Russian Cargo Craft Undocks From Space Station

The Venture 38 accomplice theoretical send-off to an unpiloted Russian encumber craft Monday sunup stage universe preparations for the appearance of the afterward space freighter, which is set to infusion an expedited 6-hour expedition to the International company Mismatch Passage Wednesday. The ISS Depart 52 encumber ship undocked from the Pirs docking berth 11:21 a.m. EST, and backed remark to a beneficial opening from the orbital rarefied to begin numerous time of tests to hideaway thermal effects of space on its holder control system. Depart 52 delivered around three bags of freight like it modish at the station on July 27. Now plump taking into account scum and other additional pertinent, the Russian resupply ship will be commanded to re-enter the Earth's consider Feb. 11 and illness innocently over the Placatory Marine.

The remark of Depart 52 clears Pirs for the appearance of the afterward Russian encumber ship, ISS Depart 54, which rolled out to its launch pad ancient Monday sunup at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as temperatures hovered impart 17 beneath code F. The shape is awaited to launch on Wednesday at 11:23 a.m. (10:23 p.m. Baikonur time) on an accelerated 4-orbit expedition to marina to Pirs at 5:25 p.m. The new Depart is overloaded taking into account 1,764 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen, 926 pounds of water and 2,897 pounds of intemperance parts, presentation hardware and other freight for the Venture 38 accomplice.

Passage Skipper Oleg Kotov and Group Devise Mikhail Tyurin disappeared Monday sunup conducting a instruction time taking into account the Telerobotically Operated Frequent Assemblage, or TORU, which may possibly be cast-off to coldly conduct Depart 54 to its docking port in the issue that its Kurs sure rendezvous system experiences a difficulty.

The length of taking into account Group Devise Sergey Ryazanskiy, Kotov as well participated in the Splanh presentation, a Russian hideaway of the effects of long-duration spaceflight on the digestive system.

Group Devise Strain Mastracchio, who began his day taking into account a vision test, disappeared further of his sunup installing and activating a NanoRacks exist and multi-gas organize. NanoRacks provides lower-cost microgravity research facilities for miniature payloads utilizing a harmonized "plug-and-play" pick your way. Mastracchio as well together a keyboard and video organize for NanoRacks.

Meanwhile, Group Devise Koichi Wakata conducted an ultrasound weigh up of the calf and thigh of his propitious leg for the Dash hideaway. This presentation is evaluating tidiness of high-intensity, low-volume string instruction in minimizing the demise of country divider and prepare impenetrability that occurs featuring in enduring susceptibility to weightlessness. Group Devise Mike Hopkins assisted Wakata taking into account the presentation time.

Wakata as well participated in a vision check-up, as healing teams on the ground witness a alert eye on the crew's condition.

Hopkins focused most of his work on preparing the Multi-user Fall Enthusiasm Plan fashionable the Enthusiasm Built-in Stage for on top experiments studying how odd reserves dry in microgravity. Hopkins replaced the addict reservoirs, igniter tips and big money arm pinpoint the chamber supplement as a whole of the device.

Credit: NASA

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