WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:12.033 --> 00:00:12.033 2 00:00:12.501 --> 00:00:21.200 ♪♪ 3 00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:29.901 ♪♪ 4 00:00:37.267 --> 00:00:39.267 -We have a good image. 5 00:00:42.100 --> 00:00:46.567 1...2... 6 00:00:46.567 --> 00:00:51.367 3...4...5. 7 00:00:59.467 --> 00:01:01.567 -And this unique camera angle 8 00:01:01.567 --> 00:01:04.133 is basically looking over the shoulder of Mike Foale 9 00:01:04.133 --> 00:01:08.434 as he begins the process of opening the door. 10 00:01:08.434 --> 00:01:10.968 This is bay one, again, just above 11 00:01:10.968 --> 00:01:12.400 and to the right of the location 12 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.167 where the Rate Sensor Units were changed yesterday. 13 00:01:15.167 --> 00:01:17.901 -Two feet to your right. 14 00:01:17.901 --> 00:01:19.634 -Two feet. 15 00:01:22.334 --> 00:01:25.167 -Inside, behind that door is 16 00:01:25.167 --> 00:01:28.033 the Hubble Space Telescope's computer, 17 00:01:28.033 --> 00:01:33.100 not seen since December of 1993 when a coprocessor was added 18 00:01:33.100 --> 00:01:37.501 to the existing computer on the first servicing mission. 19 00:01:37.501 --> 00:01:41.100 -Both end face sides secure. 20 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:44.567 -Five turns. 21 00:01:44.567 --> 00:01:50.067 -3...4...5. 22 00:01:59.033 --> 00:02:00.601 -And as the door opens, 23 00:02:00.601 --> 00:02:03.300 keep an eye on what's inside if you can. 24 00:02:11.133 --> 00:02:14.901 And there's going to be no PRT changes. 25 00:02:17.601 --> 00:02:19.501 [ Both talking indistinctly ] 26 00:02:30.467 --> 00:02:33.000 -Five of six bolts done. 27 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.567 -Okay, now remove the old top. 28 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:44.734 -Correct. Mike, did the door stay shut? 29 00:02:44.734 --> 00:02:47.901 -Okay, Steve, I'd like to have a go ahead 30 00:02:47.901 --> 00:02:52.133 with disconnecting the Discovery, 31 00:02:52.133 --> 00:02:56.334 want to verify we're a go for a 224 connector demate. 32 00:02:56.334 --> 00:02:59.100 -Then you have a go for for 224 connector demate. 33 00:03:01.667 --> 00:03:03.667 -I copy, Steve. -Okay. 34 00:03:03.667 --> 00:03:09.767 [ Speaking indistinctly ] 35 00:03:09.767 --> 00:03:14.434 -Okay, P3 is disconnected. 36 00:03:14.434 --> 00:03:17.133 And the pins are in good condition. 37 00:03:17.133 --> 00:03:18.868 -Okay, we copy, all the connectors 38 00:03:18.868 --> 00:03:23.400 have been removed from the 224, and all the pins look good. 39 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.868 -That's correct, Steve. 40 00:03:29.934 --> 00:03:31.968 -Okay, I got it transferred on the other side of the arm, 41 00:03:31.968 --> 00:03:35.067 on your right side, Mike. 42 00:03:35.067 --> 00:03:39.734 -I copy. 43 00:03:39.734 --> 00:03:41.767 -Time for -- It took me -- 44 00:03:41.767 --> 00:03:45.634 Actually, you need to transfer to primary. 45 00:03:45.634 --> 00:03:47.567 -Copy, and the sun's is going down. 46 00:03:50.601 --> 00:03:53.367 -Curt, can I move the arm out, so I can move it? 47 00:03:53.367 --> 00:03:55.434 -You can move it out without a problem. 48 00:03:55.434 --> 00:03:57.701 -Okay. 49 00:03:57.701 --> 00:04:00.234 -Nice and slow, take me out from the telescope. 50 00:04:00.234 --> 00:04:02.267 -Out, nice and slow. 51 00:04:02.267 --> 00:04:05.400 -About 5 feet. -About 5 feet. 52 00:04:32.968 --> 00:04:34.200 -That's good. 53 00:04:34.200 --> 00:04:36.934 -And Claude, I'm going to raise about 2 or 3 feet 54 00:04:36.934 --> 00:04:39.000 above your head, so you need to stay low. 55 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:41.634 Over the arm, we'd appreciate it. 56 00:04:41.634 --> 00:04:43.400 -Thank you, sir. 57 00:04:43.400 --> 00:04:44.734 -Thank you. 58 00:04:51.334 --> 00:04:55.734 -And Mike Foale is now basically disconnecting the bolts 59 00:04:55.734 --> 00:05:01.133 that are holding the entire computer to the work site. 60 00:05:01.133 --> 00:05:02.868 All of the connectors have been demated 61 00:05:02.868 --> 00:05:05.901 or disconnected from the computer, 62 00:05:05.901 --> 00:05:08.534 and as Foale was disconnecting each one, 63 00:05:08.534 --> 00:05:10.234 he would take a hard look at them 64 00:05:10.234 --> 00:05:14.033 to make sure the pins were in good shape, 65 00:05:14.033 --> 00:05:16.934 as those connectors will be mated to the new computer 66 00:05:16.934 --> 00:05:18.167 in an identical fashion, 67 00:05:18.167 --> 00:05:20.968 only in reverse of what he's doing now. 68 00:05:20.968 --> 00:05:23.200 -Six inches. I have about -- 69 00:05:36.067 --> 00:05:39.334 -I have the -- in my hands. 70 00:05:39.334 --> 00:05:43.868 -Okay. 71 00:05:43.868 --> 00:05:46.434 -It seems to be free. It is free. 72 00:05:46.434 --> 00:05:47.968 -Need to move out a little bit more. 73 00:05:47.968 --> 00:05:49.601 -I concur. 74 00:05:49.601 --> 00:05:51.334 -Jean-François, if you could bring us out 75 00:05:51.334 --> 00:05:54.667 from the telescope roughly 4 feet. 76 00:05:54.667 --> 00:05:58.501 -Four feet up. -Out. Out. 77 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:04.767 -And there it is, Mike Foale 78 00:06:04.767 --> 00:06:08.334 now pulling the old computer out of the telescope 79 00:06:08.334 --> 00:06:12.000 at the 1-hour, 9-minute mark of the space walk. 80 00:06:18.133 --> 00:06:21.133 -Okay. 81 00:06:21.133 --> 00:06:23.033 And stop. 82 00:06:23.033 --> 00:06:24.601 -Okay. 83 00:06:28.334 --> 00:06:31.400 -Hold on. 84 00:06:31.400 --> 00:06:32.834 -I have it. 85 00:06:32.834 --> 00:06:38.033 Primary side secured that are on the side of the computer. 86 00:06:38.033 --> 00:06:42.601 -Okay, you have the DF-224. -I have the 224. 87 00:06:46.634 --> 00:06:48.868 -All right, John, do I have a go to close up the door? 88 00:06:48.868 --> 00:06:50.434 -Yes, you do, release the door, 89 00:06:50.434 --> 00:06:53.467 and PRT should be set 83 clockwise 10. 90 00:06:53.467 --> 00:06:55.968 -Okay, the door stays released. 91 00:07:05.601 --> 00:07:09.033 -Just to heads up, if it's, like, phase two and three, 92 00:07:09.033 --> 00:07:13.601 you may have to push rather hard to get that first J bolt over. 93 00:07:13.601 --> 00:07:16.901 -I copy. 94 00:07:16.901 --> 00:07:19.467 -John Grunsfeld lending his expertise 95 00:07:19.467 --> 00:07:26.033 in what he experienced yesterday in two other work sites. 96 00:07:26.033 --> 00:07:28.000 -Okay, Jean-François, can you take me to my right, 97 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.667 please, about 1 foot, and then in 1 foot? 98 00:07:30.667 --> 00:07:34.200 -Okay, in and right 1 foot. -That's correct. 99 00:07:34.200 --> 00:07:39.601 -Beautiful view of Mike Foale's reflection in the telescope 100 00:07:39.601 --> 00:07:42.801 as he prepares now to close out that work site. 101 00:07:42.801 --> 00:07:45.434 -And drop in, drop in. 102 00:07:45.434 --> 00:07:49.601 Bring me down 2 feet. One foot. -Down 1 foot. 103 00:07:57.133 --> 00:08:00.100 -Stop. -Stop. 104 00:08:00.100 --> 00:08:03.534 -I'm going to start on the top-left corner this time. 105 00:08:03.534 --> 00:08:07.267 -Top-left corner. -Yeah. 106 00:08:07.267 --> 00:08:09.834 -Moving now. 107 00:08:09.834 --> 00:08:11.868 -I have about 4 feet. 108 00:08:15.133 --> 00:08:16.934 Bring me straight in to the telescope. 109 00:08:16.934 --> 00:08:19.367 -Straight in. 110 00:08:19.367 --> 00:08:22.167 -Sunset in 2 minutes. 111 00:08:22.167 --> 00:08:25.300 -Thank you. 112 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:29.834 -Copy. Forward. 113 00:08:29.834 --> 00:08:32.234 -Step the in. -Stepping. 114 00:08:41.434 --> 00:08:47.167 -Take me to my left about 8 inches please. Jean-François. 115 00:08:47.167 --> 00:08:49.234 -Eight inches. -Yep. 116 00:08:57.367 --> 00:08:58.734 -Stop. -Stop. 117 00:09:05.467 --> 00:09:08.067 -I'm on my way, Mike. -Okay. 118 00:09:10.701 --> 00:09:13.000 -Mike and Claude, we're rotating the telescope. 119 00:09:16.868 --> 00:09:18.834 -And the Hubble Space Telescope rotation, 120 00:09:18.834 --> 00:09:21.501 90-degree rotation. is underway. 121 00:09:21.501 --> 00:09:24.601 Again, this is to present the next work site 122 00:09:24.601 --> 00:09:26.501 facing towards the crew compartment 123 00:09:26.501 --> 00:09:29.501 so that it is within reach of the shuttle's robotic arm. 124 00:09:31.601 --> 00:09:34.934 With one of the two spacewalking astronauts there a moment ago 125 00:09:34.934 --> 00:09:37.434 at the bottom of the telescope, it served 126 00:09:37.434 --> 00:09:40.200 as a very good reference for the size of the telescope, 127 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:48.200 as it stands about four stories out of Discovery's payload bay. 128 00:09:55.400 --> 00:09:57.801 -It's got enough friction between the material 129 00:09:57.801 --> 00:10:01.467 and the handrail, so they will slide very easy. 130 00:10:01.467 --> 00:10:02.901 -Did you also see what I was talking about, 131 00:10:02.901 --> 00:10:05.067 that the velcro would overlap. 132 00:10:05.067 --> 00:10:08.701 -Yeah. But it's adequate. It's enough. 133 00:10:28.234 --> 00:10:31.100 -Space walk by Mike Foale and Claude Nicollier 134 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:35.100 now 4 hours and 7 minutes in duration. 135 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:38.734 At present Nicollier is attaching the handhold that -- 136 00:10:38.734 --> 00:10:41.968 Or they're demating the connectors in preparation 137 00:10:41.968 --> 00:10:44.400 for attaching the handhold that will assist him 138 00:10:44.400 --> 00:10:48.767 in pulling the Fine Guidance Sensor out of the telescope. 