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morning, astronauts are right now conducting the second and a series of spacewalks to make repairs to a cooling system on the international space station. this is a live stream from nasa tv. today's spacewalk it is scheduled to run over a six hour. we want to bring this left the version out. we got the fault with a low torque. >> standby.
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>> copy. standby. >> had a reset. we will reattempt at bravo three. >> he is working on the second of the four bolts that will fix the pump module. it is on the international space station. >> i have another with low torque. >> how many turns? another eight turns. >> approximately seven turns.
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>> standby, hopper. i would like to get good torque in the green light. >> copy that. >> begin another. 9.7. approximately another three turns.
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>> ok. copy another three turns. standby. hopper, did you get the torque reading on the pgt? >> 9.7 is what this on the -- is what it is saying on the actual. we would like a power cycle of the pgt then reattempt at bravo three. >> the flight director with her
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back to the camera. on the far right of your screen, the lead spacewalk officer are discussing pistol grip torque settings. >> we have a green light. this wasan hour ago, removed from its stowage location on a stowage platform holding spare parts. they're holding onto these spare. it was maneuvered at the end. and went over to the platform.on
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he slid it into a set of guide rails. now is where the spare pump resides. at the three-hour mark we have had a temporary loss of signal. we will be requiring communications with the station just a few moments from now. >> checking. >> three.
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>> copy that, hopper. bold three. go ahead and removed the round scoop from bowl to -- bolt 2. do some we will hattie work on the bad. >> i am marty there. >> and my free to move it? >> you are cleared to remove the rep. small
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[indiscernible] >> copy. >> are you clear? >> you have a go. same settings. bolt 2. >> b three. vo three. >> you can take it over. we will still the round scoop --
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the roudnd scope. >> copy. standby. i am on my way. bolt 2, greenlight, 18.3. >> great work. now. stow your pgt >> all four bolts have been driven in. intopare pump is bolted place. the mating of a series of 5 electrical
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conductors. the preparation for the mating of fluid lines and the flowing of ammonia into the pump. >> got it. let me get it. >> i got it. as you are working there, we are about 30 minutes down the timeline. forgo theg to electricals. we will get back to those.
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>> there she is. >> as the control team watches the clock, we're going to reverse the order of tasks and move right into the hook up of the fluid connection lines. you had a 50% chance. you can bring this to the worksite as well. to hook up the fluid connection lines. there are 31.5 inch fluid connections and one half inch. open and wantsis
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the electrical connectors are made it, some 35 pounds of ammonia will be flowing from the tank assembly that is adjacent to the pump itself. checking. hopper, you have a go to put the gca into position. >> the bend tool being discussed will be used by rick mastracchio to hook up to the m3 fluid connection line on the spare pump. want the valve is open to that particular line, it will enable
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stored nitrogen that has maintained a pressurized state to ultimately be replaced by the flow of pneumonia. comes the motion. >> copy. good motion. >> good motion. continuing.
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go for number one. i have the vent work tool. >> okay. copy that. it looks and you are in a good config there. -- it looks like you are in a good config there. >> ok. 5 cm. >> good motion. >> good motion.
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i am going to need to go starboard. >> complete. brakes are on. >> when you are ready and in position -- >> [indiscernible]
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up to mike.and it >> i am ready. >> copy. you are going to remove the plug. it should have a lanyard on it. that is just pulling that on the release frame, squeezing the trigger. that -- gooddo job. you got it. there is a plug. it is removed. >> copy that. the m3oing to meet it to male connector.
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i will read you the steps. when you're in position and ready. >> i am in position and ready. >> i am looking in -- let me get this guy. >> i do not see any fog. verify the qd on the tool but it is ready to mate and that the button is up. is up.
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>> and that the forward wideband is not visible -- white band is not visible. >> there is no forward white band. mate the qd.go to >> copy. >> visible. >> copy. say again the last part, hopper. >> it is up. >> perform a snapback test and make sure the band is visible again.
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>> complete and it is visible. they perform a full test. >> complete. >> a visual gap test. >> gap test looks good. standby. can you confirm the other end is security? secured? >> it looks clear. it is pumping relatively clear.
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>> hold up. hold up. if you stay really low, you can go five or six centimeters. >> here comes the motion. >> a little more. >> continued. stay with your head forward like that. you're only five inches from the decks. >> copy that.
