EGRESS4. EV1 Egress Airlock5. EV1 Receuve Crewlock Bag 3 from EV2, stow on A/L HR 05566. EV1 Receive Crewlock Bag 2 from EV2, stow on A/L HR 05567. EV1 Receive IDA Cable Bag from EV2, stow on BRT8. EV1 Receive Crewlock Bag 1 from EV2, hold for EV2 egress9. EV2 Egress Airlock and Receive Crewlock Bag 1 from EV1, stow on BRT10. EV2 Attach local tether11. EV1 Translate to MM 576012. EV1 Attach EV1 ANCHOR to S3 HR 3011, then EV2 ANCHOR to S1 HR 321713. EV2 On EV1 GO, release Waist Tether from A/L and Close Thermal CoverAPFR RELOCATE AND BAG STOWBAG STOW16. EV2 Translate to ESP-2 HR 800717. EV2 Temp Stow Crewlock Bag 1 on ESP-2 HR 800718. EV1 Translate to S6 HR 200919. EV1 Stow IDA Cable Bag on S6 HR 2009APFR RELOCATE21. EV2 Translate to Port CETA Cart WIF 222. EV2 Retrieve APFR with Ingress Aid, stow on BRT23. EV2 Translate to S6 WIF 1524. EV2 Install APFR in S6 WIF 15 [12,PP,F,8]25. EV1 Translate to Stbd CETA Cart WIF 426. EV1 Adjust APFR Pitch Knob setting to FF, keep APFR in WIF 427. EV1 Retrieve APFR with Ingress Aid, stow on BRT28. EV1 Translate to S6 WIF 3129. EV1 Install APFR in S6 WIF 31 [6,FF,F,2]CABLE ROUTING AND MLI1B CABLE ROUTING32. EV1 Translate to left side of 1B Mod Kit on Left Lower Strut33. EV2 Translate to right side of 1B Mod Kit on Right Lower Strut34. EV1 Retrieve and route Left IROSA Cable Bundle (all white)35. EV2 Retrieve and route Right IROSA Cable Bundle (red barber pole)COMPLETE 1B MOD KIT MLI37. EV1 Translate to Left Upper Strut, close MLI gap near Center Pad38. EV1 Translate to Left Mid Strut, close MLI gap between Collar Bolts and Mounting Bracket39. EV1 Perform final check of left side of 1B Mod Kit MLI40. EV2 Translate to Right Upper Strut, close MLI gap near Center Pad41. EV2 Translate to Right Mid Strut, close MLI gap near Mounting Bracket42. EV2 Perform final check of right side of 1B Mod Kit MLI1A MLICOMPLETE 1A MOD KIT MLI45. EV2 Translate inboard to left side of 1A Mod Kit46. EV1 Translate inboard to right side of 1A Mod Kit47. EV2 Close MLI gap near Center Pad on Left Upper Strut48. EV1 Close MLI gap around Right Mid Strut Collar Bolts49. EV1 Close MLI gap on Right Mid Strut between Collar Bolts and Mounting Bracket50. EV2 Translate to Left Mid Strut, close MLI gap around Collar Bolts51. EV2 Close MLI gap near Mounting Bracket on Left Mid Strut52. EV1/EV2 Perform final check of Right/Left 1A Mod Kit MLIESP-2 SETUP54. EV2 Translate inboard to ESP-2 Worksite55. EV2 Pre-stage Long Wire Tie on Clamshell MLI56. EV2 Retrieve EVA Scissors form Crewlock Bag57. EV2 Cut MLI Strap from Clamshell to Tent58. EV2 Stow EVA Scissors in Crewlock Bag59. EV2 Remove MLI from SASA60. EV2 Demate SASA Cables for RFG61. EV2 Retrieve NZGL Caps from Crewlock Bag and Install on J1 and J9SSRMS SETUP63. EV1 Translate inboard to Port CETA Cart WIF 364. EV1 Retrieve APFR with Ingress Aid, stow on BRT65. EV1 Translate to SSRMS Ingress location66. EV1 Install APFR in SSRMS [12,PP,F,6]67. EV1 Ingress APFRRFG REMOVE69. EV1 Retrieve Lg-sm RET from EV2, stow on MWS70. EV1 RET to RFG with Lg-sm RET from MWS71. EV1 Retrieve PGT from Swing Arm [B1,CCW2,30.5]72. EV1 Release RFG Structural Bolts x8 (6.8-12.8 turns)73. EV1 Verify all 8 Strutural Bolts popped out74. EV1 Release RFG Jacking Bolt - Bolt E (24.4-30.4 turns)75. EV1 Stow PGT in Swing Arm76. EV1 Remove RFG from Stanchion77. SSRMS maneuver to A/L Intermediate Position78. EV2 Translate to aft side of A/L79. EV2 Open Thermal Cover and Ingress A/L to retrieve Lg-sm RET series80. EV2 Pre-stage Lg-sm RET series from nadir, aft HR in Crewlock to aft part of A/L HR 050681. SSRMS maneuver to A/L Backoff PositionRFG STOW IN A/L83. EV1 on GO from SSRMS Brakes on, perform RFG Reorient and RET Swap84. EV1 give SSRMS GO for GCA to align with A/L and Stow RFG85. EV1 give SSRMS GO for maneuver to published ESP-2 Backoff Position86. EV2 Ingress A/L, Posistion RFG in Airlock87. EV2 Egress A/L88. EV2 Close Thermal CoverESP-2 CLEANUP90. EV2 Translate to ESP-2 RFG Worksite91. EV2 Mate RFG NZGLs to Jack Receptacles92. EV2 Install MLI Tent over SASA Mounting Plate93. EV2 Stow Lg-sm RET in Crewlock Bag 194. EV2 Retrieve Crewlock Bag 1, stow on BRT95. EV2 Translate to A/L96. EV2 Stow Crewlock Bag 1 in A/LSSRMS CLEANUP98. EV1 give SSRMS GO to GCA to published APFR Egress and Removal Position99. EV1 on GO from SSRMS Brakes ON, Egress APFR100. EV1 Remove APFR, stow on BRT101. EV1 