LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 8 - EVA-3 and P5/P6 Events

[Felix]

[sts1canada]

2B array deploying again! so far, so good! 17 minutes to sunset, hopefully they can get deployed before sunset.

Richard

looks really good in the sun

[ckiki lwai]

[MKremer]

jarthur - 30/10/2007  10:15 AM

MKremer - 30/10/2007  9:08 AM

Scott doing a get-ahead - installing a gap spanner on S0.

He also did something with picking up some tools and a nitrogen valve. Does anyone have any more details on these tasks, including where the nitrogen valve came fromand what a gap spanner is?

Didn't get the nitrogen valve details.

The gap spanner looked like a couple of long fabric belts hooked together and clipped to a couple of distant hand rails on either side of the truss then pulled snug.

[sts1canada]

11 minutes to the ZOE, 15 minutes to sunset, 2B deploy is looking good!

Richard

[Felix]

[nathan.moeller]

Looks to be about a third of the way out.  Looking great!

[sts1canada]

8 minutes to ZOE, 11 minutes to sunset.

Richard

[Felix]

[Joffan]

sts1canada - 30/10/2007  9:22 AM

2B array deploying again! so far, so good! 17 minutes to sunset, hopefully they can get deployed before sunset.

Richard

The deploy is to halfway (16 bays?) and then allow warm-up for an orbit or two, if I remember from last time. Then the rest of the deploy when warm.

Its deploying better than it did retracting.  Looks great and hope 4B array does the same!

[Felix]

[DaveS]

Joffan - 30/10/2007  4:26 PM

sts1canada - 30/10/2007  9:22 AM

2B array deploying again! so far, so good! 17 minutes to sunset, hopefully they can get deployed before sunset.

Richard

The deploy is to halfway (16bays) and then allow warm-up for an orbit or two, if I remember from last time. Then the rest of the deploy.

Not this time. It's all to 100% with no stops planned.

[Felix]

[nathan.moeller]

Looks like they're well over halfway out.

[sts1canada]

5 minutes to ZOE, expect loss of KU from East soon, sunset under 10 minutes away.

Richard

[ckiki lwai]

This is probably one of the most futuristic views we have ever seen in space

[Joffan]

DaveS - 30/10/2007  9:28 AM

Joffan - 30/10/2007  4:26 PM
The deploy is to halfway (16bays) and then allow warm-up for an orbit or two, if I remember from last time. Then the rest of the deploy.

Not this time. It's all to 100% with no stops planned.

thanks - I guess the difference is that this array was stowed and stored in space?

[psloss]

DaveS - 30/10/2007  11:28 AM

Joffan - 30/10/2007  4:26 PM

The deploy is to halfway (16bays) and then allow warm-up for an orbit or two, if I remember from last time. Then the rest of the deploy.

Not this time. It's all to 100% with no stops planned.

Yeah, some of the variables at play are different than the deploys for the P4 or S4 wings...