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>> as you go to the stringer? there's not a handrail there. >> i can wrap it around another handrail if you really want. >> we are checking. >> i can do it. this is our preference. if you can reach the handrail, make sure we do not put a spin in the sharp radius. >> it is done. nice work.
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standby for opening the valve. >> i am ready. we have a valve will go for opening the valve. i will walk you through those steps. and during bail movement, access -- ss. to press the button. push it forward to the full open position.
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>> this is mission control houston approaching the 3.5 hour mark into the spacewalk. a tool has been hooked up to the m3 fluid and three -- connection line. about 62ndake student nitrogen. it is a precursor to the mating of the fluid quick disconnection four connection lines.
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>> we have a glow for closing and the meaning -- demating the qd. ready. when you are >> i am ready. >> move it forward to the open position. check the band. white band visible. >> visible.
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check the button is fully installed, is up, and can be fully depressed. same morning during the site loads. while depressing the button, move the bail toward the open position with significant force. >> inward. >> the crew is being instructed to complete the work that was just accomplished, to vent the nitrogen thate,
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have maintain pressurization has now been vented, setting the stage for the mating of four fluid connection lines into the pump module. >> nice work. they pull back on the release. ok. copy. can you verify the release ring is retracted? >> no forward white band
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visible. >> copy that. inspect both ends of the qd band. debris damage or anything else you might see. >> go ahead and reinstall the plug. >> it is reinstalled.
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>> great. let's go ahead and stowed the the ventl -- stow tool.
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>> have a good check. >> copy. thank you. >> we are about 30 seconds from a short los. you can get in position and we will meet you on the other side. >> copy that. >> [indiscernible]
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>> tools in the bag. band is closed.
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>> thank you, rick. about that.cited >> must be made of gold. >> hopper, for your positioning, we are going to be working m1 and m2 first. m1 and m2.ion for make sure rick is here first. >> copy that. >> good motion.
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>> continued. position.in m next -- linely moved the small when depressurized and mating and d mating -- demating the qd. do not handle the line. m4 cannot handle non- axial loads. copy. copy. echwe are working on the g-t
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removal. should be the single. >> they're getting close to maintain the qds. we are going to tag off. >> don't put any stress on it. the g-re going to remove tech. going to get this removed in and put the g-tech on the fish stringer. close to zeroing off appeared wanted to give you a heads up. i was reading that procedure. thank you for the heads up.
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>> ok. i am ready to release the adjustable to the fish trigger. ready, houston? >> we are ready. >> it is released from the adjustable. where is it? there it is.
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>> a little more going. >> i got it. >> you have it. >> i got it. >> it is removed, houston. >> copy that. we will retrieve one of the large bits and get that ready on hopper. gtech is one of the adjustable's. >> copy that. >> once you're in position and
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ready we will be working with the m1 line. f 44 on the label pump module. >> copy that. >> ok. m1. how do i do this? one at a time or simultaneously? you guys.p to you can give them both to allow you access to the work area. what ever is good for both of you. >> ok. your call, mike. >> i think one at a time. >> i think it will be ok. >> i am looking at the female end of m1. good plug. >> i am looking at the male side of the qd.
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>> ok. standby. can you confirm on the line. there should be a label that says f 44? m1 is the line i am seeing. we have the on m1, caps removed. it looks like no debris or damage. ready toe female qd is mate. the button should be up. >> it is up. >> the forward white band and not visible. is going to have to come -- yes. >> over.
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check before you move it any more. >> what else do we have? the forward white band should not be visible. >> it is not visible. >> i heard you assessing the site loads prior to mate. as you are assessing and counteracting, go to mate the q d. >> we have a little bit that needs to come left. >> this is mission control houston now three hours 40 four minutes into the space walk by rick mastracchio and mike hopkins.
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they are about to begin the process of mating four fluidic workctions, reversing the they did on sunday. they will go sequentially. m3 m1, m2, m4, and connection point. the first three being 1.5 and wide connections to enable ammonia to flow into the tank from an ammonia tank assembly being a half inch. then we will go back and hook up electrical connections before ammonia can begin to flow from the ammonia tank assembly that sits adjacent to where the new spare was installed a few minutes ago by mike hopkins and rick distract io -- rick
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mastracchio. >> it is down. the host needs to come up. >> do you agree? >> yes. >> for those just joining our coverage, mike hopkins and rick mastracchio began the second in
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a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty pump and restore full cooling capability to the complex. this began at 5:53 a.m. central time. they moved out of the airlock. they began the process of removing the spare pump stowage location. in a firm grasp as he was maneuvered at the end of the robotic arm a short .istance very slowly but surely and carefully, they guided the new spare into a series of guide rails in the day.
