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The third spacewalk wrapped up all of the EVA tasks necessary to complete installation of the Tranquility node and the Cupola. NASA describes it this way: Behnken and Patrick wrapped up their third and final planned spacewalk, a 5-hour, 48-minute excursion, at 3:03 a.m. EST. They completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets [...]

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According to NASA the Cupola has been successfully moved to its permanent location: The International Space Station’s new viewport is facing the Earth now, ready to provide a panoramic view of the planet below and approaching cargo ships. Relocation of the cupola from the Tranquility node’s forward port to its new location was completed at [...]

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This video describes the tasks for the second spacewalk, and all were accomplished successfully when the spacewalk ended at 3:14 a.m. EST this morning: NASA described the spacewalk this way: Endeavour astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick finished all tasks planned for the mission’s second spacewalk, integrating the new Tranquility node into the International Space [...]

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Bob Behnken and Nicolas Patrick have successfully added the Tranquility Node to the Space Station today with the help of Kay Hire and Terry Virts operating the robot arm. NASA describes it this way: STS-130 crew members installed a 2,600-cubic-foot addition to the International Space Station early Friday, combining the talents of robotic arm operators [...]

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According to NASA, the plan for today is to unload the Tranquility Node from the Shuttle and install it on the Space Station. NASA describes it this way: The spacewalk is expected to begin at around 9:09 p.m., although could begin a little earlier if the crew is ready. Spacewalkers Nicholas Patrick and Bob Behnken [...]

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I had a chance to speak with Chris Cassidy, one of the astronauts who flew on STS-127. On that mission, Chris took three space walks (totaling 18 hours), primarily having to do with unwrapping and activating the Exposed Facility of the KIBO lab, installing experiments on the platform, and replacing huge batteries that store solar [...]

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Around mindnight last night, space shuttle Endeavor docked with the International Space Station, and the hatches between the two spacecraft opened at 2:16 AM EST this morning. Here is what the hatch opening looked like: This time-lapse video shows the docking process. It includes a shuttle roll-over so that it can be photographed to check [...]

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This video introduces the 6 members of the STS-130 crew and explains the goals of the STS-130 mission in detail: Here is NASA’s description of what will happen on day 1: Space shuttle Endeavour’s crew will be awakened about 6:15 p.m. EST for a work day that will focus on using the robotic arm and [...]

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Space Shuttle Endeavor had a successful launch this morning, getting mission STS-130 underway. It was the last night launch for the space shuttle program. Here’s what it looked like (the actual launch is at 3:40): About 3 hours prior to launch, the astronauts boarded the shuttle. You can see the whole crew here as they [...]

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As discussed here, Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-130) was supposed to launch Sunday morning at 4:39AM. But that launch was scrubbed because of clouds over the launch site. So the launch has been moved to Monday morning at 4:14AM EST. If you live on the east coast, this map shows you when to look up in [...]

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