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good afternoon and welcome to today's

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sts-135 mission status briefing all the

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details of the one and only spacewalk of

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this mission with us today we have chris

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edelen who is the lead space station

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flight director for this mission

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glenda brown who is the lead spacewalk

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officer or eva officer for the flight

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and ben reed who is the satellite

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servicing capabilities office deputy

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project manager associated with the

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robotic refueling mission we'll start

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off with opening comments from all three

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of them and then we'll move on to your

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questions chris

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thank you kelly and thank you all for

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coming today i'm very pleased to report

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that

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the one and only eva planned for

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sts-3135 was a great success today the

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crew completed all of their planned

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activities including return of the

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failed pump module to the shuttle's

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payload bay in order to bring it back to

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transfer of the robotics refueling

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module to the space station for future

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technology demonstration as well as

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several other uh several other tasks

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that were on our objectives list and the

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crew completed the eva within one minute

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of the planned time which should give

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you some indication of how right on

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target they were all day and

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what a good job that the the team on the

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ground did planning this eva and just to

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give you a little bit of a little bit of

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historical background

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this eva was not originally part of the

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mission plan when the sts-135 was

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baselined about nine months ago

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the station program soon after the

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flight was baseline

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identified a high priority objective to

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bring back the failed pump module so

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they added the eva to this flight and

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the pump module

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on the station is the one that failed

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last summer this pumps ammonia through

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the uh the coolant loops on the outside

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of the station sort of like the fluid in

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your radiator of your car that cools

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your engine so without the pump module

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the electronics inside of space station

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cannot be cooled off so we have two that

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run on space station all the time again

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this one that we just returned to the

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payload bay uh failed last summer and

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we're bringing it back to earth in order

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determine what happened with it what

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caused it to fail and that's very

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important for uh for the space station

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program to have an understanding of what

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kind of lifetime to expect with the pump

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modules that are currently on orbit so

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uh that went very well we as i mentioned

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we also installed a new technology

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demonstrator the robotic refueling

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mission uh mr reed will be telling you

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more about that in a few minutes the

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crew also uh installed a uh

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a materials exposure experiment called

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ormate which stands for optical

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reflective materials experiment it'll

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study the effects of

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of space on various high-tech materials

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cleared out a wire that was interfering

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grapple fixture a payload data grapple

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fixture or pdgf

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on the the fgb module and uh that that

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robotics grapple fixture is not

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operational yet but we've gotten one

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step closer by clearing out this a

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ground wire a small wire that was that

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was blocking access to one of the uh

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the data and power latches inside that

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the crew also installed a thermal cover

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over our permanent mating adapter number

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three which is on the

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port side of the station attached to the

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node 3 tranquility module this

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is a side facing hatch and it has a

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pressure equalization valve that when

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it's exposed to sunlight it gets very

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warm and that the continuous thermal

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cycling on this valve is causing its

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seal to degrade over time so this was

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again a high priority objective for the

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space station program to get a thermal

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over this uh over this hatch and uh and

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we've already seen from the data that

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the the temperatures are stabilizing at

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a nice uh comfortable level so uh we'll

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be confident that this seal will last

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through the life of the station through

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past 2020 and not cause a potential leak

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the history of this flight when we added

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this eva there were lots of challenges

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we had a small shuttle crew of four so

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we knew that uh putting this eva on on

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the shuttle cruise back would uh would

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be uh would lead to excessive amount of

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uh excessively high training load so we

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uh we came up with the idea of putting

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the eva on the station crew and we took

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advantage of the fact that our two eva

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astronauts mike fossum and ron garan had

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already performed three evas before on a

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previous shuttle flight so we took

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advantage of that synergy and uh and

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they jumped right in with their training

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we uh we trained this uh several times

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in the weightless uh swimming the

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weightless uh simulator here which is

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essentially a huge swimming pool the

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neutral buoyancy lab and uh one of the

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challenges was that because

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soyuz vehicles and not the shuttle

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atlantis they would arrive in place uh

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several months before they'd execute the

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eva so that basically compressed the

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entire training flow for mike and ron

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so the last time they were in the pool

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together was back in february so we uh

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with the help of the ground team and our

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great eva team here represented by

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glinda they they provided an excellent

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training plan for mike and ron on orbit

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they've been preparing for the past

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self-study reviewing the checklist and

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they've conducted several conferences

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with our eva team here in houston to

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make sure they were ready and you can

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really tell how smoothly things went

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today how well prepared they were and i

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just couldn't be happier with the what

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the performance of the team and the crew

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um just to just to fill you in a little

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on this the overall status of space

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again the focus was on the eva most of

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the crew was involved directly with the

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eva support our shuttle crew even though

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they didn't go out the door and perform

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the eva they were still key members

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was in charge of uh

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prepping before uh prepping the eva

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suits and helping mike and ron into

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their suits both before and after the

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eva rex walheim was our

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spacewalk choreographer he was on the

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aft flight deck of atlantis all day

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today without a break reading through

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each specific step of the checklist

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helping mike and ron through through

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every every single task that they had to

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doug and sandy were in the cupola on the

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robotic arm driving uh driving the

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robotic arm to support the transfer of

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today although we had most of the crew

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busy supporting the eva we were

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great support from our russian

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almost 30 hours of transfer from the

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multi-purpose logistics module into the

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space station so we're slightly ahead on

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the transfer schedule which is really

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good news with the extra day that we

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going to be in great shape on cargo

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transfer i have no concerns there so

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with that i'll hand it over to glenda to

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hello everyone and thank you for coming

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first of all i just have to say wow this

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was so great we work so hard

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to get these crews ready especially

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during the space shuttle training

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template and this was an accelerated

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template as chris said we all had to put

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in extra hours for many months to try to

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get this all together because the crew

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was on orbit we had to pull in ground

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team members to help us out

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more so than we ever have before

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and it took a lot of people working

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really hard together and it was just

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so good to see it all come together and

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all goes really so smoothly right before

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the eva i leaned over to my on-the-job

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trainer and said i just got to say this

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is so cool

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to finally get there and be ready for

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that was that was quite a moment uh

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it we went out the door about 40 minutes

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late fergie and satoshi were helping

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ron and rex get into the i'm sorry ron

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and mike get into their suits and mike

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i'm sorry mike and ron get into their

