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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 a new

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addition today on the station and with

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us to discuss the day's events is emily

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nelson the lead international space

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station flight director for sts-132 ulf4

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emily thanks rob

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well today the primary focus especially

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this morning was the installation of the

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mini research module number one which

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was brought up in atlantis payload bay

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and it was an absolutely beautiful

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installation we shut it down in the

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payload bay with no issues whatsoever

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all of the operations while in the

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payload bay were perfect

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then we activated it on the the space

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station arm which was a brand new

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activity for us and that was also

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picture perfect went exactly according

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to plan

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a beautiful maneuver

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over the sahara with a beautiful orange

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backdrop to it as we got the module in

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place to activate the docking system

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the docking system power up was

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basically nominal and then

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we got our first view from the docking

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camera itself

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the crew was ahead of the head on their

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timeline for the day at that point so

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they held back because we were in a

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night pass and they waited for dawn and

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once we had optimal lighting for the

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final maneuver they brought imram 1 into

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contact with zarya triggered the

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automated docking system to begin and

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the entire thing went exactly as as

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picture perfect as we could have hoped

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uh so much so that we were missing one

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piece of telemetry as we were going

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along that one of our contact sensors

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did not ever actually contact because

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garrett's alignment was so perfect that

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it didn't trip one of the contact

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sensors because it never actually came

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let's see shortly after we completed the

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docking on the mrm1 side of the

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interface we got confirmation from the

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russian ground site telemetry that the

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zarya side of the interface had also

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completed its

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physical mate and so we have now a fully

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permanent redundantly

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structurally mated module on the space

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station

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the remainder of the day we handed off

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the

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orbital boom orbiter boom sensor system

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to the shuttle arm so that it will be

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available for eva tomorrow we

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got that arm and a good config for the

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overnight and then began

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some preparations for the eva spacewalk

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tomorrow

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and then on the station side of things

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we spent a lot of time

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basically getting our ducks in a row so

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that we can get some work done tomorrow

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as well

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tomorrow's big activity we'll have eva2

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we have a new task added to the

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beginning of that spacewalk we'll be

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addressing the cable issue on the

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camera on the end of the boom

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we will present the arm to

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a crew member in a

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foot restraint on the truss of the

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station

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he will pull the cable out tie wrap it

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so that it'll stay out of the way in

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between the connector and a hard stop

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that's

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where the cable is wedged right now

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that's preventing the camera to pan

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until fully

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that should

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restore that capability so that the

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camera and its sensors are available to

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the orbiter for inspections as required

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specifically late inspections we'll then

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carry on with our battery work as

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meanwhile inside the station we're going

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to have a busy day as well we're going

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to be doing some removal and replacement

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work in our oxygen generation system

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water collections and collecting samples

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for return to ground

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so a busy day all the way around with

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the initiation of ingress of the mrm1

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module to top everything off and that

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basically is today and tomorrow

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okay we'll take questions uh here in

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houston and we'll start off in the front

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will you uh what part which piece of

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trust will you do the um the cable tie

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on do you know

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a foot restraint installed there so we

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just need we actually do have to move it

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over one slot to make it slightly more

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accessible to the arm and get that

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configured but it'll be right there at

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the center of the station on the way out

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to the p6 truss

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and has there been any more uh

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discussion

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going back to the the new antenna or is

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that still

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in work

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yes this morning at the

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at our management meeting we were

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directed to increase the priority on

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that antenna such that we will revisit

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that antenna before we go and get the

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grapple fixture out of the payload bay

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so on eva3

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batteries are still a higher priority

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for us we'll complete our battery tasks

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and then we'll head back up to the

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escant the space to ground antenna for

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our backup ku system

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and attempt to

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further torque down the four bolts that

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are holding the dish onto the boom

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basically applying a greater torque on

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those bolts

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we have a couple of steps that we can

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we've got some backup scenarios there in

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case the initial attempts are not

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successful once that's complete we'll

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get the launch locks off of the gimbals

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so that the antenna will be functional

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bill

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today talk about maybe letting the

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station crew use to just the galley and

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the shuttle because of a

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wpa problem can you tell me what's going

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on with that yeah our

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potable water dispenser was having a

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problem um

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we think it may be a combination of two

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different problems one that we've seen

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before there are some mechanisms

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involved in getting the drink bag

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the water dispenser

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and then telling the system to fill the

