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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #80 on: 04/08/2013 04:22 pm »
International Space Station (ISS) Management Center (IMC) Daily Summary Report
Increment 35 Operations – Stage 35-6
04/05/13 4:00 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT)
09521:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
 


New Status:
High-Rate Communications System (HRCS) Post Installation: Today’s post installation activities consisted of the Ground conducting onboard video checkouts including Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) external cameras, JEM Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS), POIC, Columbus Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) and Floating Potential Measurement Unit (FPMU). Installation and checkout of the redundant Ku Comm Unit 1 is scheduled for next Thursday. It is anticipated that it will be completed in one day and required checkouts will be less extensive.

Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) Troubleshooting. Today the crew disconnected the purge line between the Distillation Assembly (DA) and Pressure Control and Pump Assembly (PCPA) and replaced it with a temporary hose. While this hose was in place ground controllers were able to purge the DA. The hose was then removed and the original hose was put back in place. After the crew transferred urine from an EDV (water container) to the WSTA (Water Storage Tank Assembly) ground teams attempted another UPA process cycle, which was unsuccessful.  Teams are assessing future trouble-shooting plans.

Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) Experiment: Following yesterday’s preparations, FE-3 Cassidy conducted a run of the experiment. BASS examines the burning and extinction characteristics of a wide variety of fuel samples in microgravity and will guide strategies for extinguishing fires in microgravity. BASS results contribute to the combustion computational models used in the design of fire detection and suppression systems in microgravity and on Earth.

Health Maintenance System (HMS) Eye Exam – PanOptic: Commander (CDR) Hadfield and FE-6 Marshburn, acting alternately as Crew Medical Officer (CMO) and subject, performed this exam today. This procedure involves setup of the PanOptic ophthalmoscope and affiliated software to capture images of the eye for downlink and Ground analysis. Images collected include still and video images of the optic nerve.

Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #32 Tool Gather: Hadfield gathered US tools and equipment which have been agreed to be used to support RS EVA #32 which is scheduled for April 19.

ENERGY Experiment: Marshburn completed day 10 of this 10-day experiment and transferred data to the Ground for analysis. Hadfield reviewed Big Picture words in preparation for starting his 10-day session next week. 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.

Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) Quick Disconnect (QD) Remove and Replace: Marshburn completed this activity that he began yesterday when he replaced the QD in the Combustion Chamber. Today he performs a leak check and verifies proper installation. This activity is in preparation for an experiment planned in Increments 39 and 40.

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #81 on: 04/10/2013 01:03 am »

April 9, 2013
 
MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-058
 
 
NASA TV Provides Coverage of Space Station Cargo Ship Activities
 
 
WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast an unpiloted Russian cargo ship's departure from the International Space Station on April 15 and the launch and docking of another April 24 and 26.

The ISS Progress 49 resupply ship, which arrived at the station in late October, will depart the rear port of the station's Zvezda service module at 8:01 a.m. EDT, April 15. NASA TV coverage of the undocking will begin at 7:45 a.m. Progress 49 will reenter Earth's atmosphere several days later and burn up over the Pacific Ocean.

Progress 49's departure will clear the way for the arrival of the ISS Progress 51 cargo craft. Loaded with more than 3 tons of food, fuel, supplies and experiment hardware for the six crew members aboard the orbital laboratory, Progress 51 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:12 a.m. (4:12 p.m. Kazakh time) Wednesday, April 24. NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 6 a.m.

Progress 51 will take two days to catch up and rendezvous with the space station. It is scheduled to dock at 8:27 a.m. Friday, April 26. NASA TV coverage will begin at 7:45 a.m.

For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


For information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

 
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #82 on: 04/10/2013 12:35 pm »
The USOS GNC mode is currently in Freedrift! But... why?

The SARJ is also in shutdown mode. What is happening there right now?

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #83 on: 04/10/2013 01:30 pm »
The USOS GNC mode is currently in Freedrift! But... why?

The SARJ is also in shutdown mode. What is happening there right now?
No one is speaking right now. I am awaiting an email response atm, Everything I would say is fine atm as I have not heard anything yet.

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #84 on: 04/10/2013 06:46 pm »
Whatever happened, the USOS is back in attitude control now. Strange....

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #85 on: 04/10/2013 07:23 pm »
The USOS GNC mode is currently in Freedrift! But... why?

The SARJ is also in shutdown mode. What is happening there right now?

