ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/15/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/15/2020
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Cygnus NG-13 Mission: The NG-13 Antares 230+ launch vehicle, carrying the Cygnus vehicle S.S. Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., was successfully launched from the Virginia Space Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s NASA Wallops Flight Facility at 2:21 pm CT today. Th
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/12/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/12/2020
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Light Emitting Rectifying Antenna (LEctenna): The crew assembled the rectifier and LED components and set up the LEctenna experiment hardware. LEctenna demonstrates wireless power transmission via microwave signals using a rectifying antenna, which convert
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/11/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/11/2020
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Cygnus NG-13 Launch Update: The NG-13 mission is currently scheduled for launch from NASA Wallops Launch Facility on Friday, February 14th at 2:43 pm CT. Cygnus is scheduled for ISS arrival and capture on Sunday, February 16th at 3:40 am CT. Following captu
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/10/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/10/2020
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Confined Combustion: The crew performed the final sample burn, removed the Confined Combustion hardware from MSG and stowed it. The final sample was an acrylic (aka poly methyl methacrylate or plexiglass) sample installed with black baffles. This project
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/07/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/07/2020
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Confined Combustion: The crew continued the experiment using three acrylic samples with a combination of black and transparent baffles to ignite and observe combustion results. This project aims to study flame spread in confined spaces—specifically the inte
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/05/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/05/2020
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Change of Command Ceremony and 59S Undock/Landing: Today, the ISS Crew participated in a Change of Command Ceremony during which Luca Parmitano handed over command of the ISS to Oleg Skripochka. Luca Parmitano, Aleksandr Skvortsov and Christina Koch will re
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/04/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/04/2020
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Cerebral Autoregulation: The crew performed a Cerebral Autoregulation data session using the Cardiolab Portable Doppler (CDL PDOP) and the European Physiology Modules Facility Continuous Blood Pressure Device (EPM CBPD). As the body’s most important organ,
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/03/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/03/2020
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Mobile Companion (CIMON): Over the weekend, the crew updated software to the CIMON hardware and then performed a Mood test as part of activation and checkout steps. The Pilot Study with the Crew Interactive MObile companioN (Cimon) is a technology demonstrati
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/31/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/31/2020
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CAL (Cold Atom Lab): The crew completed the last steps of the Fiber Optics inspections for Module 3 and closed out the CAL in Express Rack 7. The CAL produces clouds of atoms that are chilled to about one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero –
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/30/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/30/2020
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Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The crew removed and cleaned sample cartridge #3 from the ELF and installed a new sample cartridge. The ground then initiated an experiment run. ELF is an experimental facility designed to levitate, melt and solidify m
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/29/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/29/2020
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CAL (Cold Atom Lab): The crew inspected, replaced when needed, and reconnected the Fiber Optics Cabling and ports. The CAL produces clouds of atoms that are chilled to about one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero, much colder than the average tempe
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/28/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/28/2020
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Refabricator: The ground teams successfully initiated and completed the first of five tensile sample prints using material that was once-recycled on the ground. The Refabricator’s objective is to demonstrate a unique process for repeatable, closed-loop recy
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/23/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/23/2020
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ISS HAM pass: On Wednesday, the crew participated in two ISS HAM passes. The first was Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan and some of the questions included the effects of heating water in space, what happens if an astronaut has a toothache in space
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/24/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/24/2020
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Muscle Tone in Space (Myotones): The crew completed skin markings, ultrasound measurements, blood collection, and other activities to support the Myotones experiment. The ground team confirmed they have received the expected data and images. The Myotones in
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/21/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/21/2020
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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 – 1/20/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/20/2020
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HERMES: The crew performed the periodic vacuum valve opening for HERMES. These operations maintain the desired vacuum levels for the granular/regolith experiments typically hosted by the HERMES facility. Hermes is a reconfigurable on-orbit facility capa
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/17/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/17/2020
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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 – 1/16/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/16/2020
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Food Acceptability: The crew completed a Food Acceptability Survey using the Data Collection Tool on an available SSC (Station Support Computer). This investigation seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently available from the s
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/15/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/15/2020
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Bionutrients hardware locate: The crew successfully located a BioNutrients-1 support kit needed for upcoming operations with the investigation. The experiment uses engineered microbes, like yeast, to generate carotenoids from an edible media. The carote
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/14/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/14/2020
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Confined Combustion: The crew continued the experiment, using a series of fabric (Sibal) samples with either no baffles, shiny/reflective baffles, or clear baffles installed at various distances from the samples. Sibal fabric is a mixture of fiberglass and
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/13/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/13/2020
