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good afternoon and welcome to nasa's

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johnson space center for today's mission

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status briefing this is flight day of

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the sts-132 space shuttle mission to the

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international space station and the crew

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on board the space shuttle and space

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station complex just completed the third

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spacewalk of the mission so we'll

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outline those activities and to do that

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we have the lead space station flight

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director for this flight emily nelson as

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well as the lead spacewalk officer for

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the flight lisa shore

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and kirk shireman is joining us from the

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international space station program he's

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the deputy manager to give a look ahead

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for the program activities following

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this flight

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and i'll turn it over to emily for

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opening comments and then we'll take

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questions

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thanks

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well today was another great day to be

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involved in the mann space flight

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another fabulously successful eva we

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headed out the door about 30 minutes

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early completed all of our scheduled

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tasks and some additional tasks that we

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added in

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just before the flight

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started out with a jumper installation

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out on the truss that finishes up some

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connections for our ammonia systems

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then finish the final two battery swaps

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for the the six batteries that we

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brought up on the icc vld

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tucked in some thermal blankets that we

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had neglected to tuck in on eva 1 went

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ahead and took care of that real quick

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on our way back towards the payload bay

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where we grabbed a

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grapple fixture that we brought inside

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to reconfigure for use later

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meanwhile inside suichi has fixed the

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potable water dispenser so the iss crew

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has hot water at their disposal again

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in mrm1 in terms of a status for that

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module yesterday the russian crew

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ingressed the module they've put in an

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air filter they they did find some metal

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shavings inside

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so after having filtered the air and

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taken initial air samples

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also installed some clamps getting the

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physical mate between the module and the

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station finalized

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filters do their thing and try to

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capture those metal shavings they took

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another look at it this morning it was

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looking much better fewer shavings

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although there were still some there so

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they opened up a couple of panels that

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increased the ventilation and the access

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basically of the cabin air to those

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they'll be taking another look at it in

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the morning and we hope by then it'll be

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all cleaned up and we can integrate the

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so we're making progress there as well

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meanwhile the crew has been organizing

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the cargo inside the module so we can

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unload it quickly after the after the

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piers and garrett will be using the

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station robotic arm to put the icc back

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in the payload bay and then the crew

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will be working mostly on science and

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transfer and then the shuttle crew will

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have a little bit of time off in the

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afternoon

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the mission management team yesterday

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decided that we do not require any

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further inspections during the docked

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mission so those will not be added to

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tomorrow's mission we'll just keep our

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late inspection in the timeline as we

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and that's pretty much our summary at

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you want to go over

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sure i'd love to before i jump into the

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evas i'd like to say happy birthday to

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my dad i wish i could have been there

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i was a little busy today

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watching over our wildly successful 30

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va of this mission

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um i'll just start by saying i just

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couldn't be happier by how this crew has

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we had our third team go out today with

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like i said just performed flawlessly

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great teamwork throughout the entire eva

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the uh a get ahead task

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short get ahead that was the ammonia

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jumper we decided to have the crew do it

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tool bags that we had stowed out on the

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that we had

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and then proceeded to have garrett jump

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removing the first battery from the

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and uh went just as smooth the crew

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mike and bueno had learned from eva2

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and the battery removals and the

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installation into the pallet every time

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went really really well we're very happy

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we then performed all of our cleanup

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that we had hoped to get done so we

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tethers that run the length of the front

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of the the truss there

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solar array rotary joints we stowed one

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cable repair of the laser system on eva2

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have there was uh frozen and indeed we

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it to move and it is indeed still frozen

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uh issue at a later time

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and uh garrett and mike worked together

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fixture on there that let them

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the grapple fixture from behind as bueno

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once they had the grapple fixture stowed

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in the airlock which took a little bit

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of doing because it is quite large about

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i believe around four tools back into

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that toolbox and we also retrieved a

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toolboard that we needed to change out

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no difficulty and it was just the end of

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a great eva and like i said the end of

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just a great great mission we

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accomplished more

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in our abas than we ever could have

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hoped for and really proud of how the

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and that's all i have and

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hand it over to curt

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all right good afternoon it's a pleasure

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to be here and talk to you about the

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international space station

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with a new module

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uh new batteries a new com antenna

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uh a new platform for uh dexter

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uh we've had a great mission so far and

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uh and we're really excited i know that

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sounds a little redundant but that's

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very true we're all very happy about how

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things are going the shuttle uh crew and

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the iss crew performed uh exceptionally

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as have both the shuttle and the iss

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vehicle so we're very very pleased with

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how things are going

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of course we have to finish the

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transfers and and then and then undock

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and and get the shuttle home safely but

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but we're well on our way and and again

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it's uh it's been a great mission

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uh i just want to talk to you a few a

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few minutes about upcoming events on iss

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so while we're getting the iss great

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still have some activities coming up

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very quickly first

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the 21st soyuz will be undocking on the

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june 2nd and bringing

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kotov noguchi and kramer home to

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kazakhstan to the southern landing site

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so we're very much looking forward to

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having that crew back on the ground

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and then followed quickly by the 23

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soyuz launch and that will happen on the

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early next week we'll be having our

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flight readiness review for that for

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those uh the for the landing and for the

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actually go and relocate that soyuz from

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a progress that will launch on the 28th

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even though

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these uh the last month has been very

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busy for the iss crew with with two

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shuttle flights

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we still have one more month of

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vehicles coming and going and things

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should then settle down for a good

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summer of research

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we also have a russian stage eva and a

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uh in a nasa a u.s stage eva planned

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sometime this summer so

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but we'll be focusing mostly on research

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september will bring the flight of ul5

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it's currently scheduled for for

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september and we'll be bringing up on

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that the flight will bring up another

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permanent module a permanent

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multi-purpose module we call it pmm

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manufactured in in italy

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it's actually a multi-purpose an mplm

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that has been modified to stay on orbit

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long duration and we'll also be bringing

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up one of our large

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radiators a spare unit that'll fly on a

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external pallet

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and then lastly

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here later this month we're looking

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forward to the launch of the first

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spacex dragon vehicle um i'm told it's

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that they announced i think today that

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would be the 27th no earlier than the

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27th of may so we're looking forward to

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that while that vehicle itself is not

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going to iss it is one of the flights

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that are leading up to

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to delivering cargo to the iss next year

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so

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we're looking forward to a successful

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flight for our spacex friends and with

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that i'll hand it back to kylie

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okay we'll start with questions here at

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the johnson space center

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thank you mark caro for aviation week i

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wondered about the batteries that you

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installed this week have they been

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tested are they charged and recharged

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and do you know if you actually got the

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performance or

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can you explain how you'll determine

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whether you have the performance you

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were hoping for

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certainly

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we

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began charging the first pair of

