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[Cosmic Penguin]

Well how hard is it to drive two bolts in orbit? Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide prove that it could be THAT hard. The spacewalk is the third longest ever (8 hours, 17 minutes), but the duo failed to install the new power box on the ISS (and had difficulty removing the old one). Only one other task was completed, which means another EVA is in order (particularly because the not installed MBSU means that the ISS is now down to single-fault tolerant for the power supply system).

NASASpaceflight.com: Astronaut duo complete challenging first post-Shuttle US spacewalk on ISS

 

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Aviation Week: NASA Looks to Next Week for ISS Power System Spacewalk

SPACE.com: Stuck Bolt Forces Extra Spacewalk for Space Station Crew

Florida Today: Stuck bolt stymies station spacewalkers

 

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SPACE.com: Labor Day in Space: Astronauts Prepare for Extra Spacewalk

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Oh. My. Word. That is all.

More hi-res wide-angle photos here.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

My latest NASASpaceflight article: ISS program working recovery plans following MBSU-1 installation failure

Possible EVA-19 on Tuesday!

 

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NASA:
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-171
Next Space Station Spacewalk to Be Broadcast on NASA TV


WASHINGTON -- In the wake of an unsuccessful attempt to install a replacement power-switching unit on the truss of the International Space Station, two crew members will venture outside for a second time in six days to complete the work. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the spacewalk beginning at 6 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 5. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin about 7:15 a.m. [EDT / 11:15 UTC]

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CBS News Space: Second spacewalk planned to finish aborted electrical work (UPDATED)

 

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SPACE.com: Astronauts to Take Extra Spacewalk Wednesday for Space Station Fix

Florida Today: Astronauts prepare for Wednesday spacewalk at ISS

 

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Aviation Week: ISS Adjusts To Power Restrictions After Problematic Spacewalk

 

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Florida Today: Spacewalkers take 2nd shot at ISS power fix today

RIA Novosti: U.S., Japanese Astronauts Set for another Spacewalk

SPACE.com: Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Fix Space Station Power System

CBS News Space: Realtime coverage of U.S. EVA-19

 

[N_Molson]

The bolt seems badly stucked.

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Ah, it seems the astronauts are getting it ! Nice job !

 

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NASASpaceflight: ISS astronauts attempting second EVA to install MBSU-1, article by Orbinaut Pete

SPACE.com: Spacewalkers Troubleshoot Space Station Power Unit (Photos)

Florida Today: U.S. astronaut Suni Williams sets spacewalking record

RIA Novosti: Astronauts Take Second Spacewalk

 

[DaveS]

The new MBSU have been installed and power channel 1A is back up again at 151.35V! Once testing and checkout of the 1A channel is done, they'll activate and checkout the 1B power channel.

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Power channel 1B is now up and running at 162.22V! So it appears the MBSU R&R has been a complete success!

 

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NASA News Release:
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-168
NASA Crew News Conference to Preview Space Station Expeditions

Sept. 05, 2012

HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold an Expedition 34 and 35 crew briefing Thursday, Sept. 13, to preview the upcoming missions aboard the International Space Station. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the briefing live.

At 1 p.m.CDT, Expedition 34 and 35 crew members Thomas Marshburn of NASA, Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency and Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency will discuss their mission. They are set to launch to the space station aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft Dec. 5 and return to Earth in May 2013.

Marshburn, Hadfield and Romanenko are three of the six crew members comprising Expeditions 34 and 35. When they arrive at the station, they will join NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy.

In March 2013 as Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin depart the station, Hadfield will become the first Canadian commander of the complex for Expedition 35.

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SPACE.com: Spacewalkers Overcome Stuck Bolt to Fix Space Station Power System

 

[DaveS]

US EVA-19 is complete at 6 hours, 28 minutes.

 

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NASA: Williams, Hoshide Complete MBSU Installation

RIA Novosti: Astronauts Use Toothbrush to Fix Space Station

Florida Today: Spacewalkers unstick jammed-up bolt

SPACE.com: How Astronauts Used a Toothbrush to Fix Space Station

Aviation Week: Spacewalkers Prevail In Space Station Power Repair

Discovery News: Astronauts Use Toothbrush for Space Station Fix

 

[N_Molson]

That's great work ! :thumbup:

 

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NASA: Student Biology Investigations Streamed Live from Station

 

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RIA Novosti: Europe’s ATV-3 Spacecraft to Readjust Space Station’s Orbit:

Engines of the European Space Agency’s ATV-3 spacecraft will be switched on to readjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) on early Friday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said.

“The operation is expected to start at 7:15 Moscow time [3:15 GMT]. The engines of the Edoardo Amaldi spacecraft, docked with the station, will remain switched on for 536 seconds and the average altitude of the station will be raised by two kilometers to 424.8 kilometers,” the spokesman said.

The maneuver will be carried out to ensure the best conditions for the landing of Russia’s Soyuz TMA-04M manned spacecraft in Kazakhstan on September 17 and the docking of the Soyuz TMA-06M manned spacecraft with the ISS, scheduled for October 15.

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RIA Novosti: ATV-3 Spacecraft Raises Space Station’s Orbit by Two Km

 

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SPACE.com: Record-Setting Female Astronaut Takes Command of Space Station

Florida Today: ISS crew preps for return to earth