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*Crew to Perform Focused Inspection Today*
Clay Anderson and Charlie HobaughImage above: Pilot Charlie Hobaugh (foreground) and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson prepare to operate the International Space Station's robotic arm. Image: NASA TV
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Space Shuttle Endeavour crew members will take a close look at areas of apparent damage to the orbiter’s thermal protection system in a focused inspection today.
The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 will unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) and hand it off to the shuttle’s robotic arm a little after 9:45 a.m. EDT. The OBSS is an extension of the shuttle’s arm and has sophisticated electronic and visual sensors at its end.
Commander Scott Kelly and Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan will do most of the focused inspection, with Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and station Flight Engineer Clay Anderson at the controls of the station arm. Other crew members will work to transfer equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft.
On Saturday, Mission Specialists 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.
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