deactivating the US-21 matching unit and SKV-1 dehumidifier and disconnecting the cables of the BITS 2-12 onboard telemetry measurement system, with its VD-SU monitoring mode turned off, the crew unbolted and removed the Progress' US-21 in its container box. US-21, with its associated commutator gear, provides the electronic interface between the Service Module (SM) and the Progress for SM computer control of Progress propulsion. When a Progress is undocked and jettisoned, the valuable electronics are retained, to be recycled on a future vehicle. Tomorrow's final steps for the undocking will include completion of trash loading, activation of the cargo ship and tearing down the ventilation air duct, removing the threaded quick-disconnect (QD) screw clamps of the SSVP the docking & internal transfer system, closing hatches between 26P and the transfer tunnel (PrK) to the DC1 after taking video of the mating surfaces/seals, conducting the vestibule leak check, and downlinking video imagery of the SM/Progress hatch interface.]
FE-2 Dan Tani and CDR Peggy Whitson conducted their first session of the LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System)/Phase 2 experiment, starting off with a teleconference with the Project Scientist at POIC (Payload Operations & Integration Center/Huntsville). After setting up the payload equipment, the CDR completed today's LOCAD exploratory survey activities, taking single swab samples from five different sites in the station. Five more swab samplings will be conducted tomorrow. In Phase 2, no media sides will have to be prepared. [LOCAD uses small, thumb-sized "microfluidic" cartridges that are read by the experiment reader. The cartridges contain dried extract of horseshoe crab blood cells and colorless dye. In the presence of the bacteria, the dried extract reacts strongly to turn the dye a green color. Therefore, the more green dye, the more microorganisms there are in the original sample. The handheld device tests this new analysis technology by sampling for the presence of gram negative bacteria in the sample in about 15 minutes, showing the results on a display screen. Lab-on-a-Chip technology has an ever-expanding range of applications in the biotech industry. Chips are available (or in development) which can also detect yeast, mold, and gram positive bacteria, identify environmental contaminants, and perform quick health diagnostics in medical clinics. The technology has been used to swab the MERs (Mars Exploration Rovers) for planetary protection. With expanded testing on ISS, began by Sunita Williams in March/April this year, this compact technology has broad potential applications in space exploration--from monitoring environmental conditions to monitoring crew health. The current study should prepare for long-duration exploration by demonstrating a system that enables the crew to perform biochemical analysis in space without having to return samples to Earth.]
In the Lab, Tani also continued his servicing of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment on its third ground-controlled session. [In Step 1, the FE-2 configured the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, closed the vacuum vent, checked for acceptable humidity levels, and opened the SPU-11 (Sample Processing Unit #13) water valve to initiate unattended vacuum preparation. Later, in Step 2, he reset MSG, closed the water valve, again checked for acceptable humidity levels in the sample chamber, then opened the vent & vacuum valves to initiate the required vacuum draw on the sample chamber. CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
During the afternoon, the crew performed a repeat of the previous end-to-end test of analog & digital video transmission & downlinking from the Russian Segment (RS) from the MPEG-2 (Moving Pictures Expert Group 2) encoder via U.S. OpsLAN and Ku-band in "streaming video" packets, after previous attempts had yielded results unacceptable for ATV1 "Jules Verne" docking. For the testing, Tani set up the necessary cabling and three SSC (Station Support Computer) laptops (#4, #6, #9) for viewing and recording MPEG2 stream on the LAN (Local Area Network). [Afterwards the FE-2 shut down SSC-4 and SSC-6, leaving the SSC-9 A31p powered for downloading its files via OCA.]
In Node-2, where the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload is running by itself since 12/13 (with a brief picture taking interruption for EVA-13 support), the FE-2 performed his daily status check on the A31p laptop controlling the EarthKAM digital still camera, verifying on the last image taken that image focus and alignment remain in check. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour for the next few days.]
The FE-1 was scheduled to perform another one-hour O2 (oxygen) refresh of the cabin atmosphere from Progress M-61/26P storage tank, to utilize its gas stores prior to its jettisoning on 12/22.
Whitson ran the periodic check of active U.S. payloads, i.e., cleaning the ANITA (Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air) inlet plus inspecting and filter cleaning of the CGBA-5 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5) incubator payload. [The CGBA incubator is controlled from the ground, with automatic video downlinked to Earth. ANITA continues to collect data every six seconds and downlinks the data daily to the ground team. ANITA monitors low levels of potential gaseous contaminants in the ISS cabin atmosphere with a capability of simultaneously monitoring 32 gaseous contaminants. The experiment is testing the accuracy and reliability of this technology as a potential next-generation atmosphere trace-gas monitoring system for ISS and future spacecraft. This is a cooperative investigation with the European Space Agency.]
Peggy also took air samples for the periodic (weekly) atmospheric status check for ppO2 (Partial Pressure Oxygen) and ppCO2 (pp Carbon Dioxide), using the hand-held CSA-CP (Compound Specific Analyzer-Combustion Products), CSA-O2 (CSA -Oxygen sensor) and CDMK (CO2 Monitoring Kit). Batteries were to be replaced if necessary. [Purpose of the 15-min activity is to trend with MCA (Major Constituents Analyzer), i.e., to correlate the hand-held readings with MCA measurements. CSA-CP sensors (and readings) employed in the SM were #1051 (21.7%) & #1044 (21.8%); in Node-1 #1058 (20.9%); and in Node-2 #1058 (20.9%). O2 sensor checks used #1042 (21%), #1063 (21.8%), #1052 (21.8%), #1041 (21.7%). CDMK CO2 level in Lab and SM was ~0.20%.]
Peggy and Dan completed their second run with the MedOps WinSCAT (Spaceflight Cognitive Assessment Tool) experiment by logging in on the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) and performing the psychological evaluation exercise on the laptop-based WinSCAT experiment. [WinSCAT is a time-constrained questionnaire test of cognitive abilities, routinely performed by astronauts aboard the ISS every 30 days before or after the PHS (periodic health status) test or on special CDR's, crewmembers or flight surgeons request.]
In the Joint Airlock, the CDR and FE-2 performed more post-EVA cleanup, recharging the EMU/spacesuits with water from PWR (Payload Water Reservoir) #1024 and CWC (Contingency Water Container) #1059, then reconnecting the LTAs (Lower Torso Assemblies) to the EMUs and capping the UIA (Umbilical Interface Assembly).
Tani also terminated the overnight regeneration of METOX (Metal Oxide) canisters #0017 & #0019 in the A/L bakeout oven and initiated the process on canisters #0020 & #0021. [METOX CO2 absorption cans, rather than LiOH (Lithium Hydroxide) filters, were used yesterday both in the Airlock for the Campout and in the two EMUs for the spacewalk.]
Afterwards, Dan started discharging two EMU batteries, #2063 & #2077, used during EVA-13. [The full maintenance discharge is handled automatically by an SSC laptop equipped with a special DOS application.]
Peggy Whitson conducted the weekly 10-min. CWC audit as part of on-going WDS (Water Delivery System) assessment of onboard water supplies. [Updated "cue cards" based on the crew's water calldowns are sent up every other week. The current cue card (16-0018K), to be updated with today's data, lists 26 CWCs; ~983 liters total) for the four types of water identified on board: technical water (735.4 l, for Elektron, flushing, hygiene), potable water (221.3 l), condensate water (0 l), waste/EMU dump and other (26.6 l). Two CWCs (#1004 & #1081, ~89 l) with potable water are off limits due to the Wautersia bacteria found in sample analysis, the source of which is still not understood. Impact of losing this potable CWC is negligible since there are sufficient drinking water supplies onboard. Also currently not to be used are nine CWCs with technical water (~389 l).]
Peggy unstowed and set up the NUTRITION with Repository hardware for the blood draw and urine collection part of her third session with this experiment, beginning tomorrow with a combination blood draw (Serum & Heparin), requiring Dr. Whitson to forego exercising & food intake for eight hours, i.e., starting tonight. Urine sample collection begins tomorrow morning and continues for 24h, i.e., through Tuesday morning. [The Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile currently required on all U.S. Astronauts collects blood and urine samples preflight and postflight. NUTRITION expands this protocol by also capturing in-flight samples (plus an additional postflight sample), made possible by the MELFI (Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS). Furthermore, additional measurements are included for samples from all sessions, including additional markers of bone metabolism, vitamin status, and hormone and oxidative stressor tests. The results will be used to better understand the impact of countermeasures (exercise and pharmaceuticals) on nutritional status & nutrient requirements.]
At ~3:15am EST, Yuri Malenchenko had a PMC (Private Medical Conference) via S-band/audio to discuss his exercise regimen.
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the CDR copied the exercise data file to the MEC laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
FE-2 Tani conducted the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Working from his discretionary "time permitting" task list, Yuri Malenchenko completed the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The relocation of the MT (Mobile Transporter) from WS7 (Worksite 7) to WS4, postponed on 12/14 due to a possible obstruction by MLI (Multi-Layered Insulation) on the NTA (Nitrogen Tank Assembly), was performed at 10:55am-12:55pm, with the Russian MCS (Motion Control System)/thrusters temporarily inhibited due to loads constraints. [Analysis of the NTA insulation had shown that there was sufficient clearance for the roll-over which has the purpose to provide added protection of the TUS (Trailing Umbilical System) from MMOD (Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris) between now and Flight STSA-122/1E. MT will be translated back to WS7 about three days before 1E arrival.]]
MBSU Health Flag: MBSU (Main Bus Switching Unit) 2 is showing a new health flag in a data dump conducted yesterday, indicating an anomaly in one of its firmware blocks. Two other health flags were discovered earlier in different blocks. Exact impacts are unknown until further analysis. All MBSU telemetry appears nominal.
Progress Launch Preps: At Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Progress M-62/27P orbital module was integrated today with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the Processing Facility.
Sad Note: Early this morning it was announced at the MMT (Mission Management Team) meeting that Flight Engineer Dan Tani's mother Rose died late yesterday during a car crash. Dan was informed in a private phone call. This is the first time an orbiting NASA Astronaut loses a close kin. We all feel truly sorry for your loss, Dan!
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Greater Khartoum, Sudan (Khartoum and Omdurman, cities at the confluence of the White and Blue Niles, were at nadir and a touch left. The margins of these cities are of greatest interest. Omdurman on the west bank is more earth-colored than Khartoum and thus less easily visible), Sahara dust (Dynamic event. Conditions have set in for an extended dust event in the central Sahara, north of Lake Chad, in one of the planet's prime dust-generating basins. Dust particles from this basin are now known to reach the Americas several times per year. Looking right for oblique views of the dust plumes and trying to shoot the edges of the dust mass), Tunis, Tunisia (looking right for this historic port city which lies at the head of a major bay, the crew's main visual cue), and Mount Vesuvius, Italy (Vesuvius is one of the so-called "Decade Volcanoes". The Decade Volcanoes project focuses on a small number of active volcanoes world-wide in order to encourage a range of research and public-awareness activities, all aimed at improving understanding of volcanoes and the hazards associated with them).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:30am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.5 km
Apogee height -- 337.1 km
Perigee height -- 335.9 km
Period -- 91.26 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000907
Solar Beta Angle -- -47.8 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 176 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52017
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/21/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) ~10:59pm (to continue free-flying mission)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch; ~2:12am
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
01/10/08 – NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/14/08 -- NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- NET: ATV-1 docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/21/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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After wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani completed his daily access of the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Having passed the Day 60 mark in her flight, Dr. Peggy Whitson began her third session with the NASA/JSC experiment NUTRITION w/Repository, for which she had to forego exercising and food intake for eight hours. Today's protocol consisted of two blood draws (for Serum & Heparin). Later, the CDR set up the equipment for the 24-hour urine collections which start with the first void early tomorrow morning and continue through Sunday morning. [Acting as operator, Dan Tani as performed phlebotomy on Peggy Whitson, i.e., drawing blood samples (from an arm vein) which was first allowed to coagulate in the Repository, then spun in the HRF RC (Human Research Facility/Refrigerated Centrifuge) and finally placed in MELFI (Minus-Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS). The RC was later powered off after a temperature reset to limit wear on the compressor, and cleaned. Background: NUTRITION is the most comprehensive in-flight study done by NASA to date of human physiologic changes during long-duration space flight; this includes measures of bone metabolism, oxidative damage, nutritional assessments, and hormonal changes. The Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile currently required on all U.S. Astronauts collects blood and urine samples preflight and postflight. NUTRITION expands this protocol by also capturing inflight samples and an additional postflight sample. Furthermore, additional measurements are included for samples from all sessions, including additional markers of bone metabolism, vitamin status, and hormone and oxidative stressor tests. The results will be used to better understand the impact of countermeasures (exercise and pharmaceuticals) on nutritional status and nutrient requirements. The Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile (MR016L), first started on two Mir crewmembers and then on all ISS US crews, nominally consists of two pre-flight and one post-flight analysis of nutritional status, as well as an in-flight assessment of dietary intake using the FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire). The current NUTRITION project expands MR016L testing in three ways: Addition of in-flight blood & urine collection (made possible by MELFI), normative markers of nutritional assessment, and a return session plus 30-day (R+30) session to allow evaluation of post-flight nutrition and implications for rehabilitation.]
FE-2 Tani conducted his second session of the LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System)/Phase 2 experiment, completing another LOCAD exploratory survey by taking single swab samples from five more surface sites in the station. In Phase 2, no media sides have to be prepared. [LOCAD uses small, thumb-sized "microfluidic" cartridges that are read by the experiment reader. The cartridges contain dried extract of horseshoe crab blood cells and colorless dye. In the presence of the bacteria, the dried extract reacts strongly to turn the dye a green color. Therefore, the more green dye, the more microorganisms there are in the original sample. The handheld device tests this new analysis technology by sampling for the presence of gram negative bacteria in the sample in about 15 minutes, showing the results on a display screen. Background: Lab-on-a-Chip technology has an ever-expanding range of applications in the biotech industry. Chips are available (or in development) which can also detect yeast, mold, and gram positive bacteria, identify environmental contaminants, and perform quick health diagnostics in medical clinics. The technology has been used to swab the MERs (Mars Exploration Rovers) for planetary protection. With expanded testing on ISS, began by Sunita Williams in March/April this year, this compact technology has broad potential applications in space exploration--from monitoring environmental conditions to monitoring crew health. The current study should prepare for long-duration exploration by demonstrating a system that enables the crew to perform biochemical analysis in space without having to return samples to Earth.]