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bag with water

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the the mechanical devices that tell the

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system that the bag is engaged sometimes

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get stuck we we do regular cleanings of

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those but we suspect perhaps something's

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gotten clogged in there there's an

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interesting signature we've not seen

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before in terms of some of the lights

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that are normally on on the front of the

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unit are not

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lit and we're going to get some more

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data on that from the crew either

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tonight or in the morning to try to

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psych that problem out right now they

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are able to get what we call ambi the

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ambient temperature water but they can't

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get hot water out of the unit so

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in case they need hot water we'll send

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them over to the shuttle they've got

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plenty of water it just means that we

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wouldn't have to dump quite as much

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water at the very end of the mission and

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but for ambient water they can use our

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pwd and the lights here on the display

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that you don't see illuminated are they

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alarms are they just simply things that

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are normally on that are off they're

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just lights that basically indicate the

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availability of hot or ambient water

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um i know on the schedule that uh that

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but if i remember correctly it's only

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going to be in a brief ingress can you

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just lay out what the schedule is for

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setting up mrm1 and when it'll be fully

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when do you expect it to be fully

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set up and operational certainly

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tomorrow actually they'll do the initial

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hatch opening in order to

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put in the air filters and and cleanse

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the air in the module

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they basically open the hatch take out

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just enough stuff to get a filter and a

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fan in there and then they close the

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hatch again and let the filter do its

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we'll open it up enough to get clamps

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installed we have in addition to the two

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sets of hooks holding the module to the

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space station right now we also install

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a set of clamps that

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we'll be installing here later in the

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week that's part of that ingress that

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and then beyond that on flight day eight

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the slightest amount of time available

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beginnings of preparing preparing for

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transferring the cargo out of the module

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the cargo is launched on these large

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metal racks that are

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it just kind of slices through the

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module you take the cargo off of one of

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those racks then you get the rack out

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destined for the progress and that's a

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somewhat time consuming job and the crew

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asked if they could start getting a jump

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on that during the docked mission so

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we've made some time for them to to

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begin that process mostly because aleg

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and tj who wanted to to get to work on

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that they'll be leaving shortly after

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the shuttle undocks and they wanted to

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to try to get as much of mrm1 up and

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running before they left as possible

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in terms of getting mrm1

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in a final configuration our deadline

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for that is when we have the uh

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the next soyuz docking because it will

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dock to mrm1 and we've got to get the

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cargo out of the way in order for the

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crew to make it through from the soyuz

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through immune one into the station and

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so rather than make them dig themselves

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out we're going to try to clear that

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me if i am today was the first major use

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of the robotic workstation in the cupola

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did you get any notes from the crew

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afterwards about how that worked if

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there was any

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additional work that needs to be done in

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terms of reconfiguration or

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as they anticipated to be

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absolutely this was i i guess it depends

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on what you call major we of course have

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used it three days in a row now because

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we've used it every day of the docked

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i will note one thing

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the views were apparently stunning

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enough that they forgot to have the

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cameras follow the module we had to call

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them up and say um we don't have windows

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so could you please move the camera so

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that we can actually see what's going on

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or we're happy to do it for you

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i haven't gotten any comments back about

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configuration itself

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we'll certainly be asking some some

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detailed questions once we begin the

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debriefs at this point we're basically

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looking forward more than we are looking

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back and there have apparently been no

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problems i'm sure they would have let us

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okay let's go to the phone bridge couple

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of reporters clara moskowitz of

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yes hi um i'm wondering with the cable

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task that you've added to the eva

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tomorrow um how much time has been

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allotted for that task and does that

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mean that the overall spacewalk time has

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been extended at all

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a good question we

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are estimating that that task will take

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somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes

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we're hoping obviously on the on the 20

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side of things prior to our level one

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flight readiness review our agency-wide

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flight readiness review we had 30

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minutes book kept in this eva timeline

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for another task basically putting away

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a battery that was is going to be

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temporarily stowed on the truss

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we

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uh through further analysis determined

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that we did not need to put the battery

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away so we were saving ourselves that 30

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minutes in our timeline

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which was giving us

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a better chance of getting more battery

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our

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exchanges completed during this eva

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so basically where we are by adding this

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task that we're allotting up to 30

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minutes for at the beginning of the eva

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is we're back where we were a couple of

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weeks ago before we eliminated that

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30-minute task

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so we are still hopeful that we'll at

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least accomplish three battery exchanges

