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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/07/02/life-support-work-aboard-lab-as-next-crew-preps-for-mission/

Life Support Work Aboard Lab as Next Crew Preps for Mission

Mark Garcia
Posted Jul 2, 2019 at 5:20 pm


Earth's atmospheric glow, highlighted by the Moon and a starry orbital nighttime background, are pictured as the International Space Station orbited 256 miles above the Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Hawaiian island chain.

The three Expedition 60 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station focused primarily on keeping the orbiting lab in tip-top shape today. At the end of the workday, the trio split up for some space gardening and Earth photography.

NASA Flight Engineers Christina Koch and Nick Hague teamed up on Tuesday replacing components in the station's Water Recovery System (WRS). The time-consuming maintenance work requires the rotation of racks and a treadmill to access the WRS in the Tranquility module. The life support device processes water vapor and urine and converts it into drinkable water.

Hague wrapped up his workday servicing a science freezer before watering plants growing for a space botany study. Koch worked out on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device then called down to Mission Control for a conference with flight surgeons.

On the Russian side of the station, Commander Alexey Ovchinin explored advanced photography techniques before an afternoon of lab cleaning work. In the evening, the veteran cosmonaut photographed Earth targets documenting the effects of human and natural catastrophes.

The orbiting trio will take a day off on July 4 and relax aboard the station. Back on Earth, a new set of Expedition 60 crewmates will fly from Russia on the U.S. Independence Day to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Astronauts Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano are in final preparations with cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov for a July 20 liftoff to their new home in space. Their launch comes 50 years to the day NASA landed humans on the Moon for the first time.

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https://ria.ru/20190703/1556146925.html

МКС подняла высоту орбиты для приема пилотируемого и грузового кораблей
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МОСКВА, 3 июл - РИА Новости. Высоту орбиты Международной космической станции (МКС) увеличили почти на километр для обеспечения июльских прилетов на станцию пилотируемого корабля "Союз МС-13" и грузового "Прогресс МС-12", сообщил РИА Новости в среду представитель пресс-службы ЦНИИмаш.

ЦНИИмаш - головной научный институт "Роскосмоса", в ведении которого находится центр управления полетом российского сегмента МКС.

"Коррекция орбиты МКС выполнена", - сказал собеседник агентства.

По его словам, включение двигателей служебного модуля "Звезда" МКС состоялось в 03.18 мск, они проработали 33,5 секунды. В результате средняя высота орбиты станции увеличилась на 900 метров и составила 413,7 километра. Целью операции было формирование баллистических условий для полета пилотируемого корабля "Союз МС-13" и грузового "Прогресса МС-12".

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Предыдущая коррекция орбиты МКС была выполнена 23 мая. С использованием двигателей корабля "Прогресс МС-10" высота орбиты станции была увеличена на 4,5 километра.

Запуск корабля "Союз МС-13" с космодрома "Байконур" намечается на 20 июля в 19.28 мск. На нем на МКС полетят россиянин Александр Скворцов, итальянец Лука Пармитано и американец Эндрю Морган. Стыковка корабля со станцией планируется 21 июля в 01.50 мск.

Запуск корабля "Прогресс МС-12" намечается на 31 июля в 15.10 мск, стыковка со станцией - в 18.35 мск.

На борту МКС сейчас экипаж из россиянина Алексея Овчинина и американцев Ника Хейга и Кристины Кук.

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/26510/

03.07.2019 03:20
Проведена плановая коррекция орбиты МКС

В соответствии с программой полёта Международной космической станции сегодня, 3 июля 2019 года, была проведена плановая коррекция её орбиты.

Для выполнения манёвра в 03:18 мск были включены двигатели служебного модуля «Звезда» российского сегмента станции. Время их работы составило 34 сек. В результате чего орбитальная скорость МКС увеличилась на 0,52 м/сек.