Afterwards, the FE-2 performed his daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour. Today Dan received ground feedback that "the photos are looking really good now!"]
In the Lab, the CDR continued crew support of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, terminating the final (fourth) vacuum draw on the SPU11 (Sample Processing Unit 11) and initiating sample processing on SPU11, to be finished prior to Progress 26P undocking tonight to avoid vibration disturbances on the processing. [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
Working in the Airlock (A/L) on more post-EVA cleanup tasks, Peggy Whitson set up and started the periodic scrubbing process on the EMUs' (Extravehicular Mobility Units) cooling water loops, by initiating its ionic and particulate matter filtration (using a 3-micron filter) on suits #3006 & #3018. The cooling loops were then reconfigured and the EMU water processing kit disassembled and stowed. [Purpose of the scrubbing, including iodination of the LCVGs (Liquid Cooling & Ventilation Garments) for biocidal maintenance, is the elimination of any biomass and particulate matter that may have accumulated in the loops.]
The CDR also terminated the regeneration of METOX (Metal Oxide) canisters #0020 & #0021 in the Airlock (A/L) bakeout oven. [METOX CO2 absorption cans, rather than LiOH (Lithium Hydroxide) filters, were used on 12/19 both in the A/L for the Campout and in the two EMUs for the spacewalk.]
Afterwards, Peggy checked out the U.S. Sound Level Meter (SLM) instrument and then used it to conduct the periodic noise level measurements program in the station interior for a 2-hr acoustic survey, including transfer of the recorded data to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer). [The acoustic level may have been somewhat impacted by the fans running in the A/L for the EMU iodination procedure. A total of 48 acoustic measurements are obtained at 13 locations in the Lab (including in the TESS {Temporary Sleep Station} with door closed), four locations in Node-1, three locations in the A/L, six locations in Node-2, 11 locations in the SM, three locations in the DC1 Docking Compartment, and 4 locations in the FGB.. The survey also includes four crew preference locations taken at their perceived loudest locations in the station. The SLM gives instantaneous noise levels and their frequency spectra, which are transferred to the MEC laptop via an RS232 cable and later downlinked with regular CHeCS (Crew Health Care Systems) data dump or via OCA.]
For tonight's operation of SAMS (Space Acceleration Measurement System), Tani configured the ER1 (EXPRESS Rack 1) by connecting its MTL (Moderate Temperature Loop) cooling jumper QDs (quick disconnects) to the nearby LAB1O2 UIP (Utility Interface Panel, "Z-panel"). Later, Dan will also verify proper functioning of the SAMS laptop in ER4. [Background]
Returning to the ITCS (Internal Thermal Control System) panels later today, the FE-2 will demate and take down the ITCS LTL (Internal Thermal Control System/Low Temperature Loop) jumper at the CDRA-supporting LAB1D6 rack, after the CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) failed yesterday due to a warm slug of water resulting from an unexpected transition of LTL to single LT. [Since CO2 levels during METOX remained acceptable level, CDRA did not have to be reactivated.]
Unstowing the two HRDs (High Rate Dosimeters) from the Passive Dosimetry Kit, Dan Tani replaced their batteries with fresh ones, as is done once a year to ensure the units are ready to be used in a contingency situation. [Purpose of the hand-held HRDs is to measure & record high rate radiation data, i.e., dose (in Gy) and dose rate (in Gy/hr or cGy/hr), and relay to MCC-H during a contingency event. The instruments measure absorbed dose, also known as total ionizing dose (TID), a measure of the energy deposited in a medium by ionizing radiation. Since it is equal to the energy deposited per unit mass of medium, it the unit Joule/kg, which is given the special name "gray" (Gy).]
The FE-2 also filled out the regular FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire), his 7th, on the MEC. [By means of these FFQs, U.S. astronauts keep a personalized log of their nutritional intake over time on special MEC software. Recorded are the amounts consumed during the past week of such food items as beverages, cereals, grains, eggs, breads, snacks, sweets, fruit, beans, soup, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, chicken, sauces & spreads, and vitamins. At TsUP/Moscow, food specialists are currently preparing the Russian food "menu" for delivery by Progress M-63/28P next February. 28P will carry "bonus food" for Peggy and Yuri, plus about 15 kg of fresh food items (apples, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, garlic) in two containers.]
CDR Whitson unstowed and assembled the HRF (Human Research Facility) ultrasound hardware for Day 1 of the Braslet experiment (SDTO/Station Development Test Objective). [The SDTO-17011 "Validation of On-Orbit Methodology for the Assessment of Cardiac Function and Changes in the Circulating Volume Using Ultrasound and Braslet-M Occlusion Cuffs (Braslet)" is a collaborative effort between NASA and the Russian FSA (Federal Space Agency), with the goal to establish a valid ultrasound methodology for assessing a number of aspects of central and peripheral hemodynamics and cardiovascular function, specifically in rapid changes in intravascular circulating volume. Braslet uses Braslet-M occlusion cuffs, i.e., the Russian-made operational countermeasure already pre-calibrated and available onboard for each ISS crewmember. Braslet employs multiple modes of ultrasound imaging and measurements, in combination with short-term application of Braslet-M occlusive cuffs and cardiopulmonary maneuvers (Valsalva, Mueller) to demonstrate and to evaluate the degree of changes in the circulating volume on orbit. This will be accomplished by performing echocardiographic examinations in multiple modes (including Tissue Doppler mode), ultrasound measurements of lower extremity venous and arterial vascular responses to Braslet-M device under nominal conditions and also during cardiopulmonary Mueller and Valsalva maneuvers. Identical measurements will be repeated without Braslet-M, with Braslet-M applied, and immediately after releasing the occlusion device.]
Yuri and Peggy completed preparations for Progress M-61/26P undocking tonight on its own free-flyer mission (~10:59pm). [The FE-1 and CDR finished trash loading and reported completion to the ground for the final Go from TsUP/Moscow, followed by cargo ship activation, tearing down the ventilation air duct, removing the threaded BZV QD (quick disconnect) screw clamps screw clamps of the SSVP docking & internal transfer system, and closing hatches between 26P and the transfer tunnel (PrK) to the DC1 after taking video of the mating surfaces/seals. They then conducted the one-hour vestibule leak check and downlinked the video imagery of the SM/Progress hatch interface. Russian MCS/thrusters were temporarily inhibited during the clamp removal due to loads constraints.]
Before sleeptime tonight, Dan will verify closure of the protective Lab science window shutter and power down the onboard amateur/ham radio equipment to prevent RF interference with the departing Progress.
Using the SKDS CMS (Pressure Control & Atmosphere Monitoring System/Countermeasure System), Malenchenko took readings of potentially harmful contaminants in the SM. The hardware was then returned to initial stowage. [The CMS uses preprogrammed microchips to measure Formaldehyde (H2CO, methanal), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Ammonia (NH3), taking one measurement per microchip.]
With Progress 26P's oxygen (O2) stores depleted yesterday, Yuri today supported the ground's reactivation of the Elektron O2 generator at 32 amps by monitoring the external temperature of its secondary purification unit (BD) for the first 10 minutes of operations to ensure that there was no overheating. [During nominal operations a gas analyzer is utilized to detect hydrogen (H2) in the O2 line (which could cause overheating) but is not included in the control algorithm until 10 minutes after Elektron startup.]
Malenchenko performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, Yuri also will conduct the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
At ~3:20am EST, Yuri linked up with TsUP stowage specialists via S-band to conduct the weekly IMS tagup, discussing stowage issues and equipment locations. [Issues discussed included number of PCMCIA memory cards used for KUBIK experiment data, number of discarded urine transfer hoses & adapters, and confirmation that a large number of trashed items have been stowed in Progress M-61/26P which are not yet showing in the IMS log.]
At ~3:40pm, the crew is scheduled for their conducted their seventh weekly tagup with the Lead Flight Director at JSC/MCC-H via S-band/audio.
[S/G-2 (Space-to-Ground 2) phone patch via SSC-10 (Station Support Computer 10)].
The CDR and FE-2 each were scheduled for their weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop), Dan at ~8:05am, Peggy at ~2:45pm.
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1, FE-2), RED (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the FE-2 will transfer the exercise data file to the MEC laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Progress Launch Preps: At Baikonur, Kazakhstan, preparations continue for the launch of the Progress M-62/27P cargo vehicle on 12/23 (2:12am EST). At 4:00am Moscow time (8:00pm EST last night), the Soyuz-U launch vehicle was rolled out from the Integration Building to the launch pad and installed on the pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC — also known as noctilucent clouds). Southern spring is the season for relatively uncommon polar mesospheric clouds to form very high over Antarctica. PMC are being studied as part of the International Polar Year [IPY] investigation of climate change in high latitudes. PMC form in the stratosphere and higher, i.e. well above the lowest layer of the atmosphere [troposphere, or weather layer, characterized by clouds, and an orange tinge produced by brushfire smoke, smog, etc.]. The AIM satellite (Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere) has just been launched to investigate how PMC form and why they are apparently becoming thicker and brighter. ISS/CEO imagery will complement images from AIM and from the ground. The collaborating IPY scientist is excited to receive any images ISS may acquire. Collaborating Swedish scientists have arrived at a base in Antarctica (73S 13 W) for PMC observation.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:49am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.3 km
Apogee height -- 337.1 km
Perigee height -- 335.6 km
Period -- 91.26 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001088
Solar Beta Angle -- -52.7 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 142 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52033
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/21/07 -- Progress M-61/26P undocking (DC1) ~10:59pm (to continue free-flying mission)
12/22/07 -- Yuri Malenchenko's Birthday
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch; ~2:12am
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
12/30/07 -- ISS Reboost (phasing)
01/10/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/22/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani except for housekeeping and voluntary work. Happy 46th Birthday, Yuri Ivanovich!
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Last night, Progress M-61/26P successfully undocked from the ISS at 10:59pm EST (hook opening command: 10:57pm). The separation appeared smooth with no vibrations noted. Downlinked video from the cargo vehicle showed that the docking ring surface was nominal. The first separation burn was performed at 11:03pm and a second separation burn followed at 11:09pm. The spacecraft initially moved aft of the station, then forward, overtaking the ISS on a lower (faster) orbit. 26P will remain in orbit in free flight for 3-4 weeks, continuing to phase out in front of the ISS (about 40 km per orbit) as part of a Russian Earth observation experiment.
After the undocking, FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko manually closed the PEV (Pressure Equalization Valve) between the DC1 and its docking port vestibule.
Before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani and CDR Peggy Whitson (who now has joined in this activity) completed their daily access of the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmember's sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan wears a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Also before breakfast, Dr. Whitson completed the last day (FD 60) of her 3rd session with the NASA/JSC experiment NUTRITION w/Repository. Today she conducted the 24-hour urine collections starting with the first void early in the morning and continuing through tomorrow morning. The samples were stored in the MELFI (Minus-Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS) and the sampling kit was then stowed away. [The current NUTRITION project is the most comprehensive in-flight study done by NASA to date of human physiologic changes during long-duration space flight. It includes measures of bone metabolism, oxidative damage, nutritional assessments, and hormonal changes, expanding the previous Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile (MR016L) testing in three ways: Addition of in-flight blood & urine collection (made possible by MELFI), normative markers of nutritional assessment, and a return session plus 30-day (R+30) session to allow evaluation of post-flight nutrition and implications for rehabilitation.]
The crew performed the regular weekly three-hour task of thorough station cleaning. ["Uborka", normally done on Saturdays, includes removal of food waste products, cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, damp cleaning of the Service Module (SM) dining table, other frequently touched surfaces and surfaces where trash is collected, as well as the FE's sleep station with a standard cleaning solution; also, fan screens and grilles are cleaned to avoid temperature rises. Special cleaning is also done every 90 days on the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) bacteria filters in the Lab.]
The CDR conducted her first self-scanning session for the Braslet experiment (SDTO/Station Development Test Objective), leading off with a video review and followed by the actual ultrasound scanning activity on herself (for which she had to abstain from caffeine 12 hrs prior to the scan session, heavy meals 4 hrs before and any food at all 2 hrs prior to the scan, plus no exercise 2 hours before and no liquids 30 mins before). [The SDTO-17011 "Validation of On-Orbit Methodology for the Assessment of Cardiac Function and Changes in the Circulating Volume Using Ultrasound and Braslet-M Occlusion Cuffs (Braslet)" is a collaborative effort between NASA and the Russian FSA (Federal Space Agency), with the goal to establish a valid ultrasound methodology for assessing a number of aspects of central and peripheral hemodynamics and cardiovascular function, specifically in rapid changes in intravascular circulating volume. Braslet uses Braslet-M occlusion cuffs, i.e., the Russian-made operational countermeasure already pre-calibrated and available onboard for each ISS crewmember. Braslet employs multiple modes of ultrasound imaging and measurements, in combination with short-term application of Braslet-M occlusive cuffs and cardiopulmonary maneuvers (Valsalva, Mueller) to demonstrate and to evaluate the degree of changes in the circulating volume on orbit. This will be accomplished by performing echocardiographic examinations in multiple modes (including Tissue Doppler mode), ultrasound measurements of lower extremity venous and arterial vascular responses to Braslet-M device under nominal conditions and also during cardiopulmonary Mueller and Valsalva maneuvers. Identical measurements will be repeated without Braslet-M, with Braslet-M applied, and immediately after releasing the occlusion device.]
For FE-2 Tani, it was time again for his daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
In the Lab, Peggy continued her support of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, terminating SPU-11 (Sample Processing Unit #11) processing, transferring its data to the MLC (MSG Laptop Computer) and verifying them, then removing SPU-11, installing a new SPU (#10), and finally turning the payload off. Later, the MSG was also powered off. [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
Working briefly on the EXPRESS Rack 1 (ER1) laptop computer, Whitson modify its "crash recovery" parameter, changing the location of the memory dump analysis file to make downlinking more efficient.
