Table 1 Time schedules for preparation of medaka in Baikonur and experiments in ISS.

From: Acute transcriptional up-regulation specific to osteoblasts/osteoclasts in medaka fish immediately after exposure to microgravity

Date (GMT)

Time course

Event

A part of Long-term experiment

 2012/10/23

18 hrs before launch

Preparation of fish at three weeks after hatch

 2012/10/23

Launch at 10:51

Launch of Soyuz

 2012/10/25

2 days after launch

Docking of Soyuz to ISS

 2012/10/25

8 hrs after docking

The start of experiment in AQH

 2012/10/25

10 hrs after docking

Fish were preserved by RNAlater (day 2)

 2012/10/29

6 days after launch

Fish were preserved by RNAlater (day 6)

Short-term experiment

 2014/1/26

9 days before launch

Egg collecting

 2014/2/4

32-25 hrs before launch

Preparation of observation chambers for hatched fish

 2014/2/5

Launch at 16:23

Launch of Progress

 2014/2/5

6 hrs after launch

Docking of Progress to ISS

 2014/2/6

21 hrs after docking

Preparation of experiment

 2014/2/7

36 hrs after launch

Observation day 1 (Start of live imaging)

 2014/2/8

3 days after launch

Observation day 2

 2014/2/9

4 days after launch

Observation day 3

 2014/2/10

5 days after launch

Observation day 4

 2014/2/11

6 days after launch

Observation day 5

 2014/2/12

7 days after launch

Observation day 6

 2014/2/13

8 days after launch

Observation day 7

 2014/2/14

9 days after launch

Observation day 8 (Finish of live imaging)

  1. GMT: Greenwich Mean Time.