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well good day and welcome back to the

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johnson space center for today's mission

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status briefing on atlantis flight to

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the international space station

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two spacecraft joined as one in orbit

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today and with us to discuss all of the

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day's activities is the sts-132 lead

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space shuttle flight director mike

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serafin mike

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well good afternoon and uh thank you for

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tuning in to flight day three of the of

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the flight of the space shuttle atlantis

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to the international space station

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during the sts-132 mission

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today has been a highly successful day

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the crew of atlantis is now at the

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international space station we have a

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total of 12 crew members working

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together in an international effort to

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install the rossvet module

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two days from now on flight day five as

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well as to perform three spacewalks

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earlier today

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commander ken ham and his crew of six

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veteran astronauts

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started their day uh

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roughly 40 nautical miles from the

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international space station and

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performed a series of rendezvous burns

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to approach the international space

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station we've got some video footage of

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that

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including the docking and hatch opening

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that i'd like to show you

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the first piece of that footage

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is a bright star on the horizon that is

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atlantis viewed from the international

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space station and the plume that you can

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40 miles away during a two-engine burn

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to raise the altitude

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here you can see atlantis approaching

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the international space station as it

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flies over the andes mountains

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during the approach we performed the

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backflip maneuver where we took roughly

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400 digital stills

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from the international space station of

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atlantis and its heat shield

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here you can see a view of the

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international space station in its

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docking configuration and then the final

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approach of atlantis

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the docking occurred at 928 central over

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the south pacific

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shortly after the docking the crew

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jumped into a series of procedures to

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structurally mate the two vehicles they

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closed the hooks and then performed a

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series of leak checks to ensure that

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there were no leaks into the vacuum of

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space

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shortly after those procedures were

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performed they opened the hatches at

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around 11 18 central today the two crews

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joined as one and were happy and greeted

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each other all the crew members on board

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the on both atlantis as well as the

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international space station are doing

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and are busily getting into their

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activities today

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later today shortly after this press

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conference the

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crew of atlantis and the international

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space station specifically pierce

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sellers and tracy caldwell dyson will

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use the space station's robotic arm to

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pull the cargo carrier out of the

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shuttle's payload bay and install that

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space station that will set us up for

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the first of our three planned

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during that spacewalk they'll take the

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spare communications antenna tomorrow

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off of the

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that to its permanent and final location

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on board the international space station

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they'll also take the

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enhanced oru temporary platform which is

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a a platform that keeps spare

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during robotic activities to remove and

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replace them they'll install that on the

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space station as well

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later this evening they'll transfer

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their suits over to the international

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steve bowen and garrett riesman will set

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up in a camp out to purge nitrogen out

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of their bloodstream in a reduced

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they'll stay there overnight and then in

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the morning they'll wake up and perform

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their first spacewalk they'll also be a

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lot of robotic activity to support that

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spacewalk by transferring parts to and

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from the international space station we

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expect some spectacular footage as

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garrett rides the international space

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station's arm

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above the international space station

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and looks down on atlantis

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we had a number of events that uh have

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occurred over the last day that i'd like

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to talk about and update you on uh there

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was a debris avoidance maneuver that the

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international space station was

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potentially going to perform

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late last evening the space station team

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along with our counterparts in us

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stratcom

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determined that the debris avoidance

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maneuver was not

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necessary and we did not have to lower

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the altitude of the international space

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station and as a result during the

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docking in the approach today we did not

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have to modify the planned trajectory of

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outstanding job flying to the

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methods to gather the

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heat shield information and imagery that

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planned inspection of atlantis heat

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boom and the ability to gimble the

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sensors on the end of the boom

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a backup method of of inspection and we

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imagery during that inspection

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specifically the areas along the the

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side of the nose called the chime where

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the the wing merges out of the nose of

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atlantis and then on the top side of the

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we're looking at options to go off and

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gather that imagery during the

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the pitch maneuver earlier today we

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augmented the two planned crew members

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dyson and she did an outstanding job of

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gathering uh images of the top side of

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the reinforced carbon carbon using a

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digital still camera with an 800

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millimeter lens all of the images again

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the ground and currently being assessed

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we expect those folks to meet later this

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evening to decide whether we need to go

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off and gather additional imagery to

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clear atlantis heat shield or if we have

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everything that we need

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we're looking at uh backup methods to

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event that some of those activities do

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require uh arm support from the uh

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from the shuttle and the team is off

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building the the procedures and if

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necessary we can send those to the crew

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of atlantis and have those

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executed no earlier than flight day five

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the activities that we have ahead of us

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well as the installation of the rossvat

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module are going to be performed as

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planned so any changes to the

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mission timeline or the mission plan

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miniature research module is installed

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systems anomalies with atlantis today

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there was a a pressure regulator on the

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maneuvering engine that is used to raise

