STS-132 (ULF4) Post Launch Mission Discussion (Atlantis)

[EarthlingX]

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Crews Working Together, Preparing for First Spacewalk

Sun, 16 May 2010 21:23:25 GMT

Three station crew members took 398 photographs of space shuttle Atlantis' heat shield on Sunday. The images were taken as the shuttle performed a back-flip prior to docking at 10:28 a.m. EDT and were sent down to Earth for analysis.

After the shuttle and station crews greeted each other, they conducted a safety briefing and began transferring gear and supplies.

STS-132 Mission Specialist Piers Sellers worked with Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson using the station's robotic arm. They were working to move the Integrated Cargo Carrier from Atlantis’ payload bay to the station’s Mobile Base System.

Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen are "camping out" in the Quest airlock overnight to purge nitrogen from their circulatory system. The pair are preparing for the first of three spacewalks which occurs Monday at 8:15 a.m. and is scheduled to last 6.5 hours.

Image above: Space shuttle Atlantis is photographed from the International Space Station prior to docking. Image credit: NASA

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SDC : Space Shuttle Atlantis Meets Canary Islands in Photo

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 16 May 2010
05:45 pm ET

The space shuttle Atlantis got a close-up Sunday while flying 220 miles above the Canary Islands in a postcard-like snapshot taken by an astronaut just before the orbiter arrived at the International Space Station.

In the new shuttle photo, Atlantis hovers on the left side of the frame while one of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa dominates the right half. The result: An image that has the feeling of an adventure travel advertisement, though to which destination – the Atlantic archipelago or low-Earth orbit – could be up grabs.

Japanese astronaut Sochi Noguchi snapped the Atlantis photo from inside the International Space Station (ISS) shortly before shuttle docked at the orbiting lab Sunday at 10:28 a.m. EDT (1428 GMT). He posted it to his Twitter page, where he has been chronicling his mission under the name Astro_Soichi.

"Space Shuttle Atlantis over Canary Islands. Docked to ISS Sunday afternoon!" Noguchi wrote.

 

[bdewoody]

Looking at these pictures of the space shuttle make me proud I am part of the society that managed to bring it into being and extremely sad that we are shutting down the program. Watching the Space shuttle take off and land is so much more inspiring than watching the launch and retrieval of a capsule. I'll say it again the USA is taking a giant leap backwards whether or not the Orion system gets built.

 

[EarthlingX]

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Atlantis/ISS crew wake up.

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Space-walkers for today :

SDC : Atlantis Shuttle Astronauts Set For Spacewalk No. 1

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 17 May 2010
02:36 am ET



Two spacewalking astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Monday to attach a delicate communications antenna during a tricky service call.

Atlantis shuttle astronauts Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen plan to float outside the station's Quest airlock at about 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 GMT) and spend more than six hours making the space delivery.

Reisman will spend much of the spacewalk riding the station's outstretched robotic arm between a cargo pallet and the top of the orbiting laboratory as it moves like a giant, 57-foot (17-meter) windshield wiper to retrieve parts of the antenna.

Mission Control expects the views of Reisman on the robotic arm to be spectacular.

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First Spacewalk for Atlantis Crew Today

Mon, 17 May 2010 07:40:18 GMT

The crew of space shuttle Atlantis awoke at 3:20 a.m. EDT to the song “Alive Again” by Matt Maher, played for Mission Specialist Mike Good.

The crew has been told there will be no focused inspection of the shuttle's heat shield, but they will gather some additional imagery of it on flight day 5.

The fourth day of the mission will focus on the first spacewalk, expected to begin at about 8:15 a.m. and last 6.5 hours.

Spacewalkers Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen will install a second station space-to-ground Ku-band antenna and a spare parts platform on Dextre, the two-armed robotic Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator.

The first spacewalk will be the only one not devoted to battery replacement, but Reisman and Bowen will loosen battery bolts on the port-6 backbone segment of the station in preparation for the other spacewalks. Atlantis brought to the station six new 375-pound batteries to be installed during the second and third spacewalks.

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De-pressurization started.

Garrett Reisman camera 19
Steve Bowen camera 20

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EVA already started, suits on internal power.

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[EarthlingX]

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STS-132 Crew Conducting First Spacewalk

Mon, 17 May 2010 12:06:01 GMT

At 7:54 a.m. EDT, STS-132 spacewalkers Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen switched their suits to battery power, signifying the start of today’s 6.5-hour excursion. Space shuttle Atlantis Pilot Tony Antonelli will be inside the International Space Station, choreographing the activities and coordinating communications between the spacewalkers and Mission Control in Houston.

