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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #160 on: 02/10/2014 01:37 pm »
Shortly after Christmas the Russians had a EVA that included tha insulation of a Canadian high resolution camera/telescope on the exteria of the ISS. If I recall there was a issue that required the removal of the telescope and the return of the instrument back to the ISS.
Has there been any updates on a repair and possible reinstall of this telescope?

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #161 on: 02/10/2014 02:03 pm »

Shortly after Christmas the Russians had a EVA that included tha insulation of a Canadian high resolution camera/telescope on the exteria of the ISS. If I recall there was a issue that required the removal of the telescope and the return of the instrument back to the ISS.
Has there been any updates on a repair and possible reinstall of this telescope?

Yes, the cameras have been reinstalled and are being tested.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/01/russian-eva-installation-earth-observing-cameras/

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #162 on: 02/11/2014 01:13 am »

Shortly after Christmas the Russians had a EVA that included tha insulation of a Canadian high resolution camera/telescope on the exteria of the ISS. If I recall there was a issue that required the removal of the telescope and the return of the instrument back to the ISS.
Has there been any updates on a repair and possible reinstall of this telescope?

Yes, the cameras have been reinstalled and are being tested.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/01/russian-eva-installation-earth-observing-cameras/
Thank you for a very compleat update. Much appreciated!
Looking forward to seeing the product of the cameras.

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #163 on: 02/11/2014 09:20 am »

ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/07/14

Posted on February 7, 2014 by HQ.
 

FGB Power and Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF) Resistance Test:   Today Flight Engineer (FE)-4 Tyurin disconnected Russian to American Converter Unit (RACU)-5 and RACU-6 Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) system power from the FGB PDGF Connection Panel.  FE-6 Wakata and Tyurin then performed a connection resistance test which confirmed that the SSRMS system and payloads lines were configured as required. Once resistance measurements were complete, Tyurin reconnected RACU5 and RACU6 SSRMS system power to the FGB PDGF Connection Panel.

FGB PDGF Functional Checkout:  The Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) and performed a video survey of the FGB PDGF work space for future FGB PDGF operations.  They then mated the Latching End Effector B (LEE-B) umbilicals to the FGB PDGF in order to perform the checkout.  Next the Robotics Ground Controllers powered down the SSRMS and switched its base to LEE-B on the FGB PDGF.  MCC-M powered up RACU5 providing prime string power to the SSRMS and the Robotics Ground Controllers successfully powered up the SSRMS and its video system on the prime string.  The same checkout was performed for the redundant SSRMS string via RACU 6.   With the successful completion of the FGB PDGF Checkout, the Robotics Ground Controllers powered down the SSRMS, switched its base back to LEE-A on the Lab PDGF, demated LEE-B from the FGB PDGF and powered down the MSS.  MSS performance was nominal.

Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) Instrumentation Box (AIB) Install:   FE-5 Mastracchio removed the failed AIB and installed a replacement unit that arrived on Orbital 1.  The new AIB will not be activated until ARED is outfitted with a laptop to replace the older Pacebook and the new Station Support Computer (SSC) System 5 is loaded, currently planned for  May 2014.

Ocular Health (OH) Cardiac and Ocular Ultrasounds: Mastracchio assisted Wakata in preparing for and conducting ocular and cardiac ultrasound scans as part of Wakata’s Flight Day 90 OH session.  Remote guidance will be provided by ground experts to ensure proper positioning and data collection. These ultrasounds are used to identify changes in ocular globe morphology, including flattening of the posterior globe, and document optic nerve sheath diameter, optic nerve sheath tortuosity, globe axial measurements, and choroidal engorgement.  Researchers believe that the measurement of visual, vascular and central nervous system changes over the course of this experiment and during the subsequent postflight recovery will assist in the development of countermeasures, clinical monitoring strategies and clinical practice guidelines.

Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Orange Satellite Troubleshooting:  FE-3 Hopkins and Mastracchio inspected and adjust components of the satellite battery compartments as part of the troubleshooting for the Orange SPHERES satellite.  They then verified that the satellite works properly during a nominal SPHERES test session.
Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #164 on: 02/11/2014 09:36 am »
Planet Labs ‏@planetlabs
The first two satellites of Flock 1 just successfully deployed from the ISS :) 2 down, 26 to go!

https://twitter.com/planetlabs

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ORB-1 Cygnus stuffed almost to the gills with trash and unneeded equipment. Not room to squeeze in much more here now...  8)

Only one week to go before unberth now.

Time to create an UNBERTH/EOM thread soon?

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The third and fourth of the 28 Planet Labs Flock-1 cubesats were deployed 12:41 UTC (over half an hour ago). No tweet from @planetlabs yet.

More in the "Planet Labs nano-sat earth imaging satellites" thread: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33253.msg1159026#msg1159026

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@NanoRacks just confirmed (1353 UTC):

NanoRacks 2nd #Cubesat deployment from #ISS for @planetlabs went perfect...
« Last Edit: 02/11/2014 01:02 pm by InfraNut2 »

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #167 on: 02/12/2014 09:00 am »

ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/10/14

Posted on February 10, 2014 by HQ.
 

