ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/14/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/14/2020
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Food Physiology: The crew performed saliva collections in support of the Food Physiology investigation. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Physiology) exp
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/13/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/13/2020
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Standard Measures (SM): The crew performed their saliva collection and insertion into MELFI. The aim of the SM investigation is to ensure consistent capture of an optimized, minimal set of measures from crewmembers until the end of the ISS Program in orde
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/10/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/10/2020
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STP-H5 (Space Test Program) ICE (Innovative Coatings Experiment) photos: The crew took several still camera photos of the ICE strip from the Cupola and JEM Window locations. These photos are used to document the current state of the ICE experiment once per
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/09/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/09/2020
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Autonomous Medical Officer Support (AMOS): The crewmembers performed autonomous ultrasound imaging using only the AMOS software instead of remote (ground team) guidance as is typical of these scans. They were able to successfully use the ultrasound instrumen
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/08/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/08/2020
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Payloads AMOS (Autonomous Medical Officer Support) overview: In preparation for activities later this week, the crew reviewed the big picture words for the AMOS session, logged into the application, and studied the Objectives and Foundations section. The go
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/06/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/06/2020
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The crew will work late into the nominal crew work day today to prepare Dragon for unberth and release tomorrow morning. The next daily report will resume on Wednesday, April 8th. Payloads Over the weekend: CASIS PCG 10: The crew transferred five sample card
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/02/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/02/2020
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Veggie PONDS Validation: The crew removed the Germination Cap from each Veggie Ponds Module and added water to reservoirs of each module in both facilities. Photos were taken and plant thinning was performed as needed. Organisms grow differently in space, fro
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/01/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/01/2020
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Fluid Shifts: The crew performed the setup for baselining eye Fundoscope images. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Imaging with Chibis. The Chibis hardware is used to perform the Lower Body Negativ
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/31/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/31/2020
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Vascular Echo: A crewmember doffed the Vascular Echo Mobil-O-Graph Cuff and upload the recorded 13-hour BP data to the EPM Laptop, then stowed Mobil-O-Graph Kit. Cardiac and Vessel Structure and Function with Long-Duration Space Flight and Recovery (Vascular
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/30/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/30/2020
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JAXA MHU-5 (JAXA Mouse Habitat Unit-5): The crew performed routine mouse habitat maintenance activities for the continuing Mouse Mission-5 investigation. JAXA Mouse Habitat Unit-5 (MHU-5) examines the effects of partial G on mice using the JAXA-developed mous
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/27/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/27/2020
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Vascular Echo: The crew performed blood collections, performed separation processing and placed them into cold stowage in support of the Vascular Echo study. Cardiac and Vessel Structure and Function with Long-Duration Space Flight and Recovery (Vascular Echo
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/26/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/26/2020
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Engineered Heart Tissues: The crew performed sample fixations on selected tissue chambers and performed cell culture media exchanges on the remaining tissue chambers. A Human iPSC-based 3D Micro-physiological System for Modeling Cardiac Dysfunction in Microgr
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/25/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/25/2020
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EPO AstroPi: The crew inserted the AstroPi Micro SD card into SSC 11 and 19 in order to upgrade AstroPi OS software from Visual cameras to Infrared camera capability on laptops. In the European AstroPi Challenge, students and young people are offered the amaz
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/24/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/24/2020
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Transparent Alloys-SEBA: The crew successfully exchanged the Transparent Alloys Cartridge. The aim of the Transparent Alloys-SEBA (Solidification along an Eutectic Path in Binary Alloys) experiment is to study the morphological instabilities of directional so
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/23/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/23/2020
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JAXA MHU-5 (JAXA Mouse Habitat Unit-5): The crew performed routine mouse habitat maintenance activities for the continuing Mouse Mission-5 investigation. JAXA Mouse Habitat Unit-5 (MHU-5) examines the effects of partial G on mice using the JAXA-developed mous
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/20/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/20/2020
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Acoustic Diagnostics: The crew set up the appropriate hardware, performed the audio measurements, and used the EveryWear application to answer the questionnaires. The investigation tests the hearing of ISS crew members before, during, and after flight. Thi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/19/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/19/2020
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Engineered Heart Tissue: The crew performed sample fixations on selected tissue chambers and performed cell culture media exchanges on the remaining tissue chambers. The ground teams are still looking at the data from a recent troubleshooting session in ord
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/18/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/18/2020
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Fluid Shifts: The crew performed activities related to the Chibis (lower body negative pressure) portion of the investigation. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Imaging with Chibis. The Chibis ha
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/17/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/17/2020
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Engineered Heart Tissue (EHT): The crew performed steps to troubleshoot noise seen in the data for the EHT habitats. Ground teams report if they can isolate the source of the noise, the can factor it out of the data. A Human iPSC (induced Pluripotent St
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/16/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/16/2020
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Fluid Shifts: The crew set up the appropriate hardware in the Russian segment to support the Fluid Shifts Chibis testing later this week. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Imaging with Chibis. Th
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/13/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/13/2020
