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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
*International Space Station Status Report #06-30*
*1 p.m. CDT, Friday, June 23, 2006*
*Expedition 13 Crew*
The International Space Station crew this week bid farewell to one cargo
craft and prepared for the arrival of another. The crew also continued
to prepare for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Discovery, which is set
for launch July 1.
On Monday, Pavel Vinogradov and Jeff Williams watched as the ISS
Progress 20 cargo vehicle automatically backed away from the station's
Pirs docking port, making room for the next one's arrival. The new
Progress is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:08
a.m. CDT June 24 and dock to the station at about 11:30 a.m. CDT June
26. It will bring about 2.5 tons of equipment and supplies to the
orbiting outpost.
Vinogradov took a refresher course on the Toru manual docking system
Monday. Vinogradov would use the system to guide the cargo craft in the
event its primary automated docking system did not function properly.
Throughout the week the station crew also prepared for Discovery's
anticipated arrival. On Tuesday, Vinogradov and Williams reviewed the
timeline of activities for the shuttle mission and held a conference
with mission experts on the ground. On Friday, the crew continued to
prepare U.S. spacesuits that will be used during the shuttle visit.
They also continued to pack equipment that will be returned to Earth on
Discovery. On Wednesday, Williams installed the centerline berthing
camera system in a window of the station's Unity connecting module. The
camera view will assist with the attachment of a pressurized logistics
module named Leonardo, which will be carried aboard Discovery to that
module's port. The Leonardo module will be attached to Unity for
unloading and reloading during the mission. It will be loaded in
Discovery's cargo bay for the trip home.
Also on Wednesday, Vinogradov worked with the Russian experiment that
studies self-propagating combustion materials. The investigation looks
at mechanisms for forming high-porosity, heat-resistant, thermal
insulating materials for spacecraft.
Williams spent more than three hours Thursday on station robotic arm
activities, first training with a simulation program on a laptop
computer and then exercising the arm itself. Supported by flight
controllers on the ground, he moved the Canadarm2 in much the same way
he will during Discovery's visit. He left it parked in position for
Discovery's arrival.
While Williams worked with the robotic arm, flight controllers noted
elevated spin motor command currents and vibrations on one of the
station's four control moment gyroscopes, "CMG 3." The indications
returned to normal several hours later, and the gyroscope has continued
to perform normally.
The next station status report will be issued on Saturday, June 24
following the ISS Progress 22's launch. For more about the crew's
activities and station sighting opportunities, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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