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they invented nitrogen out of the spare pump and are in the process of hooking up for fluid connection lines. >> perform a snapback test. >> it is visible again. >> staying clear of the button. getting ready to perform a test. >> copy. will -- visual gap test. ok. nice work. we're getting ready to set up to open the qd. hopper, have it ready. >> the first of the fluid lines, ine has been hooked up.
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we're looking to open the valve. three more after that. >> prior to and during movement, it excess and counteracts site --s counter at-- counteract side loads. >> the station flying 260 statute miles over the south pacific. pper -- okay, stand bywe want to here. we are coming on a short dropout. we will call you on the other side. a standby here. men and a halft
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before we call you back. -- a minute and a half before we call you back. >> good job. thanks, man. p3.lar function
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>> we have a down year and we have the one up of there. >> ok. we are back with you. a copy. sounds great. cycled -- rick, since we cycled that, we would toe to keep eyes on the m3 make sure nothing is leaking. >> ok. i will back up a little. >> ok. copy that spirit hopper, prior to and during movement,
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counteract side loads as needed. button and push against the spacer. the spacecraft communicator is an inaccurate and -- and an enact oror the school device. it would over pressurize the internal design of the ammonia lines than self. -- stem cell. -- themselves.
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>> denis make sure it is fully seated. >> it is fully seated. >> it is slightly visible. >> copy that. a nominale are in configure. nice work on that. as long as this is installed, you can remove it. >> it is removed. >> copy. standby. >> ok. >> think about all the electricals.
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>> we want to do m2 before we do the electrical. standby. >> we have a go for meeting only the m2. it should be line number fox f 45.for five -- >> hold on.
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okay. you have the spid handy? here.ave one right >> we're going to make the qd a nd then open. when you're in position, i will read you the steps. >> ok. >> ok. this is mission control houston. three hours 55 minutes in today's spacewalk. they are working diligently on the second of the for fluid connection lines for the new spare pump module that was installed in the starboard trust a short time ago. the thermal systems officer
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reporting the early indications are that the new spear that was installed is holding the pressure. button should be up in the forward white band not visible. assess and counteract side loads prior to me. you have a go to mate the qd. >> copy that. it is down a little bit. >> if it is down, put yours in. push it down.
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i think you need to come a little bit. this is ok. >> there you go. all of these clams. clamps. there you go. down.
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>> showing those three connection points are electrical connectors. they hooked up a short time from now. they are working on the second of the four fluid lines through cool and ammonia fle will flow. >> hopper, perform a snapback test. >> that is complete. the band is still visible. >> staying clear of the button test.lease string, pull >> it is complete. a visual gap test. that is good. >> nice work.
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>> a good connection now for the m2 fluid line. go. down, two to ton you are set, we're going open the valve when you are ready for the steps. spacer the forward spid after the release ring. and during movement, assess and counteract side loads as needed. the d-10 button and pressed against the forward spid spacer. >> push the button before you put stress. punishableon is not
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-- pushable. push.n, the button won't >> copy that, hopper. >> does this abandon lookssmall look small tond you? >> take it full aft and see if you can press the button. >> that did the trick. thank you. >> copy that. d-10 buttonress the and move it against the forward spid spacer.
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>> it is installed. can you say again on the sp id? is is installed. >> when you move the bail against the forward space, you aft spacer.the >> forward spid spacer.
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>> go ahead and installed the aft spacer. >> the aft spid spacer is installed.
