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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
> June 30, 2006
>
> Joe Pally
> Headquarters, Washington
> 202-358-7239
>
> James Hartsfield
> Johnson Space Center, Houston
> 281-483-5111
>
>
>
> INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-031
>
> The Expedition 13 crew welcomed a Russian resupply ship this week and
> prepared for the arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery.
>
> Discovery's launch is scheduled for 3:49 p.m. EDT Saturday.
> Discovery's STS-121 mission will return the station to three crew
> members for the first time since 2003, when European Space Agency
> astronaut Thomas Reiter joins crew members Jeff Williams, flight
> engineer and Pavel Vinogradov, commander.
>
> To get ready for STS-121 spacewalks, the crew flushed cooling loops in
> the Quest airlock and U.S. spacesuits, configured airlock systems and
> tools and reviewed robotic arm procedures. They checked out a
> ship-to-ship communications system that will be used for
> conversations with Discovery's crew during rendezvous and
> disconnected the station's Common Cabin Air Assembly heat exchanger.
> That device will be returned to Earth aboard Discovery along with
> other equipment in the Italian-built Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics
> Module. Discovery will use Leonardo to bring about 5,000 pounds of
> supplies to the station.
>
> The crew also completed a mid-mission session of the renal stone
> experiment by collecting urine samples and logging all of the food
> and drinks consumed over a three-day period. Each crewmember is
> taking either potassium citrate, a drug found to be useful in
> preventing kidney stone formation on Earth, or a placebo. Crews in
> space are at risk for kidney stones because of their loss of bone
> density.
>
> ISS Progress 22, the unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft, brought 2.5
> tons of fresh produce, other foodstuffs, food, fuel and supplies to
> the station on June 26. After the cargo ship was fully connected with
> station systems, flight controllers in Moscow completed a routine
> thruster test, and Vinogradov removed its Kurs automated rendezvous
> hardware.
>
> The next station status report will be issued on Friday, July 7, or
> after the STS-121 mission.
>
> For more about the crew's activities and station sighting
> opportunities, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/station
>
> For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/home
>
>
> -end-
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