Expedition 16

Crew Speaks to Students, Continues Maintenance

International Space Station Expedition 16 crew members talked with students from the Robert L. Ford Explorer school in Lynn, Mass., Thursday morning. Using a space-to-ground link, students quizzed the station residents about life in space.

On the International Space Station, Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Dan Tani continue unloading cargo from the docked Progress 27 unpiloted resupply ship.

The crew also is working on the removal and replacement of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA). Located in the Destiny laboratory, the CDRA has been experiencing problems. The CDRA scrubs carbon dioxide from the station's cabin air.

Refreash!
Launch Vehicle:
ISS Soyuz 15 (TMA-11)

Launch:
October 10, 2007
9:22 a.m. EDT

Docking:
October 12, 2007
10:50 a.m. EDT

Spacewalks:
Nov. 9, 2007
Nov. 20, 2007
Nov. 24, 2007
Dec. 18, 2007

Landing:
Spring 2008

Expedition 16's logo



sources : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.html