Space Station Status Report for June 26
Department:
The International Space Station
Teaser:
What's happening on the Space Station.
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ISS Status Reports Download time: Jun 27 2010 8:27 AM ET
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday – crew off-duty day. >>>Solar Beta angle reached its high point last night and is coming down now. With ISS in constant sunlight, there are great naked-eye visibility opportunities at local nighttime (for viewing times check http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html)!<<<
CDR Skvortsov completed the regular daily early-morning check of the aerosol filters at the Russian Elektron O2 generator which Maxim Suraev had installed on 10/19/09 in gaps between the BZh Liquid Unit and the oxygen outlet pipe (filter FA-K) plus hydrogen outlet pipe (filter FA-V). [The CDR again inspected the filters before bedtime, currently a daily requirement per plan, with photographs to be taken if the filter packing is discolored.]
FE-5 Yurchikhin terminated his first experiment session, started last night, for the long-term Russian sleep study MBI-12/Sonokard, taking the recording device from his Sonokard sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground.…
See ISS Status Reports for links to further info.
