1 00:00:03,616 --> 00:00:06,656 And welcome once again to Mission Control, Houston. 2 00:00:06,656 --> 00:00:10,086 You're joining us here in the International Space Station flight control room 3 00:00:10,406 --> 00:00:13,746 where the Orbit Two team is currently on console monitoring systems 4 00:00:13,746 --> 00:00:15,436 on board the orbiting laboratory. 5 00:00:16,216 --> 00:00:19,556 That team today is being led by Flight Director Tony Ceccacci, 6 00:00:20,076 --> 00:00:25,806 and joining him at the Capcom console is Hal Getzelman, serving as the communication link 7 00:00:25,836 --> 00:00:29,676 between controllers here on the ground and the astronauts up in space. 8 00:00:30,176 --> 00:00:34,866 And those astronauts right now are the crew of Expedition 30. 9 00:00:35,706 --> 00:00:41,096 They're being led by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank there in the front left of your screen, 10 00:00:41,096 --> 00:00:46,276 and behind him are Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin. 11 00:00:46,876 --> 00:00:52,166 Then further along on the back row, you have European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, 12 00:00:52,546 --> 00:00:57,506 NASA astronaut Don Pettit and in the front right, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko. 13 00:00:58,616 --> 00:01:02,056 The crew woke up at about 1 a.m. Central time today. 14 00:01:02,516 --> 00:01:06,336 Began their day getting straight to work on a number of science experiments 15 00:01:06,336 --> 00:01:08,376 and maintenance activities throughout station. 16 00:01:09,076 --> 00:01:13,336 Commander Burbank is continuing some weekly cleaning that he started yesterday, 17 00:01:13,336 --> 00:01:17,276 just trying to keep the station systems and environment in tiptop shape. 18 00:01:17,726 --> 00:01:23,066 He'll also be working on the Atmosphere Revitalization System, changing out 19 00:01:23,066 --> 00:01:28,946 and cleaning a bacteria filter and then also doing some work on the Water Recovery System, 20 00:01:29,616 --> 00:01:34,486 removing and replacing a Recycle Filter Tank Assembly. 21 00:01:36,416 --> 00:01:39,646 Meanwhile, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov is spending the majority 22 00:01:39,646 --> 00:01:44,956 of his time today removing a few components from the Poisk module, or the Mini-Research Module 2, 23 00:01:45,336 --> 00:01:48,896 then transferring them over to the docked Progress 46 vehicle. 24 00:01:49,386 --> 00:01:54,986 His fellow Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin started his day out immediately upon waking 25 00:01:54,986 --> 00:02:01,196 up with the Russian SPRUT experiment, which looks to study how the long-duration spaceflight 26 00:02:01,196 --> 00:02:06,386 and all that time spent in microgravity affects the astronauts' ability to stay hydrated 27 00:02:06,696 --> 00:02:09,666 and also how the fluid is distributed throughout their bodies. 28 00:02:10,126 --> 00:02:14,416 He'll also be doing some cargo activities with that Progress 46 vehicle 29 00:02:14,736 --> 00:02:17,706 and also updating the station's Inventory Management System. 30 00:02:18,296 --> 00:02:22,716 The third Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is removing 31 00:02:22,716 --> 00:02:27,486 and replacing a few tools throughout the Russian maintenance work areas in the Russian segment. 32 00:02:27,806 --> 00:02:31,406 He'll be spending pretty much his entire day doing that. 33 00:02:32,906 --> 00:02:38,366 Meanwhile European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers earlier today was swapping 34 00:02:38,366 --> 00:02:43,016 out a laptop portable workstation, updating some of the software in it, 35 00:02:43,016 --> 00:02:45,996 and also setting up a new virtual network for the computers. 36 00:02:46,596 --> 00:02:52,036 And then just a few minutes ago, he participated in an ESA, or European Space Agency, 37 00:02:52,036 --> 00:03:00,106 astronaut public affairs event where he spoke with a crowd at a planetarium 38 00:03:00,106 --> 00:03:02,096 in his native country of The Netherlands. 39 00:03:02,496 --> 00:03:04,276 And again, that was just a few moments ago. 40 00:03:04,986 --> 00:03:11,246 The final crew member of Expedition 30, Don Pettit, is devoting his entire day to science. 41 00:03:11,406 --> 00:03:14,586 You can see he is working in the Kibo module right now. 42 00:03:15,236 --> 00:03:20,406 He has been working on the CsPINs experiment today, which he was also doing yesterday 43 00:03:20,406 --> 00:03:23,666 and has been working on over the last month or so. 44 00:03:23,906 --> 00:03:26,196 And that is a Japanese experiment that looks 45 00:03:26,196 --> 00:03:29,626 to investigate the effects of microgravity on plant growth. 46 00:03:30,176 --> 00:03:34,606 And following that, he'll be working today with the BASS experiment, or the Burning 47 00:03:34,606 --> 00:03:39,026 And Suppression of Solids, which is an investigation that looks to examine the burning