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Crew Begins Month With Science, Checkouts
ISS Crew Begins November With Science, Checkouts
November began with a wide range of activities for the International Space Station's Expedition 10 crew. Commander Leroy Chiao, who is also the Expedition 10 NASA ISS science officer, conducted a session with the Binary Colloid Alloy Test 3, which is studying the long-term behavior of colloids -- a system of fine particles suspended in a fluid -- in a microgravity environment, where the effects of sedimentation and convection are removed. Crewmembers will even out the samples, photograph the growth and formations of the colloids, and downlink the images for analysis. Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov checked out a Russian plant-growth experiment and trained with the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity (ADUM) medical experiment. ADUM seeks to better understand the ability to quickly and remotely transmit medical data to the ground. The application may also find benefits on Earth, allowing for much quicker injury diagnosis for patients at remote locations by doctors based at hospitals. In other activities, Chiao also took readings throughout the Station for a routine noise level check and took inventory of flight crew equipment. Sharipov inspected circuit breakers and fuses in the Pirs Docking Compartment. Also, both crewmembers spent an hour familiarizing themselves with the Space Station. On the ground, Expedition 9 is in Star City, Russia, for several weeks of post-flight debriefings and medical exams before returning to Houston in mid-November. -- --------------------------- Jacques :-) www.spacepatches.info |
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