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NASA Shuttle Specific Sections => Atlantis (Post STS-135, T&R) => Topic started by: Chris Bergin on 05/18/2010 11:57 pm
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LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-132's Flight Day 6:
STS-132 Mission Outlines/Pre-Launch:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sts-132/
Previous Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/sts-132-mrm-1-installed-port-wing-boost/
FD6/EVA-2 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/eva-2-obss-ptu-cable-repair-p6-battery-rr-132/ - by Chris Gebhardt
FD6: EVA2 (EV1/Bowen, EV3/Good), Robotic EVA support
– EVA2 (6:30+): OBSS LDRI 'Repair'. P6 Battery Remove and Replace (3 Batteries)
– SSRMS support of EVA operations, ICC-VLD-2 on SSRMS based on MBS with MT at WS 8
– CWC-I fills
Please note, this is interactive, but all posts need to be on topic. If you post images, no more than two per post
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NTV schedule - still lacking revision, so subtract 30 minutes from wake up onwards due to change of timeline.
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If it is going to happen today, do we have any idea what time the FGB Nadir/MRM-1 hatches will be opened? And do we know whether it'll be broadcast live on NASA TV? Thanks.
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IIRC, MRM-1 ingress won't be until after the shuttle leaves. It's loaded with supplies and with the extra people onboard, they don't need the extra activity of unloading it.
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IIRC, MRM-1 ingress won't be until after the shuttle leaves. It's loaded with supplies and with the extra people onboard, they don't need the extra activity of unloading it.
No it will be opened Thursday morning at 6:45 EDT.
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current live shot
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STS-132 - EVA 2 Overview
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5978
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Wakeup - Start Me Up - Rolling Stones for Piers
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Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed36UQX8kXQ
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Execute package: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/455686main_FD06.pdf
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Live view of the station arm (Canadarm2) and JAXA external experiment platform (exposed facility):
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And a view from inside the airlock:
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Is there a possibility of extending the mission by a day (as was done with Discovery on STS-131) due to Cyro savings worth 29 hours?
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Gloves are coming on
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Gloves and covers are done.
Tracy and Ham are helping out
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Helmet coming on
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Both helmets on
Privatizing A/G 2
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Testing lights
On step 70
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Go for EMU purge
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Privatizing A/G 2
What does that mean ?
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A/L repress in work
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Privatizing A/G 2
What does that mean ?
Air to Ground 2
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Opening A/L hatch
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Hatch is open and TJ is floating in
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In EMU pre-breath
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Putting on tools
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Apparently ARED has been no-go during robotics operation in Cupola but Garret say they have plenty of room in Cupola even if ARED is being used.
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SAFER coming on
I think this is Good
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SAFER is on and Goods going into the Crew Lock
Next up is SAFER for Steve
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SAFER coming on
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Complete with EVA set-up for robotics
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Steve going in the Crew Lock
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Closing C/L hatch
And closed
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Taking some photos
Depress in 10 minutes
EVA should begin in 20-30 minutes
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EVA-2: OBSS PTU Cable Repair and P6 Battery R&R on tap for STS-132 by Chris Gebhardt:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/eva-2-obss-ptu-cable-repair-p6-battery-rr-132/ -
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Over northern Africa
We can see the SRMS with OBSS in the picture
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passing 10 PSI
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6 psi
will hold at 5 psi
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view of ICCVLD, and LDRI that will be worked on during eVA
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They seem to be way ahead of the timeline, maybe by an hour?
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At 5 psi and holding
Preforming leak checks on suits.
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They seem to be way ahead of the timeline, maybe by an hour?
PAO sad the EVA might start 30-40 early. But I guess that's according to the new schedule.
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EV-1 leak check complete, going to EVA same for EV-2
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Mike Good go to open depress pump iso valve once in EVA, valve now open
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Handover in ISS FCR
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will close man iso valve at 2 psi
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depress iso man valve closed, depress pump power to off, at 2 psi
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will open hatch at <0.5 psi
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SRMS in position, ready for APFR ingress
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Yep, way ahead, even taking into account of the earlier start time (which was 11:15 GMT, previously 11:45 GMT....it's currently 10:35 GMT).
