Ежедневная хроника полета МКС

[Liss]

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.

[Liss]

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.

[ronatu]

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.


 

[Eraser]

12/26/07 -- 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?

[Liss]

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.

Не, я не понял, а отредактировать влом было?

[Dude]

Это юмор такой, подстрочный перевод.

[anik]

Не 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

[Старый]

Это юмор такой, подстрочный перевод.

Это гугл-переводчик.

[Liss]

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

[Liss]

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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[Liss]

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.

[Liss]

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.

[Liss]

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.

[ratte07]

Я так понимаю, Верн будет ждать, пока шаттл сядет? Не логичней сместить старт?

[Dude]

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.

[ratte07]

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.

В принципе, возможны автономные испытания. И есть опыт стыковок Модулей и ТКС, которые неспешно приближались к ОС. Наши могли поделиться опытом.