NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 5 February 2011
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday – Crew rest day.
FE-4 Kondratyev conducted the regular daily early-morning check of the aerosol filters at the Russian Elektron O2 generator which Maxim Suraev had installed on 10/19/09 in gaps between the BZh Liquid Unit and the oxygen outlet pipe (filter FA-K) plus hydrogen outlet pipe (filter FA-V). [Before sleeptime, Dmitri will inspect the filters again, currently a daily requirement per plan, with photographs to be taken if the filter packing is discolored.]
Kelly, Kaleri, Skripochka, Kondratyev, Nespoli & Coleman completed the regular weekly three-hour task of thorough cleaning of their home, including COL (Columbus Orbital Laboratory) and Kibo JPM (JEM Pressurized Module). [“Uborka”, usually done on Saturdays, includes removal of food waste products, cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, damp cleaning of the SM (Service Module) dining table, other frequently touched surfaces and surfaces where trash is collected, as well as the sleep stations with a standard cleaning solution; also, fan screens and grilles are cleaned to avoid temperature rises. Special cleaning is also done every 90 days on the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) bacteria filters in the Lab.]
As part of the uborka house cleaning, Sasha, Oleg & Dima conducted regular maintenance inspection & cleaning of fan screens in the FGB (TsV2) plus the BMP Harmful Contaminants Removal System grille and Group E fan grilles (VPkhO, FS5, FS6, VP) in the SM (Service Module).
CDR Kelly supported the ground in deploying the uplinked Video Streaming Service Pack software on T61p SSC (Station Support Computer) laptops. [Onboard support consisted of activating the SSC-19 wireless network connection and installing USB video adapters into the T61c clients, followed after completed deployment by removing & stowing of the adapters, then reconfiguring SSC-19 to wired network connections for the Robotics video.]
Oleg Skripochka conducted the routine daily servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers, replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers and filling EDV-SV, KOV (for Elektron), EDV-ZV & EDV on RP flow regulator.]
At ~6:15am EST, Dmitri Kondratyev supported a Russian PAO TV event, answering questions from children of the orphanage and students of the city of Petrozavodsk. [This launched the “Shop Talk” project, part of the “Coming from Childhood” information web site for the parents and children in Karelia, with the objective of introducing the youth to existing professions and to the best representatives of these professions. Nikolay Ivanovich Levin, Petrozavodsk city executive, and some of Dmitri’s comrades-in-arms from the Besovets military post will take part in this session.]
At ~9:30am, Alex, Oleg & Dmitri joined in a Russian PAO TV event, downlinking a message of greetings to the 43rd Special Naval Aviation Assault Regiment on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, followed by a TV address to the participants of a gala meeting in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Academician Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh. [Keldysh, three times Hero of Socialist Labor, was an outstanding scientist, mathematician, and mechanic, the chief ideologist of cosmonautics theory, one of the creators and managers of national space program and President of the Academy of Science, and the first director of the Applied Math Institute.]
CDR & FE-5 had their weekly PFCs (Private Family Conferences) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on an SSC laptop), Paolo at ~9:55a, Scott at ~2:15pm.
The crewmembers worked out with their regular 2-hr physical exercise on the CEVIS cycle ergometer with vibration isolation (FE-5), TVIS treadmill (FE-1, FE-2, FE-4), ARED advanced resistive exerciser (CDR, FE-4, FE-5, FE-6), T2/COLBERT advanced treadmill (CDR, FE-6) and VELO ergometer bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1, FE-2).
Weekly Science Update (Expedition Twenty-Six — Week 11).
2D NANO Template (JAXA): No report.
3D SPACE: No report.
AgCam (Agricultural Camera): No report.
ALTCRISS (Alteino Long Term monitoring of Cosmic Rays on the ISS): Complete.
ALTEA SHIELD (NASA/ASI): No report.
APEX (Advanced Plant Experiments on Orbit) -Cambium: No report.
APEX-TAGES (Transgenic Arabidopsis Gene Expression System): No report.
BCAT-4/5 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test 4/5): No report.
BIOLAB (ESA): No report.
BIORHYTHMS (JAXA, Biological Rhythms): No report.
BISE (CSA, Bodies in the Space Environment): No report.
BISPHOSPHONATES: “Cady, thanks for completing the pill ingestion sessions. You will be using a new card from the kit that just arrived on HTV2 for your next session. The pills in the old card expired at the end of January.”
CARD (Long Term Microgravity: Model for Investigating Mechanisms of Heart Disease, ESA): No report.
