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*Spacewalkers Upgrade Communications System, Prepare for P6 Relocation*
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson holds a Crew Equipment Translation Aid
cartImage above: Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson holds a
Crew Equipment Translation Aid cart as he rides on the end of the
International Space Station's robotic arm during STS-118's third
spacewalk. Image: NASA TV
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Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson are rolling through their
scheduled activities as they work outside the International Space Station.
They are currently setting the stage for the relocation of the Port 6
(P6) truss and its solar arrays from atop the station to the end of the
Port 5 truss segment. They are moving two Crew Equipment Translation Aid
carts along the Integrated Truss Structure rail system. This will allow
the station’s arm to perform the P6 relocation work during STS-120.
Earlier in the spacewalk, the duo relocated an antenna from the Port 6
(P6) to the Port 1 (P1) truss. In addition to the antenna relocation,
the spacewalkers installed new transponder and signal processor in an
S-band communications system upgrade.
Before the excursion ends, Mastracchio and Anderson will retrieve two
materials science experiments from the station’s exterior. The
experiments were deployed in August 2006 and will be returned to Earth
for analysis.
Today’s spacewalk is Mastracchio’s third of the mission. Anderson, who
arrived at the station in June, conducted his first spacewalk on July 23
with Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin.
Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell is the spacewalk coordinator and Pilot
Charles Hobaugh is at the controls of the station’s robotic arm.
The spacewalk is slated to end at 5:07 p.m. (2107 UTC)
*Mission Management Team Update*
Mission managers have determined that damage to a small section of
Endeavour’s heat shield poses no threat to crew safety or mission
operations. However, they are discussing options for possible repair
work that would ensure preparations on the ground for Endeavour’s next
flight will go more smoothly. The damage occurred during the climb to
orbit on Aug. 8.
+ View video of tile damage
<http://www.nasa.gov/mov/186009main_STS118_Site1_Rev2.mov>
*Orbiter Thermal Protection System Inspection and Repair Techniques*
STS-114 Press Kit excerpt, July 2005 + Identifying and repairing tile
damage in flight (444 Kb pdf)
<http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/186088main_sts114_excerpt_inflight_repair.pdf>
+ Orbiter's Thermal Protection System
<http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts_sys.html#sts…>
+ Thermal Protection System Fact sheet
<http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/tps.htm>
+ 'How Things Work' Thermal Protection System video
<http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/videos/metafiles/ksc_022805_htw_tps.ram>
*Mission Information*
+ View Barbara Morgan Video
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+ STS-118 Mission Overview
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/index.html>
+ STS-118 Fact Sheet (900 Kb PDF)
<http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/184910main_sts118_factsheet4.pdf>
+ STS-118 NASA TV Schedule
<http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html>
+ STS-118 Briefing Animations
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/multimedia…>
+ STS-117 Mission Archive
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/main/index…>
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* Spacewalkers Getting Ready for Spacewalk*
Image above: Commander Scott Kelly (center) assists Mission Specialist
Rick Mastracchio (right) and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson with donning
their spacesuits. Image: NASA TV
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Final preparations are under way for STS-118’s third spacewalk.
Spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson will set the stage for
future International Space Station assembly during the excursion, which
is scheduled to begin at 11:01 a.m. EDT.
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. Their tasks include the
relocation of an antenna from the P6 to the Port 1 (P1) truss, retrieval
a transponder for return to Earth and the relocation of two rail carts
on the station’s Integrated Truss Structure. They will install a new
transponder on the P1, which along with the relocated antenna will
upgrade the station’s communications capability.
Mastracchio and Anderson will also retrieve two material experiments
from the station’s exterior. The experiments will be analyzed by
scientists on Earth.
Today’s spacewalk will be Mastracchio’s third of the mission. Anderson,
who arrived at the station in June, conducted his first spacewalk on
July 23 with Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin.
Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell will resume her role as STS-118’s
spacewalk coordinator and Pilot Charles Hobaugh will be at the controls
of the station’s robotic arm.
The spacewalk is slated to last 6.5 hours.