This is the 237th spacewalk conducted by U.S. astronauts, the 144th in support of space station assembly and maintenance, the second for Reisman and the fourth for Bowen. Reisman, lead for this spacewalk, is wearing an all-white spacesuit, and his helmet cam displays number 19. Bowen will wear a spacesuit marked with a red stripe; his helmet cam displays number 20.

Once outside, Reisman and Bowen will install a spare space-to-ground antenna, place a spare parts platform on the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator known as Dextre, and loosen battery bolts so the batteries can be swapped during the next two spacewalks.

During the spacewalk, Mission Specialist Piers Sellers will control the station’s 58-foot-long robotic arm, on which Reisman will ride, to maneuver the ammonia tank assembly and other pieces of hardware.

Garrett Reisman camera 19
Steve Bowen, red stripe, camera 20

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Thermal cover closed.

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Foot restraints installed on the robotic arm.

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Releasing bolts.

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Releasing last bolts on the old antenna.

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Boom handed over

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Spacewalkers Installing Antenna

Mon, 17 May 2010 13:24:29 GMT

Spacewalker Steve Bowen prepared the space-to-ground antenna dish for removal, and he and Garrett Reisman released the eight bolts holding the boom of the antenna onto the pallet. Reisman has climbed onto the end of the space station’s 58-foot-long robotic arm so he can carry the boom via the robotic arm to the Z1 segment of the station’s truss, or backbone. Mission Specialist Piers Sellers is controlling the station’s robotic arm.

Bowen now will prepare for removal a new storage platform brought up for Dextre then he will join Reisman to install the antenna.

The spacewalkers are about an hour and 20 minutes into the spacewalk, which began at 7:54 a.m. EDT and is expected to last 6.5 hours.

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Boom relocated and secured


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Spacewalkers Pause for Computer Transition

Mon, 17 May 2010 14:27:09 GMT

Mission Control has asked the crew to momentarily pause in performing some spacewalk tasks while the command and control computer transitions from the primary computer to a backup computer. The cause of the transition is unknown. The transition caused a loss of power to some of the systems, such as rack power switches and video from the robotic arm, not the command and control computer itself. The station's robotic arm currently is in safe mode during the transition, which is expected to take approximately 30 minutes. Mission Control is ensuring protective measures are still in place before the spacewalkers connect cables to the new backup antenna being installed.

The crew is ready to begin the next task of unbolting the antenna dish as soon as the transition is complete.

The spacewalkers are about 2 hours and 20 minutes into today's spacewalk.

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Dish is free.

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Dish bolted and secured.

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[BurgerB75]

No problem, but you can edit your post too, might even make sense, since it's the first post in this thread.

Very, very lovely

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Quick questions for the experts. At about 1 minute into the vid, when you get the clear shot of the SMEs, there looked like little flares going off in the flame from the engine. Are those little pieces of the insulation burning up? Also, towards the end of the vid, right before the tank separates there looks like a long flame coming from the orbiter (upper-left side of the screen), are those the manuvering jets?

Sorry for the noobie questions but I haven't watched one of these vids before. In fact, I haven't seen a launch since my dad would wake me up early in the morning to watch them on TV decades ago.

Knowing that I will never see one in person now makes me depressed.

 

[EarthlingX]

I can't check now, but i might take a look later, if no-one else will.

Check NASA live TV, perhaps you will feel a bit better

 

[EarthlingX]

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Problems with a connector.

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Solved.

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[BurgerB75]

I can't check now, but i might take a look later, if no-one else will.

Check NASA live TV, perhaps you will feel a bit better

More curious than worried. Considering these were all "downstream" from the orbiter I would imagine it is not a cause for concern.

 

[EarthlingX]

Only thing i saw, if that means anything, is a couple of flares in the exhaust, probably a result of non-complete combustion.
At the time of SRB separation, the only thing i saw, was reflection of exhaust, or at least i think that was it.

There was a little piece of black something going away from ET, but not even close to the orbiter.

I have on my disk launch recording from multiple cameras, but must admit, have not go through it more than once. It was on NASA TV after the launch, perhaps someone uploaded it to YouTube ?

 

[EarthlingX]

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Installing fixed platform for Dextre

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[BurgerB75]

Cool, I thought it might have been unburnt fuel but I wasn't sure. Maybe they need to clean the carburetors.