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regulator than we normally see so we

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swapped to a backup regulator and the

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controlling to a slightly lower set

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point or if it's completely failed off

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uh the folks are off looking at it we

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bill harwood cbs i'm mike unclear about

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what didn't get done on the port wing um

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what else do they need to do and and why

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method the backup method that we used to

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orientation with the boom because of the

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fixed sensor to gather all the port wing

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the robotic arm and the way that all the

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joints move together

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of the reinforced carbon carbon on the

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port wing tracy did a great job of

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gathering that imagery and right now we

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may have everything that we need the

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imagery team is off looking at that and

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the next day or so and if so we'll go

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and on docking and and the torva and

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final approach how did ham do on

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prop management and all that sort of

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we knew that we had an an excess of uh

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propellant on this mission uh just due

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in the in the entire mission uh but uh

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it was a veteran performance uh by a

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veteran crew today and uh we saw

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absolutely no uh no issues with the with

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okay no other questions here in houston

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for the moment let's go to the phone

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thank you very much uh tarek mark with

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uh space.com and mike you know i just

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had a uh i guess a follow-up question to

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bill's there just about the um

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uh the fly out there just how um how

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tricky that was for ken and then i just

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had a follow-up question

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during the uh flyout and the final

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approach today uh

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we fly down a very narrow corridor and

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it keeps getting narrower and narrower

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the closer you get to the international

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space station it's roughly a degree and

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a half uh ham and his crew flew right

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down the center of the corridor it was a

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great approach

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they did have to stop it roughly 30 feet

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from the international space station to

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verify that the shuttle's docking system

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was aligned with the international space

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station's docking system and they did

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see a little bit of misalignment there's

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a

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mention the

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images that tracy uh snapped from the

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space station during the the fifteenth

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i'm just kind of curious um if the hope

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is now that that will um

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uh maybe still allow uh a clearing of

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the the heat shield for launch debris

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why i guess the standard flight day six

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now or are you uh expecting maybe to get

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that uh that

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sign off on a day or two later thank you

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yeah it's a little bit too early to tell

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whether or not the images tracy took

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will be able to clear the reinforced

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carbon carbon

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for the areas that we missed yesterday

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the reason is is that the reinforced

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carbon is the hottest surface on the

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vehicle the nose and the wing leading

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edge or the hottest surface and the area

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that we're talking about is on the top

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side of the wing that doesn't see as

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much heat as the lower surface or what

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we call the apex the the real

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curved front edge of the wing

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but there's a real tight tolerance on

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any damage that we can allow on the

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reinforced carbon there and the team

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will just need to look at the quality of

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the images from the distance that we

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took

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the images from and see if they can meet

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the resolution requirement the hope was

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that they could meet the requirement and

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we went ahead and had a crew member

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added with the highest powered camera

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that we had which is a a 400 millimeter

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lens with a doubler on it and

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that

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images

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i'm not an imagery analyst i couldn't

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tell you for sure if it would meet the

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resolution

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required to clear the vehicle but

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we'll just need to give those folks a

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okay next is marcia dunn marcia yes hi

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um mike i wanted to clarify a couple

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things you said um that was sort of in

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contrast to the real-time commentary um

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you mentioned a 16 kilometer missed

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distance for the debris um the

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commentator at the time said nine

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kilometers and i'm just flying to

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clarify because 16 kilometers comes out

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to about nine miles i

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and he also said that there were four

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space station astronauts taking zoom

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pictures

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um tj cramer i think was creamer was one

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of them too

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do you know was it just the three or

374
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were there four space station people

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taking pictures

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there were three crew members that took

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images one uh took images uh kind of

378
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some big picture images with a 400

379
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millimeter lens uh one took zoomed in

380
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images with an 800 millimeter lens and

381
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then another one took images of just the

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top side of the reinforced carbon

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we we know that for a fact

384
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there were three imagery cards that were

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inserted in the laptops and then we

386
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downlinked all those and

387
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again it was three crew members

388
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i can understand where there was some

389
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confusion on the missed distance

390
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associated with the the piece of space

391
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debris that we had

392
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when we were tracking this object over

393
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the last couple of days

394
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our criteria to take action to maneuver

395
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out of the way of this thing was 10

396
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kilometers that's that's our flight rule

397
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constraint if you think you're going to

398
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be within 10 kilometers of a piece of

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debris you will move out of the way of

400
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for quite a while this thing was right

401
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on the threshold it was 12 kilometers

402
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and was nine kilometers depending on

403
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which

404
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uh source was measuring it uh there's a

405
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little bit of air associated with that

406
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and it was kind of right on the

407
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threshold of of 10 kilometers the

408
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closest that we saw it was at 9.

