Table 1.
Schedule of activities for BRIC-18 and BRIC-21 Flight (FL) and Ground Control (GC) experiments∗.
| Actual or simulated activity | BRIC-18 |
BRIC-21 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL |
GC |
FL |
GC |
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| Day | Date∗ | Day | Date | Day | Date | Day | Date | |
| Integration/handover | –7 | 140411 | –7 | 140613 | –3 | 150411 | –3 | 150616 |
| Launch | 0 | 140418 | 0 | 140620 | 0 | 150414 | 0 | 150619 |
| Docking at ISS | 3 | 140421 | 2 | 140622 | 3 | 150417 | 3 | 150622 |
| Unpacking/stowage | 4 | 140422 | 4 | 140622 | 4 | 150418 | 4 | 150623 |
| Injection of growth medium | 12 | 140430 | 12 | 140702 | 6 | 150420 | 6 | 150625 |
| Transfer to -80°C | 17 | 140505 | 17 | 140708 | 7 | 150421 | 7 | 150626 |
| Undocking/splashdown | 30 | 140518 | 30 | 140720 | 37 | 150521 | 37 | 150726 |
| Arrival at KSC | 35 | 140523 | 35 | 140725 | 42 | 150528 | 42 | 150802 |
| Deintegration | 46 | 140603 | 46 | 140805 | 46 | 150601 | 46 | 150806 |
∗All dates are in the format year-month-day.