Malenchenko performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists among else of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exercise device (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, the FE-2 will transfer the exercise data file to the MEC laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~3:20am EST, Yuri Malenchenko, born today 46 years ago in the Ukraine, participated in a Telebridge radio hook-up with friends and family at an event in the Ukrainian city of Kiev via RGS (Russian Groundsites).
The FE-1 and FE-2 each were scheduled for a PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop), Yuri at ~5:305am, Dan at ~3:05pm.
From his voluntary task list, Yuri conducted another session of the Russian "Uragan" (hurricane) earth-imaging program, using the Nikon D2X digital camera with 800 mm focal length lenses to take pictures of catastrophic events for subsequent downlink via BSR-TM. [Uplinked target zones for today were slopes and ravine terrain to the south of Voronezh, the Alps, the Allaline and other glaciers near arc-shaped water reservoir dams, Poland's Vistula river showing 20-km long contamination spreading on 12/17 towards the Baltic Sea, and the Huascaran volcano in Peru.]
Electron Activation Update: Yesterday, when Yuri assisted the ground in activation the Elektron oxygen generator in the standard 32 amp mode, the system came on in 11 amps mode. A recently (11/27) installed electronic interference filter (to prevent RFI with the ATV/Automated Transfer Vehicle) felt hot to Yuri's touch, who, on ground advice, turned off the Elektron, removed the filter and reconnected the cables. The electrolysis machine was then successfully reactivated in 32 amp mode and is now operating nominally at 24 amps.
Progress Launch Preps: At Baikonur, Kazakhstan, final preparations continue for the launch of the Progress M-62/27P cargo vehicle tomorrow morning at 2:12am EST.
Weekly Science Update (Expedition Sixteen -- Week 9)
ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS): In progress.
ANITA: Completed.
BCAT (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test): There will be a reboost on 12/29 ands thruster firings on 12/30, both of which could significantly impact the quality of BCAT science. The ground team feels that it's not likely that they will get two runs before the Shuttle docking, so they are going to remix sample 3 on 12/31 after the thruster firings and run sample 3 for ~14 days.
CARDIOCOG-2: Completed.
CCISS (Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS): Reserve.
CFE (Capillary Flow Experiment): Reserve.
CSI-2/CGBA (CGBA Science Insert #2/Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus): In progress.
CGBA-2 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 2): Complete.
CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2): CSLM-2 SPU-11 has completed vacuum vent cycles 1 through 4. SPU-11 (10 hr heat soak) started processing on 12/21 at ~11:00am EST.
EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students): Complete.
EPO (Educational Payload Operations): Reserve.
ETD (Eye Tracking Device): In progress.
Integrated Immune: In progress.
KUBIK-FM1/ KUBIK-FM2 Centrifuge/Incubators: FE-1 Malenchenko has retrieved the telemetry data of the two KUBIK devices. The data is related to the 16S/15S Soyuz mission Biology Program and has been downlinked to ground.
LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System): Complete.
MISSE (Materials ISS Experiment): Ongoing.
MTR-2 (Russian radiation measurements): Passive dosimeters measurements in DC1 "Pirs".
MULTIGEN-1: MULTIGEN-1 samples will be downloaded on STS-122 (1E).
MSG-SAME (Microgravity Science Glovebox): Complete.
NOA-2 (Nitric Oxide Analyzer): Planned.
NUTRITION/REPOSITORY: In progress..
PMDIS (Perceptual Motor Deficits in Space): Complete.
SAMS/MAMS (Space & Microgravity Acceleration Measurement Systems): Ongoing.
SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight): Peggy and Dan's next Sleep Actiwatch Download/Initialization session will be placed on the task list from 12/26/07-1/2/08. The Actiwatches will stop taking data on 1/3/08.
SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellite): In progress. To be conducted tomorrow (12/2).
Swab (Characterization of Microorganisms & Allergens in Spacecraft): In progress.
TRAC (Test of Reaction & Adaptation Capabilities): Planned.
CEO (Crew Earth Observation): On-going.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Polar Mesospheric Clouds over Antarctica (PMC — also known as noctilucent clouds). Southern spring is the season for relatively uncommon polar mesospheric clouds to form very high over Antarctica. PMC are being studied as part of the International Polar Year [IPY] investigation of climate change in high latitudes. PMC form in the stratosphere and higher, i.e. well above the lowest layer of the atmosphere [troposphere, or weather layer, characterized by clouds, and an orange tinge produced by brushfire smoke, smog, etc.]. The AIM satellite (Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere) has just been launched to investigate how PMC form and why they are apparently becoming thicker and brighter. ISS/CEO imagery will complement images from AIM and from the ground. The collaborating IPY scientist is excited to receive any images ISS may acquire. Collaborating Swedish scientists have arrived at a base in Antarctica (73S 13 W) for PMC observation.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:13am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.3 km
Apogee height -- 337.0 km
Perigee height -- 335.5 km
Period -- 91.26 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001097
Solar Beta Angle -- -57.5 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 66 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52049
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/23/07 -- Progress M-62/27P launch; ~2:12am
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
12/30/07 -- ISS Reboost (phasing)
01/10/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/23/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday – off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani. Ahead: Week 10 of Increment 16.
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With the usual dependability, Progress M-62/27P launched nominally this morning at Baikonur at 2:12am EST. Orbit insertion and 3rd stage separation were nominal at ~2:21:30am. Critical antennae and solar array deployments took place without issue. Docking is scheduled on Wednesday, 12/26 (~3:25am EST). Congrats, Baikonur!
Before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani and CDR Peggy Whitson completed their daily access of the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Upon wakeup, Dr. Whitson also performed the last sampling of her 3rd session with the NASA/JSC experiment NUTRITION w/Repository, collecting a final urine sample for storage in the MELFI (Minus-Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS). The sampling kit was then stowed away. Peggy's next NUTRITION w/Repository activity will be her FD120 (Flight Day 120) session. [The current NUTRITION project is the most comprehensive in-flight study done by NASA to date of human physiologic changes during long-duration space flight. It includes measures of bone metabolism, oxidative damage, nutritional assessments, and hormonal changes, expanding the previous Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile (MR016L) testing in three ways: Addition of in-flight blood & urine collection (made possible by MELFI), normative markers of nutritional assessment, and a return session plus 30-day (R+30) session to allow evaluation of post-flight nutrition and implications for rehabilitation.]
Today Dan Tani was the subject for the Braslet experiment (SDTO/Station Development Test Objective), holding still for his second ultrasound scanning session by Peggy as operator (for which Dan had to abstain from caffeine 12 hrs prior to the scan session, heavy meals 4 hrs before and any food at all 2 hrs prior to the scan, plus no exercise 2 hours before and no liquids 30 mins before). [The SDTO-17011 "Validation of On-Orbit Methodology for the Assessment of Cardiac Function and Changes in the Circulating Volume Using Ultrasound and Braslet-M Occlusion Cuffs (Braslet)" is a collaborative effort between NASA and the Russian FSA (Federal Space Agency), with the goal to establish a valid ultrasound methodology for assessing a number of aspects of central and peripheral hemodynamics and cardiovascular function, specifically in rapid changes in intravascular circulating volume. Braslet uses Braslet-M occlusion cuffs, i.e., the Russian-made operational countermeasure already pre-calibrated and available onboard for each ISS crewmember. Braslet employs multiple modes of ultrasound imaging and measurements, in combination with short-term application of Braslet-M occlusive cuffs and cardiopulmonary maneuvers (Valsalva, Mueller) to demonstrate and to evaluate the degree of changes in the circulating volume on orbit. This will be accomplished by performing echocardiographic examinations in multiple modes (including Tissue Doppler mode), ultrasound measurements of lower extremity venous and arterial vascular responses to Braslet-M device under nominal conditions and also during cardiopulmonary Mueller and Valsalva maneuvers. Identical measurements will be repeated without Braslet-M, with Braslet-M applied, and immediately after releasing the occlusion device.]
The FE-2 performed his daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
FE-1 Malenchenko conducted regular service on the Vozdukh CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) removal system, first switching it via on-board computer system to automatic control mode and later back to manual mode 5.
Afterwards, Yuri Malenchenko completed the daily routine maintenance of the Service Module (SM)'s SOZh environment control & life support system, with the regular replacements in its toilet system (ASU), plus the periodic checkout/verification of IP-1 airflow sensors in the various Russian Segment hatchways, including the SM-to-DC1 (22P) tunnel, and the FGB-to-Node and FGB-to-Soyuz passageways. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance includes checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers. Weekly SOZh reports (on Sundays) to TsUP/Moscow deal with number & dates of water and urine containers, counter readings of water consumption & urine collection, and total operating time of the POTOK air filtration system.]
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill with vibration isolation (FE-1), RED resistive exercise device (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
The FE-2, who is mourning the loss of his mother, was scheduled for two PFCs (Private Family Conferences) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop), one at ~10:45am EST and the other at ~5:30pm.
Working off his "time permitting" discretionary task list, Yuri conducted his fourth run of the Russian DZZ-2 "Diatomeya" ocean observations program, using the NIKON-F5 still camera with 80-200 mm Nikkor zoom lens to record high production zones and associated oceanic phenomena (cloud pattern, hydrodynamics) in the target areas of Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. [Uplinked target zones were the coastal area of Brazil, Gibraltar and the northern waters of Mediterranean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, and coral islands and atolls of Oceania and the California Bay in the Pacific Ocean.]
A second job item on the FE-1's discretionary list for today was another KPT-3 session to make observations and take aerial KPT-3 photography of environmental conditions for Russia's Environmental Safety Agency (ECON) using the Nikon D1X digital camera with SIGMA 300-800mm telephoto lens. [Targets today were contamination areas in the Vistula River in Poland and in the Pacific Ocean. KPT-3 photography has been a frequent earth observing experiment for ECON.]