409
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the closer we get in to the actual

410
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what we call time of closest approach

411
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the tca

412
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you get better

413
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data and the data that we got was

414
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showing that our missed distance was 16

415
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kilometers and that's why the debris

416
00:16:02,550 --> 00:16:00,160
avoidance maneuver was canceled

417
00:16:05,350 --> 00:16:02,560
yesterday and then we confirmed that

418
00:16:07,430 --> 00:16:05,360
later today when the the actual time of

419
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closest approach occurred about an hour

420
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after docking that it was indeed roughly

421
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16 kilometers away from atlanta sandy

422
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international space station

423
00:16:18,389 --> 00:16:16,000
thank you and do you have any more idea

424
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of what that piece was

425
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:20,959
no it is still an unidentified object

426
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from an unknown source and

427
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at this point it's really irrelevant

428
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it's it's something that's uh

429
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part of a inconsequential history uh

430
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associated with this mission

431
00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:34,320
question for me

432
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when do you expect to decide whether

433
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the space walkers will tackle that snack

434
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cable

435
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and when do you think they'll do it and

436
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what will they need to do

437
00:16:52,870 --> 00:16:50,720
we've got a couple of our space walk

438
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specialists and engineers out at the

439
00:16:59,269 --> 00:16:56,320
kennedy space center as we as we speak

440
00:17:01,509 --> 00:16:59,279
assessing what options we have to go

441
00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:01,519
manipulate this cable on the pan tilt

442
00:17:04,789 --> 00:17:03,199
unit on the end of the

443
00:17:08,630 --> 00:17:04,799
shuttle's boom

444
00:17:10,549 --> 00:17:08,640
they're trying to match the the exact uh

445
00:17:12,230 --> 00:17:10,559
cable configuration that we have on

446
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orbit with some hardware that we have on

447
00:17:16,309 --> 00:17:13,600
the ground that's planned to fly on a

448
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future mission and then figure out what

449
00:17:20,710 --> 00:17:18,559
ways we can either just wire tie this

450
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saying or use some velcro to move the

451
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cable to a position that won't cause it

452
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to interfere interfere with full motion

453
00:17:29,510 --> 00:17:27,839
of the pan tilt unit

454
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we expect to make that decision over the

455
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next couple of days we're not going to

456
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modify anything associated with our

457
00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:35,280
first spacewalk tomorrow

458
00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:38,000
so the earliest that we would ask the

459
00:17:41,909 --> 00:17:39,760
the crew of atlantis to do anything

460
00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:41,919
different associated with this pan tilt

461
00:17:46,230 --> 00:17:43,760
unit would be our second spacewalk on

462
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flight day six

463
00:17:51,190 --> 00:17:48,799
we're still debating if this task gets

464
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added as to whether it would be

465
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eba2 on flight day six or eva three on

466
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flight day eight

467
00:18:00,070 --> 00:17:57,679
all of our spacewalks are full on this

468
00:18:02,630 --> 00:18:00,080
mission where we've got full content and

469
00:18:04,150 --> 00:18:02,640
until we either get ahead uh with the

470
00:18:06,470 --> 00:18:04,160
the mission content that we've got out

471
00:18:07,990 --> 00:18:06,480
there or we trade it off against other

472
00:18:09,350 --> 00:18:08,000
mission objectives

473
00:18:10,950 --> 00:18:09,360
we're just

474
00:18:12,950 --> 00:18:10,960
hard-pressed to find a home for this

475
00:18:14,630 --> 00:18:12,960
task if it is a priority and we know

476
00:18:16,950 --> 00:18:14,640
that there's damage on the heat shield

477
00:18:19,590 --> 00:18:16,960
of atlantis we will indeed go off and

478
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and get our best sensor and our best

479
00:18:23,270 --> 00:18:21,120
asset available

480
00:18:25,830 --> 00:18:23,280
the the uh the boom sensor and the pan

481
00:18:27,990 --> 00:18:25,840
tilt unit but right now we're still

482
00:18:30,870 --> 00:18:28,000
trying to determine what if any actions

483
00:18:33,830 --> 00:18:30,880
required to get our

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to get all the heat shield cleared

485
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and just to follow quickly and this

486
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would be my last question so for late

487
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inspection if you had to you could use

488
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the

489
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backup b method that you used yesterday

490
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would that suffice

491
00:18:50,789 --> 00:18:48,480
yes it would and again it doesn't cover

492
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all of the uh the heat shield it it

493
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covers the vast majority of the of the

494
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hottest parts the reinforced carbon that

495
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we inspect for what we call the late

496
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inspection which is to manage or

497
00:19:02,950 --> 00:19:01,120
mitigate

498
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:02,960
orbital debris in the orbital debris

499
00:19:07,190 --> 00:19:04,720
environment the

500
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the digital camera that we used