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they were making sure very meticulously

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40 minutes late but we were not at all

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concerned about that chris and i had

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talked about that and had a good plan

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for managing the overall day length

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and i brought some video so let's go

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started out installing the new colt

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tools or the contingency operation lapid

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back side of the pump module platform

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those went right into position what a

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great team working together to get that

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those tools worked flawlessly

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module hung up just a little bit on the

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external stowage platform before we got

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it released he gave it uh one more a

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pgt bolt didn't turn it all so he gave

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thing on the robot arm and notice he's

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just very slowly turning the whole thing

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that when he got down to the payload bay

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he'd be heads down

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in the payload bay and could install the

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pump module when he got down there

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all of that went really smoothly it was

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just like watching the training in the

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vr lab and in the neutral buoyancy

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laboratory we're really glad to see all

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of that

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here you see the robotics refueling

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mission uh just about to be installed

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and handed off to the dexter arm over on

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the lab nader

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i know that everybody at goddard was

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holding their breath here making sure

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that

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we were all

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sending them good wishes and

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we were able to get it installed onto

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the dexter just fine then it was off to

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install the missy or the materials iss

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experiment the small portion of that

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called the ormate

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took some photos of that that's material

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samples that are exposed to the

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ram and wake of space

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from there we went on to work on the

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grapple fixture that had the little wire

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sticking out through one of the latch

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doors you can see it getting cleared

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there and then pulled out of the way

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that went just like the training it

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could not it was just like watching

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trainia video to see how well this went

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just like we had planned it doesn't

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always go that well but today it sure

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did and we were glad to see it

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our final task on the eva was installing

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the thermal cover that chris was talking

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about here you see it coming out of the

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bag you can think of a great big

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comforter coming out of the

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oru bag or the

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here you can see it in its final

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configuration strapped down it's got

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nine velcro straps that hold it into

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position and

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about the time that they had it

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installed in this configuration the

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thermal officer in the front room in the

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mission control center stood up and

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turned around and said i can already see

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it starting to take effect

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he had already seen in his data just

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that fast so that's very successful

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project

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we

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wanted to wrap up as close on time as

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possible today and we did that we were

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able to pick up the large cutter tool

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out of the port

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toolbox

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we brought that inside the russians are

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going to borrow that from us on their

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russian eva that's coming up a little

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bit later this summer

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i'm going to take just a minute to thank

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my team what a great team we had ernie

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bell on the airlock position

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giving me calls on the configuration of

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the airlock throughout the eva grant

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schlesser was keeping track of the emu

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consumables or the spacesuit consumables

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how much oxygen we had remaining how

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much power and co2 scrubbing capability

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he was assisted by tamara york it was

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great to hear all of them on the loops

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and we like to hear them as little as

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possible because the more we hear of

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them the

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more problems we're having and they got

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to be really quiet today so we were glad

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about that

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darren welsh was on the task console

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giving a task times as we went along

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long pointers just in case the crew ran

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into trouble keeping one finger in the

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contingency

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pages just in case they ran into trouble

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and he could give me a quick words to

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help straighten them out if required

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scott ray was assisting him and he

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actually took over and was primed for a

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little while he's one of our trainers

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and we allowed him to what we call hot

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ojt or hot on the job training um for a

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few minutes in the eva while we

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installed the pma 3 cover we kind of

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gave that to him as a prime task to get

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him ready for

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certification on international space

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station

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spacewalks in the future they were also

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assisted by charles goff

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who was also helping them keep track of

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tools tethers watching what was going on

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during the eva making sure that

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while we were listening he was watching

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on the down link while we were taking

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notes and had our eyes off of the tv for

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a minute he was the one watching keeping

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us

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straight on all the other calls

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i have to say there was a little

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poignant moment while uh ron was

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finishing up down in the payload bay

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those words about it being the last eva

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in the shuttle payload bay were

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pretty touching to all of us of course

401
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we're technical people and we keep our

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heads in the game in real time but there

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wasn't any one of us that didn't have a

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little bit of a catch in our throat as

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we

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i also wanted to thank all the people

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out at the neutral buoyancy laboratory

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um they've been great throughout the ins

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the shuttle program prior to that we had

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the wet af or weightless environment

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training

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facility at

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johnson johnson

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a lot of those folks started at the wet

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off and moved over to the nbl and

416
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have supported the shuttle program

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throughout and wanted to thank them

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for doing such a phenomenal job

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we've now come down to the point where

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we can watch a task in the nbl and

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compare it to on orbit times and know

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just about exactly

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how much time it's going to take in

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space based on adjustment factors

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knowing the experience level of the crew

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the complexity of the task

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the history of the various tools and

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products involved i'm not saying it's

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all science it took some luck today too

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to hit it on the numbers but we

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certainly did and it's a good validation

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of all the

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the work that folks prior to this have

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put in to

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help us out with all of our planning

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tools so a lot of thanks to all the eva

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officers that have gone before me and

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all the hot hard work that they've done

439
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on the space shuttle program we're not

440
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done though we're we still have an

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international space station to maintain

442
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and we're preparing for all of that and

443
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then we're getting ready to go explore

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the universe as well and looking forward

445
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to that as well

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that's all i have and i know ben wants

447
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to say some special words about the

448
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robotics revealing mission i would also

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like to talk about the future thank you

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glenda because this is not the end this

451
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is the beginning

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so first off let me start off by saying

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that

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the words cannot express how excited

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proud

456
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and humbled i am to be part of this

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this historic mission um it truly is a

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great day

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i speak for the entire satellite

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servicing capabilities office at goddard

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when i give my thanks

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first to the sts-135 team it's a very

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large team

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at kennedy space center we get excellent

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support there whenever goddard processed

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as a payload through the the shuttle

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program we have had fantastic support

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with all the hubble servicing missions

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and now with rrm cannot say enough about

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our good friends down in florida

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from the payloads office to the four eva

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crew members who gave us a fantastic

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ride

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to

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the international space station a couple

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speaking of the international space

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station i would

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now like to thank the two eva crew

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members

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ron and mike for excellent work today in

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getting us from the shuttle on to

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station they did a fantastic job thank

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you glenda for making that happen

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i think again i think it's a testament

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to the ability for the various centers

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at goddard to work

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as a unified agency what you saw today

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the iss payloads office at both johnson

