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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/27/2019

    Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Preparation: The crew continued preparation for the third AMS repair EVA with procedure reviews.  The AMS-02 repair EVAs are being performed with the goal of recovering a series of cooling pumps within the AMS-02 experiment. The first and second of the AMS EVAs were completed successfully and went …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/26/2019

    Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Preparation: The crew continued preparation for the third AMS repair EVA with procedure reviews.  The AMS-02 repair EVAs are being performed with the goal of recovering a series of cooling pumps within the AMS-02 experiment. The first and second of the AMS EVAs were completed successfully and went …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/25/2019

    AMS EVA preparation: The crew continued preparation for the third AMS repair EVA with procedure reviews.  The multiple AMS-02 repair EVAs are being performed to recover a series of cooling pumps within the AMS-02 experiment. The first and second of the AMS EVAs were completed successfully and went very well. The third EVA is currently …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/22/2019

    AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) EVA#2: Today, ISS CDR Luca Parmitano (EV-1) and FE-9 Drew Morgan (EV-2) conducted US EVA #60 (AMS EVA #2) to perform the following tasks: Power Cable Preparation Mechanical Attachment Device (MAD) Install Depressurization Cut VSB Tube Rough Cut VSB MLI Closeout Nadir MLI Removal Nadir Tube Rough Cut The multiple AMS-02 …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/21/2019

    AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) EVA Preparation: The crew continued preparation for the AMS repair EVAs completing a multitude of prep tasks including the crewlock prep work, tool configurations, suit review, procedure reviews and a crew conference.  The multiple AMS-02 repair EVAs are being performed to recover a series of cooling pumps within the AMS-02 experiment. …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/20/2019

    AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) EVA Preparation: The crew continued preparation for the AMS repair EVAs with procedure reviews.  The multiple AMS-02 repair EVAs are being performed to recover a series of cooling pumps within the AMS-02 experiment. The first of the series of EVAs occurred last Friday. The second EVA is scheduled to occur this …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/19/2019

    Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Upgraded Tracker Thermal Pump System (UTTPS):  Today, the USOS crew transitioned the UTTPS from its launch configuration to its on-orbit configuration. To achieve this, the USOS crew transferred the UTTPS to the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and bungeed it to the JPM1D6 (JEM Pressurized Module Deck 6) location. Once the UTTPS …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/18/2019

    Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Upgraded Tracker Thermal Pump System (UTTPS):  Today, the USOS crew transitioned the UTTPS from its launch configuration to its on-orbit configuration. To achieve this, the USOS crew transferred the UTTPS to the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and bungeed it to the JPM1D6 (JEM Pressurized Module Deck 6) location. Once the UTTPS …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/15/2019

    USOS EVA #59 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #1: Today, the ISS CDR, Luca Parmitano (EV-1), and FE-9,  Drew Morgan (EV-2), conducted US EVA #59 (AMS EVA #1) which lasted for 6h 39m. During today’s EVA, Luca and Drew performed the following tasks: AMS Debris Shield Removal Debris Shield Jettison Zenith & Nadir …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/14/2019

    Biomolecule Extraction and Sequencing Technology (BEST): The crew transferred cells from the media kit to the media tubes and placed them into cold stowage as part of Experiment 2 part 2 operations. The BEST investigation studies the use of sequencing for identification of unknown microbial organisms living on the ISS, and how humans, plants and …

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