{"id":5812,"date":"2013-12-24T16:56:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T16:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5812"},"modified":"2021-10-02T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T17:08:44","slug":"iss-astronauts-on-eva-to-install-new-cooling-system-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5812","title":{"rendered":"ISS astronauts on EVA to install new cooling system pump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astronauts \u00a0Rick Mastracchio\u00a0and \u00a0Mike Hopkins are now outside the ISS installing the spare pump in the cooling system. It is the second of perhaps three spacewalks needed to fix the system. (See <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier post<\/a> on the first EVA last Saturday.) So far they have mechanically installed the pump and are now reconnecting the ammonia lines to the pump.<\/p>\n<p>They had difficulty disconnected one line from a temporary jumper box. After they finally disconnected it, there was venting of ammonia as small snowflakes, some of which got on their suits. They will have to go through a decontamination procedure before they reenter the airlock. This could mean shortening the spacewalk.<\/p>\n<p>See updates and pictures at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS101\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Updates (ISS101) on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: The astronauts finished their EVA and they also completed the repairs to the cooling system. So a third EVA will not be needed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/spacewalkers-float-out-finish-crucial-space-station-repairs-2D11792141\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacewalkers finish crucial space station repairs in time for Christmas &#8211; NBC News.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/12\/24\/22035471-holiday-calendar-santa-never-had-a-view-like-this?lite\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Holiday calendar: Santa never had a view like this! &#8211; MSNBC PhotoBlog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2013\/12\/astronauts-new-pump-module-iss-eva25\/#.Urnf9Fmqsls.twitter\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Astronauts complete installation of new ISS Pump Module \u00a0&#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>Other updates and info at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/station\/exp38\/status.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Station Mission Report | Mission Status Center \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/station\/exp38\/131223evapreview\/#.Urm63tJDttA\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacewalkers aim to finish coolant system repairs &#8211; CBS News\/Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some images of the astronauts moving the spare pump into place:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-card-url=\"\/\/twitter.com\/ISS101\/status\/415515732776984576\/photo\/1\/large\" data-card-type=\"photo\" data-element-context=\"platform_photo_card\">\n<div>[]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-card-url=\"\/\/twitter.com\/ISS101\/status\/415494143683465218\/photo\/1\/large\" data-card-type=\"photo\" data-element-context=\"platform_photo_card\">\n<div>[]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-card-url=\"\/\/twitter.com\/ISS101\/status\/415467139571515393\/photo\/1\/large\" data-card-type=\"photo\" data-element-context=\"platform_photo_card\">\n<div>[]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronauts \u00a0Rick Mastracchio\u00a0and \u00a0Mike Hopkins are now outside the ISS installing the spare pump in the cooling system. It is the second of perhaps three spacewalks needed to fix the system. (See earlier post on the first EVA last Saturday.) So far they have mechanically installed the pump and are now reconnecting the ammonia lines &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5812\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ISS astronauts on EVA to install new cooling system pump<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[17,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5812","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-1vK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5784,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5784","url_meta":{"origin":5812,"position":0},"title":"Astronauts complete first EVA to repair ISS cooling system","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Astronauts \u00a0Rick Mastracchio\u00a0and \u00a0Mike Hopkins\u00a0have just concluded what appears to have been a very successful EVA this morning. 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