STS 124 DISCOVERY FD/6 UPDATES

[Chipstone306]

Second Spacewalk on Tap Today

Image above: Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide holds up a sign for the camera as he enters the Kibo lab for the first time. Photo credit: NASA TV

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Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Ron Garan are stepping into the void of space again today. The second STS-124 spacewalk is slated to begin at 11:32 a.m. EDT.

The spacewalkers will install two cameras on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory and prepare the laboratory for the attachment of the smaller section of the module. The Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section was delivered during STS‐123.

In addition, Garan and Fossum will prepare for a nitrogen tank assembly swap that they will make on the mission’s third spacewalk.

For the final tasks of today’s spacewalk, Garan will join Fossum on the left truss to remove an external television camera that has a failing power supply. They will bring the camera inside with them, where the power supply will be replaced, and then reinstall it during the third spacewalk.

 

[Woo482]

Nice Image Does any one know if there is some think wrong with the heat shield?

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

Continuing the discussion from here (why is that thread locked?),

Here's a link of the video I was talking about, at the point when the whole crew enters the module, you get an idea about how large it is;
http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/e...com/18355/wm.nasa-global/STS-124/jpm_open.asx
(you can fast-forward to 2:20)

Too bad they don't show the part where they did some acrobatics, maybe we can view that at some point later.

Here's another impression of how huge this module is:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/226088main_08pd0992-lg_full.jpg

regards,
mcduck

 

[Chipstone306]

Thread was locked as the fd 5 is over. I always lock the thread for daily sts thread during missions