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Status of Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEO) Status of Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEO) Bill Gerstenmaier | July 29, 2013 International Space Station NASA: OC4/John Coggeshal l For current baseline refer to MAPI: OP/Randy Morgan SSP 54100 Multi-Increment Chart Updated: July 01st, 2013 Planning Document (MIPD) ISS Flight Plan SSCN/CR: 13681B (MIPD Rev-G In- Work) 2013 2014 2015 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr In Inc 36 Inc 37 Inc 38 Inc 39 Inc 40 Inc 41 Inc 42 Inc 43 R P. Vinogradov (CDR-36) 167 days (34S) R O. Kotov (CDR-38) 168 days (36S) N S. Swanson (CDR-40) 174 days (38S) N B. Wilmore (CDR-42) 167 days (40S) (42S) c R Misurkin 167 days (34S) R S. Ryazanskiy 168 days (36S) R A. Skvortsov 174 days (38S) R Y. Serova 167 days (40S) (42S) N Cassidy 167 days (34S) N M. Hopkins 168 days (36S) R O. Artemyev 174 days (38S) R A. Samokutyayev 167 days (40S) (42S) Crew (33S) R F. Yurchikhin (CDR-37) 166 days (35S) J K. Wakata (CDR-39) 188 days (37S) R M. Suraev (CDR-41) 173 days (39S) N T. Virts (CDR-43) 166 days (41S) Rotation C C. (33S) N K. Nyberg 166 days (35S) N R. Mastracchio 188 days (37S) N R. Wiseman 173 days (39S) E S. Cristoforetti 166 days (41S) R R. (33S) A L. Parmitano 166 days (35S) R M. Tyurin 188 days (37S) E A. Gerst 173 days (39S) R A. Shkaplerov 166 days (41S) N T. Soyuz Lit 06/14 07/21 08/15 09/17 10/21 11/12 12/23 1/10 DO-1 Landing DO-2 07/23 09/19 11/14 1/12 SM 8.07 X2_R12.1 X2_R13 Stage S/W 10/16 3/14 9/14 U-21 R-33 U-22,23 R-34,35 R-36 R-37 R-38 R-39 R-40,41,42 R-43 R-44 R-45,46,47 U-A R-48 Stage EVAs May Jun 24 Jul 9,16 Aug 15,21 11/9 12/9 1/27 2/1 Feb Apr Jul Aug Apr Apr MRM2 / 9/11 9/26(4-ORB) 1/12 2/7 3/25 3/28 7/20 7/26 12/30 2/4 3/25 SM 167 / 167 168 / 168 174 / 172 34S 36S 54P 38S 56P 58P Zenith TBR TBR MRM1 / 5/13 5/29(4-ORB) 11/1 11/7 3-7 5/14 5/30 3-7 11/17 12/3 FGB 166 / 166 188 / 188 173 / 171 166 / 164 Port Utilization Nadir 33S 35S 37S 39S 41S DC1 / 7/25 7/28(4-ORB) 12/18 3/12 4/30 6/23 9/16 10/2 3/16 4/1 MLM / RS 167 / 165 50P 52P 3R (MLM) 55P 6R (RS-Node) TBR 40S 42S Node 12/20 6/26 3-81 TBR 6/14-16 6/24 - 7/23 8/12-14 8/24-28 9/8 - 25 3-82 6/11 6/15 10/28 11/11 11/23 4/9 TBR 10/24 4/29 145 / 135 3-77 10/20 SM Aft 6/14 51P ATV4 53P 137 / 128 57P ATV5 N2 Fwd N2 Zenith Under-review 12/11 1/10 TBR TBR 3-7 (Prox) 3-7 (Prox) 30 d 1/26 2/25 TBD 8/9 9/4 9/22 Orb-1 TBD 4/8 5/8 5/11 6/10 7/6 8/5 8/10 9/9 10/6 11/5 12/7 1/6 1/11 2/10 4/4 N2 Nadir 26 d TBD 30 d 30 d 30 d 30 d 30 d 30 d 30 d 30 d 12/11 1/10 TBR HTV4 Orb-D1 30 d 3-75 SpX-4 Orb-2 HTV5 SpX-5 Orb-3 SpX-6 Orb-4 SpX-7 SpX-3 N1 Nadir Solar Beta >60 06/01 -06/10 07/31 -08/08 11/01 -11/08 12/29 -01/07 05/28 -06/07 07/28 -08/05 10/28 -11/03 12/24 -01/03 SpX-3: HDEV, OPALS HTV5: CALET, CATS SpX-6: SAGE Hexapod, SAGE NVP, MUSES External TBR TBR TBR Cargo HTV4: MBSU, UTA, STP-H4 SpX-4: RapidScat, RS Adapter Bracket SpX-5: CREAM 3-78 3-78 SpX-7: IDA #1 3-78 TBR 3-73 (Prox) TBR 3-77 ATV4 HTV4 Orb-D1 Orb-1 SpX-3 SpX-4 Orb-2 ATV5 HTV5 SpX-5 Orb-3 SpX-6 Orb-4 SpX-7 Launch 6/5 8/3 8/29 12/8 12/9 4/6 5/8 NET 6/5 7/1 8/8 10/3 12/5 1/8 4/2 MLM RSNode Schedule TMA-09M M-20M TMA-10M TMA-11M M-21M M-22M TMA-12M M-23M TMA-13M M-24M TMA-14M M-25M TMA-15M M-26M TMA-16M M-27M 35S 52P 36S 37S 53P 3R 54P 38S 55P 39S 6R 56P 40S 57P 41S 58P 42S 59P 5/28 7/27 9/25 11/7 11/20 12/11 2/5 3/26 4/28 5/28 6/24 7/24 9/30 10/22 12/1 2/2 3/30 4/303 11/21DMT TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 3-8 35 Soyuz Launch/Expedition 36 May - November 2013 Vehicle: 35 Soyuz, TMA-09M Launch: May 28, 2013 Docking: May 30, 2013 Undock/Landing: November 10, 2013 Soyuz 35 crew will join crew already 35 Soyuz Crew Expedition 36 on orbit Fyodor Yurchikhin Soyuz Commander & Exp 37 Pavel Vinogradov Exp 36 Commander Commander Alexander Misurkin ISS Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg ISS Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy