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*Resizing Spacesuits Among Crews' Duties on Monday*

Image above: Flight Engineer Sunita Williams works on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System in the Zvezda Service Module. Image credit: NASA

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The crew completed the resizing of U.S. spacesuits on Monday, conducted routine tests of the cabin atmosphere and prepared the Russian laptops for testing the Automated Transfer Vehicle satellite navigation system. They also prepared for the activation of the Oxygen Generation System later this year. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continued his periodic status checks on the Plants-2 micro-gravity growth experiment, including the newly planted barley and pea seeds in the Lada-10 greenhouse.

On Sunday, Flight Engineer Sunita Williams worked on the Soldering in Reduced Gravity Experiment, with the goal of understanding the best techniques to use to repair electronic components in space. Tyurin also performed another run of the Russian ocean observations program, using a still camera and a camcorder to record oceanic phenomena in the Atlantic Ocean.

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