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[ "Mission: Impossible" theme plays ]
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-Columbia, Houston.
Your mission if you choose to accept it
is to rendezvous and grapple the Hubble Space Telescope
and then spend 5 days massively reoutfitting
and upgrading the telescope.
Hubble is 1,400 miles ahead of you,
and you're closing at 600 miles an hour.
This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds.
-All right. Good morning, Houston.
Just to give you a heads up, we got a first laser hit,
and the range was 4,638 feet.
-Copy, Rick. Thanks for the update.
-By 7 feet per second.
-Roger that.
-Rick Linnehan reporting through the use
of handheld laser device on board Columbia,
the first visual sighting of the Hubble Space Telescope
at a distance of about 4,300 feet.
-For HST. -Go ahead.
-Hey, Mario. It's great to see an old friend,
and the solar arrays are nominal.
-Roger that. That's great news, John.
-Payload commander John Grunsfeld
reporting that the Hubble Space Telescope
appears to be in excellent shape,
and the solar rays are as well.
Everything poised for the capture of the telescope
and the start of 5 days worth of servicing and upgrades.
This is Mission Control Houston.
As you look at the very bottom of the Hubble Space Telescope,
at about the 6 o'clock position
is the vent port through which cabling
and plumbing will be snaked through in association
with the installation and final hookup
of the Cryocooler and the radiator lines
for the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer,
the NICMOS instrument,
that work to be undertaken by John Grunsfeld
and Rick Linnehan during the fifth and final space
walk of the mission early Friday morning.
This view, as the orbiter is being maneuvered again
within striking distance of the Hubble Space Telescope,
you're looking at the slot in which
the Wide Field/Planetary Camera is located.
The arm is not yet in motion.
This is the motion of the orbiter
still be maneuvered to the proper distance from Hubble.
The payload deployment and retrieval systems officer
reports that the robot arm now in motion
for the grapple of the Hubble Space Telescope.
The orbiter has been placed in free drift
to prevent any inadvertent jet-thruster firings
during the final capture of the observatory.
Currie now aligning the end effector of the arm
with the pin on the grapple fixture that you have in view.
Currie now moving in for the grapple
of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Columbia and Hubble of the Pacific Ocean,
southwest of Mexico and Central America.
Standing by for capture.
Grapple confirmed.
-Houston, we have Hubble on the arm.
-Copy, Scooter.
Outstanding work, and there's a big sigh of relief
we heard from Goddard all the way here.
-I think it echoed up here as well.
-Had the robot arm officer here in Mission Control
reports that Nancy Currie has begun
to move the remote manipulator system
and the Hubble Space Telescope back from its capture position
towards the rear of the cargo bay of Columbia
in preparation for the actual birthing of the telescope
on the flight support system.
Sunrise over the Hubble Space Telescope
eliminating the golden solar arrays.
Those arrays to be retracted for the final time
a few hours from now.
They will be replaced by new rigid solar arrays
one-third the size of the ones you're looking at
which actually will be blue in color.
The cells are made of gallium arsenide
on the brand-new solar arrays to be installed tomorrow morning
and Tuesday morning by two teams of space walkers.
-Camera D on monitor two is zoomed in now,
and you can just see a little bit of it there.
I think we're going to lose it as the Sun comes up.
-Copy that.
We have a good picture, and we did see a few particles there.
And, Scooter, clarification, is this what sometimes
we see off the engine bells, the flaking of the ice
that seems to happen sometimes for days at a time?
-I certainly wouldn't rule that out.
I think it could be.
It's very slow and steady but a very tiny amount,
so that sounds like a possible culprit.
Have to admit, I guess I haven't looked out the back
with that critical of an eye on previous missions.
-Roger that.
And Columbia, Houston.
Scooter, might anybody on board notice this prior to today,
maybe some of it streaming off earlier?
-And, Houston, I think we have seen it earlier.
And we seem to think
that the amount is diminishing as it goes on.
-And, Scooter, copy that.
That's consistent if it is the engine-bell phenomenon.
-This is Mission Control Houston.