Cosmo Shoot Operation:  Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata set up JAXA’s Cosmo Shoot laptop and 4K camera in the Cupola and captured images of the US west coast, India and the Himalayas, Africa and South America.

Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System (RINGS):  FE-6 Wakata integrated the RINGS hardware with SPHERES to prepare for the RINGS test tomorrow.  The RINGS experiment tests hardware and software that enables relative station keeping, maneuvering, and attitude control between two SPHERES satellites using steerable electromagnetic dipoles.

Biolab Laptop Transition:  FE-3 Hopkins configured the new laptop for Biolab for a functional checkout.  BioLab is a multiuser research facility used to perform space biology experiments on microorganisms, cells, tissue cultures, small plants, and small invertebrates. The facility will allow scientists to gain a better understanding of the effects of microgravity and space radiation on biological organisms.

Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) Life Science Ancillary Hardware (LSAH) Operations:  FE-5 Mastracchio reviewed hardware procedures and visually inspected and activated the MSG facility prior to payload operations.  He installed and checked out the MSG LSAH Decontamination System inside the MSG Work Volume.

Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS) Operations: JAXA Robotic Flight Controllers remotely unberthed the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP) from the JEM Airlock Slide Table then maneuvered the JEMRMS Main Arm with the NanoRacks CubSat Deployer (NRCSD) to the small satellite deploy position.

Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations: Today, the Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) and released Latching End Effector B (LEE-B) from the Functional Cargo Block (FGB) Power Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF).  They then maneuvered the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) away from the FGB and into position to grapple Mobile Base System (MBS) PDGF 3.  Finally the Robotics Ground Controllers, grappled, latched and mated LEE-B to MBS PDGF 3 and changed the SSRMS base to LEE-B on MBS PDGF3.  The SSRMS is in position for the Force Moment Sensor (FMS) data gathering planned tomororrow.  MSS performance was nominal.
Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #168 on: 02/12/2014 02:28 pm »
Planet Labs ‏@planetlabs
The first two satellites of Flock 1 just successfully deployed from the ISS :) 2 down, 26 to go!

https://twitter.com/planetlabs
What is the aperture diameter of the planet-labs cube sats?

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #169 on: 02/12/2014 03:20 pm »
Planet Labs ‏@planetlabs
The first two satellites of Flock 1 just successfully deployed from the ISS :) 2 down, 26 to go!

https://twitter.com/planetlabs
What is the aperture diameter of the planet-labs cube sats?

Measuring on their photo it is about 85 mm diameter.
It is an obscured Maksutov Cassegrain catadioptric.
There may be a better value in the PlaneLabs description.
Additional pairs of nanosats have been released since the above was posted.
What kind of wastrels would dump a perfectly good booster in the ocean after just one use?

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #170 on: 02/12/2014 06:28 pm »
From the end of day conference.  Cubesat canister 4 released nominally overnight while 3 and 5 did not for unknown reasons.  Troubleshooting is ongoing.  Canister 6 is scheduled for release tonight.
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #171 on: 02/13/2014 02:24 pm »
Landing of Russian and US astronauts moved forward to March 11
http://en.itar-tass.com/non-political/718903
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The landing of the Soyuz TMA-10M reentry capsule with two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut has been moved forward from March 12 to March 11.

The landing site has also been moved from Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, because of large snowdrifts in the area, Alexei Krasnov, who is responsible for piloted missions in the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), told ITAR-TASS on Wednesday, February 12.

“Initially, we considered the northern site outside Arkalyk for the landing. But there is a lot of snow there, up to three meters. No helicopter can land there. And it will be hard to find the reentry capsule under so much snow. This is why we decided to move the landing to the southern site outside Dzhezkazgan,” he said, adding that the crew would return to Earth of March 11. “This is the final date and it will not change,” he said.

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #172 on: 02/13/2014 05:14 pm »
ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - February 13
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8723

Space Station Live - Starting Fire in Water
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8724
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #173 on: 02/14/2014 03:08 pm »

ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/13/14

Posted on February 13, 2014 by HQ.
 
Cube Satellite (CubeSat) Deploys:  After the failure to launch satellites from 2 NanoRacks CubeSat Deployers (NRCSDs) yesterday, Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC) console teams were able to confirm from photographs taken by Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata that the push-pin assemblies on all NRCSDs located on the Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS) were in good condition.  Two additional satellites were subsequently launched today.  Additional launches are planned for tomorrow and over the weekend, including attempts to launch again from the two deployers which failed to launch their satellites yesterday.

Ocular Health (OH) Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Fundoscope Eye Examinations: FE-3 Hopkins and FE-5 Mastracchio, alternating as Crew Medical Officer (CMO) and subject, performed OCT eye examinations.  Mastrachhio then applied drops to his eyes to dilate them and Hopkins  conducted a Fundoscope eye examination on him, with remote guidance from ground experts.  Later FE-6 Wakata performed the Fundoscope examination on Hopkins after he dilated his eyes. The Ocular Health protocol calls for a systematic gathering of physiological data to characterize the risk of microgravity-induced visual impairment / intracranial pressure in ISS crewmembers. Researchers believe the measurement of visual, vascular and central nervous system changes over the course of this experiment and during the subsequent postflight recovery will assist in the development of countermeasures, clinical monitoring strategies and clinical practice guidelines.

