NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 13 April 2015
Because of weather conditions that violated the rules for launching, SpaceX has postponed its planned launch of its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft. It is SpaceX’s sixth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.
The next launch opportunity is Tuesday, April 14, at 4:10:40 p.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage will begin at 3 p.m. at: http://spaceref.com/live/live-nasa-tv.html.
The spacecraft is loaded with more than 4,300 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and technology demonstrations, including critical materials to support about 40 of more than 250 science and research investigations during the station’s Expeditions 43 and 44. For a mission overview, press kit, launch countdown coverage, NASA’s launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/spacex
To join the online conversation about the SpaceX CRS-6 launch, the International Space Station and Expedition 43 on Twitter, follow @Space_Station and the hashtag #ISScargo.
On-Orbit Status Report
Russian Cosmonautics Day: Today was a crew holiday in honor of Russian Cosmonautics Day.
SpaceX (SpX)-6 Launch: The Dragon vehicle launch for today was scrubbed due to a weather violation. The next launch opportunity will be Tuesday April 14, 2015 at 03:10 PM CDT, with a Dragon capture on Friday April 17th. Today the USOS crew did complete a cargo operations conference with ground teams in preparation for unloading the vehicle.
Node 3 (N3) Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Faults: Starting over the weekend, the N3 CDRA faulted three times due to Air Selector Valve (ASV) 106 not transitioning to the commanded valve position at the expected rate. In all three cases N3 CDRA was recovered and is currently operating. ASV 106 was replaced on March 24th, 2015. There are two spare ASVs available on board, however one is anticipated to be used as a replacement for ASV 104 and is scheduled to be changed out during the upcoming N3 CDRA bed R&R. There is one additional ASV manifested on SpX-6.
Today’s Planned Activities
MRM2 comm config to support the P/L Ops [Aborted]
Kulonovskiy Kristall Experiment Run.
CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor
BAR. Experiment Ops.
Greasing Exposed ARED Wires
PAO Hardware Setup
Test TV conference
Cleaning ???4 (Gas-Liquid Heat Exchanger) ??-7 Fan Screen
MRM2 Comm Reconfig for Nominal Ops [Aborted]
KULONOVSKIY KRISTALL. Copy and Downlink Data via
??? Maintenance
Crew Preparation for PAO Event [Aborted]
TV Conference with the Russian President V.V. Putin [Aborted]
SEISMOPROGNOZ. Downlink data from Control and Data Acquisition Module (????) HDD (start)
SCD – Transfer of container to MELFI
SCD – Insertion of Containers into MELFI
Video equipment setup for ARED Exercise imagery
Photography of Contamination on ??? 716 [??] plane II external window pane
ISS Repress Using Air from ??? 424 (DC1) ???? Section 2 (start)
MERLIN3 – Experiment Ops
HABIT – Starting Video
ISS Repress from ??? 424 (DC1) ???? Section 2 (terminate)
Auxiliary Laptop Anti-Virus Update
??? 425 (SM Aft) Transfers and IMS Ops
VIZIR. Experiment Ops.
Dragon Transfers Review
HABIT – End of Video
WRS Water Sample Analysis
Dragon Cargo Operations Conference
Soyuz 716 IRIDIUM Phone Charging – Configuration Setup (???1???_2_224_1 0.5 CTB No. 1017 Soft Container 00044322R) start charge
Stow video equipment post ARED exercise imagery
IMS Delta File Prep
Charging ?? 716 IRIDIUM Phone – Battery Charge Status
??1-4 Dust Filter Cartridge Replacement in SM (???1???_4_419_1. Reflect changes in IMS)
Charging ?? 716 IRIDIUM Phone – Terminate Charging
Charging ?? 715 IRIDIUM Phone – start charge
Charging ?? 715 IRIDIUM Phone – Battery Charge Status
??? 715 IRIDIUM Phone Charging – Terminate Charge, Teardown the setup, Closeout Ops. Stow equipment
SEISMOPROGNOZ. Download data from Control and Data Acquisition Module (????) HDD (end) and start archiving.
Physical Fitness Evaluation (on treadmill)
CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor
JRNL – Journal Entry
Exercise data downlink
TOCA Data Recording
COGN – Battery Testing
Completed Task List Items
Completed Saturday:
CCE Caban message downlink
CCE Enterprise message downlink
ESA PAO (3 events)
Ground Activities
All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.
MERLIN 3 activation
Dragon cargo operations conference
Three-Day Look Ahead:
Tuesday, 04/14: Prep for HUT swap, N3 Fwd IMV procedure review, Neuro Map Test, CIR Hardware Gather
Wednesday, 04/15: EMU HUT Swap, N3 Fwd IMV reconfig
Thursday, 04/16: Dragon ROBOT OBT
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 – Operate
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Node 3 – Operate
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Lab – Shutdown
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Node 3 – Operate
Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) – Process
Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) – Standby
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Lab – Off
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Node 3 – Full Up
