ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/27/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/27/2019
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Soyuz Seat Liner Swaps: As a result of Christina Koch’s and Andrew Morgan’s extension onboard ISS, they will depart ISS on different Soyuz vehicles than those on which they arrived. To facilitate this change, the seat liners were swapped between Soyuz veh
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/25/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/25/2019
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61 Soyuz (61S) Launch/Docking: 61S launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:57 AM CT and docked to the ISS at 2:42 PM CT. On board 61S was Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, and Hazzaa Al Mansoori. Al Mansoori is a Space Flight Participant who will be on the ISS
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/24/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/24/2019
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H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)8 Launch: HTV8 launched successfully today from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 11:05 AM CT. Capture and berthing are scheduled for Saturday, September 28. The vehicle will deliver approximately four tons of supplies, space parts
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/23/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/23/2019
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Combustion Integration Rack (CIR)/ Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME): In support of the ongoing s-Flame experiment, the crew replaced the fuel and oxidizer manifold bottles as well as the mass flow controller. The purpose of s-Flame
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/20/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/20/2019
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Biomolecule Extraction and Sequencing Technology (BEST): The crew transferred cells from previously stowed media kit to the new media tubes using pipettes and temp stow tubes. The BEST investigation studies the use of sequencing for identification of unknown
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/19/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/19/2019
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Rodent Research-17 (RR-17): The crew completed Day 4 of Rodent Research operations. RR-17 uses younger and older mice as model organisms to evaluate the physiological, cellular and molecular effects of the spaceflight environment. Some responses to spacefligh
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/18/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/18/2019
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NanoRacks Module-82 (Palm Tree Growth): The crew removed the Module 82 from the NanoRacks Frame-3 and took photographs of the Palm Seed Flask, then temporarily stowed in an ambient temperature location. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) investigation examines ge
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/17/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/17/2019
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Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The crew replaced the ELF gas bottle unit in the ELF facility. ELF is an experimental facility designed to levitate, melt and solidify materials by containerless processing techniques using the electrostatic levitatio
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/16/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/16/2019
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Nutrition Monitoring for the International Space Station (NutrISS): The crew performed the Bioimpedance Assembly Measurement (BIA) setup, took measurements, and filled out the questionnaire. Historical photos were also taken. Long duration spaceflight induce
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/13/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/13/2019
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H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)8 Status: Tuesday’s HTV8 launch attempt was scrubbed due to a fire at the launch pad. At approximately 1:05 pm (CT) a fire was observed on the Mobile Launcher (ML), just below the first stage main engines. The H-IIB Rocket carryin
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/11/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/11/2019
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Dose Distribution Inside the ISS – 3D (DOSIS 3D): The crew switched the DOSIS Mode Switch to Mode 1 for solar quiet period. This experiment uses active and passive detectors to determine the radiation doses inside the ISS and provides documentation of t
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/10/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/10/2019
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H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-8 Launch Delay: Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) scrubbed today’s HTV-8 launch attempt due to a fire at the launch pad that has since been extinguished. JAXA teams are meeting to discuss a forward plan and assess l
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/09/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/09/2019
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Microgravity Crystals: Over the weekend, the crew set up a microscope, then took images of the solutions and any crystals in the wells of the crystal plates as part of day six on-going experiment runs. The Microgravity Crystals investigation crystallizes a
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/06/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/06/2019
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60 Soyuz (60S) Unmanned Undock and Landing: 60S undocked from the Service Module (SM) Aft port today at 1:13 PM CT and is planned to land this afternoon in Kazakhstan at ~4:35 PM CT. The flight test objectives include: Test a modernized guidance, navigation a
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/05/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/05/2019
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60 Soyuz (60S) Undock/Landing Preparation: The 60S unmanned vehicle has been activated in preparation for tomorrow’s undocking at 1:14 PM CT and landing in Kazakhstan at 4:34 PM CT. The hatches between the Soyuz and ISS have been closed and successful lea
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/04/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/04/2019
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Biomolecule Extraction and Sequencing Technology (BEST): In support of BEST Experiment 2, the crew reviewed the on-board training, retrieved and inserted the appropriate items in cold stowage, and transferred cells from the cell kit to media tubes. The inve
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/03/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/03/2019
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ECHO: The crew attached the USB keyboard, powered the ECHO unit and its power supply, and booted the ECHO unit from its backup system. Ground commanding to the ECHO unit was subsequently performed in an effort to correct recent issues. The ECHO unit experie
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/30/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/30/2019
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Fluid Shifts – FE9: A second crewmember began the first of the Fluid Shifts experiment operations known as Dilution Measures. Dilution Measures looks at fluid compartmentalization by assessing of total body water (via saliva and urine analysis) and extr
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/29/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/29/2019
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Fluid Shifts: The crew began the first of the Fluid Shifts experiment operations known as Dilution Measures which looks at fluid compartmentalization by assessing of total body water (via saliva and urine analysis) and extracellular and intracellular fluid
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/28/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/28/2019
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Astrobee: The crew participated in an Astrobee conference, then assisted with collecting data inside the JEM for localization. Today’s tests were relatively advanced compared to previous tests. They involved undocking/docking, as well as several series of m