Photo-Voltaic Control Unit (PVCU) Bracket Status Indicator Removal: Hopkins successfully removed the spare Photovoltaic Controller Unit (PVCU) Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (MDM) Status Probe.  Measurements and photos of the probe placement inside the alignment cone indicated a risk of binding during Extravehicular Activity (EVA) installation of the PVCU MDM.  This status indicator is not a required function during an EVA installation.

Emergency Egress On-Board Training (OBT):  FE-4 Tyurin, Mastracchio, and Wakata participated in an Emergency Egress Drill this morning. The crew reviewed procedures associated with nominal and off nominal Soyuz desent scenarios.
Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #174 on: 02/14/2014 05:27 pm »
Expedition 38 - In-Flight Interviews with WATR Radio, Waterbury, Conn. and KSPR-TV, Springfield, Mo - February 13
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8726

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #175 on: 02/14/2014 07:18 pm »
Looking at the Ustream (which I don't seem to be able to do screencaps from) the SSRMS seems to have just
grappled the Cygnus service module?
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #177 on: 02/19/2014 06:02 am »
February 18, 2014
MEDIA ADVISORY M14-032


International Space Station Crew to Talk with Students in Los Angeles


Students and faculty from California State University, Los Angeles, along with high school students from the Alliance Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science High School, will gather at the university at 10:10 a.m. PST Thursday, Feb. 20, to speak with Expedition 38 crew members currently aboard the International Space Station.

The event will be broadcast on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Students will get to ask NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, questions about living and working aboard the space station. Educators have been preparing their students for the conversation with the crew by incorporating NASA activities in their classrooms.
 
The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call is one of a series of events planned for Feb. 15-27 as part of Destination Station: Los Angeles -- NASA's campaign to showcase its newest multimedia exhibit at the California Science Center.

Media interested in covering the event should contact Paul Browning at 323-343-3044 or [email protected]. California State University is at 5151 State University Drive in Los Angeles.

Destination Station is NASA's national awareness campaign to showcase space station research opportunities, educate the public about station activities, and communicate the current and potential future impacts of the station on everyday life here on Earth. The exhibit is free with admission to the California Science Center and open to the public through April 7.

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), teaching and learning. It is an integral component of NASA's Teaching From Space education program, which promotes learning opportunities and builds partnerships with the education community using the unique environment of space and NASA's human spaceflight program.

For more about Destination Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/destinationstation

The exact time of the downlink could change. For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education

For information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - March 12, 2014)
« Reply #178 on: 02/19/2014 03:25 pm »

ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/18/14

Posted on February 18, 2014 by HQ.

Orbital 1 Departure: Today, the Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) in the hot backup configuration for Cygnus unberthing and release.  Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata and FE-3 Hopkins demated Cygnus from the Node 2 Nadir Active Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) and used the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to uninstall Cygnus and maneuver the spacecraft to the release position. The crew subsequently released Cygnus at 5:42 am CST.  Following the release, Robotics Ground Controllers reconfigured the MSS for nominal operations, used the SSRMS cameras to support an inspection survey of the Node 2 Nadir Active CBM, and powered down the MSS.   Cygnus is scheduled for a destructive re-entry tomorrow, February 19th.

Aniso Tubule Light Treatment:  Wakata retrieved the Aniso Tubule sample from a MELFI and attached a ziplock bag containing the Sample Chamber onto a Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) door to expose it to light. Later in the afternoon, he inserted the Sample Chamber into a light proof bag.  In the coming days,  the sample will be retrieved and placed on the Multi Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) flourescent microscope for a 48 hour observation.  The Aniso Tubule experiment investigates the roles of cortical microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins in gravity-induced growth modification of plant stems.

Burning and Suppression of Solids – 2 (BASS-2) Experiment:  FE-5 Mastracchio performed an internal inspection and cleaning of the Smoke Point In Co-flow Experiment (SPICE) Experiment Assembly.  He then set up the BASS hardware and performed two flame tests with ground support from the experiment Principal Investigator.  SPICE determines the point at which gas-jet flames (similar to a butane-lighter flame) begin to emit soot in microgravity. Studying a soot emitting flame is important in understanding the ability of fires to spread and in control of soot in practical combustion systems space.  BASS-2 tests the hypothesis that materials in microgravity with adequate ventilation will burn as well or better than in normal gravity with other conditions being identical.  The main variables to be tested are the effects of ambient oxygen concentration, ventilation flow velocity, and fuel type, thickness, and geometry.  Flame growth rates are useful in determining how quickly a fire in space can grow and if the flames reach a finite size or continue to grow.  This has implications for firefighting strategies in spacecraft.
Jacques :-)

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