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*Third STS-118 Spacewalk on Tap Today*
Astronauts participate in an educational event with students from Boise,
Idaho Image above: Clockwise from left are STS-118 mission specialists
Dave Williams, Barbara Morgan and Alvin Drew and Expedition 15 Flight
Engineer Clay Anderson. The astronauts participated Tuesday in an
educational event with students asking questions from the Discovery
Center in Boise, Idaho. Image: NASA
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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(1501 UTC), 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. Their tasks include the
relocation of an antenna from the P6 to the Port 1 (P1) truss, retrieval
a transponder for return to Earth and the relocation of two rail carts
on the station’s Integrated Truss Structure. They will install a new
transponder on the P1, which along with the relocated antenna will
upgrade the station’s communications capability.
Mastracchio and Anderson will also retrieve two material experiments
from the station’s exterior. The experiments will be analyzed by
scientists on Earth.
Today’s spacewalk will be Mastracchio’s third of the mission. Anderson,
who arrived at the station in June, conducted his first spacewalk on
July 23 with Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin.
Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell will resume her role as STS-118’s
spacewalk coordinator and Pilot Charles Hobaugh will be at the controls
of the station’s robotic arm.
The spacewalk is slated to last 6.5 hours.
*Mission Management Team Update*
Mission managers have determined that damage to a small section of
Endeavour’s heat shield poses no threat to crew safety or mission
operations. However, they are discussing options for possible repair
work that would ensure preparations on the ground for Endeavour’s next
flight will go more smoothly. The damage occurred during the climb to
orbit on Aug. 8.
+ View video of tile damage
<http://www.nasa.gov/mov/186009main_STS118_Site1_Rev2.mov>
*Orbiter Thermal Protection System Inspection and Repair Techniques*
STS-114 Press Kit excerpt, July 2005 + Identifying and repairing tile
damage in flight (444 Kb pdf)
<http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/186088main_sts114_excerpt_inflight_repair.pdf>
+ Orbiter's Thermal Protection System
<http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts_sys.html#sts…>
+ Thermal Protection System Fact sheet
<http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/tps.htm>
+ 'How Things Work' Thermal Protection System video
<http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/videos/metafiles/ksc_022805_htw_tps.ram>
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*Station’s First Module Reaches Orbital Milestone*
ISS's robotic arm, Orbital Boom Sensor System and Endeavour's robotic
armImage above: The International Space Station's robotic arm prepares
to hand off the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to shuttle Endeavour's
robotic arm. Image credit: NASA TV
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Zarya, the International Space Station’s first component to go into
space, passed the 50,000th orbit mark at 11:17 a.m. EDT today. Zarya,
which is Russian for “Sunrise”, was funded by the United States and
built by Russia. It launched atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 20, 1998.
Just before Zarya made its mark in the history books, STS-118 and
Expedition 15 crew members used Canadian-built robotic arms to attach a
third stowage platform on to the international outpost’s exterior. They
used Space Shuttle Endeavour’s robotic arm to lift external stowage
platform-3 out of the orbiter payload bay and hand it off to the station
arm for installation on the Port 3 truss segment.
The new platform is the second component attached to the station since
Endeavour and the STS-118 crew arrived Aug. 10. STS-118 spacewalkers
installed the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment on to the end of the
Starboard 4 (S4) truss segment on Saturday. The S5 will serve as a
spacer segment between the S4 and Starboard 6 (S6) segments. The S6 and
its solar arrays will be attached during a future shuttle mission.
During the second STS-118 spacewalk, astronauts replaced a failed
control moment gyroscope in the Z1 truss. The station has four
gyroscopes that control its orientation in orbit.
Two more spacewalks are slated for the remainder of STS-118’s stay. The
next is slated to take place Wednesday and will focus on preparing the
Port 6 truss for relocation from atop the Destiny laboratory module to
the end of the Port 5 truss when STS-120 visits later this year.
In other activities, the two crews have been transferring cargo between
Endeavour and the station. STS-118’s stay at the station is slated to
wrap up when Endeavour undocks Aug. 20.
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*Crew Members Flex Robotic Arms to Install Stowage Platform*
ISS015-E-22166 : Barbara Morgan Image above: Mission Specialist Barbara
R. Morgan smiles for a photo near the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle
Endeavour. Image: NASA - TO VIEW IMAGE GO
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With the use of Canadian-built robotic arms, STS-118 astronauts
installed a new stowage platform on the exterior of the International
Space Station.