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batteries after the second eba once the

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first pair was completed

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and those are fully charged and back in

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the system and operating exactly as we

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expected

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tonight actually before we even finished

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the eva our power officers began

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charging the other the new the other two

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sets of batteries and so by tomorrow

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morning i expect those will be fully

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charged and ready to go

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in terms of whether they're performing

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at the capacity that we expect that'll

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require some charge discharge cycles so

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it'll be a little while before we fully

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characterize their performance

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but so far they're looking great

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and mark if i could add something to the

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batteries the original batteries were

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launched in november of 2000

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and they had a design life of six years

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and so here we are

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nine and a half years later

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and uh and uh those that battery the

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batteries that were on board were still

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performing uh within their specification

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obviously there's been degradation over

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the years and the way whether

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performance it hits a hits basically

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knee in the curve and it really drops

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off so it was definitely time to replace

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the replace the old batteries with these

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new batteries and these are very new

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batteries so

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while we're happy to have the new ones

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up there

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same design as the original ones we

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expect those batteries to perform

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equally as well as the original

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batteries in that that truss element

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and just to follow then

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so the design life might be for the for

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the new ones the same five and a half

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years i think it's been mentioned but

383
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the actual experience is closer to 10

384
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and that's kind of what you're expecting

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sure and a lot of factors play into that

386
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of course there's uh how the battery we

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call it because how the batteries are

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treated um but really has to do with

389
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with the stowage conditions on the

390
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batteries before they're launched so

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they're charged basically these are

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nickel hydrogen batteries but they're

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the cells individual cells are actually

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charged and then how the batteries are

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maintained on the ground typically we

396
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keep them in a freezer frozen it keeps

397
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parasitic chemical reactions from from

398
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taking away a life from the batteries

399
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and then it has to do with the depth of

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discharge so the batteries are charged

401
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every every pass when the when the solar

402
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rays are collecting light in the sun

403
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they're charged up and then when we go

404
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into the eclipse period they'll they'll

405
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discharge and certainly when we have to

406
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be in attitudes like for dockings or

407
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undockings the batteries may drain down

408
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to a lower level as long as we operate

409
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in the higher or i'll say low depths of

410
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discharge we operate from 100 say down

411
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to 80 percent uh of charge of the

412
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batteries their life tends to last very

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long and so our expectation is these

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batteries will last

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last at least as long as the original

416
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bill hardwood cbs and apologized i

417
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missed this because i was typing

418
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something but

419
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what is the next set that has to be

420
00:16:55,350 --> 00:16:53,990
well that's a good question uh i can

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tell you our next set of batteries we're

422
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bringing up on an htv

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and i believe it's

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i want to say htv4 so i really let me

425
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get back to you on the specific answer

426
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but uh it's on it that we're going to

427
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launch them on an htv after after the

428
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shuttle has retired um

429
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and it would be i think the next set is

430
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on the

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um but i'll get back to you and answer

432
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specifically it's been a while since i

433
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hi robert perlin with clickspace.com

434
00:17:31,590 --> 00:17:29,840
what was it about the power

435
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about the grapple fixture that it needed

436
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to come back inside first and not be

437
00:17:39,029 --> 00:17:35,520
transferred directly to

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zarya and and when is that installation

439
00:17:43,190 --> 00:17:41,120
now targeted to occur

440
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it needs an adapter in order to be

441
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installed on the external

442
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interfaces there on zarya and it's

443
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tentatively planned for one of the u.s

444
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phillips losses with nasaspaceflight.com

445
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for mr sharman

446
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regarding the ulf 5 mission um

447
00:18:07,029 --> 00:18:04,160
understand that the the content and the

448
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payload are under in some flux um when

449
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do you expect to make a decision on for

450
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instance evas perhaps being added and

451
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any payload changes

452
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well let's see uh the major payloads are

453
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fixed we have a carrier with uh with

454
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orus the biggest of which is this

455
00:18:26,630 --> 00:18:24,320
radiator and we have the pmm the

456
00:18:29,190 --> 00:18:26,640
permanent multi-purpose module

457
00:18:31,669 --> 00:18:29,200
which is that modified mplm

458
00:18:34,470 --> 00:18:31,679
so that the major elements are fixed the

459
00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:34,480
specific cargo elements in the pmm is

460
00:18:38,070 --> 00:18:36,320
somewhat in flux and that's very normal

461
00:18:40,150 --> 00:18:38,080
for us in these and he's uh you know

462
00:18:43,350 --> 00:18:40,160
we'll bring six thousand pounds of cargo

463
00:18:44,870 --> 00:18:43,360
items up in an mplm and so it's normal

464
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that that will uh

465
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we'll will maximize the amount of cargo

466
00:18:51,270 --> 00:18:49,200
we bring up inside and and maybe change

467
00:18:52,630 --> 00:18:51,280
out you know a set of towels for

468
00:18:54,950 --> 00:18:52,640
something you know something else or

469
00:18:56,710 --> 00:18:54,960
maybe it's a one payload for another

470
00:18:58,390 --> 00:18:56,720
that's just normal business as we go on

471
00:18:59,830 --> 00:18:58,400
and see how the hardware is being

472
00:19:00,950 --> 00:18:59,840
developed most of the hardware that's

473
00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:00,960
going to fly

474
00:19:04,950 --> 00:19:03,360
in the pmm inside the pmm is currently

475
00:19:06,950 --> 00:19:04,960
still being developed it's not it's in

476
00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:06,960
its manufacturing cycle so we have to

477
00:19:11,830 --> 00:19:09,760
watch how all that all that plays out so

478
00:19:13,909 --> 00:19:11,840
uh i i what i tell you is the major

479
00:19:16,230 --> 00:19:13,919
elements of that mission or cargo from

480
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cargo standpoint are defined it's just

481
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uh i'll say small trades um one of the

482
00:19:22,710 --> 00:19:20,480
things we're launching on that by the

483
00:19:24,549 --> 00:19:22,720
way is robonaut 2. i think you've you've

484
00:19:26,310 --> 00:19:24,559
probably heard about that that'll be

485
00:19:29,029 --> 00:19:26,320
that item will be launched and they were

486
00:19:31,990 --> 00:19:29,039
also launching a

487
00:19:34,710 --> 00:19:32,000
an experiment it's called cameras uh but

488
00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:34,720
it's really a a device to take carbon

489
00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:37,760
dioxide out of the out of the atmosphere

490
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and it's a device that was really being

491
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developed for the uh

492
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um

493
00:19:45,830 --> 00:19:43,440
for a

494
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long duration space flight to the moon

495
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or mars and so our plan is to launch a