CARDIOCOG-2: Complete.
CB (JAXA Clean Bench): CB cleanup in the Saibo Rack was performed on 12/22.
CBEF (JAXA Cell Biology Experiment Facility)/SPACE SEED: No report.
CCISS (Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS): No report.
CERISE (JAXA): No report.
CFE-2 (Capillary Flow Experiment 2): No report.
CFS-A (Fungi-A): Awaiting ULF5 launch.
CSI-3/CGBA-5 (CGBA Science Insert #2/Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5): Ongoing.
CGBA-2 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 2): Complete.
CIR (Combustion Integrated Rack), MDCA/Flex: No report.
Commercial Photo (JAXA): No report.
CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2): No report.
CubeLab: “Scott, thank you for successfully installing our CubeLab Module-10 Plant-Growth experiment. We are looking forward to receiving our first data files for Module 10.”
CW/CR (Cell Wall/Resist Wall) in EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System): Complete.
DECLIC (Device for the Study of Critical Liquids & Crystallization, CNES/NASA): No report.
DomeGene (JAXA): Complete.
DOSIS (Dose Distribution Inside ISS, ESA): Acquiring science data with DOSTEL-2 detector. Monthly data downlink performed on 1/11.
EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students): No report.
EDR (European Drawer Rack, ESA): No report.
ELITE-S2 (Elaboratore Immagini Televisive – Space 2): Planned.
EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System): EMCS MMU reformatting has been successfully performed on 2/1 from the ground.
ENose (Electronic Nose): No report.
EPM (European Physiology Module): Activated in support of CARD.
EPO (Educational Payload Operations, NASA) (Hobbies): No report.
EPO (Educational Payload Operations, NASA) (Kids in Space): No report.
EPO LES-2 (ESA): No report.
EPO GREENHOUSE (ESA): No report.
EPO COMMERCIAL (JAXA): No report.
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EPO 3-min Video (JAXA): No report.
EPO J-Astro Report (JAXA): No report.
EPO Dewey’s Forest (JAXA): Closed out on 3/15.
EPO Space Clothes (JAXA): Complete.
EPO Hiten (Dance, JAXA): No report.
EPO-5 SpaceBottle (Message in a Bottle, JAXA): Space Bottle has been wrapped with Kapton tape and moved to the airlock. This bottle will be exposed in space by ULF-5 shuttle EVA.
EPO Moon Score (JAXA): No report.
EPO Try Zero-G (JAXA): No report.
EPO Kibo Kids Tour (JAXA): Complete.
EPO Paper Craft (Origami, JAXA): No report.
EPO Poem (JAXA): No report.
EPO Spiral Top (JAXA): No report.
ERB-2 (Erasmus Recording Binocular, ESA): [ERB-2 aims are to develop narrated video material for various PR & educational products & events, including a 3D interior station view.] Images downlink has been on-going on 1/31, 2/2 and 2/3. The sequence for file transfer from ERB-2 to EDR VMU was started on 2/2, but the first command was not accepted by the VMU. Thanks Paolo for swapping the plugs at EDR-VMU! The downlink is still on-going at time of writing. Feedback will be provided when images are received!
ETD (Eye Tracking Device): Completed.
FACET-2 (JAXA): No report.
FERULATE (JAXA): No report.
FIR/LMM/CVB (Fluids Integrated Rack / Light Microscopy Module / Constrained Vapor Bubble): No report.
Fish Scales (JAXA): Completed on FD7/ULF-4 and returned on STS-132.
FOAM STABILITY (ESA): No report.
FOCUS: No report.
FSL (Fluid Science Laboratory, ESA): FSL has been active for MVIS commissioning part 2 since 1/10. MVIS commissioning completed well. The data downlink was completed on 1/31 and on 2/1.
Thanks Paolo for performing the FSL Optical Target removal from the task list!
FWED (Flywheel Exercise Device, ESA): No report.
GENARA-A (Gravity Regulated Genes in Arabidopsis A/ESA): No report.
GEOFLOW: No report.
HAIR (JAXA): No report.
HDTV System (JAXA): Was delivered by HTV1.
Hicari (JAXA): Kobairo Rack was transferred to ISS, and the initial checkout is now on-going. After the checkout is completed, Hicari will be started.
Holter ECG (JAXA): No report.
HQPC (JAXA): Was delivered by 34P.
HREP (HICO/Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean & RAIDS/Remote Atmospheric & Ionospheric Detection System/JAXA): No report.
