Truss Work, Spacewalk Preps on Tap Today for Astronauts

SPACE - The Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews are using the station and shuttle robotic arms to move the P6 truss segment and preparing for Tuesday’s spacewalk, the third of the mission. The crews will also get some off duty time this morning.

The station robotic arm operators have handed off the P6 truss to the shuttle robotic arm operators. The shuttle’s Canadarm will hand the P6 back over to the station’s Canadarm2 later this morning after Canadarm2 moves closer to the worksite. Canadarm2 will then install P6 to the P5 truss during the mission’s third spacewalk.

STS-120 Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock are reviewing procedures and practicing techniques they will use during the third spacewalk set to begin at 5:28 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Parazynski and Wheelock will also conduct an overnight campout in the station’s airlock to prepare for the spacewalk.

Shuttle and station crew members are also set to talk about their mission from inside the Harmony node with ABC News, NBC News and CNN News at 1:43 p.m. Monday October 29, 2007.

Source: NASA