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EVA-2<\/p>\n
Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough were tasked with Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart relocation, in order to allow for the SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) to move to the end of the truss ahead of STS-119\u2019s delivery of the S6 truss segment and solar arrays \u2013 before the task of lubricating Canadarm2 Latching End Effector (LEE) A snare bearings.<\/p>\n
See Also<\/h4>\n\n- STS-126 LIVE UPDATES<\/li>\n
- L2 STS-126 MMT Level Coverage<\/li>\n
- Click here to Join L2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The duo then headed out to the starboard SARJ for the continuation of cleaning and lubrication efforts, and the changeout of several Trundle Bearing Assemblies (TBAs). This effort will continue over the last two EVAs of the mission (and future flights).<\/p>\n
\u201cEV3 starts with Cover 11 and 12\/TBA 12. Once cover 11 and 12 complete, works nadir with cover 13\/TBA 1 and cover 14. As time permits, works on single covers,\u201d outlined the SSP EVA FRR (Flight Readiness Review) presentation, though plans continued to be realigned via the sharing of the remaining grease guns \u2013 following the incident on EVA-1.<\/p>\n
\u201cEV1 removes covers 9 and 10, cleans and installs TBA 11. Next removes cover 5 and TBA 9. Then removes cover 4 works on DLA and TBA 8. Reinstall covers 4 and 5.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back inside the ISS, new Expedition 18 crew member Sandra Magnus has been busy hooking up the newly arrived Water Recycling System \u2013 with the goal of taking samples over the coming days. These samples will be returned to Earth via Endeavour for testing, before the system is used by ISS crewmembers in around 90 days time.<\/p>\n
Endeavour Status:<\/p>\n
Endeavour herself is happily docked to the ISS, with no major issues in work.<\/p>\n
No impacts have been detected on the orbiter\u2019s WLE IDS (Wing Leading Edge Impact Detection System) \u2013 mainly thanks to a new calibration plan that was set prior to launch.<\/p>\n
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The WLE sensors are located underneath the RCC panels on both of wings. They are used to detect impacts during ascent, allowing for areas of interest to be pinpointed ahead of Flight Day 2\u2019s inspections with the OBSS (Orbiter Boom Sensor System).<\/p>\n
The sensors are also used on orbit, allowing for an ability for the orbiter to \u2018feel\u2019 any MMOD strikes that are a potential threat to the panels during the mission.<\/p>\n
\u201cWing Leading Edge sensors had no new reportable triggers. The system is now shutdown until the late inspection,\u201d added the MMT.<\/p>\n
The WLE IDS has previously noted several \u201ctriggers\u201d \u2013 which have eventually been cleared from being an impact on the RCC panels, during nearly all of the flights this system has been implemented on since Return To Flight.<\/p>\n
The triggers have been put down to the sensitivity of the system, which can register \u2018ghost\u2019 triggers via the slightest thermal variations that effect the panels on orbit.<\/p>\n
Under investigation are issues with the OBSS Pan Tilt Unit (PTU) and the docking misalignment during Flight Day 3 (presentations on L2 for both investigations \u2013 articles will follow).<\/p>\n
\u201cDocking mechanism misalignment: Extended free drift softdock period, larger attitude excursion than normal,\u201d noted the current Mission Management Team (MMT) mission status presentation. \u201cSolar arrays and radiators were positioned per flight rules. Power on channel 1A dipped to 60.2 percent, recovered to 100 percent within two orbits.<\/p>\n
\u201cDocking ring misalignment delayed ring drive for 40 minutes. Suspect stuck damper. Minimal mission impact \u2013 longer ISS battery recovery time and slight delays to timeline. No issues expected for undocking.\u201d<\/p>\n
The only specific hardware issue on Endeavour relates to the primary heater on the OMS Crossfeed line. However, the system is working without issue on its secondary system.<\/p>\n
\u201cOMS Crossfeed Line \u2018A\u2019 Heater Failure. Line A heater considered failed. No mission impact with Line B heater operational,\u201d noted the MMT presentation. \u201cAdditional testing per MER request confirmed failure.<\/p>\n
\u201c(In the event of) loss of Line B heater, exposes the system to thermal control problems. Thermal assessment predicts the environment will be satisfactory (i.e. no freezing would occur and the temperatures would remain around 40-45 deg F).\u201d<\/p>\n
Endeavour is also due to provide a reboost for her host on Flight Day 8 \u2013 just past midday Eastern time) \u2013 via a 3 fps (feet per second) burn from her VERN jets. The evaluations into a potential conjunction with the Cosmos satellite, Object 2421, is still being tracked for Friday.<\/p>\n
