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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/20/2024 – ISS On-Orbit Status Report [1]

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Date: 2024-01-20

Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom 3:

SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom successfully docked to the ISS at 4:56 AM CST today. With the arrival of the four private astronauts, Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei, Alper Gezeravcı, and Marcus Wandt, the ISS crew complement has increased to 11. The Ax-3 crew participated in a live welcome ceremony and successfully completed the ISS safety briefing, crew handover time, cold stowage transfers, cargo operations, and setup of sleeping arrangements. The Ax-3 crew also initiated science activities including setting up the KUBIK facility and began setting up hardware for the Extremophyte CRISPR payload.

Payloads:

Extremophyte CRISPR (Ax-3): The crew gathered the experiment hardware and staged the Petri dishes to prepare for later experiment activities. Extreme Salt Stress and CRISPR Gene Editing Efficiency in Plants Under Microgravity (Extremophyte CRISPR) on the Ax-3 PAM tests the salt stress tolerance of two species of plants and examines how microgravity affects the CRISPR gene editing method. Results could lead to the use of these plants and CRISPR to enhance stress resistance in plants intended for use in life support and other systems during future long-duration space missions.

International Commercial Experiment Cubes (ICE Cubes): The Microalgae Life Science 1 Cube was installed. The ICE Cubes Facility is a capable experiment platform that offers flexibility to host many different experiments for research, technology demonstration or educational objectives. During flight, users can monitor near real-time telemetry, and have tele-commanding capabilities from any location with an internet connection. The ICE Cubes service provides fast and direct access to the ISS for any country, any institute, or any entity.

Plant Habitat-06: The Plant Habitat Facility was cleaned and flushed. The Effect of Spaceflight and Simulated Microgravity on Plant Defense Responses (Plant Habitat-06) experiment investigates the physiological and genetic responses to defense activation and immune system function in tomatoes during spaceflight. Genetic sequencing and analysis indicate that plants exhibit an adaptive defense response rather than the initial defensive response. A better understanding of how microgravity affects plant immune function is needed to support plant growth and food production on future space missions.

Systems:

ISS Safety Briefing: Today, all crew reviewed plans for emergency situations and locations of emergency equipment in the manned vehicles. The newly arrived crew gained familiarization with the available safety measures onboard ISS, the potential hazards, and the equipment needed for emergency response.

Node 1 Zenith (N1Z) Depressurization Equipment Teardown: The crew power cycled the Pressure Management Device (PMD) and swapped a cable connection on a Station Support Computer (SSC) USB port to regain communication with the device. After communication was re-established, the N1Z Dome was repressurized, and the crew disconnected and stowed PMD. This activity concludes the leak check of the N1Z Dome, which started on Thursday, January 18th.

Completed Task List Activities:

PAM Tablet Checkout [GMT 019]

WHC KTO Replace [GMT 019]

Headset Name Change

Today’s Ground Activities:

All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

Dragon Approach Monitoring Systems Support

Post Dragon Docking Configuration

Look Ahead Plan

Sunday, January 21 (GMT 021)

Payloads:

Bone Health Actibelt Charge (Ax-3)

Cancer in LEO Ops (Ax-3)

Extremophyte CRISPR Photo (Ax-3)

Ice Cubes Media Set Install (Ax-3)

Nano Protection Photo (Ax-3)

NanoRacks Mainframe Alpha Module-92 Insert (Ax-3)

Orbital Architecture PSS Assessment Questionnaire (Ax-3)

Systems:

EMER Equipment Transfer

EMER Roles and Responsibilities Review

PAM Facilitator

Monday, January 22 (GMT 022)

Payloads:

AC-2 Touch

Ax-3 Ham Pass (Ax-3)

Beta Amyloid Aggregation Prep (Ax-3)

Bone Health Actibelt Donning and Doff (Ax-3)

Cancer in LEO Sample Insert (Ax-3)

CIMON Ops (Ax-3)

EarthKAM Node 2 Setup and Activation

Extremophyte CRISPR Cover (Ax-3)

KERMIT powerup and down

LSG Glove Swap and Prep

MELFI Icebrick inserts

Message Blood Ops (Ax-3)

Orbital Architecture PSS Assessment Cognitive Test and Questionnaire (Ax-3)

PK-4 Chamber Gas Connection (Ax-3)

RSat Camera Setup

Sleep in Orbit Questionnaire (Ax-3)

STEMonstrations Thermal Demo

UNYA Photo (Ax-3)

VR Mental Care Session

Systems:

RPCM LAS52A3B_A R&R

Node 3 Deck Starboard IMV Fan Clean

RSP Troubleshooting

Cygnus Rendezvous OBT

Food Consolidate

J-CGSE GBU Troubleshooting Part 1

EDV Lockwire Inspection

PAM Facilitator

Tuesday, January 23 (GMT 023)

Payloads:

Beta Amyloid Aggregation (Ax-3)

Bone Health Actibelt Donning and Doff (Ax-3)

Cancer in LEO Sample Insert (Ax-3)

Circadian Light Data

Extremophyte CRISPR Ops (Ax-3)

Ice Cube Media Set Prep (Ax-3)

ISS Ham Marcon-Audit

KERMIT Powerup and Down

LSG Glove Swap and Prep

Orbital Architecture PSS Assessment Questionnaire (Ax-3)

PK-4 Video Monitor (Ax-3)

Polar 1 Desiccant Swap

Sleep in Orbit Questionnaire (Ax-3)

Standard Measures Cognition Test and Questionnaire

STED Card Downlink

STEMonstrations MMTM/IMPLS Demo

Surface Avatar Checkout (Ax-3)

VR Exercise Charging

Systems:

Node 1 CBCS Install & Checkout

WHC UR/IF R&R

Toilet Motor Spin Test

Lab UOP-8 Reconfiguration

EVA HECA Install, REBA Checkout, and Helmet Clean

CEVIS Crew Handover

PAM Facilitator

Today’s Planned Activities:

All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

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