THE CREW IS NOW OPENING THE
HATCH AND BEGINNING TO EXIT THE
CREW LOCK AND BEGIN TODAY'S
SPACE WALK.
IT WILL OFFICIALLY BEGIN ONCE
THEY SWITCH OVER TO BATTERY
POWER.
>> THE HATCH IS OPEN.
LOCKED IN PLACE.
>> COPY THAT.
I SEE THE HATCH OPEN AND THE
STEP NUMBER 14 EMERGENCY MPEV IS
CLOSED.
OVER TO YOU AND HAVE A GREAT EVA
THEY'LL START WITH A BUDDY CHECK
ENSURING EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE
BEFORE THEY START HEADING OUT TO
THEIR RESPECTIVE WORK SITES.
>> THAT WAS AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU.
WE GOT ABOUT 60 CENTIMETERS TO
GO. >> OKAY.
OKAY. 35.5 TURNS AND 68 POUNDS.
COPY VISUALLY.
COPY. YOU READ MY MIND.
IT GOT TO THE FIRST CHECKPOINT
ON HIS WAY TO WHAT'S REFERRED TO
>> NORISHIGE KANAI USING THE
PISTOL GRIP TOOLS TO UNSCREW
THE BOLTS THAT ARE SECURING
THE LATCHING END EFFECTOR ON
THE EXTERNAL PLATFORM.
HE HAS THREE TO UNSCREW WITH
THAT TOOL BEFORE HANDING
OVER TO MARK VANDE HEI, WHO
IS ON THE END OF THE
STITIAL'S ROBOTIC ARM.
A COUPLE EXTRA BRACKETS
HOLDING THE PART IN PLACE
BEFORE HANDING OVER, THAT
ONE WILL BE MOVED TO A NEW
LOCATION OVER AT THE MOBILE
BASE SYSTEM, WHERE MARK VAN
DENY AND NORISHIGE KANAI
WERE EARLIER TODAY ON THE
SPACEWALK.
>> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN
WE START.
IT WILL BE A THREE-MINUTE
MANEUVER.
>> I AGREE.
THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN
GREAT.
>> LESS THAN THREE HOURS
INTO THIS PLANNED SIX AND A
HALF HOUR SPACEWALK, BOTH OF
OUR SPACE WARKS ARE NOW
GETTING READY FOR GET AHEAD
TAXES THE PRIMARY OBJECTS
TODAY'S SPACEWALK ARE
COMPLETE AND NOW THEY ARE
GETTING READY FOR TWO
SEPARATE GET AHEAD TASKS
BASICALLY SINCE THEY ARE OUT
THERE, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY
TO GET SOME OF THESE LOWER
PRIORITY TASKS DONE.
>> YEAH, MARK, WE REEL IN TO
THE AIRLOCK.
>> IT MAY BE BEHIND ONE OF
THE CREW.
>> OK.
>> SO WITH ALL THE TOOLS FOR
THE FUTURE GET AHEAD TAXES
IN TOW OFF THE SPACE WACKERS
GO TO THEIR PERSPECTIVE GET
AHEAD TAXES.
MARK VANDE HEI HERE.
GOING BACK INTO THE PORTABLE
RESTRAINT WHERE HE HAS BEEN
FOR MOST OF THE DY'S TASKS
THIS TIME THE FOOT RESTRAINT
US ON THE PLATFORM AND THE
ROBOTIC ARM IS POSITIONED
FOR LUBE IGCATION IN THAT
BAG HE HAS ATTACHED TO HIM
ARE A COUPLE OF TOOLS THAT
WILL HELP HIM WITH THE
LUBRICATION ACTIVITY TO
GRESS THE INSIDE OF THE FUEL
INTOLY SWAP OUT LATCHING END
ETK THAT WAS SWAPPED BACK IN
THE EXTRA VE COOK HUE LAR
ACTIVITY EARLIER THIS YEAR
IN JANUARY HE WILL USE LUBE
PRI BRICATION TOOL WITH
DEGREES ON THE END OF IT AND
AGAIN THAT IS THE GO AHEAD
TASKS.
MEANTIME, WITH FUTURE GET
AHEAD TASKS AND TOOLS IN
MIND, KNEE KNOW KANAI WILL
GO OVER TO THE WORK STATION
WHERE THEY WERE EARLIER IN
THE EVA TO SORT OF CLEAN UP
THE ACTIVITY THEY KIND OF
BOUNCED PAST TO MAKE SURE
THEY GOT THE PRIMARY TASK
OBJECTIVES COMPLETED AND
CLEAN UP THE WORK SPIS AS
TIME PERMITS GET SOME OF THE
GET AHEAD TASKS
ACCOMPLISHED.
>> WHEW.
>> SO LAST-MINUTE CHANGE-UP FROM
HERE AT MISSION CONTROL STEW
HOUSTON IT'S IT IS ORBITAL
NIGHTTIME INSTEAD OF MOVING THE
PORTABLE FOOT RESTRAINT THEY ARE
WRAPPING UP TODAY'S EXTRA
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY AND GUENIN
AGREES OR BASICALLY GETTING IN
TO THE CREW AIR LOCK, CLOSE THE
HATCH AND BEGIN REPRESSURIZATION.
SO WITH THAT, ONCE THE REPRESSURIZATION
BEGINS THAT WILL MARK THE
OFFICIAL END OF TODAY'S SPACEWALK.
AGAIN, THEY RAN SIGNIFICANTLY
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
WHAT WAS SCHEDULED AS A 6 1/2
HOUR SPACE WALK TODAY, NOW WE
ARE SITTING IS AT 5 1/2 HOURS.
THEY'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES
TO GET THEMSELVES SITUATED.
MIGHT TAKE TIME, BUT STILL
RUNNING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE TO GET
TO WRAP UP TODAY'S E.V.A.