Monday, November 17, 2008

Crews Busy with Leonardo, Day 4 Planning

(10:09 pm ET) LIVE Shot: New ISS flight engineer crew member Sandra Magnus (center) and her space station commander (left) work with Endeavour crew member's in a planning session with the ground. The crew members have been busy tonight with unloading the new Leonardo supply module.
At about 11:20 pm ET, two of Endeavour's spacewalking astronauts, Steve Bowen & Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper will begin camping out in the American Quest airlock, thus beginning their prebreath in an atmosphere at 10.2 PSI. This will help the pair prevent getting the bends while walking in space tomorrow. EVA #1 is set to begin at 1:45 pm ET, however it may be moves up if the crew is ahead of their timeline.
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All ten crew members will head to bed in about two 1/2-hours.
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