The Apollo Missions
Station Crew Prepares Items for Transfer to Progress, Shuttle
Image above: The International Space Station was photographed from the Soyuz TMA-16 during its relocation from the Zvezda service module to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2. Credit: NASA
The Expedition 22 crew members are preparing the International Space Station for two new vehicles. The ISS Progress 36 cargo vehicle is due to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Feb. 3 to resupply the station. Space shuttle Endeavour will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 7 to begin the STS-130 mission.
After the Progress docks, the five station crew members will unload new supplies and gear then reload it with trash and other discarded items. Endeavour will deliver the Tranquility Node, the Cupola and spare items for the station’s Water Recovery System which has been down since fall of last year. Endeavour will also return various station gear and science experiments back to Earth.
The Russian Vozdukh, a carbon dioxide removal system, failed Thursday and was repaired Friday. The system was deactivated and a part replaced. The Vozdukh is now operating normally scrubbing carbon dioxide from the Russian segment of the orbiting laboratory.
Inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory, the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly, which performs the same function as the Vozdukh, had an adsorbent bed replaced. The adsorbent bed is where the carbon dioxide accumulates after it is scrubbed from the atmosphere. If necessary, lithium hydroxide candles could be used to scrub carbon dioxide from the station’s atmosphere.
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2010 International Space Station Calendar
NASA is offering a 2010 calendar that describes the work being done on the International Space Station and gives information about the crews that have lived there. The calendar contains photographs taken from the space station and highlights historic NASA milestones and fun facts about the international construction project of unprecedented complexity that began in 1998. (Please Note: To print this large calendar on 8.5 by 11 paper, printer may need to be set on a "shrink to printable area" option.)
Image above: The International Space Station was photographed from the Soyuz TMA-16 during its relocation from the Zvezda service module to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2. Credit: NASAThe Expedition 22 crew members are preparing the International Space Station for two new vehicles. The ISS Progress 36 cargo vehicle is due to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Feb. 3 to resupply the station. Space shuttle Endeavour will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 7 to begin the STS-130 mission.
After the Progress docks, the five station crew members will unload new supplies and gear then reload it with trash and other discarded items. Endeavour will deliver the Tranquility Node, the Cupola and spare items for the station’s Water Recovery System which has been down since fall of last year. Endeavour will also return various station gear and science experiments back to Earth.
The Russian Vozdukh, a carbon dioxide removal system, failed Thursday and was repaired Friday. The system was deactivated and a part replaced. The Vozdukh is now operating normally scrubbing carbon dioxide from the Russian segment of the orbiting laboratory.
Inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory, the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly, which performs the same function as the Vozdukh, had an adsorbent bed replaced. The adsorbent bed is where the carbon dioxide accumulates after it is scrubbed from the atmosphere. If necessary, lithium hydroxide candles could be used to scrub carbon dioxide from the station’s atmosphere.
› Video: Station crew discusses Internet access from space
› Video: Astronaut Jeff Williams answers questions posted on YouTube
› NASA Extends the World Wide Web Out Into Space
› Read T.J. Creamer’s first tweet from space
› Hear Commander Jeff Williams thank ground team for its work
› Read more about Expedition 22
› View crew timelines
+ View space station photos of Haiti
2010 International Space Station Calendar
NASA is offering a 2010 calendar that describes the work being done on the International Space Station and gives information about the crews that have lived there. The calendar contains photographs taken from the space station and highlights historic NASA milestones and fun facts about the international construction project of unprecedented complexity that began in 1998. (Please Note: To print this large calendar on 8.5 by 11 paper, printer may need to be set on a "shrink to printable area" option.)
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