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View forom WVS in the hatch, do not know the numbers right now
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0.5 psi, opening hatch
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power to battery, official start of EVA, DCM covers are on
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Temp to max hot, turning on water, now temp between 3 and max cold
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Ken Ham handing Crew off to Tony Antonelli for IV, Steve Bowen go to exit airlock
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Did they give an official start time?
There we go. 5:38am Central.
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Bowen has exited, is WVS 20
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Mike handing Steve the pallet bag
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Are they working without helmet lights?
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Mike Good exiting the airlock with the truss bag
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After the egress Steve will start working on the snagged cable on the OBSS, he will translate to the truss and ingress an APFR and then the OBSS will come to him.
Goods task will look a little bit different since Steve is of working on the OBSS. For the battery task they each need a APFR and from the beginning it was planned that they would each install their own APFR. Now Good will take care of both his and Steves APFR while Steve is working on the OBSS.
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Checking tabs, SAFER handles, and tether locks, Steve heading out to CETA cart, Good closing thermal cover
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good will get a bad volt decay message in a bit, thermal cover is closed
CETA cart and the APFR with OBSS in foreground
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Steve is at the CETA cart:
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Setting up APFR to position to work on OBSS, Good had bad volt message as expected, inhibits in place, APFR will not move, want to pitch it differently
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tether has stuck around Good, Bowen trying to help him work out of it
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Bowen moved a different AFPR in position, in SSV mode right now
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KU returns, working APFR angles
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Bowen ingressing the APFR,
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Moving the OBSS to work envelope
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calling up caution, WVS survey, good on unsnagging, now done
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Lots of motion in the OBSS
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now going to tie down
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Lots of motion in the OBSS
There really is! But it looks like he's got it under control.
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done, backing away arm to test fix
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meanwhile Bowen working on APFR setup
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talking some cable interference, but going to see if the test is successful
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seems that during pitch maneuver gets hung up, pan is fine
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Looks like they're here in the procedures from today's execute package:
A7 CAMR CMD PAN/TILT - LO RATE
CAMR CMD TILT - UP (to hard stop)
CAMR CMD PAN - L (to hard stop)
CAMR CMD PAN/TILT - RESET
CAMR CMD PAN/TILT - HI RATE
CAMR CMD TILT - DN (to hard stop)
CAMR CMD PAN - R (to hard stop)
Record Pan/Tilt values and report to MCC:
Pan _____ / Tilt ______
When test complete,
If additional repair necessary: repeat step 3
If no additional repair necessary: Notify EV, GO for APFR Egress
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Steve is going to work to fix tab limiting pan function, seems a different tie down is the problem
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Tilt is ok (which was originally the proble). Pan needs improving.
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Good is working on the second APFR, ground thinking it over
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Tilt is ok (which was originally the proble). Pan needs improving.
Sounded like a different tie-wrap is restricting the pan. IV says inhibits are in place for hands-on. Beginning to GCA back in.
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tie wrap, think it is too tight and they should replace with a looser one, Houston thinks it is good, ready for Steve to go out to P6
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Ground says the cable config is good enough, no more changes necessary.
They think that any snags caused by this other tie-wrap moving around can be freed by moving the PTU (which would move the tie-wrap).
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Believe they can get it loose by just panning and tilting, OBSS moving away,
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Good and APFR at WFF 12, installing it, Bowen storing the APFR he used on the boom
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Bowen giving glove check, then heading out to the battery install site, both gloves good, port arrays inhibited
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Going to move OBSS
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Steve heading to get the pallet bag, ratty comm for next 20minutes, Good and Bowen out at P6 to work battery change outs
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putting away the bag used for the OBSS troubleshooting, in the ZOE (Zone of Exclusion)
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breaking torque on H1 bolt on first battery
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Good on battery 3, breaking bolt torques, Bowen has stored bag, going to his APFR, Tony ants to use OBSS camera to monitor EVA
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Crikey, that makes a Prius battery look small !
Ross.
