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ISS STATUS SCIENCE REPORT SS05-049
SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
NASA News wrote:
>October 21, 2005
>
>Katherine Trinidad
>Headquarters, Washington
>(Phone: 202/358-4769)
>
>James Hartsfield
>Johnson Space Center, Houston
>(Phone: 281/483-5111)
>
>STATUS REPORT: SS05-049
>
>INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS05-049
>
>The 12th international space station crew turned its attention this
>week to experiment work aboard their microgravity home and
>laboratory. They captured spectacular images of Hurricane Wilma
>(available on the Web and NASA TV) and prepared for a spacewalk.
>
>Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery
>Tokarev began reviewing procedures for the first station-based
>spacewalk using U.S. suits since 2003.
>
>During the November 7, five and one half hour spacewalk, they will
>install a new video camera on the far end of the station's P1 (port)
>truss. They also will remove a probe that measured the electrical
>potential around the station from the top of the P6 truss.
>
>Yesterday, the station's atmosphere was repressurized with oxygen from
>storage tanks on the docked Progress supply ship. Russian specialists
>are preparing a troubleshooting plan for the Elektron, the primary
>oxygen generation system on the station. It stopped working late last
>week.
>
>Russian technical specialists are examining what caused the abort of a
>planned altitude reboost Tuesday using Progress fuel and thrusters.
>Mission managers believe Russian navigation computers properly shut
>down the thrusters when they lost information about how they were
>performing. A planned test firing of the thrusters Wednesday will
>gather more data for Russian engineers.
>
>McArthur checked out a system to analyze exhaled gases inside the
>station. The Pulmonary Function System took more than eight years of
>design, development and testing on Earth by U.S. and European Space
>Agency scientists. It was delivered to the station by the shuttle
>Discovery in July. McArthur and Tokarev conducted the first of three
>sessions with the Renal Stone experiment. They collected urine
>samples for return to Earth and logged all food and drink consumed
>during a 24-hour period.
>
>This ongoing experiment investigates whether potassium citrate can be
>used to reduce the risk of kidney stone formation for space
>travelers. The citrate minimizes kidney stone development on Earth.
>
>Since urine calcium levels are typically much higher in space,
>astronauts are susceptible to an increased risk of developing kidney
>stones. An understanding of the crew's diet during the urine
>collection timeframes will help researchers. They will determine if
>the excess calcium in the urine is due to diet or a response to the
>microgravity environment. The payload operations team at NASA's
>Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., coordinates U.S.
>science activities on the station.
>
>During their six-month mission, McArthur and Tokarev will conduct at
>least two spacewalks and oversee the arrival of the next Progress
>supply vehicle in December. They also will relocate their Soyuz
>spacecraft to free the Russian Pirs docking port for a later
>spacewalk. Pirs doubles as an airlock and docking module.
>
>For information about crew activities, future launch dates, and
>station sighting opportunities on the Web, visit:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/station For information about NASA and agency
>programs on the Web, visit:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/home
>
> NASA TV's Public, Education and Media
>channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed
>via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C,
>4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on
>AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz,
>horizontal polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant
>Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. For digital
>downlink information for each NASA TV channel, and access to NASA
>TV's Public Channel on the Web, visit:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
>
>
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