Space Station Status Report for June 27

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday – crew off-duty day. Ahead: Week 4 of Increment 24

>>>With solar Beta angle in its "high" region (now slowly coming down), ISS is in constant sunlight, offering 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.]

At wake-up, FE-4 Wheelock continued his first session of the medical protocol Pro K (Dietary Intake Can Predict and Protect against Changes in Bone Metabolism during Spaceflight and Recovery), with controlled diet and diet logging after the urine pH spot test. …