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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Crew Does Science, Maintenance; Jules Verne Deorbits
Crew Does Science, Maintenance; Jules Verne Deorbits
Image above: Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff worked with SPHERES, a small satellite experiment, on Saturday. Credit: NASA TV
Aboard the International Space Station Monday, the Expedition 17 crew members continued their science and maintenance duties. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) re-entered the atmosphere.
Commander Sergei Volkov inspected and cleaned smoke detectors and bacteria filters associated with the station’s Fire Detection and Suppression system.
Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko performed maintenance on the cycle ergometer, which is part of the crew’s exercise equipment. He also worked with a Russian experiment known as Relaxation, which studies radiation patterns from Earth’s ionosphere and the Earth limb.
Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff made adjustments to the station’s Internal Thermal Control Systems Moderate Temperature Loop, which controls temperatures aboard the orbital outpost.
After completing its six-month mission to deliver supplies and provide reboost capability to the space station, the Jules Verne ATV, the first ESA cargo craft to visit the complex, performed two deorbit burns Monday morning and burned over the Pacific Ocean during re-entry.
Image above: Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff worked with SPHERES, a small satellite experiment, on Saturday. Credit: NASA TV
Aboard the International Space Station Monday, the Expedition 17 crew members continued their science and maintenance duties. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) re-entered the atmosphere.
Commander Sergei Volkov inspected and cleaned smoke detectors and bacteria filters associated with the station’s Fire Detection and Suppression system.
Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko performed maintenance on the cycle ergometer, which is part of the crew’s exercise equipment. He also worked with a Russian experiment known as Relaxation, which studies radiation patterns from Earth’s ionosphere and the Earth limb.
Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff made adjustments to the station’s Internal Thermal Control Systems Moderate Temperature Loop, which controls temperatures aboard the orbital outpost.
After completing its six-month mission to deliver supplies and provide reboost capability to the space station, the Jules Verne ATV, the first ESA cargo craft to visit the complex, performed two deorbit burns Monday morning and burned over the Pacific Ocean during re-entry.
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