EarthKAM (Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools): The crew changed out the Lens of the EarthKAM hardware. EarthKAM allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew’s perspective. Using the Internet, the students control a special digital camera mounted on-board the ISS. This enables them to photograph the Earth’s coastlines, mountain ranges and other geographic items of interest from the unique vantage point of space. The EarthKAM team then posts these photographs on the Internet for viewing by the public and participating classrooms around the world.
OsteoOmics: The crew performed the OsteoOmics media operations. Millions of Americans experience bone loss, which results from disease or the reduced effects of gravity that can occur in bed-ridden patients. OsteoOmics tests whether magnetic levitation accurately simulates the free-fall conditions of microgravity by comparing genetic expression osteoblastic cells, a type of bone cell, levitated in a high-field superconducting magnet with cells flown in low-Earth orbit. This information helps scientists determine the molecular and metabolic changes that take place in magnetic levitation and real microgravity.
BioFabrication Facility (BFF): The crew replaced the four smart pump barbs and bracket as troubleshooting step from a high pressure dispensing and ink flow failure during last operations. This will prepare the BFF for printing Meniscus sample which will arrive on SpX-20. The BFF is dedicated to manufacturing human organs and tissues in space, primarily for use by patients on Earth. Besides printing tissue, the BFF also can help maintain the health of deep space exploration crews by producing food and personalized pharmaceuticals on demand.
CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L): The crew installed the Glovebox inn power cables inside the CBEF and fixated the LTL distribution box insulator in preparation for the Mouse Cage facility arriving on SpX-20. CBEF-L is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) new subrack facility, which is an upgraded facility of the original Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS). CBEF-L provides new capabilities with additional new resources such as Full High Definition video interface, Ethernet, 24 VDC power supply, and a larger diameter centrifugal test environment. By using the original CBEF and CBEF-L as one facility for the same experiment, the payload user is provided with an upgraded experimental environment that can handle the processing of more experimental samples for a wider array of experiments.
Completed Task List Activities:
- None
Today’s Ground Activities:
- OsteoOmics LSG Operations Support
- BioFabrication Facility Smart Pump Ops Support
- WORF Activation
- CMS Treadmill 2 Power Cycle
Thursday, 2/27 (GMT 058)
Payloads:
- OsteoOmics Week 2- Media Changeout (NASA)
- Mouse Mission Habitat pwr connection to Glove Box and Cage setup (JAXA)
- MELFI Icebrick Inserts (NASA)
- Food Acceptability (NASA)
- STaARS BioScience-9: Sample S/N 1009 into Cold stowage (NASA)
- Standard Measures PreSleep Questionnaire (NASA)
- Fluid Shifts Baseline Imaging Setup (NASA)
- SABL CO2 Incubator Controller Install (NASA)
Systems:
- Water Storage System (WSS) Resupply Storage Swap
- Wastewater Storage Tank Assembly (WSTA) Fill
Friday, 2/28 (GMT 059)
Payloads:
- Standard Measures PostSleep Questionnaire (NASA)
- Fluid Shifts Ultrasound and CCFP and DPOAE Baseline Scans (NASA)
- OsteoOmics Week 2- Media Changeout (NASA)
- ISS Experience Recording of OsteoOmics ops (NASA)
- Food Acceptability (NASA)
- MSL HERMES Vacuum Vlv to open (NASA)
- MELFI Icebrick Inserts (NASA)
Systems:
- None
Saturday, 2/29 (GMT 060)
Payloads:
- HRF Saliva collect (NASA)
- ISS Experience H/W Stow
Systems:
- Crew off-duty
Today’s Planned Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.
- OsteoOmics-2 Maintenance Work Area Preparation
- On MCC GO Regeneration of Micropurification unit (БМП) Ф2 cartridge (end)
- LSG Primary Crew Restraint Unfold
- PK-4 data hard drives exchange
- OsteoOmics Thaw Kit Retrieval
- OsteoOmics LSG Operations
- OsteoOmics Thaw Bag Retrieval
- OsteoOmics-2 MELFI Sample Retrieve
- OsteoOmics BioCell Thaw Operations
- OsteoOmics Thaw Bag Retrieval
- OsteoOmics-2 MELFI Sample Retrieve
- OsteoOmics BioCell Thaw Operations
- OsteoOmics Thaw Bag Retrieval
- OsteoOmics-2 MELFI Sample Retrieve
- OsteoOmics BioCell Thaw Operations
- PK-4 Experiment Run 2/1
- OsteoOmics Thaw Bag Retrieval
- OsteoOmics-2 MELFI Sample Retrieve
- OsteoOmics BioCell Thaw Operations
- OsteoOmics Thaw Bag Retrieval
- OsteoOmics-2 MELFI Sample Retrieve
- OsteoOmics BioCell Thaw Operations
- URAGAN. Installation and activation of SOVA and VSS PL.
- OsteoOmics Thaw Bag Retrieval
- OsteoOmics-2 MELFI Sample Retrieve
- OsteoOmics BioCell Thaw Operations
- OsteoOmics BioCell Habitat Cleanup
- Cell Biology Experiment Facility Left (CBEF-L) LTL distribution box Insulator Fixation
- Glove Box Inner Cable Connection
- HYPERVISOR SERVER 1 (HV1) Shell Swap
- PK-4 Experiment Run 2/2
- Ultrasound 2 HRF Rack 2 Setup Alternate
- LSG Primary Crew Restraint Fold
- URAGAN. Closeout ops and SOVA and VSS PL teardown.
- BioFabrication Facility Sensor Removal
- LSG Work Volume Stow
- HRF Generic Saliva Collection Setup
- PK-4 Experiment Run 2/3
- Health Maintenance System (HMS) ISS Food Intake Tracker (ISS FIT)
- 24-hour ECG Recording (start)
- 24-hour Blood Pressure Recording (start)
- Health Maintenance System (HMS) OCT2 Setup
- PK-4 Chamber filling with Neon gas
- EarthKAM Node 2 Lens Change-Russian
- Health Maintenance System (HMS) OCT2 Prep
- Health Maintenance System (HMS) OCT2 Exam – Subject
- Health Maintenance System (HMS) – OCT2 Exam – Operator
- OsteoOmics-2 MELFI Sample Removal
- Health Maintenance System (HMS) OCT2 Stow
- Reminder Standard Measures Multi-day Saliva Collection
- Reminder Portable O2 Monitor (POM) Reading
- Reminder 1 Fluid Shifts Baseline Imaging Measures