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- STS-131 MCC Status Report #03
- NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY
- Helping the Smallest of Mankind Johnson Space Center Engineers Collaborate on Neonatal Transport Project
- STS-131 MCC Status Report #04
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:17:30 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #03
STS-131 Report #03 Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 11:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
The Discovery astronauts used much of their workday checking out the shuttle�s thermal protection system and preparing for the scheduled early Wednesday docking with the International Space Station
Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson spent more than three hours before their lunch break getting their spacesuits ready for transfer to the station They are scheduled to do three 6 5-hour spacewalks during Discovery�s stay at the orbiting laboratory
Fellow crew members, Commander Alan G Poindexter, Pilot James P Dutton Jr and Mission Specialists Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, rotated on the three-member team doing the heat shield checkout They used the shuttle�s robotic arm and its Orbiter Boom Sensor System extension to look at the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon on the spacecraft�s nose and wing leading edges, and some of its heat-resistant tiles
Because of a problem with Discovery�s Ku-Band antenna system, used for high-data-rate communications and radar, they recorded their survey on tape The data will be transmitted to experts on the ground using the station�s Ku-Band system Pilot astronauts are trained in rendezvous and docking without radar
The station�s Expedition 23 crew, Russian Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, Japan�s Soichi Noguchi and NASA Flight Engineers T J Creamer and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, are to welcome Discovery�s astronauts after their Wednesday morning docking
The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wakeup, scheduled for 7:21 p m CDT Tuesday or earlier if events warrant
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:27:57 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY
April 6, 2010
Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111
John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100
Report #C10-023
NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY
WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $335 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation, rescue and related services in 2013 and 2014
The firm-fixed price modification covers comprehensive Soyuz support, including all necessary training and preparation for launch, crew rescue, and landing of a long-duration mission for six individual station crew members
In this contract modification, space station crew members will launch on four Soyuz vehicles in 2013 and return on two vehicles in 2013 and two in 2014
Under the contract modification, the Soyuz flights will carry limited cargo associated with crew transportation to and from the station, and disposal of trash The cargo allowed per person is approximately 110 pounds (50 kilograms) launched to the station, approximately 37 pounds (17 kilograms) returned to Earth, and trash disposal of approximately 66 pounds (30 kilograms)
For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www nasa gov
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:55:41 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Helping the Smallest of Mankind Johnson Space Center Engineers Collaborate on Neonatal Transport Project
March 22, 2010
Lynette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111
Report #J10-007
Helping the Smallest of Mankind Johnson Space Center Engineers Collaborate on Neonatal Transport Project
HOUSTON� Weighing not much more than a pound and often less, neonatal infants are getting a high-tech assist from NASA�s Johnson Space Center�s engineers
NASA�s Johnson Space Center and Houston�s Texas Children�s Hospital recently signed a Space Act Agreement to further solidify the engineering research and development project on the effects of vibrations on neonatal infants in transport This collaborative effort began nearly three years ago through the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program
�Currently there are no medical or industry standards to tell us how much vibration is acceptable for fragile critically ill neonates to withstand,� said Jack A Klasen of Texas Children�s Hospital �What leaps out at you when you are working with Johnson Space Center engineers is the incredible source of knowledge they have It is impressive �
Sick premature babies are often transported to tertiary care centers when they require a level of care that exceeds that which is able to be delivered at their birth hospital While such transports are necessary, the procedures involved in transport of such fragile infants inevitably disturb the infant�s systems, which may result in adverse short and long-term outcomes, explains Klasen
Prior to their work with NASA�s vibration lab at JSC, very little study had been conducted on the role of vibration in neonatal transport The initial request from Texas Children�s Hospital through SATOP was for engineering assistance, to determine where to position sensors to measure vibrations during transport This included multiple forms of ground and air transport, such as ambulance, Life Flight helicopter and jets Working to move this research forward in addition to Klasen are David Walding, is one of the hospital�s biomedical engineers, and RN Neonatal Nurse, Tony Bentley, who are both passionate about improving transport conditions for these infants
The work with JSC�s engineers now includes developing a test design for vibration, performing the testing at space center and collaborating with JSC experts on data analysis
�In business, partnership value is often measured in dollars and cents At NASA our partnerships often result in improvements to the quality of life In this case, improving the chances for sustaining the very smallest of lives,� said David Leestma, director of JSC�s Advanced Planning Office
Kathryn Turner, a NASA project manager with a background in biomedical engineering, was working on developing a method of using a wireless network of instruments to monitor vibration onboard the International Space Station when Texas Children's Hospital approached the agency asking for help She and a JSC engineering team adjusted the technology for use on carts used to transport infants, and from there a relationship developed that has since grown to include having the vibration laboratory at Johnson study the carts themselves
�It's impossible to see those children and not want to move heaven and earth to serve them We're fortunate to have the skill set they need� said Turner
The JSC team is led by Peter Fantasia, and, in addition to Turner, includes, Scott West, Mike Grygier and Costas Christofi West described that it is a collaborative effort including many others in the branch as their individual areas of expertise are needed He added, �The work is of course interesting as most all engineering problems are interesting and challenging � but this one is special because we get to take our branch�s combined knowledge of vibration, modeling and isolation methods that we normally apply to spacecraft, launch vehicles, and avionics, and try to help the most helpless among us �
Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, in partnership with the Johnson Space Center, has hosted the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) since November 1998 �The program has had tremendous success operating within the Houston Metropolitan Area and is expecting even greater results out of its statewide expansion The SATOP program under BAHEP has helped more than 600 Texas businesses with free engineering assistance since its inception,� says Nick Gardner, SATOP program manager
Space Act Agreements and partnership efforts at Johnson Space Center are led by the Advanced Planning Office For more information about the Advanced Planning Office at Johnson Space Center visit:
http://www nasa gov/offices/ipp/home
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:44:41 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #04
STS-131 Report #04 7:30 p m CDT Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON � The seven member crew of Discovery are just hours from joining the Expedition 23 crew on board the International Space Station as they work toward an early Wednesday morning docking with the outpost
The shuttle crew�s wakeup song at 7:21 p m , �I Will Rise� by Chris Tomlin, was played for Pilot James P Dutton Jr , who will help guide Discovery to the station�s Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 at 2:44 a m Wednesday
At midnight Commander Alan G Poindexter and Dutton will fire shuttle jets to refine the orbiter�s approach to the station Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenberger, Clayton Anderson, and Japan Aerospace astronaut Naoko Yamazaki will support them on the flight deck The crew will be docking the shuttle without radar because of the Ku-Band antenna failure They are trained to rendezvous and dock without radar
At 1:42 a m , after Discovery arrives at a point 600 feet directly below the station, Poindexter will command the shuttle to slowly rotate so that its underside is facing the station, and Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi will photo-document the shuttle�s heat shield tiles That imagery will be added to the video taken on flight day 2 and sent to the ground for study by specialists looking for any damaged tiles
Once leak checks are completed, the hatches between the vehicles are scheduled to open at 4:41 a m Wednesday to begin joint operations With their arrival at the station, it will be the first time since launch that the crew of Discovery can be seen by NASA television viewers
As the crew prepare for docking, Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio will prepare the spacesuits that will be used for the three planned spacewalks for transfer to the station�s Quest airlock
The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew work day, or earlier if events warrant - end -
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