ISS Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano (ESA) ISS Flight Engineer 4 Inc 35-36 Utilization Crew Time OOS Planned USOS Executed OOS Planned Cumulative USOS Cumulative Executed 70 1000 900 60 800 50 700 600 40 500 30 400 20 300 Weekly Crew Time Hours Crew Time Weekly 200 10 100 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (Hours) Cumulative Scheduled Crew Time 3-Crew 6- Crew 3-Crew 6-Crew Increment 35 Increment 36 March April May June July August Sept Date Color Key: (Dock on 6/15/13) Completed HTV4 SpX-2 ATV4 US EVA 21 35-36 Final OOS (7/20/13 8/19/13) (Berth on (Unberth on 3/24/13) (Dock on 5/1/13) FPIP Plan (Berth on 5/8/13) US EVA US EVA 9/22/13) (Unberth on 3/26/13) Orb-D1 Below the line WLP 2 contains 35 minutes of Executed through Increment Wk (WLP Week) 17 = 16.0 of 24.2 work weeks (66.12% though the Increment) ESA Utilization that has not been USOS IDRD Allocation: 875 hours agreed upon. OOS USOS Planned Total: 876.49 hours OC/OZ reconciliation is not USOS Actuals: 661 hours completed as of Week 17. 75.54% through IDRD Allocation 75.41% through OOS Planned Total 5 Pre-Decisional, For Internal Use Only Total USOS Average Per Work Week: 41.31 hours/work week ISS Research Statistics Working data as of March 31, 2013 Number of ISS Investigations for 35/36 : 209 75 NASA/U.S.-led investigations Over 400 Investigators 134 International-led investigations represented 30 new investigations Over 500 scientific results 1 CSA 4 ESA 7 JAXA 16 NASA/U.S. 2 Roscosmos Discipline by ISS Partner: Expedition 35/36 100% 90% Biology and Biotechnology 80% Earth and Space Science 70% Educat ional and Cultural 60% Act ivit ies 50% Human Research 40% Physical Science 30% Technology 20% 10% TBD 0% CSA ESA JAXA NASA/US Roscosmos 8 19 28 75 79 Number of Investigations Expedition 0-32: 1549 6 CASIS: A Paradigm Shift In How We Conduct Space Business National lab utilization to date: • $15M obligated for ISS National Lab research across 40 projects • $2M non-NASA funds committed to targeted flight opportunities • Commercial Partnerships with Boston Museum of Science, MD Anderson, Baylor College of Medicine, MIT, MassChallenge, Boeing, NSTA, The Broad Institute, etc. • Flight Project Agreements with P&G, Merck, Cobra Puma, numerous universities • MOAs in place and/or in development with NIH, NOAA, USDA, VA, DoD, NRL (Navy) 7 Advanced Exploration Systems Advanced Exploration Systems Rapid development and testing of prototype systems and validation of operational concepts to reduce risk and cost of future exploration missions: - Crew Mobility Systems Ø Systems to enable the crew to conduct “hands-on” surface exploration and in-space operations, including crew excursion vehicles, advanced space suits, and crew egress - Deep Space Habitation Systems Ø Systems to enable the crew to live and work safely in deep space, including deep space habitats, reliable life support, radiation protection, and fire safety - Vehicle Systems Ø Systems for in-space propulsion stages and small robotic landers, including nuclear propulsion, modular power systems, lander technology test beds, and autonomous precision landing - Operations Ø Systems to enable more efficient mission and ground operations, including integrated testing, autonomous mission ops, integrated ground ops, and logistics reduction - Robotic Precursor Activities Ø Acquire strategic knowledge on potential destinations for human exploration to inform systems development, including prospecting for lunar ice, characterizing the Mars surface radiation environment, radar imaging of NEAs, instrument development, and research and analysis 9 Recent Accomplishments Advanced Exploration Systems Program BEAM: Signed Radiation Protection: $17.8M contract with Completed assembly of Bigelow Aerospace to Radiation Environment develop inflatable Monitor flight unit for module for EFT-1 mission.
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