ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/13/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/13/2020
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Payloads Astrobee: The crew powered up the Astrobee free flyers and cleared away and stowed items within the JEM module in preparation for Astrobee flyer operations. Astrobee is made up of three free-flying, cube-shaped robots which are designed to help scien
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/11/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/11/2020
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Payloads Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L (CBEF-L): The crew replaced the CO2 Regulator for controlling the CO2 supply pressure on the Saibo Rack in support of future CBEF-L operations. The CO2 valve was opened to allow flow and the ground teams are perform
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/10/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/10/2020
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Payloads Biological Experiment Laboratory (BioLab): The crew performed health checks of the BioLab Glovebox seals and gloves including sensors for the fan status, delta pressure, temperature and relative humidity. The BioLab is a multiuser research facility l
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/07/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/07/2020
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Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS): The crew performed the setup and initiation of recording for additional runs of the DFS investigation. Data will be archived by an alternate method which will actually result in a quicker delivery time to the experi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/06/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/06/2020
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Payloads Handhold Experiment Platform (HXP2): The crew retrieved and packaged ten Exposed Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM2) samples for return to the ground. The ExHAM samples were recently brought inside ISS through the JEM airlock and wer
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/05/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/05/2020
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Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS): The crew performed the setup and initiation of recording for additional runs of the DFS investigation. Data will be archived by an alternate method which will actually result in a quicker delivery time to the experi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/04/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/04/2020
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Payloads Astrobee: The Astrobee system was powered on in support of additional free-flight and checkout operations. Astrobee will be used in the Kibo Robot Programming Challenge in the coming weeks. Astrobee is made up of three free-flying, cube-shaped
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/03/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/03/2020
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Crew Dragon Return: SpaceX Demo-2 undocked from the ISS on Saturday, August 1st. The Crew Dragon vehicle splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, August 2nd at 1:48pm CT. The Demo-2 crew spent 9 weeks aboard the ISS performing maintenance and pay
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/31/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/31/2020
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Payloads BioMole: The crew performed BioMole part 3 of the science session, which consists of preparation of the previously amplified DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid), followed by sequencing using the MinION. The BioMole Facility non-culture based samples are ca
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/30/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/30/2020
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Payloads Colloidal Clusters: The crew enabled the UV (ultraviolet) illumination system for the Colloidal Clusters sample bags. UV light is used to activate the UV-curable gelling agent and terminate the experiment. Following the appropriate UV exposure ti
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/29/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/29/2020
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Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS): The crew performed the setup and initiation of recording for additional runs of the DFS investigation, followed by data archival to Blue-ray disc. Droplet Formation Studies in Microgravity (Droplet Formation Study,
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/28/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/28/2020
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Payloads Astrobee: Astrobee was activated in support of checkout-2 for the Kibo Robotic Programming Challenge. The goal of the checkout is to confirm good data and voice communication between the 3 space centers involved, ensure the data markers (tags and t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/27/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/27/2020
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Payloads Astrobee: In preparation for the upcoming Kibo Robot Programming challenge checkout, the crew reviewed the Astrobee On-Board Training. The Astrobee team has been working for the past several weeks to map the Japanese Experiment Module to allow As
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2020
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76 Progress (76P) Launch and Docking: 76P launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:26 AM CT carrying food, fuel and supplies. Following a 2-orbit rendezvous, the vehicle successfully docked to the ISS Docking Compartment 1 (DC-1) Nadir Port at 12:45
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/24/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/24/2020
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Payloads Spectrum: The crew performed a shutdown of the Spectrum hardware after the ground teams performed a checkout. The hardware will be used to process samples arriving on NG-14. Spectrum takes fluorescent images of biological specimens contained within
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/22/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/22/2020
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Payloads Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): The crew performed the shutdown and stow of the EarthKAM hardware completing a 10 day mission. EarthKAM allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew&#
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/21/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/21/2020
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Payloads Food Physiology: The crew performed the setup for Saliva collection in support of the Food Physiology study. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Phy
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/20/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/20/2020
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Systems S6 Battery Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #4 Preparations: Today, the crew continued preparations for the final EVA in the S6 battery upgrade series by performing their equipment lock preps for Extravehicular Activity Mobility Units (EMU) 3004 and 30
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/16/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/16/2020
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Systems USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #67/S6 Battery EVA #3: Bob Behnken (EV1) and Chris Cassidy (EV2) performed a 6 hour EVA that completed the following tasks in support of the S6 Channel 3B battery transition from nickel hydrogen to lithium-ion batter
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/17/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/17/2020
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Payloads Food Physiology: The crew performed the Food Physiology briefing. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Physiology) experiment is designed to characte
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2020
