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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #101 on: 04/18/2013 09:17 pm »
A nice view of the HRSGFs on the POA via the new Ku system.
« Last Edit: 04/18/2013 09:21 pm by Space Pete »

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #102 on: 04/19/2013 02:15 pm »
International Space Station (ISS) Management Center (IMC) Daily Summary Report
Increment 35 Operations – Stage 35-6
04/18/13 4:00 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT)
108 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
 


New Status:
Ku-Comm Unit #1 High-Rate Communications System (HRCS) COAX Connections: Commander (CDR) Hadfield and Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Marshburn connected Ku Comm Unit 1 to the Space to Ground Transmitter Receiver Controller (SGTRC) final configuration.  The Ground activated Ku-Comm Unit 1 and confirmed video, payload data and Orbiter Communication Adapter (OCA) were functioning nominally. This completes all Ku Comm Unit installation activities.

ENERGY Experiment: Hadfield completed the final day of his 10-day ENERGY session. Afterwards he transferred the data to the European Physiology Module (EPM) laptop, for downlink to the Ground for analysis. The experiment includes eating a standardized meal, diet logging, specific water intake, measurements of Oxygen uptake, collection of urine samples, and wearing an armband activity monitor. A loss in astronauts’ body mass is a systematic observation during space flight. The aim of ENERGY is to measure changes in energy balance during long term space flight; measure adaptations in the components of the Total Energy Expenditure (consumption); and to derive an equation for the energy requirements of astronauts.

Countermeasures System (CMS) Periodic Fitness Evaluation (PFE): Marshburn performed his monthly physiological evaluation, with assistance from Cassidy.  PFEs monitor crewmembers’ overall fitness levels, to ensure that cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health and performance is satisfactory. The activity consists of performing a graded exercise test on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (CEVIS).

Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE):  Following yesterday’s crew procedures and setup review, Cassidy secured the CFE hardware on the Maintenance Work Area (MWA) and positioned the High Definition (HD) camcorder for today’s 3rd test session of this experiment.  CFE is a suite of fluid physics experiments that investigates how fluids translate across surfaces in microgravity. The results will be used to improve current computer models that are used by designers of low gravity fluid systems, and may improve fluid transfer systems for water on future spacecraft.

Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #32 Timeline Review: Hadfield, Romanenko and Vinogradov reviewed the EVA timeline in preparation for tomorrow’s planned Russian EVA #32.
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #103 on: 04/20/2013 06:51 am »
Commander Chris Hadfield Communicates Through Amateur Radio With Students from Whitehorse, Yukon

 
Longueuil, Quebec, April 19, 2013 — As part of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Chris Hadfield will answer questions live from the International Space Station.

ARISS Canada is a volunteer program aimed at inspiring students worldwide to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math through amateur radio communications opportunities. During Expedition 34/35, ARISS Canada hopes to establish over 15 amateur radio contacts between astronaut Chris Hadfield and young Canadians across the nation.

Media are invited to the event:


When:        Saturday, April 20, 2013


Time:           11:47 a.m. (PDT)

                  The time of the radio contact may change without advance notice

What:           Amateur radio contact between Earth and space

Who:          Commander Chris Hadfield, CSA Astronaut (via radio)

Audience:   About 300 students from Grey Mountain Primary School

Where:       Grey Mountain Primary School

186 Alsek Road

Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 4N9

About ARISS:

ARISS is an international working group consisting of delegations from nine countries including Canada, Japan, Russia, the USA and several European countries. The organization is run by volunteers from national amateur radio organizations and the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) organizations from each country.
Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #104 on: 04/20/2013 07:02 am »

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #105 on: 04/22/2013 05:53 pm »
Expedition 35 - In-Flight Event for the Canadian Space Agency April 22
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8218

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #107 on: 04/24/2013 06:18 pm »
Some Robonaut ops ongoing in the Lab.

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #108 on: 04/24/2013 09:31 pm »
Commander Chris Hadfield Communicates Through Amateur Radio With Students from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

 

Longueuil, Quebec, April 24, 2013 — As part of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Chris Hadfield will answer questions live from the International Space Station.

 

ARISS Canada is a volunteer program aimed at inspiring students worldwide to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math through amateur radio communications opportunities. During Expedition 34/35, ARISS Canada hopes to establish over 15 amateur radio contacts between astronaut Chris Hadfield and young Canadians across the nation.

 

Media are invited to the event:

 

When:        Thursday, April 25, 2013

 

Time:           9:34 a.m. (CDT)

                  The time of the radio contact may change without advance notice

What:           Amateur radio contact between Earth and space

 

Who:          Commander Chris Hadfield, CSA Astronaut (via radio)

 

Audience:   400 students from Maani Ulujuk High School

 

Where:       Maani Ulujuk High School

Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0G0



About ARISS:

ARISS is an international working group consisting of delegations from nine countries including Canada, Japan, Russia, the USA and several European countries. The organization is run by volunteers from national amateur radio organizations and the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) organizations from each country.

Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #110 on: 04/25/2013 10:46 pm »
Not sure this is the best place for this, but it's relevant; the presentation slides on ISS Status by Kirk Shireman from last week's quarterly of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NASA Advisory Council:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/744230main_20130418_heoc_shireman.pdf

Main page for the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NAC, with links:
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/library/nac/index.html

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #111 on: 04/25/2013 11:37 pm »
Not sure this is the best place for this, but it's relevant; the presentation slides on ISS Status by Kirk Shireman from last week's quarterly of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NASA Advisory Council:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/744230main_20130418_heoc_shireman.pdf


Great find!