External stowage platform-3 (ESP-3) is the third of its kind to be
installed on the station. The first two, however, were attached during
spacewalks on previous missions. The stowage platforms are used to hold
spacewalk tools and spare equipment.
Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan used Space Shuttle
Endeavour’s robot arm to lift ESP-3 out of the payload bay and to hand
it off to the station arm. STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Expedition
15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson used the station arm to attach the
platform to the station’s Port 3 truss segment.
Inside the shuttle/station complex, cargo transfers between the two
spacecraft continue. Also on tap for today are preparations for
STS-118’s third spacewalk scheduled for Wednesday.
The crew began the day at 6:07 a.m. with a wakeup call wishing Caldwell
happy birthday.
Animations: + External Stowage 3 (ESP-3) Overview
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| + ESP-3 Installation
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*Mission Management Team Update*
Mission managers have determined that damage to a small section of
Endeavour’s heat shield poses no threat to crew safety or mission
operations. However, they are discussing options for possible repair
work that would ensure preparations on the ground for Endeavour’s next
flight will go more smoothly. The damage occurred during the climb to
orbit on Aug. 8.
+ View video of tile damage
<http://www.nasa.gov/mov/186009main_STS118_Site1_Rev2.mov>
*NASA TV*
Morgan and Williams will take time out of their schedule at 2:01 p.m. to
field questions from ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox.
Then at 5:09 p.m., Morgan, Anderson and Mission Specialists Dave
Williams and Alvin Drew will participate in an education event with
students at the Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise.
Both events will be aired live on NASA TV.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-14 15:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Kursk Explorer Group, Mount Elbrus, Russia (***)
Successful Thu 2007-08-09 15:14 UTC (***)
McCall-Donnelly School District, McCall, Idaho, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***)
Thu 2007-08-16 15:14 UTC 28 deg (***)
Simulcast on Echolink and IRLP. (***)
Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China, direct via BY4RRR
Sun 2007-08-26 10:44 UTC 53 deg
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 309. (***)
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1.
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS
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The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-08-14 15:30 UTC.
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions
for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-08-14 15:30 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio…
tf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
*****************************************************************************
There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct
contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and
available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit
shuttle audio.
*****************************************************************************
Expedition 15 on orbit:
Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Dr. Oleg Kotov
Clayton Anderson KD5PLA
Expedition 15 future:
Daniel Tani KD5DXE
STS-118 docked (***)
Scott Kelly, Charles Hobaugh, Dave Williams, Barbara Morgan KD5VNP, Richard
Mastracchio KC5ZTE, Tracy Caldwell, Benjamin Drew
*****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at
http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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*Mastracchio, Williams Install New Station CMG *
Rick Mastracchio removes failed CMGImage above: Astronaut Rick
Mastracchio holds the failed control moment gyro shortly after its
removal from the Z1 truss. Image: NASA TV
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STS-118’s second spacewalk is now in the history books. Mission
Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio successfully installed a
new control moment gyroscope (CMG) onto the International Space
Station’s Z1 truss during the excursion, which ended at 6 p.m. EDT.
The new CMG replaces a faulty gyroscope, which was removed during the
first half of the spacewalk. The new gyroscope is one of four CMGs that
are used to control the station’s attitude in orbit.
Before concluding the 6-hour, 28-minute excursion, the orbital duo
relocated the faulty CMG to external stowage platform-2, where it will
stay until it is returned to Earth on a future shuttle mission.
Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell served as the spacewalk coordinator,
and STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay
Anderson operated the station’s robotic arm.
The next spacewalk is scheduled to take place Wednesday. Mastracchio and
Anderson will team up 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.
In other activities, crew members continued cargo transfers between
Endeavour and the station. Experts on the ground continued to analyze
imagery collected Sunday during the STS-118 crew’s focused inspection of
five areas of concern on the Endeavour’s heat shield.
