Category: ISS Status Reports

By Bill Keeter Payloads Electrolysis Measurement (EM): In support of the ongoing EM experiment, the crew performed a series of sample exchanges. Electrolytic Gas Evolution …

By Bill Keeter Payloads Repository: The crew performed Urine and blood collections in support of the Repository study. Repository supports scientific discovery that contributes to …

By Bill Keeter Payloads Capillary Driven Microfluidics: The crew configured the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) in preparation for Microfluidics science runs. The crew also took …

By Bill Keeter Payloads REDEYE: The crew installed the RED-EYE 2 satellite onto the Japanese Module (JEM) KABOR deployer system on the JEM Airlock slide …

By Bill Keeter Payloads Electrolysis Measurement (EM): In support of the ongoing EM experiment, the crew performed a series of sample exchanges. The experiment is …

By Bill Keeter Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) #13: The crew performed photographic documentation of the J-SSOD#13 deployment. The JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer …

By Bill Keeter Payloads Space Fibers: The crew performed hardware gather and setup in the Microgravity Science Glovebox for the Space Fibers Reflight mission. Manufacturing …

By Bill Keeter CIR (Combustion Integrated Rack): The crew prepared the CIR to allow ground commanding of the FOMA (Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly) Calibration. The …

By Bill Keeter Actiwatch Plus: The crew installed four Actiwatch Plus units into the HRF rack USB hub and verified charging and data downlink connection. …

By Bill Keeter Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD#13): The crew completed the final installation steps for the J-SSOD#13 deployable satellites onto the Multi-Purpose Experiment …

By Bill Keeter Fluids Integration Rack (FIR): The crew replaced both FCF Hard Drives in the FCF Image Processor in the FIR. This change out …

By Bill Keeter ELF (Electro-static Levitation Furnace): The crew performed a cartridge sample #3 chamber swap and then opened the Air Gas bottle unit in …

By Bill Keeter Functional Immune: The crew gathered blood samples in support of the Functional Immune investigation. The Functional Immune Alterations, Latent Herpesvirus Reactivation, Physiological …

By Bill Keeter Functional Immune: Dry saliva collection was performed in support of the Functional Immune investigation. The Functional Immune Alterations, Latent Herpesvirus Reactivation, Physiological …

By Bill Keeter Food Physiology: The crew performed saliva collections in support of the Food Physiology investigation. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune …

By Bill Keeter Standard Measures (SM): The crew performed their saliva collection and insertion into MELFI. The aim of the SM investigation is to ensure …

By Bill Keeter Autonomous Medical Officer Support (AMOS): The crewmembers performed autonomous ultrasound imaging using only the AMOS software instead of remote (ground team) guidance …

By Bill Keeter Payloads AMOS (Autonomous Medical Officer Support) overview: In preparation for activities later this week, the crew reviewed the big picture words for …

By Bill Keeter The crew will work late into the nominal crew work day today to prepare Dragon for unberth and release tomorrow morning. The …

By Bill Keeter Veggie PONDS Validation: The crew removed the Germination Cap from each Veggie Ponds Module and added water to reservoirs of each module …

By Bill Keeter Fluid Shifts: The crew performed the setup for baselining eye Fundoscope images. Fluid Shifts is a NASA investigation, divided into Dilution Measurements, …

By Bill Keeter Vascular Echo: A crewmember doffed the Vascular Echo Mobil-O-Graph Cuff and upload the recorded 13-hour BP data to the EPM Laptop, then …

By Bill Keeter JAXA MHU-5 (JAXA Mouse Habitat Unit-5): The crew performed routine mouse habitat maintenance activities for the continuing Mouse Mission-5 investigation. JAXA Mouse …

By Bill Keeter Vascular Echo: The crew performed blood collections, performed separation processing and placed them into cold stowage in support of the Vascular Echo …

By Bill Keeter Engineered Heart Tissues: The crew performed sample fixations on selected tissue chambers and performed cell culture media exchanges on the remaining tissue …

By Bill Keeter EPO AstroPi: The crew inserted the AstroPi Micro SD card into SSC 11 and 19 in order to upgrade AstroPi OS software …

By Bill Keeter Transparent Alloys-SEBA: The crew successfully exchanged the Transparent Alloys Cartridge. The aim of the Transparent Alloys-SEBA (Solidification along an Eutectic Path in …

By Bill Keeter JAXA MHU-5 (JAXA Mouse Habitat Unit-5): The crew performed routine mouse habitat maintenance activities for the continuing Mouse Mission-5 investigation. JAXA Mouse …

By Bill Keeter Acoustic Diagnostics: The crew set up the appropriate hardware, performed the audio measurements, and used the EveryWear application to answer the questionnaires. …

By Bill Keeter Engineered Heart Tissue: The crew performed sample fixations on selected tissue chambers and performed cell culture media exchanges on the remaining tissue …

By Bill Keeter Fluid Shifts: The crew performed activities related to the Chibis (lower body negative pressure) portion of the investigation. Fluid Shifts is a …

By Bill Keeter Engineered Heart Tissue (EHT): The crew performed steps to troubleshoot noise seen in the data for the EHT habitats. Ground teams report …

By Bill Keeter Fluid Shifts: The crew set up the appropriate hardware in the Russian segment to support the Fluid Shifts Chibis testing later this …

By Bill Keeter ISS HAM pass: The crew participated in an ISS HAM pass with South Australia Wing, Parafield, South Australia. Questions included how the …

By Bill Keeter Materials ISS Experiment (MISSE): The crew installed three MISSE Sample Carriers (MSCs) onto MISS Transfer Tray 2 (MTT 2), and installed the …

By Bill Keeter DOSIS-3D: The crew retrieved the DOSIS-3D Passive Detector Pouch (PDP) from the Dragon vehicle and installed the ten passive detector packs and …

By Bill Keeter Mouse Mission-5: The crew completed mouse transfer and related activities to start the mission. The purpose of this mission is to analyze …

By Bill Keeter SpaceX Capture/Berthing (SpX-20): Today, the ISS crew completed robotic capture of the SpX-20 Dragon at 10:26 am CT using the Space Station …

By Bill Keeter CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L): The crew performed a check on the Fungicide Disinfection status of the CBEF facility in preparation for …

By Bill Keeter BioFabrication Facility (BFF): The crew removed the test Cartridge from the BFF facility. The BFF is dedicated to manufacturing human organs and …