MRPO Daily Status Report 11-04-02

GMT Date: 308

Calendar Date: 11/04/02

Increment: 5

Stage: 9A

Week 22

ISS:
Soyuz 5 joint operations are in progress and going well. Undock is scheduled
for Saturday 11/9.

The launch date for STS-113/11A has been set for 11 p.m. CST Nov. 10
(0500 GMT Nov. 11) and 3 a.m. CST (0900 GMT) Nov. 11. Docking with the
ISS should occur Wednesday, 11/13.

Payloads currently on-board ISS:
BSTC, CGBA, InSPACE, MAMS, MSG (facility), PFMI, PGBA, SAMS, STES-7, SUBSA
and ZCG.

Status:
MRPO payloads CGBA, MAMS, MSG, PGBA, SAMS and STES-7 continue nominal,
basically unattended, operations. BSTC, InSpace, PFMI, SUBSA and ZCG are
currently inactive.

EXPRESS RACKS 1, 2 and 4 (ER1, ER2& ER4) are powered and supporting
payload operations. ER3 and ER5 are available to support payload operations
but are currently inactive.

CGBA health and status data is nominal. CGBA is to be returned on STS-113.

MAMS is operating nominally in the quasi-steady mode. HiRAP is currently
turned-off. MAMS data is available on the acceleration measurement web
page.

MSG power is on to continue supporting European Space Agency payloads
delivered on Soyuz 5. All systems are nominal.

PGBA health and status data is nominal. Downlink of video from the PGBA
internal cameras has not yet been successful. Video downlink trouble-shooting
procedures have been performed, however the problem was not corrected.
Possible additional Video downlink trouble-shooting procedures are being
evaluated. PGBA is to be returned on STS-113.

PFMI operations have been completed for this increment and the hardware
has been removed from the MSG and stowed. Additional PFMI sample processing
is planned during Increment 6.

All SAMS sensors in EXPRESS Racks are operating nominally. The SAMS sensor
in the MSG is currently turned-off. SAMS data is also being posted to
the acceleration measurement web page.

STES-7 health and status data is nominal. All growth chambers have been
activated. STES-7 is to be returned on STS-113.

ZCG operations have been completed. The processed autoclaves have been
removed and stowed in preparation for return on STS-113.

Near-term Outlook:

Week 22 (11/03-11/09) – Planning for this week was based on approximately
12 hours of crew time availability for NASA payload operations. The crew
will be pre-packing for 11A return and practicing for 11A EVAs. Soyuz
4 will undock Saturday, November 9, for return.

Week 23 (11/10-11/16) – Preliminary planning for this week is being based
on approximately 4 hours of crew time availability for NASA payload operations.

STES-7 will be deactivated the day before STS-113/11A docks which is expected
to be on Wednesday 11/13. Two EVAs and a reboost of the ISS to a higher
orbit will occur during this week.

M. Vlasse, PhD, DSc
MRPO Increment Scientist

ACRONYMS:

BCSS — Biotechnology Cell Science Stowage
BSTC– Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller (General status information
on this payload will include coverage of the following items of support
equipment: BTR, BCSS and GSM)
BTR — Biotechnology Refrigerator
CGBA – Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
ER1– EXPRESS RACK 1
ER2 — EXPRESS RACK 2
ER3 – EXPRESS RACK 3
ER4 – EXPRESS RACK 4
ER5 – EXPRESS RACK 5
GSM — Gas Supply Module
InSPACE– Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates
ISS – International Space Station
MAMS — Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System
MSG – Microgravity Science Glovebox
PFMI – Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation
PGBA – Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
SAMS — Space Acceleration Measurement System II
STES – Protein Crystal Growth – Single Thermal Enclosure System
SUBSA – Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules
ZCG – Zeolite Crystal Growth