This a very good view of the Hubble Space Telescope
as Columbia approaches the west coast of Africa
at an altitude of 362 statute miles
of the lower portion of the telescope.
You can barely make out the dark oval-shaped objects
on the aft shroud of the telescope.
Those are actually the fixed-head star trackers,
and right above it,
that rectangular lighter-colored insert
is the Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2,
which soon will be joined
by a new astronomical observation instrument,
the Advanced Camera for Surveys,
which will be installed to replace
the Faint Object Camera in the telescope.
The Advanced Camera for Surveys
to be installed on the fourth space walk
by Jim Newman and Mike Massimino early Thursday morning.
This is Mission Control Houston.
Again, a good view looking right up at the bottom
of the Hubble Space Telescope as Nancy Currie
prepares to begin the series of procedures
to slowly but surely lower it down onto its berthing platform
at the rear of Columbia's cargo bay.
In this view in the upper left-hand portion
of your picture
is the vent port on the bottom of the telescope,
through which the cabling and plumbing lines
will be snaked through by astronauts John Grunsfeld
and Rick Linnehan on Friday
during the fifth space walk of the mission.
Those lines will be hooked up between the Cryocooling device
for the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer,
the NICMOS, infrared scientific instrument,
and the radiator for the NICMOS, which will be mounted
to the side of the Hubble Space Telescope
to provide the proper cooling for NICMOS
and revive it into scientific operation
for the first time since 1999.
The payload deployment and retrieval systems officer
in Mission Control reports
that Nancy Currie has now maneuvered
Hubble to within 3 feet
of the flight support system berthing platform.
Once it is down on the platform,
three large latches will hook up to Hubble
and lock it in place for the rest of the servicing mission.
Back with our television from Columbia as Nancy Currie
slowly lowers the Hubble Space Telescope
onto its berthing platform,
now just a few inches above the latches.
-Houston, Columbia for HST. -Go ahead.
-For HST and payloads,
the berthing-latch operations are complete.
-Copy that and concur.
Good work, gentlemen, ladies.
-And at 4:33 a.m. Central time with Columbia sailing high
over the southern Indian Ocean, the Hubble Space Telescope
now securely latched onto its berthing platform
ready for its servicing over the next 5 days of space walks.
-And Houston, Columbia.
Are you all getting the flight-deck video?
-That's affirmative.
-This is a videotape replay of activity
that took place earlier this morning
during Columbia's rendezvous to the Hubble Space Telescope,
Commander Scott Altman in the field of view right now
with Nancy Currie directly behind him
and pilot Duane Carey on the right.
This videotape replay of flight-deck activities
during the rendezvous of Columbia
to the Hubble Space Telescope showing Nancy Currie
and Mike Massimino at the aft flight deck,
Duane Carey sitting in the commander's seat,
Columbia's pilot checking all of Columbia's systems,
and providing range and rate closure
for Commander Scott Altman, who manually flew Columbia.
Nancy Currie now beginning
to maneuver the shuttle's robot arm
in what will be a fairly extensive survey
of the Hubble Space Telescope,
which was successfully berthed and latched in place
at the rear of Columbia's cargo bay.
-External power is complete. -Copy and concur.
Thanks to you and John and Rick.
Appreciate it.
-And with that call from John Grunsfeld,
power now flowing from the shuttle Columbia
to the Hubble Space Telescope.
The maneuver into the battery-charging attitude points
the solar arrays toward the Sun,
enabling the six nickel-cadmium batteries in the observatory
to be recharged prior to the time
that the solar arrays are retracted a few hours from now.
Next to the old NASA logo, known as the worm,
is the logo of the European Space Agency,
which built the original solar arrays
for the Hubble Space Telescope
and contributed the Faint Object Camera,
one of the original scientific instruments for the telescope,
which will be removed on the fourth space
walk of the flight on Thursday by Jim Newman and Mike Massimino
and replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys.
-Houston, as you come up over Houston,
we got a good pass for viewing at 5:21.
Be sure you wave as you go by.
-Roger that, Mario.
I'm surprised you guys will have time to wave back.
-Again, the external survey of the Hubble Space Telescope
continues as Nancy Currie
maneuvers the shuttle's robot arm.
