MRPO Daily Status Report 10-17-02
GMT Date: 290
Calendar Date: 10/17/02
Increment: 5
Stage: 9A
Week 19
STS-112 is scheduled to land at approximately 10:45 a.m. CDT Friday.
Payloads being returned on STS-112:
ADVASC-GC, CGBA Sortie Science Insert, MEPS Samples, SAMS Hard Drive/Battery,
StelSys, STES-8, and ZCG Samples
Payloads currently on-board ISS:
BSTC, CGBA, InSPACE, MAMS, MSG (facility), PFMI, PGBA, SAMS, STES-7, SUBSA
and ZCG.
Status:
MRPO payloads MAMS, PGBA, SAMS, STES-7 and ZCG continue nominal, basically
unattended, operations. BSTC, CGBA, InSpace, MSG, PFMI, and SUBSA are
currently inactive.
EXPRESS RACKS 1, 2 and 4 (ER1, ER2& ER4) are powered and supporting
payload operations. ER3 is installed in the US Lab and will be checked
out later. ER5 was checked out during Increment 4 and powered down.
MAMS is operating nominally in the quasi-steady mode. HiRAP is currently
turned-off. MAMS data is available on the acceleration measurement web
page.
PGBA was transferred from the shuttle mid-deck to ER4 Friday and activated.
Payload health and status data is nominal, however the planned downlink
of video from the PGBA internal cameras has not yet been successful. Trouble-shooting
activities are in progress, involving the swapping of the data cable and
then reconnecting.
All SAMS sensors in EXPRESS Racks are operating nominally. The SAMS
sensor in the MSG is turned-off. SAMS data is also being posted to the
acceleration measurement web page.
A PFMI processing run (#7) has now been scheduled for this Sat. and
Sun. The processing protocol for this run will have to be changed to accommodate
very long periods of loss of Ku-Band signal (LOS) due to the present attitude.
STES-7 and STES-8 were exchanged in ER4 Friday and all six growth chambers
of STES-7 were activated. Payload health and status data is nominal. STES-8
continues to be powered on the STS Mid-Deck for return.
ZCG was activated Saturday and is operating nominally. The payload will
be deactivated after 15 days.
Near-term Outlook:
Week 19 (10/14-10/20) –The crew will have partial off-duty days
today and Friday and normal off-duty days on Saturday and Sunday. All
MRPO payload activities planned for this week have been accomplished.
Week 20 (10/21-10/27) – Preliminary planning for this week is being based
on approximately 11 hours of crew time availability for NASA payload operations.
CGBA will be activated in ER4 on Tuesday, 10/22.
M. Vlasse, PhD, DSc
MRPO Increment Scientist
ACRONYMS:
ADVASC – Advanced Astroculture
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
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
InSPACE– Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates
ISS – International Space Station
MAMS — Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System
MEPS – Microencapsulation Electrostatic Processing System
MSG – Microgravity Science Glovebox
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
