| STS-113
Extravehicular Activities
The STS-113
crew will perform three spacewalks while at the International Space
Station. The main focus of these extravehicular activities, or EVAs,
is the installation, outfitting and activation of the P1 (P-One)
Truss. All three spacewalks will be based out of the station's Quest
Airlock.
EVA
Astronauts and Suit ID
Michael Lopez-Alegria (EV1): solid red stripes
John Herrington (EV2): solid white spacesuit Space
Station Robot Arm Operators
Peggy Whitson
Ken Bowersox
Don Pettit
Space
Shuttle Robot Arm Operator
Jim Wetherbee
Spacewalk
Coordinator
Paul Lockhart
EVA
1 Lopez-Alegria,
Herrington Time:
6 hours, 45 minutes
Start Time: 1:49 p.m. CST (1949 GMT) Nov. 26, 2002
End Time (approximate): 8:35 p.m. CST Nov. 26, 2002 (0235 GMT Nov.
27, 2002)
After the P1
was attached to the station, Lopez-Alegria and Herrington exited
the station Quest Airlock. Lopez-Alegria began making connections
between the P1 and the S0 (S-Zero) Truss as Herrington released
launch restraints on the Crew and Equipment Translation Aid, or
CETA, cart. Lopez-Alegria then installed Spool Positioning Devices,
or SPDs, onto the station. Both spacewalkers removed a drag link
on the P1 that served as a launch restraint. The final major task
scheduled during the spacewalk was the installation of a Wireless
video system External Transceiver Assembly, which will be used to
support spacewalkers' helmet cameras, onto the Unity Node.
EVA
2 Lopez-Alegria,
Herrington Time:
6 hours, 10 minutes
Start Time: 12:36 p.m. CST (1836 GMT) Nov. 28, 2002
End Time: 6:46 p.m. CST Nov. 28, 2002 (0046 GMT Nov. 29, 2002)
The first major
task scheduled for STS-113's Thanksgiving spacewalk was the installation
of the fluid jumpers where the S0 and the P1 are attached to each
other. The jumpers were installed by both spacewalkers. The next
task was the removal of the P1's starboard keel pin. Before removing
the port keel pin, Lopez-Alegria and Herrington installed another
Wireless video system External Transceiver Assembly onto the P1.
The final major task of the spacewalk was the relocation of the
CETA cart from the P1 to the S1 Truss, which will allow the Mobile
Transporter to move along the P1 to assist in upcoming assembly
mission.
EVA
3 Lopez-Alegria,
Herrington Time:
7 hours
Start Time: 1:25 p.m. CST (1925 GMT) Nov. 30, 2002
End Time: 8:25 p.m. CST Nov. 30, 2002 (0225 GMT Dec. 1, 2002)
Throughout
the spacewalk, Herrington and Lopez-Alegria installed more SPDs,
which brings the total to more than 40 installed during the mission's
three excursions. Also, Lopez-Alegria reconfigured electrical harnesses
that route power through the Main Bus Switching Units, and Herrington
attached Ammonia Tank Assembly lines.
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