This view from the end effector camera
on the shuttle's remote manipulator system
looking at what is known at the minus V3 side of the telescope
where the Wide Field/Planetary Camera
is at the top of your screen
and one of the three fixed-head star trackers just below it.
Hubble appears to be in excellent condition
almost 12 years into its scientific observations.
This is Mission Control Houston.
A rather dramatic shot now from the elbow camera
on the shuttle's remote manipulator system
looking right down at the cargo bay of the shuttle Columbia,
the Hubble Space Telescope at the top of your screen,
the aft shroud as it is mounted
on the flight support system berthing platform.
-Columbia, Houston.
It's time to hand over in the control center down here.
Orbit One is going to pass along the activities to Orbit Two.
Tony and Steve will take you the rest of the way.
Good job today. You made it look easy.
Keep up the great work. -Hey, Mario.
I just want to say thanks for the great support to you
and Brian and for the control team,
Steve getting us through rendezvous.
You guys just did a great job being there for us today,
backing us up.
It was a team effort, and we thank you for everything.
-Columbia, Houston, for Scooter.
We're ready to do the solar-array slew,
and we'd like free drift.
-Copy, Houston. Free drift.
-This is Mission Control Houston.
If you look carefully, you can see the solar arrays
are beginning to move until they are going to be
parallel with the payload bay of Columbia.
You can see the slight angle opening up
between the solar arrays and the Hubble.
And to the right hand of your screen,
you can see the 180 number beginning to rotate
as the Hubble Space Telescope is moved very slowly
into a position that will allow the crew
to watch the starboard solar array retract.
This right-hand view being provided by a camera
in the forward portion of the payload bay of Columbia
looking toward the bottom of the flight support system
where the Hubble Space Telescope is mounted.
Starboard solar array continuing to retract as it should.
There was an initial glitch, and the first command
did not cause the starboard array to retract.
System was reset, and the second command did the trick.
Starboard solar array continuing to retract.
This view provided by the shuttle's robotic arm,
the camera on the end of that robotic arm.
-Houston, Columbia.
Two spots remaining, nominal.
-Copy, and we have a great view on the big screen.
-In this view, you can see the starboard solar array
of the Hubble Space Telescope as it's retracting.
Columbia currently flying over the central Atlantic Ocean
between South America and Africa.
Columbia at an altitude of 350 statute miles
as we watch the Hubble Space Telescope's starboard
solar array retract into itself, all this in preparation
for the eventual removal of that solar array
and replacing it with a new solar array.
The new solar arrays are rigid
and don't retract like these do here.
They're about one-third the size
but will produce 20 percent more power.
The first of those solar arrays will be put
on the Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow morning,
and the second one will be done during a space walk on Tuesday.
The next command will be sent by the crew
to have the flight support system rotate
so that the solar array you could see on the other side
of the Hubble Space Telescope, the plus V2 or port solar array,
can be maneuvered and retracted as well.
Hubble will be rotated so that the crew will be able to watch
the port-solar-array retraction
as they did with the starboard solar array.
Payload officer reporting that the flight support system
has begun to rotate.
-Houston, do you think there's any requirement
for attitude maintenance after we're 4 minutes into the rotate?
-Columbia, Houston. Scooter, there is none required.
We're about 1 degree out right now.
-Okay. We'll be happy to hang out in the free drift then.
Thanks for checking.
-Columbia, Houston.
Retracting command in 15 seconds.
-Okay. We're standing by.
-This is Mission Control Houston.
The port solar array has begun to retract.
This view of the port solar array being provided by a camera
on the end of the shuttle's robotic arm
looking down toward the port solar array,
Hubble Space Telescope at the top of your screen.
-Columbia, Houston.
You should see stow on both microswitches.
-And we do.
-And we got a winner on both sides.
Columbia, Houston.
You can press with the rotate HST procedure
followed by the pivot HST procedure,
and you can stay in auto throughout.
-Okay. That's great news.
I just want to say to everyone at Johnson Space Center there
and of course at Goddard Space Center
and at the Space Telescope Operations Control Center,
y'all did a fantastic job and made our job on orbit easy.