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Payloads EarthKAM (Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools): The crew switched out the D2X camera lens to an 85mm lens. EarthKAM allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew’s perspective. Using the Intern
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/14/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/14/2020
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Payloads JEM Water Recovery System (JWRS): The crew retrieved the JEM WRS and performed inspections of the left, top and rear inside of the unit as well as checking fitting and coupler connections. Photos were taken and downloaded to the ground for evaluation
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/13/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/13/2020
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Payloads NanoRacks External Cygnus CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD): The crew took imagery photos of the NRCSD-18 Deploys. Two satellites were deployed: DeMi (Deformable Mirror) and TechEdSat-10 (Technology Educational Satellite-10). The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer i
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/09/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/09/2020
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Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS) installation: The crew installed the DFS investigation hardware into the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG). The investigation is scheduled to begin later this month. Droplet Formation Studies in Microgravity (Dro
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/08/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/08/2020
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Payloads Fluids Integrated Rack/Light Microscopy Module (FIR/LMM)/CDM Change-out: As a continuation of the CDM experiment, the crew installed the seventh of the ten experiment modules on the FIR/LMM. Capillary-Driven Microfluidics in Space (Capillary Driv
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/07/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/07/2020
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Payloads NRCSD-18 Install to Slide Table: In preparation for the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer – mission 18 (NRCSD-18) currently planned for later this month, the crew installed the appropriate hardware onto the JEM airlock slide table. The NRCSD is a stac
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/06/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/06/2020
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Payloads Fluids Integrated Rack/Light Microscopy Module (FIR/LMM)/CDM change out: As a continuation of the CDM experiment, the crew installed the sixth of the ten experiment modules on the FIR/LMM. Capillary-Driven Microfluidics in Space (Capillary Driven M
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/02/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/02/2020
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Payloads Astrobee: The crew powered on both Astrobee free flier units and verified the LEDs were as expected. Following this, the ground team loaded the appropriate software/maps and adjusted settings. The ground then commanded one of the Astrobee free fl
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/01/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/01/2020
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Systems USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #66/S6 Battery EVA #2: Chris Cassidy (EV1) and Bob Behnken (EV2) performed a 6 hour 1 minute EVA that completed the following tasks in support of the S6 Channel 1B battery transition from nickel hydrogen (NiH2) to
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/30/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/30/2020
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Payloads Plant Habitat-02 Latch Evaluation: Following issues experienced with the Environmental Control System (ECS) installation a few weeks ago, the crew performed a more detailed inspection of the failed locking mechanism on the new ECS. The inspection w
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/29/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/29/2020
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Payloads MELFI 1/2/3 Nitrogen pressure check: The crew performed a routine pressure check on the 3 MELFI units on board ISS. These checks are performed every 6 months to make sure the expected ~9000-10000 kPa is present in the units. The MELFIs use nitrog
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/26/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/26/2020
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Systems USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #65/S6 Battery EVA #1: Chris Cassidy (EV1) and Bob Behnken (EV2) performed a 6 hour 7 minute EVA that completed the following tasks in support of the S6 Channel 1B battery transition from nickel hydrogen to lithium
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/25/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/25/2020
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Payloads Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutrons (RADI-N2): The crew retrieved all the RADIN-N2 dosimeters from the Russian crew and installed them in the Cupola. The objective of this Canadian Space Agency investigation is to better characterize the ISS neut
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/24/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/24/2020
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TangoLab-2 (Space Tango MultiLab Locker): The crew successfully performed troubleshooting steps to recover commanding capability for Tangolab-2 card 14. TangoLab-2 is a reconfigurable general research facilities designed for microgravity research and developm
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/23/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/23/2020
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Payloads RED-EYE: The crew took photos of the REDEYE-3 satellite deployment. The RED-EYE program develops and demonstrates technologies which increase the utility of low-cost microsatellites using the Kaber Micro Satellite Deployer attached to the Special Pur
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/22/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/22/2020
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Payloads Materials Science Laboratory- Sample Cartridge Assembly-Gravitational Effects on Distortion in Sintering (MSL SCA-GEDS)-German: The crew performed the activities needed to exchange the processed science sample cartridge assembly (SCA) with a new SCA
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/19/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/19/2020
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Payloads Capillary Driven Microfluidics (CDM): The crew performed a plate changeout. Capillary-Driven Microfluidics in Space (Capillary Driven Microfluidics) examines the drawing of fluids into a tiny narrow tube in microgravity. Results may improve current m
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/18/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/18/2020
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Payloads Electrolysis Measurement (EM): In support of the ongoing EM experiment, the crew performed a series of sample exchanges. Electrolytic Gas Evolution Under Microgravity (Electrolysis Measurement) examines the influence of gravity on electrolytic gas
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/17/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/17/2020
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Payloads Repository: The crew performed Urine and blood collections in support of the Repository study. Repository supports scientific discovery that contributes to our fundamental knowledge in the area of human physiological changes and adaptation to a micro
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/16/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/16/2020
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Payloads Capillary Driven Microfluidics: The crew configured the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) in preparation for Microfluidics science runs. The crew also took photos of overall view of ACE Module capillaries and each capillary (three) for closer view durin
