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*International Space Station Status Report #06-29*
*1 p.m. CDT, Friday, June 16, 2006*
*Expedition 13 Crew*
The International Space Station crew this week prepared for the
departure of one unpiloted Progress cargo carrier, the arrival of
another, and for the STS-121 shuttle mission of Discovery that will
deliver an additional crew member.
Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff
Williams will welcome European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter,
giving the station a third crew member for the first time since May
2003. Discovery is scheduled to launch to the station no earlier than
July 1.
Discovery will bring equipment and supplies to the station, much of it
in the multi-purpose logistics module, known as Leonardo. The
Italian-built pressurized transporter will be taken from Discovery's
cargo bay and attached to the station's Unity module, where it will be
unloaded and later refilled with equipment, experiment results and other
items, as well as trash, for return to Earth.
On Wednesday, Vinogradov and Williams trained for a photo session during
Discovery's predocking rendezvous pitch maneuver. The orbiter does a
back flip near the station to expose its belly to camera-wielding
station crew members. The images are sent to Earth for careful
examination to check for any damage to the thermal protection tiles.
Crew members also spent some time this week packing material for return
to Earth on Discovery.
Both crew members worked to pack ISS Progress 20 with trash to get ready
for its June 19 undocking, deorbit and incineration in the Earth's
atmosphere. They continued to use oxygen from its tanks for the
station's atmosphere. They closed the hatch and performed a leak check
Friday.
The crew also tested the Toru manual docking system. It would be used in
the unlikely event the Kurs automated docking system is unable to bring
ISS Progress 22 to the Pirs docking port. The new Progress is scheduled
to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome June 24 and dock with the station
June 26. It will carry about 2.5 tons of equipment and supplies.
Vinogradov and Williams had a day off on Monday, Russian Independence
Day. Tuesday activities included disassembly of the Binary Colloidal
Alloy Test experiment hardware, replacement of an avionics inlet fitting
on the Crew Health Care System rack in the Destiny laboratory and work
on noise reduction around the Vozdukh carbon dioxide removal system.
Also on Tuesday, Williams, a Wisconsin native, took time to talk with a
reporter from WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, Wis.
On Wednesday Vinogradov replaced interior panels and relocated smoke
detectors in the Zvezda service module. Thursday work included a
recharge of the station's defibrillator while Friday saw work with the
microgravity science glovebox and stowage of the InSPACE, also known as
Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal
Emulsions experiment.
The next station status report will be issued on Friday, June 23, or
earlier if events warrant. For more about the crew's activities and
station sighting opportunities, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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