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Day 6: Friday 26 October


26 October 2001
 
Today, nearly halfway through their stay on the International Space Station, Claudie Haigneré and her colleagues were able to start on the navigation part of the COGNI experiment that had previously been delayed due to technical problems.
 
An experiment that is ongoing throughout the mission is the Plasma Kristall Experiment, or PKE. PKE is now starting to produce impressive images showing ever-changing patterns of macroscopic particles in plasma.

The astronauts have also been undergoing tests to look at memory function and reaction time under conditions of microgravity as part of the COGNI experiment.

The International Space Station was today awarded the '2001 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation'. Together with the Expedition 3 crew, the Andromède crew; Victor, Konstantin and Claudie, received the prize during an in-flight call to Spain. Representing the international team who together have built the International Space Station, the two crews received the congratulations of HRH Don Felipe of Spain from an award ceremony in Oviedo that was attended by the highest representatives of the ISS partner space agencies, as well as Spain's ESA astronaut Pedro Duque.
  
 

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 •  Day 11: Return journey to Earth (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESANXVZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
 •  Day 10: Last day on ISS for Andromède crew (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAOEVZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
 •  Day 8: Claudie's tour of the Space Station (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAF0UZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
 •  Day 7: Experiments continue to schedule (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESA60UZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
 •  Day 5: In-flight with Schwartzenberg (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAIZTZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
 •  Day 4: First full day on board the ISS (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAJPRZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
 •  Day 3: Soyuz docking and boarding ISS (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAIHQZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
 •  Day 2: Chasing the ISS in orbit (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAP5MZK0TC_astronauts_0.html)
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Related links

 •  Claudie in space website (http://www.esa.int/claudie)
 •  Launch clip and videos (http://esa.capcave.nl/esa/andromede/info.html)
 •  Astronauts (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/astronauts.html)
 •  Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) (http://www.cnes.fr/html/_455_.php)
 •  More on Soyuz (http://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz.html)
 •  ESA's ISS pages (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html)
 •  ISS (NASA pages) (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html)