{"id":5768,"date":"2013-12-19T07:31:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T07:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5768"},"modified":"2013-12-19T07:31:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T07:31:31","slug":"update-on-iss-spacewalks-to-fix-cooling-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5768","title":{"rendered":"Update on ISS spacewalks to fix cooling system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronauts will make up to three spacewalks starting on Dec. 21st to fix a pump valve in the cooling system. The EVAs are complicated by the spacesuit leak that occurred during a spacewalk last July by\u00a0Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who came close to drowning in space.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some details about the cooling system and the spacesuit issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/107300\/leaky-spacesuit-ready-for-christmas-spacewalk-blitz-on-station-nasa-says\/#more-107300\" target=\"_d\">Leaky Spacesuit Fixed For Christmas Spacewalk Blitz On Station, NASA Says &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/station\/exp38\/131218spacewalks\/#.UrKfB9JDttA\" target=\"_d\">NASA equips astronauts with snorkels, absorbent pads &#8211; CBS News\/Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/station\/exp38\/131217coolant\/#.UrKfmdJDttA\" target=\"_d\">NASA orders spacewalks to fix station coolant loop &#8211; CBS News\/Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">NASA gave a briefing on Wednesday on plan:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8nmJ-yuUfco?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Caption:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During NASA Television press briefing from Johnson Space Center, agency managers discussed a series of planned spacewalks, Dec. 21, 23 and 25 by NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins to replace a faulty coolant pump on the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>The pump is associated with one of the station&#8217;s two external cooling loops, which circulate ammonia outside the station to keep both internal and external equipment cool.<\/p>\n<p>The previously planned Orbital Sciences commercial cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station has been postponed until no earlier than mid-January. The postponement will allow ample time for the station crew to focus on repairing the pump module, which stopped working properly on Dec. 11.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronauts will make up to three spacewalks starting on Dec. 21st to fix a pump valve in the cooling system. The EVAs are complicated by the spacesuit leak that occurred during a spacewalk last July by\u00a0Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who came close to drowning in space. Here are some details about the cooling system &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5768\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Update on ISS spacewalks to fix cooling system<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1v2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23459,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23459","url_meta":{"origin":5768,"position":0},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Space to Ground&#8221; + Other ISS reports &#8211; Jan.22.2021","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest episode in NASA's Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/_6Jm2JUD5hM ** Expedition 64 U S Spacewalks 69 and 70 Preview Briefing - January 22, 2021 - NASA The Expedition 64 Spacewalk Briefing took place at 3 p.m. EDT Friday,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;In Space Infrastructure&quot;","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5812,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5812","url_meta":{"origin":5768,"position":1},"title":"ISS astronauts on EVA to install new cooling system pump","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Astronauts \u00a0Rick Mastracchio\u00a0and \u00a0Mike Hopkins are now outside the ISS installing the spare pump in the cooling system. 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