NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 23 November 2018 – Food Acceptability Questionnaire
Today – Food Acceptability Questionnaire: The crew performed the Food Acceptability questionnaire.
Food Acceptability seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently available from the spaceflight food system. The results will be used in developing strategies to improve food system composition to support crew health and performance on long duration missions.
Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification – Multi-use Variable-g Processing Facility (MVP Cell-05): The crew set up the MVP facility to support the first run of MVP Cell-05. The MVP facility is used to conduct research in space with a wide variety of sample types, such as fruit flies, flatworms, plants, fish, cells, protein crystals and many others. It includes internal carousels that simultaneously can produce up to 2 g of artificial gravity. MVP Cell-05 investigates the complex process of cement solidification at gravity levels of interest (lunar, Mars and 0.7-g).
Veg-03G Plant Check: Today the crew checked the VEG-03G experiment plants, took photos, and watered as necessary. The current plan is to harvest next week. The ground team noted they are seeing a slight phenotypical difference between the flight Dragoon lettuce and what they have grown on the ground. Phenotype refers to traits expressed as a result of environmental factors. Veg-03G is currently in a ~28-day growth cycle, which began on 25-October for the Red Russian Kale and Dragoon Lettuce plants. The primary goal of the Veg-03 G/H/I testing is to demonstrate plant growth in the Veggie hardware using leafy green vegetables as a test crops.
Northrop Grumman 10 (NG-10) Cygnus Cargo Operations: The crew continued to perform early cargo unloading operations today. Ground Teams estimate 3.5 hours remain for unloading critical items. Once critical items have been unloaded from Cygnus, the hatch will be closed until after the SpX-16 Dragon mission.
Completed Task List Activities:
None
Ground Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.
LSR Checkout
Three-Day Look Ahead:
Saturday/Sunday, 11/24-25:
Payloads:
MERLIN sample transfers
Tangolab 2 card cube replace
Systems:
Crew Off Duty, Housekeeping
Monday, 11/26
Payloads
AHIS
SUBSA setup in MSG
Cemsica overview
ESA/MatISS de-install
JEMAL/NREP prep
PCG-16
Vection
Systems:
JEMAL depressurization/vent
NREP operations review
Today’s Planned Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.
Transfer Cygnus Cargo Operations
Set up Transfer Compartment (???) and DC1 for the EVA
57S Crew Arrival Preparation
VEG-03G Plant Check/Water
Take [???] Humidity Condensate Samples from [???-?2?] up to ??? Gas-Liquid Mixture Filter: Remove the Sampler and Perform the Tear Down Steps. Transfer the Sample from the [KAB] Humidity Condensate Tank into a USOS Bag
Status Check of MERLIN in Cygnus
Conference of Search and Rescue Team (????) with Soyuz #739 (55S) Crew
Environmental Health System (EHS) – Surface Sample Kit (SSK) Collection/Incubation
Inventory Management System (IMS) conference
Food Acceptability Questionnaire
Air Samples Collection using ??? Samplers for CO in the SM
Transfer Cygnus Cargo Operations
Air Samples Collection using [??-1?] Sampler in the SM and FGB
PHOTOBIOREACTOR. Activate Glovebox Purification
PHOTOBIOREACTOR. Change Gloves Config in the Glovebox
Post-Exercise Hygiene
Cygnus Cargo Operations Conference
Environmental Health System (EHS) – Microbial Air Sampler (MAS) Kit Sample Collection
Inventory Management System (IMS) Conference
Evening Preparation Work
Private Medical Conference (PMC)
Environmental Health System Russian Condensate Sample Stow [Deferred]
Multi-use Variable-g Platform Procedure Review1
PHOTOBIOREACTOR. Nutritional Bar Changeout.
Multi-use Variable-g Platform MWA Preparation
Multi-use Variable-g Platform Cell-05 Insert
Glacier Tray Insert
