Of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128
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Post Date: Thursday morning, September 03, 2009
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2nd of 3 Scheduled Spacewalks set for Thursday evening
About above image: Expedition 20 flight engineer Nicole Stott participates in the STS-128 mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 35-minute spacewalk, Stott and astronaut Danny Olivas (out of frame) removed an empty ammonia tank from the station's truss and temporarily stowed it on the station's robotic arm. Olivas and Stott also retrieved the European Technology Exposure Facility and Materials International Space Station Experiment from the Columbus laboratory module and installed them on Discovery's payload bay for return.
Crew Prepares for Second Spacewalk
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Spacewalkers Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang camped out in the Quest Airlock last night to acclimate their bodies in preparation for this evening’s spacewalk to swap ammonia tanks used to keep the Space Station cool. They also readied spacesuits and tools, and went over the spacewalk plan with their colleagues. The second spacewalk of the mission is scheduled to begin this evening at 5:19pm EDT.
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POST UPDATE:
6:17 PM EDT
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Second Spacewalk of STS-128 Mission Begins
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At 6:12pm EDT, NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang began the second of three spacewalks scheduled during the STS-128 mission. The spacewalk is scheduled to last 6.5 hours. Olivas, the STS-128 lead spacewalker, is wearing a spacesuit marked with solid red stripes. Fuglesang is wearing an all-white spacesuit.
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POST UPDATE:
Friday morning
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2nd Spacewalk Officially Ended Friday morning at 12:51am EDT
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Mission specialists Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang installed a new ammonia tank on the International Space Station and stowed a depleted tank for return to Earth during their mission's second spacewalk.
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Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester served as the intravehicular officer throughout the spacewalk, which ended Friday at 12:51am EDT. Shuttle Pilot Kevin Ford and Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Nicole Stott operated the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, during the excursion.
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The remaining shuttle and station crew members continued unloading cargo from the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module.
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- This Post Now Closed -
I’ll start a new post before the 3rd Spacewalk starts on Saturday.
But for now... You can keep up with the latest at the links below...
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Read Latest News and Updates +
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AubreyJ.........
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