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Confined Combustion: The crew continued the experiment, including an ignition of a SIBAL sample with no baffles installed, and two ignitions with the silver baffles installed (3 total ignitions completed today). The baffles are used to change the airflow pa
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/10/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/10/2020
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Food Acceptability: This investigation seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently available from the spaceflight food system. Results will be used in developing strategies to improve food system composition to support crew hea
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/09/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/09/2020
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CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L): The crew removed the Plant Experiment Unit from the CBEF-L facility and reconfigured the Video output cables for multiple channel ops. CBEF-L is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) new subrack facility, whi
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/08/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/08/2020
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Rodent Research-19 (RR-19): The crew completed the Life Science Glovebox Cleaning activity. Mighty Mice in Space: Preclinical Evaluation of a Broad Spectrum Myostatin Inhibitor to Prevent Muscle and Bone Loss Due to Disuse uses rodent models on the ISS to inv
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/07/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/07/2020
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No science operations; crew off-duty. Systems: SpX-19 Unberth/Release: The SpX-19 Dragon vehicle was robotically released from the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) at approximately 4:05 am CT. The ISS Commander was stationed at the Robotic
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/06/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/06/2020
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Rodent Research-19 (RR-19): The crew transferred the remaining subjects into the Dragon capsule. Mighty Mice in Space: Preclinical Evaluation of a Broad Spectrum Myostatin Inhibitor to Prevent Muscle and Bone Loss Due to Disuse uses rodent models on the ISS t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/03/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/03/2020
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Rodent Research-19 (RR-19): The crew completed the last set of Bone Densitometer scans using the Experiment box in the Life Science Glovebox. The crew also performed the Rodent Transporter Setup. Mighty Mice in Space: Preclinical Evaluation of a Broad Spectru
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/02/2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/02/2020
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Rodent Research-19 (RR-19): The crew continued to perform Bone Densitometer scans using the Experiment box in the Life Science Glovebox. Mighty Mice in Space: Preclinical Evaluation of a Broad Spectrum Myostatin Inhibitor to Prevent Muscle and Bone Loss Due t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/31/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/31/2019
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Bone Densitometer (BD): The crew completed a calibration of the Bone Densitometer in preparation for operations later this week. Approximately the size of a consumer microwave oven, the Bone Densitometer uses X-rays to measure the bone mineral density (and th
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/30/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/30/2019
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Bone Densitometer (BD): The crew completed on-board Training for upcoming operations. Approximately the size of a consumer microwave oven, the Bone Densitometer uses X-rays to measure the bone mineral density (and the lean and fat tissue) of mice living aboar
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/27/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/27/2019
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Confined Combustion: The crew continued the test sessions using fabric and acrylic samples. The crew was very active in the investigation and performed the ignitions, gave visual observations of the flames, and adjusted the fan speed and other parameters as
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/23/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/23/2019
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CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility – Left) configuration change: The crew worked on steps to change the CBEF-L configuration from ‘G’ (sample tray and centrifuge) to ‘F’ (large centrifuge), but were not able to accomplish all the tasks within
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/24/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/24/2019
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CIR/ACME (Combustion Integration Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments): In support of the continuing s-Flame investigation, the crew exchanged the ACME Bypass Controller and the ACME Fuel Controller. These controllers allow different flow r
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/26/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/26/2019
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Advanced Nanostep: The crew inserted the Advanced Nano Step Return Bag into MERLIN. Advanced Nano Step, more formally known as Effects of Impurities on Perfection of Protein Crystals, Partition Functions, and Growth Mechanisms, monitors and records how the
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/19/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/19/2019
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Microgravity Crystals: The crew performed the procedure review, pipetted and mixed solutions of varying viscosities onto the crystallization plates. The crystals will be allowed to develop over a period of 10 days in temperature-controlled conditions. The
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18/2019
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Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF-L): The crew assisted with the check-out of the Cell Biology Experiment Facility – Left (CBEF-L) Incubation Unit (IU) door sensor and CBEF-L IU2 door lock system. CBEF-L is a new JAXA subrack facility, which is a
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/16/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/16/2019
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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 – 12/17/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/17/2019
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CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility – Left): The crew installed the CBEF-L centrifuge and performed the necessary temperature/humidity sensor relocations to support the ground-commanded checkout activities. CBEF-L is a new JAXA subrack facility, whic
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2019
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Gravitational References for Sensimotor Performance: Reaching and Grasping (GRASP): The crew performed GRASP quasi-free sessions. The hardware was then stowed. The purpose of GRASP investigation is to better understand how the central nervous system (CNS) i
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/12/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/12/2019
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Bio-Monitor: The crew doffed and stowed the headband and Garment hardware. The crew then connected the data unit to the controller for data downlink. Although the ISS is equipped with health and life sciences research tools, the existing instrumentation for c