496
00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:49,760
device like a

497
00:19:53,430 --> 00:19:51,200
development unit for that and test it

498
00:19:55,669 --> 00:19:53,440
out on board iss

499
00:19:57,190 --> 00:19:55,679
you asked about evas

500
00:19:58,870 --> 00:19:57,200
we have talked about it in the space

501
00:20:00,870 --> 00:19:58,880
station control board actually this week

502
00:20:03,270 --> 00:20:00,880
with the intent to add

503
00:20:05,430 --> 00:20:03,280
up to two evas on that flight it hasn't

504
00:20:07,909 --> 00:20:05,440
been approved all the way through and we

505
00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:07,919
haven't finished the definition of the

506
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content for those so i think you can

507
00:20:12,789 --> 00:20:11,200
expect to hear

508
00:20:14,950 --> 00:20:12,799
officially that we'll we'll do one or

509
00:20:17,029 --> 00:20:14,960
two evas on that flight and we just have

510
00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:17,039
to work out the details

511
00:20:22,950 --> 00:20:19,520
and if i could i'd like to explain why

512
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previously ulf-5 was the last flight

513
00:20:26,149 --> 00:20:24,400
and we were flying it with a minimal

514
00:20:27,590 --> 00:20:26,159
crew because

515
00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:27,600
we wanted to maximize the amount of

516
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cargo we could get on that flight

517
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and we want to leave

518
00:20:35,669 --> 00:20:35,039
we want to leave the iss

519
00:20:38,390 --> 00:20:35,679
in

520
00:20:39,669 --> 00:20:38,400
with our external high-pressure gas

521
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tanks to the mac

522
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max full

523
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and so uh

524
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in the process but between when we

525
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initially made defined that flight and

526
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and today we've added a crew member

527
00:20:52,390 --> 00:20:50,080
which added more capability for that

528
00:20:53,750 --> 00:20:52,400
flight and now we swapped the order of

529
00:20:56,070 --> 00:20:53,760
flights

530
00:20:57,190 --> 00:20:56,080
we have an a whole host of eva tasks

531
00:20:59,510 --> 00:20:57,200
that need to be accomplished that

532
00:21:01,110 --> 00:20:59,520
weren't assigned to a specific eva and

533
00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:01,120
so now it's our opportunity to go

534
00:21:05,510 --> 00:21:03,600
capture those tasks because after the

535
00:21:08,070 --> 00:21:05,520
shuttle stops flying we go for a period

536
00:21:11,110 --> 00:21:08,080
of of two plus years where we are unable

537
00:21:14,789 --> 00:21:11,120
to re-pressurize our external gas tanks

538
00:21:16,549 --> 00:21:14,799
which means every eeva is

539
00:21:18,870 --> 00:21:16,559
taking away that pressure and we and we

540
00:21:20,950 --> 00:21:18,880
uh we're basically uh can't do another

541
00:21:22,870 --> 00:21:20,960
eva or can't can't replenish that source

542
00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:22,880
until we get a new a new device that

543
00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:24,159
we're manufacturing up there to

544
00:21:27,990 --> 00:21:25,760
replenish those tanks so we want to take

545
00:21:30,549 --> 00:21:28,000
every opportunity to do space walks and

546
00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:30,559
finish all the tasks that we can before

547
00:21:34,070 --> 00:21:32,320
the shuttle retires and then leave with

548
00:21:37,590 --> 00:21:34,080
the last flight leaves our tanks as full

549
00:21:42,149 --> 00:21:40,149
there's one more question here

550
00:21:44,710 --> 00:21:42,159
peter raywood southern fm in australia a

551
00:21:47,190 --> 00:21:44,720
question for mr shaman is there any

552
00:21:49,510 --> 00:21:47,200
allocation of the crew the iss crew or

553
00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:49,520
the shuttle crews time for observation

554
00:21:53,669 --> 00:21:51,280
of the oil leak in the gulf to be

555
00:21:54,630 --> 00:21:53,679
planned

556
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so

557
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we don't have specific

558
00:22:00,710 --> 00:21:58,960
right now i'm not aware of a specific um

559
00:22:03,590 --> 00:22:00,720
it would be a payload operation or

560
00:22:05,110 --> 00:22:03,600
experiment to go take photography of of

561
00:22:06,870 --> 00:22:05,120
the oil leaks so i'll say it's not a

562
00:22:08,789 --> 00:22:06,880
booked time that says yes

563
00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:08,799
uh to perform research you will take a

564
00:22:13,830 --> 00:22:11,440
photo every time we fly over the

565
00:22:15,830 --> 00:22:13,840
the oil spill now having said that uh

566
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:15,840
there's there's time available for a

567
00:22:20,950 --> 00:22:18,480
crew member's day to uh to do earth

568
00:22:23,190 --> 00:22:20,960
observation as they choose and i'll tell

569
00:22:24,950 --> 00:22:23,200
you i i typically see

570
00:22:28,630 --> 00:22:24,960
if not every day at least every other

571
00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:28,640
day a new photo of of the oil slick uh

572
00:22:33,190 --> 00:22:32,240
from taken from space so um i i'll just

573
00:22:35,029 --> 00:22:33,200
answer your question it's not an

574
00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:35,039
official task but it's actually being

575
00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:37,520
done and those photographs are are

576
00:22:40,710 --> 00:22:39,039
available here on earth and i believe

577
00:22:41,990 --> 00:22:40,720
they're being passed around to the

578
00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:42,000
various entities that would be

579
00:22:46,549 --> 00:22:43,760
interested in in tracking how that oil

580
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:46,559
spill is migrating

581
00:22:49,590 --> 00:22:47,919
is that adding anything different to

582
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:49,600
what other assets like satellites and

583
00:22:52,950 --> 00:22:50,880
things is there anything unique about

584
00:22:53,990 --> 00:22:52,960
what they're doing or just adds to the

585
00:22:55,510 --> 00:22:54,000
understand your question and

586
00:22:57,190 --> 00:22:55,520
unfortunately i'm not in a position to

587
00:22:59,110 --> 00:22:57,200
answer that you know we can supply the

588
00:23:01,270 --> 00:22:59,120
photographs but as far as how that fits

589
00:23:03,669 --> 00:23:01,280
with other assets tracking the oil

590
00:23:05,669 --> 00:23:03,679
that's really maybe a question more for

591
00:23:06,830 --> 00:23:05,679
for the interior department or or

592
00:23:08,390 --> 00:23:06,840
british

593
00:23:10,149 --> 00:23:08,400
petroleum

594
00:23:11,750 --> 00:23:10,159
um i can add to that a little bit we've

595
00:23:13,590 --> 00:23:11,760
discussed those pictures that have been

596
00:23:15,909 --> 00:23:13,600
taken by the station crew and one

597
00:23:18,070 --> 00:23:15,919
description described that

598
00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:18,080
the astronauts can see

