Tuesday, June 7, 2016

BEAM

 2016-024


BEAM, Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, 1413 or 1578 kg, 3.7m l 3.2m dia; 1.75m high 2.36m dia packed. Delivered to ISS aboard Dragon CRS-8 and installed on Node 3 aft.


BEAM 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2016 Apr 16  0500?  SSRMS grapple BEAM 
 0600? SSRMS unberth BEAM 
 0620  BEAM out of CRS-8 trunk 
 0900  BEAM next to N3 
 0921  Ready to latch 
 0937  Berthed on N3 aft (Stage 2 capture) 
2016 May 25   N3 HO to BEAM vestibule opening 
2016 May 26   Expand attempt, small motion 96 in to 111 in 
2016 May 28  1305  113in Introduce 22s air 
 1313  8s air 
 1338  3s air 
 1352  1s air 
 1443  1s air 
 1510  5s air 
 1525  3s air 
 1620  1s? air, 32 in long 118 dia  
 1644  2s air 
 1652  2s air (try 13, 54s total), 34 x 118  
 1712  1s air, 35 x 119  
 1724  1s air, 37 x 119 
 1748  1s air 38 x 120 
 1808  1s air 39 x 120 
 1825  1s air 40 x 120 
 1853  2s air 41 x 120  
 1918  42 x 120  
 1936  8s air 56 x 123 
 1943  10s air (try 21) 59 x 125  
 1946  14s air 63 x 127  
 1950  15s air 66 x 127  
 1955  30s air 66.5 x 127 
 2003  9s air 67 x 127 
 2010  Manual expansion declared complete 
 2034  Begin pressurization 
 2044  Pressurization complete 
2016 Jun 6  0847  Williams and Skripochka entry 

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