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Station Crew Works on Science and Station Maintenance
Image Above: Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko uses a communication system while working in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
Science experiments and maintenance tasks occupied the Expedition 16 crew's time Tuesday aboard the International Space Station.
Flight Engineer Dan Tani dedicated several hours to cleaning the ventilation grills in the Zvezda service module. Later he continued troubleshooting problems with an audio terminal unit in the Destiny laboratory.
Tani also worked with a Remote Power Control Module (RPCM) circuit breaker box in the Quest Airlock that failed in late December. The RPCM will be used to route electrical loads for other modules that are being added in the near future.
Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko set up blood test equipment for a Russian biomedical study.
Commander Peggy Whitson conducted another session with the Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions 2 (InSPACE-2) experiment. Because of InSPACE's success during this mission, extra sessions were added to the crew's timeline. InSPACE obtains data on fluids that change properties in response to magnetic fields that can be used to improve or develop new brake systems and robotics.
Whitson took a break from her activities to participate in an interview with WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa.
Science experiments and maintenance tasks occupied the Expedition 16 crew's time Tuesday aboard the International Space Station.
Flight Engineer Dan Tani dedicated several hours to cleaning the ventilation grills in the Zvezda service module. Later he continued troubleshooting problems with an audio terminal unit in the Destiny laboratory.
Tani also worked with a Remote Power Control Module (RPCM) circuit breaker box in the Quest Airlock that failed in late December. The RPCM will be used to route electrical loads for other modules that are being added in the near future.
Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko set up blood test equipment for a Russian biomedical study.
Commander Peggy Whitson conducted another session with the Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions 2 (InSPACE-2) experiment. Because of InSPACE's success during this mission, extra sessions were added to the crew's timeline. InSPACE obtains data on fluids that change properties in response to magnetic fields that can be used to improve or develop new brake systems and robotics.
Whitson took a break from her activities to participate in an interview with WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa.