Ocular Health (OH) Vision Test: With assistance from ground medical support personnel, Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Hopkins completed a vision test today as part of his Flight Day 120 Ocular Health session that will be completed over multiple days. This was the first use of the new Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) laptop that arrived on Orb-1 …
USOS Food Warmer Status: Yesterday the Express Rack 6 Solid State Power Control Module (SSPCM) to the USOS Food Warmer experience an over current trip. The ground teams continue to investigate the failure, in the meantime the crew has deployed a spare USOS food warmer in the Lab. Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites …
USOS Food Warmer Status: Today the USOS Food Warmer within LAB Express Rack 6, Drawer 8 experienced an over current and tripped the associated Remote Power Controller (RPC). The crew has been instructed not to use the food warmer until ground teams can troubleshoot. ISS Reboost: The reboost that was planned at 7:54 pm CST …
Try Zero-Gravity (Try Zero-G) Experiments: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Wakata set up and performed the JAXA Try Zero-G experiments, while video of the activities are recorded with a camcorder. Try Zero-G allows the public, especially kids, to vote for and suggest physical tasks for JAXA astronauts to perform to demonstrate the difference between zero and one …
Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Low Temperature Loop (LTL) Pump Status: Today, the Remote Power Controller (RPC) associated with the JEM LTL Pump tripped open as a result of a spike in current coming from the pump. The failure caused a short-term loss of cooling for a subset of JEM Systems. The Flight Control Team has …
Ants In Space Experiment: After setting up cameras to record the experiment, Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Mastracchio and FE-3 Hopkins set up 2 of the 8 ant forage habitats and then open doors to release ants into the forage areas. This experiment uses the Pavement Ant (Tetramorium Caespitum), which is common throughout most of the United …
Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations for Cygnus Capture: Today the Robotics Ground Controllers powered up the MSS and performed a Node-2 Nadir Active Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) survey with the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). They then maneuvered the SSRMS to the Cygnus High Hover position in preparation for capture and powered the MSS …
Orbital 1 Status: Following yesterday’s successful launch, the Cygnus spacecraft completed Delta Velocity (DV) burns 1 – 4 successfully. The Cygnus Control Room is not working any major issues at this time. Capture is planned for Sunday, January 12th at approximately 5:02am CST. Cygnus will deliver 2,780 pounds of science experiments, hardware, and crew provisions …
Today’s Planned Tasks Orbital Launch: Orb-1 launched successfully from Pad 0A at Wallops Flight Facility at 12:07 pm CST today. This was the first flight of the Castor 30B upper stage. Ascent and separation events were all nominal. The Cygnus solar arrays were successfully deployed shortly after spacecraft separation. All Cygnus systems are nominal at …
USOS Crew Off Duty: The USOS Crew was scheduled for an off duty day today and again tomorrow in preparation for upcoming Cygnus operations this weekend. Orbital 1 Status: The first X-Class solar flare of 2014 occurred yesterday, January 7th. As a result, Orbital Sciences has decided to delay their Antares launch to no earlier …