give SSRMS GO for maneuver to EVA Park Position102. EV1 Translate to Port CETA Cart WIF 3103. EV1 Install APFR in Port CETA Cart WIF 3 [6,PP,F,6]104. EV1 Retrieve Fairlead with Adjustable from nadir of Port CETA Cart on Stbd Lab Strut105. EV1 Depress Port CETA Brake Pedals 2XINGRESS107. EV1 Translate to ANCHOR Hooks, nadir of S1 Face 1 (MM 5760)108. EV1 On EV2 GO, RET to EV2 ANCHOR Hook, Then transfer EV2 ANCHOR Hook to Waist Tether109. EV1 Release EV1 ANCHOR Hook, stow on MWS110. EV1 Translate to A/L111. EV2 Retrieve Crewlock Bag 2 from A/L HR 0556112. EV2 Open Hatch Thermal Cover113. EV2 Stow Crewlock Bag 2 in A/L114. EV2 Retrieve Crewlock Bag 3 from A/L HR 0556115. EV2 Stow Crewlock Bag 3 in A/L116. Ingress A/L
I'm confused. How did the SASA end up on ESP-2? I though the failed P1 SASA was sent to ELC3 at the end of EVA-78.Am I wrong, or is this a different SASA, or did it get moved later?
Robotic Operations: Due to an issue last Thursday, the ground teams deferred the scheduled Remote Power Controller Module (RPCM) remove and replace (R&R). On Saturday, the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) were maneuvered to the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3), where the SPDM grasped and unstowed the spare SASA Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism (FRAM). The SSRMS and SPDM were then maneuvered early Sunday morning to remove the degraded SASA FRAM and replace it with the spare one. After the degraded SASA FRAM was stowed, the Mobile Transporter (MT) was translated from Worksite 7 (WS7) to WS5 where the SSRMS then stowed the SPDM on LAB PDGF 2. The MT was translated from WS5 to WS2, and the SSRMS was maneuvered to the viewing position for the 1B IROSA Prep EVA.
The Exp 69 crew is GO for Friday's spacewalk set to begin at 9:15am ET live on @NASA TV. Health checks and robotics tests rounded out the day's schedule.
The Expedition 69 crew is ready for a spacewalk set to begin on Friday to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system. In the meantime, fitness evaluations and robotic tests rounded out the schedule aboard the orbital outpost on Thursday.Flight Engineers Stephen Bowen of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) are finalizing their tool collections and Quest airlock configurations the day before their six-and-a-half hour spacewalk begins. They staged their Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuits, inside Quest and finished studying the procedures they will use to route power cables and retrieve an antenna on the station’s starboard truss structure. The external hardware work will ready the space station for its next set of roll-out solar arrays due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission.Bowen and Alneyadi will set their EMUs to battery power at around 9:15 am. EDT on Friday signifying the beginning of their spacewalk. This will be Bowen’s eighth career spacewalk, Alneyadi’s first, and the fourth of 2023. NASA TV, on the agency’s app and website, will begin its live spacewalk coverage 7:45 a.m.NASA Flight Engineers Frank Rubio and Woody Hoburg participated in today’s final spacewalk preparations joining the spacewalkers for a procedures review, tool checks, and a conference with engineers on the ground. Rubio and Hoburg, on Friday, will assist the spacewalkers in and out of their spacesuits, maneuver the Canadarm2 robotic arm, and monitor the activities.Two cosmonauts took turns pedaling on an exercise cycle for a fitness evaluation on Thursday morning. Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin attached sensors to themselves measuring their heart activity and blood pressure then exercised for about an hour. The fitness study ensures the pair is in good shape ahead of a spacewalk planned to start at 4:05 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 3. Prokopyev and Petelin will exit the station in their Orlan spacesuits and spend about six hours moving an experiment airlock from the Rassvet module to the Nauka science module.Roscosmos Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev spent his day inside the Nauka module testing operations with the European robotic arm (ERA). He practiced grappling the experiment airlock and maneuvering techniques with the ERA, the same maneuvers he will use to assist the Roscosmos spacewalkers during next week’s logistics spacewalk.