139 00:10:48.767 --> 00:10:51.868 The Fine Guidance Sensor that will be installed 140 00:10:51.868 --> 00:10:54.901 in the telescope is one that was refurbished. 141 00:10:54.901 --> 00:10:56.901 It was actually returned to Earth 142 00:10:56.901 --> 00:11:00.067 from the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. 143 00:11:00.067 --> 00:11:01.501 It's now been refurbished 144 00:11:01.501 --> 00:11:05.901 and is patiently awaiting to be installed in the telescope 145 00:11:05.901 --> 00:11:09.167 in place of this Fine Guidance Sensor once it's removed. 146 00:11:09.167 --> 00:11:11.634 -[ Speaking indistinctly ] 147 00:11:11.634 --> 00:11:15.501 I could use what I was planning to use. 148 00:11:15.501 --> 00:11:19.801 -Mission control, he'll be happy Mike used that technique. 149 00:11:19.801 --> 00:11:23.634 -Yes, I'm grateful to Greg Havel for briefing me on that. 150 00:11:23.634 --> 00:11:25.834 -Jean-François, take me out 1 foot. 151 00:11:25.834 --> 00:11:28.033 -Out 1 foot. 152 00:11:31.901 --> 00:11:34.901 -And this, a very nice close-up view, 153 00:11:34.901 --> 00:11:37.667 right over the shoulder of Claude Nicollier 154 00:11:37.667 --> 00:11:39.133 as he now has attached 155 00:11:39.133 --> 00:11:42.267 the handhold to the Fine Guidance Sensor. 156 00:11:42.267 --> 00:11:45.501 All of the connectors now have been removed. 157 00:11:45.501 --> 00:11:50.767 Grounding straps have been removed, as well. 158 00:11:50.767 --> 00:11:54.367 -I'm ready to go. 159 00:11:54.367 --> 00:11:57.267 -Got the controller off for four. 160 00:11:57.267 --> 00:12:00.100 -At the same time going out. 161 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:03.667 -Very nice, Claude. Very nice. 162 00:12:03.667 --> 00:12:04.901 -Mirror on the end. 163 00:12:04.901 --> 00:12:07.367 -Perfect. 164 00:12:07.367 --> 00:12:09.667 Continue up and out. 165 00:12:09.667 --> 00:12:11.267 -Up and out. -Very nice, Claude. 166 00:12:11.267 --> 00:12:13.801 Really smooth. Very good. 167 00:12:13.801 --> 00:12:16.567 Absolutely straight. 168 00:12:16.567 --> 00:12:19.467 It's perfect. 169 00:12:19.467 --> 00:12:20.467 Absolutely perfect. 170 00:12:20.467 --> 00:12:22.367 -A little more up, Jean-François. 171 00:12:22.367 --> 00:12:24.968 -Moving up and out. -About 2 more inches. 172 00:12:24.968 --> 00:12:26.167 -Two more inches up. 173 00:12:26.167 --> 00:12:28.901 -That's perfect. It's absolutely level. 174 00:12:31.834 --> 00:12:36.400 -I'm about 3 foot to it now, the mirror on the telescope. 175 00:12:40.334 --> 00:12:43.033 -Okay, now, why don't we keep -- 176 00:12:43.033 --> 00:12:44.534 keep an eye on Claude here. 177 00:12:44.534 --> 00:12:46.934 Claude, you have a go? -Okay. 178 00:12:51.267 --> 00:12:53.133 -Claude, you moved that so well 179 00:12:53.133 --> 00:12:54.801 I don't believe you need to do this. 180 00:12:54.801 --> 00:12:56.934 [ Laughter ] 181 00:13:07.868 --> 00:13:10.267 -I need one more foot out 182 00:13:10.267 --> 00:13:12.100 as you continue the rest of the motion. 183 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:15.033 -One more foot out. -Correct. 184 00:13:15.033 --> 00:13:17.334 -Up about 1 foot. 185 00:13:17.334 --> 00:13:19.968 A continual motion. 186 00:13:19.968 --> 00:13:23.067 -Okay. One more foot up now. 187 00:13:23.067 --> 00:13:24.667 -One more up now. 188 00:13:34.501 --> 00:13:38.200 -And wrap that up. -Correct. 189 00:13:41.501 --> 00:13:43.701 Mike, you can check on the orbit lid latch there 190 00:13:43.701 --> 00:13:45.200 while you pass it. 191 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.100 -Okay. 192 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:50.734 Okay, I have -- 193 00:13:50.734 --> 00:13:52.334 -Okay. Boot plate back to zero. 194 00:13:52.334 --> 00:13:54.701 -Okay. 195 00:13:54.701 --> 00:13:57.534 -Okay, Claude, 196 00:13:57.534 --> 00:14:01.634 I need you to come about 2 feet -- no. 3 feet up. 197 00:14:01.634 --> 00:14:06.667 -Okay. 3 feet up. 3 feet up. 198 00:14:13.467 --> 00:14:17.133 -5 hours, 14 minutes into the space walk now. 199 00:14:17.133 --> 00:14:20.067 We're looking at Mike Foale with the broken red strip 200 00:14:20.067 --> 00:14:22.300 on the pant legs of his suit on the left, 201 00:14:22.300 --> 00:14:26.234 and Claude Nicollier with the broken dashed red stripe 202 00:14:26.234 --> 00:14:28.267 on the pant legs of his suit the foot restraint 203 00:14:28.267 --> 00:14:32.200 on the end of the shuttle's robot arm. 204 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.901 Presenting the forward portion of the Fine Guidance Sensor 205 00:14:36.901 --> 00:14:40.000 to his colleague, Mike Foale, 206 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:43.501 Claude Nicollier will then very carefully 207 00:14:43.501 --> 00:14:47.567 install the new Fine Guidance Sensor on the rails, 208 00:14:47.567 --> 00:14:50.601 and that will then slide into place 209 00:14:50.601 --> 00:14:53.667 into the Hubble Space Telescope. 210 00:14:53.667 --> 00:14:57.100 -Keep moving up. 211 00:14:57.100 --> 00:15:01.000 -Stop now. Stop. 212 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:03.033 -All right, Claude. 213 00:15:03.033 --> 00:15:07.234 Secure up or down to get over there. 214 00:15:07.234 --> 00:15:10.701 -Up. -Up. 215 00:15:13.501 --> 00:15:16.501 -I think we're all -- Okay, we're past it. 216 00:15:16.501 --> 00:15:18.367 We're past it. 217 00:15:18.367 --> 00:15:20.601 We're past it. 218 00:15:20.601 --> 00:15:23.801 -It's good, yeah. -It's very good, yeah. 219 00:15:23.801 --> 00:15:25.000 No, we've got it. We've got it. 220 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:26.701 -We've got it, yep. 221 00:15:26.701 --> 00:15:28.467 -Okay, you have it. You have the rest of it. 222 00:15:28.467 --> 00:15:30.834 -Yep. -Great job, guys. 223 00:15:30.834 --> 00:15:34.534 -Yeah, I think it was a yaw problem. 224 00:15:34.534 --> 00:15:37.634 -Jean-François, put me back to the middle. 225 00:15:37.634 --> 00:15:39.167 -Back to the center. 226 00:15:39.167 --> 00:15:40.267 -And then please continue the normal way now. 227 00:15:40.267 --> 00:15:42.801 Do you agree? -I concur, yeah. 228 00:16:23.334 --> 00:16:27.000 -Can you move about 16? 229 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:29.200 -Move about 16. 230 00:16:57.067 --> 00:16:59.267 -More? 231 00:16:59.267 --> 00:17:01.367 -No, that's good. 232 00:17:08.300 --> 00:17:10.567 -Hey, Mike, verify on all three latches, 233 00:17:10.567 --> 00:17:13.033 you turned the little tip-in thing, too? 234 00:17:13.033 --> 00:17:14.801 -Yeah, that's an affirmative, Steve. 235 00:17:14.801 --> 00:17:16.467 The three latches are closed, 236 00:17:16.467 --> 00:17:18.434 and the tip-in thing is engaged on each of them. 237 00:17:18.434 --> 00:17:21.601 -Okay. Let's go back and do the HST PSR. 238 00:17:21.601 --> 00:17:23.934 -Okay, I'm on my way. 239 00:17:59.767 --> 00:18:02.334 -Claude, move it in. 240 00:18:06.234 --> 00:18:08.400 -Hey, Claude, if you could use the side servo, 241 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.467 I think that'd be good. -Okay. I will. 242 00:18:20.968 --> 00:18:20.968 243 00:19:25.534 --> 00:19:25.534 244 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:34.400 ♪♪ 245 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:42.801 ♪♪ 246 00:19:46.868 --> 00:19:48.934 -John, another beautiful day outside. 247 00:19:51.567 --> 00:19:54.567 -Christmas Eve working on the Hubble Space Telescope. 248 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:01.000 -Yeah, the safety control is filled in, 249 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:04.601 closed, and everything is secure. 250 00:20:04.601 --> 00:20:06.000 -Okay. 251 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:07.834 -You can present the other end of it to me. 252 00:20:07.834 --> 00:20:09.667 -Okay. 253 00:20:09.667 --> 00:20:11.234 -The other end. 254 00:20:11.234 --> 00:20:13.167 -Oh, like that? -Yeah, there we go. 255 00:20:13.167 --> 00:20:15.801 -Okay. -You're tethered to it still? 256 00:20:15.801 --> 00:20:17.834 -I'm still tethered to it. -Yeah, I've got it. 257 00:20:17.834 --> 00:20:19.400 -Okay. 258 00:20:23.901 --> 00:20:26.300 -Don't go up any higher. -Okay, I won't. 259 00:20:26.300 --> 00:20:29.434 -I see that. 260 00:20:29.434 --> 00:20:33.767 -So, I propose no change unless you go up there. 261 00:20:33.767 --> 00:20:35.934 -Okay. 262 00:20:35.934 --> 00:20:39.000 -Quick look at us. 263 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.367 -It's a beautiful view of Discovery 264 00:20:41.367 --> 00:20:43.534 with the Hubble Space Telescope in the background. 265 00:20:43.534 --> 00:20:47.834 In the foreground, payload commander Steve Smith, 266 00:20:47.834 --> 00:20:53.067 now on his fifth space walk of his career as an astronaut -- 267 00:20:53.067 --> 00:20:56.501 Three on the second Hubble servicing mission, 268 00:20:56.501 --> 00:20:59.834 and now the second one on this flight. 269 00:20:59.834 --> 00:21:03.133 Discovery midway across the Pacific Ocean 270 00:21:03.133 --> 00:21:06.067 on the 73rd orbit of its mission. 271 00:21:12.868 --> 00:21:15.734 Smith, along with his colleague John Grunsfeld, 272 00:21:15.734 --> 00:21:19.267 are wrapping up the setup for today's space walk, again, 273 00:21:19.267 --> 00:21:22.300 scheduled to last about 7 hours. 274 00:21:31.334 --> 00:21:34.067 -The biometric cable is connected to the -- 275 00:21:34.067 --> 00:21:36.567 -Okay. I need to do that. 276 00:21:42.434 --> 00:21:43.434 Thank you. 277 00:21:43.434 --> 00:21:45.801 I'm going back out. 278 00:22:23.234 --> 00:22:25.467 -And, Steve, I propose you place the thermal cover 279 00:22:25.467 --> 00:22:27.100 -Okay. 280 00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:28.701 Absolutely. 