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    Captain’s Log – Alarms

    The Waste and Hygiene Compartment

    Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 27 Jan 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 14:45 The smoke detectors have been setting off alarms. This happens routinely due to dust circulating in the modules, but every alarm is taken seriously. This is the third time that the alarm has sounded while …

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    Captain’s Log – Spacewalking

    NASA astronaut Scott Tingle prepares for his first spacewalk

    Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 23 January 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 22:00 We just finished a 20-hour work day. I spent nearly 11 hours in the spacesuit, and 7 hours and 24 minutes doing a spacewalk. The view was amazing. The changes from day to night, and …

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    Veteran Astronauts Conclude Spacewalk for Thermal Maintenance

    Astronaut Ricky Arnold

    Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA completed the fifth spacewalk of this year at 2:10 p.m. EDT, lasting 6 hours, 31 minutes. The two astronauts moved the Pump Flow Control Subassembly (PFCS) from a spare parts platform on the station’s truss to the Dextre robotic arm. The PFCS drives and …

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    Veteran Spacewalkers Begin Excursion for Station Maintenance

    astronauts Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel and Norishige Kanai

    Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA switched their spacesuits to battery power at 8:39 a.m. EDT, signifying the official start of today’s planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Watch the spacewalk live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Feustel is wearing the suit bearing the red stripes, and …

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    Live Spacewalk Coverage Begins Now on NASA TV

    NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold

    NASA Television has begun coverage of today’s spacewalk, as Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA work outside the International Space Station for approximately 6.5 hours. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m. EDT. The objective of today’s spacewalk will be to move a component called a Pump Flow …

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    What Does It Take To Prepare for a Spacewalk?

    Astronaut Drew Feustel

    The Expedition 55 crew on board the International Space Station has been working hard to prepare for Wednesday’s spacewalk, and they’ll still have a lot of difficult work ahead of them when Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel head outside the airlock. If you’ve ever wondered what makes spacewalks such a big deal, check …

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    Cygnus Checks and Final Preps Before Wednesday’s Spacewalk

    The Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic coasts of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil

    Two NASA astronauts are finalizing their preparations ahead of Wednesday morning’s spacewalk to swap thermal control gear outside the International Space Station. The Expedition 55 crew also worked on biomedical operations, radiation checks and Cygnus communications gear. Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel checked their tools and reviewed their procedures one last time today …

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    Captain’s Log – Week 3 on Station

    Flight Engineers Scott Tingle and Joe Acaba monitor the departure of the SpaceX Dragon

    Crew:  Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location:  Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 7 January 2018 Earth Time (GMT):  17:29 Week three. The time is flying by. The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is 80% loaded. This has been a big effort for the crew as well as our specialists on the ground. Tracking a large …

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    Busy Astronauts Ramp Up for Spacewalk and Cygnus Cargo Mission

    Four Expedition 55 Astronauts

    Veteran astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will embark on the 210th spacewalk Wednesday at the International Space Station to swap out thermal control gear. The experienced spacewalkers have a combined 10 spacewalks between them with Feustel having conducted seven and Arnold with a total of three. Flight Engineer Scott Tingle assisted the duo today …

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    Captain’s Log – First Days on the Station

    NASA astronaut Scott Tingle captures the view of a sunrise from the International Space Station.

    Crew:  Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location:  Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 25 December 2017 Earth Time (GMT):  21:00 At 22:00, after initial “safing” and unpacking of Soyuz, we finally retired to our quarters. It was very hard to sleep, and I think the busy days leading us to the International Space Station (ISS) …

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