501
00:19:12,549 --> 00:19:09,760
yesterday provides very high resolution

502
00:19:14,710 --> 00:19:12,559
imagery it's it the imagery resolution

503
00:19:16,870 --> 00:19:14,720
provided is greater than what we need to

504
00:19:19,909 --> 00:19:16,880
inspect for orbital debris

505
00:19:21,909 --> 00:19:19,919
it's just not as an efficient uh method

506
00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:21,919
of gathering that information to clear

507
00:19:26,630 --> 00:19:23,840
the heat shield because again you need

508
00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:26,640
to wait for lighting in in in this case

509
00:19:29,510 --> 00:19:28,240
it's just during sunlight because we

510
00:19:31,909 --> 00:19:29,520
don't have the

511
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laser dynamic ranging image or the ldri

512
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providing an illumination source that

513
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particular illumination source sits on

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the pan tilt unit and we weren't able to

515
00:19:43,430 --> 00:19:40,880
position it to provide lighting for the

516
00:19:45,909 --> 00:19:43,440
digital camera so it's just a less

517
00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:45,919
efficient way to gather the majority of

518
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the

519
00:20:01,350 --> 00:19:58,559
bridge

520
00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:01,360
uh thanks i have one question on the

521
00:20:06,310 --> 00:20:04,480
debris piece i just wonder if if you're

522
00:20:07,830 --> 00:20:06,320
done with that so to speak for the rest

523
00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:07,840
of the mission or do you have to

524
00:20:11,909 --> 00:20:10,000
continue to watch

525
00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:11,919
the object to see if it's going to come

526
00:20:16,789 --> 00:20:14,880
close to the station in the shuttle

527
00:20:19,190 --> 00:20:16,799
uh we went off and asked those questions

528
00:20:21,830 --> 00:20:19,200
a couple of days ago mark and

529
00:20:24,549 --> 00:20:21,840
right now the object uh doesn't plan to

530
00:20:26,149 --> 00:20:24,559
come near the uh shuttle atlantis or the

531
00:20:29,029 --> 00:20:26,159
station during the time frame that we're

532
00:20:31,270 --> 00:20:29,039
flying this mission uh the orbit is is

533
00:20:33,830 --> 00:20:31,280
highly elliptical and uh

534
00:20:36,149 --> 00:20:33,840
the uh just the two trajectories aren't

535
00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:36,159
going to cross each other for some time

536
00:20:40,230 --> 00:20:37,840
and we're no longer concerned with this

537
00:20:42,310 --> 00:20:40,240
particular object we have a constant

538
00:20:43,990 --> 00:20:42,320
screening process in place to monitor

539
00:20:46,470 --> 00:20:44,000
for uh space debris whether it's

540
00:20:48,549 --> 00:20:46,480
man-made or natural and we'll just

541
00:20:51,830 --> 00:20:48,559
continue to use that process the process

542
00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:51,840
works very well and if if that object or

543
00:20:54,950 --> 00:20:53,200
any other object were to come near

544
00:20:57,190 --> 00:20:54,960
either atlantis or station or both

545
00:20:58,950 --> 00:20:57,200
vehicles while they're docked uh we'll

546
00:21:01,430 --> 00:20:58,960
we'll use the process and and

547
00:21:06,149 --> 00:21:01,440
potentially maneuver the ships out of

548
00:21:06,159 --> 00:21:10,789
okay next up is todd halverson

549
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thanks

550
00:21:17,350 --> 00:21:14,000
todd iverson of

551
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today and um i was wondering about the

552
00:21:23,669 --> 00:21:21,039
helium uh regulator uh problem is that

553
00:21:27,029 --> 00:21:23,679
in any way uh

554
00:21:29,669 --> 00:21:27,039
similar uh to the helium

555
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:29,679
pressurization problem that cropped up

556
00:21:33,990 --> 00:21:31,840
uh pre-launched during

557
00:21:37,270 --> 00:21:34,000
uh recent flow i think i think it even

558
00:21:43,990 --> 00:21:41,070
we did have uh helium reg problems on

559
00:21:45,909 --> 00:21:44,000
sts-131 leading up to it we had to do

560
00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:45,919
some additional work to provide the

561
00:21:50,230 --> 00:21:47,840
flight rationale

562
00:21:51,830 --> 00:21:50,240
that was on the the reaction control

563
00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:51,840
system uh

564
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thruster

565
00:21:56,870 --> 00:21:54,960
tanks this was on the orbital

566
00:21:58,470 --> 00:21:56,880
maneuvering system tanks the problem

567
00:22:00,870 --> 00:21:58,480
that we saw today

568
00:22:03,590 --> 00:22:00,880
they're unrelated what we believe we saw

569
00:22:05,430 --> 00:22:03,600
today was just the uh the tank pressure

570
00:22:07,669 --> 00:22:05,440
was a little bit lower than we normally

571
00:22:10,149 --> 00:22:07,679
see and when we open the isolation valve

572
00:22:12,149 --> 00:22:10,159
the the regulator just kind of

573
00:22:14,870 --> 00:22:12,159
let loose a little bit longer than we

574
00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:14,880
normally uh see it and caused a little

