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New Status: Columbus (COL) Water Pump Assembly (WPA)-2 Remove & Replace (R&R) and Commissioning: On January 13, a Thermal Control System (TCS) WPA1 to WPA2 switchover activity was scheduled in support of Water On/Off Valve (WOOV) 1 & 2 periodic cycling. Troubleshooting was conducted but attempts to start WPA-2 were unsuccessful and COL has been …

New Status: Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Preparations:  Crewmembers conducted a number of activities in preparation for next Tuesday’s USOS EVA #22. Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy, FE-5 Parmitano, and FE-6 Nyberg, with assistance from FE-4 Yurchikhin, performed the EVA On-orbit Fit check Verification to verify correct sizing of the EVA Mobility Units (EMUs). Parmitano also checked out …

New Status: Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)-4 Transfer Operations: Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy, FE-5 Parmitano, and FE-6 Nyberg have completed 94% of transfer operations as of today.  The crew performed approximately 9 hours of scheduled operations in six hours.  Approximately 5 hours 20 minutes remain of ATV4 cargo operations, which will not be scheduled until after …

New Status: Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Prep:  Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy and FE-5 Parmitano continued with preparations for next week’s EVA #22 scheduled for July 9.  Cassidy relocated hardware from the Airlock not needed for the EVA and prepared the Airlock to support EVA operations.  Both crewmembers completed the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) On-board …

New Status: Robonaut Experiment:  FE-5 Parmitano set up Robonaut for a second day of ground commanded activities.  Today’s objectives included a vision recognition test and velocicalc measurements to characterize air flow in the work volume.  Robonaut is a humanoid robot designed with the versatility and dexterity to manipulate hardware and react safely when bumped or …

New Status: Ocular Health: The crew continued Ocular Health activities with Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Parmitano and FE-6 Nyberg performing ultrasound scans with each crewmember acting as a Crew Medical Officer (CMO) and subject.  They also performed cardiac ultrasound scans and blood pressure measurements. These activities are a part of the nominal medical testing on ISS …

New Status: Ocular Health: Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Parmitano and FE-6 Nyberg collected blood pressure and vital sign data in support of the Ocular Health payload.  They then performed tonometry measurements with each acting as a Crew Medical Officer (CMO) and subject. FE-3 Cassidy was the CMO for both Parmitano and Nyberg to assist in the use …

New Status: Crew Half Duty Day:  The crew had a half day off today due to yesterday’s support of Russian EVA #33.   Due to the long day yesterday, the crew was scheduled to wake up three and one-half hours later than normal and  USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA)-22 Preparations:  Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy, FE-5 Parmitano, FE-6 Nyberg and CDR …

New Status: Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #33: Flight Engineer (FE)-2 Misurkin and FE-4 Yurchikhin egressed the ISS at 8:32 am and performed a 6 hour 34 minute EVA. During this time, FE-3 Cassidy and CDR Vinogradov were isolated in the Mini Research Module (MRM)-2/34 Soyuz. FE-5 Parmitano and FE-6 Nyberg were isolated from the …

New Status: Crew Medical Officer (CMO) On-Board Training (OBT): Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy, FE-5 Parmitano and FE-6 Nyberg completed their CMO OBT. This is a Computer Based Training (CBT) module that requires no ground interaction and is performed periodically to maintain proficiency for designated onboard CMOs. Binary Colloidal Alloy Test (BCAT)-C1 Experiment Pre-Mix: Cassidy pre-mixed samples …