NASA Previews Space Station Spacewalks
08.03.10
NASA managers discussed updated plans for two International Space Station spacewalks during a news briefing 4 p.m. Eastern on Monday, Aug. 2. Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson
are scheduled to perform two spacewalks. The two NASA astronauts will
replace an ammonia coolant pump that failed July 31. The problem
caused a significant power down and required adjustments to provide
the maximum redundancy possible for station systems. The systems
are stable, and the six crew members aboard are not in any danger.
Thursday's spacewalk will be dedicated to the pump module replacement.
Another spacewalk will be scheduled a few days later to complete the repairs. Spacewalk coverage begins 5 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5.
TRT: 00:31
Michael Suffredini, manager, International Space Station Program
Center Contact: Kelly Humphries, 281-483-5111
HQ Contact: John Yembrick, 202-358-1100
For more info: www.nasa.gov/station
Michael Suffredini, manager, International Space Station Program
Cut 1 00:09 – “Saturday afternoon later in the afternoon central time, we lost one of our external active thermal control cooling loop pumps.”
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Michael Suffredini, manager, International Space Station Program
Cut 1 00:22 – “As a result of that anomaly the ops team did a fabulous job of reconfiguring the vehicle, shedding loads off of that thermal system, and either powering off systems or transferring the load to the other power stings that were cooled by the B pump on the port side of the system.”
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