STS-117 Atlantis Mission Specialists Jim Reilly and Danny Olivas go Spacewalking LIVE Today

Friday, June 15, 2007
SPACEWALK LIVE This Afternoon
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About Photo: Astronauts Jim Reilly and John Olivas (visible among Reilly's helmet reflections), both STS-117 mission specialists... participate in the mission's first planned session of extravehicular activity, resuming construction on the ISS. Among other tasks, Reilly and Olivas connected power, data and cooling cables between S1 and S3.
Image/Info Credit: NASA
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STS-117 Mission Specialists Jim Reilly and Danny Olivas will tackle separate tasks today when they begin the mission’s third spacewalk.

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Olivas’ first task of the spacewalk, scheduled to begin at 1:38 p.m. EDT, is the repair of a thermal blanket that is out of position on space shuttle Atlantis. Working from the end of the Atlantis’ robot arm, he will tuck the blanket back into position and then staple it back into position on the left orbital maneuvering system pod.

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Meanwhile, Reilly will install a hydrogen vent on the International Space Station’s Destiny Laboratory. The vent is for a new oxygen generation system.

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The duo will then go to the top of the station’s Port (P6) truss to assist in the retraction of a solar array...

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If time allows, Reilly and Olivas will tackle other tasks outside the station. The spacewalk is scheduled to last 6½ hours...

(Info taken from the NASA.gov website)
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3rd Spacewalk is slated to begin at: 1:38 pm EDT
And should conclude around 8:00 pm EDT

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Note: The spacewalk officially began today at 1:24 pm EDT and the 7-hour, 58-minute excursion wrapped up at 9:22 pm EDT

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Watch the Spacewalk LIVE at NASA TELEVISION

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GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-117 Atlantis...
AubreyJ.........