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Steve grabbing his APFR
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Good now breaking torque on bolts on the second battery, moving arm and pallet into the one meter position
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Bowen is installing his APFR at worksite location
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Dont have shuttle KU right now, so Tony has go to use the OBSS camera.
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Bowen working first battery to be removed
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Mike working battery 6 breaking torque, now setting gap spanner
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gap spanner in place, tightening it up
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sounds like there is a tear in the bag, but should be fine
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Will do another Gap spanner, then install scoops to store first old battery on handrail, steve double checking APFR
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Mike Good has the end of next gap spanner, heading out
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Steve placed his gap spanner end, going to get the scoops for battery change.
Good has tied his, tightening up the spanner
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Houston go to unlock 2B Beta gimbal on the solar arrays
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Steve has scoop on H2, Good going to hop in APFR, 10 minutes to sunrise, Good in the APFR
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Releasing H1 bolt on battery 1 on the truss, released
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Going on to H2 bolt, and released
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removing battery, did not feel a soft docking
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moving battery to temporary store location
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Steve had a bad battery volt decay message as expected
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Bowen has the battery
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sunrise, Steve stowing the battery in the temporary position
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Battery now temp stowed, Houston likes it, Good going to enter the Bowen again, arm in position to GCA
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Bowen grabbed two scoops, Good taking pictures
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Bowen trying to get back in APFR, Good helping him
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Ready to start GCA, brakes on
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MLI coming off on battery A, working on bolt H1
over the Amazon, Atlantis in the background
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H1 finished, on to H2 fastener
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Moving arm/pallet away from Steve with Battery A
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HAnding battery from Steve to Mike, now Steve will egress aPFR
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FOD check on truss and back of battery, both look good, Mike positioning battery for install
Battery in place, but not much of a soft dock
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Going to drive H2 bolt, driven now doing H1
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Battery Alpha has been installed, Battery 2 removal is next
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Mike Good at the APFR again, Steve in position for Battery 2
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Steve has installed scoops on H1 and H2 bolts, Mike will now remove them after entering APFR
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Mike still having issues entering the APFR, now in with help from Steve, Ku lost for awhile
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Working H1 bolt on Battery 2, all the way to release, getting SSV from shuttle for a few seconds
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They are doing well on the timeline, despite the OBSS taking a bit longer than they probably expected. May still finish by noon Central.
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removing the battery, this one did have a soft dock
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"I have the battery. You have the battery" - reminds me of the calls on the Channel A side (STS-127 I think?)
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"Rolling" the battery around, so H2 is inboard.
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Piers bringing the pallet in by one meter.
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Are we on Ku or SSV?
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GCA complete, good positioning for soft dock.
Steve now softdocking old battery 2 into battery A's position.
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Are we on Ku or SSV?
SSV. No Ku right now.
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looks like we are getting Ku through shuttle, going to softdock the battery again
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Coming up on 3 hours PET.
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looks like it got hung up on MLI
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"Looks like its in a good position, but feels like it's caught on something".
Now it's driving.
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16.5 turns. Green lights.
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Removing the scoop. EE camera heading over.
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Battery 2 is secure.
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Working the APFR.
Talking about stop commands on the arm "if you can't stop, at least say weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" ;D
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Locked into the APFR.
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Battery B next, for installation into the old slot for Battery 2.
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20 minutes to sunrise.
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"About right on the timeline".
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Peirs: Brakes are off, ready for the GCA.
Pallet being translated one meter in.
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We've got Ku back. Nearly complete on the GCA.
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Getting hold of the MLI for Battery B.
Now classed as 20 minutes ahead of the timeline by PAO Kyle.
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Battery B H2 bolt has high torque. 17 turns.
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Peirs moving the pallet away again by one meter. No Ku.
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Moving the battery to its new home.
"I have the battery. You have the battery".
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Bowen has the battery now, now Good (its like a game of hot potato)
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Mike Good has hold of the battery. No SSV either now.
