Cygnus Cargo Operations: The crew was originally scheduled to ingress the Cygnus vehicle this morning, however the crew got ahead of the timeline and ingressed on Sunday, October 23rd. Today the crew performed Cygnus cargo transfer operations off the tasklist during the time that was allocated for ingress.
Airway Monitory Reconfiguration: Following Tuesday’s successful Airway Monitoring session in the Joint Airlock, FE-5 and FE-6 stowed the experiment hardware and reconfigured the Airlock back to its nominal configuration. Airway Monitoring is the first experiment to use the US Airlock as a hypobaric facility for performing science. Utilizing the US Airlock will allow unique opportunities for the study of gravity, ambient pressure interactions, and their effect on the Human Body. This investigation studies the occurrence and indicators of airway inflammation in crewmembers, using ultra-sensitive gas analyzers to analyze exhaled air. This helps to highlight any health impacts and to maintain crewmember well-being on future human spaceflight missions, especially longer-duration missions to the Moon and Mars for example, where crewmembers will have to be more self-sufficient in highlighting and avoiding such conditions.
Simple Solar Neutron Detector Deploy: FE-3 retrieved the Simple Solar Neutron Detector from the Cygnus vehicle and deployed it on the Node 2 Lightbridge. The crew took photos and downlinked them for ground teams to review. Neutrons are difficult to detect because they are electrically neutral particles and pass through most detector systems without detection. The slow neutron Spectrometer University of Lincoln-Nebraska Detector for the Analysis of Solar Neutrons (DANSON) uses a new instrument design that can significantly improve the reliability of identifying neutrons in the mixed radiation field found in deep space. This instrument design uses a moderation and capture technique that slows down the neutrons and then “captures” them in an isotope of boron. The DANSON detector uses special crystals and thin film devices loaded with the boron 10 isotope to absorb the slowed neutrons, leaving a signature in the crystal or the device of the neutron capture process. DANSON uses custom materials with distinct signatures that are easily recognized as a distinct neutron capture signal, which is then processed and analyzed to determine the radiation levels. The objective is to measure the neutron flux and neutron energy on the ISS with DANSON. The ISS provides a valuable testbed for evaluating the instrument performance in a mixed radiation environment that includes sources from galactic cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, trapped radiation belts and albedo neutrons from Earth’s atmosphere. The structure and contents of the ISS serve as a realistic spacecraft for exploration.
Today’s Planned Activities
All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.
- ГНШ-К-24 Low Noise Headset Audit
- EKON-M. Observations and photography
- COSMOCARD. Closeout Ops Tagup with specialists
- Soyuz 731 GoPro HERO3 Camcorder Battery Pair 1 Recharging, Start
- In Flight Maintenance (IFM) Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Full Fill
- Packing Equipment for Return via Soyuz 731
- Photo TV High Definition (HD) Cygnus Video Setup
- PILOT-T. Preparation for the experiment.
- Handover of Increment 49/50 Crew
- Water Recovery Management (WRM) Condensate Pumping Initiation
- PILOT-T. Experiment Ops.
- In Flight Maintenance (IFM) Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Full Fill
- СОЖ maintenance
- Water Recovery Managment (WRM) Condensate Pumping Termination
- Combustion Integrated Rack Alignment Guide Removal
- Crew Departure Preparations for Return to Earth
- Node 1 Nadir Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Controller Panel Assembly (CPA) Removal [Completed Sunday 23-October]
- LBNP Exercise (CLOSEOUT). Tagup with specialists
- Transfer Operations – Prepack of US items to be loaded into Soyuz
- Node 1 Nadir to Cygnus Vestibule Outfitting Part 2 [Completed Sunday 23-October]
- Cygnus Ingress [Completed Sunday 23-October]
- Terminating charge of Soyuz 731 GoPro HERO3 Camcorder battery pair 1 and initiating recharge of pair 2
- AIRMON Stow
- MICROVIR. Photography of Cassetta-M No. 1-3, No.1-4 bottom cells. Closeout Ops
- Cygnus Cargo Photo
- ISS Medical Accessories Kit (IMAK) Unpack from OA-5
- CALCIUM. Experiment Session 11.
- Restow Vestibule Outfitting Kit (VOK) [Completed Sunday 23-October]
- Sanitary-Hygiene Status Monitoring
- Private Medical Conference (PMC)
- Sanitary-Hygiene Status Monitoring
- BIOPLENKA. Removal of Samples from the Thermostat, fixation of Constanta cassette No.4-5 biofilm.
- Photo/TV Airway Monitor Vido Tear down in A/L
- Temperature and Humidity Control (THC) Portable Fan Assembly (PFA) Teardown
- CALCIUM. Transfer of Calcium-Э Kits No.3 and No.4 to Soyuz 731
- Teardown the PS-120 Junction Box and stow, and reconfigure A/L UOP.
- Flushing Progress 433 (DC1) Rodnik H2O Tank 1 and Tank 2 H2O connectors В1, B2
- Replacement of E-K Pre-treat Container and Hose in АСУ System. [АСУ] Activation after Replacement
- AQM Sieve Cartridge Remove and Replace
- Microbial Sample Collection
- Simple Solar Neutron Detector Hardware Setup
- Crew Departure Preparations for Return to Earth
- Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Airlock Restow
- Cleaning Micropurification Unit (БМП) Fan Screen
- Terminating Soyuz 731 GoPro HERO3 Camcorder battery pair 2 Recharge
- Public Affairs Office (PAO) High Definition (HD) Config LAB Setup
- MOTOCARD. Memory card kits prepack for return
- PILOT-T. Experiment Session.
- Collecting SM and FGB Air Samples Using АК-1М Sampler
- Soyuz 731 Return Stowage
- ИПД Air Sample Collection for Ammonia in SM
- PILOT-T. Photography of the Experiment Ops
- PAO Preparation
- Public Affairs Office (PAO) Event in High Definition (HD) – Lab
- PILOT-T. Closeout Ops Tagup with specialists as necessary
- ISS Crew Orientation
- CONTENT. Experiment Ops
- Onboard Training (OBT) Cygnus Debrief Conference
- Flight Director/ISS CREW CONFERENCE
- OA-5 Cygnus Delta Emergency Response Review Update
- On board Training Cygnus Emergency Procedure Review
- BIOPLENKA. Removal of Samples from the Thermostat, fixation of Constanta cassette No.4-6 biofilm.
Completed Task List Items
- None
Ground Activities
All activities were completed unless otherwise noted.
- RapidScat Survey
Three-Day Look Ahead:
- Friday, 10/28: Cygnus Cargo Transfer, 47S Prepack, Change of Command
- Saturday, 10/29: 47S Undock and Landing
- Sunday, 10/30: Crew Off Duty
QUICK ISS Status – Environmental Control Group:
|
Component |
Status |
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Elektron |
On |
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Vozdukh |
Manual |
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[СКВ] 1 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV1”) |
Off |
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[СКВ] 2 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV2”) |
On |
|
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Lab |
Standby |
|
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Node 3 |
Operate |
|
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Lab |
Operate |
|
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Node 3 |
Idle |
|
Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) |
Standby |
|
Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) |
Shutdown |
|
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Lab |
Off |
|
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Node 3 |
Full Up |