Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Expedition 18 crewmembers Yury Lonchakov and Michael Fincke have performed a Russian spacewalk (ISS RS EVA-21), which has included the installation of a probe to aid the on-going investigation into the off-nominal re-entries of two Soyuz vehicles. Meanwhile, the continued assessments into work conducted during STS-126’s EVAs on the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJs) are [...]
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Tags: EVA, ISS, Russian, SARJ, Soyuz, STS-126
Published in Featured, Russian
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
With Flight Day 14 marking the STS-126 crew’s final day onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the performance of Endeavour during her docked mission has been almost issue-free mission, which has allowed the Mission Management Team (MMT) to focus their attentions on other elements of the mission.
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Tags: EVA, MMT, STS-126
Published in Featured, Shuttle
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Spacewalkers Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper (EV1) and Steve Bowen (EV2) have completed the third of four EVAs during STS-126, once again focusing on the starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint). If required, a back-up option of a modified NOAX Gun is available for the remaining EVA tasks on EVA-4 - following the loss of two grease guns during EVA-1.
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Tags: EVA, SARJ, STS-126, TPS
Published in Featured, Shuttle
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Spacewalkers Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (EV1), and Stephen Bowen (EV2) have completed the first of four EVAs planned for STS-126, which are centered around replacing the Trundle Bearing Assemblies (TBAs) - along with cleaning and lubricating tasks - on the troublesome starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint).
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Tags: EVA, SARJ, STS-126
Published in Shuttle
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Ever since a small amount of damage was observed on Robert ‘Beamer’ Curbeam’s EMU gloves during post flight checks after STS-116, NASA engineers have been creating ingenious modifications to improve the safety of their spacewalkers - the latest of which will debut on STS-126.
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Tags: EMU, EVA, FRR, STS-126
Published in Featured, Shuttle
