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Old February 5th 05, 12:30 AM
Jacques van Oene
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International Space Station Status Report #05-6

4 p.m. CST, Friday, Feb. 4, 2005

Expedition 10 Crew

The Expedition 10 crew turned its attention to the Space Shuttle's return to
flight this week, spending several days pre-packing International Space
Station items destined for return to Earth aboard Discovery.
Commander Leroy Chiao began the effort Feb. 1 and reported Friday that he
has completed pre-packing all U.S. hardware identified for return, and that
he and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov are working together to do the same
for the appropriate Russian hardware. Chiao also completed an inventory of
food supplies.

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer and Science
Officer John Phillips will be on board the Station when Discovery arrives in
May, and will work with the STS-114 crew to stow the return items after
supplies and equipment being delivered have been transferred. The Expedition
10 crew's pre-packing efforts will help ensure that the limited amount of
transfer time available during Discovery's visit is used efficiently.

Scientific research also highlighted the week, with Sharipov conducting
three runs with the Russian Plasma-Crystal experiment, while Chiao worked
with two student experiments. "Plazmennyi Kristall" is studying how
plasma-dust crystals and fluids behave in microgravity when excited by radio
waves. Sharipov set up the experiment, installing specimens and pumping the
atmosphere out of its vacuum chamber so that telescience specialists on the
ground could command its operations. Chiao installed the EarthKAM experiment
on a bracket in one of the Station's windows for its final Expedition 10
session. Students at 160 middle schools around the world have snapped more
than 900 Earth observation images by remote control so far. Chiao also
worked with the Space Experiment Module-Satchel experiment, which contains
11 sample vials, one each from schools around the United States, that are
exposed to microgravity for three to six months. This is the first flight of
the satchel carrier, which was delivered to the Station by the Progress 16
resupply ship.

Chiao also spent several hours working to restore the Space Integrated
GPS/Inertial Navigation System (SIGI) to full functionality. The system,
which supplies Global Positioning Satellite navigation information to a
Station guidance and navigation computer, was working normally again after
Chiao rotated out one of the Destiny Laboratory's systems racks to gain
access and update the system's firmware programming.
The crew will have the usual light-duty weekend with cleaning and exercise
on tap. Chiao, who is the NASA ISS Science Officer, can also choose from
various research activities for his optional Saturday Morning Science
session.

For more on NASA, the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future
launch dates and Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth,
visit:
www.nasa.gov

The next International Space Station Status report will be issued on Friday,
Feb. 11, or earlier if events warrant.

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Jacques :-)

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