Thanks.
-You're quite welcome,
and it's a good start to five more great EVAs.
-This is Mission Control Houston.
The crew of Columbia has had an incredible day in space.
They've rendezvoused with the Hubble Space Telescope,
grappled it and placed it safely in the payload bay of Columbia.
They've also retracted both of the solar arrays,
and both those solar rays are now safely stowed
and be prepared for their removal and return to Earth.
Coming up shortly, the space telescope will be rotated
and then pivoted back to its perpendicular position
all in preparation for the crew's --
end of the crew's day.
-Columbia.
-This is Mission Control Houston.
You can see that the Hubble Space Telescope
has begun to rotate on the flight support system,
moving it into a position that'll prepare it
for tomorrow's first space walk.
-Columbia, Houston.
For the mail sync, if you guys could,
we'd like you guys to close Outlook.
-Okay, Houston. I think we all have Outlook
closed.
-Copy and thanks.
-Payloads officer reporting that they're currently about 1 minute
into the rotation of the Hubble Space Telescope
with about 4 minutes remaining.
Hubble currently flying over the northeastern coast
of South America.
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[ "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" plays ]
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-Columbia, Houston, good morning.
John, that was for you as you and Rick
prepare for the first spacewalk of the mission.
That was an excerpt from Mozart's variations
on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,"
and of course, we know the stars up there don't twinkle,
but we thought the relevance still stands.
-Thanks so much, Dan.
That was a nice wake-up music,
and once we finish our work on Hubble,
I think the stars will twinkle a little more for everyone.
-And we are with you guys on the mid deck
enjoying your pre-EVA snack there.
-From the mid deck of the shuttle Columbia,
John Grunsfeld
facing you and Rick Linnehan with his back to you,
the two space walkers for tonight.
They're being assisted by Mike Massimino.
-The guys downstairs have done a great job
cleaning up the mid deck, keeping things straightened up.
We do have four suits here aboard Columbia,
internal airlock, not a lot of room,
and they're maximizing every amount of space that we can,
so they're doing a great job.
-We concur wholeheartedly. -Again, John Grunsfeld,
you can see him already
bearing the lower portion of his spacesuit,
the lower portion of that torso
that is part of his spacesuit complement.
Again, you can see the red stripes.
That will be his designation tonight
as extravehicular-activity crew member number one.
Rick Linnehan with his back to the camera
will be wearing the pure white spacesuit.
Mike Massimino again will be helping the crew
as they get into their suits
and eventually go into the airlock
for their period of pre-breathing pure oxygen
to cleanse the nitrogen out of their bloodstreams
to prevent a condition called the bends
when they move out into the vacuum of space.
As well, Jim Newman again will be at the aft flight deck
of Columbia as the spacewalk choreographer
for this first spacewalk of the mission.
The installation of the starboard array,
the brand-new starboard solar array,
the solar array generation number three as it is known,
which is one of the two new rigid arrays
that will be installed on the telescope,
this new rigid array
is one-third the size of the old array,
which was folded up successfully earlier today.
Although it weighs about twice as much as the old array,
about 640 pounds,
it has an increased power output of about 5,200 watts.
That will enable all of Hubble's scientific instruments
to operate simultaneously.
The new array has improved gallium arsenide solar cells,
which will give the array a bluish color.
Once it is installed and opened up,
it folds open like a book, unlike the old arrays,
which were golden and which rolled up
like venetian blinds or window shades.
Mike Massimino helping Rick Linnehan
complete his suit-up procedures.
Again, Linnehan will be wearing the spacesuit with the --
that is pure white with no red-stripe designations.
John Grunsfeld, who is designated as EV1,
the prime spacewalk repair man
and servicing man for this mission,
will be wearing the spacesuit bearing the solid red stripes.
This will be Linnehan's first spacewalk
and this his third mission into space,
and there you see the payload commander, John Grunsfeld,
who is about to make his third spacewalk,
all in the name of Hubble Space Telescope's servicing.
Jim Newman, who you see in the background
there assisting Rick Linnehan, when he ventures outside
early Tuesday morning with Mike Massimino
for the second spacewalk of this mission,
he will be making his fifth spacewalk.
