NASA’s latest Shuttle Update
by colleen on May.15, 2009, under SM4
Spacewalkers Install Final RSU
Fri, 15 May 2009 07:56:11 PM GMT+0200
The final rate sensor unit was successfully seated and installed into place.
Massimino and Good are now working to perform the first half of the mission’s battery replacement work. From the telescope’s Bay 2, they’ll replace the first of two batteries. Good will retrieve the old battery by disconnecting six electrical connectors and unscrewing 14 bolts, while Massimino retrieves the new battery from its stowage location inside the shuttle’s super lightweight interchangeable carrier. He’ll have to unscrew 12 bolts to remove it. The two astronauts will swap batteries at the carrier, and Good will transport the new battery to the telescope for installation, while Massimino stows the old.
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ESA/Hubble Outreach Coordinator Colleen Sharkey blogs live from the launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA and from Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where a team of European engineers and scientists provide mission support.
May 15th, 2009 on 22:57
Are they replacing cheap batteries with Duracells?