1 00:00:01,436 --> 00:00:05,206 Good morning and welcome to today's International Space Station Update. 2 00:00:06,096 --> 00:00:10,206 The crew today onboard the station is continuing a few maintenance activities 3 00:00:10,206 --> 00:00:14,876 that have been going on since yesterday, as well as being involved in a number experiments. 4 00:00:15,966 --> 00:00:19,636 Starting off with Commander Dan Burbank who is continuing the work 5 00:00:19,636 --> 00:00:25,006 that he started again yesterday, removing and replacing a catalytic reactor inside 6 00:00:25,006 --> 00:00:29,246 of the station's Water Recovery System that failed when a leak was found. 7 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:34,406 He's working to install a temporary catalytic reactor filter 8 00:00:34,786 --> 00:00:38,296 and he is being assisted throughout by NASA astronaut Don Pettit. 9 00:00:38,786 --> 00:00:42,256 He also took some time to help out Andre Kuipers 10 00:00:42,286 --> 00:00:47,766 with an Integrated Cardiovascular ultrasound scan earlier today, and just a little bit later 11 00:00:47,766 --> 00:00:52,316 in the hour will be involved in a U.S. Public Affairs event speaking 12 00:00:52,316 --> 00:00:54,326 with reporters from CBS Radio. 13 00:00:56,166 --> 00:01:00,726 Meanwhile, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov is doing a food container audit 14 00:01:01,066 --> 00:01:03,056 in the Russian segment onboard the station, 15 00:01:03,416 --> 00:01:09,826 and also was performing the Uragan Earth Observations experiment which is a project 16 00:01:09,826 --> 00:01:12,136 that looks to monitor the areas where natural 17 00:01:12,136 --> 00:01:17,816 and man-made disasters are forecasted utilizing the unique vantage point 18 00:01:17,956 --> 00:01:20,566 that the International Space Station provides. 19 00:01:22,236 --> 00:01:27,126 Meanwhile, his fellow Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, immediately upon wakeup, 20 00:01:27,546 --> 00:01:31,656 started his day with the Sprut-2 experiment, which is an investigation 21 00:01:31,716 --> 00:01:38,396 into the unfavorable impact zero gravity has on the astronaut's hydration abilities, 22 00:01:38,586 --> 00:01:43,956 and also their post-flight orthostatic tolerance, or the distribution of bodily fluids. 23 00:01:44,366 --> 00:01:47,956 He is also working on inspecting and cleaning some 24 00:01:47,956 --> 00:01:50,816 of the computer system laptops in the Russian segment. 25 00:01:51,186 --> 00:01:54,346 And also doing something called the Fungistat treatment in some 26 00:01:54,346 --> 00:01:57,196 of the areas behind the panels in the Zarya module. 27 00:01:57,726 --> 00:02:04,136 The third Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is doing some stowage work 28 00:02:04,136 --> 00:02:07,936 with that progress 46 resupply vehicle moving some cargo around. 29 00:02:08,336 --> 00:02:13,136 And is also joining Ivanishin in that Fungistat treatment process working 30 00:02:13,136 --> 00:02:16,156 on a few additional panels inside of Zarya. 31 00:02:17,896 --> 00:02:23,826 European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers did an Integrated Cardiovascular Scan earlier 32 00:02:23,826 --> 00:02:24,436 this morning. 33 00:02:24,926 --> 00:02:30,096 That is a research project that looks to study cardiac atrophy which occurs during spaceflight. 34 00:02:30,436 --> 00:02:33,556 Cardiac atrophy being the weakening of the heart muscles. 35 00:02:34,826 --> 00:02:41,316 And then following that he's been working on some filter inspection and cleaning 36 00:02:41,316 --> 00:02:45,346 in the U.S. segment Atmosphere Revitalization Bacteria filters. 37 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:48,716 That will take up a good portion of his day today. 38 00:02:49,276 --> 00:02:54,726 The final Expedition 30 crew member Don Pettit was again assisting Commander Burbank 39 00:02:54,726 --> 00:03:00,116 in that Water Recovery System repair, working on removing that failed catalytic reactor. 40 00:03:01,406 --> 00:03:06,076 Following all those activities today he'll be doing some modification work 41 00:03:06,076 --> 00:03:10,286 to the Treadmill-2 rack and the Water Recovery System rack bringing them back 42 00:03:10,326 --> 00:03:12,176 to a nominal configuration. 43 00:03:12,646 --> 00:03:17,816 The other major event going on onboard the station today is the continued work 44 00:03:17,816 --> 00:03:22,216 with the Robotic Refueling Mission where payload controllers down here 45 00:03:22,216 --> 00:03:27,166 on the ground are using the space station's robotic arm to manipulate this payload 46 00:03:27,166 --> 00:03:30,186 which was delivered back in last July. 47 00:03:30,876 --> 00:03:34,246 Today they'll be working with the wire cutter tool 48 00:03:34,246 --> 00:03:37,726 and the multifunction tool cutting a few wires.