575
00:22:19,909 --> 00:22:16,960
bit higher pressure spike than

576
00:22:22,470 --> 00:22:19,919
than what we would normally expect from

577
00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:22,480
uh this particular regulator there's a

578
00:22:26,310 --> 00:22:24,559
primary and a secondary regulator they

579
00:22:28,710 --> 00:22:26,320
control the slightly different pressures

580
00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:28,720
and when the the primary regulator if

581
00:22:33,029 --> 00:22:30,480
it's working will control to a slightly

582
00:22:36,549 --> 00:22:33,039
lower pressure and what we saw was

583
00:22:39,350 --> 00:22:36,559
roughly 10 psi higher than what we would

584
00:22:41,830 --> 00:22:39,360
expect and it could have either been

585
00:22:43,909 --> 00:22:41,840
a reg that kind of just

586
00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:43,919
creep creeped on us a little bit or it

587
00:22:48,630 --> 00:22:46,240
could have been the secondary regular

588
00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:48,640
controlling only and and the primary

589
00:22:53,029 --> 00:22:51,280
regulator wasn't in the path in the path

590
00:22:55,430 --> 00:22:53,039
of controlling the pressure of this

591
00:22:57,590 --> 00:22:55,440
particular system

592
00:22:59,990 --> 00:22:57,600
we've got a little bit of data from

593
00:23:02,149 --> 00:23:00,000
previous flights in in previous missions

594
00:23:04,710 --> 00:23:02,159
where we've seen performance similar to

595
00:23:06,789 --> 00:23:04,720
this and folks are off comparing that

596
00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:06,799
again it's it's not of any consequence

597
00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:09,440
to this mission folks uh are comfortable

598
00:23:15,270 --> 00:23:12,880
using that system um which now we've got

599
00:23:17,669 --> 00:23:15,280
is is the backup system or the system

600
00:23:21,029 --> 00:23:17,679
that we've got for any future uses of

601
00:23:22,870 --> 00:23:21,039
this engine to raise or lower atlantis

602
00:23:26,070 --> 00:23:22,880
orbit

603
00:23:27,750 --> 00:23:26,080
thanks very much and in regards to uh

604
00:23:30,390 --> 00:23:27,760
dva number one

605
00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:30,400
i'm wondering if you could uh give us an

606
00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:31,520
idea of

607
00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:33,840
relative degree of difficulty of this

608
00:23:37,510 --> 00:23:35,200
particular

609
00:23:40,310 --> 00:23:37,520
walk-in and what you believe the biggest

610
00:23:42,230 --> 00:23:40,320
challenges uh might be

611
00:23:44,549 --> 00:23:42,240
uh the biggest challenge is simply just

612
00:23:46,870 --> 00:23:44,559
going to be time uh if we can get all

613
00:23:49,510 --> 00:23:46,880
the planned tasks done within the time

614
00:23:52,630 --> 00:23:49,520
allotted uh you know we've got six and a

615
00:23:54,470 --> 00:23:52,640
half hours of uh time set aside for for

616
00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:54,480
both of our spacewalkers steve bone and

617
00:23:59,269 --> 00:23:56,880
garrett riesman uh while they're outside

618
00:24:01,110 --> 00:23:59,279
performing our first spacewalk the tasks

619
00:24:02,470 --> 00:24:01,120
that we're performing on this mission uh

620
00:24:03,990 --> 00:24:02,480
this will be the first time that we've

621
00:24:05,909 --> 00:24:04,000
done those types of tasks so there's a

622
00:24:07,590 --> 00:24:05,919
little bit greater uncertainty as to how

623
00:24:09,909 --> 00:24:07,600
long they're actually going to take

624
00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:09,919
we've trained these tasks a bunch of

625
00:24:15,029 --> 00:24:12,080
times in the neutral buoyancy lab here

626
00:24:17,830 --> 00:24:15,039
in houston and we have a lot of good

627
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:17,840
information about choreography and the

628
00:24:20,549 --> 00:24:19,360
most efficient way to perform these

629
00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:20,559
tasks

630
00:24:24,070 --> 00:24:22,240
it's just a little bit uncertain as to

631
00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:24,080
once we finally get on orbit you're

632
00:24:27,909 --> 00:24:25,760
outside for the first spacewalk and

633
00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:27,919
you're dealing with the real hardware

