STS 118 ENDEAVOUR Mission Specialist Dave Williams and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson go Spacewalking LIVE Today

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Saturday, August 18, 2007
SPACEWALK LIVE

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About Photo: Mission Specialist Dave Williams emerges from the hatch at the beginning of STS-118's fourth spacewalk.

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Mission Specialist Dave Williams and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson are working outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk kicked off at 9:17am EDT and is scheduled to wrap up about 1:47pm. The orbital duo’s scheduled tasks for the shortened spacewalk include the installation an External Wireless Instrumentation System antenna, installation of a stand for the shuttle’s robotic arm extension boom and retrieval two containers of the Materials ISS Experiment. Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell is the spacewalk coordinator, a role that she has for all four STS-118 spacewalks.

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(Note: The spacewalk officially began today at 9:17 am EDT and wrapped up at 2:19 pm EDT. This was the fourth and last scheduled spacewalk.)
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* UPDATE 2:30pm EDT: Today's Spacewalk is now over.

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GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-118 ENDEAVOUR...
AubreyJ.........

STS-118 Endeavour Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson go Spacewalking LIVE Today

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
SPACEWALK LIVE

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About Photo: (August 11, 2007) The Canadarm2 (center) and solar array panel wings on the International Space Station are featured in this image photographed by a crewmember during the mission's first planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-118) was docked with the station. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.
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STS-118 crew members will prepare for future International Space Station assembly when they conduct the mission’s third spacewalk. The excursion, scheduled to begin at 11:01 a.m. EDT, will be conducted by STS-118 Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson. The spacewalking duo will prepare the Port 6 (P6) truss and its solar arrays for relocation from atop of the station to the end of the Port 5 truss when STS-120 visits later this year....
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Today's spacewalk is slated to begin at 11:01am EDT and last around 6.5 hours. This will be the third of four scheduled spacewalks to take place at the station.
Note: The spacewalk officially began today at 10:37pm EDT Read the latest updates on Flight and Spacewalks HERE

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UPDATE: Flight controllers decided just before 3pm EDT to end today’s spacewalk early because of damage to the outer layer of one of Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio’s gloves. Even though there was no threat to his safety, the decision was made as a precaution.

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Up to that point, Mastracchio and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson were about an hour ahead of schedule and had completed the major tasks of the spacewalk. Mastracchio ended his portion of the spacewalk about 3 p.m. and Anderson wrapped up at 4:05 p.m.
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GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-118 ENDEAVOUR...
AubreyJ.........

STS-118 ENDEAVOUR Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio go Spacewalking LIVE Today

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Monday, August 13, 2007
SPACEWALK LIVE

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About Photo: Astronaut Dave Williams, STS-118 mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, participates in the mission's first planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. During the 6-hour, 17-minute spacewalk, Williams and astronaut Rick Mastracchio (out of frame), mission specialist, attached the Starboard 5 (S5) segment of the station's truss, retracted the forward heat-rejecting radiator from the station's Port 6 (P6) truss, and performed several get-ahead tasks.
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STS-118 Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio are preparing for today's spacewalk. Their primary task is to replace a faulty attitude control gyro on the International Space Station.

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Today's spacewalk is slated to begin at 11:31am EDT and last 6.5 hours. This will be the second of four scheduled spacewalks to take place at the station.
Note: The spacewalk officially began today at 11:32pm EDT and wrapped up at 6:00pm EDT
Read the latest updates on Flight and Spacewalk HERE

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* Note: 6:00pm CDT- Today’s spacewalk has successfully ended. The next spacewalk is scheduled to take place Wednesday. Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson will team up on this spacewalk to prepare the station’s Port 6 truss for relocation during STS-120. A fourth spacewalk was added to the schedule when STS-118 was extended by three days...
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GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-118 ENDEAVOUR...
AubreyJ.........

STS-118 ENDEAVOUR Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams go Spacewalking LIVE Today

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Saturday, August 11, 2007
SPACEWALK LIVE

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About Photo: Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio participates in the first spacewalk of the STS-118 mission.
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The STS-118 crew continued the on-orbit construction of the International Space Station with the addition of the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment. With spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams assisting, Pilot Charles Hobaugh used the station’s robotic arm to attach the S5 about 1:35 p.m. EDT. The spacewalkers have also completed the task for permanently bolting the S5 in place on the end of the Starboard 4 truss segment. The next major task of the spacewalk is the retraction of a radiator on the Port 6 (P6) truss.
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1st Spacewalk is slated to begin around: 12:30 pm EDT
And should conclude around 6:58 pm EDT
Note: The spacewalk officially began today at 12:28 pm EDT and wrapped up at 6:45 pm EDT
Read the latest updates on Flight and Spacewalk HERE

Watch the Spacewalk LIVE
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* UPDATE: Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams wrapped up STS-118’s first spacewalk at 6:45 p.m. During the 6-hour, 17-minute excursion, they successfully installed the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment onto the International Space Station and continued preparations to relocate the Port 6 (P6) truss.
Note: I’ll be posting on all the spacewalks over the next few days so check back...
GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-118 ENDEAVOUR...
AubreyJ.........