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Bowen has the battery, Good going to ingress APFR
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Have Good's WVS and KU through shuttle, truss is clear, handing off battery to Good
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Dont see FOd on the back, Steve Vectoring Good in, on softdock now
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Driving bolt H2 first on Battery bravo, 16-17 turns bravo 7 clockwise two
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15 and a half turns, green light same settings for H1, bowen putting scoop on battery 3
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Battery bravo now in place, Mike hopping out of APFR
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Doing well on timeline, Tony thinks ground will ask them to do fourth battery today
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Bowen moving gap spanner, battery now clear, Mike removing APFR to take to WIFF 25
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Mike ingressing APFR, still having issues entering
ground wants the ITVC camera
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Mike is removing bolt H1 on battery 3, 6 turns and is released
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Now working bolt h2
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h2 unbolted, putting away PGT, removing battery 3, no FOD, truss looks good, Steve has battery
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Mike has battery again, moving to put it on the ICC
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Steve has the battery, then gives it back
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Steve ingressing the APFR, takes the battery
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FOD check on pallet, looks good as well as MLI
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Mike GCA'ing arm in
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Mike going to the Pallet to assist Steve
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battery 3 coming in, and soft docked
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Steve driving bolt H2, 16.8 turns
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repositioning Steve in APFR to get in a better position, now driving bolt H1
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Both bolts driven, battery in place, covering the MLI
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Moving the SSRMS away to reposition to get to Battery Charlie
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ssrms has been moved, removing MLI cover
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Releasing bolt H1 on Battery charlie, on to H2, Good is working MLI on battery 3
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Battery charlie free, lost KU
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battery coming back, clear of the pallet, SSRMS backing off one meter
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Doing so well on timeline, ground wants to head down path of fourth battery, might do it but no call yet
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Bowen has the battery, now back to Mike
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Mike in the APFR to install Battery Charlie, now has the battery, clear of Fod
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Battery Charlie now soft docked, Mike will now drive bolt H2 Bravo 7 clockwise 2 16-17 turns
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16 turns on H2, now on to H1 5-6 turns
steve has good glove/equipment check, H2 has been driven so battery charlie in place
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Sounds like they are going to do the fourth battery, moving scoops to battery 4, Good giving glove and equipment check
In the middle of the ZOE
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need to reposition APFR, Looks like we are getting SSV through the shuttle
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KU now from shuttle through TDRS-z, scoop on Battery 4 bolts H2 and H1, looks like they are checking the pan and tilt on the OBSS, back to SSV
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Mike is in the APFR, sunset, working bolt H1 for 6 turns
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Bolt H1 has been released, on to Battery 4 bolt H2 for 16-17 turns
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the battery has now been unbolted, wants to get out, a little off axis, backing it out
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Battery 4 out, Steve has the battery
PET 4 Hours 30 minutes
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Mike has the battery, hands it back to Steve.
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Ku back through Station
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Steve will ingress the APFR, has the Battery
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SSRMS moving back in, GCA complete brakes on
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soft docking battery 4:
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working bolt H2, 17 turns, then to Hq for 6 turns
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only one turn on H1, going to back it up an try again
Much better this time, got 4.9 turns
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good indications on pan and tilt, now fully functional, going to close MLI on site charlie
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Mike moving to Battery Delta, will GCA in the arm again
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SSRMS backing away
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opening MLI, motion stopped GCA complete
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scoops are in place, will remove bolt H1 on Battery Delta, PGT Bravo 7 counter clockwise 2 turn for 7 turns
Now to H2, 16-17 turns
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SRMS backing off, for the last time today, sending to overnight position, will close MLI
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Steve egressing the APFR, Houston does not need MLI cover closed
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Just over 5 hours, handing off the battery as they move down to position four.
Limiting consumables is ev1 for 7:23 hours, says he will hold breath for 8 minutes
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Mike Good doing FOd check of truss
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Steve now doing FOD check of the back of the battery
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soft docked battery Delta
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turning bolt H2 for 16-17 turns
H1 for 5-6 tirnes
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Steve is putting thepaddle on battery 5 where they will stay overnight
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Starting cleanup activities to head back to the airlock, going to move APFR for Garrett Reisman on EVA-3, Moving gap spanner away from Battery 5
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Mike doing APFR move, Steve taking inventory, then going to work temp store.
