ISS Daily Summary Report – 07/17/15

Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Slosh: Kelly configured two SPHERES satellites and coordinated with ground controllers to observe the dominance of fluid forces during higher accelerations. The investigation uses small robotic satellites to examine how liquids move inside containers in microgravity. A water bottle’s contents slosh around differently in space than on Earth, but the physics of liquid motion in microgravity are not well understood which affects computer simulations of liquid rocket fuel behavior. University undergraduate and graduate students control the SPHERES to study how liquids behave inside containers in space, which increases the safety and efficiency of future rockets.  Today’s Planned Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor / r/g 9277 SPHERES – Stowage of batteries WRS – Recycle Tank Fill MRM1-FGB Screw Clamp Tightening OTKLIK. Hardware Check / r/g 9358 Tests of Voltage Converter ПН28-120. / r/g 9328 Replacement of three ОСП-4 Fire Extinguishers in FGB r/g 9352 Measurements of panels 310 and 322 in SM / r/g 9357 ТКГ 428 (DC1) Transfers and IMS Ops  r/g 9239, 9253 SPHERES – Hardware Setup Video recording of address to the participants of WorldSkills International General Assembly / r/g 9359 SPHERES – Hardware Checkout MRM1 Comm Config DAN. Experiment Ops / r/g 9083 DAN. Experiment Execution Support / r/g 9083 INTERACTION-2. Experiment Ops / r/g 9356 SPHERES Shutdown SPHERES – Data Export Terminate BSA Battery Maintenance Cycle Start BSA Battery Maintenance Cycling VEG-01 – Plant Photo IMS and Stowage Conference Food Frequency Questionnaire IMS Delta File Prep CASKAD. Manual Mixing in Bioreactor / r/g 9277 Completed Task List Items None Ground Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. OASIS SPHERES Three-Day Look Ahead: Saturday, 07/18: Crew off duty, housekeeping Sunday, 07/19: Crew off duty Monday, 07/20: N3 CDRA ASV R&R/leack check, EVA battery maintenance, CSA CP battery build QUICK ISS Status – Environmental Control Group:                               Component Status Elektron On Vozdukh Manual [СКВ] 1 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV1”) On [СКВ] 2 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV2”) Off Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Lab Standby Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Node 3 Operate Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Lab Shutdown Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Node 3 Operate Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) Standby Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) Standby Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Lab Full Up Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Node 3 Off  

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