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Old December 10th 04, 11:23 PM
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International Space Station Status Report #04-66

4 p.m. CST, Friday, Dec. 10, 2004

Expedition 10 Crew

International Space Station crewmembers this week continued research and
maintenance activities and prepared for arrival of the next Progress cargo
craft.
On Wednesday, Station managers reviewed preparations for the upcoming launch
of the unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 16 resupply ship from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They confirmed that work is progressing well for
the scheduled liftoff at 4:19 p.m. CST Dec. 23.
The spacecraft will bring 2½ tons of food, fuel, clothing and other supplies
to the complex. Almost 70 food containers have been added to the craft's
manifest to replenish onboard supplies. Progress 16 is scheduled to arrive
at the Station at about 6:05 p.m. CST Christmas night. Along with food,
water, spare parts, science gear and equipment, the craft will carry
Christmas gifts and other personal items for Commander and NASA ISS Science
Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov.
ISS Progress 15, currently attached to the Station, will be undocked from
the rear of the Zvezda Service Module at 1:32 p.m. CST Dec. 22, clearing the
aft port for the new vehicle.
Throughout the week, Chiao prepared the U.S. laboratory Destiny for the
arrival of additional science experiments. He helped with several tests of
the Active Rack Isolation System (ARIS) in one of the payload racks that
will be used to house investigations. Ground controllers at the Payload
Operations Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center commanded the rack to
move. Chiao removed guides before the tests and reported the movements he
observed to the controllers.
The ARIS includes actuators that allow the rack to move slightly to protect
delicate experiments it houses from vibrations caused by Station systems and
the crew's movement. Destiny houses five payload racks. Three, including one
with ARIS, house active experiments. The other two, including the one tested
this week, are used to store experiments.
Today, Chiao took photos of the Binary Colloidal Alloys Test. Researchers
are using the experiment to study fluids like milk or paint that have
particles suspended in them. The experiment samples are shaken initially and
then photographed periodically to document how the particles settle in
microgravity. Researchers hope to use this data to develop new technologies
ranging from rocket propulsion to cable television.
Chiao and Sharipov participated in a Russian experiment to test the human
cardiovascular system in space. The test included Sharipov wearing a special
suit called the Chibis, which simulates forces on the musculoskeletal system
using suction. It also provides information for researchers to evaluate the
human body's adaptation to living in space without gravity for long periods.
Last weekend, Chiao did the fourth of five scheduled sessions of the
In-Space Soldering Investigation. The experiment studies the behavior of
soldering equipment in space so techniques can be refined for future
spacecraft development and repair.
Maintenance work this week included conditioning of U.S. spacesuit
batteries, gathering inter-module air duct measurements, collecting water
and air samples for analysis, and installing cables in the Russian segment.
Crewmembers also held a fire drill, which included the procedures they would
use if they had to leave the Station in an emergency.
Information on the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future launch
dates, as well as Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth,
is available on the Internet at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
Details on Station science operations can be found on an Internet site
administered by the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., at:
http://scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/
The next ISS status report will be issued Friday, Dec. 17, or sooner if
events warrant.
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