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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/20/2023

    Payloads: BioFabrication Facility (BFF): Media bags were retrieved from the Iceberg-1 cold stowage facility and were temporarily stowed near the BFF facility. Using 3D biological printers to produce usable human organs has long been a dream of scientists and doctors around the globe; however, printing the tiny, complex structures found inside human organs, such as …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/19/2023

    Payloads: Gradient Heating Furnace (GHF): The GHF Material Processing Unit heater insulation was measured for resistance using a multimeter. The GHF is a vacuum furnace that contains three heating blocks. Their positions and temperatures can be independently controlled, and various temperature profiles can be realized. This facility will be mainly used for high quality crystal …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2023

    Payloads: Advanced Resistive Exercise Device Kinematics (ARED-K): The acquisition unit was partially set up in Node 3 for a remote ground connection. The ARED-K investigation assesses the current exercise programs to allow for the improvement of exercise prescriptions by conducting a biomechanical analysis of exercise on the ARED onboard the ISS. ISS Ham Radio: An …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/14/2023

    Payloads: Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): The EarthKAM software was shut down and equipment was stowed completing five days of Mission 84 objectives. Not everyone can go to space, but everyone can see Earth from an astronaut’s perspective with the EarthKAM program. Thousands of students can remotely control a digital camera …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/13/2023

    Payloads: Genes in Space-10: Genes in Space 10 Freeze and Fly Run 1 was initiated using the mini Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analyzer and Genes in Space Fluorescence Viewer to detect Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) lengths. Genes in Space-10 validates a method for measuring and analyzing DNA length aboard the ISS using fluorescent samples that may …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/12/2023

    Payloads: Actiwatch-Plus: Actiwatch-Plus units were hooked up to the HRF-1 rack for data downlink, battery charging, and swap. The Actiwatch-Plus is a waterproof, non-intrusive, sleep-wake activity monitor worn on the wrist of a crewmember and contains a miniature uniaxial accelerometer that produces a signal as the subject moves. The data is stored in non-volatile memory …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/11/2023

    Payloads: BioFabrication Facility (BFF): BFF samples were inserted into the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) in preparation of upcoming operations. Using 3D biological printers to produce usable human organs has long been a dream of scientists and doctors around the globe; however, printing the tiny, complex structures found inside human organs, such …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/10/2023

    Payloads: Dreams: The Dreams Dry-Electroencephalogram (EEG) Headband was setup, charged, and donned before sleeping. The Sleep Monitoring in Space with Dry-EEG Headband (Dreams) is a technology demonstration investigation that utilizes the Dry-EEG Headband: an effective, affordable, and comfortable solution to monitor astronaut sleep quality during long-duration spaceflight aboard the ISS. Sleep plays a major role …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/07/2023

    Payloads: International Commercial Experiment Cubes (ICE Cubes) Facility: In a continuation of the troubleshooting, the crew inserted a Solid-State Drive (SSD) into the system’s SSD slot. The ICE Cubes Facility is a capable experiment platform that offers flexibility to host many different experiments for research, technology demonstration or educational objectives. During flight, users are able …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/06/2023

    Payloads: Combustion Integration Rack (CIR): The crew gained access to the CIR, and replaced the CIR input/output processor (IOP). The current IOP has a failed cooling fan, which is needed to support CIR operations. CIR includes an optics bench, combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer control, and five different cameras for performing combustion investigations in microgravity. …

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