TDRS handover
APFR in place
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talking about RET on bag
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Mike good is going to reposition the temp stowed battery for overnight configuration
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one get ahead might be to go back to the SGANT antenna, to retorque bolt and wiggle tests
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REt on truss bag needs to go in it, Mike is doing an inventory through the window
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MCC likes inventory, battery position
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LOL -- IV and ground force EV crew to "beg" for more work outside. :)
They were talking about doing a photo survey of the starboard side of the orbiter...if so, those pix would be pretty cool beyond their engineering value.
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Steve ready for get aheads,wants to do photo survey of the starboard side, MCC thinks they have to be really ambitious to do it, but Steve wants to do it.
MCC throws out the option of SGANT bolts, Steve on his way to airlock
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well seems like they are doing the SGANT antenna, reading do not touch areas to Steve
He is leaving the airlock, does not need O2 recharge
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thermal cover is closed, Checking SAFER handles, Steve is headed to Z1 truss
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New SGANT photo.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-23/html/iss023e044834.html
Also, this cupola RWS photo is cool.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-132/html/iss023e045652.html
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Mike is back at the airlock, ground wants him to join Steve at Z0, SGANT inhibits are in place
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Steve at the SGANT boom, working bolts, 6 minutes to KU
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Mike has joined Steve at the SGANT, heat shield has been removed, using right angle drive and PGT to drive bolts
Bravo 2 clockwise 2, dnt think they are going to do the Orbiter survey
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working bolt 2
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Finished final bolt, going to do a wiggle test, no motion, no gaps!
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Going to remove gimbal locks, temporary strap
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replacing heat shield
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starting on gimbal locks:
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Looks like Steve has removed a lock, sunrise ground telling Mike not to touch the shinny parts of the SGANT
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lock in bag, not going to be able to get other lock in, going to take the other back on mini-work station
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last lock off, ground verifying
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going to head back to airlock
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back on the airlock
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Mike opening thermal cover, attaching tether to D-ring
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PET 6:50.
Fantastic job by the EVA team in space and on the ground.
Ron, thanks for the "play by play" today. Great job. It was the only way I was able to follow along with this EVA.
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Mike heading in, Steve working back to airlock
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good shot of atlantis
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Lost KU from station, but great shot from Atlantis
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mike on station power, turning off water
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Steve ingressing, past 7 hours PET
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grabbing thermal cover, both in airlock
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water off for Steve, waiting for 2 minutes
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Go to close hatch, Ken Ham taking over from Tony, hatch closed and locked, o2 valves open, battery power off
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comm mode to hardline
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Repress beginning official end of EVA, 7hour 9 minute EVA
With that I will stop there
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Superb work again Ron, thanks!
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MSB in two hours.
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Awesome EVA - I can't believe they got all that extra work done!
I think the ISS program just got their butt kicked by a Hubble spacewalker! Mike Good is really, um, good! ;D
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And they are out of the airlock.
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Awesome EVA - I can't believe they got all that extra work done!
I think the ISS program just got their butt kicked by a Hubble spacewalker! Mike Good is really, um, good! ;D
Concur, compared to his Hubble EVAs, Colonel Good must have thought this was a walk in the park.
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No Ku in case anyone was wondering. I think we know what the inside of the ISS FCR looks like by now ;)
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Someone keep an eye on things. Nothing happening right now, but back in about 30 mins.
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Fuel cell auto purge in work
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T2 is ready for Oleg to take a run
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Ku is back
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Crew sending down glove photos (as of a few minutes ago).
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Ground: " were onto re runs of pan / tilt verification but we suspect everything is good "
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EVA debrief in 30 minutes
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Thanks guys. MSB in 30 mins or so, I've got that covered.
There's the big Atlantis flag again:
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MSB is with Emily.
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STS-132 - EVA 2 - Full Coverage
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5982
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These EMUs probably don't get the respect they deserve (not that anyone disrespects them) but they are pretty amazing.
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"We have four new batteries and two will start charging tonight".
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MSB starting.
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Emily:
Started 30 minutes early. Ran a little big long with the EVA, so we're actually back on time.