599
00:23:22,390 --> 00:23:20,480
the water at a different view than the

600
00:23:24,230 --> 00:23:22,400
satellites take from a direct

601
00:23:26,549 --> 00:23:24,240
view to the water so there are different

602
00:23:29,669 --> 00:23:26,559
glints sun glints and different but how

603
00:23:31,669 --> 00:23:29,679
that affects the analysis i don't know

604
00:23:34,310 --> 00:23:31,679
we'll go ahead and go to questions on

605
00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:34,320
the line first is marcia dunn

606
00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:37,360
yes hi i have a few questions for kirk

607
00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:39,840
i'm wondering um it sounds like the uh

608
00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:42,640
the russian module is now closed and i'm

609
00:23:46,549 --> 00:23:44,640
just wondering have you is that my

610
00:23:48,830 --> 00:23:46,559
understanding correctly and have you

611
00:23:50,710 --> 00:23:48,840
heard from your russian

612
00:23:52,549 --> 00:23:50,720
counterparts what might have happened to

613
00:23:53,510 --> 00:23:52,559
cause all those filings to be floating

614
00:23:55,269 --> 00:23:53,520
around

615
00:23:58,070 --> 00:23:55,279
well let me first say that it's not

616
00:24:00,310 --> 00:23:58,080
unusual at all to have debris inside a

617
00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:00,320
new module in fact

618
00:24:05,029 --> 00:24:02,880
in fact it's not unusual to have

619
00:24:07,269 --> 00:24:05,039
debris in any module that comes up so

620
00:24:08,789 --> 00:24:07,279
for instance we fly an mplm

621
00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:08,799
up to iss

622
00:24:11,830 --> 00:24:10,000
even though it's been there a number of

623
00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:11,840
times we still require the crew to wear

624
00:24:16,310 --> 00:24:13,520
protective equipment they wear goggles

625
00:24:18,149 --> 00:24:16,320
and they wear a mask when they go in

626
00:24:20,390 --> 00:24:18,159
because on earth all that debris sits

627
00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:20,400
down in the bottom on the i'll say in

628
00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:21,679
the floor but it can get nooks and

629
00:24:26,149 --> 00:24:24,640
crannies in in racks and behind cables

630
00:24:27,750 --> 00:24:26,159
and it's all great until you shake

631
00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:27,760
everything when you launch and then you

632
00:24:31,990 --> 00:24:29,440
get into space where it just floats

633
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:32,000
around so it's it's normal to have some

634
00:24:36,710 --> 00:24:34,480
amount of debris uh in a new module it's

635
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:36,720
actually normal to have uh to some some

636
00:24:41,110 --> 00:24:39,279
small minor amount of metal debris we've

637
00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:41,120
had it in a number of uh we had it in

638
00:24:44,470 --> 00:24:42,880
node one we had it in uh we had it in

639
00:24:46,630 --> 00:24:44,480
node two we've had it node three we

640
00:24:48,789 --> 00:24:46,640
probably had it in other modules too so

641
00:24:50,390 --> 00:24:48,799
all this is relatively normal

642
00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:50,400
and dealing with it is just what we're

643
00:24:53,669 --> 00:24:52,000
doing now the crew wears protective

644
00:24:55,269 --> 00:24:53,679
equipment uh we actually run the

645
00:24:56,470 --> 00:24:55,279
ventilation for a number of hours and we

646
00:24:57,750 --> 00:24:56,480
have a flight rule emily could probably

647
00:25:00,149 --> 00:24:57,760
tell you what the flight rule says but a

648
00:25:02,470 --> 00:25:00,159
number of hours to go try to have the

649
00:25:03,430 --> 00:25:02,480
debris migrate to the filters just like

650
00:25:05,430 --> 00:25:03,440
we're doing

651
00:25:07,830 --> 00:25:05,440
it turns out the mrm1 is filled with

652
00:25:10,789 --> 00:25:07,840
cargo so that module was filled with 1.4

653
00:25:13,190 --> 00:25:10,799
metric tons of of actually u.s cargo

654
00:25:14,789 --> 00:25:13,200
when it was launched and so the the air

655
00:25:16,310 --> 00:25:14,799
flow is not optimum in fact that's what

656
00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:16,320
this task was that they're doing during

657
00:25:19,669 --> 00:25:17,520
the mission is to go remove some of

658
00:25:21,350 --> 00:25:19,679
those things and improve the airflow

659
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:21,360
which we have done so

660
00:25:24,549 --> 00:25:22,799
even though you're hearing about it i

661
00:25:26,390 --> 00:25:24,559
would just say it's really not

662
00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:26,400
not that unusual and we've taken

663
00:25:30,789 --> 00:25:28,720
measures to protect the crew and and we

664
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:30,799
believe as as do our russian colleagues

665
00:25:35,669 --> 00:25:31,679
that

666
00:25:37,029 --> 00:25:35,679
debris will all migrate to the filters

667
00:25:39,029 --> 00:25:37,039
and we'll clean it up with a vacuum

668
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:39,039
cleaner and and move on with the

669
00:25:42,950 --> 00:25:41,440
module's life

670
00:25:44,870 --> 00:25:42,960
have you heard from them though are they

671
00:25:47,350 --> 00:25:44,880
saying that this is just basic

672
00:25:48,950 --> 00:25:47,360
manufacturing filings that are coming to

673
00:25:51,029 --> 00:25:48,960
light um

674
00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:51,039
yeah i haven't heard them say that uh

675
00:25:54,870 --> 00:25:52,400
they haven't said that directly at least

676
00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:54,880
not not uh when i have been present

677
00:25:59,350 --> 00:25:56,880
but like i said it's that's our

678
00:26:01,190 --> 00:25:59,360
experience and i think ours meaning not

679
00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:01,200
just the united states that's the

680
00:26:05,669 --> 00:26:03,120
experience with the modules that were

681
00:26:07,909 --> 00:26:05,679
manufactured in in europe and in japan

682
00:26:11,830 --> 00:26:07,919
and that's just normal

683
00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:11,840
uh normal manufacturing experience

684
00:26:14,710 --> 00:26:13,440
and two more questions the first of

685
00:26:16,549 --> 00:26:14,720
which is how much did they have to

686
00:26:18,230 --> 00:26:16,559
unload to get to those panels and when

687
00:26:19,830 --> 00:26:18,240
do they really expect to unload the

688
00:26:21,909 --> 00:26:19,840
whole thing

689
00:26:23,110 --> 00:26:21,919
and let's see um emily you can you can

690
00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:23,120
ask maybe the first one you're

691
00:26:28,390 --> 00:26:24,720
absolutely welcome to both of them but

692
00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:30,230
i haven't heard directly how many of the