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and at marshall

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i don't think it's a stretch to say that

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rrm is the most complicated

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payload experiment to

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sit on iss and be poised for future

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operations and we could not have gotten

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to where we are today without the

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excellent support from the payloads

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offices at both johnson and at marshall

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canadian space agency they are trusted

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friends

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with the iss program and they

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again came through it's excellent forum

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today with the canadarm2

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transferring us helping mike and ron

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transfer us from

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the shuttle to

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iss

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and in the future we will be using their

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dexter robot their two-arm dexterous

509
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robot named dexter

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to perform operations with

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uh rrm module so thank you to the

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canadian space agency

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and lastly my thanks to the robotics

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refueling mission team at goddard

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my team back at goddard is

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is a great team

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from top to the bottom from design

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development

519
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configuration management the electrical

520
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team the mechanical team the thermal

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team

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contamination

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it's a large team

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and they all

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put in incredibly long hours

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essentially nobody on my team had a

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christmas or a new year this year as we

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were

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frantically assembling and testing the

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flight hardware

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to make

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the launch schedule because we did not

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want to

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miss the opportunity

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so here we are our rrm the robotic

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refueling mission is now poised on iss

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which is a fantastic on orbit laboratory

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we could not

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conceivably

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envision getting a payload to orbit from

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concept

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to capture on orbit in 18 months without

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having iss that fantastic

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infrastructure already in place

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power communication

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thermal

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three axis stabilized telemetry to the

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ground commands up

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and a two-armed dexterous robot waiting

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for action

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without all those capabilities we would

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not have been able to get rrm

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to orbit as quickly as we did so we are

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looking forward to our future operations

555
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on such an incredible orbiting

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laboratory

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so

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not to be overly dramatic but what we

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hope to do

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with rrm is to demonstrate the tools

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the technology

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and the techniques

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for on-orbit servicing

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so what is on orbit servicing what can

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it do for an agency

566
00:20:48,310 --> 00:20:46,480
well with on-orbit servicing

567
00:20:51,190 --> 00:20:48,320
a satellite that's out of fuel does not

568
00:20:52,549 --> 00:20:51,200
necessarily have to be discarded thrown

569
00:20:54,630 --> 00:20:52,559
away

570
00:20:57,110 --> 00:20:54,640
with on-orbit servicing

571
00:20:59,669 --> 00:20:57,120
a brand new satellite just delivered to

572
00:21:01,909 --> 00:20:59,679
orbit with a deployment failure does not

573
00:21:04,310 --> 00:21:01,919
necessarily have to be hobbled for the

574
00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:04,320
remainder of its operational life but

575
00:21:06,470 --> 00:21:05,440
rather

576
00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:06,480
could be

577
00:21:11,350 --> 00:21:09,840
brought back to fully operational status

578
00:21:13,510 --> 00:21:11,360
so

579
00:21:15,190 --> 00:21:13,520
servicing is not a panacea it's not

580
00:21:16,789 --> 00:21:15,200
magical it will not solve all of our

581
00:21:20,549 --> 00:21:16,799
problems but

582
00:21:23,029 --> 00:21:20,559
if done properly it can be a useful tool

583
00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:23,039
in the agency's toolbox it can be

584
00:21:28,230 --> 00:21:26,320
another arrow another set of options

585
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:28,240
in the agency's quiver

586
00:21:32,950 --> 00:21:31,840
should they want to use it for

587
00:21:36,230 --> 00:21:32,960
repair

588
00:21:38,470 --> 00:21:36,240
refueling or on orbit construction

589
00:21:39,909 --> 00:21:38,480
so thank you for your attention and back

590
00:21:40,870 --> 00:21:39,919
to you mike

591
00:21:42,630 --> 00:21:40,880
okay

592
00:21:44,630 --> 00:21:42,640
thanks very much for the opening

593
00:21:46,789 --> 00:21:44,640
statements we'll move first to questions

594
00:21:49,510 --> 00:21:46,799
here in houston and then i understand we

595
00:21:51,029 --> 00:21:49,520
have a reporter on the phone bridge so

596
00:21:52,870 --> 00:21:51,039
any questions

597
00:21:55,029 --> 00:21:52,880
gina please say sorry about the

598
00:21:55,830 --> 00:21:55,039
microphone but if you'll just step up to

599
00:22:00,390 --> 00:21:55,840
it

600
00:22:02,310 --> 00:22:00,400
like the space walkers were in a

601
00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:02,320
particularly good mood today i thought i

602
00:22:06,070 --> 00:22:04,000
heard them trying to whistle they were

603
00:22:08,310 --> 00:22:06,080
making jokes tell me a little bit about

604
00:22:10,230 --> 00:22:08,320
their attitude out on the spacewalk

605
00:22:12,310 --> 00:22:10,240
oh that the whistling thing is kind of

606
00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:12,320
fun because

607
00:22:16,390 --> 00:22:14,320
you know among all the spacewalkers they

608
00:22:19,029 --> 00:22:16,400
all talk about it can you really whistle

609
00:22:21,029 --> 00:22:19,039
because of the

610
00:22:24,230 --> 00:22:21,039
lower pressure in the suit less

611
00:22:25,430 --> 00:22:24,240
molecules in the air so it's you really

612
00:22:27,669 --> 00:22:25,440
have to

613
00:22:30,710 --> 00:22:27,679
take a deep breath and blow hard to

614
00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:30,720
whistle and so they all try it well i

615
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:32,240
won't say they all try it but mike

616
00:22:35,350 --> 00:22:33,520
definitely wanted to try it and you

617
00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:35,360
could you could hear him trying to to

618
00:22:39,830 --> 00:22:38,000
give it a go he got a little whistle out

619
00:22:42,630 --> 00:22:39,840
out at the beginning and i think that's

620
00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:42,640
just a little fun for them um

621
00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:44,640
you know

622
00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:46,000
you need a little something to break the

623
00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:47,760
tension too because you're going out

624
00:22:51,990 --> 00:22:49,840
you've got uh you've got six and a half

625
00:22:53,190 --> 00:22:52,000
hours ahead of you and uh there's not a

626
00:22:55,430 --> 00:22:53,200
lunch break

627
00:22:57,750 --> 00:22:55,440
so uh it's it's a lot to be thinking

628
00:23:00,070 --> 00:22:57,760
about is just as you head out the door

629
00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:00,080
as we sat down at our console too so

