Space Station Status Report for August 23
Department:
The International Space Station
Teaser:
What's happening on the Space Station.
Link:
Source:
ISS Status Reports Download time: Aug 24 2010 11:05 AM ET
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 12 of Increment 24.
At wake-up, CDR Skvortsov performed the regular daily early-morning check of the aerosol filters at the Russian Elektron O2 generator which Maxim Suraev had installed on 10/19 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 inspects the filters before bedtime tonight, currently a daily requirement per plan, with photographs to be taken if the filter packing is discolored.]
Skvortsov's morning inspection today included the weekly checkup behind ASU/toilet panel 139 in the SM (Service Module) on a fluid connector (MNR-NS) of the SM-U urine collection system, looking for potential moisture. …