Crew is awake and starting EVA prep.
Today we reach a new stage in our journey.. I have undergone intensive training for more than 3 years in preparation for this task that requires high concentration and accuracy.A few hours and I'm out of the ISS airlock in this suit..In a few hours, we will write a new history for the Arabs, and the flag of the Emirates touches the space 🇦🇪
Counting down the hours until we pass through the ISS airlock into space. Wearing the spacesuit and proudly bearing the UAE flag on my arm, I will soon be undertaking the Arab world’s first spacewalk. Wish us luck! 🇦🇪✨
Today, a new historic milestone will be achieved inspired by Zayed's Ambition. Astronaut #SultanAlNeyadi will conduct the first Arab spacewalk in history. Live coverage will begin at 4:30 PM and the mission will start at 5:15 PM (UAE time): http://mbrsc.ae/live
I went digging a little more to try to figure out when the SASA was moved to that spot on ESP-2. On the last USOS EVA, we got this view from Koichi Wakata's helmet cam that shows ESP-2 pretty clearly. The FRAM in question is the one on the lower side, outboard (to the right in this image), further from Koichi. I think, based on the animation for EVA-86, that that ORU is too big to be the SASA, and is probably still the LEE. Backing this up, the DOUG animation for EVA-85 definitely shows the LEE in that position.So my new guess, until/unless we get a #askNASA answer during the webcast, is that it was swapped at some time since 2 February 2023.
US EVA-86: Bowen and Alneyadi are sealed in the outer airlock and depressurization is underway; this is a 30-minute procedure; the switch to spacesuit battery power will come after depress and leak checks are complete
US EVA-86: The degraded S-band antenna and comms unit has been in storage since December 2021 when astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron replaced it with a spare; Bowen and Alneyadi now plan to bring it inside so it can be returned to Earth, refurbished and relaunchedUS EVA-86: The IROSA prep work involves relocating a foot restraint, stowing cables, completing power channel 1B cable routing and checking insulation around the already-installed mod kits that will support the 1A and 1B IROSAsUS EVA-86: Spacesuits switched to battery power at 9:11am EDT (1311 UTC), officially starting today's spacewalk; for ID, Bowen, call sign EV-1, is wearing a suit with red stripes and using helmet camera 22; Alneyadi, EV-2, is wearing an unmarked suit and using helmetcam 20
US EVA-86 (PET: 0:28): Alneyadi has now egressed the airlock after double-checking safety tether configs and passing out tool bags to Bowen; the IROSA prep work is first on the agenda, then the S-band antenna retrieval
Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Upgrade Station PowerNASA astronaut Steve Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi began a spacewalk at 9:11 a.m. EDT to prepare for future installation of upgraded solar arrays on the starboard side of the station’s truss. The astronauts will then retrieve S-band antenna equipment and bring it inside the space station for refurbishment.The spacewalk is part of a series to augment the station’s power channels with new International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs). Four of the new arrays have been installed so far, and two additional arrays will be mounted to the installed platforms during future spacewalks following their arrival this year on SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply services mission for NASA.Bowen serves as extravehicular crew member 1 (EV 1) and is wearing a suit with red stripes. Alneyadi serves as extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2) and is wearing an unmarked suit. U.S. spacewalk 86 is the eighth spacewalk for Bowen and the first for any UAE astronaut.Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.Get weekly video highlights at: https://roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov/videupdate/Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: www.nasa.gov/subscribeAuthor Mark GarciaPosted on April 28, 2023Categories Expedition 69Tags Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, MBR Space Centre, NASA, Roscosmos, spacewalk, United Arab Emirates
Astronauts (from left) Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi try on and test out the their spacesuits ahead of a spacewalk planned for Friday, April 28.