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ISS HAM pass: The crew participated in an ISS HAM pass with South Australia Wing, Parafield, South Australia. Questions included how the crew judges direction in space, how astronaut training in the pool compares to the actual activities performed in space
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/12/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/12/2020
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Materials ISS Experiment (MISSE): The crew installed three MISSE Sample Carriers (MSCs) onto MISS Transfer Tray 2 (MTT 2), and installed the MTT onto the JEM airlock slide table. This is in preparation for a subsequent robotic external exchange of severa
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/11/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/11/2020
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DOSIS-3D: The crew retrieved the DOSIS-3D Passive Detector Pouch (PDP) from the Dragon vehicle and installed the ten passive detector packs and one triple detector pack at appropriate locations. This experiment uses active and passive detectors to determine t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/10/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/10/2020
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Mouse Mission-5: The crew completed mouse transfer and related activities to start the mission. The purpose of this mission is to analyze any alterations of the gene expression patterns in several organs and the effects on the germ-cell development of mice
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/09/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/09/2020
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SpaceX Capture/Berthing (SpX-20): Today, the ISS crew completed robotic capture of the SpX-20 Dragon at 10:26 am CT using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). This was followed by berthing to the Node 2 Nadir port. Next, the ISS crew perfo
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/06/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/06/2020
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CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L): The crew performed a check on the Fungicide Disinfection status of the CBEF facility in preparation for Space Moss. CBEF-L is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) new subrack facility, which is an upgrade
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/05/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/05/2020
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BioFabrication Facility (BFF): The crew removed the test Cartridge from the BFF facility. The BFF is dedicated to manufacturing human organs and tissues in space, primarily for use by patients on Earth. Besides printing tissue, the BFF also can help maintain
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/04/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/04/2020
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BioFabrication Facility (BFF): The crew placed a test cassette (without cells) into the BFF for a test print. Cleaning Syringes were swapped out after the print and photos were taken. The BFF is dedicated to manufacturing human organs and tissues in space, pr
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/03/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/03/2020
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NRCSD (NanoRacks External CubeSat Deployer): The crew performed the removal of NRCD-17 CubeSat deployer from the JEM airlock. The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer is a stackable, modular, ground loaded launch case. Each NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer accommodates up
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/02/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/02/2020
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DOSIS 3D (Dose Distribution Inside the ISS – 3D): The crew swapped cables inside the DOSIS main box in order to remove the DOSTEL-1 unit and prep it for return on SpX-20. This experiment uses active and passive detectors to determine the radiation dose
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/28/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/28/2020
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OsteoOmics: The crew performed BioCell Media Changeout in BioCell habitat S/N 2. Millions of Americans experience bone loss, which results from disease or the reduced effects of gravity that can occur in bed-ridden patients. OsteoOmics tests whether magnetic
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/26/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/26/2020
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EarthKAM (Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools): The crew changed out the Lens of the EarthKAM hardware. EarthKAM allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew’s perspective. Using the Internet, the stud
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/27/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/27/2020
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Fluid Shifts: The crew performed baseline imaging hardware setup. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, Baseline Imaging, and Imaging with Chibis. The Chibis hardware is used to perform the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBN
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/25/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/25/2020
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OsteoOmics: The crew performed day 3 of 4 of the OsteoOmics media operations. Millions of Americans experience bone loss, which results from disease or the reduced effects of gravity that can occur in bed-ridden patients. OsteoOmics tests whether magnetic lev
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/24/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/24/2020
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OsteoOmics: The crew retrieved six BioCells from the BioCell Habitat and placed them into Cold stowage. The empty habitat was temp stowed for later use. The crew also removed the Thaw Media Bag from cold stowage in preparation for upcoming OsteoOmics operatio
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/21/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/21/2020
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Food Physiology: The crew participated in a briefing to discuss dietary details with Food Physiology team. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Physiology)
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/19/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/19/2020
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Dose Distribution Inside the ISS – 3D (DOSIS 3D): As a continuation of the troubleshooting, the crew swapped the DOSTEL-1 and DOSTEL-2 data cables inside the DOSIS Main Box, then checked status of the DOSIS LEDs, and removed the DOSTEL-1 if needed. Th
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/20/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/20/2020
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Food Acceptability: The crew completed a Food Acceptability Survey using the Data Collection Tool on an SSC (Station Support Computer). This investigation seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently available from the spacefligh
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/17/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/17/2020
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Mouse Mission-5: As a continuation of the preparation for the upcoming Mouse Mission-5, the crew performed the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) power cable reconnect and filter installation. Stress caused by partial G may alter gene expression in cel
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/18/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/18/2020
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Double Cold Bag (DCB): The crew transferred and unpacked three refrigerated Double Cold Bags (DCB) into the appropriate MELFI, GLACIER, MERLIN, and ambient locations. After the science items were removed from the DCBs, the ice bricks and DCBs were tempora
