Space Station Status Report for June 30
Department:
The International Space Station
Teaser:
What's happening on the Space Station.
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ISS Status Reports Download time: Jul 1 2010 10:42 AM ET
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
Crew sleep cycle remains shifted to the right for Progress 38P docking on Friday: Wake – 7:00am (reg. 2:00am), Sleep – 10:30pm (reg. 5:30pm) EDT.
• At Baikonur/Kazakhstan, the new cargo ship Progress M-06M/38P was launched today routinely on time at 11:35am EDT (9:35pm local time) on a Soyuz-U rocket. Ascent was nominal, and all spacecraft systems are without issues. Docking to the ISS at the SM (Service Module) aft port is planned for Friday (7/2) at ~12:58pm. 38P carries 2230 kg (4916 lbs) of cargo, specifically: 870 kg (1918 lbs) propellants, 50 kg (110 lbs) oxygen & air, 100 kg (220 lbs) water and 1210 kg (2667 lbs) spare parts & experiment hardware.
FE-3 Kornienko 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). [FE-3 will inspect the filters again before bedtime, currently a daily requirement per plan, with photographs to be taken if the filter packing is discolored.]
FE-6 Shannon Walker continued her at-wakeup session with the Pro K protocol, with controlled diet and diet logging after the urine pH spot test.…
