New Status: Advanced Colloids Experiment (ACE)-1: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Nyberg mixed a new sample in preparation for the 4th of 10 runs planned for Increments 35 and 36. ACE-1 is a series of microscopic imaging investigations that uses the microgravity environment to examine flow characteristics and the evolution and ordering effects within a group of …
New Status: USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #23 Preparations: In preparation for USOS EVA #23, planned for next Tuesday, July 16, all three USOS crew members participated in a Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics (DOUG) software review. They also reviewed the timeline, briefing package and cribsheet, followed by a conference with ground teams. Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Parmitano …
New Status: Post-Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Operations: Today was a half-duty work day for the USOS crew following yesterday’s EVA. Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy and FE-5 Parmitano completed their post EVA health evaluation with FE-6 Nyberg acting as Crew Medical Officer (CMO). All 3 USOS crew members participated in an EVA debrief with ground teams. USOS …
New Status: USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #22: Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy (EV-1) and FE-5 Parmitano (EV-2) completed a 6 hour 7 minute EVA with FE-6 Nyberg providing Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) support. The following tasks were completed: Remove and replace the Space to Ground Transmitter Receiver Controller (SGTRC)-2 Retrieve Materials International Space Station …
The following is an excerpt from a story by Maria-Jose Vinas, NASA’s Earth Science News Team Defying 30 mph gusts and temperatures down to minus 22°F, NASA’s new polar rover, GROVER, recently demonstrated in Greenland that it could operate completely autonomously in one of Earth’s harshest environments. The solar-powered robot, developed by students, was able […]
New Status: USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #22 Preparations: In preparation for tomorrow’s planned EVA, Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy and FE-5 Parmitano conducted a final tool configuration followed by an independent tool audit by FE-6 Nyberg. All three crew, plus FE-4 Yurchikhin, completed a final procedures review, and then the USOS crew members participated in a …
The following is an excerpt from a story by Alan Buis, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory… The curtain has come down on a superstar of satellite oceanography that played the “Great Blue Way” of the world’s ocean for 11.5 years. The joint NASA and Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Jason-1 ocean altimetry satellite was decommissioned on […]
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 …