HydroTropi (Hydrotropism & Auxin-Inducible Gene Expression in Roots Grown under Microgravity Conditions/JAXA): No report.
ICE CRYSTAL (JAXA): Complete.
ICV (Integrated Cardiovascular): No report.
IMMUNO (Neuroendocrine & Immune Responses in Humans During & After Long Term Stay at ISS): Complete.
INTEGRATED IMMUNE: No report.
InSPACE-2 (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions 2): No report.
IRIS (Image Reversal in Space, CSA): No report.
ISS Amateur/Ham Radio: “Canada pass on 1/31 was a success. On 2/1, Paolo did experience some poor reception, due to ground conditions, on the primary channel during his conference with the Joseph Chassigneux School in France, however, six of the questions were answered. Paolo, you have completed 10 events and the 14th for the year. Cady, you completed 21 questions answered on GMT 2/2; this was your fourth event and made the 15th for the year bringing the total to 580 at that point. You guys are helping us to rapidly close in on the 600 mark. Furthermore, Adobe Bluffs pass was completed well on 2/3 with 16 questions answered. The ground operator was the 10-year daughter of the lead teacher. She holds a technician license. The gym was filled with students, parents, and local media.”
IV Gen (Intravenous Fluids Generation): No report.
KID/KUBIK6: No report.
Kids in Micro-G: No report.
KUBIK 3 (ESA): No report.
LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System): No report.
Marangoni Exp (JAXA): 24th run was completed on 12/22.
Marangoni DSD – Dynamic Surf (JAXA): Payload name was change from Marangoni DSD to Dynamic Surf.
Marangoni UVP (JAXA): 1st run as UVP checkout was performed on 1/26-27. 2nd run was performed on 1/31-2/1. There were many packet losses in the downlinked image data for 2nd run. To recover this data loss, clip file downlink will be planned.
Matryoshka-2 (RSA): Currently acquiring nominal science data in Kibo.
MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image, JAXA): No report.
MDCA/Flex: See under CIR.
MEIS (Marangoni Experiment for ISS) in JAXA FPEF (Fluid Physics Experiment Facility): No report.
Microbe-2 (JAXA): No report.
Micro-G Clay (JAXA EPO): Complete.
MMA (JAXA/Microgravity Measurement Apparatus): No report.
MISSE-7 (Materials ISS Experiment): MISSE-7 is operating nominally.
MPAC/SEED (JAXA): Completed on 19A FD4.
MSG-SAME (Microgravity Science Glovebox-Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment): No report.
MSL (Materials Science Laboratory, ESA): No report.
MTR-2 (Russian radiation measurements): Passive dosimeters measurements in DC-1 “Pirs”.
MULTIGEN-1: Completed.
MYCO 3 (JAXA): No report.
MyoLab (JAXA): Completed on 4/20.
NANOSKELETON (Production of High Performance Nanomaterials in Microgravity, JAXA): Returned on 19A.
NEURORAD (JAXA): No report.
NEUROSPAT (ESA/Study of Spatial Cognition, Novelty Processing and Sensorimotor Integration): No report.
NOA-1/-2 (Nitric Oxide Analyzer, ESA): Complete.
NUTRITION w/REPOSITORY/ProK: No report.
PADIAC (Pathway Different Activators, ESA): No report.
PADLES (JAXA, Area PADLES 3/4; Passive Area Dosimeter for Lifescience Experiment in Space): No report.
PASSAGES (JAXA): No report.
PCDF-PU (Protein Crystallization Diagnostic Facility – Process Unit): No report.
PCG (JAXA, Protein Crystal Growth): No report.
PCRF (Protein Crystallization Research Facility) Reconfiguration (JAXA): See PCG.
PMDIS (Perceptual Motor Deficits in Space): Complete.
POLCA/GRAVIGEN (ESA): Complete.
Pro K: “Paolo, your 3rd ProK session was completed this week. Your next session will be in Increment 27.”
RadGene & LOH (JAXA): Complete.
RadSilk (JAXA): No report.
RST/Reaction Self Test (Psychomotor Vigilance Self Test on the ISS): “Scott, Paolo and Cady, thank you for your continued participation in Reaction Self Test! Also, thank you for the pictures/video of Scott. They will be very helpful for the Reaction Self Test team! “
RYUTAI Rack (JAXA): No report.
SAIBO Rack (JAXA): No report.
SAMS/MAMS (Space & Microgravity Acceleration Measurement Systems): No report.
SAMPLE: Complete.
SCOF (Solution Crystallization Observation Facility, JAXA): No report.
