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6 Specifications for experimental equipment delivered to ISS
6.1 Specifications for equipment transported in Russian spacecraft Progress
and Soyuz
6.1.1 General
These requirements are applicable to all the cargoes delivered to ISS in Progress
and Soyuz spacecraft, to all the waste and cargoes removed from the station for
disposal inside Progress cargo compartment or Soyuz orbital module, as well as to
cargoes returned to Earth inside Soyuz descent vehicle. The document contains
requirements for all the phases of transportation and for the spacecraft ground
processing phase.
All the transported cargoes shall meet the requirements of the normal operating
conditions described in this Section. In off-nominal situations, including
depressurization, cargoes shall remain fire-and-explosion safe, nontoxic, leakproof
(gases, liquids, biological samples) and preserve its mechanical integrity, meet
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safety requirements for crew and spacecraft equipment. There are no requirements
to assure cargo functioning after an off-nominal situation.
In accordance with the conditions required onboard spacecraft for cargo delivery,
all the cargoes are subdivided into:
- active cargoes, which require for their transportation connections to the
spacecraft onboard systems (power supply system, thermal control system,
telemetry, etc.);
- passive cargoes, which do not require for their transportation any connections to
the spacecraft onboard systems.
6.1.2 Environmental conditions
6.1.2.1 Gas medium
Composition of the gas medium inside Cargo Compartment, Descent Vehicle
and Orbital Module (in volume percentages) through all the phases of free flight up
to the docking with the space station:
- oxygen − 21...40% (at partial pressure of 120...350 mm Hg);
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