693
00:26:33,830 --> 00:26:32,000
panels they've removed in order to get

694
00:26:35,510 --> 00:26:33,840
back to the panels i referred to for the

695
00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:35,520
ventilation but

696
00:26:38,870 --> 00:26:37,440
indirectly based on the questions

697
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:38,880
they've asked about what would we like

698
00:26:41,830 --> 00:26:40,640
them to activate and not activate i can

699
00:26:43,029 --> 00:26:41,840
tell you that i'm pretty sure they've

700
00:26:45,190 --> 00:26:43,039
made it all the way to the bottom of the

701
00:26:47,830 --> 00:26:45,200
module at this point

702
00:26:49,029 --> 00:26:47,840
but the cargo is still inside so they're

703
00:26:51,029 --> 00:26:49,039
really just kind of rearranging

704
00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:51,039
everything and getting the

705
00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:52,320
launch racks that i talked about a

706
00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:53,840
couple of days ago that all of the cargo

707
00:26:59,190 --> 00:26:56,720
was was attached to for the ride into

708
00:27:01,029 --> 00:26:59,200
orbit they've gotten those out and and

709
00:27:02,230 --> 00:27:01,039
kind of pushed the cargo off to the side

710
00:27:03,750 --> 00:27:02,240
so that they could get access to

711
00:27:06,070 --> 00:27:03,760
whatever they need to in order to

712
00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:06,080
improve this ventilation and get the the

713
00:27:10,149 --> 00:27:07,679
air nice and clean

714
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:10,159
um in terms of when they intend to

715
00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:11,840
unload i can tell you that the crew is

716
00:27:16,950 --> 00:27:14,880
anxious to get the module unloaded and

717
00:27:19,190 --> 00:27:16,960
so if we don't provide them a plan to

718
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:19,200
get it unloaded the week after undock i

719
00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:21,760
think they'll start without us so i

720
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:23,120
think we'll be getting that started

721
00:27:26,950 --> 00:27:25,279
shortly after this mission is finished

722
00:27:29,350 --> 00:27:26,960
and our requirement to have it unloaded

723
00:27:33,269 --> 00:27:29,360
is before we relocate the soyuz

724
00:27:35,430 --> 00:27:33,279
on the 22nd 22nd of june so

725
00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:35,440
we expect to to have it

726
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:36,720
for sure

727
00:27:41,029 --> 00:27:39,200
in shipshape by that time

728
00:27:43,269 --> 00:27:41,039
my final question for you kirk is you

729
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:43,279
mentioned a new crew member for the

730
00:27:46,950 --> 00:27:45,840
next flight who is that i hadn't heard

731
00:27:48,549 --> 00:27:46,960
well

732
00:27:49,990 --> 00:27:48,559
you know a long time ago so this is when

733
00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:50,000
we were eventually defining the mission

734
00:27:53,750 --> 00:27:51,279
and we were looking about how we do

735
00:27:55,269 --> 00:27:53,760
rescue flights so this is not a recent

736
00:27:57,190 --> 00:27:55,279
thing in fact it's probably before we

737
00:27:59,590 --> 00:27:57,200
even announced the crew so i i'd really

738
00:28:01,190 --> 00:27:59,600
prefer not to to name any specific names

739
00:28:02,950 --> 00:28:01,200
in fact to be honest i don't even know

740
00:28:05,269 --> 00:28:02,960
the name i just know we talked about

741
00:28:07,350 --> 00:28:05,279
having a initially a crew of five i

742
00:28:09,430 --> 00:28:07,360
think initially crew of five and we

743
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:09,440
decided to go to a crew of six so all

744
00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:10,799
this happened i think even before we

745
00:28:13,590 --> 00:28:12,080
named the crew

746
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:13,600
oh okay i thought maybe there was yet

747
00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:15,520
another seventh crew member coming on

748
00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:17,360
board no we haven't we haven't done that

749
00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:19,120
and and really don't intend to be

750
00:28:22,630 --> 00:28:20,720
because uh we won't have enough crew

751
00:28:24,789 --> 00:28:22,640
members to do the job that that we have

752
00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:24,799
to do but uh but we also want to

753
00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:28,399
maximize the the up mass and really um

754
00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:31,520
on on ulf5 we'll have the the pmm but it

755
00:28:36,789 --> 00:28:34,640
uh upmass and down mass by the way um

756
00:28:39,669 --> 00:28:36,799
but but for both flights we'll only have

757
00:28:41,590 --> 00:28:39,679
a mig mid deck returning and and we as

758
00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:41,600
you know we try to remove certainly all

759
00:28:45,029 --> 00:28:42,960
the payload and samples that need to

760
00:28:47,110 --> 00:28:45,039
come home to the ground but also

761
00:28:49,590 --> 00:28:47,120
any any items that aren't no longer

762
00:28:51,909 --> 00:28:49,600
required on iss we like to bring home so

763
00:28:53,909 --> 00:28:51,919
we want to maximize the the amount of

764
00:28:55,269 --> 00:28:53,919
cargo we can bring home on those flights

765
00:28:57,669 --> 00:28:55,279
and it would be a trade between

766
00:28:59,750 --> 00:28:57,679
additional crew members and and up and

767
00:29:02,470 --> 00:28:59,760
down mass and we believe at this point

768
00:29:03,990 --> 00:29:02,480
in time we have optimized that trade

769
00:29:04,789 --> 00:29:04,000
with with the crew complement that we

770
00:29:06,230 --> 00:29:04,799
have

771
00:29:07,990 --> 00:29:06,240
thank you

772
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:08,000
okay next on the line uh targe mouth do

773
00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:13,990
thank you yes it said park alec with uh

774
00:29:18,630 --> 00:29:16,480
space.com i think i have a couple of

775
00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:18,640
questions for for curriculum for emily

776
00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:21,200
um so kurt with um i guess the the major

777
00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:23,120
bulk of the maintenance and construction

778
00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:25,120
uh complete with the spacewalk on the

779
00:29:27,909 --> 00:29:26,559
flight i'm wondering if you can kind of

780
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:27,919
give us um

781
00:29:32,389 --> 00:29:30,320
uh an idea of uh percentage-wise how

782
00:29:35,350 --> 00:29:32,399
complete the station is now

783
00:29:37,750 --> 00:29:35,360
maybe what's what's remaining and um

784
00:29:40,389 --> 00:29:37,760
and how robust it is uh given the new

785
00:29:42,549 --> 00:29:40,399
module

786
00:29:44,470 --> 00:29:42,559
well let's see i can't quote you the uh

787
00:29:46,149 --> 00:29:44,480
the percentage maybe kylie might have an

788
00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:46,159
idea from some of the materials we put

