MRPO DailyStatus Report 10-16-02

GMT Date: 289

Calendar Date: 10/16/02

Increment: 5

Stage: 9A

Week 19

STS-112 undocked from the ISS today at approximately 8:15 a.m. CDT and
initiated Stage 9A operations. STS-112 is scheduled to land at approximately
10:45 a.m. CDT Friday.

Payloads being returned on STS-112:
ADVASC, 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.

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.

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) –After a busy Joint Operations period, the
crew will have partial off-duty days tomorrow 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