Space Mission Design Lecture 24
What's happening in space:
Bigelow Aerospace Announces $50 million "America's Space Prize"
Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Crew Proficiency: The crew performed the first of two proficiency training sessions with SSRMS today. The crew maneuvered the arm to the US Lab in order to survey and take photographs of a "dent" in Lab MMOD shield panel LAB1/04-08. The survey was recorded and the ground is assessing the data. The second SSRMS session will be held on Friday, positioning the SSRMS and its cameras for viewing the Soyuz relocation later this month.
Inspection of the SM Working Compartment [PO] Shell: The crew performed an inspection behind Service Module panels 130, 134, 135, 138 and under the TVIS for moisture, deposits and corrosion. FE-1 reported that the areas were mostly clean, with only some dust and some small "crevises" on the edges of the shell. This is not a concern for MCC-M since the edges are thicker than the shell itself. The crew also reported no noticeable scratches or "crevises" on the actual pressure shell. The crew used a wet towel to clean some dust from the surfaces and pipes. The crew took numerous photographs to be downlinked to the ground for analysis by Russian specialists.
Russian Air Conditioner (CKB) Status: Over the weekend, the crew found water behind CKB1. As a result, it was deactivated and CKB2 was activated. The initial assessment by MCC-M is that a malfunctioning valve is limiting condensate collection by the CPBK. Further assessments are in work by the Russian Ground Specialists. As an additional data point, over the last few days while the CKB1 was active, approximately 3 pounds of condensate was collected in the US Lab by the Port CCAA. Nominally, with a crew size of 2 all condensate is collected in the SM.
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