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. 2017 Aug 15;8:1533. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01533

Table 3.

EXPOSE-R2 mission sequence durations overview.

Mission period Duration
Inside ISS period launch to EVA-39 26 days
Dark evacuation period valve open to EVA-40 62 days
Valve open to valve closed 509 days
Outside space evacuation period 531 days
Outside data availability 468 days
Total vacuum period tray 3 (closure to PIRS) 532 days
Total vacuum period tray 1 672 days
Mars gas period tray 2 after second closing 722 days
Outside UV irradiation period EVA-40 to EVA-42 469 days
Outside mission period EVA-39 to EVA-42 534 days
Post-outside storage in ISS tray 3 28 days
Post-outside storage in ISS trays 1 + 2 136 days
Total mission duration tray 3 launch to landing 588 days
Total mission duration trays 1 + 2 launch to landing 696 days

With uncontrolled pressurization in PIRS.