В соответствии с данными службы баллистико-навигационного обеспечения ЦУП ФГУП ЦНИИмаш параметры орбиты космической станции после выполнения манёвра составили:

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• минимальная высота над поверхностью Земли -- 411,4 км,
• максимальная высота над поверхностью Земли -- 436,4 км,
• период обращения -- 92,78 мин.,
• наклонение орбиты -- 51,66 град.
  

Целью проведения коррекции стало формирование баллистических условий для полёта российских кораблей: пилотируемого «Союза МС-13» и грузового «Прогресса МС-12».

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 6 мин. назад

It's that time again! Our 16th #CubeSat deployment mission from @Space_Station has begun! Congratulations @SatAppsCatapult! #IOD1-GEMs was released into orbit at 10:15:00 UTC. #ISS

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 4 мин. назад

.@SatRevolution's first-ever #CubeSats are out the door! #KRAKsat and #Swiatowid were released into #LEO at 11:50:00 UTC. Congratulations on this huge milestone! We're extra excited as we officially mark another new international customer in orbit! #Poland #ISS

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/07/02/iss-daily-summary-report-7022019/

ISS Daily Summary Report - 7/02/2019

GLACIER2:

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The crew performed a routine desiccant pack swap and verified a Quick Disconnect (QD) fitting on the Glacier2 water supply line was not leaking. GLACIER provides a double middeck-locker-size freezer/refrigerator for a variety of experiments that require temperatures ranging from +4 °C (39 °F) and -160 °C (-301 °F). The GLACIER is compatible with the EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack.

Veg-04A:

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The crew performed a routine plant check, watered the plants and weighed any broken leaves using the Mass Measurement Device. They also replaced the plant pillows showing no plant growth with blank plant pillows to deter microbial growth. A healthy, nutritious diet is essential for long-duration exploration missions, which means that the typical pre-packaged astronaut diet needs to be supplemented by fresh foods during flight; the Veggie Vegetable Production System (Veggie) has begun testing aboard the space station to help meet this need, and validation tests have demonstrated that leafy greens can be grown in spaceflight. The research of Veg-04A focuses on the impact of light quality and fertilizer on leafy crop growth for a 28-day grow-out, microbial food safety, nutritional value, taste acceptability by the crew, and the overall behavioral health benefits of having plants and fresh food in space.

Water Processing Assembly (WPA) Catalytic Reactor Remove & Replace (R&R):

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As of this April, the WPA Catalytic Reactor has shown signs of a slow leak. Based on past experience, the reactor will only continue processing for a few months past initial sign of a leak. Due to possible thermal instability in the reactor preventing the WPA from processing, inability of the reactor to maintain pressure, and/or water in the reactor's thermal cover causing condensation in the rack, today the crew R&Rd the Cat Reactor. During the R&R the T2 was unavailable for use but has been configured to nominal operations.

Remote Power Controller Module (RPCM) LAD62B_A Firmware Update:

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Ground teams upd ated the Firmware Boot Timer for RPCMLAD62B_A in preparation for RPCM removal and replacement tomorrow. RPCM LAD62B_A's RPC 2 tripped on June 30, resulting in a loss of smoke detection in the Lab Deck 6 (LAD6) rack. Troubleshooting has not been successful in reclosing the RPC and teams have decided to proceed with RPCM replacement to recover power to the smoke detector. The removed RPCM will be stowed as a degraded spare that can be used in a location that does not use the failed RPC 2. The Firmware Boot Timer update will allow the spare RPCM to be installed via hot mate technique.

ISS Reboost:

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The ISS completed a reboost using the Service Module (SM) main engines. This reboost was to se t up phasing for 4-orbit 59S launch on July 20 and 2-orbit 73P launch on July 31.

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https://ria.ru/20190703/1556178120.html

Астронавты на МКС устранили утечку в системе переработки воды
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МОСКВА, 3 июл - РИА Новости. Астронавты Ник Хейг и Кристина Кук отремонтировали систему переработки воды на американском сегменте Международной космической станции (МКС), устранив небольшую утечку из системы, зафиксированную в апреле, сообщило НАСА.

