ISS Increment 1 Crew

Copyright © 2000 International Space Station Guide

The ISS 1 mission begins the permanent staffing of the International Space Station which began to be assembled in Dec. 1998 with the crew of Bill Shephard, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergey Krikalev. The Service Module Zvezda (added in 2000) provides basic life support capability and will be the crews living quarters during their mission.

The crews main objective is activating (Zvezda) Service Module systems which is expected to take 4 weeks, then supporting station assembly. Tasks include:

• Integrating the US and Russian ethernet networks between the modules
• Configure sleep quarters, and stow EVA suit equipment currently in the compartments
• Activeate Vozdukh Carbon Dioxide removal and Electron Oxygen generation systems
• Activate voice and TV communications systems
• Setup medical instruments and exercise equipment
• Setup EVA equipment in the Zvezda docking node
• Install dining table (delivered on the second Progress)
• Complete unloading Progress
• Recieve assembly flight 4A and be contingency to aid in installation of the P6 element
• Conduct structural analysis of the ISS
• IMAX movie filming
• IVA moving the forward docking drouge to the NADIR or lower docking port to allow for future attachment of the Docking Compartment 1
• Recieve Progress on FGB side port
• Recieve assembly flight 5A and integrate the US Lab systems to the rest of the ISS
• Move Soyuz to FGB side port
• Recieve Progress on Service Module
• Recieve 5A.1 and relief ISS increment 2 crew

Krikalev noted that the crew was treating the flight like a test flight of a new aircraft, they expect some problems with some systems and hope to uncoved problems in their shakedown of the ISS.

While acomplishing these main tasks, the generic daily crew schedule will be something like this:

• Wakeup
• Check station systems
• Wash & clean
• Breakfast
• Prepare the days work, rean messages, schedule, email
• Daily planning conference with mission control
• Work & exercise
• Lunch
• Finish work, review tomorrows schedule, messaging & email
• Review days work in conference with mission control
• Prepare tomorrows work, wash & clean, station systems checks to prepare for overnight unattended operation
• Dinner
• Sleep

Crew communications will primarilly be using Russian systems on Zvezda, although the ISS early comm system can be used if needed to complement the Russian systems.

 

Sleeping arrangements are up to the crew, as the Zvezda has 2 sleep compartments and 3 crew, due to the Zvezda module being designed based on the Mir design and intended for 2 permanent crew and a third visiting crewman. In fact there are plenty of options for the third crewman to find a private corner to call home, for example the docking node, rear transfer compartment, etc. but most sleeping spaces are defined by how noisy they are and if there is adaquate ventilation