630
00:23:03,909 --> 00:23:01,840
it's a it's fun to hear that and that

631
00:23:06,549 --> 00:23:03,919
kind of puts us all in a good mood for

632
00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:06,559
the day ron was also in a good mood

633
00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:08,240
those two like to work together they've

634
00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:11,200
done three evas in the past uh worked

635
00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:13,360
that whole mission together and did

636
00:23:16,630 --> 00:23:15,120
their as much of their training together

637
00:23:19,110 --> 00:23:16,640
as they could they were on separate

638
00:23:21,029 --> 00:23:19,120
rotations in the training schedule but

639
00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:21,039
uh always fun to see them working

640
00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:26,789
rob

641
00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:32,080
i think i heard that the next u.s based

642
00:23:36,950 --> 00:23:34,799
eba is about a year away if that's

643
00:23:37,990 --> 00:23:36,960
correct um so are there any special

644
00:23:40,630 --> 00:23:38,000
things that need to be done with the

645
00:23:43,269 --> 00:23:40,640
quest airlock at the close of the cba to

646
00:23:45,430 --> 00:23:43,279
put in to maintain it for a year i mean

647
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:45,440
is there anything that can sit dormant

648
00:23:50,310 --> 00:23:47,520
for a year and then just be powered back

649
00:23:52,310 --> 00:23:50,320
on when needed oh we've got a regular

650
00:23:53,269 --> 00:23:52,320
maintenance schedule

651
00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:53,279
each

652
00:23:57,029 --> 00:23:55,200
piece of the equipment has its own

653
00:23:59,669 --> 00:23:57,039
maintenance requirements so at a certain

654
00:24:02,070 --> 00:23:59,679
rotation time we've got to get the suits

655
00:24:04,070 --> 00:24:02,080
out hook them up to

656
00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:04,080
the surface and cooling umbilicals and

657
00:24:08,789 --> 00:24:05,760
start the pumps on them and the water

658
00:24:11,029 --> 00:24:08,799
pumps to pump cooling fluid through

659
00:24:13,110 --> 00:24:11,039
the lines um

660
00:24:16,549 --> 00:24:13,120
it's water that runs through the lines

661
00:24:18,950 --> 00:24:16,559
and we re-iodinate it there's an ion

662
00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:18,960
filter that we use to clear out any

663
00:24:23,669 --> 00:24:21,760
particulate matter that might have have

664
00:24:25,830 --> 00:24:23,679
have grown in the line when it wasn't

665
00:24:28,230 --> 00:24:25,840
being used as well as

666
00:24:30,549 --> 00:24:28,240
adding iodine to keep it in a separate

667
00:24:33,510 --> 00:24:30,559
filter that adds iodine in to keep

668
00:24:35,990 --> 00:24:33,520
anything from growing um so we do that

669
00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:36,000
on a regular basis we scrub the suits

670
00:24:39,669 --> 00:24:37,520
within a certain amount of time right

671
00:24:41,830 --> 00:24:39,679
after we use them so in the next couple

672
00:24:43,990 --> 00:24:41,840
of weeks you'll be hearing us uh

673
00:24:45,669 --> 00:24:44,000
doing some what we call loop scrub it

674
00:24:47,990 --> 00:24:45,679
scrubs both the

675
00:24:49,350 --> 00:24:48,000
the suit itself and the cooling lines

676
00:24:52,230 --> 00:24:49,360
going to it

677
00:24:54,470 --> 00:24:52,240
um so that's a regular maintenance thing

678
00:24:55,430 --> 00:24:54,480
there are also things that are as simple

679
00:24:58,310 --> 00:24:55,440
as

680
00:25:00,149 --> 00:24:58,320
the positive pressure relief valve that

681
00:25:01,909 --> 00:25:00,159
would provide for

682
00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:01,919
keeping the crew the suit from over

683
00:25:07,430 --> 00:25:04,880
pressurizing it has to be able to crack

684
00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:07,440
and open up if it got to the suit

685
00:25:12,310 --> 00:25:09,520
pressure got too high and in order to

686
00:25:14,549 --> 00:25:12,320
make sure that that does indeed open and

687
00:25:16,870 --> 00:25:14,559
re-seat once a year we've got to get a

688
00:25:18,630 --> 00:25:16,880
little poppet keeper out and

689
00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:18,640
depress that

690
00:25:23,110 --> 00:25:20,960
so something's really simple like that

691
00:25:24,549 --> 00:25:23,120
and other things fairly complex like the

692
00:25:26,549 --> 00:25:24,559
loop scrubs

693
00:25:28,549 --> 00:25:26,559
they're certain in order to maintain the

694
00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:28,559
battery charging

695
00:25:32,950 --> 00:25:30,880
capability we've got to occasionally get

696
00:25:35,590 --> 00:25:32,960
out the batteries and do maintenance on

697
00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:35,600
those which involve charging them up and

698
00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:38,080
then discharging them again to make sure

699
00:25:42,470 --> 00:25:40,159
those are in a good configuration

700
00:25:44,149 --> 00:25:42,480
so a lot of little requirements on all

701
00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:44,159
the various hardware

702
00:25:48,950 --> 00:25:45,520
we'll have

703
00:25:51,190 --> 00:25:48,960
couple weeks we'll be back in the

704
00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:51,200
control room doing something

705
00:25:56,230 --> 00:25:53,200
and that'll help keep our team fresh as

706
00:26:01,590 --> 00:25:58,870
oh thank you mark caro for aviation week

707
00:26:03,669 --> 00:26:01,600
and mine's for mr reed

708
00:26:05,669 --> 00:26:03,679
when would you expect to do

709
00:26:07,350 --> 00:26:05,679
some work with the

710
00:26:09,269 --> 00:26:07,360
refueling experiment and what would be

711
00:26:11,350 --> 00:26:09,279
some of the first things that he would

712
00:26:12,630 --> 00:26:11,360
do and then what would sort of happen

713
00:26:14,549 --> 00:26:12,640
after that

714
00:26:16,149 --> 00:26:14,559
great question

715
00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:16,159
so

716
00:26:19,830 --> 00:26:17,760
the first thing we're going to do

717
00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:19,840
with the rrm module

718
00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:21,360
is transfer it from its temporary