634
00:24:31,269 --> 00:24:30,080
how long it's going to take up until

635
00:24:33,110 --> 00:24:31,279
this point

636
00:24:34,950 --> 00:24:33,120
we've just been using training models on

637
00:24:37,269 --> 00:24:34,960
the ground and actually seen the real

638
00:24:39,350 --> 00:24:37,279
hardware at the kennedy space center

639
00:24:40,710 --> 00:24:39,360
but when you finally put hands on the

640
00:24:42,310 --> 00:24:40,720
real hardware

641
00:24:45,430 --> 00:24:42,320
on the real day

642
00:24:46,630 --> 00:24:45,440
for a task that you've not performed

643
00:24:47,830 --> 00:24:46,640
there's just a little bit greater

644
00:24:50,390 --> 00:24:47,840
uncertainty

645
00:24:52,230 --> 00:24:50,400
so it's just again a matter of time the

646
00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:52,240
the batteries that we plan to remove and

647
00:24:57,190 --> 00:24:54,640
replace we've done that before

648
00:24:59,750 --> 00:24:57,200
specifically on the sts-127 mission we

649
00:25:01,190 --> 00:24:59,760
replaced the six batteries

650
00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:01,200
if you recall we had a little bit of

651
00:25:05,110 --> 00:25:02,960
difficulty uh getting the batteries

652
00:25:07,190 --> 00:25:05,120
removed and replaced and time was an

653
00:25:09,350 --> 00:25:07,200
element but we've learned from that and

654
00:25:10,789 --> 00:25:09,360
we can use that as leverage to make our

655
00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:10,799
second and third space walk a little

656
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:13,360
more efficient this first one we're

657
00:25:17,990 --> 00:25:16,400
doing two uh first time tasks and

658
00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:18,000
there's just again a little bit more

659
00:25:22,549 --> 00:25:19,919
uncertainty

660
00:25:26,230 --> 00:25:22,559
um you mentioned earlier that uh you

661
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:26,240
expected some spectacular views uh from

662
00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:30,080
garrett reisman's uh trip uh tomorrow on

663
00:25:34,390 --> 00:25:31,840
the robot arm i'm wondering if you can

664
00:25:36,870 --> 00:25:34,400
kind of paint a word picture for us and

665
00:25:39,990 --> 00:25:36,880
uh give me an idea of where he's gonna

666
00:25:43,669 --> 00:25:40,000
be and what he's gonna be seeing

667
00:25:47,909 --> 00:25:43,679
yeah uh garrett is basically gonna ride

668
00:25:50,470 --> 00:25:47,919
the shuttle's arm uh from the uh

669
00:25:53,110 --> 00:25:50,480
position of the cargo carrier and he's

670
00:25:55,029 --> 00:25:53,120
gonna pick up pieces of the antenna and

671
00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:55,039
then basically ride the arm across the

672
00:25:59,750 --> 00:25:56,799
top of station and the shuttle will be

673
00:26:01,190 --> 00:25:59,760
parked in front and he'll just get a

674
00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:01,200
god's eye view

675
00:26:05,590 --> 00:26:04,400
of the international space station and

676
00:26:08,390 --> 00:26:05,600
atlantis

677
00:26:10,710 --> 00:26:08,400
as he flies over with these pieces of

678
00:26:12,710 --> 00:26:10,720
the communications antenna and then when

679
00:26:14,710 --> 00:26:12,720
he comes back over he won't have

680
00:26:17,029 --> 00:26:14,720
anything in his hands and boy if i were

681
00:26:18,390 --> 00:26:17,039
him i'd i'd grab a few snapshots of that

682
00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:18,400
moment

683
00:26:21,990 --> 00:26:19,760
with any luck it'll be during the

684
00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:22,000
daytime we're not obviously planning the

685
00:26:25,190 --> 00:26:23,840
mission around whether or not it's day

686
00:26:26,630 --> 00:26:25,200
or night

687
00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:26,640
during that particular portion of the

688
00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:28,960
space walk but i'm sure that will be

689
00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:30,640
spectacular

690
00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:32,559
and just the last one for me has to do

691
00:26:37,909 --> 00:26:35,360
with your uh cryo margins uh i think i

692
00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:37,919
heard a report early on in your shift

693
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:40,400
today that there yet one day and five

694
00:26:45,510 --> 00:26:43,279
hours and i'm wondering if uh that is

695
00:26:48,149 --> 00:26:45,520
the case and whether that would be

696
00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:48,159
enough to uh take an extension day if