From the daily summary:

"In support of the 49P Prop Purge at GMT 100/11:30, the Port SARJ will be locked at 255 degrees and the Starboard SARJ will be locked at 100 degrees. Port and Starboard SARJ will return to Autotrack at GMT 100/15:40."

Thanks,
Matt

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #86 on: 04/10/2013 07:27 pm »
Thanks Matt!

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #87 on: 04/10/2013 07:38 pm »
The USOS GNC mode is currently in Freedrift! But... why?

The SARJ is also in shutdown mode. What is happening there right now?

From the daily summary:

"In support of the 49P Prop Purge at GMT 100/11:30, the Port SARJ will be locked at 255 degrees and the Starboard SARJ will be locked at 100 degrees. Port and Starboard SARJ will return to Autotrack at GMT 100/15:40."

Thanks,
Matt

Wow! Never saw that before and I am frequently watching over the ISS public telemetry! Does anybody know why that purge was necessary?

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #88 on: 04/10/2013 07:55 pm »
Does anybody know why that purge was necessary?

It is usual practice to purge refuelling lines before Progress undocking.

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #89 on: 04/11/2013 04:42 am »
International Space Station (ISS) Management Center (IMC) Daily Summary Report
Increment 35 Operations – Stage 35-6
04/10/13 4:00 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT)
100 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
 


New Status:
ENERGY Experiment: Commander (CDR) Hadfield completed the Day 2 of 10 of his ENERGY experiment session.  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.

Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus Fuel Reservoir Replacement: Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy removed and replaced one of the Fuel Reservoirs with the MDCA Chamber Insert Assembly (CIA) pulled partially out of the Combustion Chamber. The MDCA Fuel Reservoirs contain the liquid fuel used during droplet combustion experiments.   This reservoir change out was in support of the FLame Extinguishment (FLEX)-2 experiment, scheduled to be executed by ground controllers.  FLEX-2 is the second experiment on the ISS which uses small droplets of fuel to study the special burning characteristics of fire in space. The FLEX-2 experiment studies the rate and manner in which fuel is burned, the conditions that are necessary for soot to form, and the way in which a mixture of fuels evaporate before burning. The results from these experiments will give scientists a better understanding how fires behave in space and will provide important information that will be useful in increasing the fuel efficiency of engines using liquid fuels.

Node 1 Isolation Jumper Install: FE-6 Marshburn installed the Node 1 Isolation Jumpers (W5210-1 and -2) on N1RS1 and N1RS2 Secondary Power Distribution Assembly (SPDAs). The installation of these jumpers, coupled with later EVA installation of the Z1 Y-jumpers (currently scheduled for July 2013), allows recovery of Power Bus Z13B or Z14B if there are Direct Current to Direct Current Converter Unit (DDCU) or other upstream power failures.

Capillary Flow Experiments (CFE) Interior Corner Flow (ICF)-9 Operations: Marshburn reviewed procedures, set up the hardware, and conducted fluid test runs of this experiment. CFE is a suite of fluid physics experiments that investigates how fluids translate across surfaces in microgravity. The results aim 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.

Station Support Computer (SSC) Printer Swap: Cassidy configured and moved the LAB printer to the Service Module (SM) to replace the failed SM printer. He then deployed a spare printer to replace the LAB printer.  This brings the ISS back to the nominal configuration of two deployed printers.

Node 1 Starboard (Stbd) Aft Intermodule Ventilation (IMV) Fan Cleaning/Valve Inspection: Hadfield inspect for and removed foreign object or debris (FOD) from IMV fan inlet flow straighter and silencers in Node 1 Stbd Aft. He then inspected valves for proper installation. The valves have a circular disc that rotates open and closed by a motor-driven shaft. This disc is secured to the shaft with a set-screw that engages a hole in the shaft. Some IMV Valves were found to have improperly installed set-screws that were tightened to the side of the shaft rather than engaged in the hole, resulting in valves that do not seal properly. This procedure accesses the valve from the IVA side and inspects the set-screw for improper installation.
Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #90 on: 04/11/2013 01:31 pm »
International Space Station (ISS) Management Center (IMC) Daily Summary Report
Increment 35 Operations – Stage 35-6
04/10/13 4:00 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT)
100 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
 



Station Support Computer (SSC) Printer Swap: Cassidy configured and moved the LAB printer to the Service Module (SM) to replace the failed SM printer. He then deployed a spare printer to replace the LAB printer.  This brings the ISS back to the nominal configuration of two deployed printers.


