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Crew Preps for Rendezvous of Automated Transfer Vehicle

JSC2006-E-43501 --- International Space Station after Ariane 5 Rocket delivers a European Automated Transfer Vehicle Image above: TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Computer-generated rendering of the International Space Station after delivery of a European Automated Transfer Vehicle, which docks to the Zvezda Service Module. Image credit: NASA

Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continued work setting up a laptop computer designed to command satellite navigation aids for the rendezvous of the Automated Transfer Vehicle, the European unpiloted cargo craft, later this year.

The crew conducted periodic emergency fire drill training and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams began practicing Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver photography.

Flight controllers loaded new software into a data relay box for the P3 Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) on Tuesday. An initial attempt Monday was not successful. All P3 SARJ-related systems are operating normally with new, improved software.

On Feb. 27, the International Space Station Independent Safety Task Force issued its final report. It was released simultaneously to Congress, NASA and the public.

+ View Report (3.7 Mb PDF) http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/170368main_IISTF_Final_Report_508.pdf

+ Read more about Expedition 14 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.html + Read more about Expedition 15 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.html + View Crew's Daily Timelines http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html