| ISS
Astronaut Activity Report, May 2002 |    |
The Japanese ISS astronauts received advanced
training conducted at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC).
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Advanced Training | Advanced training is conducted at the
international partners' facilities to deepen the astronauts' understanding of
the systems and operations of the International Space Station (ISS). The advanced
training conducted at JSC this month was the third following the session last
autumn. Japanese astronauts Doi and Wakata as well as astronauts from Europe also
attended this training.
The astronauts were trained on ISS and Space Shuttle Systems, standard
ISS tools used for tasks such as maintenance, necessary actions to take in emergency
situations such as fire and toxic contamination, and on experimental payloads
used on orbit. Additionally, they participated in simulation sessions to deepen
their understanding of what they had learned.
Some of this month's training
is presented.
 | ARIS
rack installation |
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| Rack(on Earth) |
Rack maintenance in Destiny on STS-105 (7A.1) |
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| Astronaut Furukawa |
Vibrations caused by equipment and crew activities may degrade the microgravity
environment inside ISS payload racks. The Active Rack Isolation System (ARIS)
is an active system to dampen such vibrations in each rack. Installation of an
ARIS rack is more complicated due to the dampening equipment involved. A mockup,
which simulates onboard equipment, was used in this installation training.
| Training
using the Shuttle Mission Simulator - Motion Base | The
Shuttle Mission Simulator - Motion Base (SMS-MB) simulates the space shuttle flight
deck and it's motion during launch, reentry and landing. In this training, the
astronauts experienced nominal and off-nominal launch, reentry, and landing, so
they could better understand the overall launch and reentry events.
| Integrated
simulation |
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| Astronaut
Sumino | Integrated simulation is conducted to teach
cooperation between crew onboard the ISS and space shuttle, and flight controllers
on the ground. Crew members in the ISS/space shuttle training facilities communicate
and cooperate with flight controllers in the Mission Control Center, Houston (MCC-H)
where operations of the ISS or the Space Shuttle are directed and controlled.
In this training, they participated as ISS crew members, and simulated the operation
of space shuttle rendezvous with ISS or SO truss installation on the ISS. Three
years have past since they were selected as astronaut candidates, and they are
now being trained under conditions that are very near real operations.
The Japanese ISS astronauts' June activity report will be issued in July
2002. Last updated: July 10, 2002
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