LIVE: Expedition 16 fifth spacewalk - January 30

[anik]

http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html

"Space station flight controllers, meanwhile, are gearing up for a spacewalk by Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani around Jan. 30 to replace a solar array positioning motor that failed late last year"

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

"January 28, Monday
2 p.m. [19:00 UTC - anik] - ISS Expedition 16 Spacewalk Preview Briefing - JSC (Public and Media Channels)

January 30, Wednesday
TBD - ISS Expedition 16 Spacewalk Coverage Begins (Spacewalk begins at TBD; could start up to an hour earlier; post-spacewalk Mission Status Briefing scheduled about 2 hours after the end of the spacewalk) - JSC (Public and Media Channels)"

[dsmillman]

Florida Today is reporting that this EVA will begin at 4:30 AM EST.  Does anyone have additional information?

[DaveS]

dsmillman - 17/1/2008  10:32 PM

Florida Today is reporting that this EVA will begin at 4:30 AM EST.  Does anyone have additional information?

JUst hold on until the EVA briefing on Jan. 28.

[rdale]

dsmillman - 17/1/2008  4:32 PM

Florida Today is reporting that this EVA will begin at 4:30 AM EST.  Does anyone have additional information?

They are replacing the failing motor, what additional info are you looking for?

[dsmillman]

I am trying to find out if the 4:30 AM EST start is correct.  How long is the EVA?  Is anything but the BMRRM R&R going to be done?

[erioladastra]

"Is anything but the BMRRM R&R going to be done?"

Some SARJ inspections not completed on the last EVA will be performed if time permits.

[JimO]

When can we expect more timeline details?

[dsmillman]

This is from the Jan. 23 ISS status report:

After printing out newly uplinked procedures for the US EVA-14 next week (1/30), the CDR & FE-2 conducted a two-hour review of the briefing package, covering topics like egress plan, timeline ordering of tasks, translation/fairleads/tether plan, hazards, and ingress plan.  Later (~9:10am EST), Peggy and Dan tagged up with ground specialists to discuss particulars.  Using the crew input, final procedures are now being prepared.    [The spacewalk of ~6 hrs duration has one major objective, broken into several steps: (1) Set up BMRMM (Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module, “broom”) worksite; (2) Removed failed BMRRM (~35 min); (3) Install replacement BMRRM (~35 min); (4) Clean up worksite; and (5) Inspect STBD SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint).

[dsmillman]

The USOS EVA-14 checklist list is now available at:

http://www.floridatoday.com/floridatoday/blogs/spaceteam/

[dgates]

Thanks!  Good info in that link!

[ChrisC]

Press conference on this EVA is in progress now.

[John44]

Expedition 16 Spacewalk Preview Briefing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3244&Itemid=2

[John44]

Expedition 16 CREW OFFERS THOUGHTS ON ITS UPCOMING SPACEWALK.
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3253&Itemid=2

[marshallsplace]

Coverage started

[NASAGeek]

looks like they began depress 20-25 minutes ahead of schedule