CEO photo targets uplinked for today were Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC — also known as noctilucent clouds) over selected ground sites (12 minutes for each). (Southern spring is the season for relatively uncommon polar mesospheric clouds to form very high over Antarctica. PMC are being studied as part of the International Polar Year [IPY] investigation of climate change in high latitudes. PMC form in the stratosphere and higher, i.e. well above the lowest layer of the atmosphere [troposphere, or weather layer, characterized by clouds, and an orange tinge produced by brushfire smoke, smog, etc.]. The AIM satellite (Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere) has just been launched to investigate how PMC form and why they are apparently becoming thicker and brighter. ISS/CEO imagery will complement images from AIM and from the ground. The collaborating IPY scientist is excited to receive any images ISS may acquire. Collaborating Swedish scientists have arrived at a base in Antarctica (73S 13 W) for PMC observation.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:27am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.1 km
Apogee height -- 337.0 km
Perigee height -- 335.3 km
Period -- 91.26 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001214
Solar Beta Angle -- -62.0 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 128 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52065
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
12/30/07 -- ISS Reboost (phasing)
01/10/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
План работ с 24 по 30 декабря 2007 года
ОСНОВНЫЕ СЛУЖЕБНЫЕ ПОЛЕТНЫЕ ОПЕРАЦИИ
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[col]Наименование и проводимые работы
[col]Исполнитель и время
[col]Примечание
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[col]Материально-техническое обеспечение
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24.12 пн[col] Консультация со специалистами по особенностям выполнения стыковки с ТКГ «Прогресс М-62»
[col] КЭ, БИ1 – 1 час
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24.12 пн[col] Тест передачи ТВ через Ku-band с передачей в ЦУП-М
[col] КЭ, БИ1 – 30 мин
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25.12 вт[col] Тест (6-витковый) аппаратуры спутниковой навигации АСН-М во время стыковки
[col] ЦУП
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26.12 ср[col] Подготовка к стыковке ТКГ «Прогресс М-62» с МКС
[col] КЭ, БИ1 – 30 мин
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26.12 ср[col] Реконфигурация средств связи после стыковки
[col] БИ1–10 мин
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[col] Контроль герметичности стыка ТКГ «Прогресс М-62» - СО1
[col] КЭ, БИ1 – 1 час 15мин
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Открытие переходных люков СО1-СУ и СУ-ТКГ[col] КЭ, БИ1 – 20 мин
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[col] Установка быстросъемных винтовых зажимов; забор проб воздуха пробозаборником АК-1М в ТКГ «Прогресс М-62»; консервация ТКГ и прокладка воздуховода
[col] КЭ – 20 мин; БИ1 – 1 час 20 мин
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[col] Демонтаж стыковочного механизма ТКГ «Прогресс М-62»
[col] КЭ, БИ2 – 1 час
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26-29.12[col] Разгрузка и инвентаризация грузов
[col] Суммарно: КЭ ~ 6 час; БИ1, БИ2 ~ 4час 10мин
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27.12 чт[col] Монтаж и включение локального коммутатора температур и программно-запоминающего устройства в ТКГ «Прогресс М-62»
[col] БИ1 – 1 час
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[col] Установка контейнера с устройством сопряжения УС-21 на ТКГ и *контроль подключения УС-21 (электрический тест)
[col] БИ1 – 1 час; *ЦУП
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27-30.12[col] Подзаряд буферной и резервной батарей ТКГ «Прогресс М-62» от СМ
[col] ЦУП
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28.12 пт[col] Контроль герметичности заправочных устройств магистралей горючего и окислителя
[col] ЦУП
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[col] Динамический тест для проверки работы двигателей причаливания и ориентации «Прогресс М-62» в составе МКС
[col] ЦУП
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[col] Замена бортовой документации ТКГ «Прогресс М-62»
[col] КЭ – 1 час 30 мин
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29.12 сб[col] Обжатие баков для воды системы «Родник» ТКГ «Прогресс М-62»
[col] БИ1 – 1 час 40 мин
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[col]Мероприятия по поддержанию здоровья экипажа
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24.12 пн[col] Приватная медицинская конференции через АС из ЦУП-Х
[col] БИ1 – 15 мин
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27.12 чт[col] Биохимический анализ мочи
[col] 3 чел – 15 мин
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28.12 пт[col] Исследование состояния сердечно-сосудистой системы членов экипажа при
дозированной физической нагрузке
[col] БИ1, КЭ – 50 мин (КЭ-помощь)
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30.12 вс[col] Приватная беседа с семьей
[col] БИ1 – 20 мин
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30.12 вс[col] Приватная психологическая конференция
[col] БИ1 – 15 мин
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[col]Дооснащение РС МКС
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24.12 пн[col] Дооснащение системы управления бортовой аппаратурой: модернизация каналов бортовой сети CAN интерфейса, обеспечивающей связь БВС с вычислительными средствами ИУС
[col] БИ1 – 1 час
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[col]Ремонтно-восстановительные работы
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28,29.12[col]
Работы с системой обеспечения теплового режима СМ:прокладка и подключение кабель-вставки между матричными коммутаторами и пультом управления воздушными нагревателями (ПУВН); включение насосов наружного контура охлаждения с блока ПУВН
[col] Суммарно: БИ1 – 3 час 40 мин
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[col]Техническое обслуживание систем
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Ежедн.[col]
Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения жизнедеятельности : замена по рекомендации с Земли одного из блоков СОЖ, переработка конденсата АС;
27.12– контроль положения ИП-1;
30.12– сброс информации со счетчиков систем водообеспечения и санитарно-гигиенического обеспечения и устройства обеззараживания воздуха «Поток»
[col] БИ1 – 40 мин
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24, 25 и 27.12[col]
Техническое обслуживание системы обеспечения газового состава [col]
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24.12- проверка технологического срабатывания аварийных вакуумных клапанов системы очистки атмосферы «Воздух»
[col] БИ1 – 40 мин; КЭ – 20 мин (помощь)
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24, 25.12- регенерация поглотительных патронов блока очистки атмосферы от микропримесей
[col] Суммарно: БИ1 – 1 час
[col] Длительность регенерации 11-12 час
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24, 28.12[col]
Техническое обслуживание системы вентиляции[col]
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24.12 -чистка сетки на газожидкостном теплообменнике, вентиляционных решеток на панелях интерьера и защитных сеток вентилятора в ФГБ
[col] БИ2 – 3 час 15 мин
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28.12 -профилактика средств вентиляции СМ (группа А); замена фильтров пылесборников в СО1
[col] БИ2 – 1 час 20 мин
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24, 28.12[col]
Техническое обслуживание системы водообеспечения: [col]
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24.12 - замена фильтра газожидкостной смеси системы регенерации воды из конденсата СРВ-К2М
[col] БИ1 – 1 час
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[row color=#303030:e51e5301cc]
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28.12– заправка контейнера очищенной воды для системы «Электрон»
[col] БИ1 – 40 мин
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29.12 сб[col] Замена емкости и шланга Е-К системы АСУ
[col] КЭ – 1 час 30 мин
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[row color=darkblue:e51e5301cc]
[col]Прочие работы
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Ежедн.[col] Сброс файлов c научной и служебной информацией через бортовую информационно-телеметрическую систему и блок сопряжения с системой «Регул»
[col] ЦУП
[col] На всех видимых витках
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24, 27-29.12[col]
Работы по инвентаризации:[col]
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24, 27-29.12 - редактирование данных системы инвентаризации
[col] БИ1 – 40 мин
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[row color=#303030:e51e5301cc]
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[col]
28.12– телефонные переговоры по инвентаризации
[col] БИ1 – 15 мин
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27.12 чт[col] Предновогодняя пресс-конференция с журналистами
[col] 3 чел – 10 мин
[col] Через АС
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30.12 вс[col] Новогоднее поздравление от ТВ-канала « Russia today »
[col] 3 чел – 10 мин
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28.12 пт[col] Еженедельная конференция экипажа с руководством ГОГУ
[col] 3 чел – 15 мин
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[row color=#303030:e51e5301cc]
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30.12 вс[col] Еженедельная влажная уборка станции
[col] 3 чел – 3 час
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[row color=darkblue:e51e5301cc]
[col]Совместные работы по программе Американского Сегмента
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[row color=#303030:e51e5301cc]
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24.12 пн[col] Отработка навыков ответственного за медицинские операции
[col] КЭ, БИ1 – 30 мин
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[row color=#303030:e51e5301cc]
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27.12 чт[col] Конференция экипажа с руководством офиса астронавтов
[col] 3 чел – 20 мин
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27.12 чт[col] Подготовка и проведение пресс-конференции с журналистами WMAQ - TV и WHO - TV
[col] 3 чел – 30 мин
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28.12 пт[col] Оценка уровня слуха, снятие аудиограммы с использованием ПМО EARQ
[col] БИ1 – 20 мин
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28.12 пт[col] Конференция экипажа с руководителем полета
[col] 3 чел – 20 мин
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[row color=#303030:e51e5301cc]
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29.12 сб[col] Еженедельная конференция по планированию
[col] 3 чел – 30 мин
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03.01 чт Перекачка урины в бак для воды системы «Родник» ТКГ «Прогресс М-62» БИ1 – 3 час
После этой строки стал легче воспринимать грядущий поход 3-го на работу, с неизбежной уборкой застольного свинарничка. Не одному мне придётся ...
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/24/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 10 of Increment 16. Merry Christmas and Great Holidays to everyone!
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Progress M-62/27P is continuing its 3-day flight to the ISS for docking Wednesday morning (12/26) at ~3:25am EST at the DC1 nadir port. All onboard tests (TV, KURS, TORU), performed today during RGS (Russian ground site) passes, were without issues.
Before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani and CDR Peggy Whitson completed their daily access of the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
FE-1 performed troubleshooting on one (A1) of the two redundant BSV-M (Frequency & Time Synchronization System, i.e., Master Clock) units in the Service Module (SM). [After a software update on the Russian BSPN payload server on 11/8, ground analysis of the BSPN log file on 11/12 discovered a failure of channel 2 of the BSPN CAN interface. Since BSV-M A1 is needed for nominal operation with the payload server, Malenchenko today switched connections of CAN channel 1 to BSV-M A2 before a new BSV-MA1 unit is delivered next February on Progress 28P.]
Later, Malenchenko performed the periodic communication check and time synchronization between the BSPN payload server and the ISS "Wiener" power laptop, using the RSC-E "PingMaster" program, used for network checkouts.
Yuri also serviced the Russian BMP (Harmful Impurities Removal System), starting the "bake-out" cycle to vacuum on absorbent bed #1 of the regenerable dual-channel filtration system. The regen process will be terminated before sleeptime, at ~4:15pm EST. Regeneration of bed #2 follows tomorrow. [Regeneration of each of the two cartridges takes about 12 hours and is conducted only during crew awake periods.]
CDR Whitson conducted the third and final session of the LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System)/Phase 2 operations, sampling four of the sites that were identified in the CHeCS SSK (Crew Health Care Systems/Surface Sampler Kit) procedure also scheduled for today. [The goal is to compare LOCAD results with the SSK colony growth results. LOCAD uses small, thumb-sized "microfluidic" cartridges that are read by the experiment reader. The cartridges contain dried extract of horseshoe crab blood cells and colorless dye. In the presence of the bacteria, the dried extract reacts strongly to turn the dye a green color. Therefore, the more green dye, the more microorganisms there are in the original sample. The handheld device tests this new analysis technology by sampling for the presence of gram negative bacteria in the sample in about 15 minutes, showing the results on a display screen. Background: Lab-on-a-Chip technology has an ever-expanding range of applications in the biotech industry. Chips are available (or in development) which can also detect yeast, mold, and gram positive bacteria, identify environmental contaminants, and perform quick health diagnostics in medical clinics. The technology has been used to swab the MERs (Mars Exploration Rovers) for planetary protection. With expanded testing on ISS, began by Sunita Williams in March/April this year, this compact technology has broad potential applications in space exploration--from monitoring environmental conditions to monitoring crew health. The current study should prepare for long-duration exploration by demonstrating a system that enables the crew to perform biochemical analysis in space without having to return samples to Earth.]
During Peggy's LOCAD activities, FE-2 Tani collected SSK microbiological surface samples at specific locations near air diffusers and later also sampled the cabin atmosphere by collecting air samples with the MAS (Microbial Air Sampler) kit at mid-module. [Bacterial and fungal air samples are usually taken at two locations in the module being checked. The colony growth on the MAS sampling slides is analyzed after five days of incubation in four Petri dishes. For onboard visual analysis of media slides from SSK (Surface Sampling Kit), the crew has a procedure for visual inspection of samples for bacterial and fungal colony growths after appropriate incubation periods.]
Whitson and Malenchenko each performed the CHeCS CMO (Crew Medical Officer) on-board training drill, a (generally) monthly 30-min. video & audio refresher course, taken individually, to hone the CMO's acuity in emergency medical operations. [The proficiency drill focuses on re-familiarization with skills and techniques required in procedures related to medical issues arising on board and concludes with a self-assessment questionnaire. The HMS (Health Maintenance Systems) hardware, which includes ACLS (Advanced Cardio Life Support) equipment, may be used in contingency situations where crew life is at risk. To maintain proficiency, crewmembers spend one hour per month reviewing HMS and ACLS equipment and procedures via the HMS CBT (computer-based training) and the ACLS CBT.]
Yuri and Peggy also conducted a one-hour refresher teleconference on the upcoming Progress 27P docking using the TORU manual backup control system in the event of a failure of the automated KURS system.
Dan Tani performed his daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
Working on the SM's SOZh (Environment Control & Life Support System) plumbing system, the FE-1 removed & replaced the life-expired gas-liquid mixture filter (FGS) in the powered-down condensate water processor (SRVK-2M), discarding the old unit.
Starting a new round of periodic preventive maintenance of RS (Russian Segment) ventilation systems, the FE-2 worked in the FGB (Funktsionalnyi-Grusovoi Blok) to clean the vent screens of specific interior closeout panels (116, 231, 316 & 431), then moved on to do the detachable VT7 fan screens 1, 2 & 3 of the three SOTR (Thermal Control System) gas-liquid heat exchangers (GZhT4) and finished by cleaning the TsV1 fan grille.
FE-1 Malenchenko unstowed and set up the electric equipment for the upcoming operation of the new Russian/Japanese (JAXA) experiment 3DPC-J (3D Photon Crystals), with its main unit to be delivered on 27P. The experiment is scheduled for 12/26. [3DPC hardware was removed by Valery Tokarev on 3/23/06 as part of closing out JAXA's 3D-PCGF Growth Facility and was inadvertently returned to Earth. 3DPC studies the production of 3D photonic crystals, from UV LEDs, through self-organization and ordering of colloid nanoparticles in an electrolyte solution with subsequent fixation in an elastic gel matrix.]
Yuri also configured the onboard Russian TV system with its conversion to Ku-band in support of an extended (10:00am-1:00pm) ground-controlled multicast downlink operation in digital packets to MCC-H and then on to TsUP-Moscow via the COL-CC (Columbus Control Center) in Oberpfaffenhofen, as a test for the Progress 27P docking on 12/26 morning.
The CDR relocated the TEPC (Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter), the primary radiation measurement tool in the ISS, to Node-2. [Peggy also swapped out the power/data cable and wrapped the new cable with a layer of Kapton tape, to prevent the creation of debris if the cable's mesh sheathing starts to degrade, as seen on the current cable.]
With the Vozdukh CO2 removal system running in automated mode, the FE-1 performed the periodic (monthly) functional closure test of its spare emergency vacuum valves (AVK), in the spare parts kit. Afterwards, Malenchenko switched the Vozdukh back to manual mode 5 via the on-board computer system. [The AVKs are critical because they close the Vozdukh's vacuum access lines in the event of a malfunction in the regular vacuum valves (BVK) or a depressurization in the Vozdukh valve panel (BOA). Access to vacuum is required to vent CO2 during the regeneration of the absorbent cartridges (PP). During nominal operation, the AVK valves remain open.]
CDR Whitson ran the periodic check of active U.S. payloads, i.e., cleaning the ANITA (Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air) inlet plus inspecting and filter cleaning of the CGBA-5 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5) incubator payload. [The CGBA incubator is controlled from the ground, with automatic video downlinked to Earth. ANITA continues to collect data every six seconds and downlinks the data daily to the ground team. ANITA monitors low levels of potential gaseous contaminants in the ISS cabin atmosphere with a capability of simultaneously monitoring 32 gaseous contaminants. The experiment is testing the accuracy and reliability of this technology as a potential next-generation atmosphere trace-gas monitoring system for ISS and future spacecraft. This is a cooperative investigation with ESA.]
Peggy conducted a maintenance inspection on the CEVIS (Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation) and took video imagery of damaged isolators for ground inspection.
The FE-2 configured the video equipment in the SM for filming Peggy's and his own subsequent workout on the RED resistive exerciser, for biomechanical assessment of the hardware status by ground engineers. [The footage from the two sessions was then to be transferred from camcorder to VTR (Video Tape Recorder) for subsequent downlink to the ground when Ku-band is available.]
The crewmembers performed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR), TVIS treadmill with vibration isolation (FE-1, FE-2), RED resistive exercise device (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Dan Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Peggy performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Working from his "time permitting" discretionary task list, the FE-1 later handled the daily IMS maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
At ~3:50pm EST, Dan Tani is scheduled for a PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-9 laptop).
CEO photo targets uplinked for today again were Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC — also known as noctilucent clouds) over selected ground sites (12 minutes for each). (Southern spring is the season for relatively uncommon polar mesospheric clouds to form very high over Antarctica. PMC are being studied as part of the International Polar Year [IPY] investigation of climate change in high latitudes. PMC form in the stratosphere and higher, i.e. well above the lowest layer of the atmosphere [troposphere, or weather layer, characterized by clouds, and an orange tinge produced by brushfire smoke, smog, etc.]. The AIM satellite (Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere) has just been launched to investigate how PMC form and why they are apparently becoming thicker and brighter. ISS/CEO imagery will complement images from AIM and from the ground. The collaborating IPY scientist is excited to receive any images ISS may acquire. Collaborating Swedish scientists have arrived at a base in Antarctica (73S 13 W) for PMC observation.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:14am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.1 km
Apogee height -- 336.9 km
Perigee height -- 335.2 km
Period -- 91.25 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001208
Solar Beta Angle -- -66.4 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 95 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52080
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
12/30/07 -- ISS Reboost (phasing)
01/10/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/25/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Off-duty day for the crew.
