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Yurchikhin was wearing a Russian Orlan suit bearing red stripes, while Misurkin donned a suit with blue stripes. Misurkin\u2019s suit was also equipped with an American helmet camera to provide close up views of the work he will be performing outside the station.<\/p>\n
The two cosmonauts exited the Pirs airlock at 10:36 am Eastern, tasked with continuing to route power and Ethernet cables for the future arrival of the Multipurpose Laboratory Module.<\/p>\n
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This new module will be launched aboard a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a vehicle that is set to return to flight next month following its spectacular failure in July.<\/p>\nRocket launch schedules
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The launch \u2013 with three GLONASS-M satellites \u2013 veered off course shortly after lift-off, with the wreckage crashing back to Earth just a short distance from launch pad.<\/p>\n
Investigators examined the remains of the rocket for a root cause and found the angular velocity sensors were installed upside down, with corrective action allowing a swift return of the Russian workhorse that will eventually loft the MLM to the ISS.<\/p>\n
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The first task of the spacewalkers once they had exited the Pirs docking compartment was to deploy the Strela boom which is a portable, telescoping crane that can move gear and a spacewalker outside the station.<\/p>\nThey used Strela to install connector panels and gap spanners outside the Zarya and Poisk modules.<\/p>\n
Yurchikhin and Misurkin also installed the Vinoslivost experiment panel on Poisk which exposes different materials to the space environment.<\/p>\n
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They then routed power and Ethernet cables outside Zarya and Poisk before stowing the Strela boom.<\/p>\nAlthough the EVA was expected to last six and a half hours, the duo saw their work on the outside of the Station extended past the seven hour 16 minute mark, beating the previous record duration EVA that took place in 1990 on the Mir space station, required to repair insulation blankets that were flapping loose on the Soyuz TM-9 reentry vehicle.<\/p>\n
EVA-34 closed out on the seven hour, 29 minute mark, to set the new Russian record.<\/p>\n
The world record was registered during STS-102 in March of 2001, when Jim Voss and Susan Helms conducted an eight hour 56 minute spacewalk \u2013 although a large part of the EVA was registered from inside Discovery\u2019s airlock.<\/p>\n
EVA-23 Investigation:<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, NASA\u2019s Anomaly Resolution Team (ART) are continuing to investigate the cause of the water leak in Luca Parmitano\u2019s suit that terminated EVA-23 on July 16.<\/p>\n
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The ART have so far met seven times, with with the reviews of previous troubleshooting results and on-orbit data indicating that the most likely cause of the vent loop water leak relates to a blocked or clogged Water Separator Pilot Tube, a blocked condensate water relief valve, or a blocked condensate water line filter.<\/p>\nSpecifically, engineers have determined that the EMU 3011 water separator loop is allowing excessive amounts of water to enter the ventilation loop.<\/p>\n
\u201cA leading theory of a clogged water separator loop in EMU 3011 has been postulated by the technical community that could explain how water was introduced into the vent loop once in EVA,\u201d noted expansive rolling updates on the dedicated investigation section in L2.<\/p>\n
While the investigation continues, the EVA Project Office verbally presented an overview of the \u201cRoad To\u201d Plan to be able to conduct a contingency EVA via the two remaining EMUs on the Station.<\/p>\n
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During recent testing, the crew performed tests of Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs) 3005 and 3010 to check the status of the condensate water transport loops and assess for leakage into the vent loop.<\/p>\n\u201cDuring the test setup, the crew was unable to successfully connect the Station Support Computer (SSC) to either EMU to collect high rate data,\u201d added notes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter discussions on the ground, the crew pressed with the test with the nominal telemetry data. Additional onboard troubleshooting was unsuccessful, and ground teams are attempting to recreate the issue in the lab. The high rate data will likely be needed for follow on troubleshooting for EMU 3011.\u201d<\/p>\n
Should the ISS require a contingency EVA, an immediate risk discussion will be held with ISS senior management to discuss the residual risk.<\/p>\n
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Investigation notes also added that some EMU elements \u2013 namely ground-built Helmet Absorption Pads (HAPs) \u2013 will ride uphill on an upcoming Soyuz and on Orbital\u2019s Cygnus vehicle during its debut trip to the ISS during the ORB-D mission.<\/p>\nSpaceX\u2019s next Dragon mission to the ISS \u2013 CRS-3 (SpX-3) \u2013 is also set to include a rack that will allow for EMU hardware to be launched to the ISS, with the faulty EMU 3011 then heading back to Earth.<\/p>\n
Only the Dragon is capable of returning the EMU from the ISS.<\/p>\n
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