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ISS Progress 32 Undocks

Image above: The ISS Progress 32 is seen from the International Space Station after undocking. Credit: NASA TV

The ISS Progress 32 (P32) undocked Wednesday at 11:18 a.m. EDT. Filled with trash and other discarded items, the P32 will burn over the Pacific Ocean on May 18. Prior to deorbit, ground controllers will perform a series of engine firings and study their effect on plasma in the Earth’s atmosphere. The P32 arrived at the station on Feb 13.

On Thursday, the new ISS Progress 33 (P33) will launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:37 p.m. The P33 is delivering food, fuel, oxygen, supplies and hardware. Docking will take place at 3:23 p.m. Tuesday at the Pirs docking compartment.

Meanwhile, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the Expedition 19 crew spent time Wednesday with the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) experiment. SAMS is an ongoing study of the vibrations and on the station that result from the operation of hardware, crew activities, dockings and maneuvering. The results will be used to better understand the types of vibrations affecting vibration-sensitive experiments.

Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata worked to troubleshoot a battery charger module used to charge spacesuit batteries. He changed the parameters of the module to prevent overheating of the batteries.

Throughout the day, the crew had time set aside for Earth observation and photography. The targets for Wednesday included Santiago, Chile.

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