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>> nice work. now we are going to remove the bo >> copy.the x. the fish stringer, rick. >> are you ready? >> i am ready. i need to go forward three centimeters. acronym referenced is the acronym for the generic thermal eva cover. it was placed over the jumper box on saturday when the faulty pump was disconnected and removed from the starboard trust
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. this has the fluid connection lines hooked up to it to maintain the flow of ammonia in the proper state until this spare can be hooked uphs -- can be hooked up and all completed. a good view of the two spacewalkers. on the left is mike hopkins. four hours in four minutes into today's spacewalk. at the top of your screen was the space agency's columbus model now back. it is hooked up to harmony, 2 of thee
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international space station along the port side of the international space station. and again back looking at the they arenterest which currently involved in the connection of ammonia lines into the new spare. >> the international space station a flying from southwest to northeast at an altitude of 260 statute miles, moving across the pacific ocean, soon to cross central america, the caribbean
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sea in the east coast of cuba. >> ready? >> yeah. pull that off. >> next we are going to be closing the valve off of the jump m3. will beat the ground commanding the valve.
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will be in effect in case we lose communication with you. >> i have a message here. >> copy that. ok, i am ready. >> copy. centimeters. here comes the motion. copy. good motion. [captioning performed by national captioning institute]
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[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] starboard. >> facing starboard. here comes the motion. good motion. >> and stop motion. >> k give us a picture of what they are doing? >> yeah. i will give you the order. we will be working with the m3 connector first. we are going to close that filed -- valve. we are going to close the small line on the jumper box.
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-- then when we get to the we will be taking the small line off first and mating it to m4, followed by the m3 line. >> can we send the lines at this time? we should leave the jumper exactly where it is, right? >> affirmative. leave the lines where they are. thank you. >> it will stay in place around m3. >> affirmative. that will stay in place for right now. >> do you think you will be able can push the button for you. >> i can try. connection that is
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hooked up to the jumper box was connected back on saturday after the faulty pump module was disconnected and removed. on theables ammonia starboard side of the station to remain in a fluid state and the proper liquid state while it is flowing back and forth to the ammonia tank assembly. that is a huge assembly that lies adjacent to the pump itself. once all of the fluid connections are hooked up to the new pump that was just installed, some 35 pounds of ammonia will flow into the new pump. the systeme day, will be pressurized with nitrogen from a nitrogen tank assembly on the starboard side that stores nitrogen at 3000
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pounds per square range. pump tonight, the entire will be activated. there'll be an operation called a bump test that will be executed right after the flow of ammonia begins into the new spare once all the fluid lines are connected. this is a brief exercise that will move the valves internal to the new pump and check out the new systems in a brief test for the thermals systems officer to prove the new pump is alive and well. bill is the spartan officer. that is his call sign here in mission control for the flight controllers under the direction of the flight director. continue.e,
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>> continuing starboard. >> stop motion. >> copy in the true definition of the international space station, a twonese astronaut helping american astronauts in the void of space conducting this spacewalk, a true international effort to restore cooling ability to the international space station.
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>> if all goes as planned, the repressed rosacea and an activation of the spare pump to see the will enable cooling loop a to be restarted and put back into service and slowly on christmas day we will see the re-integration of the heat exchangers in the international space station to bring cooling loop a back online. all of the systems that were affected over the past two weeks by the shutdown will be re-enabled and placed back under the cooling authority of cooling .oop a >> ok. >> ok. button is fully installed, up and that it can be
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depressed. >> it cannot be depressed. >> it should be able to be depressed. hopper -- ok, copy that. stand >> ok. hopper, if you can push that valve forward and see if you can depress the button then. [indiscernible] >> ok, standby.
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[indiscernible] >> mike hopkins on the left. rick mastracchio on the right finding some resistance on the demating of the fluid connection lines. this providing a temporary flow of ammonia through the plumbing on the starboard truss of the international space station during the swap out of these pump module components. >> we're just thinking, can you take a look if we had hopper securing the box, both hands on either side of the box to secure it. rick, could you get up to
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operate that bail? >> yeah, i can. i do not think i could put the force he is putting into it. he is putting in more force. >> copy that. standby. >> we wanted to make a
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suggestion. i note you are using the two bails. we would like you to try down on the side of the qd and to the centerline of the forward bail. >> copy. >> that may give you better leverage. >> there you go. >> telling them and consulting with the lead spacewalk officer. mission control. thecally fine tuning technique that hopkins is using for the tools he has at his thissal to try to demate fluid line from the jumper box. >> it is not going. i am putting force on here. >> copy.
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standby. ok. we are going to send you to the -- to retrieve the control tool. >> i am already there. >> my old control tool. >> should be in crew lock bag one,
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>> the control tool is on board. coming your way, mike.