На сайте НАСА отмечается, что астронавты сменили каталитический реактор в системе переработки воды, установленной в модуле Tranquility. В апреле была обнаружена небольшая утечка воды из реактора, которая постепенно привела к тому, что система перестала эффективно функционировать.

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Система переработки воды предназначена для очистки грязной воды (конденсат из атмосферы МКС, дистиллят урины) с целью ее последующего использования экипажем станции в качестве питьевой.

На борту МКС сейчас находится экипаж из россиянина Алексея Овчинина и американцев Ника Хейга и Кристины Кук.

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 5 мин. назад

The Virginia CubeSat Constellation is in orbit! Congratulations to the students from @ODU, @virginia_tech, @UVA & @_HamptonU! #Ceres #Aeternitas and #Libertas were deployed at 14:50:00 UTC. Go @vaspacegrant!

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NanoRacks‏Подлинная учетная запись @NanoRacks 11 мин. назад

Way to go @EntrySat! Deployed at 16:25:00 UTC, the 16th NanoRacks #CubeSat Mission from @Space_Station is now officially complete! Congratulations to all of our customers, and thanks always to our partners at @NASA and @JAXA_en for helping make this mission a success. #ISS

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ISAE-SUPAERO‏Подлинная учетная запись @ISAE_officiel 5 мин. назад

Spoiler alert : @EntrySat est le 200ème nanosatellite à avoir été déployé depuis l'ISS ! #GoEntrySat

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/07/03/crew-explores-space-biology-radiation-exposure-before-independence-day/

Crew Explores Space Biology, Radiation Exposure Before Independence Day

Mark Garcia
Posted Jul 3, 2019 at 12:37 pm


Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA playfully demonstrates how fluids behave in the weightless environment of microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

The Expedition 60 crew explored space biology and radiation exposure aboard the International Space Station today. The orbital residents also filmed a virtual reality experience and oversaw the deployment of a set microsatellites.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch tended plants and stored microalgae samples for a pair of biology studies investigating ways to support long-term missions farther away from Earth. The two-part VEG-04 study is researching space agriculture as a method to nourish future crews as NASA prepares to go to the Moon and beyond. Microalgae is being observed for the Photobioreactor experiment that aims to demonstrate a hybrid life support system.

A series of seven CubeSats were deployed outside Japan's Kibo laboratory module today. NASA Flight Engineer Nick Hague configured the seven microsatellites last week and installed them in a Kibo's small satellite deployer. An international team of engineers and students designed the CubeSats for a variety of experiments and technology demonstrations.

Both astronauts teamed up in the afternoon for another filming session depicting life aboard the orbital outpost. The crew has been videotaping a cinematic, virtual reality experience on the station to share with audiences on Earth.

Commander Alexey Ovchinin set up radiation detectors throughout the station's Russian segment this morning. The Matroyshka experiment is observing the amount of radiation the station and the crew are exposed to on its flight path.

The orbiting trio will take a day off on July 4 and relax aboard the station. Back on Earth, a new set of Expedition 60 crewmates will fly from Russia on the U.S. Independence Day to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Astronauts Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano are in final preparations with cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov for a July 20 liftoff to their new home in space. Their launch comes 50 years to the day NASA landed humans on the Moon for the first time.

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https://ria.ru/20190703/1556184401.html

С борта МКС в космос вывели семь малых спутников
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МОСКВА, 3 июл - РИА Новости. Семь малых космических аппаратов из четырех стран выведены в космос в среду с борта Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщила американская компания NanoRacks.

NanoRacks обеспечивает выведение в космос с борта МКС малых спутников с помощью пусковых систем собственного производства.

Как сообщила NanoRacks в Twitter, спутники были запущены с помощью японского манипулятора. Перед этим их вынесли наружу станции из японского модуля Kibo.

В космос были выведены британский спутник IOD-GEMS (в 13.15 мск), польские Swiatowid и KrakSat (в 14.50 мск), три американских VCC (в 17.50 мск) и французский EntrySat (в 19.25 мск). Аппараты были привезены на МКС американским грузовым кораблем Cygnus в апреле.

