Expedition 10
ISS Expedition 10 mission is the name given to the tenth long-term crew of the International Space Station. The crew lived and worked from 16 October 2004 to 24 April 2005 aboard the ISS.
Team
- Leroy Chiao (4th space flight), Commander (NASA / USA)
- Salis Chan Schakirowitsch Sharipov ( second space flight), flight engineer ( Roscosmos / Russia)
Backup crew
The subsequent occupation of the ISS Expedition 12:
- William McArthur, Commander (NASA / USA)
- Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev, flight engineer ( Roscosmos / Russia)
Mission overview
First, the crew activated the experiment EarthKAM, while the mission controllers communicate rushed that the oxygen generator electron is released for operation after the previous crew had completed the repairs. On 4 and 5 November Chiao and Sharipov conducted the experiment Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity from ( ADUM ), is used to analyze how in space by the astronauts certain diseases can be transmitted to doctors on Earth.
Chiao used on 8 November, the manipulator system of the station to inspect the laboratory module Destiny for damage. The cameras of the SSRMS Canadarm 2 formed from the noticed during shuttle mission STS 113 damage, but they were apparently not caused by micrometeoroids or space debris.
On 17 November, the orbit of the ISS was raised by a drive phase of the coupled at the rear cargo spacecraft Progress M - 50. On November 24, the status of the engines of the Soyuz TMA - 5 was examined. This was necessary because the spacecraft was implemented on 29 November to the docking port of the Zarya. The flight lasted about 20 minutes. Previously, some systems of the station had been transferred or not activated in an automatic mode of operation. This was done for the case where a recoupling would not have succeeded.
Chiao took in November as the first astronaut part in the U.S. presidential elections in 2004 from space.
On 1 January 2005 again showed problems with the oxygen generator on electron. During the repair work, the atmosphere of the ISS was temporarily filled with oxygen from Progress M - 51. On January 15, a re -boost the orbital complex was carried out in preparation for the arrival of the next freighter.
For the first spacewalk, the batteries of the Russian Orlan spacesuits were charged on 18 January, on the 19th, the devices and tools prepared and activates various equipment on January 20. On January 26, Chiao and Sharipov rose at 7:43 UTC clock out of the Pirs airlock module, installed a countertop on the service module Zvezda and this, in turn, an experiment. Then the astronauts installed an antenna and put the MPC and SEED experiments, collected with those micrometeorites and debris remains from the Earth's orbit as well as different materials to the conditions of outer space were exposed to on the outside of the Zvezda. Then Ciao and Sharipov inspected outlets of the oxygen generator system of the electron and Kohlenstoffdioxydabsorbers Wosduch to identify explanations for the recurrent difficulties of the systems. Finally, they installed a material experiment at the airlock Pirs. The spacewalk ended clock 13:11 UTC after 5 hours and 28 minutes.
The scientific program included experiments to medicine, Earth observation, biology, materials science and space technology. Without further materials ran studies on natural and man-made phenomena on Earth and in the atmosphere (Experiments: Crew Earth Observation, ESTERS, Biotomeja, Uragan, Molniya SM) to structures on the earth's surface by the remote control of a station camera by student groups on the earth ( EarthKAM ), cooperation between station and ground crew ( Crew Interactions ) to radiation and acceleration measurements within the station ( radiation Monitoring, forecasters, BraDos, MAMS, SAMS ) and various outboard mounted material tests ( Kromka, MPAC, SEED, MISSE, meteoroid ) from.
Further work related to the preparation of materials for transport back to Earth, the inventory of new materials and supplies, the desaturation of Lageregelungsgyroskope and other maintenance and cleaning processes. On February 9, the oxygen generator was switched off again in the Russian service module, while oxygen from the gas tank of the cargo ship Progress M - 51 was discharged to the ward. Moreover, jet fuel was pumped into the tanks of the module Zarya. On February 27, Progress M - 51 was detached from the ISS, remained for a plasma experiment but until March 9 in orbit.
The heat exchangers supplied by the started on 28 February and two days later docked at the station freighter Progress M - 52 were installed by Leroy Chiao in the U.S. Quest airlock module to allow back spacewalks with American spacesuits.
On March 16, the power supply was interrupted again for Lageregelungsgyroskop 2 due to the failure of a power remote control unit. One such control module had already failed in April 2004 and replaced during a spacewalk in June. The control unit was later easily bridged. After replacing the failed gyroscope in 2002 number 1, which consists of four units system operated later completely.
On March 28, Chiao and Sharipov conducted their second EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity ) to the rear of Zvezda to install antennas for the approach of the ATV to suspend an experimental satellite and antenna for the Global Positioning System (GPS) to assemble. The astronauts completed their second spacewalk at 10:55 UTC clock at 4 hours, 30 minutes. The small satellite Sputnik Nano had a mass of about 5 kg and served as Testboje for global distress signal system Kospas -Sarsat. After about 2 months he burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
On April 15, the successor team consisting of Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips and ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori began with the Soyuz TMA - 6 and docked two days later to the ISS. After the special program had been completed on behalf of ESA, Vittori returned together with the ISS Expedition 10 on April 24 with Soyuz TMA - 5 back to Earth.