Jacques van Oene
January 29th 05, 09:15 AM
Report #5
4 p.m. CST, Friday, Jan. 28, 2005
Mission Control Center, Houston
The International Space Station crew completed another eventful week,
highlighted by its first spacewalk.
Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov
did a spacewalk dry run on Monday, putting on their Russian spacesuits,
checking pressures and data streams and then removing the suits. Tuesday
they reconfigured Station systems for automated operations in preparation
for the spacewalk. The hatches in the U.S. segment were also closed to
isolate each module. Cameras were set up for ground controllers to monitor
the interior.
Sharipov and Chiao stepped outside at 1:43 a.m. CST Wednesday. They
completed their planned tasks in 5 hours and 28 minutes and returned to the
Pirs Docking Compartment. They closed its hatch at 7:11 a.m. CST. Primary
tasks of the spacewalk included installing a small German robotic experiment
and associated cabling and an antenna. They also installed scientific
experiments and inspected and took pictures for later downlink of
environmental control system vents, looking for any contamination that could
cause irregular operation.
With their first successful spacewalk of the mission under their belt, Chiao
and Sharipov worked the rest of the week on setting up for normal
operations. Thursday and Friday saw the crew reconfiguring the Station
systems, storing spacesuits and tools, and enjoying some off-duty time.
The next spacewalk for Chiao and Sharipov is scheduled for March 25. They
will install the final pieces necessary on the outside of the Station for
the arrival of Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), an unpiloted cargo
carrier, later this year.
The crew will have the usual light-duty weekend with cleaning and exercise
on tap. Chiao, who is the NASA ISS Science Officer, can also choose from
various research activities for his optional Saturday Morning Science
session.
For more on NASA, the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future
launch dates and Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth,
visit:
www.nasa.gov
The next International Space Station Status report will be issued on Friday,
Feb. 4, or earlier if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
4 p.m. CST, Friday, Jan. 28, 2005
Mission Control Center, Houston
The International Space Station crew completed another eventful week,
highlighted by its first spacewalk.
Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov
did a spacewalk dry run on Monday, putting on their Russian spacesuits,
checking pressures and data streams and then removing the suits. Tuesday
they reconfigured Station systems for automated operations in preparation
for the spacewalk. The hatches in the U.S. segment were also closed to
isolate each module. Cameras were set up for ground controllers to monitor
the interior.
Sharipov and Chiao stepped outside at 1:43 a.m. CST Wednesday. They
completed their planned tasks in 5 hours and 28 minutes and returned to the
Pirs Docking Compartment. They closed its hatch at 7:11 a.m. CST. Primary
tasks of the spacewalk included installing a small German robotic experiment
and associated cabling and an antenna. They also installed scientific
experiments and inspected and took pictures for later downlink of
environmental control system vents, looking for any contamination that could
cause irregular operation.
With their first successful spacewalk of the mission under their belt, Chiao
and Sharipov worked the rest of the week on setting up for normal
operations. Thursday and Friday saw the crew reconfiguring the Station
systems, storing spacesuits and tools, and enjoying some off-duty time.
The next spacewalk for Chiao and Sharipov is scheduled for March 25. They
will install the final pieces necessary on the outside of the Station for
the arrival of Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), an unpiloted cargo
carrier, later this year.
The crew will have the usual light-duty weekend with cleaning and exercise
on tap. Chiao, who is the NASA ISS Science Officer, can also choose from
various research activities for his optional Saturday Morning Science
session.
For more on NASA, the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future
launch dates and Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth,
visit:
www.nasa.gov
The next International Space Station Status report will be issued on Friday,
Feb. 4, or earlier if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info