NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 23 January 2018 – First Spacewalk of 2018 Completed
Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle of NASA completed the first spacewalk this year at 2:13 p.m. EST, lasting 7 hours, 24 minutes. The two astronauts replaced a Latching End Effector (LEE) on the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2.
There are two redundant end effectors on each end of the arm used to grapple visiting vehicles and components during a variety of operational activities. The spacewalk was the 206th in support of space station assembly and maintenance, the third in Vande Hei’s career and the first for Tingle. Vande Hei will venture outside the station again Jan. 29 with Flight Engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to stow a spare latching end effector removed from the robotic arm last October on to the station’s mobile base system rail car for future use.
Spacewalkers have now spent a total of 53 days, 13 hours, and 49 minutes working outside the station in support of assembly and maintenance of the orbiting laboratory.
On-Orbit Status Report
USOS Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) #47: Today, Mark Vande Hei (as EV1) and Scott Tingle (as EV2) successfully completed USOS EVA #47 with a Phased Elapsed Time (PET) of 7 hrs 24 min. The primary goal of the EVA was to swap the Latching End Effector (LEE) from the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) B side with the LEE that was stowed as a spare on the External Stowage Platform 2 (ESP-2), while also moving a Worksite Interface Fixture (WIF) adapter and Camera Light Assembly (CLA) between those LEEs. A state command error was seen during powerup of the new LEE-B on the primary string. The EVA crew demated and remated the connectors, and ground teams were able to power up nominally on the secondary string but still received the state command error on the primary string. Ground teams continue troubleshooting to address the issues with the primary string.
Today’s Planned Activities
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Reminder for EVA In-Suit Light Exercise (ISLE) Preparation
Biochemical urine test
URISYS Hardware Stowage
ISS HAM Radio Power Down in Service Module
USOS Window Shutter Close
ISS HAM Radio Power Down in Columbus
Internal Audio Subsystem (IAS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Communication Configuration
EVA COTS UHF Communication Unit (CUCU) Verify off
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) In-Suit Light Exercise (ISLE) Preparation
Comm test with Soyuz 734 in EKTS mode via Luch-5B Relay System (-16 deg)
Auxiliary Computer System [???] Laptops Antivirus Scan Check and Status Report
???? comm system switchover to the primary set
??-3? Oxygen bottle pressure check in DC1
COSMOCARD. Closeout Ops
??-3? oxygen bottle pressure check in ???
Hand Ergometry Assessment
Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Purge
Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) In-Suit Light Exercise (ISLE) Prebreathe
Hand Ergometry Assessment.
Activities with Orlan-MKS No.4 Replaceable Elements.
Activities with Orlan-MK No.6 Replaceable Elements.
Orlan-MKS No.4 Orlan Telemetry Unit (????) Battery Installation
Orlan-MK No.6 Orlan Telemetry Unit (????) Battery Installation
Crewlock Depress
Orlan-MKS No.4 Spacesuit Height Sizing
Orlan-MK No.6 Height Sizing
US EVA: Crewlock Post Depress
US EVA: Crewlock Egress
Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics (DOUG) Setup
US EVA: Prepare LEE FSE
Orlan No.6 leak and ??? (Orlan Interface Unit) leak checks and valve tests.
SSRMS EVA Support
US EVA: Degraded LEE (Latching End Effector) Removal
US EVA: Degraded LEE (Latching End Effector) Temporary Stow
Update DC1 EVA ODF and CueCards
Orlan-MKS No.4 and ??? (Orlan Interface Unit) leak checks and valve tests.
IMS Update
US EVA: Camera Light Assembly (CLA) R&R
US EVA: Worksite Interface (WIF) Adapter Remove
CONTENT. Experiment Ops
Filling (separation) of ??? [???] for Elektron or ???-??
US EVA: Spare LEE (Latching End Effector) Retrieval
??? maintenance
US EVA: Spare LEE (Latching End Effector) Install on SSRMS
EVA Cleanup
US EVA: Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Get Ahead Tasks
Crewlock Ingress
Photo/TV Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Glove Photo Setup
US EVA: Crewlock Pre Repress
US EVA: Crewlock Repress
US EVA: Post-EVA Activities
Photo/TV Extravehicular Activity (EVA) GoPro Downlink
Photo/TV Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Glove Photo Downlink
Photo/TV Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Camera Disassembly
Internal Audio Subsystem (IAS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Communication Deconfiguration
Acoustic Monitor Setup for Crew Worn Measurements
Completed Task List Activities
None
Ground Activities
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.
EVA Support
Standard commanding
Three-Day Look Ahead:
Wednesday, 01/24: EVA Debrief, Lighting Effects, Arthrospira, CIR Bottle R&R, ACE Config, Neuromapping, EVA Preps (ECWS OBT, SAFER OBT, EMU water recharge, EMU Swap) Meteor
Thursday, 01/25: EVA Preps (Tool Config, Proc Rev, battery charge), Biolab, Acoustic Mon Deploy, Plant Gravity, FEMTOSAT deployer demo, JOTI/MBSU install
Friday, 01/26: EVA Preps (Tool Config, DOUG Rev, Proc Rev, GoPro S/U, battery charge, ROBO Rev), EMCS Main, Plant Gravity, SLAMMD
QUICK ISS Status – Environmental Control Group:
Component – Status
Elektron – On
Vozdukh – Manual
[???] 1 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV1”) – Off
[???] 2 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV2”) – On
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Lab – Operate
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Node 3 – Standby
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Lab – Idle
Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Node 3 – Operate
Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) – Process
Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) – Standby
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Lab – Full Up
Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Node 3 – Off