Newman first walked in space on STS-51 back in 1994
with Carl Walz, correction, 1993 with Carl Walz.
who is currently orbiting aboard the International Space Station.
Newman then joined Jerry Ross
on the STS-88 mission for three spacewalks
in which they hooked up the first two components
of the International Space Station,
the Unity node and the Zarya Control Module,
that accomplished back in December of 1998
And a view now of Mike Massimino,
who will be assisting Jim Newman up
on the aft flight deck of Columbia,
checking all of the timeline and checklist paperwork
throughout the course of tonight's spacewalk,
he again scheduled to join Jim Newman outside
for the second and fourth spacewalks of this mission.
-I'm low side. He is going to be hot.
Check your comm with IMCC as a courtesy please.
-Houston, Columbia, EV1, how do you read?
-Loud and clear, John.
-Yeah, I'm clear as well there.
-Houston, Columbia, EV2, how do you hear?
-Loud and clear, Rick, as well. -Good here too, man.
-Okay, both CCMs, power the battery.
-Good.
-Easy with the seat, try the seat down a little bit.
Hold on, John.
Can you come out a little forward more?
Okay, there you go, oh, wow, beautiful view.
Okay, to the starboard, nevermind, casing has become
a little attached to the lock, EME dealing, unlock.
-Okay, John, go out back.
That's going to be used
to put around the bottom of the tool handle.
-I have the tool brace. -Okay, I'm coming down.
Okay, you have it, John.
Start bringing it out.
-Well, I'm on the telescope.
We're here to give you help, Hubble,
with the planets, the stars and the universe.
-Okay, thanks for those words, John.
Report please on the safety tentative guards.
-What's that? -Okay, Richard,
go to your translation adaptation.
-Okay, Jim, onboard the shuttle cover.
I'm going to take a quick inspection inside.
Everything looks good. Don't see anything new.
Closing the cupboard.
-Copy, thank you.
-Getting the safety tether hooked on
and installed good and locked.
-Copy that. You're go for the mini TA.
-Okay.
-Good, now you two can say you work in a vacuum.
-It's amazing to be here. -Now come outside, Jim.
-Oh, wow.
-Okay, so your translation adaptation
wants you to come on up for a moment.
-Okay, here we go.
-Okay, it's coming, thing in motion.
Got nearly three steps, but I'm taking the --
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
-Roger.
-Okay, is Rick in a good good position?
I believe I am, John.
-Okay. -Can we see good through?
-Thank you.
I'm going to keep it nice and slow.
-Okay, it's coming up nicely.
-Yeah.
-Okay, that's off, Nance.
-Arm is stopped.
-You're in great shape, Jim.
-Is still working.
-This is Mission Control Houston,
a great view of Rick Linnehan anchored
to the end of the shuttle's robot arm
and a portable foot restrain as he affixes light shields
and thermal covers over the Wide Field/Planetary Camera
and the fixed-head star trackers
along the aft shroud of the Hubble Space Telescope
at the rear of Columbia's cargo bay.
-Okay, with the thermal cover, it is installed,
ready for fixed-head star trackers.
Let's see if you can please take me down 2 feet
and up 2 feet please.
-Okay, coming from the base, 2 feet and 2 feet.
-Good job, clamp is good.
-Okay, copy complete in the Hubble
and the MLS tape is good.
-Okay, you're on your way to the back.
-On my way.
-Okay, I'm going to hand over the mic for a bit here.
-Copy.
-Jim Newman handing choreographer chores
over to Mike Massimino
at the aft flight deck of Columbia
while Rick Linnehan holding the starboard solar array
wing of the Hubble Space Telescope,
about to be maneuvered down to the Rigid Array Carrier
to stow it for the trip back home.
John Grunsfeld also will be making his way down to that area
to assist in the stowage of that array.
You're looking at the perspective of Rick Linnehan
as he holds onto the starboard of the solar array
wing being transported by Nancy Currie
down to the Rigid Array Carrier where he and John Grunsfeld
will stow this old array for the trip back home.
