Burning and Suppression of Solids – Milliken (BASS-M): Prior to performing the first BASS-M operations today, there was an anomaly with the display overlay, which provides real time data with the downlinked images. Kopra successfully completed a procedure that resolved the same issue that occurred during BASS-M setup earlier this week. He then completed the …
Story Time from Space: Peake read “Science on the Space Station” from the book Max Goes to the Space Station,” discussed the subject on camera and demonstrated the scientific principles involved. Kelly obtained pictures of Peake while he was reading the book with the Cupola in the background. The video recording will be downlinked to …
Burning and Suppression of Solids – Milliken (BASS-M): Yesterday Kopra completed reconfiguration of the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) Facility and started setup of hardware for BASS-M. Today he completed the BASS-M setup. During the setup, there was an issue with the data from the power/video unit. He was able perform troubleshooting and recover the data, …
Burning and Suppression of Solids – Milliken (BASS-M) Preparation: In preparation for BASS-M operations this week, Kopra reconfigured the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) Facility and installed Smoke Point In Co-flow Experiment (SPICE) hardware into the MSG work volume. He will perform the BASS-M ignitor test tomorrow, prior to BASS-M sample testing. The BASS-M investigation tests …
Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Zero Robotics Competition: Kelly and Kornienko set up the SPHERES hardware and executed the SPHERES Zero Robotics tests with participation from students on the ground. The SPHERES Zero Robotics investigation establishes an opportunity for high school students to design research for the ISS. As part of a …
Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) Setup Part 2: Kelly attempted the final setup for the ELF facility. He was only able to connect one of four Quick Disconnects (QDs) due to accessibility. Ground teams are reviewing downlinked imagery to determine the next steps to complete connection of the MTL and Gaseous Nitrogen (GN2) supply and return …
Ocular Health: Kopra and Peake performed their Flight Day 30 Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) to measure retinal thickness, and this afternoon conducted fundoscopy measurements to obtain images of the retinal surface. By systematically gathering physiological data to characterize the risk of microgravity-induced visual impairment/intracranial pressure in ISS crewmembers, the Ocular Health experiment will give a …
Cardio Ox: Kelly performed his Flight Day 300 (FD300) Cardio Ox ultrasound and blood pressure measurement session with Peake acting as operator. Throughout the day today, Kelly collected urine samples that will be used by the Cardio Ox and Twins Studies. Tomorrow, he will collect blood samples and store them in Minus Eighty Degree Celsius …
Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) Setup: Kopra and Peake completed the setup of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ELF equipment and installation into the Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack 2 (MSPR2) work volume in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Later this week crewmembers will continue the setup and next week will install a sample cartridge and …
Status: Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Zero Robotics Dry Run: Kelly and Kornienko set up SPHERES hardware and executed a dry run for the Zero Robotics competition scheduled for January 25th. The SPHERES Zero Robotics investigation establishes an opportunity for high school students to design research for the ISS. As part of …
