ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/20/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/20/2021
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Payloads Astrobee: The crew unpacked and visually inspected the Queen Bee Astrobee Free Flyer components. The Free Flyer was activated, and the crew assisted the ground team with component and communications checkout and calibration. Astrobee is made up o
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/17/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/17/2021
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Payloads Behavioral Core Measures (BCM): The crew set up the appropriate robotics hardware and performed the BCM testing. These sessions are nominally planned to be completed once per month, starting two weeks after a crewmember’s arrival on ISS. The Standa
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/16/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/16/2021
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Payloads Four Bed CO2 Scrubber: The crew continued with the installation of the Four bed CO2 Scrubber hardware by connecting power, data, and fluid lines. Four Bed CO2 Scrubber demonstrates a technology for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere o
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/15/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/15/2021
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Payloads Eklosion: The crew participated in an Eklosion experiment session by observing the flower, taking photos, and reading some of the messages included with the experiment. They also gently shook the capsule to determine the quantity of water remaining.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/14/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/14/2021
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Payloads Biofilms: Following the end of the experiment session, the crew removed the 24 Experiment Containers (ECs) from the Kubik 5 and Kubik 6 facilities. The goal of the Biofilm Inhibition On Flight Equipment and On Board the ISS Using Microbiologically
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/13/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/13/2021
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Payloads 4-Bed CO2 scrubber: The crew reviewed the big picture words and procedures for the installation planned later this week. The Four Bed CO2 Scrubber demonstrates a technology for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere on a spacecraft. T
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/10/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/10/2021
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Payloads Advanced Plant EXperiment-08 (APEX-08): The crew harvested plant material that that had been growing in Petri Plates in the Veggie Facilities. The plant material grown in the Petri plates in Veggie for 9 days was harvested and fixed into the KFTs.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/09/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/09/2021
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Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #50: Today, FE-4 Oleg Novitskiy (EV1) and FE-5 Petr Dubrov (EV2) egressed the Mini-Research Module (MRM)-2 airlock and completed the following tasks during today’s 7 hour and 25-minute EVA: Mating of Ethern
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/08/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/08/2021
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Payloads Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME): A crewmember removed and replaced the ACME Igniter Tip #2. The ACME project is a set of six independent studies of gaseous flames to be conducted in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR).
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/07/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/07/2021
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Payloads: Four Bed CO2 Scrubber: The crew routed the MSG Aux Power Cable from LAB1O5 UIP to LAB1P4 UIP to provide power to Four Bed CO2 Scrubber. Four Bed CO2 Scrubber demonstrates a technology for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere on a sp
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/03/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/03/2021
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Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #49: Today, FE-4 Oleg Novitskiy (EV1) and FE-5 Petr Dubrov (EV2) egressed the Mini-Research Module (MRM)-2 airlock and completed the following tasks during today’s 7 hour and 54 minute EVA: Retrieve, route
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/06/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/06/2021
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Payloads Genes in Space-8: The crew performed the setup of the Fluorescence Viewer and mini-PCR and performed Freeze and Fly Ops #3 to demonstrate the heating and fluorescent visualization functions of the Genes in Space experiment. Some pharmaceuticals u
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/02/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/02/2021
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Payloads Blob: Following the conclusion of the 7-day experiment session, the crew removed the Blob box hardware and transferred the experiment data. Unfortunately, corrupted data files were found; so, the experiment will be extended to gather more data. T
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/01/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/01/2021
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Payloads APEX-8: The crew gathered the appropriate hardware and installed thirty APEX-08 petri plate plant growth chambers into the Veggie facility. Compounds known as polyamines contribute to plant stress mitigation on Earth, and plants grown in microgravi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/31/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/31/2021
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Payloads: ESA Biofilms: The crew reviewed the big picture words and then installed the Biofilm Experiment Containers (ECs) into the appropriate locations in Kubik 5 and Kubik 6. The goal of the Biofilm Inhibition On Flight Equipment and On Board the ISS Usi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/30/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/30/2021
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SpaceX (SpX)-23 Docking: Following yesterday’s successful launch, Dragon was captured today at 09:31 AM CT and docked successfully to Node 2 Forward at 09:44 AM CT. Prior to docking, the crew gathered and set up necessary tools required for monitoring veh
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/27/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/27/2021
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Payloads Phospho-Aging: The crew took blood and urine samples in support of the Phospho-Aging investigation. Phospho-aging Mechanism of Accelerated Aging Under Microgravity (Phospho-aging) examines the molecular mechanism behind aging-like symptoms, such
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/26/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/26/2021
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Payloads Astroporter: The crew set up the work area and worked with the Astrobee ground team in conducting science for the Astroporter Mass Property Learner. Astroporter is a suite of software that enables collaborative behavior between multiple robots in s
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/24/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/24/2021
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Payloads Food Acceptability: Using the data collection tool on an available SSC, the crew completed their Food Acceptability surveys. This investigation seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently available from the spaceflig
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/25/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/25/2021
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Payloads Astrobee: In preparation for the AstroPorter experiment later this week, the crew installed the perching arm assemblies to the Astrobee free fliers. AstroPorter is a suite of software that enables collaborative behavior between multiple robots in s