-[ Speaking indistinctly ]
-Thank you, Nancy. -John and Rick,
as you guide the solar array into the steady part,
you'll then rotate it into the latches.
-Copy that. -Copy.
-Linnehan receiving guidance from Mike Massimino
at the aft flight deck of Columbia,
who is basically directing Linnehan
in the fine-tuning of his orientation
so that he can lower the solar array
down onto its clamps on the starboard side
of the Rigid Array Carrier.
-Okay, keep going one more then, okay, thank you.
Got it. Is it a bit aft, John?
-Keep coming down. -Okay.
-Once the array is in its clamp,
Grunsfeld will use the power-grip tool,
the pistol-grip too, that high-tech screwdriver.
He'll make 22 turns of the screws
to firmly lock the array in place.
-Move the forward end rightly to starboard.
-How much more on?
-Kind of an inch. -Okay, John.
-Okay, Rick. -Tight in, it's stuck.
-Thank you, Nancy.
Okay, push it down at this end, Rick.
Okay, can you hold it right like that?
-I can.
-You should bring the --
-This is John Grunsfeld making his way up
the Hubble Space Telescope
to the area where the Diode Box Assembly
is located on the starboard side of the telescope,
this again the electronics box
that routes power from the solar arrays
to the six nickel-cadmium batteries in the telescope.
The old starboard Diode Box Assembly will be removed
and replaced by a brand-new unit,
which is compatible with the brand-new Rigid Array.
-Houston, we're going to handle. -And what we're seeing here
is -- John, do it again for me.
It looks like the SKU --
-Okay. -The craft is not engaging
over the tang interface, and, John,
we'll take your consent on what the options might be.
-All right.
Would y'all hop out take a look down there?
Can you then go in and touch your feet a little bit?
-Yeah. I passed the second fit.
-Okay, I need your end a little bit towards your feet still.
-Okay, guys, you're going to have to bring the feet
to the place at the bid please.
-Copy, feet to place.
-Give me about 4 inches please.
-Copy. -Okay, John, better?
-Okay, that's better, about halfway up.
-So that's not the port continuing up.
-Thank you, Jim.
Okay, ready, Rick? -Ready.
-One, two, three, it's all yours.
-Thank you. -You have it, Rick.
-Looks good.
-Rick Linnehan now in control of the brand-new Rigid Array,
645-pound solar wing
that will be installed on the starboard side
of the Hubble Space Telescope and will fold open like a book
exposing its gallium-arsenide solar cells for additional power
for all of Hubble's instruments.
-Okay, I see array.
-The EVA officer here in Mission Control Dana Weigel
reports to Flight Director Bryan Austin
that the space walkers are running about 30 minutes
ahead of the timeline.
-It looks great.
Okay, I'm going to zip it down to you, John.
-Bring it back up again.
That's going to be the hardest one for me I think.
-Okay.
-It looks like you're not having any trouble
with the math handling.
Can you get us a report?
-The report is that, as you said, we're going to go
very, very slow because it can get away from that,
and it's hard to get the right spot.
-[ Speaks indistinctly ]
-Columbia, Houston, when you get to it,
you're go for PFR angles and SA3 connector mate.
-Copy, thank you. -Rick, I feel like
I've got a little bit of forward pitch in the place.
-Yeah, and she's maneuvering you to flat.
She'll give you a call when you're flat.
-Okay.
-The solar array is a bit of a heavy job.
-Yeah, I'm going to hold here on that, good.
-Rick Linnehan then will be moved back down
to the Rigid Array Carrier
to perform close-out work on the old solar array,
which was birthed in the Rigid Array Carrier
earlier this morning
before being transported back to the telescope
to work with John Grunsfeld to fold open the new Rigid Array
to engage locking bolts on that panel
and then to release the brake on that panel,
which will enable it ultimately to be driven
and slewed back and forth.
-Cover is closed.
-Roger. Thermal cover closed.
-[ Whistling ]
-What's that?
-I was trying to whistle.
-Yeah, I can't whistle, either.
-Of course.
-Yeah.
-That's a good clamp
for then 5 feet from me coming up to about --
Stop at 4 feet.
-Okay, I don't think it'll get any closer than about 3.