281 00:22:37.601 --> 00:22:39.167 -And, Steve, before you leave the area, 282 00:22:39.167 --> 00:22:41.267 make sure the thermal cover is closed. 283 00:22:41.267 --> 00:22:44.100 -Verified closed. -And I see it closed. 284 00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:45.801 -And, John, are you ready to move to 285 00:22:45.801 --> 00:22:47.734 the PSR storage location? 286 00:22:47.734 --> 00:22:49.767 -Affirmative. 287 00:22:49.767 --> 00:22:52.167 -Okay, John. 288 00:22:52.167 --> 00:22:55.000 -Houston, Discovery, we are now complete with daily setup. 289 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.701 -And we copy, Discovery. 290 00:23:07.834 --> 00:23:10.300 -Mike Foale notifying mission control here 291 00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:12.067 that the daily setup is completed. 292 00:23:12.067 --> 00:23:16.467 All of the tasks associated with preparing for today's activities 293 00:23:16.467 --> 00:23:19.234 are complete. 294 00:23:19.234 --> 00:23:25.000 And, again, the two crew members working today, 295 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.334 John Grunsfeld on the end of the remote manipulator system, 296 00:23:28.334 --> 00:23:29.934 the robotic arm... 297 00:23:33.901 --> 00:23:36.400 ...and Steve Smith, the free-floating astronaut, 298 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:39.000 while over their shoulders down below, Discovery 299 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:41.934 is passing high above the Yucatan Peninsula 300 00:23:41.934 --> 00:23:44.167 on the 73rd orbit of the mission. 301 00:23:50.067 --> 00:23:53.734 And now a beautiful view of the Florida Peninsula 302 00:23:53.734 --> 00:23:56.200 as Discovery passes to the south. 303 00:24:02.901 --> 00:24:04.868 -John, is the other end of your tether -- 304 00:24:09.834 --> 00:24:13.667 -I have it. -You've got it? 305 00:24:13.667 --> 00:24:16.634 -Am I clear? -You're all clear. 306 00:24:16.634 --> 00:24:20.133 Jean-François, you can start pitching me up. 307 00:24:20.133 --> 00:24:22.467 -Okay, I will put you in the -- 308 00:24:22.467 --> 00:24:24.434 and also the X. 309 00:24:24.434 --> 00:24:28.300 -Okay. -Mike, just so you know, 310 00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:31.601 the white cloth is secure 311 00:24:31.601 --> 00:24:34.534 on the NFR stowage bracket. 312 00:24:34.534 --> 00:24:36.767 -I copy. 313 00:24:36.767 --> 00:24:40.868 -Okay, you're clear to cross and come up. 314 00:24:40.868 --> 00:24:43.400 -Hello, Hubble. 315 00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.801 -And, Steve, watch your tether rail 316 00:24:44.801 --> 00:24:47.100 in relation to the telescope as you go up. 317 00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.934 -Okay. 318 00:24:48.934 --> 00:24:56.167 -Okay, I'm starting on 45 right and... 319 00:24:56.167 --> 00:24:58.567 heading to 30 left. 320 00:25:01.434 --> 00:25:04.167 -Jean-François, I think you can cam me up just a little bit. 321 00:25:04.167 --> 00:25:07.200 -Yes, just a bit more up. I agree. 322 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.501 -Concur. 323 00:25:08.501 --> 00:25:11.167 Okay, I'm now aft of the trunnion. 324 00:25:11.167 --> 00:25:12.667 You can come towards the telescope, 325 00:25:12.667 --> 00:25:14.701 I'm still about 6 feet away. 326 00:25:14.701 --> 00:25:17.133 -Copy, towards the telescope. 327 00:25:20.434 --> 00:25:23.767 -And I see the solar -- Mike. 328 00:25:23.767 --> 00:25:25.701 -I copy, Steve, and can I recommend 329 00:25:25.701 --> 00:25:27.467 that you always be positively tethered 330 00:25:27.467 --> 00:25:29.234 to the telescope as much as you can. 331 00:25:29.234 --> 00:25:31.701 -You can definitely recommend that. [ Chuckles ] 332 00:25:31.701 --> 00:25:34.000 -Okay, no more aft. 333 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:37.267 -No more. 334 00:25:37.267 --> 00:25:39.000 Just the Y now. 335 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.367 -Concur. 336 00:25:50.334 --> 00:25:56.968 -And then we can use some roll left. 337 00:25:56.968 --> 00:25:59.934 -Okay, somebody -- 338 00:25:59.934 --> 00:26:01.667 -Yeah. Yeah. 339 00:26:01.667 --> 00:26:03.167 -Thank you. 340 00:26:06.801 --> 00:26:08.467 -In the top hole here, 341 00:26:08.467 --> 00:26:10.067 and I'll give you the connector tool back. 342 00:26:10.067 --> 00:26:11.701 That's fully extended. 343 00:26:11.701 --> 00:26:13.601 -I concur. 344 00:26:13.601 --> 00:26:15.267 -Okay, and that one is left. 345 00:26:15.267 --> 00:26:16.534 I now have the connector tool. 346 00:26:16.534 --> 00:26:17.767 -You've got it? -Yep. 347 00:26:17.767 --> 00:26:19.634 -Okay, if you can push the door open. 348 00:26:19.634 --> 00:26:22.367 -Coming open. 349 00:26:22.367 --> 00:26:25.234 -And now the battery movers are below me. 350 00:26:25.234 --> 00:26:26.834 -Yep. 351 00:26:29.834 --> 00:26:32.934 -I've never had this view of the APU steam vents before. 352 00:26:32.934 --> 00:26:36.534 -Yeah [ Chuckles ] 353 00:26:36.534 --> 00:26:39.968 -Very good view, gentleman. 354 00:26:39.968 --> 00:26:41.901 -These are close-out photos, 355 00:26:41.901 --> 00:26:44.534 documenting the work that the two crew members 356 00:26:44.534 --> 00:26:47.200 just completed in this as part of the space walk, 357 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:50.534 and as we heard Steve Smith, the free-floating astronaut, 358 00:26:50.534 --> 00:26:51.734 hanging onto the telescope, 359 00:26:51.734 --> 00:26:53.367 one of the telescope's handrails, 360 00:26:53.367 --> 00:26:55.968 looking back at the tail of Discovery 361 00:26:55.968 --> 00:26:58.234 and jokingly commenting 362 00:26:58.234 --> 00:27:00.734 that he's never had this particular view 363 00:27:00.734 --> 00:27:02.400 of the APU steam vents. 364 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.634 Those steam vents for the auxiliary power units 365 00:27:04.634 --> 00:27:07.234 of the shuttle are located on either side 366 00:27:07.234 --> 00:27:09.167 of the vertical tail of Discovery. 367 00:27:09.167 --> 00:27:13.934 -Relax your grip now, and we're going to get a view face on. 368 00:27:13.934 --> 00:27:15.067 -Okay. 369 00:27:15.067 --> 00:27:17.067 To do that I'm going to have to -- 370 00:27:17.067 --> 00:27:18.434 -We have a nice view of Steve. 371 00:27:18.434 --> 00:27:21.200 -Okay, I'll have to turn my foot plate to do that. 372 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.234 -Okay. 373 00:27:22.234 --> 00:27:23.534 Do you want me to hold the camera? 374 00:27:23.534 --> 00:27:25.133 -Yeah, that's probably the best. 375 00:27:32.667 --> 00:27:34.367 -And this is Mission Control Houston, 376 00:27:34.367 --> 00:27:36.501 close-up view looking straight over the shoulder, 377 00:27:36.501 --> 00:27:38.367 the right shoulder, of John Grunsfeld 378 00:27:38.367 --> 00:27:42.334 as he works on the change-out 379 00:27:42.334 --> 00:27:44.868 of the S-Band single access transmitter, 380 00:27:44.868 --> 00:27:46.667 one of the two transmitters onboard 381 00:27:46.667 --> 00:27:49.267 the Hubble Space Telescope. 382 00:27:49.267 --> 00:27:52.701 This is a very good view of the cables that 383 00:27:52.701 --> 00:27:55.534 John Grunsfeld is working with, and the size of those cables. 384 00:27:55.534 --> 00:27:58.567 They're a bit smaller than the standard coaxial cable 385 00:27:58.567 --> 00:28:00.434 that you hook to the back of your television set, 386 00:28:00.434 --> 00:28:05.267 but the connector itself is essentially the same. 387 00:28:05.267 --> 00:28:10.334 It requires a tool to loosen those connectors, 388 00:28:10.334 --> 00:28:11.834 and that's what he's doing at this time 389 00:28:11.834 --> 00:28:16.334 is disconnecting those cables from the failed transmitter, 390 00:28:16.334 --> 00:28:19.667 which is located on the door of bay five. 391 00:28:29.801 --> 00:28:32.601 -Feels funny to let go of a tool, 392 00:28:32.601 --> 00:28:34.801 even though you know it's tethered. 393 00:28:34.801 --> 00:28:42.067 Okay, I have the old SSAT in my hand. 394 00:28:42.067 --> 00:28:44.234 -Good job, John, you've got all the washers, too. 395 00:28:44.234 --> 00:28:45.801 -Yep. 396 00:28:45.801 --> 00:28:47.000 -And we copy. Well done. 397 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.267 -Okay, I'm just going to take a peek 398 00:28:48.267 --> 00:28:51.634 in each of these inputs. 399 00:28:58.567 --> 00:29:01.400 They all look pretty reasonable. 400 00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:04.033 Still need to -- Okay, that is good. 401 00:29:04.033 --> 00:29:07.467 -I've got the box. -Okay. 402 00:29:07.467 --> 00:29:09.467 -We'll do that. 403 00:29:09.467 --> 00:29:10.534 -You can mount the other one first if you want. 404 00:29:10.534 --> 00:29:11.968 It's up to you. -That's a good idea. 405 00:29:11.968 --> 00:29:13.300 Let me do that. -Okay. 406 00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:16.667 -I'll get a couple of those in before I let go of it. 407 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:49.934 Okay, all of them have been hand tightened, 408 00:29:49.934 --> 00:29:54.100 or rotated three times once they were released. 