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International Space Station Daily Report
ISS On-Orbit Status 11/17/08 All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 4 of Increment 18. Flight Day 4 (FD4) of STS-126/ULF-2. First full day of Sandra Magnus as new crewmember (FE-2) of Expedition 18. ISS crew work cycle today: Wake 9:26am EST; sleep 12:26am (until 8:56am tomorrow morning). At ~1:02pm EST (14 min. ahead of schedule), MPLM “Leonardo” was securely linked to Node-2 after its successful transfer from the Shuttle cargo bay to the nadir berthing port. Before the MPLM (Multi-Purpose Logistics Module) transfer, CDR Fincke and FE-2 Chamitoff prepared the nadir port vestibule in Node-2 for the berthing, powering up the CBCS (Centerline Berthing Camera System) and gathering equipment needed for the MPLM ingress activities. FE-2-18 Sandra Magnus closed the protective window shutters in the Kibo JPM (Japanese Pressurized Module). After the MPLM was grappled in the Endeavour cargo bay by MS1 Don Pettit & MS4 Bob Kimbrough with the SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator) at ~11:30am, the following steps are being executed in the course of the day up to crew ingress late tonight (planned at ~8:30pm EST):
After MPLM berthing, CDR Fincke disassembled & removed the CBCS in Node-2, making room for subsequent cargo transfers. FE-1 Lonchakov meanwhile unstowed a new Russian Orlan MK spacesuit (#004) along with its replaceable components (BRTA-2 radio telemetry unit, BK-3M oxygen (O2) repress bottles, LP-9 LiOH cartridge, etc.) and conducted the first part of the standard post-delivery maintenance/checkout operations on the suit and its backpack. [Activities today included unpacking, installation of UDSK pressure gauge on Orlan, spacesuit & backup bladder leak check, valve tests, BSS interface unit checkout, and BRTA installation & checkout. More work on MK-004 is scheduled tomorrow.] Later today, Yuri will also terminate the “drying out” of the SOKOL pressure suit for Sandy Magnus (which she would wear as a Soyuz passenger in a contingency return) after yesterday’s standard leak checkout. Scheduled for ~6:15pm, CDR Fincke will have 30 min. for configuring the transfer equipment which allows the Shuttle to supply O2 to the ISS PBAs (Portable Breathing Apparatus) in support of the subsequent pre-EVA mask prebreathe by EV1 Heide Piper & EV2 Stephen Bowen for denitrogenation. Earlier today, Mike Fincke closed the N2 (nitrogen) feed valve, used for purging the O2 supply line from the Shuttle. Preparatory to tonight’s campout, Gregory Chamitoff uninstalled & removed the temporary IWIS RSU (Internal Wireless Integrated System/Remote Sensor Unit) accelerometer from the U.S. Airlock (A/L), used last evening for taking docking disturbance data. FE-2-18 Magnus will be getting some excellent experience with the JEMRMS (Japanese Experiment Module/Robotic Manipulator System) in the Kibo JPM when she is setting up the RMS MA (Main Arm) later today for supporting tomorrow’s EVA-1.
