Crew 99 Log Book for February 5, 2011 Photos of the dayCommander's Check-In ReportDonna Viola Reporting Commander's ReportDonna Viola Reporting
also took some time to teach the rest of the team a little bit about astronomy and the CCD cameras (apparently, it's like a "bucket brigade"). Last night, we also ran into some major problems with our LAMBDA experiment - so today, we ended up cutting off our first trial, reengineering some components, and setting up for a second attempt.
Engineering ReportKevin Newman Reporting
Notes/Comments (include how many generator runs, approximately when, and any times you needed to turn the generator on/off): 1 generator run, all is well Fuel Status:
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EVA 12 ReportAndie Gilkey Reporting Time: 16:30-17:00 Astronomer's ReportSukrit Ranjan Reporting Yesterday the astronomers attempted to characterize the drift speed of the telescope with the CCD. We did a 2-star alignment, followed by 4 additional calibration stars. The alignment was far from perfect -- while the telescope was able to locate the Pleiades reasonably well, Polaris was a bust. We hypothesize at least part of the reason to be misalignment of the equitorial head; in particular, the altitude of the telescope is low by ~.5 degree. We took a 150s exposure of the Pleiades to characterize drift rate and are currently post processing. Qualitatively, drift is very high -- polar alignment must be off. Cook's ReportSukrit Ranjan Reporting 1a) Today was -A non-cooking day. 1b) Was today a special day celebrated at the main meal with special food or activity? Absolutely! Today was World Nutella Day: http://www.nutelladay.com/. We performed interpretative dance and human sculpture poses. 2) List the foods served at today's main meal (usually the evening meal), giving full names of each. Gourmet Reserves Chicken Rotelle 3) List any main meal foods not finished by the crew (leftovers stored for later use or discarded) (Example: 2 servings potato soup stored; 2 servings rice burned/inedible, discarded) - None, we ate it all. 4) Recipes for anything more complicated than following package directions exactly, or rehydrating. Ingredients 5) Comments/questions for Kim and Jean, the food study investigators - Very filling -- very popular. Many people added salt individually. Journalist ReportSukrit Ranjan Reporting Today was World Nutella Day! The team did interpretative dance/sculpture celebrations with lunch (were you watching the webcams? Bet you wish you had been, huh!). Today also saw a considerable reworking of the LAMBDA apparatus. The astronomers reduced data and worked on determining the telescope drift rate. This evening, we are preparing a great experiment: Nesquick brownies! |
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