Bionutrients hardware locate: The crew successfully located a BioNutrients-1 support kit needed for upcoming operations with the investigation. The experiment uses engineered microbes, like yeast, to generate carotenoids from an edible media. The carotenoids can be used to supplement potential vitamin losses from food that is stored for very long periods. Specially designed storage/growth packets are intermittently activated by astronauts over a 5-year period, then frozen and returned to Earth for examination.

Standard Measures: The crew performed a saliva sample collection in support of the Standard Measures (SM) investigation. The aim of the SM investigation is to ensure consistent capture of an optimized, minimal set of measures from crewmembers until the end of the ISS Program in order to characterize the adaptive responses to and risks of living in space. Among other things, the ground teams perform analyses for metabolic and chemistry panels, immune function, microbiome, etc.

Systems:

USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #62/P6 Battery EVA#3: Today, EV1 (Jessica Meir) and EV2 (Christina Koch) conducted a 7hr 29min EVA to perform the following tasks in support of the P6 Channel 4B battery transition from Ni-H2 to Li-Ion:

4B worksite prep

Install battery 1 (IEA) on EP Z location

Install battery F (EP) on 4B slot 1 (IEA)

Install battery 2 (IEA) on EP F / AP F (EP) on Slot 2 (IEA) location

Install battery 3 on AP F (slot 2 (IEA))

Install battery E (EP) on slot 3 (IEA)

Install battery 4 (IEA) on EP Y (Get ahead task)

Cleanup

Mobile Servicing System (MSS): Today, Robotic Ground Controllers (ROBO) powered up the MSS and maneuvered the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) and HTV8 Exposed Pallet (EP8) from the pre-EVA park position to the P6 channel battery EVA position. Once in position, ROBO removed EP8 payload power in preparation for the planned battery and adapter plate swaps. Following EVA battery access on EP, ROBO re-applied EP8 payload power and will maneuver the SSRMS and EP8 to the post-EVA park position later today. The MSS and EP8 will remain the post/pre-EVA park position until the second P6 4B EVA planned for January 20th.

Completed Task List Activities:

No task list activities were completed.

Ground Activities:

All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.



Payload Operations Support

SSRMS P6 Battery EVA Support

Thursday, 1/16 (GMT 016) EVA Crew Half-Off Duty Day

Payloads:

Food Acceptability

JEM PS-120 UOP Cable disconnect

MHU-5 prep

Systems:

EVA Debrief

EVA Procedure & DOUG Reviews

EVA Metox Regen

EVA LLB Charger Verification and BSA Charge Initiation

MMU1 R&R

Col Bay 4 Clean-Up and Restore

HRF2 Rack Rotations

Friday, 1/17 (GMT 017)

Payloads:

Acoustic Diagnostics

Bionutrients

CIR/AMCE manifold bottle replacement

Food Acceptability

JWRS bubble removal

HERMES vacuum valve

Standard Measures

Veggie-1 h/w R&R

Systems:

Rechargeable EVA Battery Assembly Installation

EVA Tool Configuration

EVA Procedures Review and Conference

Camera Battery Charge Initiation and Swap

EVA LLB Ops Init/Term

METOX Removal/Install

BSA and METOX Term

EMU Water Recharge

EHS TOCA Buffer Container Change Out

COL PWS2 T61P Software Loads, Activation, and C/O (Cycle 15)

Saturday, 1/18 (GMT 018)

Payloads:



Payload NAS clean

Systems:

Crew Off-Duty

Today’s Planned Activities:

All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.

