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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/15/2021

    Payloads: Bio-Monitor:  A crewmember removed and stowed the Bio-Monitor hardware.  Bio-Monitor is a Canadian onboard instrument that serves as a platform for scientific experiments on the ISS. The instrument performs on-orbit monitoring of crew member physiological parameters, with wearable sensors that only minimally interfere with crew member daily activities. European Physiology Modules (EPM):  A crewmember …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/14/2021

    Payloads: Behavioral Core Measures:  A crewmember completed a ROBoT-r research session. The Standardized Behavioral Measures for Detecting Behavioral Health Risks during Exploration Missions (Behavioral Core Measures) experiment initially examined a suite of measurements to reliably assess the risk of adverse cognitive or behavioral conditions and psychiatric disorders during long-duration spaceflight, and evaluated the feasibility of …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/13/2021

    Payloads: Bio-Monitor:  A crewmember disconnected the Bio-Monitor Data Unit from the Garment and doffed and hung the Headband and Garment out to dry.  The crewmember then donned a spare Garment and Headband and connected the Data Unit to the spare Garment.  Bio-Monitor is a Canadian onboard instrument that serves as a platform for scientific experiments …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/12/2021

    Payloads: Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME):  A crewmember replaced the ACME Thermocouple Array with the ACME Chamber Insert partially installed in the chamber. The ACME Chamber was re-Inserted into the chamber, and the crew replaced three ACME controllers. The ACME project is a set of six independent studies of gaseous flames to be conducted …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/11/2021

    Payloads: Bio-Analyzer:  Crewmembers upload a new Bio-Monitor Application configuration file from an SSC to their iPad. The crew then opened the new Bio-Monitor App configuration file on their iPad and confirmed the overwrite to the internal database with the new file.  Bio-Analyzer is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) onboard instrument that serves as a platform …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/08/2021

    Payloads: TELe-Luminescence Analysis System (TELLAS):  A crewmember installed the Observation Cartridge into the Observation System for a temperature checkout of TELLAS. Upon completion of the science run, the cartridge was removed, and the Equipment was closed out.  TELLA is an experimental facility that uses luminescence and an imager to make observations of tissues/genes in small …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/07/2021

    Payloads: Actiwatch Plus:  A crewmember connected up to four Actiwatch Plus devices to the HRF Payload Drawer on HRF Rack 2 for charging and data transfer.  The Actiwatch is a waterproof, nonintrusive, sleep-wake activity monitor worn on the wrist of a crewmember. The device contains a miniature uniaxial accelerometer that produces a signal as the …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/06/2021

    Payloads:         Immersive Exercise:  A crewmember charged the Wireless VR Headset with the Pilote Headset Cable on the USB multiport in preparation for Immersive Exercise operations.  The Immersive Exercise project focuses on the development of a virtual reality (VR) environment for biking sessions aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The VR equipment is interfaced with the …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/05/2021

    Vehicle Traffic: 65S Launch and Dock: 65S successfully launched at 3:55 AM CT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Spaceflight Participant Klim Shipenko, and Spaceflight Participant Yulia Peresild on board. The vehicle docked at MRM1 at 7:22 AM CT. The ISS complement has increased to 8 crewmembers and 2 spaceflight participants and will …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/04/2021

    Payloads: Cool Flames Investigation with Gases:  A crewmember replaced the bottle in CIR Manifold #4 with 100 percent C4H10 (Butane).  Cool diffusion flames were discovered during droplet combustion experiments aboard the ISS in 2012, and this initiated a rapidly growing field of combustion research.  A cool flame is one that burns at about 600 degrees …

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