Space Station Status Report for August 27

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

CDR Skvortsov, with FE-3 Kornienko assisting for the checkout, spent several more hours on Part 2 of the IFM (Inflight Maintenance) on the TVIS treadmill in the SM (Service Module), repairing the running belt which had a buckled belt slat due to a loose screw found under it, stemming probably from a TVIS drum. [The new situation required the crew to (1) inspect both drums, (2) check the tread belt fabric for damage, (3) verify weld nut alignment, (4) re-torque the belt slat screws & apply new witness marks to them (which would indicate, over time, slight rotational displacements of the screws), and (5) inspect the roller bearings for possible damage by the screw. An unmanned & manned ACO (Activation & Checkout) run was to wrap up the troubleshooting.]

FE-5 Yurchikhin transferred the new Russian Tekh-38 VETEROK ("Breeze") science hardware from the SM to the MRM2 "Poisk" module, set up its air scrubber fan (VOV), air ion concentration meter (IKAR-1) and anemometer-thermometer (TAN-1) on Plane III, and proceeded to take measurements of charged particles at various locations near the running VOV. At the same time, FE-3 Kornienko collected air samples near the VETEROK payload with the AK-1M sampler/adsorber. …