ISS On-Orbit Status Report

Payloads: Advanced Nano Step: The Advanced Nano Step specimen cell was removed from the Solution Crystallization Observation Facility (SCOF) and installed in Microgravity Experiment Research Locker Incubator (MERLIN). The Effects of Impurities on Perfection of Protein Crystals, Partition Functions, and Growth Mechanisms (Advanced Nano Step) experiment monitors and records how the incorporation of specific impurity …

Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack/Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction/Growth and Extinction Limit (CIR/SoFIE/GEL): The crew gained access to the CIR/SoFIE combustion area, reassembled the igniter arm, installed a sample, and replaced the combustion chamber seals. The igniter arm had been stuck in the log flow duct, and this is the final crew activity to resolve the …