697
00:26:51,990 --> 00:26:49,120
you

698
00:26:54,630 --> 00:26:52,000
for some reason needed to

699
00:26:56,630 --> 00:26:54,640
yes as far as the

700
00:26:58,789 --> 00:26:56,640
cryo and the consumables margin for this

701
00:27:00,470 --> 00:26:58,799
mission we do have an extra day

702
00:27:02,470 --> 00:27:00,480
available

703
00:27:04,950 --> 00:27:02,480
a lot of that was basically because we

704
00:27:08,390 --> 00:27:04,960
launched on time we load extra

705
00:27:10,149 --> 00:27:08,400
consumables for the cryogenic systems to

706
00:27:13,830 --> 00:27:10,159
support what we call pad holds so we

707
00:27:16,230 --> 00:27:13,840
don't have to continue to load up the

708
00:27:18,549 --> 00:27:16,240
cryogenic oxygen and hydrogen tanks to

709
00:27:20,070 --> 00:27:18,559
supply power the fuel cells

710
00:27:22,630 --> 00:27:20,080
for sitting on the launch pad due to

711
00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:22,640
weather or any other circumstance and uh

712
00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:24,480
we launched on time so we used all that

713
00:27:28,149 --> 00:27:26,799
pad hold margin and we took it to orbit

714
00:27:31,110 --> 00:27:28,159
with us

715
00:27:33,750 --> 00:27:31,120
and we've got in excess of a day it's

716
00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:33,760
one day in five hours and right now

717
00:27:37,750 --> 00:27:35,760
that's just margin in our pocket

718
00:27:39,990 --> 00:27:37,760
we'll use it for any number of reasons

719
00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:40,000
if it's required for high priority

720
00:27:43,669 --> 00:27:41,760
reasons whether that's

721
00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:43,679
to mitigate problems with either

722
00:27:46,870 --> 00:27:45,200
atlantis or the international space

723
00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:46,880
station or to manage problems with any

724
00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:48,880
of the planned spacewalks it's a little

725
00:27:53,269 --> 00:27:50,480
premature to give that margin to

726
00:27:55,029 --> 00:27:53,279
anything just because we've got a lot of

727
00:27:57,029 --> 00:27:55,039
mission ahead of us we've got all three

728
00:27:59,190 --> 00:27:57,039
spacewalks we've got installation of

729
00:28:01,190 --> 00:27:59,200
rossvet we've got to return the

730
00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:01,200
integrated cargo carrier to the

731
00:28:05,909 --> 00:28:03,600
shuttle's payload bay for return and

732
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:05,919
we've just got the vast majority of the

733
00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:08,240
primary mission objectives ahead of us

734
00:28:12,230 --> 00:28:10,640
and we're just again carrying that in

735
00:28:13,990 --> 00:28:12,240
case we need it later

736
00:28:15,029 --> 00:28:14,000
right now there's no plan to extend the

737
00:28:17,269 --> 00:28:15,039
mission

738
00:28:19,190 --> 00:28:17,279
but we'll look for direction from the

739
00:28:21,510 --> 00:28:19,200
mission management team or any other

740
00:28:23,350 --> 00:28:21,520
parties should we need to extend the

741
00:28:24,710 --> 00:28:23,360
mission and we'll talk about that as

742
00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:24,720
necessary

743
00:28:29,029 --> 00:28:26,960
that's it for me thanks very much okay

744
00:28:30,870 --> 00:28:29,039
and finally on the phone bridge charles

745
00:28:32,430 --> 00:28:30,880
atkinson

746
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:32,440
good afternoon charles jackson with

747
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:34,960
spacenews.com mike i was wondering if

748
00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:36,559
you could describe how delicate it will

749
00:28:41,669 --> 00:28:38,480
be for the station's arm to install the

750
00:28:43,990 --> 00:28:41,679
icc onto the transporter and what steps

751
00:28:46,549 --> 00:28:44,000
are then performed to latch it down

752
00:28:48,950 --> 00:28:46,559
initially

753
00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:48,960
the uh cargo carrier that we're carrying

754
00:28:54,230 --> 00:28:51,840
up has two grapple fixtures and the

755
00:28:56,630 --> 00:28:54,240
first we'll use to pull it out of the

756
00:28:59,190 --> 00:28:56,640
shuttle's payload bay with the station's

757
00:29:01,510 --> 00:28:59,200
robotic arm and then we'll uh position

758
00:29:03,110 --> 00:29:01,520
it over on the uh the mobile transporter

759
00:29:05,190 --> 00:29:03,120
and here you can see an animation of it

760
00:29:07,110 --> 00:29:05,200
being pulled out of the payload bay

761
00:29:09,909 --> 00:29:07,120
i wouldn't say that the robotic

762
00:29:11,430 --> 00:29:09,919
operation is any more complex than what

763
00:29:13,110 --> 00:29:11,440
we've done in the past again we did

764
00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:13,120
something very similar to this on

765
00:29:18,230 --> 00:29:15,840
sts-127

766
00:29:19,669 --> 00:29:18,240
it does require some precision you have

767
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:19,679
to thread it through

768
00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:22,480
the space station structure between the

769
00:29:27,669 --> 00:29:24,240
japanese experiment module and the

770
00:29:29,990 --> 00:29:27,679
mobile and the in the main truss system

771
00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:30,000
on there to find the mobile transporter