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/27/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/27/2019
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60 Soyuz (60S) Status: Following Saturday morning’s aborted attempt to dock to MRM2 and subsequent 59S relocation to MRM2, 60S docked nominally to the Service Module (SM) Aft port yesterday at 10:08 PM CT. This uncrewed vehicle is currently scheduled to u
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/26/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/26/2019
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60 Soyuz (60S) Status: The un-crewed 60S vehicle was scheduled to dock to the ISS Saturday morning. On final approach to MRM2, docking was aborted via ISS crew command as a result of KURS issues which had halted the final approach at a range of approximately
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/23/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/23/2019
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60 Soyuz (60S) Unmanned Docking: Following the successful 60S launch on Wednesday, the unmanned Soyuz is scheduled to perform an automated rendezvous and docking to the ISS MRM2 port early Saturday morning at 12:30 AM CT. Objectives for this test flight i
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/22/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/22/2019
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60 Soyuz (60S) Uncrewed Launch: 60S launched nominally last night from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Roscosmos currently has limited capability to return scientific samples and/or equipment for refurbishment so this uncrewed flight was planned to complete the followin
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/21/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/21/2019
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International Docking Adapter (IDA)3 Extravehicular Activity (EVA): Crewmembers Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan successfully executed USOS EVA #55 within 6 hours and 31 minutes in order to accomplish the following tasks: IDA3 cable routing and connections IDA3 i
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/20/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/20/2019
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Biorock: The crew removed the Biorock container samples from Kubik 5 and 6 and placed them into cold stowage after imagery was taken. The interaction between microbes and rocks in a liquid phase can be affected by reduced gravity in several ways. The reductio
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/19/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/19/2019
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Vascular Aging: The crew performed glucose tests and blood draws in support of the Vascular Aging study. Emerging data indicates links among cardiovascular health risk, carotid artery aging, bone metabolism and blood biomarkers, insulin resistance, and radiat
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/16/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/16/2019
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Bio-Monitor: A crewmember removed and stowed the Garment hardware. Although the ISS is equipped with health and life sciences research tools, the existing instrumentation for continuous and simultaneous recording of several physiological parameters is lacking
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/14/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/14/2019
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Bio-Monitor: The crew replaced the Data Unit on the Bio-monitor garment. Although the ISS is equipped with health and life sciences research tools, the existing instrumentation for continuous and simultaneous recording of several physiological parameters is l
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/13/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/13/2019
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Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME): The crew configured the ACME Chamber for s-Flame by partially reinstalling the chamber insert to replace the igniter tip, then reinstalled the chamber insert, replaced the fuel controller, and closed th
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/12/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/12/2019
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Acoustic Diagnostics: The crew completed a questionnaire and used an Acoustic Monitor to measure the ambient background noise to detect otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) which are caused by the motion of the inner ear sensory hair cells as they energetically respo
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/09/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/09/2019
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Acoustic Diagnostics: The crew reviewed the big picture words for the upcoming Acoustics Diagnostics investigation. The Acoustic Upgraded Diagnostics In-Orbit (Acoustic Diagnostics) investigation tests the hearing of ISS crew members before, during, and aft
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/08/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/08/2019
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ISS HAM pass: The crew participated in a HAM pass with Kyoto Tachibana Junior and Senior High Schools in Japan. Some of the questions involved how the ISS avoids other orbiting satellites, what Earth looks like when it’s night in Japan, and many others.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/07/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/07/2019
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Amyloid Aggregation: The crew activated and mixed the appropriate kits followed by incubation and placement into cold stowage. The aim of this investigation is to assess if amyloid fibrils aggregation is affected by microgravity to identify a possible profess
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/06/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/06/2019
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NG-11 Cygnus Departure: Cygnus departed the ISS today at 11:16 AM CT, following a 109 day berthed duration. Destructive re-entry is planned for December 11, 2019. Following hatch closure yesterday, the crew installed the SlingShot brackets and deployers o
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/05/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/05/2019
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Cygnus Departure Preparations: The crew completed cargo closeout ops, egressed the vehicle and removed utility jumpers and installed required hardware prior to Cygnus vestibule depressurization and demate. The crew also installed the SlingShot brackets and de
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/02/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/02/2019
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BioFabrication Facility (BFF) Test Print: Today the crew installed the test print cassette, performed a syringe swap, then removed the test print cassette following the BFF printing ops. This was done in support of the first test print using cells in the BF
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/01/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/01/2019
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Gravitational References for Sensimotor Performance: Reaching and Grasping (GRASP): The crew performed a series of tests for the GRASP experiment which consists of 3 components including VM (visual stimulus – manual response), VV (visual stimulus – visua
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/31/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/31/2019
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73 Progress (73P) Launch and Docking: 73P launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:10 AM CT carrying food, fuel and supplies. Following a 2-orbit rendezvous, the vehicle successfully docked to the ISS Docking Compartment 1 (DC-1) Nadir Port at 10:29 A
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/30/2019
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/30/2019
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Biorock: The crew took photos of the biofilms in the Kubik 5 and Kubik 6 Biorock Experiment Containers. The interaction between microbes and rocks in a liquid phase can be affected by reduced gravity in several ways. The reduction of thermal convection in l
