[sarex] Crew Preps for Rendezvous of Automated Transfer Vehicle

[Arthur Rowe]

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468

     Crew Preps for Rendezvous of Automated Transfer Vehicle

JSC2006-E-43501 --- International Space Station after Ariane 5 Rocket 
delivers a European Automated Transfer Vehicle Image above:
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Computer-generated rendering of the International Space Station after 
delivery of a European Automated Transfer Vehicle, which docks to the 
Zvezda Service Module. Image credit: NASA

Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continued work setting up a laptop 
computer designed to command satellite navigation aids for the 
rendezvous of the Automated Transfer Vehicle, the European unpiloted 
cargo craft, later this year.

The crew conducted periodic emergency fire drill training and Flight 
Engineer Sunita Williams began practicing Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver 
photography.

Flight controllers loaded new software into a data relay box for the P3 
Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) on Tuesday. An initial attempt Monday 
was not successful. All P3 SARJ-related systems are operating normally 
with new, improved software.

On Feb. 27, the International Space Station Independent Safety Task 
Force issued its final report. It was released simultaneously to 
Congress, NASA and the public.


+ View Report (3.7 Mb PDF) 
<http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/170368main_IISTF_Final_Report_508.pdf>

+ Read more about Expedition 14 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 15 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.html>
+ View Crew's Daily Timelines 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>