1 00:00:02,376 --> 00:00:04,616 [Commentator:] Good morning, and welcome to Mission Control Houston. 2 00:00:04,616 --> 00:00:09,476 We're inside the International Space Station flight control room for today's ISS update. 3 00:00:09,966 --> 00:00:11,516 It is Friday, September 2. 4 00:00:12,136 --> 00:00:17,156 The team here is watching over systems aboard the space station, all working well at this time 5 00:00:18,076 --> 00:00:21,296 as the crew members are working through the early afternoon of their day. 6 00:00:21,296 --> 00:00:22,576 [CAPCOM:] ...talking about Mike. 7 00:00:25,176 --> 00:00:27,446 Commentator: Astronaut Rick Sturckow is here 8 00:00:27,446 --> 00:00:30,936 in the International Space Station flight control room serving as the CAPCOM 9 00:00:30,936 --> 00:00:35,416 or spacecraft communicator, speaking with crew members on board the station, 10 00:00:35,416 --> 00:00:38,566 right now coordinating an activity with astronaut Mike Fossum. 11 00:00:38,826 --> 00:00:44,646 Fossum and astronaut Ron Garan have been working on an upgrade of equipment 12 00:00:44,646 --> 00:00:48,716 on board the space station, focusing on the communications system. 13 00:00:49,176 --> 00:00:53,646 Garan spent some of the time in his morning rerouting some cables - 14 00:00:54,586 --> 00:01:00,206 data and Ethernet cables - and Fossum is working on swapping 15 00:01:00,206 --> 00:01:04,146 out two boxes called Automated Payload Switches. 16 00:01:04,736 --> 00:01:10,226 They're part of an upgrade to the high-rate communication system to help with the downlink 17 00:01:10,226 --> 00:01:16,646 of payload or scientific experiment data to the team on the ground. 18 00:01:16,706 --> 00:01:17,806 [CAPCOM:] ...patience. 19 00:01:17,806 --> 00:01:20,386 If you just pull those pins it should just come off. 20 00:01:20,386 --> 00:01:26,756 It's a friction fit, not captive fasteners. 21 00:01:26,756 --> 00:01:30,576 [Commentator:] While Fossum and Garan have been working on that inside the Destiny laboratory, 22 00:01:30,576 --> 00:01:32,516 there's also been work on board the station 23 00:01:32,516 --> 00:01:37,226 by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [astronaut] Satoshi Furukawa 24 00:01:37,256 --> 00:01:39,176 in maintenance activities. 25 00:01:39,646 --> 00:01:44,676 He has worked - or he will work today - on the cycle ergometer on the station, 26 00:01:45,066 --> 00:01:51,056 adjusting the pedals on the exercise machine just slightly to help prolong the life 27 00:01:51,056 --> 00:01:59,216 of the isolators that are on that hardware that help it function properly. 28 00:01:59,396 --> 00:02:06,156 The isolators are working well, but the replacements for those for future need - 29 00:02:06,246 --> 00:02:08,866 when those eventually wear out - were 30 00:02:08,866 --> 00:02:13,106 on the 44 Progress cargo spacecraft that was lost last week. 31 00:02:13,606 --> 00:02:18,656 So, there's a slight adjustment that is being done to how the cycle ergometer operates 32 00:02:18,686 --> 00:02:22,406 to help prolong the life of those isolators until a new set can be launched 33 00:02:22,406 --> 00:02:25,576 to the station on a future cargo vehicle. 34 00:02:28,606 --> 00:02:37,006 Another effect of that cargo vehicle's loss was the delay of the return 35 00:02:37,006 --> 00:02:38,846 of astronaut Ron Garan and his crewmates. 36 00:02:38,926 --> 00:02:40,306 That was delayed a week. 37 00:02:40,906 --> 00:02:45,396 They will be returning on the evening of September 15 Central time, 38 00:02:45,806 --> 00:02:48,906 landing in Kazakhstan on September 16. 39 00:02:49,696 --> 00:02:54,936 That includes Garan as well as the Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev 40 00:02:55,666 --> 00:02:58,166 and the station Commander Andrey Borisenko. 41 00:03:00,326 --> 00:03:02,476 Remaining on board the station will be Fossum 42 00:03:02,626 --> 00:03:07,326 and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Furukawa from JAXA. 43 00:03:09,596 --> 00:03:15,216 The schedule for launching three new crew members - NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank 44 00:03:15,646 --> 00:03:22,106 and Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin - 45 00:03:22,776 --> 00:03:26,566 who will round out the Expedition 29 crew, which will be commanded by Fossum, 46 00:03:27,326 --> 00:03:32,036 is under review as NASA and its international partners assess the readiness 47 00:03:32,036 --> 00:03:33,866 for resumption of Soyuz launches. 48 00:03:38,816 --> 00:03:45,706 Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan will be part of a news conference on Tuesday morning 49 00:03:46,616 --> 00:03:51,086 to talk about the continuation of their mission and Garan's soon return home.