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This is mission control Houston.

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The Expedition 33 crew onboard
the International Space Station

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has been focused on science and
maintenance as they look forward

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to an upcoming undocking
of a European cargo ship

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after the decision was made that
the space station did not need

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to dodge any space debris.

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Ground teams here

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in the International
Space Station control room

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in Houston had been
tracking a piece

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of Russian Cosmos satellite

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that was thought it would
pass too close to the station

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on Thursday morning,
as well as a piece

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of exploded Indian rocket
body that was on course

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to pass too close
on Friday morning.

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They had been planning for
a Debris Avoidance Maneuver,

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but additional tracking data
received Wednesday and on

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into Thursday morning gave
confidence that neither

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of those objects presented
a concern for a conjunction

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and hence no maneuver
was conducted.

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Russian teams are planning
for another attempt

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to undock the European
Automated Transfer Vehicle,

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which is located at the aft end

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of the International
Space Station.

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Mission managers are meeting
to decide when they would

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like to make another
attempt to undock the ATV.

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The earliest opportunity
is Friday afternoon.

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The Tuesday undocking attempt
was aborted just minutes before

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the undocking when a
command to the hooks to open

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in the ATV did not go through.

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If a decision is made to try
to undock on Friday afternoon

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that undocking would happen
at 4:46 PM Houston time

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with NASA TV coverage of
the event to begin at 4:30.

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On Thursday morning station
Commander Suni Williams worked

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on human life sciences
investigations taking

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measurements for the VO2Max
experiment, which is a gauge

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of an astronaut's maximum
oxygen uptake on orbit,

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combined with the
European investigation,

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known as Thermolab,
which is studying changes

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in a body's core
temperature before,

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during and after exercise as
a way to measure adaptation

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to the space environment.

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Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko
devoted the early portion

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of his day to cleaning
ventilation system components

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in the Zvezda module while
Aki Hoshide did maintenance

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on air sampling equipment
in Kibo

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and on the Advanced
Resistive Exercise Device

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in the station's Node 3.

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In the afternoon Malenchenko
moved on to transfers into

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and out of the Russian
Progress vehicle while Williams

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and Hoshide spent time training
for their rendezvous and capture

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of the Dragon spacecraft,

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the commercial cargo vehicle
that's targeted to launch

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to the space station on October
7 and arrive on October 10.

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They conducted computer-based
training

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of how they will use the
station's robotic arm

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to grapple the Dragon spacecraft
when it nears the station

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and then use the
arm to attach it

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to the International Space
Station's Node number two.

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Crew members are
also looking ahead

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to a planned routine emergency
evacuation drill to take place

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on Friday morning before they
would be monitoring a potential