Merry Christmas!
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Progress M-62/27P is continuing its 3-day flight to the ISS for docking tomorrow morning (12/26) at ~3:25am EST at the DC1 nadir port. All onboard tests (TV, KURS, TORU) and the DV3 burn on Orbit 33, during RGS (Russian ground site) passes were nominal. (See Timeline, below).
Before breakfast, FE-2 Dan Tani and CDR Peggy Whitson completed their daily access of the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) software for data logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
FE-1 Malenchenko serviced the Russian BMP (Harmful Impurities Removal System), starting the "bake-out" cycle to vacuum on absorbent bed #2 of the regenerable dual-channel filtration system. The regen process will be terminated at ~2:45pm EST. [Regeneration of each of the two cartridges takes about 12 hours and is conducted only during crew awake periods. Filter bed 1 was regenerated yesterday.]
Yuri also performed the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill with vibration isolation (CDR, FE-1), RED resistive exercise device (CDR, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Peggy copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~1:00pm, Dan Tani had a PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-10 laptop).
At ~11:30am, CDT Whitson conducted a teleconference with the Houston Flight Control Team (FCT).
ASN-M Testing: TsUP-Moscow began with tests of the ASN-M Satellite Navigation System over six orbits, without crew involvement. [ASN-M is required for ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) "Jules Verne" prox ops next year.]
Timeline for 27P Approach & Docking (all times EST):
ISS mnvr to dock attitude: 12:50am – 1:40am (-XVV –YLV)
Start of automated rendezvous: 12:56am
Progress Kurs-A activation: 1:42:30am
SM Kurs-P activation: 1:44:30am
Good Kurs-P data at 80 km: 2:09:36am
Range = 9km – VHF-2 activation (TORU cmd link): 2:36am
Range = 8km – Progress TV activation: 2:37am
Flyaround mode start: 2:54am
Stationkeeping start: 3:03am
RGS AOS: 3:15am
Final Approach start: 3:17am
27P Docking at DC1 nadir port: 3:25am
RGS LOS: 3:37am
Progress hooks closed: 3:46am
CEO photo targets uplinked for today again were Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC — also known as noctilucent clouds) over selected ground sites (12 minutes for each). Also suggested for Dan Tani were a series of night photographs of city lights. (Use of the footprint of city lights as a proxy for population size and density [in different cultures/economies] is proving out as a workable method of observing population change through time).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 9:13am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.0 km
Apogee height -- 336.7 km
Perigee height -- 335.4 km
Period -- 91.25 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0000965
Solar Beta Angle -- -70.2 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 16 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52097
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/26/07 -- Progress M-62/27P docking (DC1); ~3:25am
12/30/07 -- ISS Reboost (phasing)
01/10/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/26/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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Yest kasaniye! Progress M-62 (27P), approaching from below the station, docked nominally at the DC1 Docking Compartment nadir port at 3:14am EST, with automatic AO-VKA orientation antenna retraction, followed by docking probe retraction and hook closure ("sborka") at 3:23am after motion damp-out, while the ISS was in free drift. [Launched 12/23 (2:12am EST), the 27P resupply drone delivered about 2.5 tons of cargo for the ISS crews, including propellants for the Russian thrusters, fresh water, oxygen, food, spare parts, repair gear, life support and science experiment hardware. For the docking, ISS attitude control authority was handed over to Russian MCS (Motion Control System) thrusters at 11:48pm and returned to US Momentum Management at 5:06am. Starting with TV camera activation at ~2:37am (range ~8 km), the KURS TV camera display data overlay failed to show through docking despite attempts by the crew to activate the numerical display. The docking took place nominally, without violation of any joint flight rules, since Malenchenko and Whitson had all numerical data on a laptop before them. Telemetry was also available in TsUP-Moscow.]
In preparation for the docking, FE-2 Dan Tani set up the IWIS (Internal Wireless Instrumentation System) equipment for measuring structural dynamics disturbances (accelerations/vibrations) during docking. [RSUs (Remote Sensing Units) were connected to power outlets in Lab, Node-1, SM (Service Module) and FGB, with data transmitted to the Lab NCU (Network Control Unit) from the RS via cable, not wireless (due to previous experience with lack of RF signal strength). Later, the IWIS was powered down and the RS units removed and stowed.]
Earlier today, FE-1 Malenchenko and CDR Whitson had completed final preparations for Progress arrival, including turning off amateur (ham) radio equipment in the ISS to prevent any interference with Progress/KURS radio traffic, and activation of the SSC6 (Station Support Computer 6) A31p laptop in the FGB for handling the video transmission from the Russian segment (RS) via the Ku-band assets in the USOS. [The A31p used for the routing from the SM is located in the FGB since available cables are not long enough to extend to the Node. The video signal is fed from there via coaxial cable to the SSC Operations LAN (local area network) and from there into the Ku-band system for subsequent conversion from the Russian SECAM format to the American NTSC format on the ground. The newly set up VSW (Video Streaming Workstation) failed to convert and/or downlink analog video of the docking to MCC-Houston and thence to TsUP-Moscow. A second video stream, a digital MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group 2) transmission originating in the RS by the Russian/ESA encoder, passed without problem via the ISS JSL (Joint Station LAN) through Ku-band to both MCCs. ]
Malenchenko and Whitson then monitored the docking process from the TORU (teleoperated approach & docking system) station in the SM, in "hot standby" mode, and took photography of the Progress approach and linkup.
After the docking, the FE-1 shut off TORU and began reconfiguring the STTS telephone/telegraph subsystem to normal ops. [The "Voskhod-M" STTS enables telephone communications between the SM, FGB, DC1 and U.S. segment (USOS), and also with users on the ground over VHF channels selected by an operator at an SM comm panel, via STTS antennas on the SM's outside. There are six comm panels in the SM with pushbuttons for accessing any of three audio channels, plus an intercom channel. Other modes of the STTS include telegraphy (teletype), EVA voice, emergency alarms, Packet/Email, and TORU docking support.]
The crew then conducted the standard one-hour leak checks of the docking vestibule and fuel/oxidizer transfer line interface between Progress and DC1. During leak checking and initial clamp installation, Russian thrusters were inhibited (as they were during docking).
After opening the two hatches, Yuri and Peggy first installed the QD (quick disconnect) screw clamps (BZV) of the docking & internal transfer mechanism (SSVP) to rigidize the coupling, and the FE-1 removed the PkhO/DC1 (SU) hatch cover, reinstalled the IP-1 airflow sensor and assembled the ventilation/heating air duct.
Next, Malenchenko performed the standard air sampling inside the Progress with the Russian AK-1M air sampler, then deactivated the cargo ship. At the same time, the CDR also collected samples with a GSC (Grab Sample Container) at the center of 27P.
Peggy and Yuri then began Progress unloading and cargo transfer to the ISS, accompanied by IMS (Inventory Management System) logging. Malenchenko's first priority for the transfer was the new Japanese (JAXA) 3DPC-J (3D Photon Crystals) experiment, which Yuri set up in the SM. [3DPC hardware had been removed by Valery Tokarev on 3/23/06 as part of closing out JAXA's 3D-PCGF Growth Facility and was inadvertently returned to Earth. 3DPC studies the production of 3D photonic crystals, from UV LEDs, through self-organization and ordering of colloid nanoparticles in an electrolyte solution with subsequent fixation in an elastic gel matrix.]
CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani had started the day with their daily reading of the SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
The FE-2 conducted his daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
Dan Tani performed the periodic offloading of the Lab CCAA (Common Cabin Air Assembly) dehumidifier's condensate tank, filling CWC (Contingency Water Container) #1062 with the collected water slated for processing, and putting aside two water samples in bags (1 sample bag, 1 purge bag) for return to Earth. [Estimated offload time before termination (leaving ~6 kg in the tank): ~40 min. Dan There is currently continued attention on water sampling after the discovery of some contaminated CWCs. The identified contaminant, a common soil bacterium (unicellular organism) called Wautersia after Belgian microbiologist Georges Wauters, is no more critical than what is found often in faucet water on the ground or in farm soil. Wautersia lives off hydrogen & carbon dioxide, oxidizing H2 and producing gaseous oxyhydrogen as energy for itself. Since it can turn sugar into a synthetic biodegradable fuel, it was seen for a short while as a promising long-term solution to the petroleum dependency, until it became clear that this "solution" would require gigantic amounts of expensive sugar.]
Dan Tani worked on the RED (Resistive Exercise Device), replacing two canister pulley cables (done after every 53,515 cycles, based on life cycle testing results & safety controls), afterwards concluding with the standard Flexpac canister load calibration as required after cable replacements. (Last time done: 11/1). [In addition to the cords, the FE-2 also replaced the aft (right canister's) spiral pulley and a few of the bottom cover fasteners. Cables are replaced periodically after ground analysis shows cable life has expired. Dan's on-orbit calibration of the Schwinn RED cans re-established the relationship of specific load settings with a specific number of pulls per setting, followed by recording of the load values measured with a calibration tool and steel handles from the on-orbit calibration kit.]
The crewmembers completed their regular 2.5-hr physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill with vibration isolation (CDR, FE-1), and RED (CDR, FE-2).
Afterwards, Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Yuri took care of the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Peggy Whitson readied the PZE MO-9 equipment for another Russian "Urolux" biochemical urine testing, scheduled tomorrow for all three crewmembers. [MO-9 is conducted regularly every 30 days (and also before and after EVAs) and is one of five nominal Russian medical tests adopted by NASA for US crewmembers for IMG (Integrated Medical Group) PHS evaluation as part of the "PFE w/o Blood Labs" exam. The analysis uses the sophisticated in-vitro diagnostic apparatus Urolux developed originally for the Mir program. The data are then entered in the Medical Equipment Computer (MEC)'s special IFEP (In-Flight Examination Program) software.]
Later today, before sleep time, Dan Tani will ready the equipment for the periodic acoustic measurement protocol by deploying crew-worn acoustic dosimeters to the station residents, to be carried overnight with a microphone on the shirt collar. (Last time done: 9/11). [Tomorrow, after about 15 hours of measurements, dosimeter data will be downloaded and the hardware power-cycled for another data take. At that point, the crew will deploy the dosimeters statically in the station for the duration of the day, record measurements tomorrow noon and stow the instruments. Acoustic data must be taken twice per Increment, each time for the duration of the 16-hour crew workday.]
The FE-2 has two PFCs (Private Family Conference) scheduled, via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-10 laptop), one with Clay Anderson at ~1:20pm , the other with his family at ~2:55pm.
Weekend Voluntary Science: For the voluntary "Saturday Science" program on 12/29, Dan was offered, for his acceptance, a session with the SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) experiment, flying two & three satellites and testing various deployment conditions aimed at operations improvement.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today again were Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC — also known as noctilucent clouds) over selected ground sites (12 minutes for each). Also suggested for Dan Tani were a series of night photographs of city lights. (Use of the footprint of city lights as a proxy for population size and density [in different cultures/economies] is proving out as a workable method of observing population change through time).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:57am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 336.0 km
Apogee height -- 336.8 km
Perigee height -- 335.1 km
Period -- 91.25 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001257
Solar Beta Angle -- -73.1 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 82 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52112
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/30/07 -- ISS Reboost (phasing)
01/10/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 -- ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/27/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani started the day with their daily reading of SLEEP experiment (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's laptop session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Also upon wake-up, FE-2 Tani started Part 3 (of 5) of the periodic acoustic measurement protocol by recording post-sleep data of the crew-worn acoustic dosimeters, later deploying the dosimeters statically in the Service Module (SM) (Panel 404 near SM air conditioner, SM Central Post, & Vozdukh) for the duration of the day, then recording measurements this afternoon (~4:10pm EST) and stowing the instruments (Parts 4 & 5). [Acoustic data must be taken twice per Increment, each time for the duration of the 16-hour crew workday.]
Before breakfast & first exercise, Whitson, Malenchenko and Tani completed a full session with the Russian crew health monitoring program's medical assessment MO-9/Biochemical Urinalysis. Afterwards, the FE-1 closed out and stowed the Urolux hardware. [MO-9 is conducted every 30 days (and also before and after EVAs) and is one of five nominal Russian medical tests adopted by NASA for U.S. crewmembers for IMG PHS (Integrated Medical Group/Periodic Health Status) evaluation as part of the "PHS/Without Blood Labs" exam. The analysis uses the sophisticated in-vitro diagnostic apparatus Urolux developed originally for the Mir program. Afterwards, the data are entered in the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer)'s special IFEP software (In-Flight Examination Program).]
At ~5:30am, the FE-2 again activated the VDS MPC (Video Distribution System/Multi-Purpose Converter) with its four downlinks to allow the ground to conduct HDTV (high-definition TV) playback and downlink operations. Later (~12:30pm), the MPC was powered off again.
In the Lab, after inspecting, activating and configuring the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility, Dr. Whitson initiated another series of vacuum draws on the sample chamber containing SPU-10 (Sample Processing Unit #10), by opening the vent and vacuum valves, for subsequent CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment ops tomorrow and the exchange with SPU-13 on 12/29. [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
Later, the CDR broke out and set up the PFE-OUM (PFE-Oxygen Uptake Measurement) equipment on the HRF-2 (Human Research Facility 2) rack, including the HRF PFM/PAM (Pulmonary Function Module/Photoacoustic Analyzer Module), Mixing Bag System and GDS (Gas Delivery System). Data collection on herself and Dan, taking turns, is scheduled tomorrow. [The Periodic Fitness Evaluation with Oxygen Uptake Measurement experiment, using the CEVIS ergometer for workout, demonstrates the capability of crewmembers to perform periodic fitness evaluations with continuous oxygen consumption measurements within 14 days after arrival on ISS, and once monthly during routine PFEs. Once the capability of the pulmonary function system (PFS) to perform PFEs is verified, crewmembers will be able to integrate their monthly PFE with oxygen consumption measurements to fulfill the requirement for cardiovascular fitness evaluations during long-duration space flight.]