409 00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:56.534 -We copy, John. 410 00:29:59.701 --> 00:30:03.200 We're expecting three more. -Okay. 411 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:05.767 -Three more times, I mean, with the tool. 412 00:30:05.767 --> 00:30:07.534 -It'll be a little hard to predict, 413 00:30:07.534 --> 00:30:10.000 just because I can't really tell when it starts threading, 414 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.434 but I'll let you know how many turns it goes. 415 00:30:13.434 --> 00:30:15.300 -Okay. 416 00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:21.000 -Coming up, John. -Okay. 417 00:30:34.634 --> 00:30:36.100 -And, Steve, bear with me, 418 00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:37.801 as a reminder, but as you work on this, 419 00:30:37.801 --> 00:30:40.167 try not to let your legs go up at all. 420 00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:45.033 -Mike, I'm retrieving the J harness 421 00:30:45.033 --> 00:30:46.834 and starting the T harness. 422 00:30:50.934 --> 00:30:52.334 -I copy, Steve. 423 00:30:52.334 --> 00:30:54.901 -I can see the J harness is nicely tethered to me. 424 00:30:54.901 --> 00:30:57.734 -And shall I start going down slowly. 425 00:30:57.734 --> 00:31:01.100 -Take me to the cope. -Copy to the cope. 426 00:31:05.934 --> 00:31:09.000 Steve, John is coming down above you. 427 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:12.567 He's got about 10 feet to go. -Okay. 428 00:31:21.801 --> 00:31:23.300 I'll be ready for you in 1 minute. 429 00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:24.968 -Okay. No rush. 430 00:31:24.968 --> 00:31:27.901 -So, you could enjoy the moment for a second. 431 00:31:30.501 --> 00:31:33.334 In the task, reviewed the end effector. 432 00:31:33.334 --> 00:31:35.367 -Yeah. Work station. 433 00:31:35.367 --> 00:31:37.033 Your right waist tether will work. 434 00:31:37.033 --> 00:31:39.534 -Okay. I concur. 435 00:31:39.534 --> 00:31:42.667 -If you can grab your right waist tether... 436 00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:49.334 ...on your work station center. 437 00:31:49.334 --> 00:31:50.534 -Yep. 438 00:31:50.534 --> 00:31:52.634 [ Both speaking indistinctly ] 439 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.801 -Okay. I'm ready to take the old box. 440 00:32:05.801 --> 00:32:08.200 I've got the old box. 441 00:32:15.167 --> 00:32:17.467 And I'll meet you up there. 442 00:32:17.467 --> 00:32:20.934 -Okay. Jean-François, pick me back up to bay side, please. 443 00:32:20.934 --> 00:32:22.968 -To bay side. 444 00:32:22.968 --> 00:32:27.567 -John Grunsfeld now has the new solid-state recorder, 445 00:32:27.567 --> 00:32:30.133 a 25-pound piece of equipment, 446 00:32:30.133 --> 00:32:32.767 and he's now being maneuvered back up to the work site 447 00:32:32.767 --> 00:32:34.334 by Jean-François Clervoy, 448 00:32:34.334 --> 00:32:37.200 operating the shuttle's mechanical or robotic arm. 449 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:39.667 -Steve, this time, you're going to close three latches. 450 00:32:39.667 --> 00:32:41.400 -Copy. 451 00:32:50.234 --> 00:32:52.267 -Oh. Look how fragile it is. 452 00:32:52.267 --> 00:32:54.868 -Yeah. 453 00:32:54.868 --> 00:32:57.667 I see that we're flying over the NASA Keck One 454 00:32:57.667 --> 00:32:59.234 and Keck Two telescopes. 455 00:32:59.234 --> 00:33:03.634 -Is that right? 456 00:33:03.634 --> 00:33:06.567 -I don't want to lean back. -Don't lean back. 457 00:33:18.968 --> 00:33:21.701 -That one folded up a lot nicer. 458 00:33:21.701 --> 00:33:23.234 -Good. 459 00:33:29.567 --> 00:33:31.400 -Just get it started here for us. 460 00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:33.300 -Okay. 461 00:33:44.567 --> 00:33:47.300 -Send my tether up. -Okay. 462 00:33:55.067 --> 00:33:56.234 -Stand by. 463 00:33:56.234 --> 00:33:58.400 Go all the way. 464 00:34:07.968 --> 00:34:12.601 - Discovery, Houston? 465 00:34:12.601 --> 00:34:13.467 -Houston, go ahead. 466 00:34:13.467 --> 00:34:17.133 -Good SSS AT aliveness test. 467 00:34:17.133 --> 00:34:20.167 -That's good news. Thank you very much. 468 00:34:21.968 --> 00:34:24.334 -Good job, John. -Thank you. 469 00:34:24.334 --> 00:34:25.968 -Thank you, Linda. 470 00:34:25.968 --> 00:34:27.801 -You're welcome. 471 00:34:32.367 --> 00:34:35.901 -You're clear. -Okay. 472 00:34:35.901 --> 00:34:38.534 -Back up close to the node. 473 00:34:38.534 --> 00:34:41.567 -The third space walk of this flight 474 00:34:41.567 --> 00:34:45.534 to the Hubble Space Telescope, now 6 hours in duration, 475 00:34:45.534 --> 00:34:47.701 with Steve Smith headed back up the telescope 476 00:34:47.701 --> 00:34:50.601 with a new outer blanket layer for Bay 9, 477 00:34:50.601 --> 00:34:55.067 another section of the telescope. 478 00:34:55.067 --> 00:34:58.267 Bay 9 houses the reaction wheel assemblies 479 00:34:58.267 --> 00:35:01.901 for the Hubble Space Telescope, and again these outer blankets 480 00:35:01.901 --> 00:35:03.501 have been fashioned on the ground 481 00:35:03.501 --> 00:35:08.734 to be easily installed 482 00:35:08.734 --> 00:35:11.300 in order to protect the equipment 483 00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:15.934 inside these work sites from thermal extremes 484 00:35:15.934 --> 00:35:19.834 that the telescope experiences during its orbit of the Earth. 485 00:35:27.901 --> 00:35:30.667 -Hi, Steve. -Yes, sir? 486 00:35:30.667 --> 00:35:32.667 -We see the C channel right now. 487 00:35:32.667 --> 00:35:36.267 Can you tell us what you're pointing to? 488 00:35:36.267 --> 00:35:38.267 -Here is the Bay 9 NOBL. 489 00:35:38.267 --> 00:35:40.067 Can you see my finger? -Yes. 490 00:35:40.067 --> 00:35:43.334 -And this is the white wire that used to be 491 00:35:43.334 --> 00:35:46.133 on the telescope right there. 492 00:35:46.133 --> 00:35:47.367 And these are the two clips 493 00:35:47.367 --> 00:35:50.667 to the Bay 8 lower and upper patches. 494 00:35:50.667 --> 00:35:53.667 -We copy, and we have a good recording of it. 495 00:35:53.667 --> 00:35:58.267 -Okay. And there's the man who did OCE, SSAT, and SSR today. 496 00:36:00.534 --> 00:36:03.200 -Gary, we have a great view. 497 00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:06.267 -[ Chuckles ] 498 00:36:06.267 --> 00:36:09.067 All right, let's go to the air lock. Be careful. 499 00:36:11.367 --> 00:36:14.634 -Just wanted to point out that in the last 3 days, 500 00:36:14.634 --> 00:36:18.033 we put 13 new boxes in the Hubble Space Telescope 501 00:36:18.033 --> 00:36:20.334 with 100% success, 502 00:36:20.334 --> 00:36:22.934 and we appreciate greatly the great folks 503 00:36:22.934 --> 00:36:29.834 who are working on this holiday, this special Christmas Eve 1999. 504 00:36:29.834 --> 00:36:32.601 More importantly, though, I just want to point out to our country 505 00:36:32.601 --> 00:36:34.601 and the world that we've been working on Hubble 506 00:36:34.601 --> 00:36:36.701 for about 10 years now, 507 00:36:36.701 --> 00:36:40.100 and the team across the nation and around the world 508 00:36:40.100 --> 00:36:43.467 has been working very hard for this last year in particular 509 00:36:43.467 --> 00:36:45.300 to prepare this hardware 510 00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:49.100 and this seven-member crew to fix this telescope. 511 00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:52.234 We're all incredibly proud to be part of that team. 512 00:36:52.234 --> 00:36:56.567 We want to thank in particular the great team at NASA 513 00:36:56.567 --> 00:37:00.801 and all its contractors that are working on Hubble at Goddard, 514 00:37:00.801 --> 00:37:05.167 at Johnson Space Center and down at the Kennedy Space Center. 515 00:37:05.167 --> 00:37:07.434 Overview, we've gotten to know some of you or haven't. 516 00:37:07.434 --> 00:37:09.367 You're all very special, though. 517 00:37:09.367 --> 00:37:12.701 Every time Hubble returns some magnificent science, 518 00:37:12.701 --> 00:37:14.334 we hope that you take the great pleasure 519 00:37:14.334 --> 00:37:16.901 that we do when we hear 520 00:37:16.901 --> 00:37:18.634 that the information that Hubble is returning 521 00:37:18.634 --> 00:37:21.868 is making us a lot smarter, and it's making our lives better, 522 00:37:21.868 --> 00:37:24.734 and it's making the lives of our children a lot better. 523 00:37:24.734 --> 00:37:28.968 So, congratulation to everyone at NASA and the contractor team. 524 00:37:28.968 --> 00:37:31.901 Our country and the world should be very proud of you. 525 00:37:31.901 --> 00:37:34.734 John, I, and Mike, and Claude have spent 3 special days 526 00:37:34.734 --> 00:37:37.334 in some special spaceships out here 527 00:37:37.334 --> 00:37:40.667 that we call the extravehicular mobility unit, 528 00:37:40.667 --> 00:37:43.601 and John would like to say a word about that. 529 00:37:43.601 --> 00:37:45.734 -Well, of course, there was the space shuttle, 530 00:37:45.734 --> 00:37:48.467 which is an incredible machine that got us up here. 531 00:37:48.467 --> 00:37:51.501 And once we got up here, Mike Foale, Claude Nicollier, 532 00:37:51.501 --> 00:37:53.133 Steve Smith, and myself 533 00:37:53.133 --> 00:37:55.100 got to get into our own space suits, 534 00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:58.334 our own spaceship, and orbit around Earth, 535 00:37:58.334 --> 00:37:59.767 and these are incredible machines 536 00:37:59.767 --> 00:38:02.601 and they allowed us to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. 