NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 5 February 2016

The Expedition 46 crew members are wrapping up their work week on different types of research including botany, bone loss and pilot testing. The crew also checked for pressure leaks, worked on life support gear and continued cleaning up after a spacewalk.
Plants are being grown on the International Space Station so future crews can learn to become self-sustainable as they go farther out in space. Commander Scott Kelly took photos of the botany work today as part of the Veggie experiment.

The commander started his day in Japan’s Kibo lab module with British astronaut Tim Peake stowing a Cyclops satellite deployer and checking for leaks in the airlock. Kelly also joined Flight Engineer Tim Kopra cleaning up after installing the refurbished Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly the day before.

Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko participated in a couple of experiments today looking at bone loss and pilot performance in space. He also checked for pressure leaks before the Progress 61 supply ship undocks March 29. His fellow cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Yuri Malenchenko are still stowing tools and gear after Wednesday’s spacewalk.

On-Orbit Status Report

Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Airlock Pressurization and Leak Check: Kelly opened the JEM Airlock inner hatch and extended the Slide Table into the JEM. Peake then removed Cyclops from the Slide Table and stowed it for future use.

Russian Pilot-T Experiment: Kelly performed a session of the Russian experiment Pilot-T today. The goal of Pilot-T is to improve methods and develop equipment to assess and predict crewmember performance reliability during the execution of complex operator tasks (such as piloting a space vehicle or controlling transport and robotic equipment on the surface of a spacecraft) during various stages of long-term spaceflight.

Education Payload Operation (EPO): Peake recorded a video message encouraging and inspiring pupils and schools that are taking part in the Education Resource Office – United Kingdom (ESERO-UK) Primary School Project. The recording is part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Principia mission to support education activities for 500 primary schools around the UK.

Reaction Self Test: Kelly and Kornienko completed sessions today for the Reaction Self Test investigation after they woke in the morning and prior to their sleep period. Reaction Self Test helps crewmembers objectively identify when their performance capability is degraded by various fatigue-related conditions that can occur as a result of ISS operations and time in space (e.g., acute and chronic sleep restriction, slam shifts, extravehicular activity (EVA), and residual sedation from sleep medications).

Orbital ATK (OA)-4 Cargo Operations: The crew transferred trash into the Cygnus vehicle today. An estimated 6 hours remain to complete the trash loading. Cygnus is scheduled to unberth from ISS on February 19th.

Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) Demonstration: Today is the second day of 3 days of activities designed to validate robotic transfer of battery style Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) prior to the delivery of new ISS batteries on HTV-6. A successful demonstration will allow planners to reduce the number of EVAs to install the batteries. Yesterday’s activities to move the MBSU Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism (FRAM) to Enhanced ORU Temporary Platform (EOTP) side 2 were successful. However ground controllers were unable to use the ORU Tool Changeout Mechanism (OTCM) to grasp the Right-hand Off-Set Tool (ROST) so the MBSU secondary bolt operations were completed using the OTCM. Today the ground will remove the MBSU from the FRAM structure and temporarily stow the MBSU on EOTP side 3 before returning the MBSU back to the FRAM. Tomorrow the demonstration will conclude when the MBSU FRAM is moved back to its home on Express Logistics Carrier 2.

Today’s Planned Activities
All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.

ISS crew and ???? (RSA Flight Control Management Team) weekly conference
JEMAL – Slide Table extension
CYCLOPS – Experiment Ops
Operations with EXPOSE-R P/L, “Test” Air Tight Containers, and [???] containers after EVA-42
PILOT-T. Preparation for the experiment
JEM Airlock (JEM AL) Troubleshooting Preparation
PILOT-T. Experiment Ops
CYCLOPS – Experiment Ops
JEM Airlock (JEM AL) Troubleshooting Closeout
Fine Motor Skills – Test
JEMAL – Slide Table Retraction
Tagup after EVA-42
EPO – Recording Project
Soyuz 718 Samsung Tablet Recharge – Initiate
PILOT-T. Experiment Ops
Psychological Evaluation Program (WinSCAT)
Food Frequency Questionnaire
Stow Earlier Installed Formaldehyde Monitoring Kit (FMK)
Log out of SSC12 in preparation for remote Radiation Detector ops by the ground
PILOT-T. Closeout Ops
Orlan-MK Equipment Pre-pack for Stowage and Disposal after EVA
On MCC GO ??? 429 and ??? Interface Leak Check
CIR – Upper Rack Doors Open
CIR – Hardware Removal and Relocation
Food Frequency Questionnaire
IMS Tagup
Removal of Portable Repress Tank (???) No.17 from SM [??] and stowage
EVA Video Data Downlink from Glisser-M CIR – Hardware Removal and Relocation
VEG-01 – Plants Photo
Soyuz 718 Samsung Tablet Recharge – terminate
CIR – Upper Rack Doors Close
???-?? Hatch Opening
HABIT – Experiment Ops
EPO – Experiment Ops
On MCC GO ???-?? Hatch Opening
Installation of Quick Release Screw Clamps on SM Aft side
Progress 429 (SM Aft) Deactivation, Air Duct Installation
EXPOSE-R. Cable Demate
PAO Event with a 1 Year Mission crew
EPO Hardware Stow
??? Maintenance
SHD – Weekly Questionnaire
Reaction Self-Test (Sleep)

Completed Task List Items
PDH2 T/S Setup
SSC10 Shell Swap

Ground Activities
All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.
Nominal System Commanding
SPDM MBSU Demo Day 2

Three-Day Look Ahead:
Saturday, 02/06: Weekly Cleaning, Crew Off Duty, SPDM MBSU Demo Day 3
Sunday, 02/07: Crew off Duty
Monday, 02/08: Ocular Health, ELF QD Troubleshooting, BASS-M, EMU Swap, Cargo Ops, FPS Procedure Review, MT Translate to WS-4

QUICK ISS Status – Environmental Control Group:

Component – Status
Elektron – Off
Vozdukh – Manual
[???] 1 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV1”) – Off
[???] 2 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV2”) -On
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Lab – Override
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Node 3 – Operate
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Lab – Idle
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Node 3 – Operate
Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) – Process
Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) – Standby
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Lab – Full Up
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Node 3 – Off