NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 11 October 2004
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All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 24 of Increment 9. Columbus Day Holiday — celebrating the Spirit of Exploration as best demonstrated presently by the ISS crew.
Before breakfast and physical exercise, CDR Gennady Padalka underwent his fourth Russian blood chemistry analysis test PZE MO-11 on Increment 9, assisted by FE/SO Michael Fincke as Crew Medical Officer (CMO) as required. The exam was performed with the kits and accessories of the Reflotron-4 blood analyzer unstowed and readied yesterday. Closeout ops and Reflotron equipment storage were completed in the afternoon. [Earlier Reflotron versions have operated already on space station Mir. For the test, Padalka imbibed 250 ml of warm water or plain (unsugared) tea, after which fresh blood was drawn from his finger with an Autoclix mini-lancet and a pipette. Clinical data were then determined from the collected sample. Using various reagent tabs, the blood was tested for such parameters as hemoglobin, glucose, bilirubin, amylase, uric acid, triglycerides, urea, creatinin, cholesterol, etc. The tubes with blood samples were temporarily kept cool for the subsequent (post-breakfast) analysis. Reflotron-4 uses 40 W of power, supplied by the Service Module’s (SM) electrical system.]
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Still before breakfast, continuing the current flurry of Russian pre-return medical checkups, Padalka started the scheduled 24-hour recording of his ECG (electrocardiogram) under the Russian MedOps MO-2 protocol. [For the ECG recording, the CDR donned the five-electrode Holter harness that reads his dynamic (in motion) heart function from two leads over the next 24 hours and records data on the Kardioregistrator 90205 unit. The FE/SO assisted in the harness donning.]
Mike Fincke worked in the U.S. segment (USOS) on Part 2 of the comprehensive Expedition 9 rack consolidation and clean-up begun last Friday, with the objective to consolidate like items into existing CTBs (crew transfer bags) and/or locations, thus recovering wasted stowage space and making crew ops more efficient. [The uplinked work plan for Mike focuses on five racks in the Lab and Node, with scheduled time slots on 10/8 and today plus the remainder to be added to the discretionary task list. Total time for all racks in this activity is estimated at ~9 crew hours.]
Padalka reconnected the SMMK “Meteoroid” sensor outside the SM to its electronics box (MMK-2) in the SM Transfer Compartment (PkhO). [The TEKh-5 “Meteoroid” experiment, which was disconnected on 10/7, registers particle impacts on the external surface of the SM.]
Working on the SM SOZh (environment control & life support system) plumbing system, Gennady also removed and replaced the gas-liquid mixture filter (FGS) in the powered-down condensate water processor (SRVK-2M). The SRVK-2M was then reactivated, and the old filter was prepared for disposal on Progress 15P. For the filter replacement, the CDR also turned off the SKV air conditioner temporarily. [FGS was replaced last on 4/7/04 by Alex Kaleri.]
To ensure accurate readings from the MCA (major constituent analyzer), used as primary device for monitoring oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the cabin air, the ground commanded a full calibration of the analyzer, which was supported by Mike Fincke’s opening the manual oxygen valve (HV O2) before the calibration and closing it after it ~3 hrs later.
In preparation for upcoming payload work, the Science Officer also performed hardware checkout and reconfiguration of the Lab’s MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) rack.
Gennady conducted the periodic inspection of the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (“Plants-2”) experiment which researches growth and development of plants under spaceflight conditions in the Lada-5 greenhouse.
Mike did the regular routine status checkup of the autonomous PCG-STES010 (Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System) payload in the Lab (done every Monday, Wednesday and Friday).
Both crewmembers completed their daily 2.5-hr. aerobic/anaerobic workout program on TVIS treadmill, RED exerciser and VELO cycle with bungee cord load trainer.
Mike Fincke disconnected the thermal control system’s LTL QD (low temperature loop quick disconnect) to the U.S. CDRA (carbon dioxide removal assembly) that had run in single bed mode for approximately 24 hours. [This run enabled the operators to closely watch the function of the absorbent bed #2’s check valve, which was suspected to have caused the CDRA hardware fault on 10/9, during each half cycle of the CDRA. The valve seated successfully during the 24-hour checkout. CDRA was then deactivated last night during crew sleep.]
A summary work plan for Yuri Shargin, VC-7 (visiting crewmember #7) on Soyuz 9S, was uplinked for review by the crew. [Joint operations to be performed by Shargin, Padalka and Sharipov in the ISS Russian segment (RS) for 8 days during the docked period will include URAGAN (GPI-8), MOLNIYA-LSO (GPI-10), SPRUT (BMI-1), DIURESIS (BMI-2), BIOTEST (BMI-7), HEMATOLOGY (BMI-11), PULSE (BMI-9), PILOT (BMI-15), BIORISK (BIO-2), BIODEGRADATION (BTC-11), BIOECOLOGY (BTC-12), PLANTS (BIO-5), INTERCELLULAR INTERACTION (BIO-10), CONJUGATION (BTC-10), DIATOMEIA (DZZ-2), MIMETIK-K (BTC-2), VACCINE-K (BTC-4), INTERLEUKIN (BTC-20). TOXICITY (TEC-8), EKON (KPT-3), Granada Crystallization Facility GCF (KNT-20), NEUROCOG (NEU), CARDIOCOG-2 (BTC-10), ETD (ETD-3), and ARISS Ham Radio.]
Soyuz 9S (Expedition 10+1) flight plan (Leroy Chiao, Salizhan Sharipov, Yuri Shargin):
- Launch — 10/13 (Wed), 11:06pm ET;
- Start Flyaround — 10/16 (Sat), 11:58pm;
- Final Approach — 10/17 (Sun), 00:15am;
- Docking — 10/17 (Sun), 00:25am.
Soyuz 8S (Expedition 9+1) flight plan (Gennady Padalka, Michael Fincke, Yuri Shargin):
- Undocking from FGB — 10/23 (Sat), 5:12pm ET;
- Sep Burn #1 — 10/23, 5:15pm;
- Deorbit Burn — 10/23, 7:39pm;
- Atmospheric Entry — 10/23, 8:08pm;
- Landing — 10/23, 8:32pm.
CEO images can be viewed at these websites:
See also the website “Space Station Challenge” at:
To view the latest photos taken by the expedition 9 crew visit:
- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-9/ndxpage1.html at NASA’s Human Spaceflight website.
Expedition 9 Flight Crew Plans can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/
Previous NASA ISS On-orbit Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Station Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports can be found here. A collection of all of these reports and other materials relating to Return to Flight for the Space Shuttle fleet can be found here.
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 2:18am EDT [= epoch]):
- Mean altitude — 361.9 km
- Apogee height — 368.2 km
- Perigee height — 355.6 km
- Period — 91.78 min.
- Inclination (to Equator) — 51.63 deg
- Eccentricity — 0.0009346
- Solar Beta Angle — -57.7 deg (magnitude peaking)
- Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.68
- Mean altitude loss in last 24 hours — 100 m
- Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 33655
ISS Altitude History
Apogee height — Mean Altitude — Perigee height
For more on ISS orbit and worldwide ISS naked-eye visibility dates/times, see http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/viewing/issvis.html. In addition, information on International Space Station sighting opportunities can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ on NASA’s Human Spaceflight website. The current location of the International Space Station can be found at http://science.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Additional satellite tracking resources can be found at http://www.spaceref.com/iss/tracking.html.