537 00:38:02.601 --> 00:38:04.400 We'd sincerely like to thank all those folks 538 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.400 at the Johnson Space Center, at Hamilton Sundstrand, 539 00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:09.400 over at Boeing, 540 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.167 and all the various subcontractors 541 00:38:11.167 --> 00:38:13.367 that contributed to these great space suits 542 00:38:13.367 --> 00:38:15.200 and all the tools that we use. 543 00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:18.601 We had over 500 piece parts out here to do our jobs, 544 00:38:18.601 --> 00:38:20.801 the tools, and of course, all the training 545 00:38:20.801 --> 00:38:22.901 that that we had to do at our large swimming pool, 546 00:38:22.901 --> 00:38:24.934 the Neutral Buoyancy facility. 547 00:38:24.934 --> 00:38:27.634 Without that large team, this couldn't have happened. 548 00:38:27.634 --> 00:38:30.234 I know I feel especially privileged, 549 00:38:30.234 --> 00:38:32.267 as do all the crew members on board, 550 00:38:32.267 --> 00:38:34.000 and personally, as an astronomer, 551 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:37.100 as are Mike and Claude Nicollier, 552 00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:38.234 to have had the chance to work 553 00:38:38.234 --> 00:38:40.501 on the world's greatest telescope. 554 00:38:40.501 --> 00:38:44.167 And we hope to see it back in service very soon. 555 00:38:44.167 --> 00:38:48.367 And from the crew of Discovery, the STS-103 Hubble mission, 556 00:38:48.367 --> 00:38:51.534 we'd also like to wish everybody happy holidays 557 00:38:51.534 --> 00:38:53.133 and some peace on Earth. 558 00:39:00.701 --> 00:39:02.334 -And, Discovery, Houston. 559 00:39:04.434 --> 00:39:06.501 We thank you very much for the powerful words. 560 00:39:06.501 --> 00:39:09.334 It means all the more that it comes from you two, 561 00:39:09.334 --> 00:39:11.667 while we have such a great camera view on you, 562 00:39:11.667 --> 00:39:15.300 and while you're out there, EVA and giving so much of yourself. 563 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:19.033 We'll pass all the words on, and we just can't say enough 564 00:39:19.033 --> 00:39:23.534 for you and your crew members for what you've done for us. 565 00:39:23.534 --> 00:39:25.434 -Merry Christmas. 566 00:39:27.601 --> 00:39:30.501 [ Applause ] 567 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:47.067 -I'm sure you know who I am. 568 00:39:47.067 --> 00:39:50.000 You know, today is the busiest day of the year for me, 569 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:53.400 out delivering presents to good little girls and boys. 570 00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:56.434 I heard the Discovery was up in space working over the holidays, 571 00:39:56.434 --> 00:40:00.200 so I decided to stop by and visit my astronaut friends 572 00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:01.434 and deliver presents 573 00:40:01.434 --> 00:40:04.100 because they've been good girls and boys. 574 00:40:04.100 --> 00:40:06.334 It is a very busy time of the year, 575 00:40:06.334 --> 00:40:08.634 and so I must be on my way, 576 00:40:08.634 --> 00:40:11.367 but I would like to wish all the boys and girls 577 00:40:11.367 --> 00:40:14.634 around the world a merry Christmas, 578 00:40:14.634 --> 00:40:17.667 especially those ones down in Houston in Mission Control 579 00:40:17.667 --> 00:40:19.367 at the Kennedy Space Center, 580 00:40:19.367 --> 00:40:21.133 which has done some much work during the holidays 581 00:40:21.133 --> 00:40:23.133 to make this mission such a great success. 582 00:40:23.133 --> 00:40:26.167 It's a busy, busy year, so I've got to go. 583 00:40:26.167 --> 00:40:28.067 Merry Christmas, boys and girls. 584 00:40:28.067 --> 00:40:30.467 Merry Christmas. 585 00:40:38.133 --> 00:40:38.133 586 00:41:49.033 --> 00:41:49.033 587 00:41:49.501 --> 00:41:58.834 ♪♪ 588 00:41:58.834 --> 00:42:06.834 ♪♪ 589 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:14.234 [ Bing Crosby's "I'll be Home for Christmas" playing ] 590 00:42:14.234 --> 00:42:17.601 ♪♪ 591 00:42:17.601 --> 00:42:24.133 ♪ I'll be home for Christmas ♪ 592 00:42:24.133 --> 00:42:30.667 ♪ You can count on me ♪ 593 00:42:30.667 --> 00:42:35.000 ♪ Please have snow ♪ 594 00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:38.267 ♪ And mistletoe ♪ 595 00:42:38.267 --> 00:42:44.267 ♪ And presents on the tree ♪ 596 00:42:44.267 --> 00:42:46.467 ♪♪ 597 00:42:46.467 --> 00:42:53.934 ♪ Christmas Eve will find me ♪ 598 00:42:53.934 --> 00:43:00.400 ♪ Where the love light gleams ♪ 599 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:09.767 ♪ I'll be home for Christmas ♪ 600 00:43:09.767 --> 00:43:19.367 ♪ If only in my dreams ♪ 601 00:43:19.367 --> 00:43:21.767 -Merry Christmas morning, Discovery. 602 00:43:21.767 --> 00:43:25.367 Time to return Hubble to the heavens. 603 00:43:25.367 --> 00:43:27.033 -Good morning, Houston, and merry Christmas 604 00:43:27.033 --> 00:43:28.234 to all y'all down there, 605 00:43:28.234 --> 00:43:31.434 and Hubble will be home for Christmas 606 00:43:31.434 --> 00:43:33.534 because today we're going to set her free. 607 00:43:38.133 --> 00:43:40.701 -Discovery, Houston, we are on board with good video. 608 00:43:43.434 --> 00:43:45.000 -Discovery copy. 609 00:44:02.667 --> 00:44:04.501 -And on the flight deck of Discovery 610 00:44:04.501 --> 00:44:08.567 we see the STS-103 crew members, payload commander Steve Smith 611 00:44:08.567 --> 00:44:11.434 in the foreground conducting some video documentation 612 00:44:11.434 --> 00:44:13.133 of the solar arrays. 613 00:44:16.534 --> 00:44:19.334 He is joined by pilot Scott Kelly. 614 00:44:21.734 --> 00:44:25.234 -Discovery, Houston for payloads. 615 00:44:25.234 --> 00:44:27.767 -Go ahead, Steve. 616 00:44:27.767 --> 00:44:30.968 -Chris, we are taking ESE pictures 617 00:44:30.968 --> 00:44:33.901 with the 400-millimeter lens of the solar array hinge pins 618 00:44:33.901 --> 00:44:38.567 on the...minus V2 wing. 619 00:44:38.567 --> 00:44:42.234 We think we see three of the pins protruding, 620 00:44:42.234 --> 00:44:44.667 and no doubt you've seen the broken springs 621 00:44:44.667 --> 00:44:46.667 on the end of the solar array, too. 622 00:44:46.667 --> 00:44:48.701 And Scott is just starting to take pictures 623 00:44:48.701 --> 00:44:51.934 of the plus V2 wing. 624 00:44:51.934 --> 00:44:53.367 -Copy, Steve. Thanks. 625 00:44:53.367 --> 00:44:55.701 If you get a chance to voice annotate any of those 626 00:44:55.701 --> 00:44:57.234 for later reference, that'd be great. 627 00:44:57.234 --> 00:44:59.367 And it's great watching you work. 628 00:45:08.200 --> 00:45:09.501 -And now also in this view, 629 00:45:09.501 --> 00:45:14.067 European Space Agency astronaut Claude Nicollier. 630 00:45:14.067 --> 00:45:17.133 Both Smith and Nicollier conducted space walks 631 00:45:17.133 --> 00:45:19.567 over the course of the last three days. 632 00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:39.300 -And now we see Jean-François Clervoy 633 00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:42.534 maneuvering the mechanical arm, the robotic arm, 634 00:45:42.534 --> 00:45:48.601 provided to NASA by the Canadian Space Agency, 635 00:45:48.601 --> 00:45:49.834 and he'll be using that arm 636 00:45:49.834 --> 00:45:52.467 to momentarily grapple the telescope 637 00:45:52.467 --> 00:45:57.133 using the end effector capturing the grapple fixture, 638 00:45:57.133 --> 00:45:58.968 which is basically a pin 639 00:45:58.968 --> 00:46:02.234 that is captured with snares inside that end effector. 640 00:46:11.901 --> 00:46:13.801 -Discovery, Houston, we see a good grapple. 641 00:46:13.801 --> 00:46:16.934 And for the front-seaters, we do have stars of opportunity 642 00:46:16.934 --> 00:46:19.934 already sitting there if you want to get early on the align. 643 00:46:26.100 --> 00:46:27.434 -Houston, we copy that. 644 00:46:27.434 --> 00:46:30.934 The stars number 37 and 16, we'll put that to work. 645 00:46:36.968 --> 00:46:38.400 -Discovery is now across the equator 646 00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:40.701 to begin the 90th orbit of its mission, 647 00:46:40.701 --> 00:46:44.067 headed northeasterly across the Pacific Ocean. 648 00:46:44.067 --> 00:46:47.000 And the Hubble Space Telescope now being maneuvered 649 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:49.200 to the release position, 650 00:46:49.200 --> 00:46:51.834 very carefully now on the end of the shuttle's robotic arm 651 00:46:51.834 --> 00:46:55.767 riding high above the payload bay of Discovery. 652 00:46:55.767 --> 00:46:57.400 The telescope will be maneuvered over 653 00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:59.968 to the side of the payload bay. 654 00:46:59.968 --> 00:47:02.901 The normal release position that folks familiar 655 00:47:02.901 --> 00:47:04.434 with servicing missions in the past 656 00:47:04.434 --> 00:47:07.334 will be very familiar with the view of the telescope 657 00:47:07.334 --> 00:47:09.734 hanging over the side of the payload bay 658 00:47:09.734 --> 00:47:11.567 and awaiting all of the final 659 00:47:11.567 --> 00:47:13.667 commanding that will be performed 660 00:47:13.667 --> 00:47:17.000 by the Hubble Space Telescope project team 661 00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:19.701 located at the space telescope operation 662 00:47:19.701 --> 00:47:22.367 control center up in Greenbelt, Maryland, 663 00:47:22.367 --> 00:47:24.601 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 664 00:47:28.501 --> 00:47:33.067 -Discovery, Houston, for payload. 665 00:47:33.067 --> 00:47:35.534 -Go ahead, Houston. 666 00:47:35.534 --> 00:47:37.067 -Discovery, we polled the room. 667 00:47:37.067 --> 00:47:40.067 You have a go for the release of the Hubble Space Telescope. 