Highlights from the opening of the ISS airlock hatch and egress of astronaut Stephen Bowen.#ZayedAmbition#FirstArabSpacewalk
Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi egresses the International Space Station starting the first Arab spacewalk in history.#ZayedAmbition#FirstArabSpacewalk
A good view of the newly installed radiator (still folded) on the Nauka module (bottom right) minutes ago during the ongoing the US spacewalk:
US EVA-86 (PET: 1:19; EDT: 10:30am): After completing a few preliminary tasks, Bowen and Alneyadi are finally at the far right end of the space station's power truss where the IROSA mod kits are located
Astronauts Sultan AlNeyadi and Stephen Bowen, continue to install the foot restraint, to be used on a future EVA, at the S6 location.#ZayedAmbition#FirstArabSpacewalk
US EVA-86 (PET: 3:10; EDT: 12:21pm): Bowen and Alneyadi are completing preparations to remove the degraded S-band antenna and its radio frequency group electronics package from external stowage platform No. 2; Bowen will be anchored to the station's robot arm
US EVA-86 (PET: 4:05; EDT: 1:16pm): Alneyadi has loosened up the bolts holding the S-band package to the stowage platorm; Bowen, mounted on the end of the ISS robot arm, will take the antenna once it is free and carry it to the Quest airlock
US EVA-86: Speaking of spectacular shots from space...
US EVA-86 (PET: 4:14; EDT: 1:25pm): One of the bolts holding the S-band unit to the stowage platforms has not fully disengaged; spacewalkers standing by while flight controllers review options
US EVA-86 (PET: 4:25; EDT: 1:36pm): Bowen has made several unsuccessful attempts to free the stuck "jacking" bolt holding the S-band unit to its stowage platform; they just tried again, with Alneyadi using a pry bar on one side, but no joy; flight controllers receiving options
US EVA-86 (PET: 4:54; EDT: 2:05pm): With a go from mission control, Bowen attempted the higher torque setting but the jacking bolt immediately broke; Bowen captured the bolt head and stowed in a trash bag; mission control discussing
US EVA-86 (PET: 5:00; EDT: 2:11pm): Bowen and Alneyadi just attempted to move the S-band radio frequency group on the off chance it might have released when the jacking bolt failed; but again, no joy; the 145-lb unit wouldn't budge
History made! Alongside @NASA Astro Stephen Bowen, @MBRSpaceCentre's @Astro_Alneyadi became the first Arab astronaut to undertake a spacewalk. This moment is more proof that space is the ultimate unifier, bringing countries together to learn & discover aboard the @Space_Station.
US EVA-86 (PET: 5:04; EDT: 2:15pm): Alneyadi has been told to retrieve an EVA hammer from the Quest airlock; apparently, they're going to try whacking the failed S-band unit a few times in hopes of freeing it from its mount on the stowage platform
US EVA-86: Bowen: "A rare day when you get to use the EVA hammer!" Once in position, Alneyadi will try hitting a soft capture mechanism on the S-band electronics box in another bid to free the unit from its mounting point on ESP-2
US EVA-86 (PET: 5:20; EDT: 2:31pm): Alneyadi used the EVA hammer to repeatedly whack the soft dock mechanism, but again, no joy; no more attempts to remove the S-band unit will be made; Bowen now re-driving the bolts that were loosened earlier to secure unit on the stowage shelf
The communications antenna, or RFG (Radio Frequency Group), will stay bolted on the station for now due to the difficulty of removing it. Watch now... https://nasa.gov/live
US EVA-86 (PET: 5:36; EDT: 2:47pm): The astronauts are cleaning up the work site and preparing to call it a day; Bowen is now off the robot arm and stowing his foot restraint while Alneyadi reinstalls insulation on the S-band unit
US EVA-86: CAPCOM Anne McClain to crew: "Steve, congratulations on your 8th EVA, your first in 12 years. Sultan, you'e now entered an exclusive club of humans who have stepped out into the void of space and in doing so, you've marked a milestone for the United Arab Emirates"
US EVA-86: Alneyadi thanked NASA, the UAE and the US, saying "it's a great moment for the UAE. ... It might be a first in the Arab world, but it definitely won't be the last"
US EVA-86: Airlock repress began at 4:12pm EDT (2012 UTC), ending today's EVA after 7 hours and 1 minute; total ISS EVA time now stands at 69 days 3 hours and 24 minutes; Bowen moves up to 10th on the list of most experienced spacewalkers with 54 hours and 19 minutes over 8 EVAs
After completing my first spacewalk, I am humbled by the experience. Here’s a time-lapse capturing one of my most surreal moments on the ISS. Thank you to everyone for the unwavering support. Onward to new frontiers. 🌌