719
00:26:27,190 --> 00:26:24,000
location where it's stored now on eotp

720
00:26:29,029 --> 00:26:27,200
and move it over to elc4

721
00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:29,039
that will be a permanent home for

722
00:26:34,470 --> 00:26:31,520
operations on the express logistics

723
00:26:39,590 --> 00:26:36,789
once there we will conduct vision

724
00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:39,600
experiments

725
00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:42,559
future robotic activity whether

726
00:26:47,269 --> 00:26:44,080
on space station

727
00:26:49,269 --> 00:26:47,279
a free flying servicing spacecraft all

728
00:26:51,590 --> 00:26:49,279
are going to involve some form of

729
00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:51,600
machine vision algorithms right the

730
00:26:56,390 --> 00:26:53,840
ability for

731
00:26:59,750 --> 00:26:56,400
natural feature detection

732
00:27:01,909 --> 00:26:59,760
edge detection the ability for

733
00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:01,919
these computer algorithms to sense

734
00:27:05,029 --> 00:27:04,320
features automatically

735
00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:05,039
it's

736
00:27:10,390 --> 00:27:07,760
nearly impossible to replicate the harsh

737
00:27:12,149 --> 00:27:10,400
unorbit lighting of space on the ground

738
00:27:15,590 --> 00:27:12,159
so we're going to take advantage of the

739
00:27:16,950 --> 00:27:15,600
early time of rrm on orbit

740
00:27:19,990 --> 00:27:16,960
to conduct

741
00:27:21,110 --> 00:27:20,000
these non-contact experiments

742
00:27:22,870 --> 00:27:21,120
after that

743
00:27:24,950 --> 00:27:22,880
we will then get into the contact and

744
00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:24,960
that's where we will use the dexter

745
00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:26,080
robot

746
00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:26,880
to

747
00:27:30,389 --> 00:27:28,080
access

748
00:27:33,510 --> 00:27:30,399
a panel that's on the top of our rm so i

749
00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:33,520
have a model here of rrm

750
00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:36,000
and on the this is how it sits on will

751
00:27:40,630 --> 00:27:37,840
sit on elc 4

752
00:27:43,350 --> 00:27:40,640
on the top we have this panel here so

753
00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:43,360
our first set of operations will take

754
00:27:46,950 --> 00:27:45,200
the end of the

755
00:27:49,029 --> 00:27:46,960
dexter robot arm

756
00:27:50,549 --> 00:27:49,039
it will come over and it will pick up

757
00:27:52,149 --> 00:27:50,559
our very first tool which will be the

758
00:27:53,510 --> 00:27:52,159
wire cutter tool

759
00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:53,520
and see if i can do this without

760
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:56,640
breaking the model on live tv

761
00:28:00,789 --> 00:27:58,880
so the wire cutter tool comes out

762
00:28:03,430 --> 00:28:00,799
and guess what the wire cutter tool will

763
00:28:05,830 --> 00:28:03,440
do

764
00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:05,840
cut wire that's right so we have safety

765
00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:07,760
wire on these valves what you have here

766
00:28:13,590 --> 00:28:10,320
is a panel that is very similar to

767
00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:13,600
panels on orbit right now on satellites

768
00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:16,080
to access some of these interfaces we

769
00:28:20,789 --> 00:28:18,000
first need to cut safety wire before we

770
00:28:22,389 --> 00:28:20,799
can unscrew a cap so the wire cutter

771
00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:22,399
tool will come in

772
00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:24,960
it will be flown via the robo operator

773
00:28:30,950 --> 00:28:28,080
from here at johnson space center

774
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:30,960
they will be using on board cameras

775
00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:33,120
located here and here that are pointing

776
00:28:37,990 --> 00:28:35,200
at the business end of the tool and so

777
00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:38,000
that robo flyer will come in hook safety

778
00:28:43,029 --> 00:28:42,000
wire command the dexter robot's torquer

779
00:28:45,830 --> 00:28:43,039
drive

780
00:28:47,909 --> 00:28:45,840
to turn on and that will chop the wire

781
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:47,919
in half so that's just one example of

782
00:28:51,990 --> 00:28:49,520
many many more you see the outside of

783
00:28:53,669 --> 00:28:52,000
the module is covered with many

784
00:28:55,430 --> 00:28:53,679
satellite interfaces

785
00:28:57,590 --> 00:28:55,440
basically half of what you see are the

786
00:29:00,470 --> 00:28:57,600
tools to perform the operations and the

787
00:29:03,029 --> 00:29:00,480
other half of what you see items here on

788
00:29:04,549 --> 00:29:03,039
the front and on our task boards on the

789
00:29:06,070 --> 00:29:04,559
sides those are all

790
00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:06,080
interfaces

791
00:29:10,149 --> 00:29:08,080
that are presently on orbit on legacy

792
00:29:11,430 --> 00:29:10,159
satellites so we have mock satellite

793
00:29:15,909 --> 00:29:11,440
interfaces

794
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:15,919
and the tools to robotically access them

795
00:29:23,510 --> 00:29:18,080
so these operations will take place over

796
00:29:26,789 --> 00:29:24,830
philip sloss with

797
00:29:30,789 --> 00:29:26,799
nasaspaceflight.com just a question on

798
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:30,799
the uh the grapple fixture where you uh

799
00:29:34,389 --> 00:29:32,480
got the grounding wire out of there it

800
00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:34,399
looked like one of the latch doors stuck

801
00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:35,440
open

802
00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:37,520
before he left the work site and i know

803
00:29:41,510 --> 00:29:39,039
that on the air to ground they said that

804
00:29:43,669 --> 00:29:41,520
that was okay but was that anticipated

805
00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:43,679
ahead of time and i mean what why is

806
00:29:49,110 --> 00:29:46,080
that okay i guess is the other question

807
00:29:51,029 --> 00:29:49,120
okay well we have seen it before and uh

808
00:29:52,230 --> 00:29:51,039
we definitely anticipated it here when

809
00:29:56,950 --> 00:29:52,240
this uh

810
00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:56,960
prior to the time that was taken out and