789
00:29:50,710 --> 00:29:48,080
out but from a pressurized module

790
00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:50,720
standpoint um we have one more module

791
00:29:56,389 --> 00:29:52,640
we're going to launch from iss which is

792
00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:56,399
the pmm on the on ulf f5 the next flight

793
00:30:00,710 --> 00:29:58,080
we have two external carriers we're

794
00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:00,720
going to fly we're going to fly one on

795
00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:03,279
on that flight ulf-5 we have another

796
00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:05,840
carrier that will fly on ulf6 and then a

797
00:30:10,310 --> 00:30:07,440
massive payload

798
00:30:12,389 --> 00:30:10,320
ams will also fly on ulf6 so

799
00:30:15,110 --> 00:30:12,399
from a massive standpoint we're very

800
00:30:17,110 --> 00:30:15,120
very close probably 90 95 and i can get

801
00:30:18,549 --> 00:30:17,120
the exact number i'll i'll try to do

802
00:30:20,230 --> 00:30:18,559
that for you

803
00:30:22,710 --> 00:30:20,240
but in terms of robustness we look at

804
00:30:25,350 --> 00:30:22,720
system overall system robustness and

805
00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:25,360
from a power and a thermal and

806
00:30:30,230 --> 00:30:28,320
avionics and from a life support

807
00:30:32,950 --> 00:30:30,240
and even from a docking

808
00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:32,960
resupply standpoint we're in excellent

809
00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:34,640
shape

810
00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:36,640
with this new module now we have four

811
00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:39,520
docking ports from the russian side um

812
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:41,039
we're in we're in outstanding shape

813
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:43,440
we're in the robust configuration that

814
00:30:47,510 --> 00:30:45,440
that we expect to be in for a long time

815
00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:47,520
so we're very very happy to be in this

816
00:30:51,909 --> 00:30:50,159
uh in this configuration and of course

817
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:51,919
our goal was to have be in this

818
00:30:54,470 --> 00:30:53,279
configuration and then have the

819
00:30:56,549 --> 00:30:54,480
additional spares that we're going to

820
00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:56,559
launch on these last few flights to put

821
00:31:01,190 --> 00:30:58,320
us in a position after shuttle

822
00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:01,200
retirement to fly through 2020 and we'll

823
00:31:06,230 --> 00:31:04,240
be there

824
00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:06,240
to answer that question i do have for

825
00:31:12,389 --> 00:31:09,120
the volume of the space station 98

826
00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:12,399
complete habitable volume uh 94 complete

827
00:31:17,669 --> 00:31:14,080
in the total pressurized volume i don't

828
00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:17,679
have the percentage for mass though

829
00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:20,320
thank you thank you and uh for emily uh

830
00:31:23,430 --> 00:31:21,440
you mentioned that there's some some

831
00:31:25,029 --> 00:31:23,440
time off coming tomorrow uh for the

832
00:31:27,830 --> 00:31:25,039
shuttle crew and given i guess a busy

833
00:31:28,950 --> 00:31:27,840
week of spacewalks uh i'm wondering if

834
00:31:30,549 --> 00:31:28,960
you're gonna have to give them some

835
00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:30,559
extra encouragement to make sure that

836
00:31:34,710 --> 00:31:31,600
they

837
00:31:36,710 --> 00:31:34,720
rest up before undocking on sunday

838
00:31:38,470 --> 00:31:36,720
and and then just a quick follow-up i'm

839
00:31:40,710 --> 00:31:38,480
just wondering when you might need to

840
00:31:42,870 --> 00:31:40,720
see the cart that seems stuck

841
00:31:44,470 --> 00:31:42,880
in the near future to move that so

842
00:31:47,669 --> 00:31:44,480
that's it thank you

843
00:31:49,269 --> 00:31:47,679
in terms of off-duty day um we talked a

844
00:31:51,909 --> 00:31:49,279
little on console yesterday about the

845
00:31:53,590 --> 00:31:51,919
fact that the ev crew members

846
00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:53,600
garrett and mike were probably not

847
00:31:56,789 --> 00:31:55,200
really taking much of a day off

848
00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:56,799
yesterday when they were supposed to be

849
00:31:59,590 --> 00:31:58,000
because they'd be

850
00:32:01,990 --> 00:31:59,600
wanting to be focused for the spacewalk

851
00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:02,000
today so i expect that the smaller

852
00:32:06,070 --> 00:32:03,600
amount of off-duty time that they'll get

853
00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:06,080
tomorrow are spacewalkers for certain

854
00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:08,240
and peers as well

855
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:10,480
since his robotic duties will mostly be

856
00:32:12,950 --> 00:32:11,840
over at that point

857
00:32:14,870 --> 00:32:12,960
are

858
00:32:16,789 --> 00:32:14,880
i think we won't have to encourage them

859
00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:16,799
too much to rest up and then

860
00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:18,960
it's about time for ken and tony to

861
00:32:21,990 --> 00:32:20,320
start um

862
00:32:23,430 --> 00:32:22,000
really focusing on everything they're

863
00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:23,440
going to need to do for the undock the

864
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:25,200
fly around and landing so

865
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:27,360
i am confident that they will rest and

866
00:32:30,630 --> 00:32:28,559
relax

867
00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:30,640
maybe they take turns some of them got

868
00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:32,240
more relaxation yesterday and some will

869
00:32:36,070 --> 00:32:34,240
get more relaxation tomorrow

870
00:32:38,549 --> 00:32:36,080
in terms of the cedar cart i am unaware

871
00:32:39,990 --> 00:32:38,559
of a specific need for the swing arm

872
00:32:42,310 --> 00:32:40,000
that is currently stuck on that

873
00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:42,320
starboard cedar cart

874
00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:45,039
we were only using it in eva2 in order

875
00:32:50,310 --> 00:32:47,600
to get to that ldri cable

876
00:32:52,789 --> 00:32:50,320
so it wasn't even planned for use for us

877
00:32:53,830 --> 00:32:52,799
and i haven't heard of any specific need

878
00:32:55,590 --> 00:32:53,840
for that

879
00:32:57,750 --> 00:32:55,600
have you heard about this

880
00:32:59,590 --> 00:32:57,760
cedar carts are used uh

881
00:33:00,549 --> 00:32:59,600
or a crew aid that's out there available

882
00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:00,559
for us

883
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:02,240
and uh and so it'd really be only used

884
00:33:06,789 --> 00:33:04,159
if we had failures that required us to

885
00:33:08,630 --> 00:33:06,799
go translate uh large orus it would be

886
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:08,640
one of the tools available to us so no

