Astronauts Kimbrough and Bowen lubricated the race rings on the ISS port SARJ, mounted a video camera on the ISS Port 1 Truss, installed two Global Position Satellite antennae on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Logistics Module, retracted a latch on the JEM and reinstalled the JEM cover. (upbeat music) - Im here inside the Orbiter Processing Facility with Ken Tenbusch, NASA flow director here at the Kennedy Space Center. The fourth spacewalk was conducted on November 24 and lasted 6 hours, 7 minutes. I recently visited Kennedys Orbiter Processing Facility to find out how a highly skilled team of shuttle technicians spent the past few months preparing endeavour for STS-126. Astronauts Piper and Bowen cleaned and lubricated race rings on the ISS starboard SARJ. The third spacewalk was conducted on November 22 and lasted 6 hours, 57 minutes. Astronauts Piper and Kimbrough moved two carts, lubricated the ISS robotic arm and cleaned and lubricated the starboard SARJ race ring. The second spacewalk was conducted on November 20 and lasted 6 hours, 45 minutes. During this spacewalk, a tool bag was accidentally released into space. Astronauts Piper and Bowen cleaned and lubricated parts of the ISS Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ). The first spacewalk was conducted on November 18 and lasted 6 hours, 52 minutes. There were four spacewalks during the mission. The chief goal of the mission was to outfit the International Space Station (ISS) for six-person crews. Mission duration was 15 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes, 37 seconds. Two landing opportunities at the Kennedy Space Center were waived due to bad weather. EST on a temporary landing strip adjacent to Runway 22/04, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Launch occurred on schedule with no delays. Rollaround to Launch Pad 39A – Octo(for Launch) Rollout to Launch Pad 39B – Septem(as rescue Shuttle for STS-125) Rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building – September 11, 2008 Tow to Orbiter Processing Facility – March 27, 2008 Gregory Chamitoff, Flight Engineer, Returning from International Space Station a porary storage in the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building, awaiting transfer to the Orbiter Processing Facility for preparation for the. Sandra Magnus, Mission Specialist, Embarking to International Space Station Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Mission Specialist
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