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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
*International Space Station Status Report #05-51*
*8 a.m. CDT Friday, October 14, 2005*
*Expedition 11 Crew*
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev
are spending their first few days alone on the international space
station following the safe return home of their predecessors Monday.
McArthur and Tokarev, veterans of shorter space shuttle flights, began
familiarizing themselves with the nuances of a longer on orbit life.
While becoming acquainted with their new microgravity home and
laboratory, they did some routine maintenance work, exercised and
conducted early experiment work. The crew also reviewed emergency
procedures for departing the station, swapped a battery in the Zarya
module and rearranged some stowage items in the Unity connecting node.
During McArthur and Tokarev's six months in orbit, they expect to
perform at least two spacewalks, the first in early November. Before
that, they will relocate their Soyuz spacecraft from the Russian Pirs
docking port so it can be used for the spacewalks. In December, the
Expedition 12 crew members expect to oversee the arrival of a new supply
ship, the 20th Progress vehicle.
This week, McArthur set up a camera for a session of the Earth Knowledge
Acquired by Middle School Students, or EarthKAM experiment. Using the
Internet, students can control the special digital camera mounted on the
space station to photograph coastlines, mountain ranges and other
geographic items of interest. Thousands of students from 119 schools
around the world are participating in the 20th session of this NASA
education program. The photographs are posted at:
http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu
The payload operations team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in
Alabama coordinates U.S. science activities on space station. For
information on the crew's activities aboard the station, future launch
dates, and station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
The next ISS status report will be issued Friday, Oct. 21, or earlier if
events warrant.
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