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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
*International Space Station Status Report #06-34*
*3 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 21, 2006*
*Expedition 13 Crew*
For the first time since early 2003, the International Space Station is
home to three crew members. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas
Reiter joined Expedition 13 following Space Shuttle Discovery's mission
earlier this month.
Reiter, who serves as the expedition flight engineer, Commander Pavel
Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams got down to business. Their
tasks this week included activating a new high-tech freezer; installing
additional sound suppression devices; performing a functional check of a
new oxygen generation system, which will become active next year; and
preparing for the next spacewalk, set for just before 10 a.m. EDT on
Aug. 3.
Discovery left behind about three tons of supplies, hardware and
experiments as well as 175 gallons (660 liters) of water and 74 pounds
(33 kilograms) of nitrogen, leaving the station in excellent condition
to support the crew of three.
One of the most anticipated experiment racks, the Minus Eighty
Laboratory Freezer for ISS, was activated. The freezer will allow
biological and human research experiment samples to be stored until they
are returned to Earth for evaluation.
The recent Discovery mission brought the new oxygen generation system
and the freezer to the station. Status checks were performed this week
on the newly installed oxygen system to prevent its internal valves from
sticking over long periods of dormancy. Once it is activated, the device
will augment the Russian Elektron oxygen-generation system in
preparation for the further expansion of the station crew to six people.
The crew also began preparations for the next spacewalk. The spacewalk
by Williams and Reiter will be conducted in U.S. spacesuits. The
astronauts will deploy external experiments and prepare station truss
components for future assembly work. Additional solar panels and
electrical equipment will be delivered by the next two space shuttle
missions, scheduled for late August and December. Spacewalk preparations
included flushing cooling loops in the Quest airlock and the spacesuits
and configuring airlock systems and tools. The astronauts also reviewed
station robotic arm procedures.
The next station status report will be issued on Friday, July 28, 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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