668 00:47:42.567 --> 00:47:45.167 -Copy. Discovery has a go for release of Hubble. 669 00:48:16.567 --> 00:48:19.667 -And as we can see, the Hubble Space Telescope, 670 00:48:19.667 --> 00:48:21.100 Christmas present to the world, 671 00:48:21.100 --> 00:48:23.234 now refurbished after three space walks, 672 00:48:23.234 --> 00:48:25.667 24 1/2 hours of service. 673 00:48:25.667 --> 00:48:29.400 on the telescope now being returned to space to conduct 674 00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:34.133 the scientific investigations for which it was designed. 675 00:48:34.133 --> 00:48:38.167 The release coming right on time at 5:03 p.m. Central, 676 00:48:38.167 --> 00:48:41.033 6:03 this evening Eastern time. 677 00:48:41.033 --> 00:48:43.934 And the first separation maneuver being performed. 678 00:49:11.100 --> 00:49:12.801 And Discovery and its seven astronauts 679 00:49:12.801 --> 00:49:15.200 now saying goodbye to the Hubble Space Telescope, 680 00:49:15.200 --> 00:49:18.534 which has resided in the payload bay for the last 5 days. 681 00:49:18.534 --> 00:49:24.767 The telescope, again, on its way back to service... 682 00:49:27.868 --> 00:49:30.434 ...following this third servicing mission. 683 00:49:30.434 --> 00:49:32.234 -Houston Discovery, we have a release 684 00:49:32.234 --> 00:49:34.200 for a Sep-1 burn keg 685 00:49:34.200 --> 00:49:40.667 of 5 days, 22 hours, 13 minutes. 45 seconds. 686 00:49:40.667 --> 00:49:43.968 -Copy, 22:13:45. 687 00:49:43.968 --> 00:49:47.000 -Pilot Scott Kelly confirming the separation maneuver. 688 00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:49.033 He's in the charge, flying the orbiter away 689 00:49:49.033 --> 00:49:50.934 from the Hubble Space Telescope. 690 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:09.300 -And, Discovery, congratulations for an excellent deploy. 691 00:50:09.300 --> 00:50:10.601 Thanks for the great Christmas present. 692 00:50:10.601 --> 00:50:12.234 It's just what we wanted. 693 00:51:09.601 --> 00:51:12.801 -Christmas is a time of joy, faith, and hope, 694 00:51:12.801 --> 00:51:16.167 a time of memory and for families. 695 00:51:16.167 --> 00:51:19.467 We send our families and friends our warmest greetings 696 00:51:19.467 --> 00:51:23.000 and promise that we will soon be home with you. 697 00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:24.601 We also want to extend our greetings 698 00:51:24.601 --> 00:51:26.701 and best wishes to all men and women, 699 00:51:26.701 --> 00:51:29.367 girls and boys around this Earth 700 00:51:29.367 --> 00:51:32.667 that seem so much smaller from my vantage point. 701 00:51:32.667 --> 00:51:35.734 Yet small as it is in this vast universe, 702 00:51:35.734 --> 00:51:39.367 it is the home of all humankind. 703 00:51:39.367 --> 00:51:42.400 The familiar Christmas story reminds us that for millennia, 704 00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:43.968 people of many faiths and cultures 705 00:51:43.968 --> 00:51:45.267 have looked to the skies 706 00:51:45.267 --> 00:51:47.801 and studied the stars and planets in their search 707 00:51:47.801 --> 00:51:53.000 for a deeper understanding of life and for greater wisdom. 708 00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:55.033 We, the Discovery crew, 709 00:51:55.033 --> 00:51:57.434 in the mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, 710 00:51:57.434 --> 00:52:01.634 are very proud of being part of ongoing search beyond ourself. 711 00:52:01.634 --> 00:52:05.501 We hope and trust that the lessons of the universe 712 00:52:05.501 --> 00:52:07.834 has to teach us and will speak to the yearning 713 00:52:07.834 --> 00:52:11.167 that we know is in human hearts everywhere. 714 00:52:11.167 --> 00:52:13.267 The yearning for peace on Earth, 715 00:52:13.267 --> 00:52:16.801 goodwill among all the human family. 716 00:52:16.801 --> 00:52:19.567 As we stand at the threshold of the new millennium, 717 00:52:19.567 --> 00:52:21.968 we send you all our greetings. 718 00:52:21.968 --> 00:52:25.634 I would like to wish a merry Christmas and very happy 719 00:52:25.634 --> 00:52:28.000 and healthy new millennium to all. 720 00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:29.133 Standby. 721 00:52:29.133 --> 00:52:31.901 -[ Speaking French ] 722 00:52:34.801 --> 00:52:37.400 -[ Speaking German ] 723 00:52:42.767 --> 00:52:46.234 -To all our family and friends and people of planet Earth, 724 00:52:46.234 --> 00:52:47.567 happy holidays, 725 00:52:47.567 --> 00:52:49.801 and may we have peace on Earth in the new millennium. 726 00:52:49.801 --> 00:52:54.067 -Feliz Navidad. 727 00:52:54.067 --> 00:52:56.501 -I wish everybody a happy Christmas. 728 00:52:56.501 --> 00:53:00.934 -[ Speaking native language ] 729 00:53:00.934 --> 00:53:02.234 -Merry Christmas to all the people 730 00:53:02.234 --> 00:53:06.000 of the planet Earth and good night. 731 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:07.434 -And, Houston, thank you for letting us 732 00:53:07.434 --> 00:53:10.200 to take the time out to celebrate this special day. 733 00:53:12.434 --> 00:53:13.868 -You know when you think about it, everybody 734 00:53:13.868 --> 00:53:18.133 is talking about the millennium, and for the last 100 years, 735 00:53:18.133 --> 00:53:20.734 man had not left the ground, 100 years ago. 736 00:53:20.734 --> 00:53:22.901 Now man has left the Earth. 737 00:53:22.901 --> 00:53:24.067 What do you think is ahead 738 00:53:24.067 --> 00:53:27.234 for us in space travel in the next century? 739 00:53:33.033 --> 00:53:36.033 -It really is truly remarkable that 100 years ago, 740 00:53:36.033 --> 00:53:38.767 our grandfathers, you know, would cross oceans on ships. 741 00:53:38.767 --> 00:53:42.100 They would think that flying was something that might be crazy. 742 00:53:42.100 --> 00:53:46.367 A few people dared to try, and flight in our lifetime 743 00:53:46.367 --> 00:53:49.767 has become absolutely routine in aircraft. 744 00:53:49.767 --> 00:53:52.467 And now here we are, on the remarkable space shuttle, 745 00:53:52.467 --> 00:53:55.767 and although no shuttle flight is routine, 746 00:53:55.767 --> 00:53:59.634 NASA is ensuring that flight in space is safe, 747 00:53:59.634 --> 00:54:01.801 and I think we are just seeing the very beginning. 748 00:54:01.801 --> 00:54:04.634 There's no question that the next 30 years 749 00:54:04.634 --> 00:54:06.067 will show us things 750 00:54:06.067 --> 00:54:08.100 that we couldn't have even imagined 10 years ago, 751 00:54:08.100 --> 00:54:10.667 and that now, you know, we're thinking might be possible, 752 00:54:10.667 --> 00:54:12.501 30 years from now will be routine. 753 00:54:12.501 --> 00:54:14.100 I'm sure that we'll see space tourism. 754 00:54:14.100 --> 00:54:16.167 I'm sure that we're going to see people, again, 755 00:54:16.167 --> 00:54:17.367 going to the Moon. 756 00:54:17.367 --> 00:54:18.868 And hopefully in our lifetimes, 757 00:54:18.868 --> 00:54:22.334 we'll have people spending large amounts of time on Mars. 758 00:54:22.334 --> 00:54:25.667 And I think in the next 100 years we'll see more work 759 00:54:25.667 --> 00:54:27.534 starting to look out further towards the stars. 760 00:54:27.534 --> 00:54:31.834 We'll probably have looked at planets nearby, 761 00:54:31.834 --> 00:54:34.767 orbiting stars nearby, and found out that, in fact, 762 00:54:34.767 --> 00:54:37.434 maybe they have continents and oceans and atmospheres. 763 00:54:37.434 --> 00:54:41.801 So, we'll start looking towards even more distant horizons. 764 00:54:41.801 --> 00:54:43.934 -Great things ahead for our children. 765 00:54:43.934 --> 00:54:46.300 NASA has been criticized for problems 766 00:54:46.300 --> 00:54:48.234 with its unmanned programs. 767 00:54:48.234 --> 00:54:50.000 Do you feel it's time for manned missions 768 00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:51.801 to start exploring again? 769 00:54:54.901 --> 00:54:56.767 -All right. This is Mike Foale. 770 00:54:56.767 --> 00:55:00.567 I think the answer to that is they have to work together. 771 00:55:00.567 --> 00:55:02.667 Obviously, all of the things that keep us alive 772 00:55:02.667 --> 00:55:04.467 and let us work and do such a wonderful job 773 00:55:04.467 --> 00:55:08.601 is service this telescope, Hubble, involves technology, 774 00:55:08.601 --> 00:55:10.200 and it involves automatic machinery 775 00:55:10.200 --> 00:55:12.167 and machinery operated by human beings, 776 00:55:12.167 --> 00:55:15.033 designed by human beings and maintained by them. 777 00:55:15.033 --> 00:55:17.100 And in fact, the Hubble mission is a very good example 778 00:55:17.100 --> 00:55:19.133 of how you have basically a robot, 779 00:55:19.133 --> 00:55:20.868 which is the Hubble Space Telescope, 780 00:55:20.868 --> 00:55:22.300 doing tremendous work on its own, 781 00:55:22.300 --> 00:55:24.400 but occasionally it needs some really loving care, 782 00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:26.067 and that's what we've just given it, 783 00:55:26.067 --> 00:55:29.067 in terms of refurbishment and repair. 784 00:55:29.067 --> 00:55:31.501 Human missions are the most exciting thing 785 00:55:31.501 --> 00:55:33.167 for all of us, of course, human beings. 786 00:55:33.167 --> 00:55:34.501 It stirs our imagination. 787 00:55:34.501 --> 00:55:36.467 It makes us dream of great things, 788 00:55:36.467 --> 00:55:39.200 on how the human race can go out from the the Earth 789 00:55:39.200 --> 00:55:41.234 through the solar system and beyond. 