ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/15/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/15/2016
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Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations: When trying to power up the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Control Unit 2 (SACU2) the sequence aborted with the same signature as yesterday. When swapping Bus channels, the power up sequence completed. I
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/14/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/14/2016
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Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations: Last night, the Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the MSS and maneuvered the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to extract the External Platform (EP) from the HTV-6 Unpressurized Logistics Carrier
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2016
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HII Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-6 Capture/Berthing: This morning, the crew captured HTV-6 at 4:37 am CST using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). Following capture, Robotics Ground Controllers used the SSRMS to maneuver the HTV-6 into position t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/12/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/12/2016
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Human Research Collections: The crew performed collections for several Human Research experiments today. Samples were collected and stowed in Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). Samples were collected for Biochemical Profile, Rep
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/09/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/09/2016
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HII Transfer Vehicle (HTV)6 Launch: HTV6 launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 7:26 am CST today. Capture is scheduled for next Tuesday, December 13 at 5:00 am CST. Group Combustion: The crew performed additional troubleshooting on JAXA’s Mul
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/08/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/08/2016
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Everywear: Today a crewmember configured the Smartshirt for exercise and then donned it for an exercise session with the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (CEVIS) while data was recorded by the iPad Everywear application. Everywea
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/07/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/07/2016
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Story Time From Space Demo: The crew recorded a narrated video that pairs with the books Max Goes to Mars and Max Goes to Jupiter, that demonstrates how in the absence of compressive forces exerted by the earth’s gravity, the human body grows/stretche
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/07/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/07/2016
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Story Time From Space Demo: The crew recorded a narrated video that pairs with the books Max Goes to Mars and Max Goes to Jupiter, that demonstrates how in the absence of compressive forces exerted by the earth’s gravity, the human body grows/stretche
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/06/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/06/2016
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Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Operations: Monday afternoon and overnight, Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the Mobile Serving System (MSS) and configured the SSRMS and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Arm2 for translation
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/05/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/05/2016
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Human Research Program (HRP) collections and operations: Over the weekend, the crew continued sample collections for Biochem Profile, Repository, and Cardio Ox investigations. This morning the Cardio Ox subject donned an Electrocardiogram (ECG) and with opera
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/02/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/02/2016
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Robotic External Leak Locator (RELL) Operations: Overnight, RELL checkout and demonstration was performed by performing scans of the Port 1 Truss (P1) Truss Radiator Beam Valve Modules (RBVMs), and the P1 Ammonia (NH3) Vent. Today the Robotics Ground Controll
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/01/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/01/2016
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65 Progress (65P) Launch: 65P launched from the Baikonur, Kazakhstan Cosmodrome today at 8:51 am CST. Telemetry indicated that the 3rd stage separation occurred a little more than 2 minutes early. Telemetry over Russian Ground Sites (RGS) was lost earli
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/30/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/30/2016
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Robotic External Leak Locator (RELL) Operations: Yesterday, Ground Controllers used the SPDM to remove the RELL from the JEMAL Slide Table. A checkout was performed by pointing RELL towards deep space in order to scan a clean environment as a baseline. Today
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/29/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/29/2016
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Robotic External Leak Locator (RELL) Operations: On GMT 333, upon powering up the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) for RELL ops, the Dexterous Manipulator Control Software (DMCS) Payload Status showe
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/28/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/28/2016
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Device for the study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization High Temperature Insert-Reflight (DECLIC-HTI-R) Installation: Today the crew installed and connected the Electronics Locker and Experiment locker cables for the DECLIC facility, before installing th
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/24/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/24/2016
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Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) Centrifuge Remove and Replace (R&R): The crew was scheduled to remove the 1G centrifuge from the CBEF and install a new centrifuge. However, the bag with the new centrifuge could not be found. Teams are investig
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/25/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/25/2016
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FLame EXtinguishment (FLEX)-2 Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) Exchange: This morning, the crew was scheduled to perform a Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF) MDCA replacement in preparation for the FLEX-2 experiment. The Crew was unable to r
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/23/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/23/2016
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Marrow Air Sampling: The crew performed their first Marrow air sampling collection today. A breath sample and ambient air sample were collected and stowed for return on a later flight. The Marrow investigation looks at the effect of microgravity on the bon
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/22/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/22/2016
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Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Maintenance: Ground specialists met to discuss the WHC leak that occurred yesterday. Based on review of the imagery the crew took during the cleanup, the ground specialists determined the most likely source of the leak
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/21/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/21/2016
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Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) Potential Wastewater Storage Tank Assembly (WSTA) Leak: This morning an unexpected caution indicating “UPA Potential WSTA leak” annunciated following use of the Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC). The crew isolated the UP