Was hard to prejudge the battery tasks, and booked three. We managed four, so we're ahead on EVA-3 tasks. Steve worked OBSS, plucked the cable out, tied it and the boom is back in a good config.
Finished the batteries fast enough to get to the SGANT. Really great EVA, I don't think MCC could be more proud.
FD7 will be mainly transfers and then off duty. Fairly relaxed, ahead of a very busy day on FD8.
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Lead Spacewalk Office Lisa Shore:
Mike Good went to the batteries when Steve was working the OBSS to get a jump start. By the time Steve had finished we were well over half way through the prep tasks and were able to pick up on a nominal timeline.
What can I say about the Battery R&Rs, they showed great teamwork, they helped each other. When one guy had nothing but battery in his face the other guy was there to guide him.
We gave them a heads up that we'd like to have had a look at the SGANT. We sent them to the airlock to get the tools and take a look at the SGANT. Mike was not nominally trained for this, but again they just worked together really well and we got the bolts torqued down.
Shows the wire tie and notes it's a bit different doing this in space and not in your garage :)
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Questions:
Mark C - any other getahead tasks to add on EVA-3
Lisa: We're back to our original plan. All EVA-3 items are in the timeline, and a couple of get-aheads. Ammonia jumper reconfig, and restowing EVA tools.
Bill H - MMT TPS inspections:
Emily: No official decision yet, challenge is we're gathering inspections with different ways, such as Garrett's EVA-1 photos. Vehicle is looking great, but it's an unusual set of data and they are taking their time. Folks still looking at if we can add FD9 tasks on this, but expect a decision tomorrow if we'll even need to do that. Possible they'll just rely on late inspections.
Bill H - What's left outstanding after 132 for EVAs.
Emily : There's not a lot of tasks left. EVA for the summer for PGF to get modded and installed on Zarya. Small tasks, such as maintainence, but nothing real urgent.
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Robert P - How many people were involved on the tie wrap.
Lisa: There was a large number of people involved, such as at the KSC area. The PTU was already out at KSC, so we utilized folks out there to start looking at the hardware. Had a full team of EVA people working packages with us. One team working the outside fix on the tie wrap, another on what tools needed to be gathered.
Clare M on MRM-1. Emily: Ingress will install the duct work tomorrow, some clamps for a good physical mate, and at the end of the mission will be removing the racks (this was all answered yesterday).
Trasfers are "a lot of bags of cats and dogs" for six people.
Marcia D on the wire tie.
Emily: The tie wasn't the cause of the problem. Once we moved the cable out the ties weren't in the locations they were designed to be in, but wasn't the cause. Lisa making the same point. Looking at photos back at the Cape to work out when the cable was in that config and work out how they got that way.
Mark K - On protective garmets for MRM-1.
Emily: In case there were bits of FOD, we take standard protection. Even something as small as a screw or tape to prevent it getting inhaled or in your eyes.
How long to get SGANT ready to be a spare.
Emily: Cables will be installed in the next few weeks, so it's a cold back up as it doesn't have connectivity to fail over from one system to the next. If primary KU failed, we'd plub in different cables. Power to the unit that is confirmed. Couple of steps to check the gimbals. Full fuctional check in the summer after installing the cables.
C&C failure:
Emily: The cap was the issue. Haven't seen the details of which bus it was. If C&C loses several busses it knows that bus has a problem. If it loses multiple busses it thinks it has a problem, which is what we think happened causing it to fail.
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Nice view:
Quest. MRM-1 next door on top. Then Progress 37 (M-05M) docked to PIRS. Below is MRM-2 with Soyuz TMA-18 docked to it.
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From ISS Daily Report for 19/05/2010:
STS-132/ULF-4’s EVA-2 was completed successfully by EV-2 Stephen Bowen & EV-3 Michael Good in 7 hours 9 minutes, accomplishing all objectives plus two get-aheads.
During EVA-2, Bowen & Good:
. Cleared the snagged cable on the PTU sensor of the OBSS, restoring it to full pan/tilt
range.
. Prepared the P6 Truss worksite for replacing the batteries (breaking
bolt torque & installing gap spanner).
