ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/8/2018 ...Spaceflight-induced Hypoxic/ROS Signaling (APEX-05) Operations: Today the crew photographed the APEX-05 petri plates growing in the Veggie facility. Before installing the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) for imaging, the crew checked that the inside of the petri plates were free of condensation and the outside of the plate was dry. When plants are grown in the confines of the International Space Station (ISS), they do not seem to get enough air and as a result, exhibit a stress response in their genes and proteins. The APEX-05 experiment grows different wild and mutant varieties of Arabidopsis thaliana, in order to understand how their genetic and molecular stress response systems work in space. The plants grow from seeds in the Veggie plant growth facility aboard the ISS, are frozen, and returned to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis. ...
the orbital parameters of the ISS after the maneuver were:• The minimum height above the Earth's surface is 402.8 km,• the maximum height above the Earth's surface is 422.7 km,• the circulation period is 92.60 minutes,• inclination of the orbit - 51.625 degrees.