811
00:29:59,269 --> 00:29:58,080
installed

812
00:30:01,430 --> 00:29:59,279
um

813
00:30:04,149 --> 00:30:01,440
the crew members were in making a good

814
00:30:06,230 --> 00:30:04,159
inspection of it and uh at that time

815
00:30:08,630 --> 00:30:06,240
they'd happen to notice that one of the

816
00:30:10,149 --> 00:30:08,640
doors was hanging up like that and they

817
00:30:12,710 --> 00:30:10,159
were concerned about that so they had

818
00:30:14,389 --> 00:30:12,720
sent us some downlink video of it which

819
00:30:16,470 --> 00:30:14,399
was interesting because we pulled that

820
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:16,480
video out when the on the last mission

821
00:30:21,669 --> 00:30:19,120
during the sts-134 mission to see if

822
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:21,679
this wire was visible at that time

823
00:30:26,789 --> 00:30:24,880
and interestingly enough it wasn't

824
00:30:28,389 --> 00:30:26,799
somehow between that time when that

825
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:28,399
video was taken

826
00:30:33,190 --> 00:30:31,200
maybe i think that was last september or

827
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:33,200
october

828
00:30:38,630 --> 00:30:36,720
sometime between then and the sts-134

829
00:30:39,669 --> 00:30:38,640
mission that wire managed to find its

830
00:30:41,909 --> 00:30:39,679
way out

831
00:30:43,269 --> 00:30:41,919
you asked about the door though and

832
00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:43,279
during that time he was seeing that the

833
00:30:46,389 --> 00:30:44,880
door was sticking and that's why he sent

834
00:30:48,710 --> 00:30:46,399
us the video down

835
00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:48,720
and we had all the folks

836
00:30:53,750 --> 00:30:49,360
up

837
00:30:55,909 --> 00:30:53,760
sure that that was uh that was okay

838
00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:55,919
and uh they think that they have seen it

839
00:30:59,509 --> 00:30:57,600
a number of times before it eventually

840
00:31:01,590 --> 00:30:59,519
shakes loose so we're not they're not at

841
00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:01,600
all concerned about it

842
00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:04,880
thanks and then uh for mr reed um

843
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:07,440
what is there is there a sort of a set

844
00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:08,640
period of time that you're going to be

845
00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:10,880
running all of these tests and then long

846
00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:11,760
term

847
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:13,440
is there any thought about doing you

848
00:31:17,990 --> 00:31:15,760
know a second generation module that

849
00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:18,000
might go up

850
00:31:22,789 --> 00:31:21,120
again great question so we

851
00:31:24,950 --> 00:31:22,799
will be using

852
00:31:27,909 --> 00:31:24,960
the dexter robot the dexter robot is

853
00:31:28,750 --> 00:31:27,919
held at the end of canada arm 2 the 55

854
00:31:32,389 --> 00:31:28,760
foot

855
00:31:34,630 --> 00:31:32,399
ssrms um

856
00:31:37,350 --> 00:31:34,640
space station is a busy place

857
00:31:39,509 --> 00:31:37,360
it is a can it is a buzzing hub of

858
00:31:41,430 --> 00:31:39,519
activity with incoming vehicles visiting

859
00:31:44,870 --> 00:31:41,440
vehicles um

860
00:31:48,389 --> 00:31:44,880
the canadarm2 and dexter are needed for

861
00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:48,399
some of those operations so when

862
00:31:52,549 --> 00:31:50,320
the robotic

863
00:31:55,590 --> 00:31:52,559
facilities are busy

864
00:31:58,710 --> 00:31:55,600
we stand down when they are available

865
00:32:01,269 --> 00:31:58,720
we will be scheduled in and we will

866
00:32:03,350 --> 00:32:01,279
conduct our operations so i cannot tell

867
00:32:05,269 --> 00:32:03,360
you exactly what days in the next two

868
00:32:07,509 --> 00:32:05,279
years our operations will take place

869
00:32:09,269 --> 00:32:07,519
that's going to depend on a lot of

870
00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:09,279
factors outside of our control we

871
00:32:14,070 --> 00:32:12,000
anticipate roughly about two years to

872
00:32:15,750 --> 00:32:14,080
finish off all the the various tasks we

873
00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:15,760
have on the module

874
00:32:19,830 --> 00:32:17,679
um

875
00:32:21,909 --> 00:32:19,840
each individual task we anticipate

876
00:32:24,070 --> 00:32:21,919
running for in the neighborhood of six

877
00:32:27,909 --> 00:32:24,080
to eight hours a day if we need to go

878
00:32:29,190 --> 00:32:27,919
longer the robo operators here at jsc

879
00:32:32,149 --> 00:32:29,200
have

880
00:32:33,509 --> 00:32:32,159
eagerly volunteered to work extra hours

881
00:32:34,389 --> 00:32:33,519
we think this is going to be fun for

882
00:32:36,389 --> 00:32:34,399
them

883
00:32:38,070 --> 00:32:36,399
not that moving large or used around

884
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:38,080
isn't also fun

885
00:32:41,909 --> 00:32:39,600
but we think this will be different kind

886
00:32:44,549 --> 00:32:41,919
of fun to be able to use dexter to

887
00:32:46,950 --> 00:32:44,559
perform these types of operations

888
00:32:50,310 --> 00:32:46,960
um and you asked about follow on um we

889
00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:50,320
built our module with future expansion

890
00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:52,880
in mind so on top

891
00:32:56,470 --> 00:32:54,960
of the mod well first on the side we

892
00:32:58,549 --> 00:32:56,480
have two task boards

893
00:33:00,470 --> 00:32:58,559
so one task board

894
00:33:03,190 --> 00:33:00,480
is here this footprint and with three

895
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:03,200
mounting points the lower task board

896
00:33:06,549 --> 00:33:04,960
same footprint it's three mounting

897
00:33:07,990 --> 00:33:06,559
points here here and here

898
00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:08,000
well on top

899
00:33:12,549 --> 00:33:10,320
we built the possibility for a future

900
00:33:15,110 --> 00:33:12,559
task board so you see there are three

901
00:33:17,029 --> 00:33:15,120
receptacles with no task board around it

902
00:33:19,269 --> 00:33:17,039
so we gave ourselves the option that if

903
00:33:20,789 --> 00:33:19,279
we get in orbit we realize gosh

904
00:33:22,149 --> 00:33:20,799
it should have been great if we'd flown

905
00:33:23,750 --> 00:33:22,159
this other doohickey that we didn't

906
00:33:25,990 --> 00:33:23,760
think about at the time or if another

907
00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:26,000
customer comes to us