When the Russian printer originally failed, Houston reported the only spare on-board had not been exonerated as the cause of a past electrical problem.  Two printers are manifested on the Antares demo flight.
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #91 on: 04/13/2013 07:36 am »
The ISS-35 crew spoke with President Putin on April 12, Cosmonautics Day
Putin was touring the new Vostochny cosmodrome when he linked up with the station.

For a transcript, see: http://eng.kremlin.ru/transcripts/5258



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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #92 on: 04/14/2013 07:31 am »
CNC 1 encountered a mass storage device error overnight that MCC-H has been unable to clear so a planned transition to CNC 2 at 1600 is planned.  Previous MSD errors have been cleared in the past.
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #93 on: 04/14/2013 04:37 pm »
Transition to CNC 2 was successful and CNC 1 is in standby.  Ku loss for 1 hour is expected.
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #94 on: 04/14/2013 06:50 pm »
Just a nit: I think you mean C&C - as in Command & Control?

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #95 on: 04/14/2013 10:06 pm »
Just a nit: I think you mean C&C - as in Command & Control?

I sit corrected  ;D

Hard to get the NASA-speak right with all the sarges, melphis, iemyous, glaysures, seeemgees, tokeahs, etc.  I won't even try yedeva-ooh.
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #96 on: 04/15/2013 12:24 pm »
ISS stream has a blue screen of death  :o ;D
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #97 on: 04/15/2013 05:02 pm »

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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #98 on: 04/15/2013 07:25 pm »
Houston reported during the evening DPC that C&C 1 was restored with a power cycle and is now in a good standby mode.
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Re: Expedition 35 thread (March 15 - May 14, 2013)
« Reply #99 on: 04/17/2013 02:47 pm »
International Space Station (ISS) Management Center (IMC) Daily Summary Report
Increment 35 Operations – Stage 35-6
04/16/13 4:00 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT)
106 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
 


New Status:
Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations: Last night Robotics Ground Controllers powered up MSS and maneuvered the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) into position to support a video survey of Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA)2. They used the SSRMS Tip Elbow Camera Light Pan/Tilt Assembly (CLPA) to perform the survey then maneuvered the SSRMS back to a park position. The purpose of the survey was to inspect the PMA2 sealing surface for contamination or possible Micro Meteoroid Orbital Debris (MMOD) damage prior to the installation of a cover this summer. Today the Mobile Transporter (MT) was translated from Worksite (WS) 5 back to WS4. MSS performance was nominal.

Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Vertigo Experiment: Marshburn set up the camera, work area, and Vertigo Goggles, loaded the SPHERES and Goggles with test session specific programs, and executed a session of the experiment. The experiment investigates the ability to create a three-dimensional model of an unknown object in space using only one or two small satellites. The experiment uses passive, visual cameras as the primary sensors to construct the model. These cameras have the advantage of being small and lightweight, as compared to current systems which rely on heavy and power-hungry laser or radio frequency (RF) systems.

Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) Experiment: Cassidy performed the 3rd of 13 sessions planned for this experiment. BASS examines the burning and extinction characteristics of a wide variety of fuel samples in microgravity and will guide strategies for extinguishing fires in microgravity. BASS results contribute to the combustion computational models used in the design of fire detection and suppression systems in microgravity and on Earth.

Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Cassidy completed this activity that Marshburn started yesterday when he replaced the CIR Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration Unit. Today Cassidy opened valves on all installed CIR Manifold Bottles and moved the Gas Interface Panel (GIP) Valve Lever to the up position to prepare for running test points after calibration of the FOMA system. This activity is required to renew the CIR Flight Safety Certification which expires in June of this year.

Countermeasures System (CMS) Periodic Fitness Evaluation (PFE):  Hadfield performed his monthly physiological evaluation, with assistance from Cassidy.  The purpose of this activity is to 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).

Blood Pressure (BP) Regulation (Reg) Experiment: Hadfield set up the Human Research Facility (HRF) PFS (Pulmonary Function System) and the European Physiology Module (EPM) CDL (Cardiolab) LACS (Leg/Arm Cuff System) in support of BP Reg experiment. He will repeat this activity tomorrow. Marshburn is scheduled to conduct the experiment Thursday and Friday. The test will help to identify the astronauts who could benefit from countermeasures before returning to Earth. Thus, this method has great potential for astronaut health monitoring during future long-term space flights and it also has important implications for testing of individuals on Earth, especially the elderly, who are at risk for fainting. The research will also allow demonstrating the feasibility of obtaining a set of indicators of overall cardiovascular regulation from the non-invasive measurement of continuous blood pressure.
Jacques :-)

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