L2 members<\/em><\/em>: All documentation \u2013 from which the above article has quoted snippets \u2013 is available in full in the related L2 sections, now over 4000 gbs in size.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS), Astronauts Shane Kimbrough (EV3) and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (EV1) have conducted the second of four EVAs during STS-126. As with EVA-1, the spacewalk concentrated on the starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint). ISS 10 years old: The ISS \u2013 is the largest spacecraft ever built \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[233,9219],"class_list":["post-41257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-iss","tag-sts-126"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The duo then headed out to the starboard SARJ for the continuation of cleaning and lubrication efforts, and the changeout of several Trundle Bearing Assemblies (TBAs). This effort will continue over the last two EVAs of the mission (and future flights).<\/p>\n
\u201cEV3 starts with Cover 11 and 12\/TBA 12. Once cover 11 and 12 complete, works nadir with cover 13\/TBA 1 and cover 14. As time permits, works on single covers,\u201d outlined the SSP EVA FRR (Flight Readiness Review) presentation, though plans continued to be realigned via the sharing of the remaining grease guns \u2013 following the incident on EVA-1.<\/p>\n
\u201cEV1 removes covers 9 and 10, cleans and installs TBA 11. Next removes cover 5 and TBA 9. Then removes cover 4 works on DLA and TBA 8. Reinstall covers 4 and 5.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back inside the ISS, new Expedition 18 crew member Sandra Magnus has been busy hooking up the newly arrived Water Recycling System \u2013 with the goal of taking samples over the coming days. These samples will be returned to Earth via Endeavour for testing, before the system is used by ISS crewmembers in around 90 days time.<\/p>\n
Endeavour Status:<\/p>\n
Endeavour herself is happily docked to the ISS, with no major issues in work.<\/p>\n
No impacts have been detected on the orbiter\u2019s WLE IDS (Wing Leading Edge Impact Detection System) \u2013 mainly thanks to a new calibration plan that was set prior to launch.<\/p>\n
The WLE sensors are located underneath the RCC panels on both of wings. They are used to detect impacts during ascent, allowing for areas of interest to be pinpointed ahead of Flight Day 2\u2019s inspections with the OBSS (Orbiter Boom Sensor System).<\/p>\n
The sensors are also used on orbit, allowing for an ability for the orbiter to \u2018feel\u2019 any MMOD strikes that are a potential threat to the panels during the mission.<\/p>\n
\u201cWing Leading Edge sensors had no new reportable triggers. The system is now shutdown until the late inspection,\u201d added the MMT.<\/p>\n
The WLE IDS has previously noted several \u201ctriggers\u201d \u2013 which have eventually been cleared from being an impact on the RCC panels, during nearly all of the flights this system has been implemented on since Return To Flight.<\/p>\n
The triggers have been put down to the sensitivity of the system, which can register \u2018ghost\u2019 triggers via the slightest thermal variations that effect the panels on orbit.<\/p>\n
Under investigation are issues with the OBSS Pan Tilt Unit (PTU) and the docking misalignment during Flight Day 3 (presentations on L2 for both investigations \u2013 articles will follow).<\/p>\n
\u201cDocking mechanism misalignment: Extended free drift softdock period, larger attitude excursion than normal,\u201d noted the current Mission Management Team (MMT) mission status presentation. \u201cSolar arrays and radiators were positioned per flight rules. Power on channel 1A dipped to 60.2 percent, recovered to 100 percent within two orbits.<\/p>\n
\u201cDocking ring misalignment delayed ring drive for 40 minutes. Suspect stuck damper. Minimal mission impact \u2013 longer ISS battery recovery time and slight delays to timeline. No issues expected for undocking.\u201d<\/p>\n
The only specific hardware issue on Endeavour relates to the primary heater on the OMS Crossfeed line. However, the system is working without issue on its secondary system.<\/p>\n
\u201cOMS Crossfeed Line \u2018A\u2019 Heater Failure. Line A heater considered failed. No mission impact with Line B heater operational,\u201d noted the MMT presentation. \u201cAdditional testing per MER request confirmed failure.<\/p>\n
\u201c(In the event of) loss of Line B heater, exposes the system to thermal control problems. Thermal assessment predicts the environment will be satisfactory (i.e. no freezing would occur and the temperatures would remain around 40-45 deg F).\u201d<\/p>\n
Endeavour is also due to provide a reboost for her host on Flight Day 8 \u2013 just past midday Eastern time) \u2013 via a 3 fps (feet per second) burn from her VERN jets. The evaluations into a potential conjunction with the Cosmos satellite, Object 2421, is still being tracked for Friday.<\/p>\n
L2 members<\/em><\/em>: All documentation \u2013 from which the above article has quoted snippets \u2013 is available in full in the related L2 sections, now over 4000 gbs in size.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS), Astronauts Shane Kimbrough (EV3) and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (EV1) have conducted the second of four EVAs during STS-126. As with EVA-1, the spacewalk concentrated on the starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint). ISS 10 years old: The ISS \u2013 is the largest spacecraft ever built \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[233,9219],"class_list":["post-41257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-iss","tag-sts-126"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}