MRPO Daily Status Report 1-27-03

GMT Date: 027

Calendar Date: 01/27/03

Increment: 6

Stage: 11A

Week 9

Payloads currently on-board ISS:
BSTC, CGBA, CSLM-2, InSPACE, MAMS, MSG (facility), PFMI, SAMS, STES-10, SUBSA
and ZCG.

Status:
MRPO payloads MAMS, SAMS and STES-10 continue nominal, basically unattended,
operations. BSTC, CGBA, CSLM-2, InSpace, PFMI, SUBSA and ZCG are inactive.
MSG is inactive/failed, awaiting replacement parts. MSG replacement
parts have been manifested on Progress 10, currently scheduled for
launch on February 2nd. A plan has been developed to maximize payload
operations after MSG operational capability is restored.

EXPRESS RACKS 1, 2 and 4 (ER1, ER2 & ER4) are powered and supporting
payload operations. ER3 and ER5 are available to support payload operations
but are currently inactive. ER1, ER4 and ER5 software upgrades have been
accomplished. ER3 software upgrade was accomplished today. ER2 software
upgrade is planned for week 11.

MAMS is operating nominally in the quasi-steady mode. HiRAP is currently
inactive. MAMS data is available on the acceleration measurement web
page.

All SAMS sensors in EXPRESS RACKS are operating nominally. The SAMS
sensor in the MSG is currently turned-off. Following ER4 software upgrade
on Friday, SAMS was restarted and was nominal until health and status
data was lost on Saturday. The flight crew rebooted the SAMS Interface
Control Unit in ER4 and the ground restarted SAMS equipment in ER1 and
health and status data flow was recovered and has remained nominal. SAMS
data is also available on the acceleration measurement web page.

STES-10 health and status data is nominal. STES-10 is configured with
diffusion-controlled chambers that require no crew operation activities.

Near-term Outlook:

Week 9 (1/27-2/2) – Planning for this week was based on approximately
12 hours of crew time availability for NASA payload operations. ER3 software
will be upgraded and ARIS 3 check-out/calibration, which could take several
days, is scheduled during this week. Progress 10 launch is scheduled
for 2/2.

Week 10 (2/3-2/9) – Preliminary planning for this week is being based
on approximately 24 hours of crew time availability for NASA payload
operations. Progress 10 is scheduled to dock with the ISS on 2/4. Transfer
operations to off-load Progress 10 will begin immediately after docking.
The MSG repair parts will be transferred as soon as possible and installed
on the MSG. PFMI hardware, and the partially processed PFMI sample, will
be recovered and stowed. MSG will be checked-out and, assuming all is
well, InSpace will be installed, checked out and test runs are to be
conducted.

M. Vlasse, PhD, DSc
MRPO Increment Scientist

ACRONYMS:

ARIS Active Rack Isolation System
BCSS Biotechnology Cell Science Stowage
BSTC Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller (General status information
on this payload will include coverage of the following items of support
equipment: BTR, BCSS and GSM)
BTR Biotechnology Refrigerator
CEVIS Cycle Ergometer Vibration Isolation System
CGBA Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
ER1 EXPRESS RACK 1
ER2 EXPRESS RACK 2
ER3 EXPRESS RACK 3
ER4 EXPRESS RACK 4
ER5 EXPRESS RACK 5
GSM Gas Supply Module
HCOR High-Rate Communications Outage Recorder
InSPACE Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates
ISS International Space Station
MAMS Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System
MCOR Medium-Rate Communications Outage Recorder
MSG Microgravity Science Glovebox
OCR Operations Change Request
PFMI Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation
PGBA Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
SAMS Space Acceleration Measurement System II
STES Protein Crystal Growth – Single Thermal Enclosure System
SUBSA Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules
ZCG Zeolite Crystal Growth