That's good and clear.
-How is it looking for me, John? -Looking really good.
-Okay.
-Once Linnehan inserts the array mast
into the hole that you see next to John Grunsfeld,
who's wearing the suit bearing the solid red stripes
standing on that portable foot restraint
on the side of the telescope,
the solar array will be captured by three tangs,
which will essentially soft dock the array.
Then Grunsfeld will engage a clamp
on the solar-array drive assembly
that will lock the array in place
and set the stage for the mating
of a number of electrical interfaces
between the solar-array drive electronics
and the array itself.
-So I'm at 1 foot from the length of the telescope.
Okay, we've got to be closer in, John.
I'm going to say about some more over the --
-Okay. -We still have a ways to go.
-Okay.
-It should be within my trust right now.
-John Grunsfeld hoping to guide Rick Linnehan
the final few inches for the installation
of the starboard Rigid Solar Array,
the brand-new array for the Hubble Space Telescope.
-About 8 inches.
-Three hours, 45 minutes into this morning's spacewalk
as Columbia sails over southern Africa.
-About 6 inches.
-I suggest then we pause for a moment.
-Okay.
-Okay, what if we do a quick check?
See that you have everything stored up in your arms you need.
-Not enough yet, Jim. -So, Nance,
you dive in 6 inches slowly,
and I'm going to stir it up, allowing the array to come in.
Okay, now I'll hold it at this side.
-Okay. -Okay, I'll give you a call
when I think I'm good.
-That's good. Thank you.
-I'm free. -Okay, let go.
-I'm off the array, guys.
-Stay close.
-Soft docking of the starboard Rigid Solar Array now confirmed.
-Let's stop for a moment and regroup.
-I concur.
-That's firm, Jim.
-So Rick Linnehan has now released his grip
at the end of the Rigid Array,
and John Grunsfeld is now engaging
the solar-array-drive assembly clamp.
-I see good movement. It's lined up, Jim.
I've got an FTS [Indistinct] corners are aligned.
-Can you go to the -- -Oh.
-Go to the aft lock now.
-Let's hope the aft doesn't act like the forward.
-It doesn't.
-Okay, that was the mission then.
-That is good news.
The extra torque setting on that ratchet
did the trick in securing that fourth and final latch
on the starboard bracket in the Rigid Array Carrier
in which the old starboard solar array was birthed earlier today,
following its removal from the Hubble Space Telescope.
-You know, when -- -Linnehan now will
re-engage the aft latch on that starboard bracket
in which the old array is mounted.
That should close out all of the solar-array stowage work
in the Rigid Array Carrier for this morning.
-...Velcroed.
-We're going to go DAP-free in here when we're in position.
-Vehicle stabilized SA3 during strap removal.
Trying to remove the panel-restraint strap,
it's still in the bag.
-Wait to deploy the panel until 160 degrees,
and then you'll pause,
and then you'll complete the deployment
at about a degree a second.
-Copy, Jim.
-The brand-new solar array
is now being unfolded by Rick Linnehan.
-Slowly bring me forward please about a foot.
-That's it.
-Thank you.
-Arrays look beautiful.
Okay, that's really nice, thanks, almost done,
and get where you're going.
I'm going to come in gracefully now.
-Here goes. -Okay, here we go, John.
-Okay. -This array, once unfolded,
will be 25 feet long and 8 feet wide.
-Okay, the ramp is just touching the bolt.
Go down.
Go down nicely, good, right.
That's the only way I could get going.
If I stop, I can't get going again.
-I'm going up over the bow. -Okay, that's great.
-Okay, the bolt is pushed in. -Okay, I see it open.
-And I can look right down the spine of it and see the junction
and also that the bolts are in over their subs.
-Good job.
-And Rick Linnehan has now completed work on the deployment
of the brand-new Rigid Solar Array
on the starboard side of the Hubble Space Telescope.
With that work having been completed,
John Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan
will soon swap places with Grunsfeld
taking a turn at the end of the robot arm
and Linnehan tethering himself
as the so-called free-flying space walker.
