Mir Status Report 23 September 1997

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 // MD 49/131
Mir Station System/Subsystem Activities — The MCS is running normally and attitude control is being provided by 10 gyrodines. Elektron was reactivated today. Vozdukh repairs continued today, including installation of a newer fan and work on the cables. The crew reported at the DMT 04:15 that they had successfully activated the unit. No further work was performed on the urine water recovery system today.
Mir Payload Activities: Greenhouse Daily Ops (FE-1); Daily Exercise (Treadmill) with recording on ‘ZY’; Greenhouse photography; MIM checkout; SAMS cleanup;

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Packing
General Observations about the Seeds: All of the seeds that have germinated are showing cotyledon and are approximately a centimeter in height.
OPM was deactivated after the loss of MCS yesterday and was reactivated today at 15:00 DMT. MIM Checkout was completed successfully.
Camcorder – Mike confirmed the part number on the batteries is Sony Infolithium NP-F730. There is a charger currently on-orbit; three of these batteries will be manifested on the next Progress.
Stowage/Transfer – A radiogram with one change and two additions to the prepack list was submitted for uplink. Mike asked for clarification of the MIPS Harddrives to pack; he cannot find the serial numbers listed. Susan Minor relayed information back to the MOST to have Mike pack all of the hard drives he can find.
SMP/Medical – Mike participated in the final day of the physical training cycle with recording on the ‘ZY’ (monitored exercise).
Environmental Parameters (previous 24 hour period):
Parameter Min. Max. Nominal Range
Pressure (mmHg) BB 619 621 660-850
ppO2 (mmHg) 148 151 140-200
ppCO2 (mmHg) 4.7 5.7 up to 8.0
ppH20 (mmHg) 13.8 14.5 8-14
Humidity (percentage) 57 60 30-75
Temperature (xC) (BB) 24.6 25.8 18-28