Chamitoff performed the standard maintenance & checkout on the onboard CSA-CP (Compound Specific Analyzer-Combustion Products) instruments. [Prime unit currently is CSA-CP #1057 (to be replaced); three backup units are #1060, #1053, #1055. There are now also four new CSA-CPs, delivered on STS-126, wrapped in Mylar. Today’s maintenance involved checkout and battery change on one of the two sampling pumps (#1019) and on the four new units which were then to be zero-calibrated and left to the usual de-contamination/degassing of new units.] Lonchakov conducted the periodic (currently daily) checkout/verification of IP-1 airflow sensors in the various RS hatchways, including the passageways PrK (SM Transfer Compartment)–PrK–RO (SM Working Compartment), PkhO (SM Transfer Tunnel)–RO, PkhO–DC1, PkhO–FGB PGO, FGB PGO–FGB GA, FGB GA–Node-1. [This checkup is especially important when the ventilation/circulation system has to cope with a larger crew on board, currently ten persons, and one of the two Russian SKV air conditioners off (SKV-1).] Flight Engineer Magnus had an hour to herself for general orientation (station familiarization & acclimatization) as is standard daily rule for fresh crewmembers for the first two weeks after starting station residence, if she/he chooses to take it. Chamitoff, slated for return on Endeavour on 11/29 (or 11/30), and Magnus, who replaced him yesterday as ISS FE-2, have ~2:00h set aside for standard joint “handover” activities, to be continued through the docked period ahead. The handover included a 15-min familiarization of Sandy with the CMS (Countermeasure System)/Physical Exercise equipment, today focused on the CEVIS (Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation). More ULF-2 cargo transfers from the Shuttle to ISS were handled by Chamitoff, Magnus and Shuttle crewmembers. Mike Fincke accessed the CGBA-5 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5) and installed the new CSI-03 (CGBA Science Insert #3) payload, transferred yesterday, with its two weaver spiders and (currently) 4-day old larvae in the spider habitat. In preparation for his first run with the U. S. SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy & Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment, the CDR first downloaded SLEEP data from his Actiwatch to the HRF-1 (Human Research Facility 1) laptop for subsequent downlink and verification by the support scientist, then re-initialized his and Greg’s Actiwatches for their upcoming individual sessions. [To monitor their sleep/wake patterns and light exposure, Fincke & Chamitoff will wear a special Actiwatch device which measures the light levels encountered by them as well as their patterns of sleep and activity throughout this run. The log entries are done within 15 minutes of final awakening for seven consecutive days.] The FE-1 is scheduled to take and download the periodic sensor readings of the Russian “Pille-MKS” (MKS = ISS) radiation dosimetry experiment which has ten sensors placed at various locations in the Russian segment (DC1, SM starboard & port cabin windows, ASU toilet facility, control panel, etc.). [Nine of the ten dosimeters are read manually.] In preparation for tomorrow’s EVA-1, Gregory set up the batteries of the new D2XS cameras for recharge (which takes at least three hours). Also for the EVA, Mike meanwhile will be adding new tethers to the DCS-760 cameras (making tie wraps unnecessary) and configuring the DCS-760s, one with 28mm lens, the other with flash attachment and 35mm lens, before starting recharging their batteries. Yuri performed 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 performing US condensate processing (transfer from CWC to EDV containers) if condensate is available.] The FE-1 also completed the regular daily job of IMS (Inventory Management System) “delta file” updating/editing for the weekly automated export/import to its three databases on the ground (Houston, Moscow, Baikonur). The crew performed their regular daily 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (CDR, FE-2), TVIS treadmill (FE-1), RED resistive exercise device (CDR, FE-1, FE-2) and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (FE-1). The joint crew conducted an in-depth one-hour review of procedures for the EVA-1 spacewalk, with egress scheduled to start tomorrow afternoon at ~1:51pm EST. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (EV1) and Stephen Bowen (EV2) will begin their “campout” (nachalo desaturatsiy = desaturation start) in the A/L with hatch closure and depressurization of the CL (Crewlock) from 14.7 to 10.2 psi at ~11:21pm, followed by mask prebreathe at ~11:21-12:26am. Sleep time for the ISS crew begins at 12:26am. [For the Campout, METOX (Metal Oxide) canisters were installed in the A/L for CO2 control.] Following the usual hygiene break/with mask prebreathe for Bowen & Piper at ~9:31am-10:41am tomorrow morning after spending the night on 10.2 psi, the A/L hatch will be closed again for EVA preps in 10.2 psi, followed by EMU purge and prebreathe in the EMUs. Afterwards, with CL depressurization and EV1/EV2 egress, EVA-1 nominally begins at ~1:51pm EST. ISS Crew Sleep Shift Planning: To synchronize the ISS crew’s timeline with STS-126/ULF-2 docking and subsequent docked activities, Mike’s, Yuri’s and Greg’s wake/sleep cycle is undergoing a number of shifts which started on 11/14. The early undock time (10:32am) drives crew wakeup 2.5 hrs earlier, to 7:00am by FD14. The shift is completed by having set crew sleep 30 min earlier on FD4 and then moving it one hour earlier each day on FD12 and FD13. For the next six days, the wake/sleep shift schedule is as follows (all times EST):
STS-126 Mission Highlights:
No CEO photo targets uplinked for today. CEO photography can be studied at this “Gateway” website: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov (as of 9/1/08, this database contained 770,668 views of the Earth from space, with 324,812 from the ISS alone). ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 6:48am EST [= epoch]):
Significant Events Ahead (all dates Eastern Time, some changes possible.):
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