. Removed & replaced four P6 batteries with new batteries from the
ICC-VLD stowing the old batteries on the ICC-VLD (the battery #4
R&R, originally planned for EVA-3, was a get-ahead).
. Performed successful troubleshooting on the SGANT as another
get-ahead, first verifying by wiggling the boom that boom & dish are
solidly fixed without relative motion at the interface, then removing
the tether installed during EVA-1 and releasing the gimbal locks that
allow the dish to rotate.
Battery R&R:
Bowen & Good replaced four of the six batteries on the B side of the P6 Truss (each of the two wings of the four solar arrays at the space station are designated either A or B), the six batteries on the A side of the P6 having been replaced in July 2009 on STS-127 (2J/A). The first old battery was moved to temporary storage on the P6 IEA (Integrated Equipment Assembly), attached to a MUT (Multi Use Tether) called a ball-stack. The remaining three batteries were then swapped out, with the old units taking the slots of the new ones on the ICC-VLD hovering nearby on the SSRMS. Finally, the first battery was transferred from the ball-stack to the remaining free slot on the ICC-VLD which was then maneuvered to SARJ clearance position.
While Tracy & Ken provided campout & prebreathe support, MS-1 Garrett Reisman & MS-4 Piers Sellers supported the spacewalkers by operating the SRMS and SSRMS. [SSRMS first assisted during the PTU cable snag clearing, then grappled the ICC-VLD at the POA on the MT MBS and maneuvered it to the P6 Truss battery R&R worksite viewed by the SRMS video cameras.]
With the new MRM-1 now attached to the FGB Nadir port, Kotov & Skvortsov spent ~1 hour on a review of ingress procedures and MRM-1 cargo transfers, supported by ground specialist tagup via S-band as required. [RSC-Energia expressed gratitude for NASA’s support, reported full access to MRM-1 telemetry and stated that the module is in good shape.]
Afterwards, Oleg & Alexander laid out the equipment and personal protection gear for their first MRM-1 ingress. A preliminary initial ingress is scheduled tomorrow for the purpose of activating air scrubbers to clean the cabin atmosphere. The hatch will then be left “ajar”, and the final full ingress will be performed after STS-132 departure.
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"That's the great state of Montana passing below" - PAO Josh Byerly (who's very good).
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Its just amazing how routine, simple, and easy it seems when these Astronauts do their spacewalks.. so much as changed since Ed made that first walk on Gemini 4.
Astronauts now get 6, 7 hours at a time without so much as a elevated heart rate.. where as Astronauts in the 60s had barley 20 minutes per EVA and a lot of them had heat exhaustion. I think that's due now to the amazing teamwork and training teams at NASA that they have now.. hoping it continues even into the gap and whatever comes next.
Orbiter
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STS-132 - Mission Status Briefing FD 6
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5983
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Ok, let's plan out these busy few days coming up.
FD7 - large amount of off duty, along with MRM-1's opening ingress task. Will likely write up a large status report on Atlantis' performance via MER, especially as we're close to a DAT decision on the TPS.
May 20: H-IIA - Akatsuki - Venus Climate Orbiter (PLANET-C) NET following weather scrub:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=18950.0 - LIVE
May 21: FD8 EVA-3 for STS-132.
Also there's the realigned launch date for the Ariane 5 ECA launch with Astra 3B and COMSATBw 2 satellites in the evening:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=20359.0 - LIVE
May 21/22 : Night launch of Delta IV - GPS 2F-1 - May 21:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=20962.0 - LIVE
Followed by STS-132 FD9 almost immediately after.
And there's major manifest evaluations going on with Shuttle, which I'm working on right now, so there's an article on that at some point, potentially within 24 hours.
Now is this what space flight's about, isn't it! :)
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Everyone's gone to sleep....in space.
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FD highlights delayed 15 minutes so they can include the crew choice video just downlinked.
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view of MRM-1 from the Docking compartment
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-132/ndxpage9.html
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STS-132 - Flight Day 6 Highlights
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5985
STS-132 - ISS Flight Director Update FD 6-7
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5986
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FD-6 HD Crew Choice Downlink:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8gIMIjCCk