The next task for Linnehan will be the installation
of a thermal cover over bay 10 of the Hubble Space Telescope,
this in preparation for the change
out of the critical-power-control unit
on the Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday
that these two space walkers will be engaged in
and houses the scientific instrument,
command and data-handling computer,
the data-interface unit that distributes all of the data
relays between the scientific instruments
and Hubble's primary computer
and three electronic-control units.
The cover on bay 10 will maintain the proper
thermal conditioning
for those sensitive instruments during the time
that the Hubble Space Telescope is completely powered down
for the power-control-unit change out on Wednesday.
One final cable will be mated at the newly
installed starboard solar array, the new Rigid Array installed
on the starboard side of the telescope.
John Grunsfeld will mate a cable called the P601 cable
that will correctly route power from the new array
to the diode box controller in the telescope.
That electronic relay box essentially routes power
correctly from the array to the six batteries in the telescope,
the six nickel-cadmium batteries
that power all of Hubble's systems and instruments.
-How's that going, Rick? -Good.
-Okay, ready for me to come aboard?
-Not yet. -Okay.
Okay, [Indistinct] on the arm.
-Yeah, just verify the HSCP.
-[Indistinct] John.
-It's doing its job so --
-Yeah, let go of it. -Okay.
-This is Mission Control Houston.
Now 5 1/2 hours into this morning's space
walk by John Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan,
as they continue to work to swap places at the end
of the shuttle's robot arm for the final tasks of the morning.
-That's made it.
P601 has made it. -Copy, P601 made it.
Your next is the MLI Tent.
-Okay, I'm going to throw the cap now.
-Houston, Columbia for EVA.
-Go ahead, Mike. -P601 made it.
-Copy that, and we see it.
-Verify, EV-1 and EV-2, O2 valves open.
-This is Mission Control Houston.
You're looking at the new solar array,
the starboard solar array on Hubble Space Telescope.
-See, and, John, right before we cut off here,
would you give us your O2, off your DCM?
-Yep, I was just going for that, 563 and increasing.
I think it was about 490. -Oh, we missed it, sorry.
Okay.
-Four-ninety at end graft. -Grunsfeld and Linnehan,
who installed this new solar array,
now in Columbia's airlock,
finishing up their first space walk of this mission.
The Hubble's new starboard solar array beginning to move.
That new solar array was installed during a 7-hour
and 1-minute space walk by John Grunsfeld
and Rick Linnehan.
That space walk began at 12:37 a.m. Central Time
and ended at 7:38 a.m. Central Time.
Again, that was a 7-hour and 1-minute space walk.
This is Mission Control Houston.
You're looking at a replay of video
that was taken during the first space walk of this mission
that ended just about a half hour ago.
You can see Astronaut Nancy Currie in the hat,
operating the robotic arm.
She used the robotic arm to maneuver Grunsfeld
and Linnehan throughout the payload bay,
as they were doing their tasks of removing
and replacing the starboard solar array
of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronaut Mike Massimino,
who will be doing a space walk tomorrow,
was working inside Columbia,
helping out Grunsfeld and Linnehan
as they went through their space walk.
This is Massimino's first space flight,
and tomorrow will be his first space walk.
You see Jim Newman here.
He'll be doing his first space walk of this mission tomorrow,
installing the port solar array with Mike Massimino.
Columbia's commander, Scott Altman,
in the center of your screen.
In the right-hand side of your screen, pilot Duane Carey.
Mission specialist Currie here seen operating
the shuttle's robotic arm
during the space walk earlier this morning.
-Scooter, I'd like to pass on some good news.
We have great news.
Solar array three has passed its functional test.
It's fully operational and ready to support.
I'd just like to congratulate John and Rick for a great job,
and now, Jim and Mike, you guys have something to shoot for.
-Hey, Steve, pass along our thanks to the whole team
for working so hard
to make sure that everything came out so well.
-Roger that.
-You've got a very happy crew on your hands,
although we know there's a lot of work still in front of us.
-We understand, and we are all looking forward to that.
-Yes, Steve, John and Rick set the bar high,
and Mike and I will do our best tomorrow
to match what they did today.
-And we have every confidence that you can.
We are really looking forward to that EVA.