NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 18 July 2005
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All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 13 for Increment 11.
The station crew today has a shortened work day to synchronize the upcoming Soyuz TMA-6/10S relocation from the DC1 docking module to the FGB nadir port with VHF communication windows over RGS (Russian ground sites). [Wakeup was at the regular 2:00am EDT, and sleep time, for a duration of 8h 30m, began at 11:20am.]
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Sergei Krikalev worked on the SKR-05 hardware of the Russian TEX-25 “Skorpion” payload in the SM (Service Module) “floor” underneath the TVIS (treadmill), turning off its power for the duration of station unoccupancy. [Skorpion’s objective is to monitor environmental radiation parameters with dosimeters inside station compartments at various places and to characterize environmental conditions for conducting scientific and technical experiments. The experiment requires about 6 W of energy and is supported by photography of the deployed hardware.]
Krikalev also did the daily routine maintenance of the SM’s environment control & life support system (SOZh), including its toilet system (ASU).
Both crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise program on the TVIS treadmill, RED resistive machine and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer. [Sergei’s daily protocol prescribes a strict four-day microcycle exercise with 1.5 hr on the treadmill and one hour on VELO plus load trainer (today: Day 4 of a new set).]
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As part of preparing the station for the Soyuz relocation by the two crewmembers, FE Phillips supported ground-commanded reconfiguring of the ITCS (internal thermal control system) in the Lab and the Node IMV (intermodular ventilation) to unmanned mode.
Sleep time began at 11:20am EDT, to extend for 8h 30m to 7:50pm tonight.
After the preparations of the US segment (USOS) are completed, the crew will withdraw into the Russian segment (RS) and closed the Node hatch, separating the RS from the USOS, at ~9:20pm EDT.
Other station preparations will include disassembly of the SM & FGB air ducts, deactivation of TVIS, SOTR (the Russian thermal control system), ASU (toilet system), and Vozdukh (CO2 scrubber), followed by Soyuz activation at 11:40pm, FGB hatch closure at ~1:15am, and Soyuz ingress at ~2:10am.
The relocation itself will begin with physical separation from the DC1 docking module at 6:35am tomorrow morning. [At this time, Soyuz 10 will back off, translate to the FGB and rotate around its long axis to index with the nadir port docking target. Final approach will begin at 7:08am, with docking concluding the maneuver at 7:15am. The maneuver times have been chosen to be within coverage of RGS (Russian ground sites). Tuesday will be a lengthened work day for the crew, with the wake period beginning tonight at 7:50pm, extending to 3:25pm on 7/19.]
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
- http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography/
See also the website “Space Station Challenge” at:
To view the latest photos taken by the expedition 11 crew visit:
- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-11/ndxpage1.html at NASA’s Human Spaceflight website.
Expedition 11 Flight Crew Plans can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/
Previous NASA ISS On-orbit Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Station Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports can be found here. A collection of all of these reports and other materials relating to Return to Flight for the Space Shuttle fleet can be found here.
ISS Altitude History
Apogee height — Mean Altitude — Perigee height
For more on ISS orbit and worldwide ISS naked-eye visibility dates/times, see http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/viewing/issvis.html. In addition, information on International Space Station sighting opportunities can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ on NASA’s Human Spaceflight website. The current location of the International Space Station can be found at http://science.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Additional satellite tracking resources can be found at http://www.spaceref.com/iss/tracking.html.
