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Chapter 17 Systems: Extravehicular Activities—Building a Space Station

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Page iFront Matter click to expand contents
Page 1Chapter 1. Systems: International Space Station Planning—A Roadmap to Getting It All Done
Page 19Chapter 2. Day in the Life: Living and Working in Space and on the Ground
Page 35Chapter 3. Systems: Structure and Mechanisms—The International Space Station’s Skeleton
Page 60Chapter 4. Day in the Life: The Making of a Mission
Page 91Chapter 5. Systems: Command and Data Handling—The Brains of the International Space Station
Page 109Chapter 6. Day in the Life: “Brain Transplants”on the International Space Station
Page 118Chapter 7. Systems: Motion Control System—Navigator of the Heavens
Page 139Chapter 8. Day in the Life: Debris Avoidance—Navigating the Occasionally Unfriendly Skies of Low-Earth Orbit
Page 155Chapter 9. Systems: Electrical Power System—The Power Behind It All
Page 173Chapter 10. Day in the Life: Preparing for the Unexpected
Page 191Chapter 11. Systems: Thermal Control—the “Circulatory System” of the International Space Station
Page 209Chapter 12. Day in the Life: Empty House—Decrewing the International Space Station
Page 221Chapter 13. Systems: Communications and Tracking—The Vital Link to the International Space Station
Page 233Chapter 14. Day in the Life: Vital Visiting Vehicles—Keeping the Remote Outpost Crewed and Operating
Page 249Chapter 15. Systems: Robotics—the Construction Equipment for the International Space Station
Page 267Chapter 16. Day in the Life: In-Flight Maintenance
Page 279Chapter 17. Systems: Extravehicular Activities—Building a Space Station
Page 305Chapter 18. Day in the Life: Risky and Rewarding Spacewalks—Space Shuttle Mission STS-120/ISS-10A
Page 333Chapter 19. Systems: Environmental Control and Life Support System—Supporting the Human Elementof the International Space Station
Page 353Chapter 20. Day in the Life: When Major Anomalies Occur
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CHAPTER 17 SYSTEMS: EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES—BUILDING A SPACE STATION 280 Astronaut Mike Hopkins participates in the second of two US spacewalks to change out a faulty external pump on the International Space Station (ISS). Visible in his helmet visor are Rick Mastracchio (Hopkins’ partner on the spacewalk), the ISS robotic arm, and some ISS structure and solar arrays. Dec. 24, 2013. Something about seeing an astronaut in a spacesuit captures the imagination of children and adults alike. Perhaps the human shape of the spacesuit against the backdrop of Earth gives one a sense of human fragility, or maybe looking at the suit is a little like glimpsing at a futuristic human race. The general public can tell just by looking at a photo that “walking” in space while attached to the vehicle by a tenuous lifeline is one of the most dangerous pursuits. A spacewalker wears a personal spacecraft that must provide protection from the freezing cold of space, the burning heat of the sun, and the small pieces of space debris that could come hurtling at him or her at thousands of miles per hour. The reality is that astronauts and Mission Control are hyperaware of such dangers during a spacewalk.

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