Posted on 12/09/2006 7:35:11 AM PST by KevinDavis
spaceflightnow.com
2200 GMT (5:00 p.m. EST)
Flight controllers today successfully activated a powerful pump on the space station's main solar power truss, pushing ammonia coolant through cold plates and into big radiators to keep critical electrical gear from overheating.
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2130 GMT (4:30 p.m. EST)
The next task in the EVA sends the spacewalkers down to the payload bay of shuttle Discovery. They will be retrieving micrometeoroid debris shielding panels launched on the shuttle for relocation up on the station. A future Russian EVA will install the panels on the outer hull of the station's Zvezda module.
2129 GMT (4:29 p.m. EST)
Spacewalkers Robert Curbeam and Sunita Williams finished re-wiring space station electrical power system channels 1 and 4, clearing the way for flight controllers to begin flowing solar array electricity through two main bus swithing units, transformers and other critical components. Engineers now plan to activate an ammonia cooling system to complete the station's switch-over from interim to permanent power.
Sunny got tangled up, and dropped her camera overboard.
Well, what can we say, first spacewalk. The camera will return but probably not close enough to grab.
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