Jacques van Oene
October 2nd 04, 10:20 AM
Expedition 10 Receives New Launch Date; Current Crew Troubleshoots Elektron
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Mike Fincke this
week learned that they will get a few more days in space. The Russian
Federal Space Agency announced that the next ISS crew, Expedition 10, is now
slated to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 13 and
arrive at the orbital outpost on Oct. 15. After eight days of joint
operations, Padalka and Fincke will end their six-month stay at the Station
and return to Earth on Oct. 23.
In addition to preparing for the arrival of the Expedition 10 crew and their
trip home, Padalka and Fincke continued maintenance this week on the Russian
Elektron oxygen generation system, which has operated intermittently over
the past few weeks. Their efforts have brought success with the restoration
of partial operation. Fincke also replaced a U.S. air monitoring system in
the Destiny Laboratory Module.
The crew continued ISS science activities throughout the week. Fincke
conducted several sessions with a soldering experiment that could lead to
the use of soldering repair electronics during spaceflight. Padalka and
Fincke continued their Crew Earth Observations.
On Monday, Padalka and Fincke will hold a news conference at 9:40 a.m. CDT
(1440 GMT). Later in the day, Station Program managers and scientists will
recap the Expedition 9 flight in a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT (1800 GMT). That
briefing will be followed by a look ahead at the plans for the Expedition 10
crew at 2 p.m. CDT (1900 GMT). All three events will air on NASA TV.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Mike Fincke this
week learned that they will get a few more days in space. The Russian
Federal Space Agency announced that the next ISS crew, Expedition 10, is now
slated to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 13 and
arrive at the orbital outpost on Oct. 15. After eight days of joint
operations, Padalka and Fincke will end their six-month stay at the Station
and return to Earth on Oct. 23.
In addition to preparing for the arrival of the Expedition 10 crew and their
trip home, Padalka and Fincke continued maintenance this week on the Russian
Elektron oxygen generation system, which has operated intermittently over
the past few weeks. Their efforts have brought success with the restoration
of partial operation. Fincke also replaced a U.S. air monitoring system in
the Destiny Laboratory Module.
The crew continued ISS science activities throughout the week. Fincke
conducted several sessions with a soldering experiment that could lead to
the use of soldering repair electronics during spaceflight. Padalka and
Fincke continued their Crew Earth Observations.
On Monday, Padalka and Fincke will hold a news conference at 9:40 a.m. CDT
(1440 GMT). Later in the day, Station Program managers and scientists will
recap the Expedition 9 flight in a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT (1800 GMT). That
briefing will be followed by a look ahead at the plans for the Expedition 10
crew at 2 p.m. CDT (1900 GMT). All three events will air on NASA TV.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info