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В настоящее время на борту МКС находится экипаж из россиянина Алексея Овчинина и американцев Ника Хейга и Кристины Кук.

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Обнаружен 1-й объект сегодняшнего запуска с борта МКС

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1 44385U 9867QK   19184.69053278 -.00001059  00000-0 -98122-5 0  9991
2 44385  51.6460 279.3866 0003572 107.4705  56.6175 15.51642063    58410 x 414 km x 51.646°

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 1 ч.назад

The first of the @Nanoracks NRCSD-16 deploys from ISS has been cataloged as 44385, 1998-067QK, in a 409 x 414 km orbit. Possibly IOD-1 GEMS.

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Nick Hague‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroHague 52 мин. назад

Sporting our red, white, and blue on @Space_Station! Planning a "cookout" tonight. Beef patties, corn, blueberry cobbler, and lemonade are all on the menu - tasty and ready in under 15 minutes. Hoping to catch some fireworks out the window later. Happy #4thofJuly from space!

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Объект 44385 / 1998-67QK идентифицирован (#20975)

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Space to Ground: On the Bubble: 07/05/2019

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Опубликовано: 5 июл. 2019 г.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/07/05/new-crew-in-final-preps-before-historic-july-20-launch/

New Crew in Final Preps Before Historic July 20 Launch

Mark Garcia
Posted Jul 5, 2019 at 11:28 am


Expedition 60 crewmembers (from left) Drew Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov and Luca Parmitano affix a crew insignia sticker to the hull of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft as they flew to their training base in Kazakhstan July 4.

The next crew to liftoff to the International Space Station arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site on the U.S. Independence Day awaiting a historic July 20 liftoff.

New Expedition 60 crewmates Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano and Alexander Skvortsov are in final mission preparations in Kazakhstan. The trio arrived July 4 counting down to a July 20 launch to the orbiting lab 50 years to the NASA landed humans on the Moon for the first time.

Morgan is going to space for the first time and will meet his fellow Class of 2013 NASA astronaut members, Christina Koch and Nick Hague, who have been at the station since March. Parmitano is on his second mission. Skvortsov, who is leading the mission aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft, is making his third visit to the space station.

Back aboard the station, the three orbiting Expedition 60 crewmembers continued science and maintenance duties. Koch sampled the station's life support system for microbes while Hague serviced a specialized science furnace. Skvortsov checked on Russian station systems and monitored a radiation exposure study.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/07/03/iss-daily-summary-report-7032019/

ISS Daily Summary Report - 7/03/2019

Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR)/Light Microscopy Module (LMM):

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The crew replaced the confocal camera which stopped responding on June 22. The confocal system allows observation of very narrow depths-of-field in 3 dimensional samples, essentially allowing many different layers of the sample to be observed and later reconstructed as a 3 dimensional image. Recovery of this system will allow the currently installed ACE-T10 primary science to continue.

ISS HAM Pass:

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The crew participated in a HAM pass with Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA. Every summer, the Santa Barbara Public Library holds a Summer Reading and Learning Program for readers of all ages, which especially targets school age children. The students' questions involved how the crew takes a shower, if the ISS has ever been hit by space debris, and the difference in the speed of radio waves in space. ISS Ham Radio provides opportunities to engage and educate students, teachers, parents and other members of the community in science, technology, engineering and math by providing a means to communicate between astronauts and the ground HAM radio units.

Nano Rack CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD)-16:

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Seven satellites were successfully launched in 4 separate deployments today.

• The IOD-1 GEMS satellite demonstrates a commercial microwave weather observation satellite service developed by Orbital Micro Systems. This technology could provide more accurate and timely weather data and help reduce the cost of weather observation infrastructure.
• The KRAKsat tests the concept of using a ferrofluid reaction wheel device to stabilize a nanosatellite. Swiatowid studies miniaturization technology in space within the CubeSat.
• EntrySat measures its trajectory, orientation and heating processes during re-entry phase which will assist with atmosphere and debris re-entry understanding.
• The 3 Virginia CubeSat Constellation CubeSats obtain measurements of the orbital decay of multiple satellites to obtain in situ quantification of atmospheric drag and the variability of atmospheric properties.
  