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>> mike has the bail-control tool. >> ok, copy. ec the screw inside thre. screw insidee there. >> copy. and we are going to install that on to the qd. that the no if you need me to walk you through steps. [indiscernible] screw.st the
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>> and you'll see the latch tabs, hopper. [indiscernible] >> looks like you have it there. nice work. now as rick had mentioned, enga adjustedail claw and in or out as you need it. [indiscernible] >> roger.
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>> try to stay away from the threads of the screw. >> copy. ok. it is against the bail. ok, copy that. standby. ok, hopper, we will do in quarter turn increments and check the button. and go up to 10 turns and let us know if you get the button. >> ok.
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[indiscernible] one turn. [indiscernible] >> keep track of the turn count as best you can. >> all right, we are at two turns. that is about three turns right there. [indiscernible] >> continue?
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>> we can continue all the way rick.10 full turns, >> three-and-a-half. 1/2. five. 5 six.
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6 1/2. seven. have to stop and think about what we are doing. >> copy, rick. standby just a second. we are talking, as well.
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>> we are discussing down here, we're just a few minutes out from eclipse and we can take some steps to vent out that line, so standby. >> ok. >> ok.
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>> this is mission control fusion -- houston. >> we will continue to 10 full turns and trying the button every quarter turn. >> ok. >> mike hopkins and rick astracchio trying to demate stubborn fluid line connector. it was connected back on saturday when the faulty cooling removed from the starboard truss of the station. you can see on the left the first connection lines have been
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mated. valves have been opened. among the not yet flowing -- ammonia not yet flowing. >> let's go one more quarter turn. push it in to anymore. >> ok, standby. 8 3/4. [indiscernible] lot.at seems like a >> ok, we are going to take it
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all the way to 10 turns to see if we can get some movement in the button. >> there may be four threads left on the backside of that screw. >> copy that. [indiscernible] on turning the screw, the torque is pretty high. i am turning with my hand. >> ok, stop there, guys. >> ok. [indiscernible]
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>> flight control team talking about having hopkins and mastracchio back off a bit with the turns with the contingency tool the broke out to free up this fluid line from the jumper box. >> there we go. fare think we pushed it too forward and got the other end. >> clear as a bell. >> ok, keep going. >> i will go kind of slow. right around here. half.omes eight and a
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[indiscernible] >> houston we are at eight turns. standby.py.
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one thing we never expected. box? the jumper >> this is mission control. four hours 32 minutes into the spacewalk. the flight control continue to brainstorm on possible suggestions on how to free up this stubborn fluid line that is hooked up to the pump module suchr box, one of two lines hooked up to the jumper box.
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the crew is trying to free up this third in a series of four fluid lines. two have already been hotel to the new spare. there were installed to maintain the flow of ammonia and the proper flow of liquid between the removal of the old spare and the installation of the new spare. that is proving to be a stubborn task for mastracchio and hopkins . >> we are going to try a technique. before we go to the scoop with the big hammer, we will try to use a large hook, like off of a waste tether and see if you can gently tap on the button and see if we can free it up.
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>> ok. ver?bail le >> that is acceptable. >> we have no idea what forces we are putting on this bail. back it off a little? [indiscernible] >> eight turns, right?
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>> seven and three quarters. >> go to back it off a little as well, rick. >> standby. i'm going to try that. one more. >> seven. able, weer you are will take an assessment. how much of the button were you able to push down? >> it wasn't much. just a little -- it did not go all the way down, if that makes sense. >> copy that.
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discussing, so standby. we think we might be on the forward side of that band. maybe we will try that from the beginning. standby. >> ok. >> this is mission control. is howue being discussed to successfully demate one of two fluid lines hoped up to a jumper box. this box was installed for two of the four fluid lines that allow him only to flow into the pump to keep the ammonia flowing in the proper state through the cooling lines from the starboard truss of the international space station. between the removal of the faulty pump that occurred on saturday and the installation of the new pump today.
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>> we will take one more turn that will put us at halfway on the bail. halfway to the sweet spot. >> that is four right there. >> ok. try that button again, hopper. >> starting to move. >> three-and-a-half. >> forward. forward, mike? >> see if i can find it. four.at is what true -- wha [indiscernible] off.ck >> back? >> yeah. [indiscernible]
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>> as you guys are working this, if you do get the button to push down, hold it down. >> copy that. it will go flush against the surface, right? >> it will look almost flush. [indiscernible] >> i have three turns. do you want to go more? half.st two and a the torque is almost -- [indiscernible] >> it seems to me forward? >> forward, yeah.