908
00:33:30,310 --> 00:33:27,760
with issues with their satellite in

909
00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:30,320
space and says hey could you fly a

910
00:33:33,909 --> 00:33:31,919
zipper i want to see if i can unzip a

911
00:33:37,110 --> 00:33:33,919
zipper with a robot or whatever the case

912
00:33:41,590 --> 00:33:37,120
may be but we have the option here

913
00:33:45,269 --> 00:33:43,830
denise ciao with space.com um question

914
00:33:46,389 --> 00:33:45,279
for chris or glenda i'm not actually

915
00:33:48,149 --> 00:33:46,399
sure

916
00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:48,159
with this being the last spacewalk of

917
00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:50,320
the shuttle era what exactly does that

918
00:33:54,870 --> 00:33:53,200
mean for future space station evas does

919
00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:54,880
that mean that astronauts are going to

920
00:33:57,669 --> 00:33:56,320
have to get more extensive training in

921
00:34:00,070 --> 00:33:57,679
robotics because they're going to be

922
00:34:01,669 --> 00:34:00,080
fewer hands on deck or are there going

923
00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:01,679
to be any changes at all

924
00:34:05,990 --> 00:34:03,919
yeah this spacewalk really was a bridge

925
00:34:07,669 --> 00:34:06,000
between the past and the future because

926
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:07,679
it was it was part shuttle based and

927
00:34:12,629 --> 00:34:10,159
part station based the the payload uh

928
00:34:14,629 --> 00:34:12,639
the rrm payload came up on the shuttle

929
00:34:16,069 --> 00:34:14,639
uh the pump module was going back home

930
00:34:17,510 --> 00:34:16,079
on the shuttle

931
00:34:19,109 --> 00:34:17,520
and we had shuttle crew members

932
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:19,119
supporting the spacewalk through

933
00:34:22,710 --> 00:34:21,760
robotics and through the uh the

934
00:34:25,589 --> 00:34:22,720
inside the vehicle with the

935
00:34:27,990 --> 00:34:25,599
choreographing but uh it also shows you

936
00:34:29,750 --> 00:34:28,000
the the way of the future because our

937
00:34:31,510 --> 00:34:29,760
space station crew performed the space

938
00:34:33,589 --> 00:34:31,520
walk that is how all our future

939
00:34:35,349 --> 00:34:33,599
spacewalks will be performed glenda

940
00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:35,359
mentioned how we always keep our airlock

941
00:34:39,109 --> 00:34:37,679
on the space station ready to go that's

942
00:34:42,230 --> 00:34:39,119
to support not only the planned

943
00:34:43,909 --> 00:34:42,240
spacewalks but also contingencies

944
00:34:45,349 --> 00:34:43,919
i mentioned how the pump module failed

945
00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:45,359
last summer the one that we brought back

946
00:34:49,589 --> 00:34:47,520
today or put in the payload bay today

947
00:34:51,349 --> 00:34:49,599
that that is an example of one of our uh

948
00:34:53,589 --> 00:34:51,359
currently we have about 11 on the list

949
00:34:55,909 --> 00:34:53,599
of evas that we need to be able to be

950
00:34:58,550 --> 00:34:55,919
ready to execute within about a two week

951
00:35:00,069 --> 00:34:58,560
time frame um there are again other

952
00:35:03,270 --> 00:35:00,079
other contingency cases that would

953
00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:03,280
require a short turnaround eva

954
00:35:07,589 --> 00:35:05,440
in order to assure the survival of the

955
00:35:09,990 --> 00:35:07,599
space station so

956
00:35:11,990 --> 00:35:10,000
every space station crew that flies

957
00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:12,000
receives training in

958
00:35:15,910 --> 00:35:13,680
those contingency evas so that they're

959
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:15,920
ready to go if they're called to do so

960
00:35:21,030 --> 00:35:18,560
and as well as any planned evas for

961
00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:21,040
example if we end up adding additional

962
00:35:25,190 --> 00:35:22,880
components to rrm there's just one

963
00:35:26,069 --> 00:35:25,200
example or other tasks that

964
00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:26,079
you know

965
00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:28,480
will be required then we'll train crews

966
00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:30,480
specifically for those tasks we'll train

967
00:35:35,589 --> 00:35:33,280
them similarly to what we did for

968
00:35:37,349 --> 00:35:35,599
mike and for ron for this eva extensive

969
00:35:39,829 --> 00:35:37,359
training in our neutral buoyancy

970
00:35:41,510 --> 00:35:39,839
facility here in houston as well as uh

971
00:35:42,870 --> 00:35:41,520
after they get on orbit may have been a

972
00:35:44,390 --> 00:35:42,880
couple months since the last time they

973
00:35:45,430 --> 00:35:44,400
practiced it

974
00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:45,440
they'll get

975
00:35:49,430 --> 00:35:47,920
additionally extensive training on orbit

976
00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:49,440
study and preparation before they go out

977
00:35:58,630 --> 00:35:56,470
any further questions here in houston

978
00:36:01,030 --> 00:35:58,640
if not uh marcia down are you on the

979
00:36:03,910 --> 00:36:01,040
phone yes i'm here thank you i have a

980
00:36:05,990 --> 00:36:03,920
couple questions for glenda um i was

981
00:36:08,150 --> 00:36:06,000
wondering when exactly is the next next

982
00:36:10,390 --> 00:36:08,160
spacewalk by american astronauts at the

983
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:10,400
space station

984
00:36:14,630 --> 00:36:12,560
uh i don't have the exact date with me

985
00:36:17,990 --> 00:36:14,640
but it has been moving around a little

986
00:36:20,630 --> 00:36:18,000
bit it will get the the current plan

987
00:36:23,510 --> 00:36:20,640
date it is next fall

988
00:36:25,589 --> 00:36:23,520
in fall of 2012 but i can't get you an

989
00:36:28,230 --> 00:36:25,599
exact date

990
00:36:30,790 --> 00:36:28,240
that we're pretty far out from that so

991
00:36:32,310 --> 00:36:30,800
i would anticipate that it could very

992
00:36:33,589 --> 00:36:32,320
easily move

993
00:36:35,990 --> 00:36:33,599
move a little bit

994
00:36:37,190 --> 00:36:36,000
a month or two maybe even just depends

995
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:37,200
on

996
00:36:41,510 --> 00:36:39,040
some of the visiting vehicle traffic

997
00:36:43,270 --> 00:36:41,520
that that we were hearing about um

998
00:36:45,190 --> 00:36:43,280
there's a lot going on on space station

999
00:36:47,670 --> 00:36:45,200
right now so we'll have to fit that eva

1000
00:36:50,069 --> 00:36:47,680
in between all the other work

1001
00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:50,079
thank you that that's close enough and i

