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ISS On-Orbit Status Report

ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/05/2021

SpaceX Crew-1 Port Relocation: This morning, NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker along with JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, undocked the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience from the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 5:25 a.m. CT and relocated to the space-faring port at approximately 6:08 a.m. CT. The relocation has freed Harmony’s forward port for the docking of Crew Dragon Endeavour, set to carry four crew members to the station on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission later this month.

Payloads

AC Touch: Per standard procedure, the crew touched both the coated and uncoated coupons for this long-term investigation. Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings tests an antimicrobial coating on several different materials that represent high-touch surfaces. Some microbes change characteristics in microgravity, which could create new risks to crew health and spacecraft systems as well as creating the possibility of contaminating other planetary bodies. The samples remain in space approximately six months then return to Earth for analysis.

Repository: In support of the Repository investigation, the crew collected urine samples and set up for a blood draw later in the week. Repository supports scientific discovery that contributes to our fundamental knowledge in the area of human physiological changes and adaptation to a microgravity environment and provides unique opportunities to study longitudinal changes in human physiology spanning many missions.

T2AR: In preparation for later T2AR activities, the crew unstowed and charged the sidekick (HoloLens) device. Autonomous Systems and Operations (T2 Treadmill Augmented Reality Procedures or simply T2AR) conducts tests using augmented reality to help crew members perform inspection and maintenance on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT). The ability to perform such tasks without assistance from Mission Control is vital for future space exploration such as a mission to Mars, where significant time delays occur in communications between space and ground. Using augmented reality to guide astronauts through complex spacecraft maintenance and repair activities also reduces the time needed for training and task performance.

Systems

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Airlock Unstow – the crew removed stowage in the Airlock in Preparation for this week’s Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Battery Operations Terminal (EBOT) installation in the Forward Rack of the Equipment Lock.

Completed Task List Activities:

  • None

Today’s Ground Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

  • Crew-1 Port Relocation Ground ops
  • Primary Power System (PPS) Beta Gimbal Assembly (BGA) Latch
  • Attitude Control System (ACS) Global Positioning System (GPS) Antenna and Relative Navigation Management
  • Structural Dynamics Measurement System (SDMS) Data Dump
  • GEDI Payload Laser Inhibit Removal

Look Ahead Plan

Tuesday, April 6 (GMT 096)
Payloads:

  • CBEF-L T/S, GRASP Free sessions, ISS HAM, Repository Urine Collect, RTPCG-2 Microscopy B1 B2 ops, Standard Measures, T2AR Sidekick and Decal install, VEG Water Bag audit

Systems:

  • EVA Battery Operations Terminal (EBOT) Installation and cable routing
  • Transfer Operations – Prepack of US items to be loaded into Progress
  • Crew Arrival Preparations
  • CASA install procedure review

Wednesday, April 7 (GMT 097)
Payloads:

  • AC Touch, JEMAL slide table reconfig to support MISSE, Mochii Hardware act, RR locker removal and install, Standard Measures, TangoLab2, Vascular Aging, Veggie Monitoring Analyzer Photo

Systems:

  • Japanese Experiment Logistics Module Hygiene Cover Build and Install
  • CASA Install
  • Extravehicular Activity Battery Installation

Thursday, April 8 (GMT 098)
Payloads:

  • COSMIC temp logger exchange, FLUIDICS run 1, Food Acceptability, JAXA Video Take 8, ManD Print removal and stow, Micro-16 Final Load and microscopy ops, MISSE MSC install to JERMAL slide table, PLDR deact, RTPCG-2, Standard Measures, Vascular Aging Glucose setup

Systems:

  • Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Hard Upper Torso (HUT) On-Orbit Replaceable Unit (ORU) Remove and Replace (R&R)
  • COLUMBUS Deck 1 and 2 clean-up
  • Calibrate and deploy Personal CO2 Monitors

Today’s Planned Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

  • Unseal MegaHEPA Filter in Crew Dragon
  • HRF Generic MELFI Sample Insertion Operations
  • Dragon Emergency Hardware Stow
  • Dragon Node 2 Forward SSC Deroute
  • Docking Dragon Monitoring Tools Setup
  • Dragon Forward Cabin Configuation
  • Dragon Space Suit Donning for Return
  • Dragon Forward Hatch Close
  • IDA Egress in Preparation for Departure
  • Dragon Crew Port Relocation Activity
  • HRF Generic MELFI Sample Retrieval And Insertion Operations
  • USOS Window Shutter Close
  • Dragon Port Relocation Monitoring
  • Dragon Monitoring Tools Teardown
  • Node 2 to Dragon Pressurization and Leak Check
  • Node 2 to Dragon Final Pressurization and Vestibule prep for Ingress
  • Dragon Forward Hatch Open
  • Dragon Zenith Space Support Computer Cable Route
  • ISS Crew departure preparation
  • Set up Emergency hardware
  • Transfer Crew Dragon Trash to ISS
  • Cargo Dragon Station Support Computer Return
  • Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Airlock Unstow
  • Dragon MegaHEPA Seals Install
  • Antimicrobial Coatings Touch
  • T2 Augmented Reality Sidekick Gather
  • HRF Generic Frozen Blood Collection Hardware Setup
  • ISS HAM Radio Power Down in Service Module
  • ISS HAM Kenwood Radio Power Down in Columbus
  • Deploy Sleeping Bag in Dragon