Working in the newly arrived 27P cargo ship (TKG), the FE-1 installed the LKT local temperature sensor commutator (TA251MB) of the BITS2-12 onboard telemetry measurement system, along with its ROM unit (read-only memory, TA765B), a 1-hr. job. The LKT was subsequently switched on by the ground to complete the basic configuration.
Yuri completed the electronic integration of 27P into the ISS by installing the standard US-21 matching unit, another 1-hr. task. A dynamic thruster test of the installation is scheduled tomorrow evening (7:05pm-8:41pm EST). [The US-21 matching unit connects the SM with the Progress motion control and DPO thrusters systems, so that they can be commanded by the SM computer system (BVS). After bolting the box down, Yuri hooked up its the telemetry (TM) connector to the BITS2-12 onboard TM system on Go from TsUP, after Moscow had inhibited data output to the VD-SU control system mode, powered off the BITS and deactivated the Elektron and the SKV-1 air conditioner. These systems were subsequently turned back on. ]
The CDR and FE-2 had almost two hours scheduled between them to unload the 27P resupply ship, transfer its cargo to the ISS and update the IMS accordingly.
Using the SKDS CMS (Pressure Control & Atmosphere Monitoring System/Countermeasure System), the FE-1 took the periodic readings of potentially harmful contaminants in the SM. The hardware was then returned to initial stowage. [The CMS uses preprogrammed microchips to measure Formaldehyde (H2CO, methanal), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Ammonia (NH3), taking one measurement per microchip.]
The CDR conducted the daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
Peggy also removed the equipment used yesterday for downlinking TV imagery of the Progress docking via Ku-band and disconnected the UOP DCP (Utility Outlet Panel/Display & Control Panel) bypass power cable at the Lab RWS (Robotics Work Station) which was required for video coverage of the docking from the SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) cameras.
Dan Tani booted up the ER2 RIC (EXPRESS Rack 2/Rack Interface Controller) laptop, then installed a new software load (Release 5) on it in two parts.
Performing the periodic (generally monthly) service of the ESA/RSC-Energia experiment ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS), the FE-1 removed the PCMCIA memory card #940 from the AST spectrometer's slot and copied the accumulated data, also from a previous card, #937, to the RSK1 laptop for subsequent downlinking via OCA. PCMCIA card 941 was then inserted to continue AST ops.
Peggy conducted the periodic (monthly) CSA-CP (Compound Specific Analyzer-Combustion Products) maintenance/checkout, today on all four units, then picked a new prime instrument and returned the backup units & sampling pump to their original locations. [The CSA-CP is a passive cabin atmosphere monitor that provides quick response capability during a combustion event (fire). Its collected data are stored on a logger. Peggy changed out the batteries on the units, then zero-calibrated the instruments (to eliminate drift in the combustion sensors). Following zero calibration, the backup units was stowed in the Node (next to the sampling pump), while the prime unit's datalogger function was turned on to collect data at the SM Central Post as a spot check. After one hour, the datalogger was deactivated, with the prime CSA-CP remaining on for continuous passive sampling.]
The CDR also took air samples for the periodic (weekly) atmospheric status check for ppO2 (Partial Pressure Oxygen) and ppCO2 (pp Carbon Dioxide), using the hand-held CSA-CP (Compound Specific Analyzer-Combustion Products), CSA-O2 (CSA -Oxygen sensor) and CDMK (CO2 Monitoring Kit). Batteries were to be replaced if necessary. [Purpose of the 15-min activity is to trend with MCA (Major Constituents Analyzer), i.e., to correlate the hand-held readings with MCA measurements.]
Peggy Whitson conducted the weekly 10-min. CWC audit as part of on-going WDS (Water Delivery System) assessment of onboard water supplies. [Updated "cue cards" based on the crew's water calldowns are sent up every other week. The current cue card (16-0018K), to be updated with today's data, lists 26 CWCs; ~983 liters total) for the four types of water identified on board: technical water (735.4 l, for Elektron, flushing, hygiene), potable water (221.3 l), condensate water (0 l), waste/EMU dump and other (26.6 l). Two CWCs (#1004 & #1081, ~89 l) with potable water are off limits due to the Wautersia bacteria found in sample analysis, the source of which is still not understood. Impact of losing this potable CWC is negligible since there are sufficient drinking water supplies onboard. Also currently not to be used are nine CWCs with technical water (~389 l).]
In the SM, Dan set up the video equipment for filming the subsequent workouts of all three crewmembers on the TVIS (Treadmill with Vibration Isolation & Stabilization), for biomechanical evaluation and assessment of the hardware status by ground engineers. Afterwards, he transferred the footage to VTR (Video Tape Recorder) for subsequent downlink to the ground, then dismantled and stowed the video equipment. [Preparations included the removal of the treadmill's "skirt" to show TVIS motion within the floor "pit" in the SM along with the crewmember's feet striking the belt.]
The crew performed their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1, FE-2), RED (CDR, FE-2), and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Whitson copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Yuri took care of the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, Malenchenko also completed the daily 20-min. IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
At ~5:02am, the FE-1 powered up the SM's amateur radio equipment (Kenwood VHF transceiver with manual frequency selection, headset, and power supply), to conduct, at 5:07am, a ham radio exchange with students at High School No. 15 in the city of Korolev near Moscow (home of RSC-Energia, TsNIIMASh, and TsUP). Questions to the crew were uplinked beforehand. ["What contaminations, and where, do you see in the ocean, on land and in the atmosphere?"; "What do US astronauts do onboard ISS as part of the school educational program?"; "How did you celebrate Christmas and how are you going to celebrate the New Year?"; "What presents did you get for the holidays with the arrival of the cargo vehicle?"; "We wish you a happy flight, interesting experiments, effective educational programs, and, of course, a soft landing. Happy New Year to all of you!"]
At ~10:15am, the crew conducted a press conference with Moscow's TV Channel Russia Today, speaking from the SM decked out with New Year decorations and wearing "Father Frost" caps. [Russia Today is the first English-language news channel to present the Russian point of view on events happening in Russia and around the globe, on the air 24/7 with a potential of millions of viewers via 10 satellites and also 24 hours a day on the Internet. "How many times can you celebrate the New Year on orbit? How many times will your clock strike 12? What is this related to? How many times are you going to celebrate?"; "Is this going to be your first New Year in space? What are your feelings and thoughts in connection with that? Do you feel excited, committed?"; "Do cosmonauts have their own traditions when they celebrate?"; "How did you prepare for the New Year? "Who takes care of that? How was all of this delivered there?"; "How about the New Year traditions? How do you drink champagne? And, generally speaking, how do you do orbital celebrations?"; "On the New Year, do you feel some special nostalgia? What earthly fun will you be missing on this New Year night?"; "Are weekends any different from work days in space? What do you do? What kind of entertainment do you have?"; "Do you have a New Year wish? If wished on orbit is it going to come true sooner?"; "What kind of present would you like to get this New Year?"; "When you get back to Earth are you going to celebrate the New Year all over again with your families?"]
At ~1:05pm, the crew conducted their standard weekly teleconference with the JSC Astronaut Office (Kent Rominger), via Private S-band S/G-2 (space-to-ground).
At ~2:00pm, Dan Tani has a PFC (Private Family Conference) scheduled, via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-10 laptop).
CEO photo targets uplinked for today again were Urumqi, China (looking right at the foot of the Tien Shan range for China's western oil boom city), Eastern Tien Shan Range (ISS passed over one of central Asia's ice capped ranges. Shooting white ice caps and glacier tongues at nadir and left. Ice caps are being drilled for cores that reveal information on climate change, and particularly because of the information they store on past environments--often tens of thousands of years of data on snow fall amount, blowing dust deposition as an indication of dryness, and atmospheric composition from air bubbles in the ice. This kind of data is being lost in many cases due to rapid melting. Continental ice caps in interior Asia have received far less attention than other low-latitude ice caps), Florida Coastal Everglades (50% cloud cover predicted, so there is a chance the crew may see some or all of the target: looking right to obtain a mapping swath), and Tunis, Tunisia (looking nadir and a touch right at the head of the big bay. Only scattered cloud predicted).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:20am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 335.8 km
Apogee height -- 336.9 km
Perigee height -- 334.6 km
Period -- 91.25 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001738
Solar Beta Angle -- -74.8 deg (magnitude peaking)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 185 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52128
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/29/07 – Thruster Test Firing (tomorrow's reboost was cancelled)
01/10/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
01/12/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
01/21/08 -- NET: STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 – NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/28/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani began the day with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Upon wakeup, FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko terminated his fifth MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session, started last night, by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. [SONOKARD objectives are stated to (1) study the feasibility of obtaining the maximum of data through computer processing of records obtained overnight, (2) systematically record the crewmember's physiological functions during sleep, (3) study the feasibility of obtaining real-time crew health data. Investigators believe that contactless acquisition of cardiorespiratory data over the night period could serve as a basis for developing efficient criteria for evaluating and predicting adaptive capability of human body in long-duration space flight.]
As part of his standard fitness evaluation, Malenchenko also undertook the Russian MO-5 MedOps protocol of Cardiovascular Evaluation during Graded Exercises on the VELO cycle ergometer, with CDR Whitson assisting as CMO (Crew Medical Officer). [The 50-min assessment, supported by ground specialist tagup via VHF (~3:55am EST) and telemetry monitoring, uses the Gamma-1 ECG equipment with biomed harness, skin electrodes and a blood pressure and rheoplethysmograph cuff wired to the cycle ergometer's instrumentation panels. For the graded exercise, the subject works the pedals after a prescribed program at load settings of 125, 150, and 175 watts for three minutes each. Data output involves a kinetocardiogram, rheoplethysmogram, rheoencephalogram and a temporal pulsogram.]
After Peggy Whitson prepared the auditory test equipment, she, Malenchenko & FE-2 Tani took the periodic (monthly) O-OHA (On-Orbit Hearing Assessment) test, a 30-min. NASA environmental health systems examination to assess the efficacy of acoustic countermeasures, using a special MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop application. It was the second session for the three crewmembers. [The O-OHA audiography test involves minimum audibility measurements for each ear over a wide range of frequencies (0.25-10 kHz) and sound pressure levels, with the crewmembers using individual-specific Prophonics earphones, Bose ANC headsets and the SLM (sound level meter). To conduct the testing, the experimenter is supported by special EarQ software on the MEC, featuring an up/down-arrow-operated slider for each test frequency that the crewmember moves to the lowest sound pressure level at which the tone can still be heard. The baseline test is required not later than about Flight Day 14 for each new Expedition and is then generally performed once per month. Note: There have been temporary hearing deficits documented on some U.S. and Russian crewmembers, all of which recovered to pre-mission levels.]
Whitson and Tani set up and activated the OUM-PFE (Oxygen Uptake Measurement - Periodic Fitness Evaluation) equipment at the HRF-2 (Human Research Facility 2) rack for another session, requiring a CEVIS cycle ergometer workout. Both crewmembers then completed the evaluation protocol, wearing HRMs (Heart Rate Monitors), with each one in turn acting as subject and operator, obtaining measurements on each other during the workout. [The equipment includes the HRF PFM/PAM (Pulmonary Function Module/Photoacoustic Analyzer Module), Mixing Bag System and GDS (Gas Delivery System). In a change to previous procedures, the calibration of the DPFM (Differential Pressure Flowmeter) was done manually for the first time. Later, Peggy and Dan updated the evaluation protocol, deactivated & stowed the gear, and powered down the OUM-PFE laptop. Purpose of OUM-PFE is to measure aerobic capacity during exercise within 14 days after arrival on ISS, and once monthly during routine PFEs. The data allows exercise physiologists & flight doctors to assess the crew's health & fitness and to provide data for modifying & updating crew-specific exercise regimes. PFE-OUM is a collaborative effort between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency).]
Yuri Malenchenko worked on the Russian SOTR Thermal Control System, rerouting and connecting jumpers between the KMTK Triple Channel Matrix Commutator switch and the PUVN Cabin Air Heater Control Panel, to ensure continued thermal control loop operation in case of loss of communication between the Terminal & Central Computers.
Later, the FE-1 performed the periodic communication check and time synchronization between the BSPN payload server and the ISS "Wiener" power laptop, using the RSC-E "PingMaster" program, used for network checkouts.
In the Lab, Dr. Whitson serviced the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) by terminating the overnight vacuum draw on the SPU10 (Sample Processing Unit 11), opening the vent and vacuum valves for a six-hour vacuum draw on the work chamber, and setting up final operations tomorrow by installing SPU13 and initiating a last vacuum draw on it. [CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
Continuing the current round of periodic preventive maintenance of ventilation systems in the RS (Russian Segment), Dan Tani spent half an hour in the DC1 (Docking Compartment) to replace the PF1 &PF2 air filter cartridges with fresh units.
The FE-2 also filled out the regular FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire), his 8th, on the MEC. [By means of these FFQs, U.S. astronauts keep a personalized log of their nutritional intake over time on special MEC software. Recorded are the amounts consumed during the past week of such food items as beverages, cereals, grains, eggs, breads, snacks, sweets, fruit, beans, soup, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, chicken, sauces & spreads, and vitamins. At TsUP/Moscow, food specialists are currently preparing the Russian food "menu" for delivery by Progress M-63/28P next February. 28P will carry "bonus food" for Peggy and Yuri, plus about 15 kg of fresh food items (apples, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, garlic) in two containers.]
Peggy connected the regular ITCS LTL (Internal Thermal Control System/Low Temperature Loop) coolant jumper to the LAB1D6 rack, to support the ground-commanded activation of the U.S. CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) at ~12:30pm in support of tomorrow's SPHERES experiment by Dan. [The experiment's floating "satellite" spheres use CO2 gas as propellant.]