I think this is news to us: Isolated 2B PVR is not leaking, but the new hybrid system is, around 5lbm/year, with trending still with some uncertainty? So the leak was not isolated last year.
« Last Edit: 04/26/2013 12:44 am by mtakala24 »

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #112 on: 04/26/2013 12:31 am »
Not sure this is the best place for this, but it's relevant; the presentation slides on ISS Status by Kirk Shireman from last week's quarterly of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NASA Advisory Council:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/744230main_20130418_heoc_shireman.pdf

Main page for the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NAC, with links:
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/library/nac/index.html


Wow, great resource. Thanks Phillip!

That PVR ammonia leak note is news. It's strange though that the 2B PVR was suspected as leaking upwards of 9.5 lbm/year, was isolated, and now exhonerated as the the leakage area. Yet with the hybrid system running, there is still leakage (estimated 5 lbm/year), which is lower than when the 2B PVR was in the loop.

Something doesn't add up.

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #113 on: 04/26/2013 06:42 am »
Due to the issue with the KURS antenna, the docking is currently NO GO.
ISS Management discussing the forward plan, but scrubbed for the day.

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #114 on: 04/26/2013 07:20 am »
Due to the issue with the KURS antenna, the docking is currently NO GO.
ISS Management discussing the forward plan, but scrubbed for the day.

Source? (from the NASA side or the Russian side?)
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #115 on: 04/26/2013 08:34 am »
The source was on NASA side, but MCC-M is pushing for a docking today. It might be not off the table just yet and docking prep are continuing also on USOS side.

Some of this info was in today's morning DPC if you have a way to play that back from this channel.
« Last Edit: 04/26/2013 08:46 am by signaleleven »

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #116 on: 04/26/2013 08:42 am »
The Soyuz TMA-08M crew with the Progress M-19M spacecraft. 2ASF1-M-VKA-03 antenna is in the foreground... They could not imagine it would give them so many concerns !
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #118 on: 04/26/2013 10:27 pm »
International Space Station (ISS) Management Center (IMC) Daily Summary Report
Increment 35 Operations – Stage 35-6
04/25/13 4:00 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT)
115 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
 


New Status:
51 Progress (51P) Docking Status: Following yesterday’s launch, the Progress 51P Kurs-A antenna АСФ2 failed to deploy nominally.  All attempts by MCC-M to deploy the antenna have been unsuccessful.  MCC-M is working a plan to dock Progress to the SM AFT docking port with the antenna in the stowed configuration, which will be reviewed by the other ISS Partners.  At this time, docking is still scheduled for tomorrow at 7:26 am. All other Progress systems are performing nominally.

Robonaut Operations: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Marshburn conducted a procedures review, set up video in Node 2 and performed the 2nd of this 2-day session of Taskboard and Tele-ops. The goals for today’s activities were orientation and depth familiarization, individual hand grasp and hand-to-hand object transfer and all were completed nominally. The Robonaut Tele-operation System is used to demonstrate the ability to effectively control Robonaut from the ISS. The research objective is to evaluate this control method in terms of its ability to perform tasks as well as measure the time necessary to complete the defined tasks. This capability will need to be developed to support future operations of Robonaut in the EVA environment as well as certain Intravehicular Activity (IVA) situations.

Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Cooling Loop Maintenance: Commander (CDR) Hadfield performed this regularly scheduled maintenance today. The activity included ionic and particulate filtration (scrubbing) and biocidal maintenance (iodination) of EMUs 3010 and 3011 and Airlock cooling/water loops.

Health Maintenance System (HMS) Ultrasound 2 Scan: Hadfield, acting as Crew Medical Officer (CMO) and with assistance from the ground, set up the equipment and performed a Tonometry exam on FE-3 Cassidy. This exam is part of nominal medical testing on ISS crewmembers and is performed as part of a suite of eye exams this week, including Ultrasound yesterday and Panoptic Friday to gather information on intraocular pressure and eye anatomy.

eValuatIon And monitoring of microBiofiLms insidE (VIABLE) Experiment: Cassidy performed Onboard Training (OBT) earlier this morning and is currently conducting the once monthly session of this experiment. The potential application of novel methodologies and products to treat space materials may lead to improvement in the environmental quality of manned confined habitats on space and also specific bases and modules on earth where humans have to stay long-term, particularly for scientific purposes.

Clean Bench (CB) Preparation for Mechanisms of Gravity Resistance in Plants - From Signal Transformation and Transduction to Response (Resist Tubule): Yesterday Cassidy verified CB modes and functions including open/close loop mode, operation chamber lamp on/off and UV sterilization mode. Today he set parameters for microscope observation and observed a sample image after which he removed experiment equipment from the CB and configured the CB to the stow position. These activities are in preparation for the Resist Tubule experiment arriving on H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-4.

Potential Conjunction: Ground teams are tracking a possible conjunction with Object 30917 (debris from a Chinese satellite). The Time of Closest Approach (TCA) is Sunday, April 28 at 8:01 am CDT.
Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #119 on: 04/27/2013 05:52 pm »
The crew just reported seeing some kind of issue half one up one of the solar arrays. I didn't catch the details but close up and wide field images are being downloaded for review.  The issue was first spotted by one of the cosmonauts--Pavel if I heard correctly--from his crew quarters.
« Last Edit: 04/27/2013 05:53 pm by Targeteer »
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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