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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/14/2020

    Payloads ISS HAM: The crew initiated an ISS HAM radio contact with Ramona Lutheran School in Ramona, CA. ISS Ham Radio provides opportunities to engage and educate students, teachers, parents and other members of the community in science, technology, engineering and math by providing a means to communicate between astronauts and the ground HAM radio …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/13/2020

    Systems Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU) 3004/3006 Loop Scrub, and Iodination: The crew performed EMU water loop scrubs and then acquired and tested water samples for conductivity on units 3004 and 3006. Additionally, the crew installed the Hard Upper Torso (HUT) ORU Scrubber to a spare HUT to scrub and iodinate the spare HUT water lines. …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/12/2020

    Payloads Onco-Selectors: Over the weekend the crew completed sample processing operations to prep the 12 well BioCells inside the Life Science Glovebox and inject the Glo Reagent into each of the samples. Leveraging Microgravity to Screen Onco-selective Messenger RNAs for Cancer Immunotherapy (Onco-Selectors) tests a biologic drug based on messenger RNA (mRNA) for treatment of …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/09/2020

    Payloads Onco-Selectors: The crew used the LSG to perform the Onco-Selectors hardware setup, prepare the treatment mixtures, and inject treatments into 12-Well Bio-Cells (S/N 1-5).  12-Well Bio Cell S/N 6 will not be processed and will be placed in cold stowage for return. Leveraging Microgravity to Screen Onco-selective Messenger RNAs for Cancer Immunotherapy (Onco-Selectors) tests …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/08/2020

    Payloads Life Sciences Glovebox (LSG): The crew installed the LSG crew restraint hardware and deployed the LSG Work Volume. The crew also replaced the 10 inch LSG sleeves. LSG is a sealed work area that accommodates life science and technology investigations in a “workbench” type environment. Due to its larger size design, two crew members …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/07/2020

    Payloads ISS HAM: The crew initiated a contact with McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA.  ISS Ham Radio provides opportunities to engage and educate students, teachers, parents and other members of the community in science, technology, engineering and math by providing a means to communicate between astronauts and the ground HAM radio units. Polar: Frozen samples …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/06/2020

    Payloads Space Tango MultiLab Locker (TangoLab-2): The crew removed Card 014 and stowed it for return and installed sample cards 001 and 012 recently flown on NG-14 as part of TangoLab-2 Mission 18 operations. TangoLab-2 is a reconfigurable general research facilities designed for microgravity research and development and pilot manufacturing in the ISS. NanoRacks Platforms: …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/05/2020

    Payloads Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): The crew deactivated and stowed the EarthKam hardware. EarthKAM allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew’s perspective. Using the Internet, the students control a special digital camera mounted on-board the ISS. This enables them to photograph the Earth’s coastlines, …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/02/2020

    Payloads Echo Hard Drive Install: In support of Echo software update activities, the crew connected the Echo external hard drive and USB cable to SSC 11 (Station Support Computer-11).  Following this, files will be transferred to the hard drive via ground commanding.  Echo is a tele-operated ultrasound system, equipped with motorized probes that are controlled …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/01/2020

    Payloads Astrobee: The crew powered on the Astrobee system, and the ground team performed a series of file transfers and commands.  The goal was to perform several tasks as a continuation of the checkout for the upcoming Robo Pro Challenge.  The Kibo Robot Programming Challenge (Robo-Pro Challenge), also known as Kibo-RPC, allows students to create …

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