The CDR also replaced procedures pages in Russian ODF (Operation Data File) books with new updates delivered on Progress 27P. [Changes involve the books on SOZh Life Support, Medical Ops 1, 2 & 3, Technical Experiments, Medical Experiments 1 & 2, and Progress M-62/27P Transfer Ops.]
Peggy and Dan had almost four hours set aside between them to finish unloading the 27P resupply ship, transferring its cargo to the ISS and updating the IMS (Inventory Management System) accordingly.
Yuri completed of the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM (Service Module). [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, Malenchenko also conducted the daily 20-min. IMS maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
The CDR performed the daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
The crew worked out in their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR/OUM, FE-2/OUM), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2), and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1/MO-5).
Afterwards, Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
For the thruster test firing later tonight, the CDR verified proper closure of the protective shutters on the Lab science window, to remain closed until two orbits after returning to US Momentum Management control.
At ~3:25am EST, the crew held the regular (nominally weekly) tagup with the Russian Flight Control Team (GOGU), including Shift Flight Director (SRP), at TsUP via S-band/audio, phone-patched from Houston and Moscow.
At ~4:30am, Yuri linked up with TsUP stowage specialists via S-band to conduct the weekly IMS tagup, discussing stowage issues and equipment locations.
At ~2:55pm, the crew is scheduled for their seventh weekly tagup with the Lead Flight Director at JSC/MCC-H via S-band/audio.
[S/G-2 (Space-to-Ground 2) phone patch via SSC-10 (Station Support Computer 10)].
At ~3:40pm, Dan Tani will have a PFC (Private Family Conference), via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-10 laptop).
27P Dynamic Thruster Testing: To verify proper integration of the Progress 27P cargo ship's propulsion system (used for reboosts & debris avoidance maneuvers) into the RS MCS (Motion Control System) Russian ground controllers will conduct the standard firing tests of the Progress DPO (Approach & Attitude Control) thrusters later tonight, at 7:05pm (Manifold 1) with three firings of 10 sec duration each, and at 8:41pm (Manifold 2) for a second set of three 10-sec firings. ISS attitude control will be handed over to the RS MCS at 6:20pm and returned to USOS (US Segment) CMG Momentum Management at 9:10pm.
GNC MDM Software Patch Update: An attempt yesterday by ground controllers at MCC-Houston to upload a software patch to the GNC MDMs (Guidance, Navigation & Control Multiplexer/Demultiplexers) was unsuccessful when the backup & prime GNC MDMs could not be synchronized. This morning, the backup MDM was returned to its nominal (pre-patch) configuration by reloading its original software without the patch. Engineers are assessing when to reattempt the patch load. Activation of the software patch, designed to allow for limiting CMG (Control Moment Gyroscope) gimbal rate acceleration to help protect the CMGs, is not planned until after Flight 1E.
Russian SKV Air Conditioner Update: Yesterday the FE-1 removed the NOK-2 condensate evacuation pump that pulls condensate from the SKV-2 air conditioner. Finding a "rubbery, jelly-like" substance inside the inlet line, Yuri removed as much of it as he could, and TsUP specialists directed him to clean the remainder of the line in an upcoming maintenance session. The FE-1 temporarily installed the replacement NOK-2 and will permanently install it once condensate & inlet line cleaning is complete. [These activities are in support of SKV-2 troubleshooting that began after SKV-2 and the SRVK condensate processing unit in the RS shut down on 12/23 (last Sunday). SRVK and SKV-2 both remain operational, but are currently deactivated. SKV-1 has been inoperable for some time.]
CEO photo targets uplinked for today again were Yangtze River Delta (patchy overcast, so the crew may have seen some or all of this very large river delta at nadir and right), Shanghai, China (patchy overcast, so the crew may have been able to see some or all of this city at nadir and right), Polar Mesospheric Clouds — PMC, Antarctica, (looking right), Lahore, Pakistan (Lahore is on the short list of Asian cities for research. The crew was to shoot city margins on this nadir pass), Delhi, India (looking right for this large city, which can be difficult to detect, on the banks of the large Yamuna River, which is the main visual cue from ISS), Santorini volcanic complex, Mediterranean (scattered cloud forecast. The crew should have seen some of the islands in this group, well left of track), and South Tibesti Megafans, Chad (looking right for a general view of a wide plain covered with darker lines [immediately at the foot of the dark rocks of the Tibesti Mountains]. The dark lines are river courses of an ancient megafan [inland delta] created when the Sahara was much wetter several thousand years ago. New research shows that many features of this pattern are replicated by river-like features seen on Mars. ISS/CEO imagery is far more detailed than anything available of this remote region of the Sahara).
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:42am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 335.7 km
Apogee height -- 336.9 km
Perigee height -- 334.5 km
Period -- 91.25 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.63 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001723
Solar Beta Angle -- -74.6 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 66 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52144
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
12/28/07 – Thruster Test Firing (~7:05pm)
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 – NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/29/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani except for housekeeping and voluntary work.
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Whitson and Tani began the day with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
Preparatory to potable water transfer from Progress M-62/27P to the Service Module (SM), FE-1 Malenchenko set up pumping equipment and initiated the compression of the Progress Rodnik BV1 tank bladder, monitoring air flow to check for leak tightness (hermeticity). Later, the FE-1 switched the compressor to the second tank, BV2, for the bladder check. [Each of the spherical Rodnik tanks BV1 & BV2 consists of a hard shell with a soft membrane (bladder) composed of elastic fluoroplastic. The bladder is used to expel water from the tank by compressed air pumped into the tank volume surrounding the membrane and is leak-tested before water transfer and the subsequent reception of liquid waste for disposal.]
Yuri Malenchenko later worked on the Russian SOTR Thermal Control System, performing connection tests on the jumper cables installed yesterday between the KMTK Triple Channel Matrix Commutator switch and the PUVN Cabin Air Heater Control Panel, and activating the 1N1 & 2N1 pumps of the two active external thermal control systems (KOKh1, KOKh2) of the SM.
After a brief familiarization review of reference material, FE-2 Dan Tani conducted another session with the payload SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites), which he had selected for today's Voluntary Weekend Science program. In support of this interesting experiment, the ground yesterday activated CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) and will turn it off later today (~5:00pm EST). [Today's session concentrated on the ability of a single crewperson to deploy three satellites with the assistance of a "Position Hold" mode. Due to the different air flows introduced with the addition of Node-2, the former operational environment has changed, making 3-satellite deployments more challenging. The SPHERES experiment is a test bed for the development and testing of formation flying and other multi-spacecraft control algorithms. SPHERES, done first by FE-1 Jeff Williams on Expedition 13, serves to mature autonomous satellite formation flight, rendezvous and docking algorithms in a long duration, microgravity environment. Dan set up the Work Area, dimmed GLAs (General Luminaire Assemblies), programmed & deployed three gas-propelled satellites (orange, red, blue), with five beacons, and used two PD-100 camcorders for video capture. Per applicable Flight Rule, SPHERES operations have no CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) output constraints if the CDRA (CO2 Removal Assembly) is operating in dual-bed or single-bed mode. Should CDRA not work properly, ECLSS (Environmental Control & Life Support System) engineers will assess the ppCO2 flight rule requirement. The experiment run was time-critical since Ku-band is required for real-time video downlink.]
Later, Dan conducted the visual microbial (bacterial & fungal) "T+5 Day" analysis of surface samples which he collected on 12/24 with the SSK (Surface Sampling Kit) at specific locations near air diffusers. [The sampling analysis is performed once per month for the first three months, and once every three months thereafter. Bacterial and fungal air samples are taken at two locations in each module. The colony growth on the sampling slides is analyzed after five days of incubation in four Petri dishes. For onboard visual analysis of media slides from SSK (Surface Sampling Kit), MCDs (microbial capture devices) from WMK (Water Monitoring Kit), coliform detection bags from MWAK (Microbial Water Analysis Kit), and Petri dishes from the MAS (Microbial Air Sampler) kit, the crew has a procedure for visual inspection of samples for bacterial and fungal colony growths after appropriate incubation periods.]
CDR Whitson continued her support of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) by terminating vacuum venting on SPU-13 (Sample Processing Unit 13), powering up the ECU (Electronics Control Unit) and started experiment operations by initiating sample heating.
In Node-2, FE-2 Tani worked on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload (running since 12/13), today mixing Sample 3 again (since the previous run probably was corrupted) and monitoring the start of the next 2-week run. [Dan also took detailed documentary photos of the setup to show the exact angles and locations of the flash, camera, and sample module for ground scientists to better understand the lighting in the images and also for upcoming crew training sessions and procedures. An SSC (Station Support Computer) laptop is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
With SAMS (Space Acceleration Measurement System), used to monitor last night's 27P thruster firing tests, currently no longer required, Peggy configured the ER1 (EXPRESS Rack 1) by disconnecting its MTL (Moderate Temperature Loop) cooling jumper QDs (quick disconnects) to the nearby LAB1O2 UIP (Utility Interface Panel, "Z-panel").
The FE-1 continued the current round of periodic preventive maintenance of cabin ventilation systems in the RS (Russian Segment), today cleaning "Group A" fan grilles in the SM.
Malenchenko also completed of the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
Later, Yuri conducted the daily 20-min. IMS (Inventory Management System) maintenance, updating/editing its standard "delta file" including stowage locations, for the regular weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur).
Malenchenko also performed an update on the "Sigma" BNO (Ballistic Navigation Program) software on two Russian laptops, RSK1 & EGE-2 (in DOS), essentially updating ballistic service files for the new calendar year 2008 ahead, to prevent slowdown of the application (which computes real-time position of the ISS over the ground).
The crew worked out in their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1), RED (CDR, FE-2), and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Dan Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
Working from his discretionary "time permitting" task list, the FE-1 also performed the periodic collection & deletion of readings on the MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor) radiation sensor reader/display of the RBO-3-2 Matryoshka-R antroph-amorphous (human torso) "phantoms" located inside the station for sophisticated radiation studies, collecting radiation measurements every 15 minutes around the clock.
Led by Yuri Malenchenko, the crew supported two formal live PAO TV exchange sessions with visitors at TsUP-Moscow, viz. --
At ~11:55pm EST (last night) with top officials of FKA/Roskosmos (Anatoly Perminov), RSC-Energia (Vitaly Lopota), TsNIIMASH (Nikolai Anfimov) GCTC (Vasily Tsibliev), IBMP (Anatoly Grigorievich), Moscow Mayor's Office (Lyudmila Shvetsova), Vologda Region Governor's Office (Nicolai Vinogradov), Interagency State Commission (Valery Grin), and – last not least – Father Frost; and
At ~2:45am, a Press Conference with mass media representatives (Channel One TV, NTV Channel, Zvezda TV Channel, Russia Today TV Channel, ITAR-TASS Russian Information & Telegraph Agency, INTERFAX Information Agency, RIA Novosti Information-Analytical Agency, Kaliningradskaya Pravda Newspaper, and others).
Elektron Deactivation: The FE-1 and TsUP specialists yesterday performed a planned deactivation of the Elektron. As part of the deactivation process the Elektron was purged with N2 (nitrogen). The FE-1 had to swap the RS Laptop 1 with Laptop 2 to complete the purge successfully. The Elektron will remain powered down until 1/9/08. During this time, the station will be periodically repressurized with oxygen from Progress 27P.
Crew Provisions Audit: CDR Whitson yesterday completed a portion of the Increment 16 Crew Provisions Audit, going by an uplinked work sheet. The audit was performed to update onboard crew provision quantities for IMS accuracy and resupply planning. Some of the items audited included miscellaneous workout equipment and crew hygiene and clothing items.
Weekly Science Update (Expedition Sixteen -- Week 10)
ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS): In progress.
ANITA: Completed.
BCAT (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test): BCAT-3 has had a very successful week. Dan has successfully set up BCAT-3 on the ceiling seat tracks and handrails in Node-2 after seeing that he did not need to use the MWA surface to mount and run the experiment. He may have remembered seeing a future setup option during BCAT-4 training, which was designed to not monopolize the often needed MWA surface, while allowing BCAT to be able to be run, uninterrupted, for far longer periods of time. Researchers are particularly grateful for Dan's continued willingness to tweak the setup, interactively, as they receive images automatically from EarthKAM. After several rounds of minor tweaks, the photos are now as good as any seen from the MWA-based setups. "This is great news as we are trying to get the similar alternate setup into the system for the future BCAT-4 runs."
CARDIOCOG-2: Completed.
CCISS (Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS): Reserve.
CFE (Capillary Flow Experiment): Reserve.
CSI-2/CGBA (CGBA Science Insert #2/Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus): In progress.
CGBA-2 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 2): Complete.
CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2): "1.) SPU-11 (10.17 hour soak) - It appears that the quench did not occur as intended. The data was downloaded and analyzed and the normal quick cool down did not occur. It is possible that we may be able to get good data from SPU-11 (10.17 hour soak); we won't know until we look at the samples. 2.) SPU-10 (4 hour soak planned) - The temperature and humidity (99%) indicated a dew point of 18.8
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/30/07
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani. New Year's Eve's Eve! Ahead: Week 11 of Increment 16.
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Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani began the day with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
The crew performed the regular weekly three-hour task of thorough station cleaning. ["Uborka", normally done on Saturdays, includes removal of food waste products, cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, damp cleaning of the Service Module (SM) dining table, other frequently touched surfaces and surfaces where trash is collected, as well as the FE's sleep station with a standard cleaning solution; also, fan screens and grilles are cleaned to avoid temperature rises. Special cleaning is also done every 90 days on the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) bacteria filters in the Lab.]
Continuing his troubleshooting of the Russian SKV-2 air conditioner, FE-1 Malenchenko finished cleaning the condensate line that pulls condensate from the SKV-2 air conditioner by means of the NOK-2 condensate evacuation pump.
[On 12/28, Yuri had found a "rubbery, jelly-like" substance inside the inlet line of which he at that time removed as much as he could. The remainder of the pipe was cleaned today. The NOK-2 pump was to be permanently installed once the condensate & inlet line cleaning is complete. These activities are in support of SKV-2 troubleshooting that began after SKV-2 and the SRVK condensate processing unit in the RS (Russian Segment) shut down on 12/23 (last Sunday). SRVK and SKV-2 both remain operational, but are currently deactivated. SKV-1 has been inoperable for some time.]
