ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/08/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/08/2020
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Payloads NanoRacks Module-9: The crew performed activation of eleven mixture tubes for the Module-09 experiment containing numerous experiment projects. NanoRacks Module-09 is a combination of 35 experiments provided by school students from 5 different countr
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/07/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/07/2020
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SpaceX (SpX)-21 Docking: Following yesterday’s successful launch, Dragon was captured today at 12:40 PM CT and docked successfully to Node 2 Zenith at 12:53 PM CT. Prior to docking the crew gathered and set up necessary tools required for the crew to moni
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/03/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/03/2020
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Payloads Fiber Optic Production (FOP): The crew reviewed procedures and performed the setup of hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox. The Fiber Optic Production investigation creates optical fibers with high commercial value aboard the ISS using a ble
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/02/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/02/2020
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Payloads JEM Airlock (Japanese Experiment Module): The crew removed the JEM ORU Transfer Interface (JOTI) from the JEM Airlock. Kibo’s airlock is dedicated to goods and cannot accommodate people. The maximum size of an item that can pass through this ai
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/01/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/01/2020
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Payloads Plant Habitat-02: The crew cleaned the Plant Habitat-02 facility. Assessment of Nutritional Value and Growth Parameters of Space-grown Plants (Plant Habitat-02) cultivates radishes as a model plant that is nutritious and edible, has a short cultivati
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/30/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/30/2020
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Payloads Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM): The Crew transferred data from APM internal SD card to the Space Station Computer (SSC), then removed the APM from Node 3 and installed in Node 2. Air quality in crewed spacecraft is important for keeping astronaut
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/24/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/24/2020
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Payloads Drop Vibration: The crew continued the frequency scans and science runs for the Drop Vibration experiment. These tests occurred at several difference frequencies and on different substrates. Inertial Spreading with Vibration and Water Coalescence (Dr
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/25/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/25/2020
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Payloads Atmosphere Revitalization System (ARS): Today the crew installed the carbon dioxide sensor adlink for Node 3 use. These activities are being performed in preparation for Thermal Amine Scrubber (TAS). The TAS system tests a method to remove carbon dio
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/27/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/27/2020
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Payloads Drop Vibration: The crew continued with the Drop Vibration experiment. These tests occurred at several different frequencies and on different substrates. Inertial Spreading with Vibration and Water Coalescence (Drop Vibration) examines the behavi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/23/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/23/2020
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Payloads Drop Vibration: The crew set up the appropriate support hardware, dispensed the large water drops, and initiated the frequency scans and frequency tests. These tests occurred at several difference frequencies and on different substrates. Inertial Spr
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/19/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/19/2020
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Payloads Avatar-X: In support of the Avatar-X experiment, the crew set up the video camera, opened the JEM aft window shutter, and removed the camera lens caps. JEM Commercial (Avatar-X, or Kibo Avatar-X) demonstrates remote robot technology, Avatar-X, a 4
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/20/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/20/2020
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Payloads Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM) Install: The crew inspected the APM unit for debris, installed it in its Node 3 location, then powered it up and took photos. Air quality in crewed spacecraft is important for keeping astronauts healthy and comforta
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/18/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/18/2020
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Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #47: Today, CDR Sergey Ryzhikov (EV1) and FE-5 Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (EV2) egressed the Mini-Research Module (MRM)-2 airlock and completed the following tasks during today’s 6 hour and 48 minute EVA: Leak ch
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/17/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/17/2020
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SpaceX Crew-1 Docking: Resilience successfully docked to the ISS on November 16th at 10:02 PM CT, completing the approximately 27-hour rendezvous to station. The Node 2 hatch was then opened shortly after midnight. With the docking of Resilience, Mike Hopkins
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/16/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/16/2020
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Payloads Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L (CBEF-L) Current Measurement Preparation: The crew set up the Saibo rack and CBEF-L to prepare for current measurement activities scheduled for later this week. These activities will help ensure CBEF-L is in a goo
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/13/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/13/2020
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Payloads Phospho-aging: The crew performed Urine and blood Collection setups in support of the Phospho-aging and Repository studies. Phospho-aging Mechanism of Accelerated Aging Under Microgravity (Phospho-aging) examines the molecular mechanism behind aging-
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/12/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/12/2020
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Payloads GRIP: The crew performed an external Hard drive installation to the SSC-6 laptop in preparation for upcoming GRIP operations. The GRIP experiment studies the long-duration spaceflight effects on the abilities of human subjects to regulate grip force
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/10/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/10/2020
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Payloads Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutrons (RADI-N2) – The crew retrieved the eight Radi-N2 bubble detectors from the JEM Panel FD3/JPM1F3 location and handed the detectors to the Russian crew for processing and data download. The objective of thi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/11/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/11/2020
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Payloads Standard Measures: The crew performed Flight Day 30 Saliva collections. The aim of the investigation is to ensure consistent capture of an optimized, minimal set of measures from crewmembers until the end of the ISS Program in order to characterize t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/09/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/09/2020
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Payloads Round Robin – The crew performed a Sample Holder Exchange #2 for the Round Robin Experiment in preparation for a planned return on SpaceX-21 after a 30-day run time. The Round Robin – Thermophysical Property Measurement investigation prov
