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Subj: EXP 12 STATUS REPORT #06-4
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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
*International Space Station Status Report #06-4*
*10:30 a.m. CST, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006*
*Expedition 12 Crew*
Preparations for a walk in space took center stage this week on the
space station.
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev
reviewed procedures, gathered tools and outfitted equipment for their
Feb. 3 spacewalk. The walk may last up to six hours. It begins at 5:20
p.m. EST. NASA TV coverage starts at 4:30 p.m. EST. During the walk, the
crew will release the unusual SuitSat satellite. It's an old Russian
Orlan spacesuit outfitted with amateur radio equipment. It will fly
freely for several weeks of scientific research and amateur radio
tracking. Eventually, SuitSat will burn up in the atmosphere.
The crew also will install a safety bolt in an emergency cable cutting
system on the station's mobile transporter rail car. The transporter is
used to move a platform containing the station's robotic arm along the
truss of the complex. Other spacewalk tasks include relocation of an
adaptor for the Russian Strela boom. The crane-like Strela is used to
move spacewalkers and cargo.
Managers decided to extend Expedition 12's mission and delay launch of
Expedition 13 by one week. Expedition 13 is planned to launch on a Soyuz
rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on March 29. It will
dock on April 1. Expedition 12 is scheduled to return home April 8. The
additional time will be used to prepare the Expedition 13 Soyuz
spacecraft for flight.
The Protein Crystal Growth Monitoring by Digital Holographic Microscope
for the International Space Station experiment operated on the station
this week. Known as PROMISS in most station communications, the
experiment uses diagnostic equipment to monitor the exact growth
conditions of protein crystals. The experiment was activated Jan. 19. It
operates for 15 days inside the Destiny Laboratory's Microgravity
Science Glovebox. A better understanding of protein crystals may aid in
the development of new medicines.
The ground-commanded Binary Colloidal Alloy Test captured time-lapse
photography of its sixth sample using camera equipment borrowed from a
student photography experiment called EarthKAM. The experiment studies
the physics of the Earth's surface crystallization and fluids at their
critical point. The payload operations team at NASA's Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., coordinates U.S. science activities on
the station.
As part of NASA's education programs, McArthur also videotaped a
description of how astronauts stay oriented in weightlessness. The video
will be used in classrooms and NASA educational products.
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
The next station status report will be issued following the Friday, Feb.
3, spacewalk.
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Asunto: [sarex] EXP 12 STATUS REPORT #06-4
Fecha: Viernes, 27 de Enero de 2006 19:06
SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
*International Space Station Status Report #06-4*
*10:30 a.m. CST, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006*
*Expedition 12 Crew*
Preparations for a walk in space took center stage this week on the
space station.
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev
reviewed procedures, gathered tools and outfitted equipment for their
Feb. 3 spacewalk. The walk may last up to six hours. It begins at 5:20
p.m. EST. NASA TV coverage starts at 4:30 p.m. EST. During the walk, the
crew will release the unusual SuitSat satellite. It's an old Russian
Orlan spacesuit outfitted with amateur radio equipment. It will fly
freely for several weeks of scientific research and amateur radio
tracking. Eventually, SuitSat will burn up in the atmosphere.
The crew also will install a safety bolt in an emergency cable cutting
system on the station's mobile transporter rail car. The transporter is
used to move a platform containing the station's robotic arm along the
truss of the complex. Other spacewalk tasks include relocation of an
adaptor for the Russian Strela boom. The crane-like Strela is used to
move spacewalkers and cargo.
Managers decided to extend Expedition 12's mission and delay launch of
Expedition 13 by one week. Expedition 13 is planned to launch on a Soyuz
rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on March 29. It will
dock on April 1. Expedition 12 is scheduled to return home April 8. The
additional time will be used to prepare the Expedition 13 Soyuz
spacecraft for flight.
The Protein Crystal Growth Monitoring by Digital Holographic Microscope
for the International Space Station experiment operated on the station
this week. Known as PROMISS in most station communications, the
experiment uses diagnostic equipment to monitor the exact growth
conditions of protein crystals. The experiment was activated Jan. 19. It
operates for 15 days inside the Destiny Laboratory's Microgravity
Science Glovebox. A better understanding of protein crystals may aid in
the development of new medicines.
The ground-commanded Binary Colloidal Alloy Test captured time-lapse
photography of its sixth sample using camera equipment borrowed from a
student photography experiment called EarthKAM. The experiment studies
the physics of the Earth's surface crystallization and fluids at their
critical point. The payload operations team at NASA's Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., coordinates U.S. science activities on
the station.
As part of NASA's education programs, McArthur also videotaped a
description of how astronauts stay oriented in weightlessness. The video
will be used in classrooms and NASA educational products.
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
The next station status report will be issued following the Friday, Feb.
3, spacewalk.
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