887
00:33:13,110 --> 00:33:11,200
baseline plans but certainly

888
00:33:14,789 --> 00:33:13,120
if we had a

889
00:33:16,630 --> 00:33:14,799
a specific failure

890
00:33:18,549 --> 00:33:16,640
we would have that as our as one of the

891
00:33:20,070 --> 00:33:18,559
options for us

892
00:33:21,909 --> 00:33:20,080
and and that's all on that i mean i

893
00:33:24,950 --> 00:33:21,919
think it's it's important to point out

894
00:33:26,710 --> 00:33:24,960
that's only one of uh five

895
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:26,720
sockets for the foot restraints on that

896
00:33:32,950 --> 00:33:28,720
cedar cart so it's by no means out of

897
00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:34,710
okay tart did you have another question

898
00:33:42,149 --> 00:33:40,389
okay and last on the line is irene klotz

899
00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:42,159
please

900
00:33:45,669 --> 00:33:44,240
thanks very much um kirk i just wanted

901
00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:45,679
to follow up something that you said

902
00:33:50,470 --> 00:33:48,000
about the um about the station

903
00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:50,480
configuration um with evas after the

904
00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:52,640
shuttle's not flying what are you doing

905
00:33:57,669 --> 00:33:55,440
to manage the spacesuits um can those be

906
00:34:00,149 --> 00:33:57,679
flown back and forth on the um

907
00:34:01,269 --> 00:34:00,159
atv or htv or you need to wait for the

908
00:34:03,990 --> 00:34:01,279
commercial

909
00:34:07,350 --> 00:34:04,000
crew to do those and any other

910
00:34:09,510 --> 00:34:07,360
kind of tasks or activities that are

911
00:34:12,230 --> 00:34:09,520
going to be on hold for a while after

912
00:34:13,909 --> 00:34:12,240
the shuttle retirement thanks

913
00:34:15,589 --> 00:34:13,919
sure uh we went through of course we

914
00:34:17,829 --> 00:34:15,599
when when we decided that shuttle was

915
00:34:19,669 --> 00:34:17,839
retiring um we went through and looked

916
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:19,679
at this problem and our plan was to

917
00:34:25,589 --> 00:34:21,760
create we call them megapluses but

918
00:34:26,550 --> 00:34:25,599
basically uh extend the life of uh of

919
00:34:28,790 --> 00:34:26,560
the

920
00:34:30,710 --> 00:34:28,800
spacesuits on orbit without having to

921
00:34:32,790 --> 00:34:30,720
bring them home to be refurbished uh

922
00:34:35,030 --> 00:34:32,800
periodically so now we have we have

923
00:34:36,790 --> 00:34:35,040
enough life on those space flight spaces

924
00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:36,800
to take us through 2015

925
00:34:41,109 --> 00:34:39,280
and we're working on plans to uh to

926
00:34:43,629 --> 00:34:41,119
configure some more of those that uh

927
00:34:46,470 --> 00:34:43,639
that could fly up and and take us beyond

928
00:34:48,149 --> 00:34:46,480
2015. um and so that's that's what we're

929
00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:48,159
doing since we just got to go ahead to

930
00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:50,399
extend here recently we're still working

931
00:34:53,270 --> 00:34:51,760
through that but

932
00:34:55,270 --> 00:34:53,280
our plan is not to fly them home of

933
00:34:58,470 --> 00:34:55,280
course as you know

934
00:35:01,349 --> 00:34:58,480
the atv and progress vehicles and htv

935
00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:01,359
all those are non-recoverable

936
00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:03,040
the dragon will have a capability to

937
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:05,440
bring some mass home

938
00:35:09,349 --> 00:35:07,680
our focus of that is primarily payloads

939
00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:09,359
there may be some additional mass above

940
00:35:12,550 --> 00:35:11,119
the payloads requirement but but we're

941
00:35:14,310 --> 00:35:12,560
not counting on that at this point in

942
00:35:15,589 --> 00:35:14,320
time for spacesuits so it's really

943
00:35:17,349 --> 00:35:15,599
extending the life of the ones that we

944
00:35:20,550 --> 00:35:17,359
have on orbit and we brought them home

945
00:35:22,950 --> 00:35:20,560
and and basically we uh reassembled them

946
00:35:24,870 --> 00:35:22,960
with brand new parts before we launched

947
00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:24,880
them to iss and we'll have

948
00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:26,320
we'll have a number of those on orbit to

949
00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:27,760
support us through

950
00:35:32,310 --> 00:35:29,520
through the life after shuttle has

951
00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:34,630
um thank you i know the spacesuits are

952
00:35:39,349 --> 00:35:36,960
put together in uh bits and pieces but

953
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:39,359
do you have uh some sort of cumulative

954
00:35:42,710 --> 00:35:40,880
number of um

955
00:35:45,589 --> 00:35:42,720
spacesuits that are aboard

956
00:35:47,990 --> 00:35:45,599
i know there may be like extra

957
00:35:49,910 --> 00:35:48,000
arm parts or hand glove parts for

958
00:35:52,390 --> 00:35:49,920
interchanging but we're just in rough

959
00:35:54,069 --> 00:35:52,400
numbers i i understand your question do

960
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:54,079
you know typically we have three on

961
00:35:58,069 --> 00:35:56,160
board iss long term but i i wouldn't

962
00:35:58,910 --> 00:35:58,079
swear to that now maybe you know yeah

963
00:36:01,910 --> 00:35:58,920
actually

964
00:36:04,790 --> 00:36:01,920
sts-132 brought up the fourth

965
00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:04,800
megaplus the long-duration um

966
00:36:08,550 --> 00:36:06,640
place that or spacesuit that was going

967
00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:08,560
up so right now that's the quantity i

968
00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:10,640
believe that we're planning to maintain

969
00:36:15,750 --> 00:36:12,800
as far as the life support pack and then

970
00:36:18,150 --> 00:36:15,760
we do have a number of boots arms legs

971
00:36:20,950 --> 00:36:18,160
of different sizes so there's an entire

972
00:36:22,470 --> 00:36:20,960
inventory of spacesuit parts up there

973
00:36:26,550 --> 00:36:22,480
now so we can accommodate quite the

974
00:36:33,430 --> 00:36:28,550
thank you very much

975
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:35,589
uh mark crowe aviation week four and i

976
00:36:40,790 --> 00:36:37,839
had a look ahead question

977
00:36:43,109 --> 00:36:40,800
when you uh place the grapple fixture on

978
00:36:45,349 --> 00:36:43,119
the russian segment

979
00:36:47,589 --> 00:36:45,359
what access is that going to give you

980
00:36:51,589 --> 00:36:47,599
with the arm that you've not had before

981
00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:53,829
having the grapple fixture on the on the

