JAXA Astronaut Activity Report

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Last Updated: June 25, 2015

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This is JAXA’s Japanese astronaut activity report for April, 2015.

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Long-duration ISS mission training of Astronaut Kimiya Yui

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From April 6-10, Astronaut Kimiya Yui, assigned as a crew member for the Expedition 44/45 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), underwent training for ESA’s experiments at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, Germany.

Yui practiced familiarizing himself with the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES), a device used to study how the muscles of astronauts deteriorate over time in microgravity. He also practiced how to maintain Kubik, a small temperature-controlled incubator or cooler. As part of the Haptics-1 experiment intended to develop a system that allows onboard astronauts in microgravity to remotely operate a robot on the ground, Yui had his operating force applied to a joystick being measured. Given that the feeling of operation on the ground and that under microgravity is considered different, the data obtained will be compared with that obtained during his ISS stay and used for development of the system.

From April 13, Yui underwent training for the Soyuz spacecraft and the ISS Russian segment at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Russia. For training regarding the Soyuz spacecraft, Yui used a simulator to practice a series of operations ranging from the rendezvous, approach, and docking with the ISS to the return to Earth. At the end of the training, Yui and his crewmates Oleg Kononenko and Kjell Lindgren took a qualification exam to manually maneuver the Soyuz spacecraft. The exam covered the operational techniques for docking with the ISS and subsequent return to Earth. For the Russian segment, another qualification exam was given on the operational techniques in the Russian segment; thus, they completed all the certification exams.

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Yui's launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft (43S) has been postponed from May 27 due to the loss of the Progress (59P) supply vehicle. The rescheduled launch target is slated for July 23.