New Status: H-II Transfer Vehicle 4 (HTV4) Status: HTV4 launched successfully Saturday August 3rd at 2:48 PM CDT from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Capture and berthing are planned for Friday August 9th at 6:30 AM CDT. Over the weekend, Reaction Control System (RCS) and Main Engines thruster testing and leak checks were performed on both …
New Status: InSPACE-3 Operations: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Nyberg performed her first two test sessions of InSPACE-3 today. InSPACE-3 obtains data on fluids containing ellipsoid-shaped particles that change the physical properties of the fluids in response to magnetic fields. InSPACE-3 collects and records data on fluids containing ellipsoid-shaped particles that change the physical properties of the …
New Status: Multi-Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) Combustion Chamber (CC) Communication Cable Checkout: Flight Engineer (FE)-3 Cassidy successfully performed activation and checkout of the MSPR CC Communication Cable. Following this activity, ground specialists initiated steps to verify the video quality downlinked from the G1 camcorder. Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions (InSPACE)-3 …
