LIVE: ISS US spacewalk (EVA-20) - November 1, 2012

[Space Pete]

Interesting note in today's ISS on-orbit status report: The ISS will be maneuvered to +YVV attitude for EVA-20.

The nominal attitude is +XVV, which means PMA-2 faces the Velocity Vector. +YVV will mean the S6 Truss will face the Velocity Vector, which will place the P6 worksite at the aft of the ISS.

I wonder whether this is due to debris concerns with the recent Russian upper stage explosion near the ISS' orbit?

[erioladastra]

Interesting note in today's ISS on-orbit status report: The ISS will be maneuvered to +YVV attitude for EVA-20.

The nominal attitude is +XVV, which means PMA-2 faces the Velocity Vector. +YVV will mean the S6 Truss will face the Velocity Vector, which will place the P6 worksite at the aft of the ISS.

I wonder whether this is due to debris concerns with the recent Russian upper stage explosion near the ISS' orbit?

No, plasma concerns I believe.  Havent encountered the Briz debris yet.  Dancing around other debris.

[Dappa]

Looks like Suni is in her suit.

[Dappa]

Aki also in his suit.

[Dappa]

[Chris Bergin]

Suni's not hanging around again I see.

Epic Pete article now getting worked into the site.

L2 Members refer to the ISS EVA-20 resources for the procs/timelines docs etc.

[Dappa]

Looks like they're doing some ISLE.

Edit: but it isn't.

[nyquist]

EMU Purge completed (1.220 EMU Purge) moving on to EMU Prebreathe (2.330 ISLE EMU PREBREATHE)

[elmarko]

Sorry, what channel are you watching to get those views?

[nyquist]

Sorry, what channel are you watching to get those views?

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

[elmarko]

That's what I was trying to find, I thought it'd be on there. I couldn't see a link on the main NASA site for love nor money. Thank you

[nyquist]

1 min in to in-suite light exercise, step 11

[elmarko]

And just to confirm, these steps are from the ISS EVA Systems Checklist? Couldn't find 2.330 so thought I'd check.

[nyquist]

And just to confirm, these steps are from the ISS EVA Systems Checklist? Couldn't find 2.330 so thought I'd check.

That is correct but the version i can locate on the web (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/flightdatafiles/index.html) is a older version that do not have 2.330 included

[d3jf]

They prepared an ISLE "dance" for Allison (don't remember last name) - the EVA lead! That was funny! Has anyone managed to capture that?

[Prober]

getting the coffee pumped in .....couldn't miss this.

Looks like got here just in time.

[Chris Bergin]

Right then, get your heads stuck into this article from Pete!

Astronaut duo set to perform spacewalk on ISS to isolate ammonia leak
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/11/astronaut-duo-spacewalk-iss-isolate-ammonia-leak/

It's high level!

[Chris Bergin]

And here we go....

[nyquist]

Exercise almost completed , only METOX/LiOH changeout to be performed. Next steps to be performed is SAFER DONNING steps 14-37  and 39-43

[Chris Bergin]

Getting read in the MCC-H ISS FCR. And a view from Quest.