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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
*International Space Station Status Report #06-18*
*1 p.m. CDT – Friday, April 14, 2006*
*Expedition 13 Crew*
The 13th crew of the International Space Station is wrapping up its
first week flying solo in its new orbiting home. The crew's work has
included station maintenance, medical and other experiments and standard
daily exercise.
Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer and NASA
Science Officer Jeff Williams said farewell to their predecessors last
Saturday. The Expedition 12 crew and a visiting Brazilian astronaut
undocked that afternoon and landed in Kazakhstan at 7:48 p.m. EDT.
Vinogradov and Williams had light duty Sunday and Monday, a break after
completing eight days of extensive handover activities with their
counterparts.
Maintenance work included a three-and-a-half hour scheduled replacement
of station toilet components on Tuesday. Both crew members also took
time to talk with two Russian news organizations and participants at a
Russian school children's aerospace festival.
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the crew from the
Kremlin. Putin's call came on the 45th anniversary of the first human
spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin, a landmark event commemorated by the
Russian holiday Cosmonautics Day. That date, April 12, was also the 25th
anniversary of the first NASA space shuttle launch in 1981.
Putin told the crew it was a pleasure to see representatives of the
United States and Russia working together on the same spacecraft. During
the light-hearted exchange, Vinogradov invited Putin to visit the space
station.
The crew continued loading the station's Progress cargo craft with trash
and conducted physical evaluations and experiments Thursday. Vinogradov
and Williams practiced an emergency evacuation drill Friday. Throughout
the week, they had time to familiarize themselves with their new home.
Vinogradov and Williams will remain in orbit for six months. During that
time, they plan to welcome two space shuttles and perform two
spacewalks. Shuttle Discovery's STS-121 mission, targeting a launch no
earlier than July 1, will bring European Space Agency astronaut Thomas
Reiter aboard the station.
Reiter will increase the station crew size to three for the first time
since May 2003 when the crew size was reduced to conserve station
supplies following the Columbia accident.
Back on Earth for almost a week, Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur
and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev remain in Star City, Russia, near
Moscow. They continue to undergo debriefing and rehabilitation after 190
days in space. With them is Marcos Pontes, Brazil's first astronaut, who
launched with Expedition 13. He returned to Earth with the Expedition 12
crew after spending about eight days on the station conducting experiments.
Tentative plans call for McArthur to return to Houston later this month.
Information on the crew's activities aboard the space station, future
launch dates, and station sighting opportunities are available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
The next status report will be issued Friday, April 21, or earlier if
events warrant.
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