As for the other question, it happens about 8:40 into the first vid posted in the thread. It looks like a stream of "something" coming out from th orbiter and then streaming out along the side.

Again, it's probably something very common but I was just curious as to what it might be. I thought it might be the control thrusters (not sure what those are called) but the shuttle doesn't appear to be changing it's orientation at the time.

 

[EarthlingX]

If that was at the launch, it is very possible it was ice.

 

[EarthlingX]

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Space-to-Ground Antenna Installed

Mon, 17 May 2010 17:43:31 GMT

Spacewalkers Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen installed and connected the new space-to-ground antenna to its permanent location on the space station. They connected the antenna dish to the boom assembly they installed earlier in the spacewalk. Bowen installed a heat shield around the antenna’s electronics box. However, a 1 millimeter gap in the interface between the antenna and the boom resulted in the spacewalkers leaving launch locks installed that prevent the antenna dish from rotating and strapped the antenna and boom together to secure the two components.

Bowen then recharged oxygen in his spacesuit, which will allow the spacewalkers to continue working beyond the spacewalk’s planned 6.5 hour duration.

Meanwhile, Reisman travelled back to the spare parts pallet to pick up a new storage platform for Dextre, the two-armed robotic Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. After removing the four bolts holding it in place, he will meet Bowen back at Dextre on top of the Destiny laboratory, where they will install four bolts to secure the platform to the robot. If time permits, they will connect two electrical fuses and install a maintenance tether.

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They are at their last task for this EVA.

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Robotic arm successfully grappled MRM-1.

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In the airlock, connecting suits to the station.

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[EarthlingX]

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First STS-132 Spacewalk Complete

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:24:41 GMT

Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen completed the first of three spacewalks Monday at 3:19 p.m. EDT. They installed the new space-to-ground antenna and a spare parts pallet for Dextre, the two-armed robotic Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator.

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Reisman, Bowen Complete First STS-132 Spacewalk

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:39:02 GMT

Astronauts Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen completed a seven hour, 25 minute spacewalk at 3:19 p.m. EDT.

The new space-to-ground antenna they installed will increase the space station's ability to conduct two-way data, voice, and video communications. They put into place a new tool platform for the Dextre robot, and Bowen prepared six batteries that will be installed during the second and third spacewalks by loosening the bolts that hold the batteries in place. The batteries weigh approximately 2,200 pounds.

Meanwhile, the space shuttle's robotic arm has successfully grappled the Mini Research Module-1 for relocation to the space station on flight day 5. It will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for Russian spacecraft.

This was the first of three STS-132 spacewalks, 237th conducted by U.S. astronauts, the second for Reisman and the fourth for Bowen. It was the 144th in support of International Space Station assembly and maintenance, totaling 900 hours, 58 minutes.

SDC : Astronauts Battle Stubborn Cable, Power Outage in Spacewalk

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 17 May 2010
01:55 pm ET

This story was updated at 3:32 p.m. EDT.



A pair of spacewalking astronauts battled a stubborn cable and a brief power outage while working outside the International Space Station Monday, ultimately falling behind in work to install a spare communication antenna and other gear for the orbiting lab.

The partial power failure – which posed no danger to the space station or spacewalkers – occurred early in the day's work as Atlantis shuttle astronauts Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen worked to attach a 6-foot (1.8-meter) antenna dish to the top of the orbiting lab. Their planned six-and-a-half hour spacewalk ended up stretching to seven-and-a-half hours, with the astronauts capping off the excursion at 3:19 p.m. EDT (1919 GMT).

 

[MeteorWayne]

Cool, I thought it might have been unburnt fuel but I wasn't sure. Maybe they need to clean the carburetors.

As for the other question, it happens about 8:40 into the first vid posted in the thread. It looks like a stream of "something" coming out from th orbiter and then streaming out along the side.

Again, it's probably something very common but I was just curious as to what it might be. I thought it might be the control thrusters (not sure what those are called) but the shuttle doesn't appear to be changing it's orientation at the time.

At 8:40 into the mission, nothing that falls off is dangerous in any way. It's a vacuum, so anything is traveling at the same speed as the shuttle. If you see anything moving back it is gas molecules.