SEDA-AP (Space Environment Data Acquisition Equipment-Attached Payload, JAXA): Continuous operation from Inc 19&20.
SHERE (Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment): Complete.
SLAMMD (Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device): No report.
SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight): “Scott: Thank you for completing your Sleep logs and the monthly Actiwatch download this week. Both files were downlinked successfully and examined by the PI, who reports that the data look good.”
SMILES (JAXA): Recooling mode #12.
SODI/IVIDIL (Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument/Influence of Vibration on Diffusion in Liquids, ESA): No report.
SODI/COLLOID (Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument/Colloid): No report.
SOLAR (Solar Monitoring Observatory): Currently in Sun observation window#37. The SolACES science team reported a decrease in the efficiency of the spectrometers and are investigating the cause of the problem. Currently it is assumed that in between the Sun observation windows, when the instrument is powered off and heated by an external heater to keep the temperature above its switch on temperature, the electronics and optical components are cooled down. After the power on at the beginning of the next Sun observation window the electronics heats up and emits hydrocarbons which partially cover the still cold optical surfaces which could explain the observed efficiency decrease. The science team requested to keep SolACES powered in-between Sun observation windows to keep a stable temperature. During and after this period, the SolACES team will further investigate the data. So far the impact of keeping SOLAR in Idle mode seems positive in terms of increased count rates. Pending further confirmation.
SOLO (Sodium Loading in Microgravity): Super happy all 4 SOLO food containers could be located!
Space-DRUMS (Space Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System): No report.
SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellite): No report.
SPHINX (SPaceflight of Huvec: an Integrated eXperiment, ESA): No report.
SPICE (Smoke Point In Co-flow Experiment): No report.
SPINAL (Spinal Elongation): No report.
SWAB (Characterization of Microorganisms & Allergens in Spacecraft): No report.
TASTE IN SPACE (ESA): No report.
THERMOLAB (ESA): “Thanks, Cady, for your second session (and for your special attention with respect to the THERMOLAB sensors)! Data have been downlinked and provided to the science team for their assessment.”
TRAC (Test of Reaction & Adaptation Capabilities): Planned.
TRIPLELUX-B (ESA): No report.
ULTRASOUND: Planned.
VASCULAR (CSA): No report.
VCAM (Vehicle Cabin Atmosphere Module, NASA): No report.
VESSEL ID System (ESA): Acquiring science data with NorAIS receiver.
VESSEL IMAGING (ESA): No report.
VO2max (NASA): “Cady, great job on your FD 45 VO2max session! We have received the data and are crunching it now. Thank you for the dedication during the troubleshooting to get everything in a good configuration for exercise. The video was very helpful for the team to follow along with the configuration. Please let us know if you would like any reminders for the next session to avoid that or other issues. We are hoping the pictures you take of the RVU will show us everything is ok. We will also be directing you to use a new 15L (MBS) bag your next session.”
VLE (Video Lessons ESA): No report.
WAICO #1/#2 (Waving and Coiling of Arabidopsis Roots at Different g-levels; ESA): No report.
YEAST B (ESA): No report.
CEO (Crew Earth Observation): Through 2/1, the ground received 14,287 of ISS CEO frames for review and cataloging. “We are pleased to report your acquisition of the following target with a time corresponding to that of our daily CEO Target Request list: Villarrica Volcano, Chile – several outstanding, detailed views of this as well as other volcanoes in the vicinity – requirements are complete for this target – consequently we are removing it from our requested site list; and East Coast snow cover – several good views of portions of this area through cloud breaks were acquired. Also we recognized two excellent views of the Lonar Impact Crater in the Buldana district, Maharashtra, India. You acquired, without our prompting, one of our difficult CEO Impact Crater sites. Outstanding! More imagery with target times has just been received and that will be reviewed and reported next week. Your beautifully crisp and detailed view of Brasilia, Brazil was published on NASA/GSFC’s Earth Observatory website this past weekend (as seen in the CEO tab; next page). This is another fine example of unsolicited, but very useful imagery acquired on your own initiative. Thanks for your sustained interest in Earth photography!”
No CEO (Crew Earth Observation) targets uploaded today due to snow-caused closure of JSC..
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 5:03am EST [= epoch])
Mean altitude – 352.0 km
Apogee height – 354.3 km
Perigee height – 349.8 km
Period — 91.58 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.65 deg
Eccentricity — 0.0003364
Solar Beta Angle — 5.9 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.72
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours – 106 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) – 70,016.