790 00:55:41.234 --> 00:55:44.067 But before we do that, we have to take some precursor steps, 791 00:55:44.067 --> 00:55:46.234 and we do that with robotic spacecraft. 792 00:55:46.234 --> 00:55:49.801 So, I think actually NASA has a very well-balanced program 793 00:55:49.801 --> 00:55:53.667 of both unmanned and piloted vehicles. 794 00:55:53.667 --> 00:55:56.200 And I think we should continue that into the next century, 795 00:55:56.200 --> 00:55:58.133 and in fact, we'll be doing it with partner nations 796 00:55:58.133 --> 00:56:00.968 starting with the International Space Station. 797 00:56:00.968 --> 00:56:00.968 798 00:56:50.701 --> 00:56:50.701 799 00:56:51.167 --> 00:56:59.901 ♪♪ 800 00:56:59.901 --> 00:57:08.667 ♪♪ 801 00:57:08.667 --> 00:57:12.000 [ Reba McEntire's "We're So Good Together" playing ] 802 00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:18.734 ♪♪ 803 00:57:18.734 --> 00:57:23.868 ♪ How do two people like us ever happen to meet ♪ 804 00:57:23.868 --> 00:57:26.200 ♪ I think about that ♪ 805 00:57:26.200 --> 00:57:28.300 ♪ Was the timing just right ♪ 806 00:57:28.300 --> 00:57:32.200 ♪ Was is it just that the night was so sweet ♪ 807 00:57:32.200 --> 00:57:34.200 ♪ I think about that ♪ 808 00:57:34.200 --> 00:57:38.467 ♪ Was it chemical, physical, what was the deal? ♪ 809 00:57:38.467 --> 00:57:45.200 ♪ Or did some kind of magic turn out to be reeeal? ♪ 810 00:57:45.200 --> 00:57:49.200 ♪ Might be how you kiss and hold me tight ♪ 811 00:57:49.200 --> 00:57:53.234 ♪ When we're walking, honey, underneath the moonlight ♪ 812 00:57:53.234 --> 00:57:57.234 ♪ Might be how it keeps on getting better ♪ 813 00:57:57.234 --> 00:58:02.868 ♪ We haven't even talked abooout forever ♪ 814 00:58:02.868 --> 00:58:10.400 ♪ But I just know that we're so good togetheeer ♪ 815 00:58:10.400 --> 00:58:13.567 ♪♪ 816 00:58:13.567 --> 00:58:16.200 -Good morning, Discovery. That was for the PLT. 817 00:58:16.200 --> 00:58:17.801 Good morning, Scott. 818 00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:21.567 -Morning, Chris. 819 00:58:21.567 --> 00:58:23.434 Had that one figured out, thanks. 820 00:58:26.467 --> 00:58:29.734 Discovery is welcome for questions at this time. 821 00:58:29.734 --> 00:58:32.400 -Okay. We'll go ahead and start here with Mark Crow. 822 00:58:32.400 --> 00:58:37.534 -Thank -- Chronicle, and my question is for Steve Smith. 823 00:58:37.534 --> 00:58:39.701 Long ago the Hubble Space Telescope 824 00:58:39.701 --> 00:58:42.467 was designed for space walk servicing. 825 00:58:42.467 --> 00:58:45.100 I wonder whether -- 826 00:58:45.100 --> 00:58:48.601 Do you believe that concept has held up over time? 827 00:58:48.601 --> 00:58:51.901 And more specifically, do you think it will be possible 828 00:58:51.901 --> 00:58:54.334 to do the kind of intricate repairs 829 00:58:54.334 --> 00:58:56.400 that might be needed in the future 830 00:58:56.400 --> 00:59:00.567 to keep the telescope flying till 2010 or later? 831 00:59:03.334 --> 00:59:04.767 -Mark, thanks for the good question. 832 00:59:04.767 --> 00:59:08.367 Yes. Hubble will be serviced well until 2010 easily. 833 00:59:08.367 --> 00:59:10.534 And I think it really was the flagship 834 00:59:10.534 --> 00:59:11.901 for serviceable spaceships. 835 00:59:11.901 --> 00:59:14.701 We designed it, of course, back in the '70s, 836 00:59:14.701 --> 00:59:17.734 and we've replaced probably over 20 boxes now 837 00:59:17.734 --> 00:59:19.467 on three different missions. 838 00:59:19.467 --> 00:59:21.701 Some of the boxes were easier to change than others, 839 00:59:21.701 --> 00:59:23.601 and I think we'll take those lessons 840 00:59:23.601 --> 00:59:25.300 and apply those to the space station, 841 00:59:25.300 --> 00:59:26.601 which we, of course, are developing now. 842 00:59:26.601 --> 00:59:28.968 So, we found the 13 boxes 843 00:59:28.968 --> 00:59:30.701 we put in all to be pretty easy to deal with. 844 00:59:30.701 --> 00:59:32.367 One or two of them were a little harder than the others, 845 00:59:32.367 --> 00:59:33.601 but it really has been 846 00:59:33.601 --> 00:59:37.767 the flagship for spaceship servicing. 847 00:59:37.767 --> 00:59:41.033 -Glen Golightly, Space.com -- A question for John Grunsfeld. 848 00:59:41.033 --> 00:59:44.334 John, I was reading in your web journal on the JSC site 849 00:59:44.334 --> 00:59:46.634 about your hands being sore from the EVAs. 850 00:59:46.634 --> 00:59:48.367 I was wondering how they were holding up 851 00:59:48.367 --> 00:59:51.367 and what sort of training you did in preparation for the EVA? 852 00:59:51.367 --> 00:59:54.467 And some thoughts on your first two EVAs? 853 00:59:57.334 --> 00:59:59.000 -Well, my hands are fine now. 854 00:59:59.000 --> 01:00:01.000 Fortunately, hands recover pretty quickly. 855 01:00:01.000 --> 01:00:03.767 I think everybody on the crew spent a lot of time in the gym, 856 01:00:03.767 --> 01:00:07.133 and particularly the EVA folks, working out, lifting weights, 857 01:00:07.133 --> 01:00:10.667 doing hand exercises, squeezing small rubber balls 858 01:00:10.667 --> 01:00:12.400 to try and prepare for this mission 859 01:00:12.400 --> 01:00:14.467 because doing EVAs and doing the kind of work 860 01:00:14.467 --> 01:00:16.200 we were doing on the Hubble Space Telescope 861 01:00:16.200 --> 01:00:20.200 is particularly hand-intensive, but we're all feeling great now. 862 01:00:20.200 --> 01:00:22.501 If the telescope were still in the bay and needed more help, 863 01:00:22.501 --> 01:00:24.334 we'd certainly all want to go out and do it again. 864 01:00:24.334 --> 01:00:26.434 I think we really enjoyed doing 865 01:00:26.434 --> 01:00:30.767 that and getting Hubble back up to speed. 866 01:00:30.767 --> 01:00:33.501 -Thanks, this is Mark Rowe again from the Houston Chronicle, 867 01:00:33.501 --> 01:00:35.634 and my question is for Mike Foale. 868 01:00:35.634 --> 01:00:38.267 Wonder what it's like for you to go back to space 869 01:00:38.267 --> 01:00:41.968 on a relatively short trip after your long trip 870 01:00:41.968 --> 01:00:43.767 on the Mir space station. 871 01:00:46.934 --> 01:00:50.033 -Well, it's kind of like coming home in a strange way. 872 01:00:50.033 --> 01:00:55.000 When we got to space, I felt very comfortable. 873 01:00:55.000 --> 01:00:56.968 I thought I adapted far faster than I have 874 01:00:56.968 --> 01:00:59.767 on my previous shuttle flights. 875 01:00:59.767 --> 01:01:01.534 It's a great pleasure to work in space 876 01:01:01.534 --> 01:01:03.300 and to sleep in space again, 877 01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:06.601 do all those hygiene items that I had become quite accustomed 878 01:01:06.601 --> 01:01:10.334 to over 5 months and such a short flight. 879 01:01:10.334 --> 01:01:12.267 We had a very different pace. 880 01:01:12.267 --> 01:01:16.133 The pace here during the Hubble mission was extremely intricate. 881 01:01:16.133 --> 01:01:18.734 We had to do an awful lot in a very short time, 882 01:01:18.734 --> 01:01:22.801 and in fact, we still have more to do to reenter. 883 01:01:22.801 --> 01:01:24.667 Basically, they are different types of missions, 884 01:01:24.667 --> 01:01:26.667 the shuttle mission and the station mission, 885 01:01:26.667 --> 01:01:28.234 and I needed to do this personally 886 01:01:28.234 --> 01:01:31.300 because it got me back into the idea of organizing 887 01:01:31.300 --> 01:01:34.634 a good, quick expedition that does something fast 888 01:01:34.634 --> 01:01:37.868 and furiously, successfully, and then comes back. 889 01:01:37.868 --> 01:01:39.767 The other type of mission on the station is rather different, 890 01:01:39.767 --> 01:01:44.367 and I wanted to keep my experience in both. 891 01:01:44.367 --> 01:01:46.167 -Bill Harr with CBS News, 892 01:01:46.167 --> 01:01:48.901 maybe for Steve or John Grunsfeld, I'm not sure which. 893 01:01:48.901 --> 01:01:51.033 You guys set the second-, third-, and fourth-longest 894 01:01:51.033 --> 01:01:52.534 EVAs in U.S. shuttle history, 895 01:01:52.534 --> 01:01:54.734 and I know going into this, with all your training, 896 01:01:54.734 --> 01:01:58.133 you were budgeted for 6 1/2 hours in that time frame. 897 01:01:58.133 --> 01:02:00.300 I know that everything went well and all of that. 898 01:02:00.300 --> 01:02:02.133 I'm just wondering if, when you go back, 899 01:02:02.133 --> 01:02:03.767 you feed back into the training process, 900 01:02:03.767 --> 01:02:06.334 that perhaps maybe you need to a little more conservative 901 01:02:06.334 --> 01:02:08.801 on the planning as you do space station and other things, 902 01:02:08.801 --> 01:02:11.367 just given that things do seem to take a little bit longer 903 01:02:11.367 --> 01:02:14.634 when you actually get out in weightlessness to do this. 904 01:02:17.033 --> 01:02:18.601 -Well, we did train a lot for this flight. 905 01:02:18.601 --> 01:02:20.501 We trained about 10 hours in the pool 906 01:02:20.501 --> 01:02:22.367 for every 10 hours in space, 907 01:02:22.367 --> 01:02:25.400 and we also estimated how long each thing would take. 908 01:02:25.400 --> 01:02:27.434 It did take a little bit longer on a couple of the tasks, 909 01:02:27.434 --> 01:02:30.000 but I think it depends on what task it is. 910 01:02:30.000 --> 01:02:31.734 Some of the EVAs, we plan for 6 hours, 911 01:02:31.734 --> 01:02:33.133 and they go 6 hours. 912 01:02:33.133 --> 01:02:35.200 Some of them, we plan for 6, and they go a little bit longer. 913 01:02:35.200 --> 01:02:36.567 I think we ran into -- 914 01:02:36.567 --> 01:02:40.033 I think I counted 13 anomalies on the first spacewalk, 915 01:02:40.033 --> 01:02:43.234 and, at the end of the mission, 916 01:02:43.234 --> 01:02:44.767 really didn't have the capability 917 01:02:44.767 --> 01:02:47.267 to delay to a fourth EVA, which we would have standard. 