 

[Zipi]

Spaceflight Now has nice photos from Liberty Star & Freedom Star returning SRB's: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts13 ... brecovery/

 

[EarthlingX]

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Atlantis Crew Begins Flight Day 5

Tue, 18 May 2010 07:14:39 GMT

Atlantis' crew woke at 2:50 a.m. EDT to the song “Macho Man” by The Village People, played for Mission Specialist Garrett Reisman, who was the lead spacewalker yesterday. Reisman thanked his wife Simone and said they all feel like "macho men."

The fifth day of the mission will focus on the permanent addition of the Mini Research Module-1, also known as Rassvet ("dawn" in Russian) to the International Space Station.

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[EarthlingX]

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SDC : Shuttle Astronauts to Install New Russian Room on Space Station

By Clara Moskowitz
SPACE.com Senior Writer
posted: 18 May 2010
03:01 am ET



Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis plan to install a new Russian research room on the International Space Station Tuesday.

The $200 million new room – called the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1), or "Rassvet," meaning "Dawn" in Russian – is the main item being delivered by Atlantis during its STS-132 mission to the station. The shuttle launched Friday on its last planned flight before it retires. [Atlantis shuttle launch photos.]

Atlantis docked at the space station Sunday, bearing six astronauts, the new module, and a load of spare supplies to outfit the station after NASA's three-space shuttle fleet is retired later this year.

The 11,188-pound (5,075-kilogram) Rassvet is 19.7 feet (6 meters) long, smaller than some of the larger rooms on the station.

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Over Africa, on their way to Cairo.

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Umbilical un-mated.

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4 latches released.

Getting ready to move Rassvet from the payload bay, into the hover position.

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Un-berth in progress.

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Rassvet free.

On the move.

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Going for grapple.

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Arm moving in.

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Grapple is in work.

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Good data on re-powered MRM.

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'Go' for shuttle arm release.

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Over Uruguay, on the way to Rio de Janeiro

Station Arm Grapples Rassvet

Tue, 18 May 2010 10:40:31 GMT

At 6:14 a.m. EDT, the International Space Station's robotic arm grappled the Rassvet module. At 6:36 a.m., space shuttle Atlantis' robotic arm released the module, successfully transferring it from one robotic arm to the other. STS-132 Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Piers Sellers will maneuver the station's arm to deliver the module to its new position on the Russian segment of the space station.

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(i have technical problems)

 

[EarthlingX]

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Image above: The International Space Station's robotic arm moves the Russian Mini-Research Module-1, named Rassvet, to its new position on the Russian segment of the station. Image credit: NASA TV

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'Go' for Rassvet docking.

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Contact confirmed.

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Probe pulling module in.

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Hooks are starting to close.

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Interface sealed, Rassvet at home.

New Station Module Attached

Tue, 18 May 2010 12:27:53 GMT

At 8:20 a.m. EDT, the Russian module Rassvet arrived at its permanent home on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Piers Sellers maneuvered the station robotic arm to deliver the module to its new position. They connected the module to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module as the space station orbited about 220 miles above Argentina. Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov monitored the automated docking sequence and final attachment to station from the Russian segment. Rassvet will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for Russian spacecraft.

SDC : Astronauts Attach New Russian Science Module to Space Station

By Clara Moskowitz
SPACE.com Senior Writer
posted: 18 May 2010
03:01 am ET

This story was updated at 8:27 a.m. EDT.



Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis successfully installed a new Russian research room on the International Space Station Tuesday.

The $200 million new room – called the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1), or "Rassvet," meaning "Dawn" in Russian – is the main item being delivered by Atlantis during its STS-132 mission to the station. The shuttle launched Friday on its last planned flight before it retires.

Mission specialist Garrett Reisman steered the space station's robotic arm to carry the new room to its permanent home on the station's Zarya module. Rassvet docked at 8:20 a.m. EDT (1220 GMT).

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Confirmation for telemetry from MRM coming down through ISS data stream.

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[Woggles]

Atlantis' boosters return to Cape Canaveral for the last tim

Not sure if this is the correct forum or should be in free space. Good article and interesting facts!

http://www.examiner.com/x-958-Cape-Cana ... -last-time

 

[EarthlingX]

Current ISS configuration and crew :

In-flight media interview :

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Timeline Updated for Second STS-132 Spacewalk

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:50:37 GMT

Mission Control has revised the timeline for Atlantis' crew, moving it 30 minutes earlier beginning with the planned "campout" for spacewalkers Steve Bowen and Michael Good. The schedule change will allow the spacewalkers time to release the snagged portion of the cable on the camera used for imaging the space shuttle's heat shield. The camera is at the end of the Orbital Boom Sensor System.