Afterwards Malenchenko terminated the test compression of the Progress Rodnik BV1 & BV2 water tank bladders, to check for leak tightness, and tore down the pumping equipment for stowage. [Each of the spherical Rodnik tanks BV1 & BV2 consists of a hard shell with a soft membrane (bladder) composed of elastic fluoroplastic. The bladder is used to expel water from the tank by compressed air pumped into the tank volume surrounding the membrane and is leak-tested before water transfer and the subsequent reception of liquid waste for disposal.]
With the Elektron oxygen (O2) generator turned off since 12/28, Yuri was scheduled today to perform a 1.5-hour O2 repress of the cabin atmosphere from Progress M-62/27P storage tankage, upon TsUP Go. [The Elektron will remain powered down until 1/9/08 to conserve hardware lifetime. During this time, the station will be periodically repressurized with oxygen from Progress 27P.]
FE-2 Tani performed the daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
CDR Whitson continued her support of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox), today transferring the data for SPU-13 (Sample Processing Unit 13) from the ECU (Electronics Control Unit) to the MSG Laptop, then removing SPU-13 from the WV (Work Volume) and reinstalling SPU-10 for double-checking its humidity. MSG will then be powered down. [If humidity level checks out correctly at 99%, that will be the end of CSLM-2 operations.]
Malenchenko also completed of the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers. Weekly SOZh reports (on Sundays) to TsUP/Moscow deal with number & dates of water and urine containers, counter readings of water consumption & urine collection, and total operating time of the POTOK air filtration system.]
After Houston Flight Controllers deactivated the CDRA (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly) late yesterday (~5:00pm EST) when Dan Tani's work with the SPHERES experiment was finished, and cooling was no longer required, Peggy Whitson today disconnected the ITCS LTL QD (Internal Thermal Control System/Low Temperature Loop/Quick Disconnect) jumper to the CDRA (LAB1D6) rack.
The crew worked out in their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR), TVIS treadmill (FE-1, FE-2), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2), and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Working from his discretionary "time permitting" task list, the FE-1 also completed another radiation data monitoring & logging session for flow & dose power data with the Matryoshka-R radiation payload and its LULIN-5 electronics box. [Accumulated readings were recorded on a log sheet for subsequent downlink to TsUP/Moscow via the BSR-TM payload data channel.]
Led by Yuri Malenchenko, at ~5:00am EST the crew donned their flight suits and supported three formal live PAO TV downlinks with greetings and congratulations to special Russian educational events, viz. --
Moscow Region Scientists on Russia's annual Science Day [Russian Science Day is celebrated annually on February 8. "...the crew of the International Space Station is extending their heartfelt greetings to extraordinary scientists, engineers, and designers of the Moscow Region and wishes them a Happy Russian Science Day."];
Participants of a Scientific Conference dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Space Era ["...these days when humankind enters the second half century of the Space Era having celebrated its 50th anniversary, you are gathered to once again remember and honor the individuals who made it possible for humanity to break into space and open it for further exploration. By a quirk of history, many of these trailblazers were men and women in uniform. While not forgetting about defending the Motherland, these people, still hot from the battles of the Great Patriotic War, channeled their thoughts and deeds to purely peaceful objectives. One of such tasks had literally cosmic proportions... Long live the Union of Space Force Veterans!"]; and the
Second Russian Youth Science Readings in honor of Sergey Pavlovich Korolev [scheduled for January 18-19, with the participation of university and grade-school students from Moscow, Moscow Oblast, St. Peterburg, Archangel, Vologda, Irkutsk, Kaluga, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Samara, Republic of Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Location: the S.P. Korolev Memorial Museum, newly opened a year ago after renovation. (Main objectives of the Readings: "To stimulate trainees for in-depth study of the achievements of cosmonautics, to scout and provide support for gifted students, to promote innovative aerospace educational programs using Earth images from space, and to provide career guidance to a younger generation.")]
The crewmembers each had a "New Year's Eve's Eve" PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on the SSC-10 laptop), Yuri at ~4:00am, Peggy at ~12:40pm, and Dan at ~2:55pm.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today again were Polar Mesospheric Clouds — (PMC - also known as noctilucent clouds) over selected ground sites (12 minutes for each). (Southern spring is the season for relatively uncommon polar mesospheric clouds to form very high over Antarctica. PMC are being studied as part of the International Polar Year [IPY] investigation of climate change in high latitudes. PMC form in the stratosphere and higher, i.e. well above the lowest layer of the atmosphere [troposphere, or weather layer, characterized by clouds, and an orange tinge produced by brushfire smoke, smog, etc.]. The AIM satellite (Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere) has recently been launched to investigate how PMC form and why they are apparently becoming thicker and brighter. ISS/CEO imagery will complement images from AIM and from the ground. The collaborating IPY scientist is excited to receive any images ISS may acquire. Collaborating Swedish scientists are now working at a base in Antarctica (73S 13 W) for PMC observation.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 9:01am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 335.6 km
Apogee height -- 336.7 km
Perigee height -- 334.4 km
Period -- 91.24 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.63 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001721
Solar Beta Angle -- -69.5 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 88 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52176
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 – NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
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ISS On-Orbit Status 12/31/07
New Year's Eve... 16 times for the Expedition 16 crew of CDR Peggy Whitson, FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko and FE-2 Dan Tani while counting down to 2008!
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Crew off-duty day. Underway: Week 11 of Increment 16.
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Peggy and Dan began the day with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. [To monitor the crewmembers' sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Dan and Peggy wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by him as well as his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the Expedition. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days, as part of the crew's discretionary "job jar" task list.]
The CDR continued her support of the CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) experiment in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) facility. [Today, Whitson activated the MSG, closed the vacuum vent, checked for acceptable humidity levels, and opened the SPU-10 (Sample Processing Unit #10) water valve to initiate unattended vacuum preparation. Later, in Step 2, she reset MSG, closed the water valve, again checked for acceptable humidity levels in the sample chamber, then opened the vent & vacuum valves to initiate the required vacuum draw on the sample chamber. CSLM-2 examines the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During this process, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead/tin matrix. This study defined the mechanisms and rates of coarsening that govern the manufacture with metals from turbine blades to dental amalgam fillings.]
Peggy also checked the MELFI (Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS) to see whether its current N2 (nitrogen) pressure is in acceptable range.
FE-2 Tani performed the daily status check on the BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3) science payload, running by itself in Node-2 since 12/13 (briefly interrupted for EVA-13 photo support). The status check, conducted on the last image taken by the DCS 760 digital still camera which is controlled by EarthKAM software on an A31p laptop, is to verify proper image focus and camera alignment. [The SSC (Station Support Computer) is taking photography of the phase separation occurring in the BCAT Sample 3, with the photo flash going off every half hour.]
Dan also worked on the OpsLAN (Operations Local Area Network), disconnecting the IBM 760XD laptop from the OCA router assembly and stowing it away for use as a future Russian spare.
The CDR ran the periodic check of active U.S. payloads, i.e., cleaning the ANITA (Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air) inlet plus inspecting and filter cleaning of the CGBA-5 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5) incubator payload. [The CGBA incubator is controlled from the ground, with automatic video downlinked to Earth. ANITA continues to collect data every six seconds and downlinks the data daily to the ground team. ANITA monitors low levels of potential gaseous contaminants in the ISS cabin atmosphere with a capability of simultaneously monitoring 32 gaseous contaminants. The experiment is testing the accuracy and reliability of this technology as a potential next-generation atmosphere trace-gas monitoring system for ISS and future spacecraft. This is a cooperative investigation with ESA.]
FE-1 Malenchenko dumped application software log files from the Russian BVS (Onboard Computer System) RS3 laptop to a CD-ROM disk for subsequent downlink to the ground.
Whitson & Tani assembled and configured new equipment from the ACS (Atmosphere Control System) modification kit for installation in the Regenerative ECLSS (Environment Control & Life Support System). [In support of the activities, the ground temporarily deactivated the LAB1PD1 rack smoke detector.]
Malenchenko completed of the routine servicing of the SOZh system (Russian ECLSS) in the SM (Service Module). [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers and replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers.]
With the Elektron oxygen (O2) generator turned off since 12/28, Yuri performed a 1-hour O2 repress of the cabin atmosphere from Progress M-62/27P storage tankage. [The Elektron will remain powered down until 1/9/08 to conserve hardware lifetime. During this time, the station will be periodically repressurized with oxygen from Progress 27P.]
The crew worked out in their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-2), and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1).
Afterwards, Dan Tani copied the exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) laptop for downlink, including the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~5:40am EST, Peggy & Dan supported an interactive PAO interview event on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" (David Muir), via Ku- and S-band.
CEO photo targets uplinked for today again were Polar Mesospheric Clouds — (PMC - also known as noctilucent clouds) over selected ground sites (12 minutes for each). (Southern spring is the season for relatively uncommon polar mesospheric clouds to form very high over Antarctica. PMC are being studied as part of the International Polar Year [IPY] investigation of climate change in high latitudes. PMC form in the stratosphere and higher, i.e. well above the lowest layer of the atmosphere [troposphere, or weather layer, characterized by clouds, and an orange tinge produced by brushfire smoke, smog, etc.]. The AIM satellite (Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere) has recently been launched to investigate how PMC form and why they are apparently becoming thicker and brighter. ISS/CEO imagery will complement images from AIM and from the ground. The collaborating IPY scientist is excited to receive any images ISS may acquire. Collaborating Swedish scientists are now working at a base in Antarctica (73S 13 W) for PMC observation.)
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (about 700,000 NASA digital photographs of Earth are downloaded by the public each month from this "Gateway" site);
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:09am EST [= epoch]):
Mean altitude -- 335.5 km
Apogee height -- 336.7 km
Perigee height -- 334.3 km
Period -- 91.24 min.
Inclination (to Equator) -- 51.64 deg
Eccentricity -- 0.0001773
Solar Beta Angle -- -65.6 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day -- 15.78
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours -- 75 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) -- 52191
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Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Standard, some changes possible. NET = Not Earlier Than):
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E launch -- Columbus Module, ICC-Lite.
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E docking
TBD -- STS-122/Atlantis/1E undocking
01/31/08 -- Explorer-1 50 Years (1st U.S. Satellite on Redstone rocket) [Check it out at http://usspace50.com ]
02/06/08 -- Progress M-62/27P undocking & reentry
02/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P launch
02/09/08 -- Progress M-63/28P docking (DC1)
02/22/08 – NET: ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch/Ariane V (Kourou, French Guyana)
02/14/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A launch/1J/A, ~11:53am, w/SLP-SPDM, JEM ELM-PS
02/16/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour/1J/A docking
02/27/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour undocking
02/29/08 -- STS-123/Endeavour landing
03/06/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 1
03/12/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 2
03/15/08 -- ATV-1 Demo Day 3 & Docking (SM aft port)
04/07/08 -- Progress M-63/28P undocking (DC1) & reentry
04/08/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S launch
04/10/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S docking (DC1)
04/19/08 -- Soyuz TMA-11/15S undocking (FGB nadir port)
04/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S relocation (from DC1 to FGB nadir port)
04/24/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J launch – JEM PM "Kibo", racks, RMS
04/26/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J docking
05/04/08 -- STS-124/Discovery/1J undocking
05/14/08 -- Progress M-64/29P launch
05/16/08 -- Progress M-64/29P docking (DC1)
08/07/08 -- NET: ATV-1 undocking (from SM aft port)
08/12/08 -- Progress M-65/30P launch
08/14/08 -- Progress M-65/30P docking (SM aft port)
09/09/08 -- Progress M-64/29P undocking (from DC1)
09/10/08 -- Progress M-66/31P launch
09/12/08 -- Progress M-66/31P docking (DC1)
09/18/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 launch – MPLM Leonardo, LMC
09/20/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 docking
10/01/08 -- STS-126/Discovery/ULF2 undocking.
10/01/08 -- NASA 50 Years
10/11/08 -- Progress M-65/30P undocking (from SM aft port)
10/12/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S launch
10/14/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S docking (SM aft port)
10/23/08 -- Soyuz TMA-12/16S undocking (FGB nadir)
11/03/08 -- Soyuz TMA-13/17S relocation (from SM aft to FGB nadir)
11/06/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A launch – S6 truss segment
11/08/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A docking
11/17/08 -- STS-119/Discovery/15A undocking
11/20/08 -- ISS 10 Years
11/26/08 -- Progress M-67/32P launch
11/28/08 -- Progress M-67/32P docking (SM aft port)
04/15/09 -- Constellation's Ares I-X Launch
05/??/09 -- Six-person crew on ISS (following Soyuz 18S-2 docking)
04/??/10 -- STS-132/Discovery/20A – Node-3 + Cupola.
Ли Со Ён
южнокорейский кандидат на полёт в космос
South Korea (AP)
ЦитироватьSouth Korea said Monday a female engineer would become the country's first person in space by going aboard a Russian spacecraft, after Moscow rejected Seoul's first choice because he violated reading rules during training.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said at a news conference that Yi So-yeon will replace Ko San as the country's choice to fly on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station in early April.
South Korea originally named Ko as its candidate in September, but Russia's Federal Space Agency asked for a replacement last month because he violated regulations at a Russian space training center where the two South Koreans have been training, said Lee Sang-mok, a senior ministry official.
Korean Cosmonaut Violated Security
http://www.kommersant.com/p-12179/Russian_space_program/
А чего - здесь
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2011/ISS_Reports_SearchAgent_archive_4.html
только за этот год?
А где остальное?
ЦитироватьА где остальное?
2010 - http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2010/ISS_Reports_SearchAgent_archive_1.html
2009 - http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2009/ISS_Reports_SearchAgent_archive_1.html
2008 - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/318312main_reports2008.pdf
2007 - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/318303main_reports2007.pdf
2006 - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/318277main_reports2006_Oct-Dec.pdf
Спасибо, Аник.