Thermolab Control Unit Battery Compartment Repair: Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Mastracchio successfully repaired the battery compartment of the Thermolab Control Unit which is used to support ESA’s Circadian Rhythms experiment. Wakata will be scheduled Friday for his Circadian Rhythms session. Cosmo Shoot Live Public Affairs Office (PAO) Event: FE-6 Wakata set up the JAXA 4K camera …
Progress 53P Cargo Ops: Following hatch opening this past Saturday, FE-3 Hopkins and FE-5 Mastracchio completed unpacking and stowing newly arrived USOS items. In total, more than 1400 kg of cargo including a spare Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) Fluids Control Pump Assembly (FCPA) arrived with the vehicle. Cosmo Shoot Rehearsal for Live Public Affairs Office …
On-board Training (OBT) Emergency Procedure Review: The ISS Crew and Flight Control Teams reviewed new emergency book procedures and documentation structure. EMER-1a covers Depress, Fire, and Equipment Retrieval procedures. EMER-1b contains Hazardous Release procedures and EMER-1c contains Ammonia procedures. EMER-2 which includes supplement and ground procedures is only available in electronic form. Spinal Ultrasound Scan …
53 Progress Docking: 53P was manually docked to the Service Module aft port at 4:30 pm CST. The Progress vehicle launched Monday, November 25 carrying more than 1400 kg of cargo including a spare Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) Fluids Control Pump Assembly (FCPA). Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) Video Compression And Recording Unit (VCRU) Software …
53P KURS-NA Checkout: 53P performed a rendezvous demo/flyby today. This demonstration was used to check out the new KURS-NA System. During today’s flyby, the closest point of approach was 1.6 km. The KURS-NA System is in development for next-generation Soyuz-MS/Progress-MS to replace the KURS-A antennas since many of the components are no longer produced. Preliminary …
4K Camera Checkout: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata continued the checkout of JAXA’s 4K camera in the Cupola with remote settings for the camera and automatic shooting. During the checkout Wakata adjusted the angle of view and verified video recording had been performed successfully. However, JAXA teams encountered problems with downlinking the video. Troubleshooting steps are …
Circadian Rhythms: On Friday, Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata was unable to complete his first 36 hour Circadian Rhythms session because of an issue with the Thermolab Control Unit. Ground teams are investigating. 4K Camera Checkout: Wakata continued the checkout of JAXA’s 4K camera in the Cupola with remote setting for the camera and verification of …
Countermeasures System (CMS) Periodic Fitness Evaluation (PFE): Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Mastracchio with assistance from FE-3 Hopkins, performed his PFE today. 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 …
Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE) Interior Corner Flow (ICF)-8 Test: Today, Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata set up and initiated a CFE ICF-8 run. CFE ICF studies capillary flow in interior corners of vessels with various geometries. The ICF-8 vessel has vanes aligned along the vertex of a teardrop shaped cylinder. Liquid shifts from the base of …
Ocular Health (OH) Measurements: Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Hopkins completed a series of activities in support of his flight day 60 session of Ocular Health, the 3rd of his 6 planned sessions. FE-6 Wakata performed the vision, tonometry and blood pressure measurements tests, with ground experts providing remote support, on Hopkins. Researchers believe that the measurement …