The NRCSD is a self-contained CubeSat deployer system for small satellites staged from the ISS. It is transported to orbit inside cargo resupply vehicles and utilizes the ISS Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) as a staging facility for operation.

Photobioreactor (PBR) Troubleshooting:

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As a continuation of the troubleshooting efforts, the crew replaced the power cable for the PBR. Although the PBR has been non-responsive for more than a week, ground team believes the algae contained in the system may still be viable. Currently, life support systems that sustain astronauts in space are based on physicochemical processes. The PhotoBioreactor investigation aims at demonstrating that microalgae (i.e. biological processes) can be used together with existing systems to improve recycling of resources, creating a hybrid life support system. This hybrid approach could be helpful in future long-duration exploration missions, as it could reduce the amount of consumables required from Earth and will first be tested in space on the ISS.

Radi-N2 deploy:

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The crew deployed the 8 bubble detectors at the Node1O3 Rack Front location. The objective of this Canadian Space Agency investigation is to better characterize the ISS neutron environment, define the risk posed to the crew members' health, and provide the data necessary to develop advanced protective measures for future spaceflight. It's been recognized that neutrons make up a significant fraction (10-30%) of the biologically effective radiation exposure in low-Earth orbit. The bubble detectors used in the investigation are designed detect neutrons and ignore all other radiation.

The ISS Experience:

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The crew set up the ISS Experience hardware and recorded the insertion of Icebricks into a MELFI (Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS) and crew social interaction. The ISS Experience creates a virtual reality film documenting daily life aboard the ISS. The 8 to 10 minute videos created from footage taken during the six-month investigation cover different aspects of crew life, execution of science aboard the station, and the international partnerships involved. The ISS Experience uses a Z-CAM V1 Pro Cinematic Virtual Reality (VR) 360-degree camera with nine 190° fisheye lenses.

Veg-04A:

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The crew performed a routine plant check, watered the plants, and weighed broken leaves using the Mass Measurement Device. A healthy, nutritious diet is essential for long-duration exploration missions, which means that the typical pre-packaged astronaut diet needs to be supplemented by fresh foods during flight; the Veggie Vegetable Production System (Veggie) has begun testing aboard the space station to help meet this need, and validation tests have demonstrated that leafy greens can be grown in spaceflight. The research of Veg-04A focuses on the impact of light quality and fertilizer on leafy crop growth for a 28-day grow-out, microbial food safety, nutritional value, taste acceptability by the crew, and the overall behavioral health benefits of having plants and fresh food in space.

Remote Power Controller Module (RPCM) LAD62B_A Remove & Replace (R&R):

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On June 30, this RPCM tripped and could not be reclosed. The signature indicated a Field Effect Transistor (FET) Controller Hybrid failure, which requires the RPCM to be R&Rd to restore functionality. The crew performed the R&R today and stowed the degraded RPCM. Ground teams subsequently performed a successful activation and restored power to the affected smoke detector within the Lab.

Water Storage System (WSS) Leak Inspection:

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The crew opened the WSS resupply tank top and bottom covers, removed the potable tank soft cover and checked the Water Storage System QDs and confirmed the manifold had no leaks. The crew also removed the air vent insert on the rear of air manifold on the controller panel to increase vent capability.

Treadmill 2 (T2) Quarterly Maintenance:

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The crew performed regularly scheduled maintenance to inspect isolators, bottom corner hardware witness marks, and bottom snubbers for signs of free play.

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Expedition 60 Inflight Yahoo Finance 2019 07 05 1222569

NASA Video

Опубликовано: 5 июл. 2019 г.

NASA Astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague speak with Yahoo Finance.

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