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/23/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/23/2021
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Payloads Combustion Integrated Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments/Cool Flames Investigation with Gasses (CIR/ACME/CFI-G): A crewmember exchanged a used 100% propane bottle with a new bottle of the same composition. Cool diffusion flames w
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/20/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/20/2021
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Payloads Cardinal Muscle: A crewmember captured images of Cardinal Muscle BioCell Wells. Muscle mass diminishes with age on Earth via a condition called sarcopenia, and astronauts experience similar and accelerated loss of muscle mass during spaceflight.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/19/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/19/2021
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Payloads Anti-Atrophy: A crewmember performed a medium exchange for Anti-Atrophy samples. Muscle atrophy that occurs in microgravity affects the quality of life of astronauts. Research on Inhibitory Effects of Novel Concept Biomaterials, an HSP Inducer
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/18/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/18/2021
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Payloads Astrobee: The crew removed the Perching Arm from an Astrobee Freeflyer Honey in preparation of ReSWARM operations. Astrobee is made up of three free-flying, cube-shaped robots which are designed to help scientists and engineers develop and test t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/17/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/17/2021
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Payloads Advanced Imaging, Folding, and Assembly of Colloidal Molecules (ACE-T-9): The crew removed the two desiccant bags and ACE-T-5 Module, then installed the new ACE-T-9 Module. The crew took photos of both Module’s capillaries including an over
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/16/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/16/2021
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Payloads Cardinal Muscle: Crew removed the Cardinal Muscle samples from Glacier in preparation for operations. Muscle mass diminishes with age on Earth via a condition called sarcopenia, and astronauts experience similar and accelerated loss of muscle mas
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/13/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/13/2021
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Payloads Cardinal Muscle: A crewmember prepared for Cardinal Muscle operations by retrieving the Saline bags and inserting them into SABL-2. In addition, a crewmember removed the Cardinal Muscle samples from the Glacier cold stowage facility. Muscle mas
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/12/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/12/2021
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Payloads ESA-Education Payload Operations (EPO) Microbes Video: The crew recorded video, which will be used to educate children about Microbes on the ISS and will feature Paxi, ESA’s mascot for young children. The activities related to EPO Generic Video
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/11/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/11/2021
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Payloads Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Ellipsoids (InSPACE-4): The crew disconnected the InSPACE-4 SSD cards and USB Cables from MSG HD Video Drawer and packed the items for return. InSPACE-4 studies the assembly o
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/10/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/10/2021
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Payloads: Astrobee: The crew relocated stowage items from JPM Rack Fronts in preparation for the ground to perform remote Astrobee free flyer Ops. Astrobee is made up of three free-flying, cube-shaped robots, which are designed to help scientists, and enginee
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/06/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/06/2021
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Payloads Astrobee/RFID recon: The crew installed the RFID recon reader into the Astrobee payload bay, powered on the Astrobee free-fliers, and started the experiment run. RFID-Enabled Autonomous Logistics Management-2 (REALM-2) (RFID Recon) uses a radio fre
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/04/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/04/2021
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Payloads Food Acceptability: Using the data collection tool on an available Station Support Computer (SSC), the crew completed their Food Acceptability surveys. This investigation seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently a
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/05/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/05/2021
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Payloads Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) humidifier installation: The crew installed the CBEF Incubator Unit (IU) humidifier on the micro-gravity CBEF IU. The Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) s
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/03/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/03/2021
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Payloads Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Ellipsoids (InSPACE-4): The crew performed the steps necessary to initiate experiment runs, with a goal of working through runs 61-64. InSPACE-4 studies the assembly of tiny stru
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/02/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/02/2021
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Payloads Combustion Integrated Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (CIR/ACME): The crew exchanged a used 85% O2/ 15% N2 bottle with a new one of the same composition; however, during the installation, a loose pressure relief valve body was f
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2021
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77 Progress (77P) and Docking Compartment 1 (DC-1) Departure: Today, 77P and DC-1 undocked from the Service Module (SM) Nadir port at 5:56 AM CT. Following undock, 77P and DC-1 completed a deorbit burn and destructively re-entered Earth’s atmosphere for dis
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/27/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/27/2021
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Payloads Cell Science-04: The crew injected algae into the Cell Science-04 experiment bioreactors. The algae is used as a fuel source for the tardigrades in Cell Science-04. The tardigrade (aka “water bear”) is the model organism for studying biological s
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/28/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/28/2021
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Payloads Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF): The crew opened the ELF facility, exchanged the sample holder assembly, and attempted to replace one of the fixation fasteners. Due to access issues and time constraints, the fastener replacement will be deferr
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/29/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/29/2021
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Significant Events: Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) Docking: Today at 8:29 AM CT, the MLM docked to the Service Module (SM) Nadir port completing its 9-day rendezvous to the ISS. The MLM, named Нау́ка– the Russian word for Science, is a pressuriz
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2021
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2021
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Payloads Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L (CBEF-L): The crew reconfigured the Low Temperature Loop (LTL) flow into CBEF facilities. CBEF-L is a new JAXA sub-rack facility, which is an upgraded facility of the CBEF currently aboard the ISS. CBEF-L provides n
