Plant Gravity Sensing 2 (PGS2): Today Lindgren retrieved culture dishes from a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) and treated the plants growing in them with a chemical reagent that induces a bioluminescence response that is dependent on the concentration of calcium ions in the plants. The Plant calcium concentrations have been …
Body Measures: Lindgren, with Kelly as the operator, completed his Flight Day 80 Body Measures data collection. Lindgren set up the cameras and video, donned the body marker instrumentation, and then collected the calibration and body pose photographs and physical body measurements. With Kelly’s assistance he collected the Neutral Body Posture video. NASA is collecting …
Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Vertigo: Kelly and Yui set up and performed a SPHERES Vertigo run today. This investigation uses the SPHERES free-flying satellites to demonstrate and test enhanced technologies and techniques related to visual inspection and navigation. This effort incorporates hardware and software that enables multiple SPHERES to construct 3 …
NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #6 Operations: Overnight, three unsuccessful attempts were made to retract the secondary latch associated with deployer # 6, which would have allowed the deployment of the remaining two cubesats for this operation. The next troubleshooting attempt to launch the cubesats will involve cycling the latches during a Japanese Experiment Module Remote …
NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) Operations: Yesterday evening two Dove cubesats were launched successfully from Deployer #5. However, an overnight attempt to launch an additional two cubesats from Deployer #6 was not successful. Subsequently, two cubesats from Deployer #7 were launched this morning. Ground teams are investigating the launch failure for Deployer #6 and working the …
NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #6 Operations: Yesterday, two Danish cubesats and the first 4 Dove cubesats of the “Flock 2” fleet of satellites were launched. This morning an additional 4 Dove cubesats were launched and the final 6 Dove cubesats will be launched tonight. The Dove nanosatellites enable imagery of the entire planet to be …
NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #6 Operations: Today Kelly opened the outer hatch and extended the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Airlock slide table external to ISS. The ground operations team used the JEM Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS) Small Fine Arm (SFA) to grapple the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP), mounted on the slide table, and maneuvered it …
Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Airlock Preparation for NanoRack Cubesat Deployer 6 (NRCSD#6) Cubesat Launches: During yesterday’s preparation of the NRCSD, there was an issue installing the Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI). Yui implemented a workaround with an alternate set of fasteners to attach MLI to the deployer. He then returned the slide table to the Airlock and …
61 Progress (61P) Launch and Dock: 61P launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome this morning at 11:49am CDT. Once in orbit, the spacecraft performed a 4 orbit rendezvous with ISS and dock to the Service Module aft port at 5:52pm CDT. 61P is delivering over 1500 kgs of supplies to the ISS. NanoRack Cubesat Deployer …
Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites – Universal Docking Port (SPHERES-UDP): Kelly reviewed the SPHERES-UDP procedure and test plan and then participated in a conference with the Payload Developer to discuss science operations. He then performed a SPHERES-UDP test run and downloaded data to a Station Support Computer (SSC). The addition of docking ports …
