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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 15 October 2014

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
October 16, 2014
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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 15 October 2014
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 15 October 2014
NASA

Today: Extravehicular Activity (EVA) 28: Wiseman and Wilmore completed EVA 28 today. Hatch opening was on time at 7:15am CDT and the EVA was completed with a planned Phased Elapsed Time (PET) of 6 hours and 35 minutes. All primary objectives were successfully completed as follows:
Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU) 3A Remove and Replace (R&R)
Articulating Portable Foot Restraint (APFR) Tool Stanchion (TS) Relocation
Degraded ETVCG Removal from Camera Port (CP)7
WETA Relocation from CP8 to CP11
New ETVCG installation onto CP8
European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) Checkout: Gerst performed a checkout of the EMCS Belt/Pulley system. He checked and photographed the EMCS Rotor Belts/Pulleys in preparation for a future payload.

Today’s Planned Activities

All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.

Check position of MRM2 manual Circuit Breakers [???] on DC ??? and status of Fuses on ???-30, ???-36, ???-4, ???-7 Fuse Boxes
Comm & CUCU config before EVA
EVA In-Suit Light Exercise (ISLE) Preparation
Vozdukh Deactivation
CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor
Filling (separation) EDV (KOB) for Elektron from EDV-RP No.1139 (00062675R,???1???_1_107)
Removal of ??? (??251??) and ROM from ??? 423 (DC1).
Communication Check between ???1 and RS1
Oxygen Supply System Reconfig to Initial
EMU Prep for EVA
Prebreathe in EMU
Switching over SM KURS-P cables to DC1 -Y port Antenna Feeder. (VHF)
Crew Lock Depress
Crew Lock Egress
SSU – R&R
DRAGON Transfer Ops
APRF/ TS – Relocation
??? 423 Stowage Completion Status (DC1)
CP07 ETVCG/VSSA – Removal
Installation of ??? 423 (DC1) Docking Mechanism
VSSA/WETA – Relocation
Video Footage of Greetings
CP8 ETVCG – Installation
PMM – Get-Ahead
Crew Lock Ingress
CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor
Crew Lock Repress
EVA Glove Photo Downlink
Vozdukh Atmosphere Purification System [???] Activation
Completed Task List Items

None
Ground Activities

All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.

System commanding in support of EVA 28
Three-Day Look Ahead:

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
Saturday, 10/18: Dragon RoBOT OBT and cargo ops, CUCU CCP setup, MELFI to Glacier sample transfer, MICRO Gap 8
QUICK ISS Status – Environmental Control Group:

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

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