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Astronauts to Begin Third and Final Spacewalk Today
Monday, March 23, 2009
8:ooam CDT
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Astronauts Preparing for Monday's Spacewalk
Following from a NASA, Sunday evening posting
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In preparation for Monday's spacewalk, STS-119 mission specialists Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold reviewed spacewalk procedures at 7:13 p.m. EDT and will "camp out" overnight in the Quest Airlock beginning at 9:08 p.m. The station crew goes to sleep at 10:13 p.m. followed by the shuttle crew at 10:43 p.m.
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Astronauts to Begin Third and Final Spacewalk Today
Monday, March 23, 2009
8:ooam CDT
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Astronauts Preparing for Monday's Spacewalk
Following from a NASA, Sunday evening posting
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In preparation for Monday's spacewalk, STS-119 mission specialists Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold reviewed spacewalk procedures at 7:13 p.m. EDT and will "camp out" overnight in the Quest Airlock beginning at 9:08 p.m. The station crew goes to sleep at 10:13 p.m. followed by the shuttle crew at 10:43 p.m.
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Mission Update:
Monday morning - 6:29am CDT
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Astronauts Prepare for Third Spacewalk
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Today's wakeup music was "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" by Louis Jordan played for Discovery astronaut Steve Swanson at 6:43 a.m. EDT, suggested by his children.
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Astronauts aboard Discovery begin the mission's third spacewalk at 11:43am EDT. During the 6.5 hour excursion, Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold will relocate a cart that moves along the rails of the station's truss, attempt again to deploy the unpressurized cargo carrier attachment system, install a similar attachment system on the starboard side, lubricate the space station arm's end effector and reconfigure some cables that power the station's gyroscopes.
Info from the NASA.gov website
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Mission Update:
Monday morning - 6:29am CDT
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Astronauts Prepare for Third Spacewalk
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Today's wakeup music was "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" by Louis Jordan played for Discovery astronaut Steve Swanson at 6:43 a.m. EDT, suggested by his children.
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Astronauts aboard Discovery begin the mission's third spacewalk at 11:43am EDT. During the 6.5 hour excursion, Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold will relocate a cart that moves along the rails of the station's truss, attempt again to deploy the unpressurized cargo carrier attachment system, install a similar attachment system on the starboard side, lubricate the space station arm's end effector and reconfigure some cables that power the station's gyroscopes.
Info from the NASA.gov website
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About image: Mission Specialists Richard Arnold and Joseph Acaba work outside the International Space Station during the mission's third spacewalk.
Image credit: NASA TV
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Mission Update:
5:13pm CDT
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Astronauts Wrap Up Third Spacewalk
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Astronauts Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold ended the mission's third spacewalk at 6:04 p.m. EDT. They helped robotic arm operators relocate the Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart from the Port 1 to Starboard 1 truss segment, installed a new coupler on the CETA cart, lubricated snares on the "B" end of the space station's robotic arm and performed a few "get ahead" tasks.
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They were unable to deploy the Port 3 unpressurized cargo carrier attachment system (UCCAS) and tied it safely in place while engineers evaluate the problem. Because the issue is not yet understood, Mission Control cancelled the installation of a similar payload attachment system on the starboard side.
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Today's spacewalk lasted six hours, 27 minutes. It was the second spacewalk for both Acaba and Arnold and the 123rd spacewalk in support of station assembly and maintenance, totaling 775 hours. The three STS-119 spacewalks totaled 19 hours, 4 minutes. Steve Swanson has performed four spacewalks totaling 26 hours, 22 minutes. Acaba has two spacewalks totaling 12 hours, 57 minutes. Arnold has two spacewalks totaling 12 hours, 34 minutes.
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Note:
I’ll be posting on the rest of the mission and landing too so check back!!!
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Mission Update:
5:13pm CDT
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Astronauts Wrap Up Third Spacewalk
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Astronauts Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold ended the mission's third spacewalk at 6:04 p.m. EDT. They helped robotic arm operators relocate the Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart from the Port 1 to Starboard 1 truss segment, installed a new coupler on the CETA cart, lubricated snares on the "B" end of the space station's robotic arm and performed a few "get ahead" tasks.
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They were unable to deploy the Port 3 unpressurized cargo carrier attachment system (UCCAS) and tied it safely in place while engineers evaluate the problem. Because the issue is not yet understood, Mission Control cancelled the installation of a similar payload attachment system on the starboard side.
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Today's spacewalk lasted six hours, 27 minutes. It was the second spacewalk for both Acaba and Arnold and the 123rd spacewalk in support of station assembly and maintenance, totaling 775 hours. The three STS-119 spacewalks totaled 19 hours, 4 minutes. Steve Swanson has performed four spacewalks totaling 26 hours, 22 minutes. Acaba has two spacewalks totaling 12 hours, 57 minutes. Arnold has two spacewalks totaling 12 hours, 34 minutes.
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Note:
I’ll be posting on the rest of the mission and landing too so check back!!!
GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-119 Discovery...
AubreyJ.........
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