NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 14 October 2014
Today: Zebrafish Muscle: On Saturday Gerst performed a water exchange of Aquatic Habitat aquarium water and a water quality measurement.
Today he performed water maintenance, another water quality measurement and installed a cable to allow for troubleshooting of the Image Processing Unit (IPU). This experiment asks if the atrophy of muscles under the condition of microgravity also occurs in zebrafish and why their atrophy occurs in the microgravity.
Rodent Research-1: On Sunday and Monday, the Crew performed the Rodent Research processing procedures and a fixative swap on the SPX-4 CASIS return samples. Today, Wilmore performed an additional fixative swap. The Rodent Research Hardware provides a platform aboard the International Space Station for long-duration rodent experiments in space. Such experiments will examine how microgravity affects the animals, providing information relevant to human spaceflight, discoveries in basic biology, and knowledge that will have direct impact toward human health on Earth. Rodent Research-1 is a test of the operational capabilities of the new hardware system, including the Transporter, Rodent Habitat, and Access Unit.
Plant Gravity Sensing: Today, Gerst removed samples from the +2 deg C Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) and move the -95 deg C MELFI in preparation for return on SPX-4.
Drug Metabolism: Gerst removed the Drug Metabolism Stow Bag from the Commercial Generic Biologic Apparatus-4 (CGBA-4) in preparation for return on SpaceX-4.
Extravehicular Activity (EVA)-28 Preparation: The Crew finalized the configuration for the Equipment Lock, Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU), and ancillary hardware to support tomorrow’s EVA. In addition, the Crew performed their last review of EVA-28 related procedures, including a follow-on conference with ground specialists. Hatch opening is set to occur tomorrow morning at 7:25am CDT with ingress back into the Joint Airlock at approximately 1:20pm CDT.
Today’s Planned Activities
All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.
Urine biochemical analysis
Daily Planning Conference (S-band)
URISIS equipment stow
Water sampling from water circulation unit.
Review of translation path and EVA work zones through ISS windows.
CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor / r/g 6758
Measuring concentration of Ammonia, nitrates and nitrites in water
Pille sensor preparation for EVA r/g 6886
OTKLIK. Equipment check / r/g 6649
Photo and video of Life on ISS / r/g 6884
Crew health evaluation before EVA
WRS – water sampling
Terminate unit 2 825M3 charge of Orlan Space suit and remove from charge / r/g 6863
Filter assembly (??) change out in CO2 ??0501 Install #153
??-3? Onboard oxygen tanks pressure check in DC1
REBA batteries install
??-3? Onboard oxygen tanks pressure check in DC1
REBA powered equipment check
Battery installation in ???? / r/g 6850
MERLIN Desiccant Kit Removal
Spacesuit #5 fit to the height / r/g 6850
GLACIER. Battery replacement
Plant gravity sensor R&R in MELFI
Plant gravitation sensitivity sample placement in MELFI (2)
Orlan #5 and ??? leak check and valve functionality check
Spacesuit #6 fit to the height / r/g 6850
Final print out of EVA procedures [Aborted]
EVA procedure review
Photo and video of Life on ISS / r/g 6884
Orlan #6 and ??? leak check and valve functionality check.
ISS N2 repress from ???? section 2 of Progress #423 (DC1)
Equipment Lock (E-LK) Preparation
TORU Inter vehicle test with docked Progress #423 (DC1) / r/g 6881
Brine transfer from USOS EDV to Rodnik ??2 in Progress #423(DC1) and from USOS EDV to RSOS EDV / r/g 6883
VOZDUKH deactivation
FGB PSS ??-2 and ???-2 devices diagnostics. / r/g 6885
RR – Rodent Research Fixative Swap
TOCA – data recording
IRIDIUM phone charge in Soyuz #714
Micro-8 GAP activation
GLCR5. Sample transfer to MELFI
??-2 Exercise, Day 1
Private Psychological Conference (PPC)
ARED Exercise
MSG – Glovebox power down
EVA procedure conference
IRIDIUM phone charge in Soyuz #713
FGB1???_2_224_1, CTB ?1017 (002857J), soft container (00044322R))
????. ??? reconnection. / r/g 6888
EVA tools audit
Preparation for re-mating connectors from ??025?(??1?) unit to ??025?(??1A) unit of ???? 2-12 System. / r/g 6882
Re-mating TM connectors from ??025?(??1?) unit to ??025?(??1A) unit of ???? 2-12 System / r/g 6882
???? ????. Connector mating. / r/g 6888
????. Closeout ops / r/g 6888
CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor / r/g 6758
Crew Quarters notification system configuration
VOZDUKH activation
Completed Task List Items
None
Ground Activities
All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.
Nominal Commanding
Three-Day Look Ahead:
Wednesday, 10/15: EVA 28 (SSU 3A), Micro8 GAP
Thursday, 10/16: EVA Debrief, EVA Deconfig, OGA H2 Sensor R&R, NanoRacks activities
Friday, 10/17: Dragon Departure review and cargo ops, RS EVA Tool prep, NanoRack Mod 19, CPCG transfer
QUICK ISS Status – Environmental Control Group:
Component – Status
Elektron – On
Vozdukh – On
[???] 1 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV1”) – On
[???] 2 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV2”) – Off
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Lab – Standby
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Node 3 – Operate
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Lab – Stop
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Node 3 – Operate
Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) – Process
Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) – Process
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Lab – Off
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Node 3 – Full up
