meanwhile as Thornton was being given
those specific detailed instructions for
an upcoming run of the surface tension
experiment at NASA Lewis research center
facility al Sacco is so we can see
continuing at his duties which at this
point are to continue with protein
crystal growth work initializing samples
of proteins substances getting the
various solutions mixed together at just
the right combination of quantities and
now we can take a look at a split image
here to see that at the moment we do
have multiple images of video coming to
the ground and beautiful Cathy very
stable
and again in this split screen view or
quad image we're seeing four of the
images that are coming to the ground
simultaneously by means of the high pack
digital TV system that's debuting on
this STS 73 flight the digital video
allowing multiplexing several images
simultaneously rather than our previous
mode of operation which was only capable
of bringing one image TV image to the
ground at any given time this is space
live operations control Huntsville in
our live down like video from Columbia
showing us the space lab module looking
towards the aft where Baylor commander
kathy thornton and payload specialist al
Sacco have been getting things ready to
go into a sample exchange procedure at
the crystal growth furnace that'll be
again a fairly lengthy operation with
both crew members involved it was
preceded a few minutes ago by a
preliminary step in which al Sacco did a
pulling pull the pin out of one of the
sample mechanisms so that when they do
the sample exchange the sample that
they'll be inserting into one chamber
into one holder rather one position of
the crystal growth furnace carousel
assembly that sample will fit in there
there's a unique keying system to these
samples
spacelab huntsville cgf says it's okay
if that sack is in your way to remove
that
but
that's okay
go ahead and put tape number 43 in this
year for Roger can t we copy tape for
out of BCR for and tape 43 in vcr for
some video of the surface tension driven
convection experiment test chamber as
kathy thornton is getting it filled up
to the proper level for another test run
with the in this case one of the test
cells that has a submerged heater
element which we see there in the center
screen
spacelab Huntsville for Ramallah we're
ready for that after culture video
playback whenever you are okay coming
your way
coming down of the potato plants the
potato tubers that are being grown in
the Astro culture facility on board in
the mid deck of Columbia pilot can't
roaming ER obtained this video little
earlier and now has the opportunity to
replay it and we take it to the ground I
downlink video and as we look down on
the ocean below Columbia we see
pronounced the cloudiness covering the
broad ocean area of the Pacific Columbia
currently about 39 degrees north
latitude the northernmost point of this
orbit and that orbital inclination
putting it at an equivalent point north
about equivalent to the mid portion of
California or the states of Utah
Nebraska and Northern Illinois
this is an infrared diagnostic tool for
seeing the thermal mapping of the
surface of the test cell a boil