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International Space Station Status Report #03-32
4 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 3, 2003
Expedition 7 Crew

The International Space Station Expedition 7 crew of Commander Yuri
Malenchenko and NASA Science Officer Ed Lu began their third month
aboard the Station this week, wrapping up a week that included a
personal milestone and continued experiment work.

Lu, who considers Honolulu, Hawaii, one of his hometowns, celebrated
his 40th birthday aboard the Station on Tuesday, a milestone that was
marked by the observance of "Edward Tsang Lu Day" in Hawaii. Hawaii
Governor Linda Lingle read a proclamation of the observance to Lu on
Monday. Lu's birthday also was marked by an "Aloha Day" celebration
in Mission Control and throughout NASA with ground team members
donning Hawaiian garb and shirts such as those Lu has frequently worn
in orbit. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe took part in the
celebration with a congratulatory call to Lu marking the occasion.

Lu completed work this week with the InSPACE experiment in the
Destiny Laboratory's Microgravity Science Glovebox. Lu conducted runs
of the experiment, which studies the behavior of magnetic particles
in a fluid when subjected to a pulsed magnetic field, almost daily
during the week. InSPACE stands for Investigating the Structure of
Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions.

Other activities during the week included standard maintenance
inspections of Russian systems, windows, and the Pirs Docking
Compartment's docking cone. The Expedition 7 crew took time out of
its activities on Monday to field questions from educators gathered
in Seattle, Washington, for launch of the NASA Explorer Schools
program. The program includes teams of educators from 50 schools who
will work with NASA to bring the excitement of space exploration and
science into the classroom. Friday, July 4, will be a holiday for the
crew. Light activities interspersed with time off also are planned
for Saturday and Sunday. 

Information on the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future
launch dates, as well as Station sighting opportunities from anywhere
on the Earth, is available on the Internet at:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/

Details on Station science operations can be found on an Internet
site administered by the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., at:

http://scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/

The next ISS status report will be issued on Friday, July 11, or
earlier, if events warrant.

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