NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 7 March 2005
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All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 20 of Increment 10.
Early in the morning, it was again time for CDR/SO Leroy Chiao to deploy acoustic dosimeters, one on each crewmember, for being worn for 24 hours (with a microphone on the shirt collar). A third dosimeter was deployed in the Lab for a 24-hr. static data take (last time done: 1/10). [Tonight, after about 15 hours of measurements, dosimeter data will be recorded and the hardware power-cycled, for another data take tomorrow morning after 8.5-hr. sleep. At that point, the crew will deploy the dosimeters statically in the station for the duration of the day, record measurements tomorrow night and stow the instruments. Acoustic data must be taken twice per Increment, each time for the duration of the 16-hour crew workday.]
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The crew continued Progress 17 unloading and cargo transfer activities, for which again several hours were set aside today. [Updated US & Russian cargo lists are being used in conjunction with the IMS (Inventory Management System)-based transfer and stowage operations, which uses a computerized barcode reader system.]
FE Sharipov replaced old RODF (Russian operations data files) pages in the onboard procedures books with new pages delivered on Progress, discarding the old RODF sheets.
Also a part of Salizhan s cargo transfer and IMS ops activities was the replacement of KRP food ration containers earmarked for skip cycle (delayed resupply arrival) with fresh ones.
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Progress Cargo Vehicle Procedures According to the introduction to these documents “this book is intended for performing cargo transfer operations in Progress and on stowing equipment in SM and Progress.” These documents contain diagrams and detailed procedures for the transfer of times from the Progress Vehicle currently docked with the ISS. |
Chiao transferred data files accumulated on the HRF (Human Research Facility) laptop for subsequent OCA downlink.
Leroy also performed the periodic filter cleaning on the autonomous PCG-STES010 (Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System) payload in the Lab. [For the PCG-STES, today is the 831st day of continuous powered operation onboard the ISS, which is unprecedented for this experiment hardware. Its previous run time onboard Mir did not exceed 200 days. Nominally, PCG-STES010 powered operations are expected to continue while plans are finalized for its return on LF-1 (STS-114) later this year.]
Working off the voluntary Russian task list, Salizhan performed the regular daily 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. Today s maintenance included topping off the experiment s water container as required.
The FE conducted the routine daily maintenance of the SOZh environment control & life support system in the SM, while the CDR prepared the regular IMS delta file for the daily automated export/import to the three IMS databases on the ground.
The crew performed their regular daily 2.5-hr. physical exercise program on TVIS, RED exerciser, CEVIS cycle and VELO cycle with bungee cord load trainer. [Salizhan’s daily protocol currently prescribes a four-day microcycle exercise with 1.5 hr on the treadmill and one hour on VELO (today: Day 2 of a new set).]
Leroy then transferred the daily TVIS and RED exercise data files to the MEC (medical equipment computer) for downlink, as well as the daily wristband HRM (heart rate monitor) data, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium.
Chiao also completed the weekly TVIS maintenance, which generally checks the condition of the SPDs (subject positioning devices) and records time & date. [For running on the treadmill (motor-powered or passive), the crewmember wears a special harness with bungees that are hooked into the strut-like SPDs, one left, one right, to keep him centered and minimize the force transferred to the station during exercise, while keeping his feet in contact with the running surface.]
At 12:45pm, the FE downlinked a scheduled PAO message scripted for a commercial event at the European Space Agency s ESTEC Center in Noordwijk/Holland, requested by FKA/Moscow under contract with ESA. [The event, on 3/11, will feature a special live message by Sharipov at a presentation by Phonak AG, a manufacturer of high-quality hearing aids, of a pilot hearing aid project called “Savia” that also may become useful on ISS due to its ability to automatically filter out background noise. Today’s downlink is to be used as taped backup for the live transmission on 3/11.]
No CEO (crew earth observations) photo targets today.
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 10 crew visit:
- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-10/ndxpage1.html at NASA’s Human Spaceflight website.
Expedition 10 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.
Upcoming Key Events:
- EVA-13 — 3/25;
- Soyuz TMA-6 (10S) launch — 4/15 with Expedition 11 (CDR Sergei Krikalev, FE/SO John Phillips);
- Soyuz TMA-5 (9S) undocking — 4/25 with Exp. 10 crew (after 193 days on orbit, 191 days on board ISS);
- LF1 (STS-114) — NET 5/12;
- Progress M-53 (18P) launch — 6/10;
- ULF1.1 (STS-121) — NET 7/10;
- Progress M-54 (19P) launch — 8/24;
- Soyuz TMA-7 (11S) launch — 9/27.
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 10:21am EST [= epoch]):
- Mean altitude — 357.4 km
- Apogee height — 360.2 km
- Perigee height — 354.5 km
- Period — 91.69 min.
- Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
- Eccentricity — 0.0004173
- Solar Beta Angle — 44.0 deg (magnitude increasing)
- Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.70
- Mean altitude loss in last 24 hours — 60 m
- Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 35971
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.