918 01:02:47.267 --> 01:02:49.634 So, I think we probably pushed a little bit longer 919 01:02:49.634 --> 01:02:52.334 on these flights because of the end-of-mission constraint. 920 01:02:52.334 --> 01:02:55.334 I don't think we would have planned the EVAs any different. 921 01:02:55.334 --> 01:02:57.901 We had several runs for each task, 922 01:02:57.901 --> 01:02:59.701 so we really had good measures, 923 01:02:59.701 --> 01:03:03.300 but it's always hard to estimate the anomalies that come up, 924 01:03:03.300 --> 01:03:05.901 and I think, in my recollection, that's the most anomalies 925 01:03:05.901 --> 01:03:07.767 that have ever come up during a space walk. 926 01:03:07.767 --> 01:03:11.601 I think I counted, like I said, between 10 and 15. 927 01:03:11.601 --> 01:03:14.601 -And you guys alluded to this the other night, 928 01:03:14.601 --> 01:03:16.000 talking about the next mission 929 01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:17.334 and the condition Hubble is currently in. 930 01:03:17.334 --> 01:03:19.968 I was wondering if maybe John Grunsfeld could expand 931 01:03:19.968 --> 01:03:21.767 on that a little bit, 932 01:03:21.767 --> 01:03:23.300 what the condition of the telescope is now 933 01:03:23.300 --> 01:03:28.167 and any thoughts you guys might plug back into the SM3B mission 934 01:03:28.167 --> 01:03:30.667 to make that operation go smoothly. 935 01:03:38.868 --> 01:03:40.834 -Well, going back to answer your previous question 936 01:03:40.834 --> 01:03:44.000 a little bit, I think, as it relates it to SM3B 937 01:03:44.000 --> 01:03:47.167 but also the International Space Station and spacewalks, 938 01:03:47.167 --> 01:03:49.200 I think one of the big lessons that I've learned from this 939 01:03:49.200 --> 01:03:52.534 is that the model for training 940 01:03:52.534 --> 01:03:54.467 that we used on the Hubble Space Telescope mission 941 01:03:54.467 --> 01:03:56.734 is really a great model for spacewalking. 942 01:03:56.734 --> 01:03:58.667 As Steve said, we spend about 10 hours in the water 943 01:03:58.667 --> 01:04:01.467 for every 1 hour that we were out EVA, 944 01:04:01.467 --> 01:04:04.901 and just the organization of the teams that came from Goddard, 945 01:04:04.901 --> 01:04:06.267 that came from the Johnson Space Center, 946 01:04:06.267 --> 01:04:07.634 all the subcontractors, 947 01:04:07.634 --> 01:04:09.934 the way that they trained us for all the contingencies 948 01:04:09.934 --> 01:04:12.534 and how to deal with stubborn bolts and boxes 949 01:04:12.534 --> 01:04:15.367 that might not come out was really excellent, 950 01:04:15.367 --> 01:04:16.868 and we should apply that to not only 951 01:04:16.868 --> 01:04:18.234 the next Hubble repair mission 952 01:04:18.234 --> 01:04:21.234 but also I think all of the Space Station missions. 953 01:04:21.234 --> 01:04:24.133 As far as 3B goes, we did a couple of look-arounds 954 01:04:24.133 --> 01:04:25.868 to inspect some connectors 955 01:04:25.868 --> 01:04:28.467 and the condition of the rest of the telescope, 956 01:04:28.467 --> 01:04:29.801 and for me, it's really surprising. 957 01:04:29.801 --> 01:04:32.133 The telescope that's been up here for 10 years 958 01:04:32.133 --> 01:04:33.934 with only three servicing missions, 959 01:04:33.934 --> 01:04:35.868 it's really in pretty great shape, 960 01:04:35.868 --> 01:04:37.200 and right at the end of the mission, 961 01:04:37.200 --> 01:04:38.567 as we were putting all the tools away, 962 01:04:38.567 --> 01:04:41.367 I had a couple seconds just to look and sort of survey 963 01:04:41.367 --> 01:04:43.501 the telephone up close and personal, 964 01:04:43.501 --> 01:04:45.234 and Hubble is doing really well. 965 01:04:45.234 --> 01:04:47.868 I think the next team will have a real good opportunity 966 01:04:47.868 --> 01:04:49.634 to make the telephone even better. 967 01:04:53.601 --> 01:04:56.200 -Bill Harr with CBS again, for Steve Smith, 968 01:04:56.200 --> 01:04:58.234 I just was obviously thinking about writing a lessons- 969 01:04:58.234 --> 01:05:00.601 learned spacewalk story, and you mentioned 13 anomalies. 970 01:05:00.601 --> 01:05:02.834 Can you give us just some sense of what they were? 971 01:05:02.834 --> 01:05:04.667 I'm assuming you mean bolts that are a little tighter 972 01:05:04.667 --> 01:05:06.200 than expected and that sort of thing, 973 01:05:06.200 --> 01:05:09.634 but maybe just expand a little bit on what the unexpected was. 974 01:05:11.634 --> 01:05:12.968 -Sure, we had several bolts 975 01:05:12.968 --> 01:05:15.901 that wouldn't release at their normal torque. 976 01:05:15.901 --> 01:05:17.434 We had several bolts that wouldn't tighten 977 01:05:17.434 --> 01:05:19.834 at their normal torque. 978 01:05:19.834 --> 01:05:22.534 We had one box, the very first rate sensor unit, 979 01:05:22.534 --> 01:05:25.567 that wouldn't go in very easily the first time. 980 01:05:25.567 --> 01:05:29.400 We had some trouble closing some doors also on that first day, 981 01:05:29.400 --> 01:05:32.000 the doors that cover the gyroscopes. 982 01:05:32.000 --> 01:05:34.868 We had trained for all those, though, and in fact, 983 01:05:34.868 --> 01:05:39.400 I would say about 60% of our training really focused 984 01:05:39.400 --> 01:05:41.000 on these contingencies such that even 985 01:05:41.000 --> 01:05:43.367 if we didn't have communication with Houston, 986 01:05:43.367 --> 01:05:46.033 we'd know exactly what to do. 987 01:05:46.033 --> 01:05:47.901 Even some of the non- Hubble equipment, 988 01:05:47.901 --> 01:05:50.501 we had a foot restraint that actually is shuttle equipment 989 01:05:50.501 --> 01:05:51.901 that wouldn't go into a certain setting, 990 01:05:51.901 --> 01:05:53.667 so these are pretty typical. 991 01:05:53.667 --> 01:05:56.901 We weren't necessarily surprised by any of them. 992 01:05:56.901 --> 01:05:59.234 We were just surprised by so many of them that first day, 993 01:05:59.234 --> 01:06:00.901 especially. 994 01:06:16.234 --> 01:06:21.200 -And this is a very unique view of the thrusters firing again 995 01:06:21.200 --> 01:06:24.167 for about a minute and a half 996 01:06:24.167 --> 01:06:27.267 and now down to 44 seconds of firing time, 997 01:06:27.267 --> 01:06:30.934 adjusting Discovery's altitude in preparation 998 01:06:30.934 --> 01:06:34.234 for tomorrow's landing activities. 999 01:06:34.234 --> 01:06:36.000 At the time of this orbit, it just burned. 1000 01:06:36.000 --> 01:06:39.934 Discovery is out over the central Indian Ocean 1001 01:06:39.934 --> 01:06:42.334 headed toward the West Coast of Australia. 1002 01:07:15.334 --> 01:07:17.400 -Discovery, Houston, good burn, good residuals, 1003 01:07:17.400 --> 01:07:19.100 no further trim required. 1004 01:07:21.167 --> 01:07:23.667 -Discovery copies. 1005 01:07:23.667 --> 01:07:26.734 -Plan for tomorrow's entry, 1006 01:07:26.734 --> 01:07:30.467 we are going to be bringing up both Edwards and KSC. 1007 01:07:30.467 --> 01:07:32.467 KSC will be prime. 1008 01:07:32.467 --> 01:07:34.133 Right now, the forecast that we're looking at 1009 01:07:34.133 --> 01:07:35.734 has both sides go, 1010 01:07:35.734 --> 01:07:40.667 both for end of mission and plus one and plus two. 1011 01:07:40.667 --> 01:07:43.501 There is a concern about the crosswinds at the Cape tomorrow. 1012 01:07:43.501 --> 01:07:47.300 The forecast has been fairly near the limit. 1013 01:07:47.300 --> 01:07:52.868 Our current plan may be to try to get into KSC only tomorrow 1014 01:07:52.868 --> 01:07:55.167 and then have Edwards available for the day 1015 01:07:55.167 --> 01:07:58.300 after that if the forecast remains the same 1016 01:07:58.300 --> 01:08:01.801 for good weather at all sites. 1017 01:08:01.801 --> 01:08:04.667 First opportunity tomorrow will be a daylight opportunity, 1018 01:08:04.667 --> 01:08:07.534 about 15 minutes before sunset. 1019 01:08:07.534 --> 01:08:09.033 There are no glare issues 1020 01:08:09.033 --> 01:08:12.501 due to the sun being in the south there. 1021 01:08:12.501 --> 01:08:18.200 Out at Edwards, the sun angles favor Edwards runway 04. 1022 01:08:18.200 --> 01:08:19.501 There is runway construction 1023 01:08:19.501 --> 01:08:21.968 going on at Edwards off to the side of the runway. 1024 01:08:21.968 --> 01:08:27.968 The end board side of the runway has a resting gear cable 1025 01:08:27.968 --> 01:08:32.067 being put in 1,500 feet from the approach end of each runway 1026 01:08:32.067 --> 01:08:34.801 with the trench and some equipment, 1027 01:08:34.801 --> 01:08:36.234 but it's all off to the side. 1028 01:08:36.234 --> 01:08:39.734 You just may notice that if we wind up going into Edwards. 1029 01:08:39.734 --> 01:08:41.501 All your entry messages are on board 1030 01:08:41.501 --> 01:08:42.701 except for the entry summary, 1031 01:08:42.701 --> 01:08:45.234 which will be coming up after a little bit. 1032 01:08:51.133 --> 01:08:52.968 -Scott, thanks a lot. We copy all of that. 1033 01:08:52.968 --> 01:08:55.234 We'll just hope that the winds die at KSC, 1034 01:08:55.234 --> 01:08:59.100 so we can take Discovery back home. 1035 01:08:59.100 --> 01:09:01.834 -Roger that, Discovery, and I just want to point out the winds 1036 01:09:01.834 --> 01:09:03.200 are currently within limits. 1037 01:09:03.200 --> 01:09:05.167 It's just a concern 1038 01:09:05.167 --> 01:09:07.434 if the model doesn't forecast the winds very well, 1039 01:09:07.434 --> 01:09:10.100 but right now, all the sites are go for tomorrow. 1040 01:09:14.200 --> 01:09:15.801 -Discovery copies. 1041 01:09:15.801 --> 01:09:15.801