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that is three. forward. >> ok. >> back to four [indiscernible] >> which way, forward?
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>> forward. >> for and-a-half -- four and a half. [indiscernible] >> is coming. it seems like it is moving down. is not like a release, if that makes sense. i am able to make it go in. confirm ther, button is fully installed? just to a turn on it. >> i cannot turn it. [indiscernible] copy. you are about five turns
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right now, rick? >> about for and-a-half -- about four and a half. >> ok, copy that. we are still discussing. standby. >> forward. like a release. [indiscernible] downo an and up. >> we are going to try something. get in position to hold the button with your thumb, depressing it and, rick, back off the force on the screw.
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>> ok. in -- iing to get me would like to -- the end of the bail lever. >> copy that. that is fine, hopper. copy that. >> ok. >> are you ready? >> yeah >> it is in. >> hold on to it. >> the button is in, mike? hold it in, please. yep. >> ok. >>
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ok. >> ok. rick, copy that, rick. you can take that they'll to full left. close the valve. [indiscernible] we do have [indiscernible] >> a copy that. check d-10 button. what is happening with that? >> standby. it does not look fully up. the detent button is up -- the d-10 button is up. >> copy that. the valve is closed. standby. good job. short los.
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we will meet you on the other side. >> ok [indiscernible] >> we don't know if it is down sing around or where it is coming from. >> there is still a little bit. >> ok. >> every second or so.
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>> ok, we are doing some venting on the ground. hold here. we will take your assessment of what ammonia we saw leaking. >> ok. we have seen maybe one very small millimeters coming out every second or two. >> could you see where on the qd they wereon the 1 coming out? >> guest i could not. i would say the forward side. it is not real clear. >> do you still see any leaking
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or has it dissipated? >> yes. second.e every >> copy that. we are taking a look to see if that could be residual in that spring cavity. standby.- >> ok. >> could you tell us if any of the flakes contacted your suits? >> absolutely. >> yeah. in process sot is you can stand out with your contingency steps. that. copy
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>> this is mission control houston. after -- >> you can see some of that. >> we do not have your cameras right now. >> [indiscernible] copy. [indiscernible] >> houston, we see the snowflakes coming from the outside forward.
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[indiscernible] [indiscernible] from.s where it is coming >> copy tom in houston -- copy, houston? >> copy that, rick. [indiscernible] it is completely -- [indiscernible] rick.y, we have no video, rick. if you can continue your description. >> ok. they are pretty good size particles, much bigger than anything we have seen. [indiscernible] all around the pump module, and looks like.
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i cannot see it everywhere. [indiscernible] big chunks, big chunks. diameter? >> lots of little ones, some big ones. >> it may be slowing down now. it is hard to tell. >> about a six minute process, four- to six-minute process or so. [indiscernible]
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where we're seeing it come from is where we would expect to. >> standby. >> it is likely coming from the outside of the trusts and maybe bouncing back and coming back your way -- from outside the truss. [indiscernible] this is mission control houston. to quickly recap. after utilizing some ingenious techniques, mastracchio and one of or able to demate the fluid lines hooked up to a jumper box, an interim box to maintain the flow of ammonium through the cooling system in a liquid state during the swap out
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of the old faulty pump module re that was spa installed earlier today during the spacewalk. [indiscernible] place.cing all over the >> at the time this fluid line someemated, the crew noted ammonium flakes emanating from the female side of the quick disconnect interface. some of the flakes might have bounced off their suits. we will determine that a bit later. the control team is in the process of determining whether to hook up this particular line to the new spare. it appears that we will.
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>> hey, rick? while were waiting -- are waiting, i wonder if we can move those electricals -- >> limited slide over. >> if you can get underneath there. >> ok. >> once again the third in the series of fluid lines disconnected now from the pump module jumper box. we have noted some flakes of
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ammonium coming from the female side of that disconnect interface. flight director conferring with her flight controllers determining whether we give the crew a go to continue with the published procedures and hook up this third in a series of fluid lines to the new spear that was installed in the starboard truss. >> i don't seem to smell it anymore, do you? >> no. >> copy that it stopped snowing. that is good news.
