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2\01 ISS On-Orbit Status, 01-02-2003
Part 1 of 2

ISS On-Orbit Status 2/1/03

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

On this day of great loss, tragedy and grief, the station crew was 
given time for quiet mourning after CDR Ken Bowersox was informed of 
comm loss with Shuttle Columbia at 9:50am EST. "The cause in which 
they died will continue. Our journey into space will go on." 
(President Bush, 2/1/03).

Work is underway at MCC-Houston to review any potential impacts of the
tragedy on ISS program and logistics plans. No last minute changes to 
the Progress 10P load manifest were found necessary. Liftoff of the 
cargo ship at Baikonur is still scheduled for tomorrow morning at 
7:59am EST.

Separation command to Progress 9P was given this morning at 10:59am, 
and successful separation was confirmed at 11:01am. [ISS attitude, in 
free drift for the undocking, was then maneuvered to duty attitude and 
later, at 1:40pm, to experiment attitude to allow observation of the 
Progress re-entry with the infrared spectrometer of the Russian 
geophysical GFI-1 "Relaksatsiya" experiment from the Service Module 
(SM). Maneuver back to standard attitude occurred at 2:25, followed by 
handover of control authority to U.S. CMG momentum management.]

Work aboard the station focused on the weekly 3-hr. housecleaning of 
the station, which includes removal of food waste products, periodic 
cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, and wet cleaning of 
surfaces.

The crew also completed the regular daily tasks of SOSh life support 
systems maintenance (Bowersox) and IMS inventory database auto 
export/import.

FE-2/SO Don Pettit took two ppCO2 (carbon dioxide partial pressure) 
readings with the CDMK (CO2 monitoring kit) in SM and Lab, one in the 
morning, the other before dinner time (2:30pm).

The crew performed their regular 2.5-hr. physical exercise sessions on 
TVIS (treadmill), CEVIS (cycle ergometer), and RED (resistive 
exerciser).

Due to the recent trip on the Lab RPCM (remote power controller 
module), VTR-1 (video tape recorder #1) continues to be unusable in 
its current configuration. MCC-H is looking at a potential work around 
using a specific cable configuration.

Thanks to Don's and Sox's troubleshooting, POC (Payload Operations 
Center) made good progress with the EXPRESS Rack 2 problem. Nominal 
laptop data are being received, and POC is working on a plan to 
troubleshoot the lack of good Ethernet communications with the RIC 
(rack interface controller).

A task for familiarizing Don Pettit with MSG (microgravity science 
glovebox) operations has been added to the "job jar" task list and 
hard-scheduled for 2/4, prior to the planned MSG ESEM (exchangeable 
standard electronic module) and PDC (power distribution controller) 
activities next week. ESEM and PDC will arrive on Progress 10P on 2/4.

Science Update (Expedition Six -- 9th):

This week the crew completed the EarthKAM activities. Many students 
were so excited that it was difficult for some teachers to send them 
home. The crew's work on the EarthKAM payload has surely inspired the 
next generation of scientists and space explorers. The second InSPACE 
sample monitor shows that the samples are viable for processing once 
MSG is functioning. Also, this week the crew completed the second 
session of Renal Stone collections and a new EVARM activity that will 
determine a closer correlation between the EVARM badge calibrations 
and the onboard IV/CPDS in the space environment.

Extra-Vehicular Activity Radiation Monitors (EVARM): The crew was 
reminded to return the EVARM badges (4 pouches) to the IV-CPDS 
(intravehicular charged particle directional spectrometer) location 
after reading.

GASMAP/Pulmonary Function in Flight (PuFF): The next PuFF session is 
planned for Monday, 2/3.

Renal (Kidney) Stone Experiment: Completed for Increment 6.

Human Research Facility/Workstation (HRF WS): Continuing.

Ultrasound: n/a

Foot/Ground Reaction Forces During Space Flight (FOOT): New run by 
Bowersox next week.

Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation (PFMI): Complete for Inc. 5. 
On hold pending MSG PDC (power distribution controller) and ESEM3 
(exchangeable standard electronic module 3) replacement. Will remain 
in MSG until further notice.

Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS): SAMS continues to 
collect acceleration data for vibratory characterization of the 
microgravity environment.

Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System (MAMS): MAMS continues
measurement of microgravity environment in the quasi-steady regime for
general characterization.

Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System 
(PCG-STES):  Temperatures are nominal. PCG-STES is currently in 
heating mode.

Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal
Emulsions (InSPACE): The second performance of the Coil Monitoring 
Procedure once again provided valuable information that 5 of the 6 
Coil Assemblies remain viable for operations and that the particles 
remain dispersed. Thanks to the crew for their excellent video and 
description. Looking forward to initiating operations next week.

Materials ISS Experiment (MISSE): In progress. Deployed outside. 
Nominal and collecting data. Was photographed by the crew during the 
1/15 EVA.

Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG): ZCG has finished science operations for 
Inc 6.

EarthKAM (EK): On behalf of the entire ISS EarthKAM team, as well as 
the 27 participating middle schools, the ground thanked the crew for 
supporting their operations this week. The crew's efforts have helped 
hundreds of students command over 750 beautiful images. Several 
teachers have reported that they've had trouble getting their students 
to go home at the end of the day, since they've been so excited by the 
images they've been receiving.

Crew Earth Observation (CEO): The ground has not had such detailed 
shots of the hard-to-get glaciers on the west side of the Andes as the 
ISS provided.  These fill a distinct gap in the imagery archive for 
this cloud-socked part of the world. Lake Poopo and nearby dry lakes 
have had an unusual inflow of water (unusual for an inter-ENSO 
period), presumably related to the very heavy cloud masses we have 
witnessed for a couple of weeks over this high desert. The ground is 
very interested in .WAV files relating to view angles on pack ice and 
icebergs.

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