772
00:29:33,269 --> 00:29:31,279
and then once you locate it to the

773
00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:33,279
mobile transporter there's a another

774
00:29:37,269 --> 00:29:35,440
grapple fixture on that and it'll close

775
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:37,279
a set of snares

776
00:29:41,350 --> 00:29:39,840
on the on the extra grapple fixture and

777
00:29:42,950 --> 00:29:41,360
then once we've confirmed that the

778
00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:42,960
snares are closed on the mobile

779
00:29:47,510 --> 00:29:44,880
transporter we'll ungrapple the

780
00:29:49,909 --> 00:29:47,520
station's robotic arm and back it off

781
00:29:52,389 --> 00:29:49,919
it is a precision operation it does

782
00:29:54,549 --> 00:29:52,399
require a lot of training and we've got

783
00:29:57,110 --> 00:29:54,559
the right folks on board atlantis and

784
00:29:58,870 --> 00:29:57,120
the international space station to do it

785
00:30:01,269 --> 00:29:58,880
but again it's

786
00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:01,279
it's somewhat familiar territory to what

787
00:30:05,590 --> 00:30:03,679
we've done that's not to uh to downplay

788
00:30:07,190 --> 00:30:05,600
how complex and operation it is it's

789
00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:07,200
just something that

790
00:30:11,590 --> 00:30:09,760
we've seen and done before

791
00:30:13,990 --> 00:30:11,600
okay thanks and one last one changing

792
00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:14,000
course here on wednesday will be the jsc

793
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:16,320
nasa tweet up and uh with this busy

794
00:30:19,990 --> 00:30:18,159
mission unfolding will you be checking

795
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:20,000
your own twitter feed uh for what the

796
00:30:24,070 --> 00:30:22,080
space sweeps will be noting on this

797
00:30:25,430 --> 00:30:24,080
flight

798
00:30:26,389 --> 00:30:25,440
during the mission

799
00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:26,399
i

800
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:46,080
okay thank you

801
00:30:49,510 --> 00:30:47,760
okay back here in houston i don't

802
00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:49,520
believe we have any follow-up questions

803
00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:52,480
so with the icc cargo carrier operation

804
00:30:55,990 --> 00:30:54,320
in progress we'll call it a briefing a

805
00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:56,000
couple of programming notes before we

806
00:30:59,750 --> 00:30:58,000
close our next briefing on nasa

807
00:31:02,230 --> 00:30:59,760
television is right around the corner at

808
00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:02,240
3 pm central time 4 pm eastern time with

809
00:31:05,909 --> 00:31:04,559
leroy kane the deputy space shuttle

810
00:31:07,669 --> 00:31:05,919
program manager and chairman of the

811
00:31:09,990 --> 00:31:07,679
mission management team following

812
00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:10,000
today's daily meeting of the mmt that is

813
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:11,840
going on as we speak

814
00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:14,799
atlantis crew begins at sleep period at

815
00:31:19,029 --> 00:31:17,440
6 20 p.m central time tonight we will

816
00:31:21,590 --> 00:31:19,039
air our flight day highlights right

817
00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:21,600
after that at 7 pm central time with all

818
00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:23,840
of that spectacular video from today's

819
00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:26,000
rendezvous and docking operations the

820
00:31:29,350 --> 00:31:27,760
highlights will be broadcast every hour

821
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:29,360
on the hour throughout the crew sleep

822
00:31:34,710 --> 00:31:32,240
period our first iss flight director

823
00:31:36,870 --> 00:31:34,720
update interview from console with space

824
00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:36,880
station flight director scott stover is

825
00:31:41,590 --> 00:31:39,440
scheduled late tonight at 11 30 pm

826
00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:41,600
central time and then in the wee hours

827
00:31:46,470 --> 00:31:43,679
on monday atlantis crew will be awakened

828
00:31:48,389 --> 00:31:46,480
at 2 20 a.m central time to gear up for

829
00:31:51,190 --> 00:31:48,399
the first spacewalk of the mission that

830
00:31:54,070 --> 00:31:51,200
spacewalk is scheduled to begin at about

831
00:31:55,990 --> 00:31:54,080
7 15 a.m central time monday morning or

832
00:31:58,230 --> 00:31:56,000
earlier if garrett reisman and steve

833
00:32:00,389 --> 00:31:58,240
bowen are running ahead of schedule you

834
00:32:01,830 --> 00:32:00,399
can follow all of the activities of the

835
00:32:05,830 --> 00:32:01,840
shuttle and station cruise on our

836
00:32:07,509 --> 00:32:05,840
website at www.nasa.gov

837
00:32:09,269 --> 00:32:07,519
well that will with that we'll wrap up

838
00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:09,279
the briefing go back to mission control