Briefing: International Space Station U.S. EVA 48
Edited NASA TV briefing for U.S. EVA (or spacewalk) 48 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) (@Space_Station). Expedition 54 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei (@Astro_Sabot) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai (@Astro_Kanai) performed the EVA. The tasks on this EVA were to swap out a degraded Latching End Effector (LEE) from a temporary stowage location on the Mobile Base System (MBS) and return it to the Quest airlock for return to Earth on a future SpaceX Dragon cargo craft. A spare LEE was relocated from External Stowage Platform 2 (ESP-2) to the degraded LEE's former location on the MBS. The free LEE on the Space Station Robotic Manipulator System (SSRMS) robotic arm was lubricated, while a camera on the attached end of the SSRMS was fitted with a grounding strap to make it possible to swap out the camera robotically in the future. Follow along on Twitter: @Space_Station @Astro_Sabot @Astro_Kanai
Edited NASA TV briefing for U.S. EVA (or spacewalk) 48 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) (@Space_Station). Expedition 54 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei (@Astro_Sabot) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai (@Astro_Kanai) performed the EVA. The tasks on this EVA were to swap out a degraded Latching End Effector (LEE) from a temporary stowage location on the Mobile Base System (MBS) and return it to the Quest airlock for return to Earth on a future SpaceX Dragon cargo craft. A spare LEE was relocated from External Stowage Platform 2 (ESP-2) to the degraded LEE's former location on the MBS. The free LEE on the Space Station Robotic Manipulator System (SSRMS) robotic arm was lubricated, while a camera on the attached end of the SSRMS was fitted with a grounding strap to make it possible to swap out the camera robotically in the future. Follow along on Twitter: @Space_Station @Astro_Sabot @Astro_Kanai