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/18/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/18/2016
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Preparation for Cygnus Unberth and Release: The crew completed configuring the Cygnus and the Node 1 vestibule in preparation for Cygnus departure on Monday, November 21st. Today’s task included removing Intermodule Ventilation and Power/Data Jumpers, insta
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/17/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/17/2016
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49 Soyuz (49S) Launch: 49S launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 2:20 pm CST this afternoon, with Peggy Whitson, Thomas Pesquet, and Oleg Novitskiy. Docking is scheduled for Saturday, November 19th at 4:01 pm CST. Once docked, the ISS crew com
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/16/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/16/2016
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Human Research Facility (HRF) Software Upgrades: Today the crew initiated the second day of HRF software transitions. Today’s upgrades will be to the HRF Personal Computer-3 (HRFPC-3). Based on the compatibility issue observed during the HRF Rack 1 PC u
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/15/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/15/2016
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Human Research Facility (HRF) Software Upgrades: The crew initiated the first of three days of HRF software transitions. Today’s upgrade were made to the HRF Rack 1 Personal Computer (PC). The new software loads will support new experiments and on-boar
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/14/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/14/2016
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Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutron (RaDI-N) Retrieval: Today a USOS crewmember retrieved all 8 of the Space Bubble Detectors that were deployed last week around the International Space Station (ISS) for the RaDI-N experiment, and handed them to the Russia
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/11/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/11/2016
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Group Combustion Leak Check: The crew performed additional Group Combustion Experiment Module (GCEM) troubleshooting today, and completed a leak check of the Gaseous Nitrogen (GN2) supply line and associated Quick Disconnects (QDs). The International Standar
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/10/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/10/2016
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Oxygen Generation System (OGS) Maintenance: This morning the crew took a return-to-ground sample of the OGS Recirculation Loop and restowed all tools and hardware the crew has used the last 2 days for the OGS maintenance. The calibration settings for the
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/09/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/09/2016
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Oxygen Generation System (OGS) Maintenance: Overnight the decision was made not to perform the Recirc loop flush. Earlier this morning the crew installed the new Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) Hydrogen Orbital Replacement Unit (ORU) into the OGS rack. H
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/08/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/08/2016
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Veg-03 Operations: The crew checked and photo documented the status of the plants in the Veggie facility, and evaluated the plant pillows to determine if additional watering is required. The overall goal of Veg-03 is to further demonstrate proof-of concept
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/07/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/07/2016
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Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): The crew configured the camera, laptop and associated Sally Ride EarthKAM software at the Node 2 Nadir hatch window. Once configured, the EarthKAM team, in association with middle school studen
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/04/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/04/2016
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Human Research Program (HRP) Collections: The crew continued a urine collection session today and performed the first blood draw in support of the Biochemical Profile and Repository experiments. Collected samples are placed in Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Labo
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/03/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/03/2016
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Orbital ATK (OA)-5 Cargo Operations: Today, CDR continued transferring cargo from Cygnus to ISS. Afterwards, CDR participated in a cargo conference with ground specialists. At last report approximately 9.5 hours of cargo operations had been completed and a
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/02/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/02/2016
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Group Combustion Leak Check: CDR retrieved the Combustion Chamber from the Multi-Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) Work Volume and installed a top plate on the Combustion Chamber. The crew then installed a gas bottles and air supply lines to configure for
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/01/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/01/2016
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Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Maintenance: The crew performed a half water dump and fill on EMU 3006 feedwater tanks and a full water dump and refill of EMUs 3003 and 3010 feeedwater tanks. These activities satisfy maintenance requirements for on-orbi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/28/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/28/2016
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Veg-03 Wick Opening: FE-3 opened the wicks on the plant pillows to allow for better growth capability. The overall goal of Veg-03 is to further demonstrate proof-of concept for the Veggie plant growth chamber and the planting pillows. Future long-duration m
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/27/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/27/2016
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Cygnus Cargo Operations: The crew was originally scheduled to ingress the Cygnus vehicle this morning, however the crew got ahead of the timeline and ingressed on Sunday, October 23rd. Today the crew performed Cygnus cargo transfer operations off the task
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/26/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/26/2016
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Meteor Operations: FE-6 exchanged the hard drive then removed and replaced the grating in the Meteor Camera located in the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF). The Meteor payload is a visible spectroscopy instrument with the primary purpose of obser
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/25/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/25/2016
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Veg-03 Initiation: FE-3 configured and installed the Vegetable Production System (Veggie) on the Maintenance Work Area (MWA) and then installed six Small Plant Pillows to hold the ‘Outredgeous’ red romaine lettuce plants. Ground teams plan to grow the l
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/24/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/24/2016
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Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) Ingress and Sampling: FE-6 stowed the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) then opened Node3 Aft hatch to ingress the BEAM. Once inside, the crew collected Microbial Air Sampler (MAS) and Surface Sample Kit (SS
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/23/2016
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/23/2016
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Cygnus Rendezvous and Capture: This morning the crew monitored the Cygnus approach from the Cupola Robotic Workstation and successfully captured Cygnus using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) at 6:28 am CDT. The Ground Robotics team mane
