MRPO Daily Status Report 2-4-03
GMT Date: 035
Calendar Date: 02/04/03
Increment: 6
Stage: 11A
Week 10
ISS Status:
The unmanned Progress 10 resupply vehicle docked with the ISS today as
planned. The ISS flight crew will monitor the memorial service to be
held today at the Johnson Space Center in honor of the Columbia crew.
Launch of STS-114/ULF1 aboard Shuttle Atlantis, planned for March 1,
is now TBD pending results of the Columbia tragedy investigation.
Payloads currently on-board ISS:
BSTC, CGBA, CSLM-2, InSPACE, MAMS, MSG (facility), PFMI, SAMS, STES-10, SUBSA
and ZCG.
Status:
MRPO payloads MAMS, SAMS and STES-10 continue nominal, basically unattended,
operations. BSTC, CGBA, CSLM-2, InSpace, PFMI, SUBSA and ZCG are inactive.
MSG is inactive/failed, awaiting replacement parts.
EXPRESS RACKS 1 and 4 (ER1 & ER4) are powered and supporting payload
operations. ER2 & ER3 are currently powered down. ER3, and possibly
ER2, will be activated in the near future to continue with ARIS 3 checkout/calibration.
ER5 is available to support payload operations but is currently inactive.
ER1, ER3, ER4 and ER5 software upgrades have been accomplished. ER2 software
upgrade is planned for week 11.
MSG replacement parts are aboard Progress 10 and will be transferred
to the ISS as soon as possible. MSG replacement part installation/checkout
is planned for tomorrow in preparation for InSpace Operations.
InSpace Coil assemblies were inspected Friday and were confirmed to
be ready to begin test operations Friday, 2/7.
MAMS is operating nominally in the quasi-steady mode. HiRAP is currently
inactive. MAMS data is available on the acceleration measurement web
page.
PFMI hardware and a partially processed sample are scheduled to be removed
from the MSG and stowed Thursday, 2/6.
All SAMS sensors in EXPRESS RACKS are operating nominally. The SAMS
sensor in the MSG is currently turned-off. SAMS data is also available
on the acceleration measurement web page.
STES-10 health and status data is nominal. STES-10 is configured with
diffusion-controlled chambers that require no crew operation activities.
Near-term Outlook:
Week 10 (2/3-2/9) – Planning for this week was based on approximately
24 hours of crew time availability for NASA payload operations. Transfer
operations to off-load Progress 10 will begin later today and continue
into next week. The MSG repair parts will be transferred as soon as possible
and installed on the MSG. PFMI hardware, and a partially processed PFMI
sample, will be recovered and stowed. MSG will be checked-out and, assuming
all is well, InSpace will be installed, checked out and test runs will
be conducted.
Week 11(2/10-2/16) – Preliminary planning for this week is being
based on approximately 20 hours of crew time availability for NASA payload
operations. The crew will continue unloading Progress 10. Daily InSpace
test operations are planned. ER2 software will be upgraded and the SAMS
filter is to be cleaned.
M. Vlasse, PhD, DSc
MRPO Increment Scientist
ACRONYMS:
ARIS Active Rack Isolation System
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
CEVIS Cycle Ergometer Vibration Isolation System
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
HCOR High-Rate Communications Outage Recorder
InSPACE Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates
ISS International Space Station
MAMS Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System
MCOR Medium-Rate Communications Outage Recorder
MSG Microgravity Science Glovebox
OCR Operations Change Request
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
