LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 7 - JLM relocation / Flight Day 8 JEM RMS deployment

[jmjawors]

Where did you see it? I've been looking for an EVA 3 CGI walkthrough.

It was shown on NASA TV.

[Bubbinski]

Nice sunset view of the truss!

[Fuji]

There was a nice view of Discovery's cockpit windows and the JLP a few moments ago.  I'm not sure if it was from the JEM RMS camera, but it showed the SSRMS and the SRMS.

It was from OBSS camera.
The picture (vlcsnap-01822.jpg) shows that.

[marshallsplace]

SARJ news from ISS daily report (7th June):

"Port SARJ Update: Ground specialists believe the possible source of the grease-like substance observed by Fossum & Garan during EVA-2 in the portside Solar Alpha Joint is Braycote-601, a lubricant used in space, from the trundle bearings. Similar indications can be seen in imagery from the inspections performed during Mission 10A. A get-ahead task was added to tomorrow's EVA-3 to collect samples from the SARJ from debris on a tang, a second site for debris, debris mixed with grease, and the purest sample of the grease-like matter."

[Moonbase_Alphan]

here's a nice handheld image of the JLM after re-location

[bhankiii]

They are going to disable the backlight on the front panel display.  They need to remove the display, which means taking off the bottom cover, and removing a couple of switches that are in the way.  On the display board they will snip the lead of a resistor to create an open circuit - this will stop current flowing in the backlight.

Its lucky that the resistor in question is an "old school" leaded type (looks like it was a hand modification by the manufacturer) since the rest of the board is surface mount technology.  Trying to remove a surface mount resistor would have not been possible without specialist tools.

I agree it is lucky they could just snip a wire.   

Actually, removing SMT components like resistors is not too hard, although it does require a steady hand and a fine tipped soldering iron.   (Do they have a soldering iron on station?  That'd be fun...)   But in general, you are right - for anything more complicated, you really do need a specialized heat gun.

Yes - they do have a soldering gun on station.