**Huge collection of ISS and Soyuz handbooks and presentations, plus daily On Orbit Status reports and more are <\/em>available to download on L2<\/font><\/em> <\/em>**<\/em><\/p>\n **Review the Live Event pages for this relocation**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n Preparations for the relocation have been ongoing during the second half of today, before the crew \u2013 wearing Sokol spacesuits \u2013 boarded the vehicle at 4:10pm GMT. Leak and seat checks were conducted prior to undocking, enjoying lunch on board the Russian vehicle during their wait of several hours. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018For the relocation, ISS attitude control authority was handed over to RS motion control at 5:25pm,\u2019 noted today\u2019s ISS Status Report. \u2018After relocation, control returned to US momentum management at 7:50pm.<\/font><\/p>\n Following the releasing of docking hooks and clamps, the Soyuz departed Zarya\u2019s nadir docking port just before 11:30pm GMT. Docking was confirmed at 11:54 pm GMT. <\/font><\/p>\n It\u2019s been an interesting time onboard the ISS over the past few weeks, which included the sixth SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellite) test session. <\/font><\/p>\n SPHERES was designed by the MIT Space Systems Laboratory as a long term, replenishable, and upgradable testbed for the validation of high risk metrology, control, and autonomy technologies for use in formation flight and autnomous docking, rendezvous and reconfiguration algorithms.<\/font><\/p>\n \u2018From the real-time video and audio feed the 6th SPHERES test session, from 3\/17 was highly successful,\u2019 noted a previous ISS Status Report. \u2018Our observations confirm an important milestone for SPHERES: the third SPHERES satellite, launched aboard STS-116, is fully operational, meaning that the full SPHERES facilities are now aboard station! <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018Further, the other tests provided substantial data for four MIT theses due this year (denoted by numbers in parenthesis): \u2013 All docking tests performed within our expectations, increasing our confidence in upcoming sessions to perform complex tumbling tests. \u2013 The fault simulation maneuvers created faults at good times, where the avoidance maneuvers were clearly visible. The trajectory tests for formation flight, which had been delayed for the past two sessions, ran successfully. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018The reconfiguration maneuvers \u2013 determining how to control a system after docking \u2013 also ran correctly, providing the \u2018control data\u2019 for upcoming tests. In addition, the Mass ID tests appeared to run successfully for the first time; if the data confirms this, we will no longer have to run further Mass ID tests. Your efforts are helping a great number of students complete their research, which in turn we are sure will help numerous future missions.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n Mission control back in Houston also chose to congratulate Williams for her participation in the experiment. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018The SPHERES team would like to thank you for your great execution of SPHERES. The SPHERES scientists are ecstatic with the results. The \u2018Lost in Space\u2019 scenarios were an amazing success. This data will be used to support three more theses in addition to the four theses from last week.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n In other news, NASA conducted the 14Soyuz\/Increment 15 SORR (Station Operations Readiness Review) last Wednesday, ahead of the FRR (Flight Readiness Review) on April 2.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Three \u2018exceptions\u2019 were noted during the SORR, as listed in a NASA memo acquired by this site.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n \u20181. Oxygen Generation System (OGS) Activation Readiness \u2013 A significant amount of engineering open paperwork must be closed before activation on-orbit (still post 13A and CCS R6 transition) . May take until June or July to completely close out. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018The Program Manager was not very pleased to hear this news. In contrast, he did take the opportunity to commend the ops community for the significant effort expended for OGS early activation and being ready to support when the hardware is ready.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u20182. EAS Jettison <\/font>\u2013 The Program still has open work (waiver to Jettison Policy and obtaining HQ approval) necessary for jettison of the Early Ammonia Servicer during the 13A.1 stage <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n \u20183. FHRC R&R \u2013 The R&R for the Flex Hose Rotary Coupler (one of the \u2018Big 13\u2032 contingency EVA tasks) will take 3 EVAs to accomplish since the ORU temp stow device will not be manifested until flight 1E. This is a violation of the ground rules and constraints document that requires these tasks to be performed within 2 EVAs.\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font><\/em> <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Expedition 14 crewmembers Suni Williams, Michael Lopez-Alegria and \u201cMisha\u201d Tuyrin have successfully taken the Soyuz TMA-9 for a spin around the block tonight, relocating the vehicle from being docked with Zarya\u2019s nadir docking port to its new home on the aft docking port on the Zvezda service module. 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