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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/18/2019

February 18, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument – Diffusion and Soret Coefficient (SODI-DSC): Today, a crewmember changed-out the memory flash disk from the SODI hardware. The Selectable Optical […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/15/2019

February 15, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Astrobee: Today the crew participated in a final crew conference, followed by the Docking Station installation in the JEM.  When the satellites arrive on orbit […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/14/2019

February 14, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Marrow: Today the crew collected breath, ambient air, and blood samples in support of the Marrow investigation.  Marrow looks at the effect of microgravity on […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/13/2019

February 13, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

ISS HAM Pass: The crew participated in the contact with College Park School, Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada. The students ranged from grade 1 to 8 and […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/12/2019

February 12, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Human Research Facility (HRF) Urine Setup: The crew set up hardware in preparation for repository activities later this week.  Repository is a storage bank that […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/11/2019

February 11, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Astrobee: The crew participated in a conference with the Astrobee payload developer to discuss details of the docking station installation preparation. Following this, they configured […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/08/2019

February 8, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Northrop Grumman (NG-10) Cygnus Release: Today, Crew and ground teams utilized the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to unberth the S.S. John Young from […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/07/2019

February 7, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

SlingShot: Today crewmembers installed two Slingshot deployables (SEOPS-Quantum Radar -1 and -2s) on to the outer hatch of the Cygnus Spacecraft. Also installed in a […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/06/2019

February 6, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Fluid Dynamics in Space (FLUIDICS): Today a crewmember attempted to run the last two science sessions (2&3) however, an anomaly occurred with the science hardware […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/05/2019

February 5, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Marrow: This morning a crewmember collected Breath and Ambient air samples for the Marrow study. Marrow looks at the effect of microgravity on bone marrow. […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/04/2019

February 4, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Kubik: Over the weekend a crewmember performed upgrades, checkout and activation of the Kubik 6 hardware. Samples from Kubik 5 were transferred to Kubik 6 […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/01/2019

February 1, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Circadian Rhythms: Today a crewmember doffed the Circadian Rhythms hardware. This completes the 3rd session for this increment. Circadian Rhythms investigates the role of synchronized […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/31/2019

January 31, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR): Today, a crewmember installed the Florescence Microscope into the MSPR work volume and ground initiated a one-week checkout in preparation […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/30/2019

January 30, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Kubik: Today a crewmember upgraded hardware for the Kubik-6 unit. Kubik is a small controlled-temperature incubator or cooler with removable inserts designed for self-contained, automatic […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/29/2019

January 29, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Bio-Monitor: Today a crewmember swapped out donned hardware with the spare garment and headband hardware to continue the 48 hour data recording session. The primary […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/28/2019

January 28, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): Over the weekend, a crewmember installed ELF cartridge unit 001. ELF is an experimental facility designed to levitate, melt and solidify […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/25/2019

January 25, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

ISS Experience setup and recording: The crew set up the hardware in Node 1, recorded themselves with The ISS Experience Z- Cam answering questions from […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/24/2019

January 24, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

FIR/LMM/Biophysics-5-2 Plate Installation: The crew installed Biophysics Plate s/n 2002 onto the PACE (Preliminary Advanced Colloids Experiment) LED Base inside the FIR/LMM (Fluids Integrated Rack/Light […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/23/2019

January 23, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) Troubleshooting: Performed as planned ground-commanded troubleshooting, today a file downlink attempt was made on the MISSE Science Carrier-11 (MSC-11). […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/22/2019

January 22, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Fluid Shifts: In support of the final day of Fluid Shifts operations, the crew performed a Chibis (lower body negative pressure) Imaging session. The video […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/21/2019

January 21, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

FIR/LMM/Biophysics-5 Configuration: While the crew was installing Biophysics-5 plate number 3 into the FIR/LMM (Fluids Integrated Rack/Light Microscopy Module), they noted some condensate on the […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/18/2019

January 18, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Hardware Reconfiguration: As a continuation of the ongoing CIR reconfiguration for the Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME) BRE (Burning Rate Emulator) […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/17/2019

January 17, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Fluid Shifts: As a continuation of the Fluid Shifts investigation, today the crew performed the baseline imaging part of the investigation.  Baseline imaging uses various hardware […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/16/2019

January 16, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Bio-monitor commissioning: The crew completed the first part of the Bio-Monitor commissioning activity.  The ground team is still assessing the data from the commissioning and […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/15/2019

January 15, 2019 Bill Keeter 0

Electromagnetic Levitator (EML): Today the crew performed a sample chamber swap for the EML facility.  Experiment samples are contained in these dedicated sample chambers that […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/19/2018

December 19, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

55 Soyuz (55S) Undock and Landing: The 55S crew, Sergey Prokopev, Alexander Gerst, and Serena Auñón -Chancellor, are scheduled to return to Earth tonight. Undock […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18/2018

December 18, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

Change of Command Ceremony:  Expedition 57 CDR Alexander Gerst handed off station command to Expedition 58 CDR Oleg Kononenko this afternoon. The Expedition 57 Crew […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/17/2018

December 17, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

Airway Monitoring: Today the crew performed the setup activities for the upcoming Airway Monitoring US Lab (ambient) session. The Airway Monitoring investigation aims to determine […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/14/2018

December 14, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

Molecular Muscle: Crewmembers removed the Molecular Muscle samples from the Kubik-5 facility and inserted the samples into the MELFI-3 (Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS). […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2018

December 13, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

ICE Cubes (International Commercial Experiment Cubes): A crewmember removed Experiment Cubes (Cube set #2) from the ICE Cubes facility and installed the new set of […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/12/2018

December 12, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

STaARS BioScience-4 (Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems): Today a crewmember removed four Experiment containers from the STaARS facility and inserted them into Minus Eighty-Degree […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/11/2018

December 11, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

Russian Segment ExtraVehicular Activity (RS EVA) 45A: Today, Kononenko and Prokopev exited Docking Compartment (DC)-1 at ~10:11 AM CT in order to execute RS EVA […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/10/2018

December 10, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

Molecular Muscle: Crewmembers performed sample inserts into the Kubik incubator facility, photography documentation, and a status check of the experiment run. The Molecular Muscle investigation […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/08/2018

December 8, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

SpaceX (SpX)-16 Mission:  At 6:21 AM CT, the ISS crew used the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to successfully capture the SpX-16 Dragon vehicle. […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/06/2018

December 6, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

Rodent Research-8 (RR-8): Today crewmembers stowed the two Rodent Research-7 Habitats and then installed Rodent Research-8 Habitats 1 and 3 in preparation for SpX-16 arrival. […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/05/2018

December 5, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

SpaceX (SpX)-16 Launch: SpX-16 launched today from Kennedy Space Center at 12:16 PM CT. Its rendezvous with ISS and capture is planned for Saturday, December […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/04/2018

December 4, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

SpaceX (SpX)-16 Launch Status:  SpX-16 launch attempt was delayed from today’s opportunity due to a cargo issue. The next launch attempt is December 5 in […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/03/2018

December 3, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

57 Soyuz (57S) Launch and Docking: The 57S vehicle launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome this morning at 5:31 CT and completed a nominal docking to […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/30/2018

November 30, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

Cemsica sample exchange: Today the crew removed the processed first Cemsica science cartridge from the SUBSA facility and inserted the second science cartridge.  Cemsica tests […]

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/29/2018

November 29, 2018 Bill Keeter 0

JEM Airlock (JEMAL) Depressurization: The JEM Airlock was depressurized in preparation for the transfer of the NanoRacks External Platform Inserts (NREP) back to the Exposed […]

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