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Time and subject to change):
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02/09/11 — ISS reboost
02/15/11 — ATV-2 “Johannes Kepler” launch (5:09pm)
02/16/11 — Russian EVA-28
02/18/11 – HTV2 unberth & transfer to Node-2 zenith port
02/20/11 — Progress M-07M/39P undock
02/23/11 — ATV-2 “Johannes Kepler” docking (SM aft)
02/24/11 — STS-133/Discovery launch ULF5 (ELC4, PMM)
02/26/11 — STS-133/Discovery docking
03/05/11 — STS-133/Discovery undock
03/07/11 — STS-133/Discovery landing
03/07/11 – HTV2 return to Node-2 nadir port
03/16/11 — Soyuz TMA-01M/24S undock/landing (End of Increment 26)
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03/28/11 – HTV2 unberth
03/30/11 – Soyuz TMA-03M/26S launch
04/01/11 — Soyuz TMA-03M/26S docking
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04/19/11 — STS-134/Endeavour launch ULF6 (ELC-3, AMS)
04/21/11 — STS-134/Endeavour docking (NET)
04/26/11 — Progress M-09M/41P undock
04/27/11 — Progress M-10M/42P launch
04/29/11 — Progress M-10M/42P docking (DC-1 nadir)
05/01/11 — STS-134/Endeavour undock
05/03/11 — STS-134/Endeavour landing
05/16/11 – Soyuz TMA-20/25S undock/landing (End of Increment 27)
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05/30/11 — Soyuz T MA-22/27S launch – M. Fossum (CDR-29)/S. Furukawa/S. Volkov
06/01/11 — Soyuz TMA-22/27S docking (MRM1)
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06/04/11 — ATV-2 “Johannes Kepler” undock (SM aft)
06/21/11 — Progress M-11M/43P launch
06/23/11 — Progress M-11M/43P docking (SM aft)
06/28/11 — STS-135/Atlantis ULF7 (MPLM)
08/29/11 — Progress M-11M/43P undocking
08/30/11 — Progress M-12M/44P launch
09/01/11 — Progress M-12M/44P docking (SM aft)
09/16/11 – Soyuz TMA-21/26S undock/landing (End of Increment 28)
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09/30/11 — Soyuz TMA-23/28S launch – D.Burbank (CDR-30)/A.Shkaplerov/A.Ivanishin
10/02/11 – Soyuz TMA-23/28S docking (MRM2)
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10/25/11 — Progress M-10M/42P undocking
10/26/11 — Progress M-13M/45P launch
10/28/11 — Progress M-13M/45P docking (DC-1)
11/16/11 — Soyuz TMA-22/27S undock/landing (End of Increment 29)
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11/30/11 — Soyuz TMA-24/29S launch – O.Kononenko (CDR-31)/A.Kuipers/D.Pettit
12/02/11 — Soyuz TMA-24/29S docking (MRM1)
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12/??/11 — 3R Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) w/ERA – on Proton.
12/26/11 — Progress M-13M/45P undock
12/27/11 — Progress M-14M/46P launch
12/29/11 — Progress M-14M/46P docking (DC-1)
03/05/12 — Progress M-12M/44P undock
03/16/12 — Soyuz TMA-23/28S undock/landing (End of Increment 30)
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03/30/12 — Soyuz TMA-25/30S launch – G.Padalka (CDR-32)/J.Acaba/K.Valkov
04/01/12 — Soyuz TMA-25/30S docking (MRM2)
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05/16/12 — Soyuz TMA-24/29S undock/landing (End of Increment 31)
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05/29/12 – Soyuz TMA-26/31S launch – S.Williams (CDR-33)/Y.Malenchenko/A.Hoshide
05/31/12 – Soyuz TMA-26/31S docking
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09/18/12 — Soyuz TMA-25/30S undock/landing (End of Increment 32)
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10/02/12 — Soyuz TMA-27/32S launch – K.Ford (CDR-34)/O. Novitskiy/E.Tarelkin
10/04/12 – Soyuz TMA-27/32S docking
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11/16/12 — Soyuz TMA-26/31S undock/landing (End of Increment 33)
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11/30/12 — Soyuz TMA-28/33S launch – C.Hadfield (CDR-35)/T.Mashburn/R.Romanenko
12/02/12 – Soyuz TMA-28/33S docking
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03/xx/12 — Soyuz TMA-27/32S undock/landing (End of Increment 34)
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03/xx/12 – Soyuz TMA-29/34S launch.
03/xx/12 – Soyuz TMA-29/34S docking
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