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we are closing down the valves now. copy. [indiscernible] >> nice idea. that is great. way to go. readyer, we are getting to close the valve on the small line on the jumper box, the m4 line. >> copy. >> let me know when you're in position for closing that valve. consultation, we are pressing ahead with the connection of the third in the series of fluid lines to the new spare. >> ok. copy, hopper. baile jumper box, move the
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to full forward position. rotates the locking collar to the unlock position. >> unlocked. >> copy. check if band is visible. button is fully installed and up and that it can be depressed. >> installed. [indiscernible] it looks to me there is no coming out of m4. >> ok, standby. i still see snow. four is closed.
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i cannot tell. .> we evacuated that line [indiscernible] >> we vented that line. it should dissipate. let us know if you see that. [indiscernible] >> flight control team is monitoring the reports from the crew in the absence of a downlink television picture right now from the space station. >> say again, rick? [indiscernible] this is -- it is installed and can be
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pushed. >> ok, perfect. assess and cataract -- >> the crew reported some residual flakes of ammonia continue to come out from the ammoniane that contain that are in the process of being hooked up to the new spare pump module that was installed in the four truss of the international space station. the issue with the flakes of ammonia began at the point at which mastracchio and hopkins used a series of techniques and tools to coax a stubborn fluid connection onm the pump module jumper box to which it had been installed on saturday when the old pump had been removed. >> ok, copy that. give us your assessment if the
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snow is gone. >> i still see a little bit of snow coming out of m4. very small flakes. [indiscernible] >> ok, copy that. it may be residual. first thing we will do is demate standby.ut >> ok. [indiscernible] >> ok we are a go for demate on the m4. on the jumper box and i will walk you through those steps when you are ready. >> ok, i am ready. pull back on the release ring
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qd.demate the >> ok it is demated. >> ok, nice work. check the release ring is retracted and that the band is not visible. there is a small -- [indiscernible] edge of it. >> ok discussing. standby. [indiscernible] go ahead and pull back on the release spring are pushed back on the release spring.
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>> copy. to when i do that, it wants pop out. >> ok, copy that. just a piece of the forward white band you see. >> that is right. >> ok, copy that. standby. ok, guys, we have a go to continue with a piece of that white band visible.
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qd. in position to mate that [indiscernible] >> that four? >> let me try. what happens when you let it go? >> we just passed the five hour mark into today's spacewalk. as we continue to look at the clock and we will be evaluating decontamination procedure for the cruise. it appears some flakes of ammonia did come in contact with their suits during the demating of the fluid line from pump module jumper box. we are in the process of mating the third in a series of lines
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and then we will get on with the disconnection of a fourth of the fluid lines. line, the smallest of the fluid lines from the pump module jumper. >> 30 seconds to a shorthand over. shorthand over. [indiscernible] --onn i get you to put a the jumper box?
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10ok let's -- another centimeters. >> another 10 centimeters. motion.ant >> good motion. >> ok. [indiscernible] the thermal systems officer has told flight director that he is go with resting ahead and having my copies run through the steps to demate the fourth and final fluid line from the jumper box -- mike hopkins.
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it will be connected to the new spare pump a short time from now. >> ok, stop motion. complete. >> the brakes are on. [indiscernible] >> and, houston, what i can see inside, the female end -- [indiscernible] hopper.opy that, m4 e are no loads in that line. we are a go to mate that. the pump module. when you're in position, i will
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read you the steps, mike. >> i am in position and ready to go. >> we have the caps off and inspected both ends of the line. verifying the female qd is ready to mate. verify the button is up. the locking collar is in the lock position and the forward white band is not visible. we understand a little portion of it may be. >> ok. it is in the locked position. a small portion of the white band is visible. if we could [indiscernible] we are not going to open the valve yet. we do not need the spid yet. assessu're ready, both
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and cataract the side loads prior to mate. >> copy. back with video from the international space station, this view from the helmet camera of mike hopkins as he prepares to mate the third of the four ammonia lines to the new spat re pump module that was installed a few hours ago. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> and, houston [indiscernible]
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>> ok. >> without releasing it. >> standby. >> copy. you cannot touch the line. gap. is a >> there is a little bit of movement and it. to you see that? >> i don't know if you can get in the drive levber side and see if it will snap ba