1 00:00:06,869 --> 00:00:03,669 this is mission control houston the 2 00:00:08,710 --> 00:00:06,879 expedition 34 crew has had a full plate 3 00:00:10,950 --> 00:00:08,720 starting off another week in space 4 00:00:13,669 --> 00:00:10,960 onboard the international space station 5 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:13,679 working on station maintenance tasks and 6 00:00:18,870 --> 00:00:16,000 scientific experiments while preparing 7 00:00:21,429 --> 00:00:18,880 for a new cargo ship to arrive and for a 8 00:00:22,950 --> 00:00:21,439 soyuz spacecraft to depart in about 9 00:00:25,349 --> 00:00:22,960 three weeks time 10 00:00:27,910 --> 00:00:25,359 after a morning exercise session station 11 00:00:30,550 --> 00:00:27,920 commander kevin ford went to work doing 12 00:00:33,350 --> 00:00:30,560 maintenance on the amine swingbed that's 13 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:33,360 a technology demonstration payload 14 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:34,760 that's testing whether the 15 00:00:39,830 --> 00:00:37,680 vacuum-generated immune system can be an 16 00:00:42,150 --> 00:00:39,840 efficient and effective system for 17 00:00:44,790 --> 00:00:42,160 removing carbon dioxide from the 18 00:00:47,270 --> 00:00:44,800 spacecraft's crew area he will complete 19 00:00:49,830 --> 00:00:47,280 that task tomorrow and the teams will 20 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:49,840 then evaluate whether or not there is a 21 00:00:54,549 --> 00:00:51,760 need to return any parts of this 22 00:00:56,069 --> 00:00:54,559 hardware to the earth on the next dragon 23 00:00:58,229 --> 00:00:56,079 cargo ship 24 00:01:00,630 --> 00:00:58,239 also this morning flight engineer tom 25 00:01:03,590 --> 00:01:00,640 marshburn was setting up for a planned 26 00:01:05,509 --> 00:01:03,600 tuesday experiment run with the spheres 27 00:01:08,230 --> 00:01:05,519 vertigo experiment that's a 28 00:01:11,590 --> 00:01:08,240 demonstration of technologies for visual 29 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:11,600 inspection and navigation the plan is to 30 00:01:18,149 --> 00:01:14,960 fly two spheres satellites inside the 31 00:01:20,630 --> 00:01:18,159 station to construct a 3d model of 32 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:20,640 another object with the goal of having 33 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:23,600 the satellites use that model to guide 34 00:01:28,710 --> 00:01:27,040 their own navigation during flight 35 00:01:30,950 --> 00:01:28,720 ford and marshburn joined up later in 36 00:01:33,830 --> 00:01:30,960 the day to practice operations with 37 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:33,840 canadarm2 for this saturday's grapple 38 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:36,240 and birthing of the next dragon cargo 39 00:01:39,030 --> 00:01:36,960 ship 40 00:01:41,030 --> 00:01:39,040 this dragon is due to launch from the 41 00:01:44,389 --> 00:01:41,040 cape canaveral air force station on 42 00:01:46,789 --> 00:01:44,399 friday morning at 9 10 a.m central time 43 00:01:49,429 --> 00:01:46,799 and arrive at the station on saturday 44 00:01:51,270 --> 00:01:49,439 with 1200 pounds of supplies and 45 00:01:53,190 --> 00:01:51,280 experiment materials 46 00:01:55,270 --> 00:01:53,200 flight engineer chris hadfield helped 47 00:01:57,510 --> 00:01:55,280 prepare for the dragon by getting 48 00:02:00,469 --> 00:01:57,520 special communication system for dragon 49 00:02:02,149 --> 00:02:00,479 operations set up in the cupola as well 50 00:02:04,709 --> 00:02:02,159 as packing items that are going to be 51 00:02:05,590 --> 00:02:04,719 returned to earth on dragon in late 52 00:02:07,510 --> 00:02:05,600 march 53 00:02:10,150 --> 00:02:07,520 he started his day doing science work 54 00:02:12,869 --> 00:02:10,160 though initializing the binary colloidal 55 00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:12,879 alloy test apparatus and photographing 56 00:02:17,110 --> 00:02:14,560 samples for that physical science 57 00:02:19,589 --> 00:02:17,120 investigation and then looking over 58 00:02:22,390 --> 00:02:19,599 training materials for the material 59 00:02:25,430 --> 00:02:22,400 science investigation called coarsening 60 00:02:28,550 --> 00:02:25,440 in solid liquid mixtures the experiment 61 00:02:30,790 --> 00:02:28,560 materials for cslm are going to be 62 00:02:32,550 --> 00:02:30,800 arriving on dragon 63 00:02:34,949 --> 00:02:32,560 flight engineers oleg novitskiy and 64 00:02:37,509 --> 00:02:34,959 evgeny tarelkin devoted the first part 65 00:02:40,630 --> 00:02:37,519 of their day into preparations for 66 00:02:43,670 --> 00:02:40,640 departure they are to be undocking and 67 00:02:47,030 --> 00:02:43,680 landing in the company of kevin ford 68 00:02:48,949 --> 00:02:47,040 on march 14th houston time and today the 69 00:02:51,509 --> 00:02:48,959 two russian crew members worked with the 70 00:02:54,229 --> 00:02:51,519 lower body negative pressure suit which 71 00:02:56,229 --> 00:02:54,239 is a russian apparatus that uses suction 72 00:02:58,790 --> 00:02:56,239 to pull fluids down to the lower 73 00:03:01,430 --> 00:02:58,800 extremities and simulate gravity 74 00:03:04,309 --> 00:03:01,440 allowing crew members to evaluate their 75 00:03:06,710 --> 00:03:04,319 own orthostatic stability flight 76 00:03:08,630 --> 00:03:06,720 engineer roman romanenko spent part of 77 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:08,640 his morning doing maintenance in the 78 00:03:13,190 --> 00:03:10,800 russian segment of the space station and 79 00:03:15,509 --> 00:03:13,200 then transferring items to the progress 80 00:03:18,229 --> 00:03:15,519 supply ship and updating the station's 81 00:03:20,470 --> 00:03:18,239 inventory management system after lunch 82 00:03:22,630 --> 00:03:20,480 he saw to maintenance with some storage 83 00:03:24,869 --> 00:03:22,640 batteries in the russian segment 84 00:03:27,589 --> 00:03:24,879 while tarelkin cleaned filters in the 85 00:03:30,149 --> 00:03:27,599 ventilation system and nowitzki updated 86 00:03:32,869 --> 00:03:30,159 the inventory for spare parts for the 87 00:03:34,949 --> 00:03:32,879 electron that's the russian system that 88 00:03:36,070 --> 00:03:34,959 generates oxygen for the crew members to 89 00:03:39,030 --> 00:03:36,080 breathe 90 00:03:41,030 --> 00:03:39,040 expedition 34 crew is looking ahead to a 91 00:03:43,509 --> 00:03:41,040 week filled with continuing science 92 00:03:46,309 --> 00:03:43,519 research that's designed to improve life 93 00:03:48,550 --> 00:03:46,319 on earth as well as help prepare people 94 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:48,560 for future deep space exploration 95 00:03:52,710 --> 00:03:50,239 they'll also be taking care of the 96 00:03:54,470 --> 00:03:52,720 day-to-day operations and getting ready 97 00:03:56,789 --> 00:03:54,480 to receive a new shipment of fresh