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Subj: ISS STATUS REPORT #05-60
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Fecha: Viernes, 09 de Diciembre de 2005 16:32
SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A./C #31468
*International Space Station Status Report #05-60*
*9 a.m. CST, Friday, Dec. 9, 2005*
*Expedition 12 Crew*
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev
focused on keeping the International Space Station in good working
condition this week as managers reviewed plans for the change out of
cargo vehicles at the complex.
On Monday, McArthur finished repairing an atmospheric contaminant
monitor, called a Volatile Organic Analyzer (VOA), in the Destiny Lab.
He replaced thermal fuses in the device, which measures amounts of gases
in the cabin air. He is scheduled to replace a circulation fan for the
rack the unit is housed in on Friday. He will activate and check the
apparatus next week.
In the Russian segment, the crewmembers performed routine cleaning of
the smoke detectors in the Zarya module. Tokarev repaired air ducts to
improve airflow into the U.S. segment. In addition, Tokarev installed an
adjustable fan with mufflers in the sleeping quarters to reduce the
amount of noise the fan produces.
McArthur recorded a brief explanation of the space station's solar
panels as part of NASA's educational programs. The curriculum-based
activities in space by the crew are planned to demonstrate the basic
principles of science, math, physics, engineering and geography. The
programs show students how familiar objects on Earth may behave
differently in weightlessness. The videotaped session will be
incorporated into educational products that NASA will make available for
use in classrooms.
McArthur updated the operating software of the five racks designed to
house science experiments in the Destiny lab. He also prepared the
canisters of a materials exposure experiment for installation on the
outside of the complex during the next Space Shuttle mission.
Both crewmembers spent time this week rounding up unneeded equipment and
trash for disposal in the ISS Progress 19 cargo craft now docked to the
aft port of the Zvezda module. They also removed the Progress vehicle’s
Kurs automatic docking system. The unit will be returned to Earth for
refurbishment and reuse.
Station managers are reviewing a proposed change in the plan to undock
the Progress Dec. 20. The new plan would leave the Progress attached to
the station for a few more months, allowing the crew additional time to
use it for trash disposal and to use up its oxygen and fuel supplies.
The next cargo vehicle, ISS Progress 20, launches Dec. 21 from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. If the new plan is approved, Progress
20 would dock to the Pirs Docking Compartment Dec. 23. It will bring
almost three tons of food, water, fuel, oxygen, air, spare parts and
holiday gifts to the outpost.
Information on the crew's activities aboard the station, future launch
dates, as well as station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the
Earth, is available on the Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
The next ISS status report will be issued on Friday, Dec. 16, or
earlier, if events warrant.
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