NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 4 August 2005
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All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Flight Day 10 of the STS-114/LF-1 mission.
Crew day again started at ~11:40pm last night, with morning inspection, post-sleep hygiene, breakfast, plus DPC (daily planning conference) via S-band. The Shuttle Seven enjoyed half a day off-duty after yesterday s successful third EVA.
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After the small cabin air leak into the Airlock s crew lock (A/L C/L) compartment, indicated earlier, was found to have stopped, FE/SO Phillips opened the hatch to the C/L (which had been kept depressurized over night to check for the leak).
Both crews of the Shuttle/ISS stack spent a sizable portion of the day with cargo transfers. This was the last day for MPLM (multipurpose logistics module) transfers, MPLM rack configuring for reentry and final closeouts. Tomorrow, Raffaello will be buttoned up, unberthed from the Node and returned to the Shuttle payload bay. The SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) was pre-positioned today to grapple the MPLM in preparation for the transfer.
There will be no O2 transfer for this flight from Shuttle to ISS due to cargo transfers still being ~5 hrs behind the timeline.
Nitrogen (N2) transfer has been completed. LF-1 has transferred 28 lbs N2 to the ISS.
Having already scavenged one MPLM lighting system BBA (Baseplate Ballast Assembly) for the ISS and installed instead a non-functioning BBA from the ISS in the MPLM, Phillips today swapped two additional BBAs. Subsequently, he also removed functioning MPLM LHAs (Lamp Housing Assemblies) for transfer to the ISS. [He was to scavenge all six LHAs but had the option to leave one or two fixtures in Raffaello for visibility until just prior to MPLM egress tomorrow.]
John and Sergei worked in the Node to reinstall two CPAs (Controller Panel Assemblies) removed on 6/21 from the CBM (Common Berthing Mechanism) on the Node s port side for the PMA-3 (Pressurized Mating Adapter 3) depress ops last month (6/22). [The CPAs (two of four) were temporarily stowed for utilizing the unpressurized PMA-3 as stowage for LF-1 return cargo.]
The CDR completed the daily routine maintenance of the SM’s SOZh environment control & life support system, including its toilet system (ASU). He also prepared the daily IMS (Inventory Management System) delta file for automated export/import top the three IMS databases.
Both ISS crewmembers conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise program on the TVIS treadmill, RED resistive machine and VELO bike with bungee cord force loader. [Sergei s daily protocol prescribes a strict four-day microcycle exercise with 1.5 hr on the treadmill and one hour on VELO plus load trainer (today: Day 1 of a new set).]
Afterwards, John performed the weekly TVIS maintenance in the current SLD (subject loading device) contingency configuration, primarily checking the condition of the SPDs (subject positioning devices) and recording time & date values.
At ~3:29am, Shuttle CDR Eileen Collins, MS1 Soichi Noguchi and MS5 Charlie Camarda spoke with US media, and at ~5:20am with several Japanese (JAXA) officials/citizens, including Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Additionally, the crews paid tribute to all who have sacrificed in the name of space exploration.
As a voluntary entry on his time available task list, Krikalev was at liberty to take photo and video imagery of joint STS-114/ISS crew operations.
TsUP/Moscow reported deactivation of the relatively newly installed GANK-4M gas analyzer in the Service Module (SM). Cause of the shutdown is under investigation.
The ESP-2 (External Stowage Platform 2), which Robinson and Noguchi installed yesterday, has been powered up and is looking good . Its complement of spares will provide great moral support to the upcoming truss installation flights.
MISSE-5 (Materials ISS Experiment #5), mounted yesterday on the P6 truss segment by Soichi, has been successfully activated by the Payload Developer and is already transmitting science data.
The Shuttle MMT (Mission Management Team) has accepted the Orbiter Project Office recommendation to stand down on an EVA-4, a spacewalk option kept open until now to possibly address the damaged thermal fibrous insulation blanket at Discovery window #1, and to fly as is . [ARC (Ames Research Center) wind tunnel tests were unable to liberate the blanket fragment, although thread fraying was observed. Further probabilistic analysis, refined overnight, showed that the likelihood of impact from liberated debris was less than reported to the MMT yesterday, viz.: vertical tail impact 1.5%, rudder speed brake impact 0.6%, and OMS pod 0.25% (all approximate values).]
The MMT also officially released STS-300/Atlantis from LON (Launch on Need) status/preparations.
Shuttle/ISS undock time continues to be on FD12 (Saturday, August 6) at 3:22 am EDT, for a landing at KSC on FD14 (Monday, August 8), with deorbit burn at 3:35am and touchdown at 4:37am EDT).
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 3:05am EDT [= epoch]):
- Mean altitude — 354.5 km
- Apogee height — 356.0 km
- Perigee height — 353.0 km
- Period — 91.63 min.
- Inclination (to Equator) — 51.65 deg
- Eccentricity — 0.0002212
- Solar Beta Angle — -28.0 deg (magnitude decreasing)
- Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.71
- Mean altitude gain in last 24 hours — 185 m (effect of Shuttle maintaining attitude control)
- Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 38325
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.
CEO photography can be viewed and studied at the websites:
- http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AstronautPhotography/
See also the website “Space Station Challenge” at:
To view the latest photos taken by the expedition 11 crew visit:
- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-11/ndxpage1.html at NASA’s Human Spaceflight website.
Expedition 11 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.