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/06/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/06/2020
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Payloads EarthKAM (Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools): The crew deployed the Camera hardware in Node 2. EarthKAM allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew’s perspective. Using the Internet, the st
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/05/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/05/2020
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Payloads NRCSD-19 (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer – Mission 19): The crew took photos of the four NRCSD-19 Deployments. For NRCSD-19, there are eight Deployers preassembled in two Quad Deployers, and a total of seven satellites will be deployed (SpOC, Bobcat-1
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/04/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/04/2020
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Payloads SERFE (Spacesuit Evaporation Rejection Flight Experiment): The crew partially installed the SERFE hardware into EXPRESS Rack 11B. Data cables were connected to EXPRESS Rack 6, and the SERFE was connected to the Waste Gas QD and to the initial CWC-Iod
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/03/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/03/2020
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Payloads Plant Habitat-02 – The crew completed the Plant Habitat-02 Science Carrier Installation, which was previously partially completed. Photos of the entire Science Carrier quadrants and of the final configuration of the unit inside the Growth Chamb
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/02/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/02/2020
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Payloads NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer – Mission 19 (NRCSD-19) – The crew installed the Cubesat deployers onto the MPEP (Multipurpose Experiment Platform). The crew also took imagery photos of the hardware installation. For NRCSD-19, there are eight
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/30/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/30/2020
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Payloads Cubesat review: The crew reviewed the NRCSD-19 installation material in preparation for next week’s activities. A single NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) has the capability to launch 6 CUs worth of CubeSats. A CU is a Cube Unit, where 1 CU is a c
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/29/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/29/2020
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Payloads Drop Vibration Setup: The crew performed the necessary steps to install the Drop Vibration hardware in the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox (MSG). Although we were able to get the hardware installed successfully, the team is discussing some video issue
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/28/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/28/2020
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Payloads Drop Vibration Gather and Review: The crew reviewed the procedures and gathered the appropriate hardware to support the installation on Thursday. Inertial Spreading with Vibration and Water Coalescence (Drop Vibration) examines the behavior of big
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/27/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/27/2020
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Payloads ExHAM sample detach: The crew removed and stowed 15 ExHAM#1 samples. The samples were exposed to the ISS external environment and include several exposure panels (each with multiple test materials), an actuator, capture panels, etc. Taking advant
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/26/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/26/2020
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Payloads ACE (Advanced Colloids Experiment) module photos: The crew retrieved and took photos of ACE modules T11, TR-2, T12-2, T2-3. This was done so the ground teams can assess the health of the science in these modules and plan future order of operation
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/23/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/23/2020
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Payloads SPECTRUM Plate Remove: The crew powered off the SPECTRUM facility, opened the SPECTRUM facility access door and removed and trashed the SPECTRUM-001 plant growth plates. The goal of the session was to check out the SPECTRUM facility capabilities wit
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/21/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/21/2020
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62Soyuz (62S) Undock/Landing: The 62S crew, Chris Cassidy, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, are preparing to depart the ISS today. 62S undock is scheduled for 6:30 PM CT with landing in Kazakhstan at 9:55 PM CT. Payloads Food Physiology: The crew collected
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/20/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/20/2020
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Payloads Cold Atom Lab (CAL) Science Module 2 (SM2): The crew powered off the CAL SM2 to allow EXPRESS rack 6 updates to be performed, then powered the CAL SM2 back on. The CAL produces clouds of atoms that are chilled to about one ten billionth of a degre
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/19/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/19/2020
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Payloads Payload Network Attached Storage (PL NAS): In an effort to resolve issues with the PL NAS, which is currently unresponsive, the crew rebooted the unit. More troubleshooting will be required, and there are no immediate impacts. The Payload NAS i
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/16/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/16/2020
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Payloads Food Physiology: The crew performed the Saliva collection setup. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Physiology) experiment is designed to character
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/15/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/15/2020
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Payloads Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG): The crew performed a post Packed Bed Reactor Experiment-2 (PBRE-2) residual cleanup and wiped down the MSG. The MSG is a rack-level payload facility located in the U.S. Laboratory module on the ISS. MSG provides r
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/14/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/14/2020
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Payloads ISS HAM: The crew initiated an ISS HAM radio contact with Ramona Lutheran School in Ramona, CA. ISS Ham Radio provides opportunities to engage and educate students, teachers, parents and other members of the community in science, technology, engineer
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/13/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/13/2020
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Systems Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU) 3004/3006 Loop Scrub, and Iodination: The crew performed EMU water loop scrubs and then acquired and tested water samples for conductivity on units 3004 and 3006. Additionally, the crew installed the Hard Upper Tors
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/09/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/09/2020
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Payloads Onco-Selectors: The crew used the LSG to perform the Onco-Selectors hardware setup, prepare the treatment mixtures, and inject treatments into 12-Well Bio-Cells (S/N 1-5). 12-Well Bio Cell S/N 6 will not be processed and will be placed in cold stow
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/12/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/12/2020
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Payloads Onco-Selectors: Over the weekend the crew completed sample processing operations to prep the 12 well BioCells inside the Life Science Glovebox and inject the Glo Reagent into each of the samples. Leveraging Microgravity to Screen Onco-selective Messe
