Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) Troubleshooting: Performed as planned ground-commanded troubleshooting, today a file downlink attempt was made on the MISSE Science Carrier-11 (MSC-11). This was not successful and the engineering team will assess the errors reported during the attempt. Also as part of the troubleshooting, MSC-9 was powered-up and its power profile monitored …
The Expedition 58 crew opened up the International Space Station’s “closet” today stowing hardware inside the experimental module. The three orbital residents also reviewed medical emergency procedures and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program announced a crew update Tuesday. The Bigelow Experimental Activity Module (BEAM) had its stay extended at the orbital lab in November of 2017. …
Fluid Shifts: In support of the final day of Fluid Shifts operations, the crew performed a Chibis (lower body negative pressure) Imaging session. The video issues experienced yesterday did not occur today and the ground teams report today’s session occurred nominally. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Baseline …
The three Expedition 58 crew members continued studying today the upward flow of fluids inside astronauts’ bodies caused by living in space. The crew also worked on packing a U.S. cargo craft and servicing U.S. spacesuits at the International Space Station. One easily recognizable symptom of living in space is the “puffy face” astronauts get …
FIR/LMM/Biophysics-5 Configuration: While the crew was installing Biophysics-5 plate number 3 into the FIR/LMM (Fluids Integrated Rack/Light Microscopy Module), they noted some condensate on the plate and its capillaries. When they attempted to blot the condensate with a lint-free cloth, one of the capillaries was broken and the plate was bagged for safety reasons. The …
Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Hardware Reconfiguration: As a continuation of the ongoing CIR reconfiguration for the Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME) BRE (Burning Rate Emulator) investigation, the crew replaced the relay optics module in the CIR HiBMS (High Bit depth Multi Spectral) Imaging Package, installed the CIR LLL-UV (Low Light Level Ultraviolet) Imaging Package, and …
