ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/28/2020

Payloads

Drop Vibration Gather and Review: The crew reviewed the procedures and gathered the appropriate hardware to support the installation on Thursday.  Inertial Spreading with Vibration and Water Coalescence (Drop Vibration) examines the behavior of big liquid drops whose perimeter of contact, called the contact line, moves rapidly as the drops change shape either forced by vibration or freely by merger. These motions, fast and small on Earth, become slower and larger in microgravity and so can be more closely observed. Such observations improve the currently limited understanding of contact lines, important in applications such as self-cleaning surfaces, water harvesting devices, anti-frost coatings and the fabrication of semiconductors.

Exposed Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM) Sample Attach: In support of ExHAM #2, the crew installed Handhold Exp (HXP) Platform s/n 002 on the HXP adapter and stowed HXP s/n 001.  Following this, the crew installed the ExHAM#2 experiments/samples.  Taking advantage of Kibo’s unique function of having both an airlock and a robotic arm on the ISS, the ExHAM facility enables space experiments to be performed in the exposed space environment, by attachment to the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo’s Exposed Facility.

Systems

Environmental Health System (EHS) Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (TOCA) Water Recovery System (WRS) Sample Analysis & Data Record: Crew performed an analysis of the Water Processing Assembly (WPA) using the TOCA. The TOCA unit oxidizes organic carbon species present in the water to carbon dioxide gas and measures the concentration using nondispersive infrared spectroscopy. Analysis of the potable water using the TOCA occurs on a weekly basis.

Completed Task List Activities:

  • None

Today’s Ground Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

  • JEM AL Depress Ops for HXP2

Look Ahead Plan

Thursday, 10/29 (GMT 303)
Payloads:

  • Drop Vibration setup
  • EPM board removal 

Systems:

  • Urine Transfer System Offload and EDV Swap
  • SSRMS Direct Drive Test

Friday, 10/30 (GMT 304)
Payloads:

  • Cubesat review
  • Hero Product
  • HRF blood/urine setup
  • Plant Habitat-02 science install 

Systems:

  • RS EVA Preparations
  • Nitrogen/Oxygen Recharge System configure to Low Pressure Oxygen

Saturday, 10/31 (GMT 305)
Payloads/Systems:

  • No activities scheduled. Crew off duty day. 

Today’s Planned Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

  • NEUROIMMUNITET Operations
  • Environmental Health System (EHS) Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (TOCA) Water Recovery System (WRS) Sample Analysis
  • Handhold Exp Platform (HXP) Item Preparation 3
  • Inspection and maintenance of RS1, RS2, RS3 laptops No.11VXY, ФГБ1ПГО_4_426_1, 0.5 CTB No.1297 (010478J).  Do no move RS3 to stowage before the upcoming activity.
  • JEM Airlock Slide Table (ST) Extension to JPM Side
  • Handhold Exp Platform #1 (HXP1) Stow
  • Replacement of ПФ1, ПФ2 dust filter cartridges and cleaning В1, В2 fan screens in DC1 (ФГБ1ПГО_4_424_1, bag 435-20 (00071061R) or bag ФГБ1ГА (440-22). Discard old units. Reflect changes in IMS)
  • Handhold Exp Platform #2 (HXP2) Attachment
  • SW Upgrade No.2 on Central Post Laptop (RS3, Remote RS).
  • On MCC GO Deactivation of gas analyzer ГЛ2106.
  • Testing electrical circuits in Elektron-VM signal and command matching unit (БССК)
  • Handhold Exp Platform #2 (HXP2) Sample Attachment 5
  • PROFILAKTIKA-2.  Training with [КОР-01-Н] set.
  • Crew time for ISS adaptation and orientation
  • Handhold Exp Platform (HXP) Item Closeout
  • JEM Airlock Slide Table (ST) Retraction from JPM Side
  • On MCC Go Moding СО gas analyzer (ГЛ2106) to OPERATION.
  • ALGOMETRIYA. Experiment Session.
  • Drop Vibration Payload Review
  • Crew time for ISS adaptation and orientation
  • Drop Vibration Hardware Gather
  • СОЖ Maintenance. Verification of ИП-1 Flow Sensor Position
  • Environmental Health System (EHS) – Coliform Water Sample Analysis 44 +/- 4 hours post processing
  • MATRYOSHKA-R. Tritel Hardware Monitoring
  • Environmental Health System (EHS) Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (TOCA) Sample Data Record
  • Crew time for ISS adaptation and orientation
  • OPTIMIS Tablet Application Big Picture Words Review
  • PROFILAKTIKA-2. Training with [КОР-01-Н] set.
  • Food Acceptability Survey
  • VZAIMODEISTIVIYE-2. Experiment Ops
  • PROFILAKTIKA. Equipment setup
  • Crew time for ISS adaptation and orientation