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between the icc and the truss

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we are willing to extend the eva in

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order to try to accomplish a fourth

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battery exchange which is not only

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getting a battery from the truss to the

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to the carrier but also from the carrier

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to the truss it's important to us that

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we we fill the hole on the truss and not

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but beyond that we'll just have to see

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we think we're in at least the same

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config we were a couple of weeks ago

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maybe not as good as we were a couple of

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okay and are both spacewalkers going to

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be working on that task

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no we'll send steve will stop off at the

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the cart where the foot restraint is and

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he will take care of that while bueno or

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mike will go ahead and head out to p6

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and begin work on the they each had

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tasks to move some foot restraints and

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to move some some

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spanners that we use during to access

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the batteries he will start that task

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and hopefully finish up both sets both

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his and steve's while steve is working

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on the camera

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great thank you that's it for me

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okay marcia donna the associated press

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uh yes hello um

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assuming that you do get the cable

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untangled and everything is fine um when

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do you expect to add

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an inspection

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of the shuttle will you try to squeeze

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one in might you even extend the mission

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to so that can happen

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the imagery experts are still evaluating

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the data that they currently have to

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determine whether we need to do any

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further inspections during the docked

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mission if we

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are successful in regaining the camera

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it is possible that the late inspection

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that the orbiter does after undock will

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be sufficient

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at this time i don't have the latest in

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terms of the few there were four or five

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spots that that areas of the shuttle

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that had not been fully inspected by the

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flight day two inspection that they were

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still

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determining whether they needed a camera

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view of or not

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so i think really we're kind of waiting

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to see if we are successful with the

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camera such that we can gain confidence

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that they'll get a full and complete

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late inspection on flight day 11 and

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that would

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potentially mean that we wouldn't need

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to get any more views if we needed to

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get more views during the docked mission

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we're looking at either flight day seven

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or flight day nine obviously the days

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when we're not outside

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flight day nine perhaps has the least

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impact to our robotic plan but flight

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day seven has some time available so

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we're still weighing those options

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thank you and i'm wondering what is the

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thinking for why

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the antenna is not flush on the boom it

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could it be misaligned or is there

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something with the bolts or

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what's

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what what is the thinking behind this

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a couple of theories

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as is frequently the case when you're

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putting hardware together in space a lot

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of it comes down to thermal properties

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one of the i think the leading contender

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in terms of theories right now is that

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while these are two flat plates they do

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have kind of

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guide pins inside them that that that

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help you fit it together

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and that perhaps the they were not

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between the two of them thermally

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equal

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such that the pins were

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expanded greater than the holes would

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allow and so they were not able to push

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it all the way into the holes and so

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if we're not able to of course now

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everything should be

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at

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thermal equilibrium between the two

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surfaces we should be able to go in

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there and

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ratchet the the four bolts down

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if not we're looking at pulling them out

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just a couple of turns and and

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ratcheting them down with a higher

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torque in hopes that everything is now

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nice and flush and and won't pose any

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issues

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and and what's the plan c in case you

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can't

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get a flush surface um

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then what with the tether that we

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installed on eva 1 in place it's

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structurally sound to the point that we

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don't have any concerns for the

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integrity of the the antenna or the

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the dish

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coming off and so as long as that tether

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is in place that was our tie down plan

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if we were unsuccessful with getting the

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bolts at all

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and so

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we would leave the tether in place and

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try to come up with another backup plan

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at a later date

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thank you very much

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okay any questions back here in houston

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i think that exhausts the questions so

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we'll close with a few programming notes

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atlantis's astronauts begin their sleep

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period 30 minutes earlier than

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previously planned tonight bedtime will

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be at 5 20 p.m central time

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that will clear the way for the airing

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of our flight day highlights on nasa

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television beginning at 6 pm central

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time those will be replayed every hour

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on the hour throughout the crew sleep

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period the iss orbit 3 flight director

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scott stover who's on console as we

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speak will provide his nightly update to

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look ahead at future activities at 11

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p.m central time tonight and the wake-up

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call for flight day six on the shuttle

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station complex will be at 1 20 a.m

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central time on wednesday to set the

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stage for the second spacewalk of the

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flight by steve bowen and mike good set

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to begin around 6 15 a.m central time or

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earlier if the crew is running ahead of

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schedule you can follow all of the work

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on the shuttle station complex with the

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with that we'll go back to mission