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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two of the shuttle astronauts have spent the morning outside the International Space Station, beginning the three-step process of swapping-out an ammonia tank.
Ammonia is used for the space station's cooling system. The shuttle Discovery brought up a fresh tank.
Astronaut Clayton Anderson had no problem taking apart the ammonia lines on the old tank. But he needed a pry bar to get the new one out of Discovery's payload bay. He and astronaut Rick Mastracchio put the tanks in temporary positions until they can return to the work Sunday. It will take three spacewalks to finish the job.
Besides the tank work this morning, the two astronauts collected a science experiment from the space station's Japanese lab, and replaced a failed station-positioning device.
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Sound:
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This is sound of talk between one of the space-walkers and NASA
This is sound of talk between one of the space-walkers and NASA.
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This is the sound of one of the space walkers talking about what he sees
This is the sound of one of the space walkers talking about what he sees.
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This is sound of space-walker Clayton Anderson being congratulated on his mission so far.
This is sound of space-walker Clayton Anderson being congratulated on his mission so far.
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This is sound of the shuttle's wake up call, "Defying Gravity"
This is sound of the shuttle's wake up call, "Defying Gravity" by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, played for astronaut Dotty Metcalf-Lindenburger who is choreographing Friday morning's space walk.
<<CUT …077 (04/09/10)>> 00:14 "on EVA 1"
Megan McArthur, spacecraft communicator
Spacecraft communicator Megan McArthur greets astronaut Dotty Metcalf-Lindenburger and the rest of the crew aboard space shuttle Discovery.
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Space shuttle Discovery docks with International Space Station, video still
<<APPHOTO NY107 (04/08/10)>>
: In this image provided by NASA backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2 grapples the Leonardo Multi-purpose Logistics Module from the payload bay of the docked space shuttle Discovery for relocation to a port on the Harmony node of the International Space Station Wednesday April 7, 2010. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.
Ammonia is used for the space station's cooling system. The shuttle Discovery brought up a fresh tank.
Astronaut Clayton Anderson had no problem taking apart the ammonia lines on the old tank. But he needed a pry bar to get the new one out of Discovery's payload bay. He and astronaut Rick Mastracchio put the tanks in temporary positions until they can return to the work Sunday. It will take three spacewalks to finish the job.
Besides the tank work this morning, the two astronauts collected a science experiment from the space station's Japanese lab, and replaced a failed station-positioning device.
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Sound:
<<CUT …072 (04/09/10)>> 00:07 "left handles down"
This is sound of talk between one of the space-walkers and NASA
This is sound of talk between one of the space-walkers and NASA.
<<CUT …074 (04/09/10)>> 00:04 "''
This is the sound of one of the space walkers talking about what he sees
This is the sound of one of the space walkers talking about what he sees.
<<CUT …075 (04/09/10)>> 00:08 "''
This is sound of space-walker Clayton Anderson being congratulated on his mission so far.
This is sound of space-walker Clayton Anderson being congratulated on his mission so far.
<<CUT …076 (04/09/10)>> 00:33 "''
This is sound of the shuttle's wake up call, "Defying Gravity"
This is sound of the shuttle's wake up call, "Defying Gravity" by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, played for astronaut Dotty Metcalf-Lindenburger who is choreographing Friday morning's space walk.
<<CUT …077 (04/09/10)>> 00:14 "on EVA 1"
Megan McArthur, spacecraft communicator
Spacecraft communicator Megan McArthur greets astronaut Dotty Metcalf-Lindenburger and the rest of the crew aboard space shuttle Discovery.
<<GRAPHICSBANK 1074688 (04/07/10)>> 768x576
Space shuttle Discovery docks with International Space Station, video still
<<APPHOTO NY107 (04/08/10)>>
: In this image provided by NASA backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2 grapples the Leonardo Multi-purpose Logistics Module from the payload bay of the docked space shuttle Discovery for relocation to a port on the Harmony node of the International Space Station Wednesday April 7, 2010. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.
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