982
00:36:58,230 --> 00:36:55,760
on the fgb on zarya

983
00:37:00,150 --> 00:36:58,240
gives us the capability to not only base

984
00:37:01,829 --> 00:37:00,160
the arm there but it also gives the

985
00:37:05,829 --> 00:37:01,839
capability uh to

986
00:37:07,430 --> 00:37:05,839
to i'll say park dexter on on that so

987
00:37:08,550 --> 00:37:07,440
we'd have capability further back into

988
00:37:11,510 --> 00:37:08,560
the russian segment this will be the

989
00:37:12,950 --> 00:37:11,520
farthest aft grapple fixture we have um

990
00:37:15,030 --> 00:37:12,960
but like i said it gives us another

991
00:37:18,310 --> 00:37:15,040
opportunity to uh to park dexter today

992
00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:18,320
we parked dexter on uh typically on the

993
00:37:25,430 --> 00:37:19,520
the lab

994
00:37:27,670 --> 00:37:25,440
is in view of one of our windows so

995
00:37:28,790 --> 00:37:27,680
that that's problematic for us long term

996
00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:28,800
which is one of the reasons we were

997
00:37:33,990 --> 00:37:31,200
driving to this or we put dexter up on

998
00:37:35,990 --> 00:37:34,000
the mbs which again if you're doing

999
00:37:37,430 --> 00:37:36,000
operations like during a shuttle flight

1000
00:37:38,870 --> 00:37:37,440
typically we don't have it there i think

1001
00:37:41,109 --> 00:37:38,880
in this flight we had dexter up there

1002
00:37:43,030 --> 00:37:41,119
because we were adding the eotp but

1003
00:37:44,310 --> 00:37:43,040
other flights typically we moved extra

1004
00:37:45,910 --> 00:37:44,320
down to the

1005
00:37:47,670 --> 00:37:45,920
lab so it just gives us additional

1006
00:37:49,349 --> 00:37:47,680
flexibility there's no driving

1007
00:37:50,630 --> 00:37:49,359
requirement for reach aft in the russian

1008
00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:50,640
segment at this point in time but

1009
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:52,079
certainly we would have that available

1010
00:37:55,200 --> 00:38:00,310
there's another question down here

1011
00:38:04,390 --> 00:38:02,069
peter ray with southern fm from

1012
00:38:06,230 --> 00:38:04,400
australia mr shaman again um could you

1013
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:06,240
explain the reason that the

1014
00:38:12,150 --> 00:38:09,680
soyuz 23 is launching and docking uh on

1015
00:38:14,470 --> 00:38:12,160
the russian segment then after docking

1016
00:38:15,589 --> 00:38:14,480
it's translating around to the mrm1 is

1017
00:38:18,550 --> 00:38:15,599
there a particular reason why it's not

1018
00:38:20,870 --> 00:38:18,560
going directly there

1019
00:38:21,910 --> 00:38:20,880
sure we talked a lot uh with respect to

1020
00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:21,920
our we've talked to our russian

1021
00:38:26,550 --> 00:38:23,920
colleagues about that the mrn1 is not

1022
00:38:29,990 --> 00:38:26,560
fully outfitted uh for approaching

1023
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:30,000
vehicle um in its normal uh autonomous

1024
00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:31,119
mode

1025
00:38:34,950 --> 00:38:32,880
in other words it's uh and the reason

1026
00:38:37,510 --> 00:38:34,960
for that is it takes a space walk to go

1027
00:38:40,310 --> 00:38:37,520
out and deploy targets and and hook up

1028
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:40,320
cables uh so that the all the antennas

1029
00:38:44,390 --> 00:38:42,079
are uh are functioning that we require

1030
00:38:46,069 --> 00:38:44,400
for that autonomous mode of the soyuz

1031
00:38:47,510 --> 00:38:46,079
and so what you have to be is flown

1032
00:38:49,349 --> 00:38:47,520
manually and so the russians would

1033
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:49,359
prefer to uh

1034
00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:50,880
and in fact that's what we're doing to

1035
00:38:55,349 --> 00:38:53,520
fly up to the

1036
00:38:57,910 --> 00:38:55,359
let's see i'll make sure i get the right

1037
00:39:00,630 --> 00:38:57,920
port here we are flying up to the

1038
00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:00,640
service module aft port and and then

1039
00:39:04,710 --> 00:39:02,240
it'll relocate to the

1040
00:39:07,030 --> 00:39:04,720
mrm port which is on the on the nader

1041
00:39:08,790 --> 00:39:07,040
side of zarya and it'll that that

1042
00:39:10,230 --> 00:39:08,800
relocation is all flowing manually they

1043
00:39:12,390 --> 00:39:10,240
back off

1044
00:39:14,230 --> 00:39:12,400
rotate around the iss and dock so

1045
00:39:16,230 --> 00:39:14,240
that'll all be done manually we'll do a

1046
00:39:17,910 --> 00:39:16,240
russian eva this summer and at that

1047
00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:17,920
point in time it'll be ready for fully

1048
00:39:22,630 --> 00:39:20,160
automated dockings to to that port in

1049
00:39:26,870 --> 00:39:24,710
any other questions here

1050
00:39:28,790 --> 00:39:26,880
okay to add to again one of the answers

1051
00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:28,800
from before the space station is

1052
00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:32,400
complete by 93 percent of the mass that

1053
00:39:34,390 --> 00:39:33,280
for

1054
00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:34,400
assembly

1055
00:39:37,829 --> 00:39:36,800
and also there was a question maybe

1056
00:39:40,069 --> 00:39:37,839
about

1057
00:39:41,190 --> 00:39:40,079
the soyuz launch and docking if those

1058
00:39:44,870 --> 00:39:41,200
were

1059
00:39:47,670 --> 00:39:44,880
gmt times it may be the 15th and 17th

1060
00:39:50,630 --> 00:39:47,680
central time locally

1061
00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:50,640
do you think okay and coming up on nasa

1062
00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:52,800
television we'll be airing the videos

1063
00:39:55,910 --> 00:39:54,320
that were retrieved from the solid

1064
00:39:58,550 --> 00:39:55,920
rocket boosters for the first time that

1065
00:40:00,310 --> 00:39:58,560
will come up at the top of the hour and

1066
00:40:02,310 --> 00:40:00,320
the flight day highlights for today's

1067
00:40:04,150 --> 00:40:02,320
activities will begin airing at 5 pm

1068
00:40:05,589 --> 00:40:04,160
central time as the crews onboard the

1069
00:40:07,829 --> 00:40:05,599
shutdown station are now in their sleep

1070
00:40:19,030 --> 00:40:07,839
shift and with that we'll head back to

1071
00:40:24,550 --> 00:40:22,150
this is mission control houston

1072
00:40:25,829 --> 00:40:24,560
welcome back to live coverage of sts-132

1073
00:40:27,349 --> 00:40:25,839
from here in the space shuttle flight