Extravehicular Activity (EVA) 30: Wilmore and Virts egressed the airlock at 5:51am CST. During the 6 hour, 43 minute EVA they accomplished the following objectives: Removed Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA)-2 Cover Completed routing of cables associated with International Docking Adapter (IDA)-1 Lubricated Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Latching End Effector (LEE) A (Ball screws …
Virts Reports Small Amount of Water in Helmet
NASA astronaut and spacewalker Terry Virts reported seeing a small amount of water floating free in his helmet during airlock repressurization at the conclusion of Wednesday’s spacewalk. There was no report of water during the spacewalk itself, and the crew was never in any danger. After removing the helmet, Expedition 42 crew member Samantha Cristoforetti …
Virts, Wilmore Finish Second Spacewalk
NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts ended their spacewalk at 1:34 p.m. EST with the repressurization of the Quest airlock. Wilmore and Virts completed all the scheduled tasks for today. They completed rigging a series of power cables on Pressurized Mating Adapter-2, lubricated the Latching End Effecter of the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, …
Wilmore and Virts Begin Their Second Spacewalk
NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts switched their spacesuits to battery power at 6:51 a.m. EST, signifying the start of today’s planned 6-hour, 30-minute spacewalk. Wilmore is wearing a spacesuit with red stripes and is designated EV1. His helmet camera displays the number 18. Virts is wearing a spacesuit with no stripes and is …
Watch Second Expedition 42 Spacewalk on NASA TV
NASA Television will provide live coverage of today’s U.S. spacewalk conducted from the International Space Station beginning at 6 a.m. EST. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 7:10 a.m. and run about 6-1/2 hours. Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts will venture outside the orbital complex for the second of …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/24/15
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #30 Preparation: The USOS crew members made final preparations for the tomorrow’s EVA. Today, they reviewed the detailed EVA timeline and translation paths, completed an EVA tool audit, and configured the equipment lock. Tomorrow’s EVA will complete the IDA-1 cable installation and accomplish Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Latching End Effector …
Spacewalkers Reviewing Wednesday’s Spacewalk
A pair of spacewalkers are conducting final reviews as they get ready for Wednesday morning’s spacewalk scheduled to start at 7:10 a.m. EST. They will be assisted by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti who will be the spacewalk choreographer and robotic arm operator. NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts will go outside for more cable …
February Puzzler
Every month on Earth Matters, we offer a puzzling satellite image. The February 2015 puzzler is above. Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us what part of the world we are looking at, when the image was acquired, what the image shows, and why the scene is interesting. How to answer. Your answer can be a few […]
Fireball over Jacksonville, Florida on Feb. 21
A fireball west of Jacksonville, FL on Saturday, Feb. 21st at 22:59:45 PM EST was detected by two all sky cameras, located in Melbourne, belonging to the Sky Sentinel Network. The American Meteor Society has a write-up on this fireball at http://www.amsmeteors.org/2015/02/florida-fireball-with-boom/. There were over a hundred eyewitness reports, and the trajectory determined from these …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/23/15
Drain Brain: Cristoforetti set up the Human Research Facility (HRF) Pulmonary Function System (PFS) and initiated hardware warm-up in support of Drain Brain Plethysmography measurement. The crew verified the Ultrasound 2 and Video Power Converter configuration, set up a video camera and performed an ultrasound scan with guidance from the Drain Brain ground team. On …