The campout now will begin at 4:45 p.m. EDT, and crew sleep will begin at 6:20 p.m. On May 19, the crew will wake up at 2:20 a.m. and begin the spacewalk at 7:15 a.m.

Bowen and Good will camp out in the station’s Quest airlock at a reduced air pressure, a procedure that helps purge nitrogen from their bloodstreams and prevents the “bends” when they exit the airlock.

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Interview.

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End of event.

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Briefing with the flight director.

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Ended.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Re: Atlantis' boosters return to Cape Canaveral for the last tim

It actually should be in Missions and Launches in the STS-132 Mission thread.

 

[EarthlingX]

Crew Bedtime, Spacewalk Shift Earlier

Wed, 18 May 2010 22:47:07 GMT

A new task added to Wednesday's spacewalk sent the shuttle crew to bed 30 minutes early on Tuesday. The second spacewalk will also start earlier at 7:15 a.m. EDT.

Spacewalkers Michael Good and Steve Bowen will relieve a snagged cable that is preventing full use of the laser imager and video camera. The equipment is located on the Orbiter Boom Sensor System.

Good and Bowen are "camping out" in the Quest airlock overnight at a reduced air pressure to purge nitrogen from their circulatory systems. This reduces the likelihood of developing the bends during spacewalk activities.

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[EarthlingX]

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Atlantis/ISS crew wake up by 'Start me up', The Rolling Stones.

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Crew Preparing for Second of Three Spacewalks

Wed, 19 May 2010 06:29:28 GMT

Atlantis' crew woke to “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones for Mission Specialist Piers Sellers.

Flight Day 6 features the second spacewalk of the mission with spacewalkers Steve Bowen and Michael Good. Today's timeline starts 30 minutes earlier than originally planned. The crew is expected to begin the spacewalk at 7:15 a.m. EDT.

SDC : Atlantis Astronauts Gear Up for Second Spacewalk

By Clara Moskowitz
SPACE.com Senior Writer
posted: 19 May 2010
02:23 am ET



Two shuttle Atlantis astronauts plan to float outside the International Space Station Wednesday on a spacewalk to fix a snagged cable on their spacecraft and install new solar array batteries on the orbiting laboratory.

Mission specialists Michael Good and Stephen Bowen will make the excursion, which should last about seven hours. It will be the second of three spacewalks scheduled for Atlantis' 12-day STS-132 mission, its last planned mission before the shuttle is retired.

The spacewalkers plan to exit the station's Quest airlock at 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT), half an hour earlier than previously planned, in order to squeeze in the repair of a snagged cable on a shuttle sensor system.

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Hatch to the airlock closed.

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'Go' for depress.

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Outside hatch opened.

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[EarthlingX]

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Space suits on internal power, space-walk on the way.

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Second STS-132 Spacewalk Begins

Wed, 19 May 2010 10:47:10 GMT

At 6:38 a.m. EDT, STS-132 spacewalkers Steve Bowen and Michael Good switched their suits to battery power, signifying the start of today’s 6.5-hour excursion 35 minutes early. Space shuttle Atlantis Pilot Tony Antonelli will be inside the International Space Station, choreographing the activities and coordinating communications between the spacewalkers and Mission Control in Houston.

This is the 238th spacewalk conducted by U.S. astronauts, the 145th in support of space station assembly and maintenance, the fifth for Bowen and the third for Good. Bowen, lead for this spacewalk, is wearing a spacesuit marked with a solid red stripe, and his helmet cam displays number 20. Good will wear a spacesuit marked with a band of red and white barber pole stripes; his helmet cam displays number 19.

Bowen's first task of the spacewalk will be to address the snagged cable at the camera on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System. The task is expected to take 20-30 minutes.

The primary work of the spacewalk is to exchange three batteries. The spacewalk may be extended to accomplish a fourth battery exchange.

If time permits, the spacewalkers would attempt to tighten the bolts connecting the space-to-ground antenna dish to the boom, both of which were installed during the first spacewalk.

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Cable un-snagged, securing it.

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Testing camera movement.

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Cable problem satisfactory solved.

STS-132 MET = 4:17:17:00

STS-132 MET = 4:17:28:00

STS-132 MET = 4:17:33:00

Relocating foot restraint.

STS-132 MET = 4:17:35:00