LIVE: STS-129 Flight Day 7/8 - Off Duty/EVA-3

• #200 by Analyst on 23 Nov, 2009 15:43
• Wonder what these MMOD shields are good for now. Can they be used as spares or are they all different (I assume the latter)? May they will jet them on a future EVA.
  
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• #201 by Retired Downrange on 23 Nov, 2009 15:47
• MCC Leak check on the O2 tank was successful
• #202 by Chris Bergin on 23 Nov, 2009 15:47
• We're out of Ku at the moment.
  
  Glove check ahead of translation for Airlock Gas Tank 1.

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• #203 by seawolfe on 23 Nov, 2009 15:48
• Quote from: Analyst on 23 Nov, 2009 15:43

  Wonder what these MMOD shields are good for now. Can they be used as spares or are they all different (I assume the latter)? May they will jet them on a future EVA.
  
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  Why not bring them back to Earth and have labs study how they have withstood the rigors of space? 
• #204 by rdale on 23 Nov, 2009 15:50
• Probably not easy to securely transport, and we already have plenty of materials that come back to ground after sitting outside the ISS to study?
• #205 by Chris Bergin on 23 Nov, 2009 15:50
• Opening isolation valves on the tank.
• #206 by Chris Bergin on 23 Nov, 2009 15:52
• 3hrs 30 mins into EVA-3.
• #207 by Retired Downrange on 23 Nov, 2009 15:53
• EVA'ers looking for a burger joint or place to get some tortilla chips...
  
  edit:   they are approaching Australia.... anybody there do quick lunch deliveries?
• #208 by stockman on 23 Nov, 2009 15:53
• Just getting sequential stills at the moment...

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• #209 by stockman on 23 Nov, 2009 15:59

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• #210 by stockman on 23 Nov, 2009 16:00
• 3 1/2 hours in

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• #211 by Retired Downrange on 23 Nov, 2009 16:01
• Bobby heading over to release torque on a stuck bolt on an Ammonia tank, on the Starboard side of the Truss structure.
  
  (plan is to use the "cheater bar" for more leverage this time.)
• #212 by Chris Bergin on 23 Nov, 2009 16:01
• Bobby heading out with his cheetar bar to work on the tank bolt.
  Randy heading to fluid jumper installation work.
• #213 by stockman on 23 Nov, 2009 16:06

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• #214 by Chris Bergin on 23 Nov, 2009 16:11
• Bobby warned there maybe MMOD strikes in the tool box and handrail location he is translating to.
• #215 by stockman on 23 Nov, 2009 16:13

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• #216 by stockman on 23 Nov, 2009 16:14

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• #217 by Chris Bergin on 23 Nov, 2009 16:15
• Tool box:

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• #218 by Chris Bergin on 23 Nov, 2009 16:15
• Atlantis, just hanging

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• #219 by stockman on 23 Nov, 2009 16:15

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