1. Although power margins never fell to critical levels, a number of alarms sounded to warn the station crew that the electrical system had been affected. 2. An old Progress, launched in May, was to be jettisoned by the station crew early Wednesday to clear a parking spot for the new capsule. 3. Future station crews are depending on the two cranes to lug large power storage batteries and other bulky equipment across the orbital laboratory. 4. However, on Monday, the station crew was unable to jettison an older Progress capsule to clear a docking port. 5. In case of fire, collision or a medical emergency, the station crew would go into the rescue craft and undock. 6. Increasingly, though, they have turned their thoughts to Earth and what they have missed most, the station crew told the interviewers. 7. It will permit station crews to observe activities in remote modules over a closed circuit television system. 8. Next month, Solovyev and a station crew that now includes astronaut David Wolf plan more spacewalks to pinpoint the source of the leak in the Spektr science module. 9. Once re-docked, the empty Progress will serve as a trash receptacle for the station crew. 10. Scientists complain that a basic station crew of three will not have time to conduct all the research planned. |