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International Space Station (ISS) => ISS Section => Topic started by: ras391 on 08/23/2011 12:10 am
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With the status reports not being published till Aug. 25th, this may satisify you. It is from the Russian Federal Space Agency.
Operations and experiments on the International Space Station August 23, 2011
:: 08/23/2011
At the time of the work on the cargo ship undocking (SCC) of "Progress M-11M" to the International Space Station (ISS) Andrei Borisenko, Alexander Volkov and Sergei Samokutyaevu to perform a number of complex and demanding operations. ISS attitude control during this period will be a system of traffic control and navigation (ship) of the Russian segment. Russian cosmonauts will have to photograph the ship docking unit "Progress M-11M" porthole through the service module to determine the integrity of the rubber seals.
In addition, August 23 Borisenko, A. and S. Volkov Samokutyaevu will take readings from sensors equipment "Pille" (to measure the radiation dose from ionizing radiation of outer space aboard the Russian segment of the ISS using the full-dosimeter "Pille-MKS") to conduct training on teleoperatornomu control mode, check the battery charge of scientific equipment for experiments, "Hurricane" (to create a computer database of registered catastrophic events and preliminary design criteria for interpreting images of disasters from space with their classification) and the "Mermaid" (to work out methods determine the amount of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere from the ISS), to unload the SCC, "Progress M-10M", and an inventory of goods delivered to him, to begin preparing cargo for return to Earth aboard the "Soyuz TMA-12."
As an obligatory daily activities - maintenance of life support systems of the station (coolant) and water supply.
Scientific experiments and operations planned for the ISS Russian segment of August 23:
study the physical conditions in space orbiting the Earth , "Matryoshka-R" (the study of the dynamics of the radiation environment on the flight path and in ISS compartments, and dose accumulation in the anthropomorphic phantom, placed inside the station);
biomedical research: "Biorisk" (study of the influence of space factors on the state of the systems' micro-organisms - substrates "as applied to the problem of ecological safety of space vehicles and planetary quarantine) and" Plants-2 "(the study of growth and development of higher plants, as well as working out technologies of their cultivation in microgravity);
space biotechnology : "Biotrack" (the study of the correlation between the change in genetic properties, the productivity of recombinant strains in microgravity and the effects on them of heavy charged particles of cosmic radiation), "lactol" (determine the effect of exposure to conditions of orbital flight on the growth, genetic and physiological characteristics of strain lactol-producer), "Bacteriophage" (study of the effects of space flight on bacteriophages), "Calcium" (to study the effect of microgravity on the solubility of calcium phosphates in the water), "Ginseng-2" (to study the characteristics of a cell culture of ginseng and other crops in order to determining whether to increase their biological activity);
exploration of the solar system , "BTN-Neutron" (the study of fast and thermal neutrons);
geophysics and near-Earth space: "Splash" (monitoring of seismic effects - bursts of high energy particles in near-Earth space), "Lightning-Gamma" (investigating atmospheric flashes of gamma radiation and optical activity in a thunderstorm);
Remote Sensing of the Earth : "Microwave Radiometry" (study of the characteristics of the underlying surface, ocean and atmosphere) and "Seiner" (experimental testing methods of interaction of the crew of the International Space Station with the courts Rosrybolovstva to search for and development of industrial-productive areas of the oceans);
technical research and experiments , "SLS" (development of equipment and demonstration of Russian technology round-trip information Space laser line), "Vector-T" (the study of high-precision motion estimation ISS), "Identification" (identification of sources of disturbances in violation of the conditions of microgravity on the ISS), "Bend" (study on the effect of the functioning of the systems on board the ISS in terms), "Environment International Space Station" (a comprehensive study of the parameters of the ISS as a man-made environment of the various studies).
The ISS crew is working 28-second long expedition in the Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut commander Andrei Borisenko, flight engineers and Samokutyaeva Alexander Sergei Volkov (Roscosmos), Ronald Garan and Michael Fossum (NASA), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA).
Press-service of Russian Federal Space Agency and the PMU
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Operations and experiments on the International Space Station August 24, 2011
:: 24/08/2011
August 24 at the International Space Station, Russian cosmonauts Andrei Borisenko, Alexander and Sergei Volkov Samokutyaev are planning to work on the cargo for return to Earth aboard the "Soyuz TMA-12", clean air in the docking compartment, "Pierce", saturation recovery filter cartridge air purification from trace to make the results of measurement in the experiment "Identification" (identification of sources of disturbances in violation of the conditions of microgravity on the ISS) on my laptop and carry out maintenance of the systems life support.
Will be carried out activities under the program of scientific experiments aboard the Russian segment of ISS.
Investigation of the physical conditions in space orbiting the Earth:
study the dynamics of the radiation environment on the flight path and in ISS compartments, and dose accumulation in the anthropomorphic phantom, placed inside the station ("Matryoshka-R").
Space biotechnology:
study of the correlation between the change in genetic properties, the productivity of recombinant strains in microgravity and the effects on them of heavy charged cosmic ray particles ("Biotrack");
determine the effect of exposure to conditions of orbital flight on the growth, genetic and physiological characteristics of the producer strain lactol ('lactol ");
study of the effects of space flight on bacteriophages ("bacteriophage");
to study the effect of microgravity on the solubility of calcium phosphates in the water ("Calcium");
to study the characteristics of a cell culture of ginseng and other crops in order to identify opportunities to increase their biological activity ("Ginseng-2").
Biomedical research:
study of growth and development of higher plants, as well as the development of the technology of their cultivation in microgravity ("Plants-2");
study the influence of space factors on the state of the systems' micro-organisms - substrates "as applied to the problem of ecological safety of space technology and planetary quarantine (" Biorisk ").
Geophysics and near-Earth space:
Monitoring seismic effects - bursts of high energy particles in near-Earth space ("Splash");
experimental development of an Earth-space system for monitoring and forecasting of natural and technological disasters ("Hurricane");
study of atmospheric gamma bursts and optical radiation in terms of thunderstorm activity ("Lightning-Gamma").
Technical research and experiments :
study of high-precision motion estimation ISS ("Vector-T");
testing of equipment and demonstration of Russian technology round-trip information Space laser line ("SLS").
Remote sensing :
study of the characteristics of the underlying surface, ocean and atmosphere ("microwave radiometry");
testing of methods for determining carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of the Earth from the ISS ("Mermaid").
The astronauts will take a medical examination.
ISS attitude control mode is carried out on gyrodines American segment.
The ISS crew is working 28-second long expedition in the Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut commander Andrei Borisenko, flight engineers and Samokutyaeva Alexander Sergei Volkov (Roscosmos), Ronald Garan and Michael Fossum (NASA), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA).
Press-service of Russian Federal Space Agency and the PMU
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NOTE: The web address for the latest ISS report has changed from being under SOMD to HEOMD (although the old address will redirect to the new address).
Old address: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports
New address: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports
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Reports for August 22nd, 23rd & 24th are now posted.
22nd: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08222011.html
23rd: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08232011.html
24th: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08242011.html
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Reports for August 22nd, 23rd & 24th are now posted.
22nd: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08222011.html
23rd: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08232011.html
24th: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08242011.html
Thanks Pete.