1002
00:36:53,670 --> 00:36:51,920
i was wondering as the pump was going

1003
00:36:56,790 --> 00:36:53,680
into the payload bay there there seemed

1004
00:36:59,109 --> 00:36:56,800
to be a brief uh hubbub up there about a

1005
00:37:01,270 --> 00:36:59,119
strap that may have gotten away i i

1006
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:01,280
couldn't tell if if it was ascertained

1007
00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:04,160
whether a strap did float away or not do

1008
00:37:07,670 --> 00:37:06,400
you have any detail

1009
00:37:12,390 --> 00:37:07,680
so

1010
00:37:14,630 --> 00:37:12,400
said everybody's got a job and uh we've

1011
00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:14,640
got a couple of people that are just

1012
00:37:19,430 --> 00:37:16,320
supposed to be watching for things like

1013
00:37:22,150 --> 00:37:19,440
that there was what looked like a short

1014
00:37:23,109 --> 00:37:22,160
strap maybe one of the strap hand holds

1015
00:37:25,670 --> 00:37:23,119
from the

1016
00:37:28,069 --> 00:37:25,680
pup module multi-layer insulation that

1017
00:37:30,230 --> 00:37:28,079
might have come free at the time that it

1018
00:37:32,390 --> 00:37:30,240
came loose mike was

1019
00:37:34,550 --> 00:37:32,400
maneuvering around in the payload bay

1020
00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:34,560
around the back portion of the payload

1021
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:36,400
bay trying to

1022
00:37:39,990 --> 00:37:38,400
secure some of that multi-layer

1023
00:37:42,550 --> 00:37:40,000
insulation that had come

1024
00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:42,560
come up on the top of the pump module

1025
00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:44,720
was sometime during that time frame that

1026
00:37:49,109 --> 00:37:46,240
the guys saw it

1027
00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:49,119
float away it was about about an inch

1028
00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:52,079
wide and about six inches long

1029
00:37:57,589 --> 00:37:54,320
looked like it was a one of the cloth

1030
00:38:00,390 --> 00:37:57,599
straps those deorbit really quickly

1031
00:38:02,150 --> 00:38:00,400
then we passed on the information to

1032
00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:02,160
to our

1033
00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:04,000
topo folks to make sure that there

1034
00:38:08,390 --> 00:38:06,560
wasn't any vehicle

1035
00:38:10,550 --> 00:38:08,400
concerns with that

1036
00:38:12,069 --> 00:38:10,560
and that's all i have on it right now we

1037
00:38:14,150 --> 00:38:12,079
may learn more after we get the pump

1038
00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:14,160
module back and and look at the

1039
00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:15,920
insulation on it

1040
00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:17,680
so it sounds like then that the strap

1041
00:38:21,349 --> 00:38:20,320
did get loose did get away

1042
00:38:23,750 --> 00:38:21,359
um

1043
00:38:26,870 --> 00:38:23,760
it's possible i i don't know exactly

1044
00:38:30,069 --> 00:38:26,880
what it was um it that multi-layer

1045
00:38:31,829 --> 00:38:30,079
insulation that's on the pump module

1046
00:38:33,109 --> 00:38:31,839
has several

1047
00:38:35,589 --> 00:38:33,119
handholds

1048
00:38:37,910 --> 00:38:35,599
they're really just meant to help you

1049
00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:37,920
maneuver the multi-layer insulation

1050
00:38:41,750 --> 00:38:39,760
around they're not really meant to be

1051
00:38:44,150 --> 00:38:41,760
used as translation aid

1052
00:38:45,589 --> 00:38:44,160
it is possible that if he had a tether

1053
00:38:47,109 --> 00:38:45,599
hooked on one of those they might have

1054
00:38:48,710 --> 00:38:47,119
come loose

1055
00:38:51,430 --> 00:38:48,720
they're not designed to take a lot of

1056
00:38:53,829 --> 00:38:51,440
loads they're just meant to help you

1057
00:38:55,349 --> 00:38:53,839
manipulate the mli

1058
00:38:57,190 --> 00:38:55,359
i don't really want to speculate on it

1059
00:38:58,390 --> 00:38:57,200
anymore it could have been any number of

1060
00:39:00,230 --> 00:38:58,400
things

1061
00:39:02,790 --> 00:39:00,240
again we aren't concerned about it being

1062
00:39:05,349 --> 00:39:02,800
a recontact issue or anything like that

1063
00:39:06,390 --> 00:39:05,359
but that's fine thank you

1064
00:39:09,750 --> 00:39:06,400
okay

1065
00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:09,760
uh any further questions here in houston

1066
00:39:14,069 --> 00:39:12,160
if not we'll wrap this briefing up uh

1067
00:39:16,950 --> 00:39:14,079
thank you very much for coming uh

1068
00:39:19,349 --> 00:39:16,960
looking forward on nasa tv schedule uh

1069
00:39:21,270 --> 00:39:19,359
coming up at uh six o'clock central

1070
00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:21,280
seven eastern we'll have today's video

1071
00:39:24,150 --> 00:39:22,160
file

1072
00:39:26,310 --> 00:39:24,160
uh and uh the crew of course is getting

1073
00:39:28,790 --> 00:39:26,320
ready to go to bed right now uh on both

1074
00:39:30,470 --> 00:39:28,800
sides of the station the shuttle and

1075
00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:30,480
then we'll be having the international

1076
00:39:35,430 --> 00:39:32,079
space station flight director update

1077
00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:35,440
with courtney mcmillan at 11 45 central

1078
00:39:38,870 --> 00:39:37,520
12 45 eastern

1079
00:39:48,310 --> 00:39:38,880
and with that we'll close this breaking

1080
00:39:53,030 --> 00:39:50,870
hi i'm glenda brown we're the eva team