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Aug. 13, 2007
> Katherine Trinidad
> Headquarters, Washington
> 202-358-3749
> katherine.trinidad(a)nasa.gov
>
> John Bluck
> Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
> 650-604-5026
> jbluck(a)mail.arc.nasa.gov
>
> Lynnette B. Madison
> Johnson Space Center, Houston
> 281-483-5111
> lmadison(a)ems.jsc.nasa.gov
>
>
> NEW NASA SOFTWARE MONITORS SPACE STATION GYROSCOPES
>
> HOUSTON - NASA has added a new computer program to help monitor the
> four gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station properly
> oriented without the use of rocket fuel. During a spacewalk on
> Monday, two astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour removed and
> replaced a gyroscope that failed in late 2006.
>
> Computer scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,
> Calif., designed the new software for the space station. The
> Inductive Monitoring System will be added to a group of existing
> tools to identify and track problems related to the gyroscopes.
>
> "If the system does something unexpected, the software alerts ground
> controllers that something is different, an anomaly, and that allows
> them to analyze the situation and take preventive measures as
> necessary," said David Iverson, the computer scientist at Ames who
> spearheaded the five year-effort to develop the software.
>
> During its development, researchers used the software to analyze
> several months of normal space station gyroscope data collected by
> the International Space Station Mission Control Center at NASA's
> Johnson Space Center, Houston. In these tests, problems with the
> gyroscopes were noticed long before the previous system flagged
> glitches. NASA started using the software earlier this year.
>
> The software program also has been used in F-18 fighter planes and by
> the space shuttle's leading edge impact detection system, as well as
> for electric power plant and water quality monitoring.
>
> For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/station
>
>
> -end-
>
>
>
>
>
>
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*Station, Shuttle Crews Working Together*
Image above: The International Space Station's robotic arm prepares to
hand off the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to shuttle Endeavour's
robotic arm. Image credit: NASA TV
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The Expedition 15 crew and the visiting STS-118 crew continue joint
operations aboard the International Space Station.
Since the seven STS-118 astronauts arrived on Aug. 10, the station has
grown in size and received a new attitude control gyroscope during two
spacewalks. The Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment was attached Saturday
during STS-118’s first spacewalk. The S5 will serve as a spacer segment
between the Starboard 4 and 6 (S6) segments. The S6 and its solar arrays
will be attached during a future shuttle mission.
During Monday’s spacewalk, a faulty control moment gyroscope (CMG) was
replaced. The station has four CMGs that control its orientation in
space. They are located in the Z1 truss. Two more spacewalks will take
place during STS-118’s stay at the station.
In other activities, the two crews have been transferring cargo between
Endeavour and the station. STS-118’s stay at the station is slated to
wrap up when Endeavour undocks Aug. 20.
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*Space Station Grows With Addition of Truss Segment*
ISS's robotic arm, Orbital Boom Sensor System and Endeavour's robotic
armmage above: The International Space Station's robotic arm prepares to
hand off the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to shuttle Endeavour's
robotic arm. Image credit: NASA TV
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Already the largest human-made object orbiting the Earth, the
International Space Station continued its on-orbit growth spurt with the
addition of the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment. The S5 was attached
Saturday during STS-118’s first spacewalk.
The S5 will serve as a spacer segment between the Starboard 4 and 6 (S6)
segments. The S6 and its solar arrays will be attached during a future
shuttle mission. The S5 is the newest piece of the station’s backbone,
called the Integrated Truss Structure, which will eventually span the
length of a football field and contain four sets of solar arrays.
Three more spacewalks will take place during STS-118’s stay at the
station. One of the tasks during the upcoming spacewalks is the
replacement of a faulty attitude control gyro. The two crews are also
transferring cargo between Space Shuttle Endeavour and the station.
Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Oleg
Kotov and Clay Anderson welcomed the seven-member STS-118 crew aboard
the station Friday at 4:04 p.m. EDT. The STS-118 crew arrived at the
station a couple of hours earlier when Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at
2:02 p.m.
STS-118’s stay at the station is slated to wrap up when Endeavour
undocks Aug. 20.
*Command and Control Computer Shuts Down, Backup Takes Over*
The main command and control computer in the International Space
Station’s Destiny Laboratory shut down about 3:52 p.m. EDT Saturday. The
primary backup computer immediately took control and assumed the backup
duties. There was no impact to the spacewalk being conducted by the
STS-118 crew. Flight controllers are working to resolve the issue.
