November 6(CST) Flight Day 9
NASDA Experiment Support Team
NASDA Experiment Support Team
Astronaut Mukai (Flight Day 6) |
Discovery's astronauts were awakened at 3:40 a.m. (CST) this morning.
Today's wake-up song was "Voyage into Space," an original composition
written for John Glenn by composer and pianist Peter Nero, a long-time
friend of the Glenn.
The crew members spent a busy day for performing some experiments and cabin
stowage activities, and making preparations for their return to Earth tomorrow.
As to the problem of the drag chute whose door of the compartment fallen
at the launch time, NASA conducted several analyses on the ground and announced
Discovery could land safely without using it. NASA has used drag chutes
after the 50th shuttle landing and without it before.
Discovery and crew are scheduled to return to Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle
Landing Facility at about 12:05 p.m. Eastern Time, tomorrow. Preliminary
weather forecasts indicate generally favorable weather.
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Today' Astronaut Mukai |
She conducted the experiments using two toadfishes and plants, as well
as her routine exercises. And she stowed experiments equipment.
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JapanaseExperiments |
Astronaut Mukai pulled out the fish packages, each of which a toad fish
is located in, from the Vestibular Function Experiment Unit (VFEU), and
gave them a movement manually.
For the experiment of "Crystal growth of organic ferromagnet",
the valves of the Experimental unit were closed, and the experiment was
wrapped up.
For the experiments of "BRIC-AUX: Polar transport mechanism of Phytohormones
in higher plants under microgravity" and "BRIC-RC: Growth regulation
mechanisms in higher plants under microgravity conditions", samples
were stowed into the freezer.
Japanese space experiments were almost over. NASDA experiment support teams
at Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center, are satisfied with their
workings. They will analysis the data collected in space after Discovery
landing.
| Last Updated : May 26, 2003 |
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